Campeón de Campeones


Campeón de Campeones is an annual Mexican football competition established in 1942. In its current form, it is contested by the regular Liga MX season winners of the Apertura and Clausura.

History

Traditional tournament

The tournament was established in 1942. The trophy was presented by the president of Mexico at the time, Manuel Ávila Camacho. From 1942 until 1995 the tournament was contested between the champion of the Primera and the winner of the Mexican Cup. Traditionally the single match to determine the "super champion" was held at the end of the season at a stadium in Mexico City.
If a team won both the league championship and the cup that year, they were awarded the title Campeonísimo with an automatic awarding of the trophy. To date this has only occurred on five occasions.

New era

After 1995 the league championship was split into two shorter seasons Apertura and Clausura. Then in 1997, the Mexican Football Federation canceled the Mexican Cup. Due to these changes, the Campeón de Campeones tournament was postponed. The competition resumed in the 2002-03 season; however, this time it was contested between the champions of Apertura and Clausura of the season. The tournament was held four times and was placed on hiatus again from 2007 to 2011.
In 2012, the rebranded Liga MX restarted the tournament once again. There was a friendly match between the champions of Liga MX and Ascenso MX. In 2013-14 season, the Liga MX stipulated that a Campeón de Campeones match could be contested between the champions of the Apertura 2013 and Copa MX Apertura 2013. The format was changed to a single match at a neutral site, which has been in the United States and shared with the Supercopa MX since 2015.
Since 2018, the winner of the Campeón de Campeones will then compete against the MLS Cup winner in the Campeones Cup.

Winners by year

Source:
Campeón de Campeones winner is in bold

Winners by club

Footnotes