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| Organising body | Federación Mexicana de Fútbol (FMF) |
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| Founded | 1950; 75 years ago (1950) (as Segunda División de México) |
| Country | Mexico |
| Confederation | CONCACAF |
| Divisions | 2 (Serie A and Serie B) |
| Number of clubs | 51 |
| Level on pyramid | 3 |
| Promotion to | Liga de Expansión MX |
| Relegation to | Liga TDP |
| Domestic cup | Copa Conecta |
| Current champions | Irapuato (4th title) |
| Most championships | Zacatepec (5 titles) |
| Broadcaster(s) | AYM Sports Televisa[1] TVC Deportes[2] |
| Website | ligapremier.mx |
| Current:2025–26 Serie A de México season 2025–26 Serie B de México season | |
Liga Premier is a professionalassociation football league inMexico and the third level of theMexican football league system. Formerly named asSegunda División de México (1950–2017). It has 51 participating clubs, divided into two series (Serie A with 41 clubs in 3 groups andSerie B with 10 clubs in a single group). The season consists of a single tournament, which is held from August to May and the champions are decided by a final phase. The winners of Serie A are crowned as the official Liga Premier champions, and the winners of Serie B are the secondary champions of the division.
Serie B clubs and teams affiliated with clubs from the highest divisions, which are known as "filiales" are not eligible for promotion to Liga de Expansión MX.
Zacatepec is the most successful club with 5 titles, followed byIrapuato,Tampico Madero andUniversidad del Fútbol with 4 titles each. In all, sixty-four clubs have won the Liga Premier at least once.
The champions of the 1993–94 Segunda División season was the last to be promoted to thePrimera División. In 1994–95 season, theFMF created the Primera División A (renamedAscenso MX in 2012)[3] with 15 teams from the Segunda División, and all other teams remained in the league that continued to be called Segunda División but at the new third level of Mexican football.
Each season has Segunda División teams divided into geographic zones with matches predominantly among the teams of that group. Each season had one tournament.
In 2008, theFMF, with the approval of the chairmen of the clubs in the second and third levels, change the format of the league dividing the number of teams into two divisions, theLiga Premier and theLiga de Nuevos Talentos. Each of the new leagues was divided into geographic groups. The winning club could earn promotion to Primera División A, renamed Liga de Ascenso in 2009, provided their stadium and financial stability met the licensing requirements of Liga de Ascenso. From 2011 and 2016, no teams were relegated to Liga Premier, althoughPumas Morelos was to be relegated in 2013 but they dissolved before they could play in the lower league. Promotion still occurred during these years provided the club was licensed to participate. In June 2016, Ascenso MX announced they would resume relegating teams. Since that year onlyLoros UdeC in 2017 andMurciélagos in 2018 were relegated from the upper level.
In 2020, the Ascenso MX was abolished and replaced by a new league that was calledLiga de Expansión MX, two Liga Premier teams were invited to the new category:Tepatitlán andTlaxcala, teams who had won their promotion in 2016 and 2018 but were rejected in the second level for not meeting the requirements to participate. Since that year, the requirements to be admitted to the second level have been tightened, so only one team,Durango, could be promoted in 2022, although it only remained in the Liga de Expansión for one year. In 2024, another team achieved promotion to the Liga de Expansión,Tampico Madero, although it also obtained its place in the second level division as a guest team and not as a full member.
In June 2017, Segunda División announced a rebranding of the league. Instead of being referred to as the Segunda División de México they would be called Liga Premier. The league would continue to have two groups/divisions, however these new divisions would be calledSerie A andSerie B. Serie A which would have independent teams as well as the affiliate teams of the higher level leagues in Mexico,Liga MX andLiga de Expansión MX, while Serie B would only have independent teams.[4]
Promotion and relegation would be formalized between the leagues. Serie A would promote one club to Liga de Expansión MX.[4] Additionally, one Serie B club could promote to Serie A and one club would be relegated from Serie A each year.[5] Finally, and four clubs would be promoted from Liga TDP provided they meet the Serie requirements of Article 57.[6]
TheSerie A has 41 clubs divided into three geographical groups. The top four clubs from each group and the best fifth place at end of the tournament will qualify to the final phase, the season champions will be eligible to participate in a certification audit for obtain a promotion toLiga de Expansión MX provided that the club meets the requirements for the stadium and financial stability.
TheSerie B has 10 clubs in development, that cannot be promoted to the Liga de Expansión MX.[7]
The2025–26 Serie A de México season has the following 41 participating clubs.[8][9]
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The2025–26 Serie B de México season has the following 10 participating clubs.[15]
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