2018–19 Liga Premier de México season
The 2018–19 Liga Premier de México season is divided into two divisions named Serie A and Serie B. Liga Premier is the third-tier and fourth-tier football league of Mexico. The tournament began on 24 August 2018.
Serie A
Changes from the previous season
The league went on to play in a tournament per season, playing 30 games per club. Followed by the eliminatory phase between the eight best classified to determine the champion of each division.32 teams will be participate in this season:
- Murciélagos F.C. it was relegated from Ascenso MX.
- Twelve reserve teams of Liga MX clubs stopped participating in Serie A.
- Six teams participating in Serie B were invited to play in Serie A to compensate for the departure of Liga MX clubs reserve teams: Albinegros de Orizaba; Cimarrones de Sonora Premier; Cocodrilos de Tabasco; Correcaminos UAT Premier; Leones Negros UdeG Premier and Tuzos UAZ.
- Yalmakán F.C. was promoted from Serie B after a year to improve its infrastructure and was relocated from Puerto Morelos, Quintana Roo to Chetumal, Quintana Roo.
- Tlaxcala F.C. returns to Serie A after staying one year in Serie B while awaiting promotion to Ascenso MX, however, having failed to meet the requirements of Ascenso MX, the team returns to this category.
- Halcones de Morelos withdrew from the competition.
- Deportivo Tepic JAP disappeared after having economic and administrative problems.
- Coras de Nayarit appeared to replace Deportivo Tepic JAP. The team was created because Acatlán F.C., champion of the Third Division, moved from Acatlán de Juárez, Jalisco to Tepic, Nayarit. Because the team did not meet the league's sporting requirements in its original location.
- Loros UdeC and Tepatitlán de Morelos remains in Serie A after failing to meet the requirements to promote to Ascenso MX.
- As of February 2019, Pacific F.C. announced its change of venue to the Estadio Teodoro Mariscal in Mazatlán.
- For season second half, Dorados Fuerza UACH changed its name to UACH F.C.
Stadiums and Locations
Group 1
Group 2
| Club | Manager | City | Stadium | Capacity | Affiliate |
| Albinegros de Orizaba |  Leoncio Huerta | Boca del Río, Veracruz | Luis "Pirata" Fuente | 28,703 | Tiburones Rojos de Veracruz |
| América | Pedro Vega | Tlalpan, Mexico City | Instalaciones Club América | 1,000 | América |
| Cocodrilos de Tabasco | Adrián García Arias | Villahermosa, Tabasco | Olímpico de Villahermosa | 10,500 | — |
| Cruz Azul Hidalgo |  Edgardo Fuentes | Ciudad Cooperativa Cruz Azul, Hidalgo | 10 de Diciembre | 14,500 | Cruz Azul |
| Inter Playa del Carmen | Carlos Flores Espetia | Playa del Carmen, Quintana Roo | Unidad Deportiva Mario Villanueva Madrid | 7,500 | — |
| Irapuato | Carlos Bracamontes | Irapuato, Guanajuato | Sergio León Chávez | 25,000 | — |
| Pioneros de Cancún | Manuel Martínez | Cancún, Quintana Roo | Andrés Quintana Roo / Cancún 86 | 17,289 / 6,390 | — |
| Real Zamora | Ulises Sánchez | Zamora, Michoacán | Zamora | 7,200 | — |
| Reboceros de La Piedad | Héctor Jair Real | La Piedad, Michoacán | Juan N. López | 13,356 | — |
| Sporting Canamy | Gerardo Durón | Oaxtepec, Morelos | Olímpico de Oaxtepec | 9,000 | — |
| Tlaxcala |  Isidro Sánchez Macip | Chiautempan, Tlaxcala | Unidad Deportiva Próspero Cahuantzi | 2,000 | — |
| Toluca | José Rodríguez Valenzuela | Metepec, State of Mexico | Instalaciones de Metepec | 1,000 | Toluca |
| Tuxtla | Ricardo Rayas | Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas | Víctor Manuel Reyna | 29,001 | — |
| Tuzos UAZ | Rubén Hernández | Zacatecas City, Zacatecas | Carlos Vega Villalba | 20,068 | — |
| UNAM | Carlos Humberto González | Coyoacán, Mexico City | La Cantera | 2,000 | UNAM |
| Yalmakán |  Omar Tisera | Chetumal, Quintana Roo | José López Portillo | 6,600 | — |
Regular season
Group 1
Standings
Results
Positions by round
Group 2
Standings
Results
Positions by round
Regular Season statistics
Scoring
- First goal of the season:
Top goalscorers
Players sorted first by goals scored, then by last name.| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Víctor Mañón | Loros UdeC | 23 |
| 2 | Juan Carlos Martínez | Coras de Nayarit | 19 |
| 3 | Juan Carlos López | Tepatitlán | 15 |
| 3 | Humberto Guzmán | Tepatitlán | 15 |
| 3 | Bryan Lozano | UNAM | 15 |
| 6 | Josué Bustos | Gavilanes de Matamoros | 14 |
| 6 | Víctor Argumedo | Tuzos UAZ | 14 |
| 8 | Lenin Esquivel | Monarcas Morelia | 13 |
| 8 | Jesús Hernández | Tuzos UAZ | 13 |
| 10 | Daniel Delgadillo | Gavilanes de Matamoros | 12 |
Source:
Hat-tricks and more goals
– Home ; – AwayAttendance
Per team
Highest and lowest
Source:Liguilla de Ascenso (Promotion Playoffs)
The four best teams of each group play two games against each other on a home-and-away basis. The higher seeded teams play on their home field during the second leg. The winner of each match up is determined by aggregate score. In the quarterfinals and semifinals, if the two teams are tied on aggregate the higher seeded team advances. In the final, if the two teams are tied after both legs, the match goes to extra time and, if necessary, a penalty shoot-out.Quarter-finals
The first legs will be played on 24 and 25 April, and the second legs will be played on 27 and 28 April 2019.First leg
Second leg
Semi-finals
The first legs were played on 1 and 2 May, and the second legs were played on 4 and 5 May 2019.First leg
Second leg
Final
The first leg was played on 8 May, and the second leg was played on 11 May 2019.First leg
Second leg
Liguilla de Filiales (Reserve Teams Playoffs)
The four best teams of reserve teams table play two games against each other on a home-and-away basis. The higher seeded teams play on their home field during the second leg. The winner of each match up is determined by aggregate score. In the semifinals, if the two teams are tied on aggregate the higher seeded team advances. In the final, if the two teams are tied after both legs, the match goes to extra time and, if necessary, a penalty shoot-out.Semi-finals
The first legs were played 25 April, and the second legs was played on 28 April 2019.First leg
Second leg
Final
The first leg was played on 2 May, and the second leg was played on 5 May 2019.First leg
Second leg
Serie B
Changes from the previous season
The league went on to play in a tournament per season, playing 30 games per club. Followed by the eliminatory phase between the eight best classified to determine the champion of the division. The tournament will be played in a single group of 16 members.- Club Marina C.R. will participate in Serie B as Third Division runner-up.
