Football in Mexico

Football in Mexico
Football in Mexico
	The Estadio Azteca, the home of Club América and the Mexico national football team
Country	Mexico
Governing body	Mexico Football Federation
National team(s)	Mexico
Nickname(s)	El Tri
First played	1862
National competitions
	Copa MX; Campeón de Campeones
Club competitions
	Men's:; Liga MX; Liga de Expansión MX; Liga Premier; Liga TDP; Women's:; Liga MX Femenil; Liga Mexicana de Fútbol Femenil
International competitions
	Men's:; CONCACAF Champions Cup; Campeones Cup; Leagues Cup; FIFA Club World Cup; CONCACAF Gold Cup (National Team); CONCACAF Nations League (National Team); FIFA World Cup (National Team); Women's:; CONCACAF W Championship (National Team); CONCACAF W Gold Cup (National Team); FIFA Women's World Cup (National Team)

Mexico's most popular sport is football (called fútbol in Mexico).^[1]^[2] As of 2020^[update], the top-tier leagues in Mexico are Liga MX for the men and the Liga MX Femenil for women.

In Mexico, football became a professional men's sport in 1943. Since then, Mexico's most successful men's club has been Club América, with fourteen Liga MX titles.^[3]

The first women's professional football league in Mexico was established from the 2017–18 Liga MX Femenil season. It set new world records for attendances at women's professional football matches.^[4]^[5]

Antonio Carbajal was the first player to appear in five World Cups, and Hugo Sánchez was named best CONCACAF player of the 20th century by IFFHS.

Mexico's largest capacity stadiums are Estadio Azteca, Estadio Olímpico Universitario and Estadio Jalisco. As of 2006^[update], it was estimated that there were in the nation over 324,000 registered players and approximately 8,155,000 unregistered players.^[6]

^ "Mexico Information - Page 2". World InfoZone. Retrieved 27 February 2015.
^ Schechter, Daniel C.; Quintero, Josephine (2008). Mexico City. Con Pianta - Daniel C. Schechter, Josephine Quintero - Google Books. ISBN 9781740591829. Retrieved 1 April 2014.
^ "Mexico - List of Champions". Rec.Sports.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 27 February 2015.
^ "News Roundup: Union lose, Steel in, LAFC fail to impress, and USOC kicks off". The Philly Soccer Page. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
^ "For Liga MX Femenil, an impressive start to an infant league • Copa90". Copa90. Archived from the original on 26 August 2018. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
^ Dunmore, Tom (16 September 2011). Historical Dictionary of Soccer - Tom Dunmore - Google Books. ISBN 9780810871885. Retrieved 1 April 2014.

[1] "Mexico Information - Page 2". World InfoZone. Retrieved 27 February 2015.

[2] Schechter, Daniel C.; Quintero, Josephine (2008). Mexico City. Con Pianta - Daniel C. Schechter, Josephine Quintero - Google Books. ISBN 9781740591829. Retrieved 1 April 2014.

[rsssf1-3] "Mexico - List of Champions". Rec.Sports.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 27 February 2015.

[4] "News Roundup: Union lose, Steel in, LAFC fail to impress, and USOC kicks off". The Philly Soccer Page. Retrieved 16 May 2018.

[5] "For Liga MX Femenil, an impressive start to an infant league • Copa90". Copa90. Archived from the original on 26 August 2018. Retrieved 16 May 2018.

[6] Dunmore, Tom (16 September 2011). Historical Dictionary of Soccer - Tom Dunmore - Google Books. ISBN 9780810871885. Retrieved 1 April 2014.

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