Liga de Balompié Mexicano was a semi-professional football league in Mexico. It is the first division of the league system of the National Association of Mexican Football (ANBM in Spanish).
The league is an alternate to Liga MX, which is organized by the Mexican Football Federation (the only entity representing Mexico before FIFA), thus not recognized by FIFA. On 8 July 2020 the Liga de Balompié Mexicano became the first national league sanctioned by CONIFA. Following the conclusion of the 2024 season in the middle of that year, the league was dissolved in February 2025 after the ANBM indefinitely suspended the league's operations and all its categories.
History The Liga de Balompié Mexicano (Mexican Football League) was presented on 29 January 2020 with the aim of providing another development opportunity to football players who did not get a place in one of the teams in the main Mexican football leagues, in addition to bringing professional football to locations that have not had sufficient presence of sports institutions or do not have adequate facilities to participate in Liga MX or Ascenso MX.
On 22 February 2020 the first league team assembly was held. On 8 July 2020 it was announced that the LBM would be the first league sanctioned by CONIFA.
On 14 October 2020, the first official game of the LBM was played, in the match, San José F.C. defeated Morelos F.C. by score of 1–0. Omar Rosas scored the first goal in the history of the competition.
Competition format The league's teams will play one single table tournament per season. The top finisher of the league table will advance directly to the championship final, known as the Super Final at the end of the regular cycle. The clubs classified in the second, third, fourth and fifth positions will qualify to a final phase to determine the second championship finalist. Tiebreaker criteria in the semifinal stage are in the following order: Global score, away goals and general table. A tie score after regulation time in the championship final will be resolved by penalty shoot-out.
Unike most football tournaments, two points are awarded for victory, zero for a draw. Teams have the right to enroll five foreign players, however, only three can participate on the field of play.
Teams must meet infrastructure obligations in order to participate in the League, including stadiums with a minimum capacity of 5,000 spectators, along with keeping their facilities in good conditions.
Teams
+TeamsCityStadiumCapacityOfficial members of ANBMAlbiazulTultitlán, State of MexicoDeportivo Cartagena3,000Chapulineros de OaxacaSan Jerónimo Tlacochahuaya, OaxacaIndependiente MRCI3,000EFIX Soccer ClubXalapa, VeracruzInstalaciones Deportivas EFIX500HidalgoAtitalaquía, HidalgoCiudad Deportiva 20 de Noviembre1,000Industriales NaucalpanHuixquilucan, State of MexicoAlberto Pérez Navarro3,000Inter Puerto EscondidoPuerto Escondido, OaxacaBenito Juárez1,000KundaviRío Grande, OaxacaInocente Santos Luna1,000Mezcaleros de OaxacaSan Jerónimo Tlacochahuaya, OaxacaIndependiente MRCI3,000NezaChalco, State of MexicoArreola 3,217Toros México FCÁlvaro Obregón, Mexico CityDeportivo Valentín Gómez Farías500
Champions ClubWinnersWinning seasonsChapulineros de Oaxaca 52020–21, 2021, 2022, 2023-A, 2023-BKundavi FC 12024 A
References
External links Official website