- Chapulineros de Oaxaca, Deportivo Zitácuaro, Tecamachalco F.C. and FC Satélites will not participate in Serie B.
- Club Calor relocated from Gomez Palacio, Durango to Monclova, Coahuila.
- Due to force majeure, Inter San Miguel force to relocate from San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato to San Luis Potosí and rename FC Potosino.
- Mineros de Zacatecas Premier relocated from Tlaltenango de Sánchez Román, Zacatecas to Zacatecas City.
Stadium and locations
| Club | Manager | City | Stadium | Capacity | Affiliate |
| Atlético Saltillo Soccer | Francisco Javier Gamboa | Saltillo, Coahuila | Olímpico Francisco I. Madero | 7,000 | — |
| CAFESSA | Jaime Durán | Tlajomulco de Zúñiga, Jalisco | Unidad Deportiva Mariano Otero | 3,000 | — |
| Calor | Luis Alberto Lozoya | Monclova, Coahuila | Unidad Deportiva Nora Leticia Rocha | 4,000 | — |
| Cañoneros Marina | José Gerardo Espinoza | Milpa Alta, Mexico City | Momoxco | 3,500 | — |
| Celaya | Luis Fernando Melgar | Celaya, Guanajuato | Miguel Alemán Valdés | 23,182 | Celaya |
| Ciervos | Francisco Javier Garay | Chalco de Díaz Covarrubias, State of Mexico | Arreola | 2,000 | — |
| Constructores de Gómez Palacio | Didier Gutiérrez | Gómez Palacio, Durango | Unidad Deportiva Francisco Gómez Palacio | 4,000 | — |
| Cuautla | Carlos González | Cuautla, Morelos | Isidro Gil Tapia | 5,000 | — |
| Deportivo Chimalhuacán | Pablo Robles | Chimalhuacán, State of Mexico | Deportivo La Laguna | 2,000 | — |
| Dorados de Sinaloa | Marco Marroquín | Culiacán, Sinaloa | Juventud | 2,000 | Dorados de Sinaloa |
| Gladiadores | Marcos Fuentes | Cuautitlán, State of Mexico | Los Pinos | 5,000 | — |
| Mineros de Fresnillo | Juan Carlos Pro Méndez | Fresnillo, Zacatecas | Unidad Deportiva Minera Fresnillo | 6,000 | — |
| Mineros de Zacatecas | Víctor Montiel | Zacatecas City, Zacatecas | Carlos Vega Villalba | 20,068 | Mineros de Zacatecas |
| Ocelotes UNACH | Miguel Ángel Casanova | San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas | Municipal de San Cristóbal de las Casas | 4,000 | — |
| Potosino | Edmundo Ríos | San Luis Potosí City, San Luis Potosí | Plan de San Luis | 18,000 | — |
| Sahuayo | José Daniel García | Sahuayo, Michoacán | Unidad Deportiva Municipal | 1,500 | — |
Regular season
Standings
Results
Positions by round
Regular Season statistics
Scoring
- First goal of the season:*First goal of the season:
Top goalscorers
Players sorted first by goals scored, then by last name.| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Illian Hernández | Mineros de Fresnillo | 32 |
| 2 | Antonio de Jesús Nava | Cuautla | 22 |
| 3 | Luis González | Mineros de Zacatecas | 19 |
| 4 | Osvaldo Ramírez | Ocelotes UNACH | 15 |
| 5 | Armando León | Mineros de Zacatecas | 14 |
| 5 | Marco Anaya | Chimalhuacán | 14 |
| 7 | Hugo Rodríguez | Cañoneros Marina | 13 |
| 8 | Miguel González | Dorados de Sinaloa | 11 |
| 9 | Omar González | Celaya | 9 |
| 9 | Mauro Arredondo | FC Potosino / Celaya | 9 |
| 9 | Jesús Aguirre | Mineros de Zacatecas | 9 |
| 9 | Francisco Viruete | CAFESSA | 9 |
| 9 | Raúl Reyes | Constructores / Atlético Saltillo | 9 |
| 9 | Luis Rangel | CAFESSA | 9 |
Source: