2018–19 Liga MX season


The 2018–19 Liga MX season was the 72nd professional season of the top-flight football league in Mexico. The season is split into two championships—the [|Torneo Apertura] and the Torneo Clausura—each in an identical format and each contested by the same eighteen teams.

Teams, stadiums, and personnel

The following eighteen teams competed this season. Lobos BUAP was initially relegated to the Ascenso MX after accumulating the lowest point coefficient last season, but instead they will continue to compete in the Liga MX after the 2017–18 Ascenso MX champion, Cafetaleros de Tapachula, who won promotion after defeating Alebrijes de Oaxaca, was not certified to be promoted. Lobos BUAP paid MXN$120 million to be disbursed to Cafetaleros de Tapachula and remain in Liga MX.

Stadiums and locations

Personnel and kits

Managerial changes

Torneo Apertura

Regular season

The Apertura 2018 is the first championship of the season. The regular season began on 20 July 2018 and ended on 25 November 2018. The defending champions are Santos Laguna, having won their sixth title.

Standings

Positions by round

The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included in the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for matchday 13, but then postponed and played between days 16 and 17, it will be added to the standings for day 16.

Results

Regular season statistics

Top goalscorers

Players sorted first by goals scored, then by last name.
RankPlayerClubGoals
1 André-Pierre GignacUANL14
2 Julio FurchSantos Laguna12
3 Víctor GuzmánPachuca9
3 Franco JaraPachuca9
3 Jonathan RodríguezSantos Laguna9
6 Leonardo RamosBUAP8
6 Camilo SanvezzoQuerétaro8
8 Carlos GonzálezUNAM7
8 Felipe MoraUNAM7
10 Mauro BoselliLeón6
10 Lucas CavalliniPuebla6
10 Víctor DávilaNecaxa6
10 Cristian MenéndezVeracruz6
10 Nicolás SánchezMonterrey6
10 Eduardo VargasUANL6
10 Ángel ZaldívarGuadalajara6

Source:

Top assists

Players sorted first by assists, then by last name.
RankPlayerClubAssists
1 Dorlan PabónMonterrey9
2 Elías HernándezCruz Azul6
3 Javier AquinoUANL5
3 Isaác BrizuelaGuadalajara5
3 Víctor GuzmánPachuca5
3 Luis QuiñonesToluca5
7 Roberto AlvaradoCruz Azul4
7 Julio FurchSantos Laguna4
7 Emmanuel GarcíaPachuca4
7 Brian LozanoSantos Laguna4
7 Adrián LunaVeracruz4
7 Sebastián PalaciosPachuca4
7 Bryan RabelloBUAP4

Source:

Hat-tricks

4 Player scored four goals

Attendance

Per team

Highest and lowest

Source:

Liguilla – Apertura

Bracket

Semifinals

Finals

Torneo Clausura

The Clausura 2019 is the second championship of the season. The tournament began on 4 January 2019 and will end on 26 May 2019. América are the defending champion, having won their 13th league title the previous tournament.

Regular season

Standings

Positions by round

The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included in the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for matchday 13, but then postponed and played between days 16 and 17, it will be added to the standings for day 16.

Results

Regular season statistics

Top goalscorers

Players sorted first by goals scored, then by last name.
RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Ángel MenaLeón14
2 Brian FernándezNecaxa12
3 Milton CaraglioCruz Azul11
3 Rogelio Funes MoriMonterrey11
5 Gustavo BouTijuana8
5 José Juan MacíasLeón8
5 Leonardo RamosBUAP8
8 Miller BolañosTijuana7
8 André-Pierre GignacUANL7
8 Franco JaraPachuca7

Source:

Top assists

Players sorted first by assists, then by last name.
RankPlayerClubAssists
1 Ángel MenaLeón10
2 Edwin CardonaPachuca9
3 Luis QuiñonesUANL6
4 Gustavo BouTijuana5
4 Yoshimar YotúnCruz Azul5
6 Isaác BrizuelaGuadalajara4
6 Raúl LópezPachuca4
6 Federico MancuelloToluca4
6 Luis MontesLeón4
6 Alexis PeñaNecaxa4
6 Carlos RodríguezMonterrey4

Source:

Hat-tricks

Attendance

Per team

Highest and lowest

Source:

Liguilla – Clausura

Bracket

Semifinals

Finals

Relegation table

Aggregate table

The aggregate table will be used to determine the participants of the Apertura 2019 Copa MX. This table also displays teams that have qualified for the 2020 CONCACAF Champions League.