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Club América. Club de Fútbol América S.A. de C.V., commonly known as Club América, is a professional football club based in Mexico City. Nicknamed Las Águilas (The Eagles), it competes in Liga MX, the top tier of Mexican football. The club was founded in 1916, and since 1959 has been owned by mass media company Televisa. [ 4]
List of football clubs in Mexico. This is a list of football clubs in Mexico. Currently the governing body of football in Mexico is the Mexican Football Federation (FMF), which is in charge of its national teams and its leagues, with the highest one being the Liga MX. FMF was founded in 1927 and is a member of both FIFA and CONCACAF.
The Liga MX, officially known as the Liga BBVA MX for sponsorship reasons, [6] is the top professional football division in Mexico. Formerly known as the Primera División de México (Mexican First Division), it is contested by 18 clubs and is divided into two tournaments – "Apertura" and "Clausura"– which typically run from July to December (the former) and January to May (the latter).
2022–23 →. All statistics correct as of 22 May 2022. The 2021–22 Club América season is the club's 77th consecutive season in the top-flight of Mexican football. The team will participate in the Liga MX .
2023–24 Club América season. All statistics correct as of 26 May 2024. The 2023–24 Club América season was the club's 79th consecutive season in the top-flight of Mexican football. The team participated in the Liga MX, Leagues Cup, and the CONCACAF Champions Cup .
Mexico has a growing rivalry with Costa Rica, as Costa Rica is the first country in CONCACAF to beat Mexico on Mexican soil in FIFA World Cup qualification, known as Aztecazo. Costa Rica is also widely recognised as the only Central American national team to have sufficient quality to compete at the global stage, which increased the importance ...
2020–21 Club América season. The 2020–21 Club América season is the club's 76th consecutive season in the top-flight of Mexican football. The team will participate in the Liga MX and the CONCACAF Champions League .
The Mexican Football Champion is the winner of the Primera División of football in Mexico. Currently, there are two champions each calendar year with one champion for the Apertura ("opening") competition held in the autumn and one for the Clausura ("closing") competition in the spring.