2020–21 Liga Premier de México season
The 2020–21 Liga Premier de México season is the third-tier football league of Mexico. The tournament will start on 18 September 2020.
Changes from the previous season
- UNAM Premier has discontinued their participation in Serie A to participate in the new Liga de Expansión MX.
- Atlético Bahía, Atlético San Francisco, Calor, Coras de Nayarit, Murciélagos, Sporting Canamy, UACH and Yalmakán were put on hiatus for the 2020–21 season due to financial issues due to COVID-19.
- Cafetaleros de Chiapas Premier renamed to Cafetaleros de Chiapas, will stay in Chiapas and will become their Primary Team after their Ascenso MX Team moved to Cancun.
- Tepatitlán and Tlaxcala have been certified and promoted to the Liga de Expansión MX, while Atlético Reynosa did not get certified due to stadium issues.
- Colima F.C., Mazorqueros F.C. and Cuervos de Silver Soccer joins in Serie A as expansion teams.
- Aguacateros CDU, Ciervos, Cuautla, Dongu, La Paz and Zitácuaro joins in Serie A as expansion teams from Serie B.
- Real Zamora returns from hiatus but they were relocated and renamed as Azores de Hidalgo.
- Héroes de Zací joins in Serie A after being approved after a one year hold due to stadium requirements were not met.
- Atlético Irapuato was renamed as Irapuato A.C. due to due to changes in club ownership.
- Chapulineros de Oaxaca will decline their Liga Premier participation for 2020–21 season to participate in the Liga de Balompié Mexicano after one year return from hiatus.
- Deportivo CAFESSA Tlajomulco, Deportivo Nuevo Chimalhuacán, Dorados de Sinaloa Premier, Mineros de Zacatecas Premier and Real Canamy Tlayacapan have dissolved.
Group 1
Stadiums and locations
Club | Manager | City | Stadium | Capacity | Affiliate |
Alacranes de Durango | Héctor Jair Real | Durango City, Durango | Francisco Zarco | 18,000 | — |
Atlético San Luis | Luis Francisco García | San Luis Potosí City, San Luis Potosí | Plan de San Luis | 18,000 | Atlético San Luis |
Atlético Reynosa | Gastón Obledo | Reynosa, Tamaulipas | Unidad Deportiva Solidaridad | 20,000 | — |
CAFESSA Jalisco | Omar Briceño | Guadalajara, Jalisco | Jalisco | 55,110 | — |
Cimarrones de Sonora | José Islas | Hermosillo, Sonora | Héroe de Nacozari | 18,747 | Cimarrones de Sonora |
Colima | Vacant | Colima City, Colima | Olímpico Universitario de Colima | 11,812 | — |
Correcaminos UAT | Vacant | Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas | Marte R. Gómez | 10,520 | Correcaminos UAT |
Gavilanes de Matamoros | Jorge Martínez Merino | Matamoros, Tamaulipas | El Hogar | 22,000 | — |
Leones Negros UdeG | Vacant | Zapopan, Jalisco | Instalaciones Club Deportivo U.de G. Cancha 3 | 3,000 | Leones Negros UdeG |
Mazorqueros | Mario Trejo | Ciudad Guzmán, Jalisco | Municipal Santa Rosa | 3,500 | — |
Mineros de Fresnillo | Joaquín Espinoza | Fresnillo, Zacatecas | Unidad Deportiva Minera Fresnillo | 6,000 | — |
Saltillo | Ricardo López | Saltillo, Coahuila | Olímpico Francisco I. Madero | 7,000 | — |
Tecos | Daniel Alcántar | Zapopan, Jalisco | Tres de Marzo | 18,779 | — |
Tuzos UAZ | Rubén Hernández | Zacatecas City, Zacatecas | Carlos Vega Villalba | 20,068 | — |
Standings G1
Positions by Round
Results
Group 2
Stadium and locations
Club | Manager | City | Stadium | Capacity | Affiliate |
Aguacateros CDU | José Roberto Muñoz | Uruapan, Michoacán | Unidad Deportiva Hermanos López Rayón | 5,000 | — |
Azores de Hidalgo | Vacant | Apan, Hidalgo | Unidad Deportiva Ángel Losada | TBA | — |
Cafetaleros de Chiapas | Miguel Ángel Casanova | Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas | Víctor Manuel Reyna | 29,001 | — |
Cañoneros Marina | José Gerardo Espinoza | Milpa Alta, Mexico City | Momoxco | 3,500 | — |
Ciervos | Pablo Robles | Chalco de Díaz Covarrubias, State of Mexico | Arreola | 2,000 | — |
Cruz Azul Hidalgo | Carlos Roberto Pérez | Ciudad Cooperativa Cruz Azul, Hidalgo | 10 de Diciembre | 14,500 | Cruz Azul |
Cuervos de Silver Soccer | Vacant | Xochimilco, Mexico City | San Isidro | 2,000 | — |
Dongu | René Fuentes | Cuautitlán, State of Mexico | Los Pinos | 5,000 | — |
Héroes de Zaci | Vacant | Venustiano Carranza, Mexico City | Deportivo Lázaro Cárdenas | 1,000 | — |
Inter Playa del Carmen | Carlos Bracamontes | Playa del Carmen, Quintana Roo | Unidad Deportiva Mario Villanueva Madrid | 7,500 | — |
Irapuato | Juan Manuel Rivera | Irapuato, Guanajuato | Sergio León Chávez | 25,000 | — |
La Piedad | Jorge Guerrero | La Piedad, Michoacán | Juan N. López | 13,356 | — |
Pioneros de Cancún | Daniel Moguel Hernández | Cancún, Quintana Roo | Andrés Quintana Roo | 17,289 | — |
Zitácuaro | Leonardo Pipino | Zitácuaro, Michoacán | Ignacio López Rayón | 10,000 | — |
Standings G2
Positions by Round
Results
Regular Season statistics
Top goalscorers
Players sorted first by goals scored, then by last name.Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
Source: