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Liga de Expansión MX
Season2023–24
ChampionsApertura:
Cancún
(1st title)
Clausura:
Atlante
(3rd title)
Matches played105
Goals scored318 (3.03 per match)
Top goalscorerApertura 2023:
Luis Razo
(10 goals)
Biggest home winApertura 2023:
UAT 7–0 Oaxaca
(29 August 2023)
Biggest away winApertura 2023:
Atlético La Paz 1–4 Cancún
(13 September 2023)
Oaxaca 2–5 Cancún
(14 October 2023)
Atlético La Paz 1–4 Zacatecas
(15 October 2023)
Sinaloa 1–4 Celaya
(25 October 2023)
Atlético La Paz 0–3 Atlante
(31 October 2023)
Highest scoringApertura 2023:
Sinaloa 3–4 Atlético La Paz
(30 July 2023)
Venados 4–3 UAT
(22 August 2023)
UAT 7–0 Oaxaca
(29 August 2023)
Cancún 5–2 Sonora
(19 September 2023)
Longest winning runApertura 2023:
4 matches
Cancún
Longest unbeaten runApertura 2023:
7 matches
Atlante
Longest winless runApertura 2023:
6 matches
Celaya
Tlaxcala
Longest losing runApertura 2023:
6 matches
Tlaxcala
Highest attendanceApertura 2023:
9,698
Atlético Morelia vs Atlante
(15 October 2023)
Lowest attendanceApertura 2023:
284
Tapatío vs Sonora
(5 October 2023)
Total attendanceApertura 2023:
294,668
Average attendanceApertura:
2,833
Stats are from the regular season only

The 2023–24 Liga de Expansión MX season is the fourth professional season of the second-tier football division in Mexico. The season is divided into two championships—the Torneo Apertura and the Torneo Clausura—each in an identical format. The Apertura tournament began on 21 July 2023. The Clausura tournament will begin in January 2024 as a 33-team league with the addition of 18 Liga MX under-23 teams.

Changes from the previous season

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The Liga de Expansión MX is a Mexican football league founded in 2020 as part of the Mexican Football Federation's "Stabilization Project", which has the primary objective of rescuing the financially troubled teams from the Ascenso MX and prevent the disappearance of a second-tier league in Mexico, for which there will be no promotion and relegation during the following six years.[1] The project also attempts for Liga MX and former Ascenso MX teams to consolidate stable projects with solid basis, sports-wise and administrative-wise, financially wise and in infrastructure.

  • The Liga MX under-20 league was reformed as a under-23 league. The Liga MX under-23 league will play their Apertura 2023 season and join Liga de Expansión MX as of the Clausura 2024 season.[3]
  • The owner's assembly decided to adjust liguilla qualification, which was modified as of the Apertura 2021 season. The number of teams directly qualifying to the quarter-finals was increased from four to six, while reducing the number of teams entering the reclassification round from eight to four, aligning it with the NBA play-in tournament. The 9th place team hosts the 10th place team in an elimination game. The 7th hosts the 8th place team in the double-chance game, with the winner advancing as the 7-seed. The loser of this game then hosts the winner of the elimination game between the 9th and 10th place teams to determine the 8-seed.
  • Atlante obtained certification for promotion to Liga MX. Venados and Zacatecas applied and were not certified for promotion.[4] UdeG lost their status as a certified team due to financial issues.[5] The league will not reactivate promotion until four teams are certified.
  • On June 29, 2023 Durango was returned to Liga Premier de México, after one year as guest club in the Liga de Expansión MX, due to financial problems. The Liga de Expansión requested that the Liga Premier propose another affiliated team to play as a guest team in the second–tier.[6]

Stadiums and locations

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Personnel and kits

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Team Chairman Head Coach Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor(s) front
Atlante Jorge Santillana Mexico Daniel Alcántar Mexico Humberto Hernández Joma Betcris
Atlético La Paz Samuel Hernández Mexico Raúl Rico Mexico Kristian Álvarez In–house Baja Ferries
Atlético Morelia José Luis Higuera Argentina Norberto Scoponi Mexico Raúl Torres Keuka Akron, Axen Capital, Cemex Tolteca, Michoacán, Morelia Brilla, Biocup, Sello Rojo, Electrolit, Calidra
Cancún Jeff Luhnow Mexico Luis Arce Mexico Benjamín Galindo Jr. Nike Cancún
Celaya Carlos Benavides Escardó Argentina Cristian Paulucci Mexico Leobardo López Keuka Bachoco, Petro Figue's, TV4
Oaxaca Juan Carlos Jones Mexico Carlos Gutiérrez Mexico Octavio Paz Svedda PlayCell, Romasa, Baby Sky, Electrolit, G+, Oaxaca Rosa
Sinaloa José Antonio Núñez Mexico Rafael García Mexico Oswaldo León Charly Coppel, Caliente, SuKarne
Sonora Juan Pablo Rojo Mexico Roberto Hernández Mexico José Saavedra Keuka Caliente
Tapatío Amaury Vergara Mexico Arturo Ortega Mexico Juan Aguayo Puma
Tepatitlán Víctor Flores Cosío Mexico Enrique López Zarza Mexico Carlos Villanueva López Sporelli Pacífica
Tlaxcala Rafael Torre Mendoza Mexico Paco Ramírez Mexico Gerardo Ruíz Keuka Tlaxcala, Pronto, Providencia
UAT David Ashdruval Martínez Mexico Raúl Gutiérrez Mexico Iván Pineda Sliver Sport
U. de G. José Alberto Castellanos Gutiérrez Mexico Alfonso Sosa Mexico Arturo Ledesma Sporelli Electrolit
Venados Rodolfo Rosas Cantillo Mexico Rafael Fernández Mexico Alfonso Luna Spiro Yucatán, Nus-káh
Zacatecas Eduardo López Muñoz Spain Nacho Castro Mexico José Plascencia Spiro Fresnillo plc, Mifel, Vazlo, Mobil

Managerial changes

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Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment Position
in table 		Ref.
Pre-Apertura changes
Zacatecas Mexico Omar Alexis Moreno Mutual agreement 20 April 2023[a] Spain Nacho Castro 7 May 2023 Pre-season [7][8]
Cancún Spain Iñigo Idiakez Reassigned to youth teams 3 May 2023 Mexico Luis Arce 1 June 2023 [9][10]
Oaxaca Mexico Jorge Manrique Mutual agreement 26 May 2023 Mexico Carlos Gutiérrez 15 June 2023 [11][12]
Durango Mexico Héctor Jair Real Resigned 30 May 2023[b] Mexico Ricardo Rayas 4 June 2023 [13]
Tapatío Mexico Gerardo Espinoza Signed with Mexico under-23 4 June 2023[c] Mexico Arturo Ortega 15 June 2023 [15]
Venados Argentina Bruno Marioni Sacked 6 June 2023 Mexico Rafael Fernández 9 June 2023 [16][17]
Tepatitlán Mexico Daniel Guzmán Sacked 15 June 2023 Mexico Enrique López Zarza 20 June 2023 [18][19]
Apertura changes
Celaya Mexico Paco Ramírez Sacked 24 August 2023 Argentina Walter Fleita (Interim) 24 August 2023 14th [20]
Tlaxcala Mexico Jorge Villalpando Sacked 26 August 2023 Mexico Jorge Villalpando[d] 28 August 2023 15th [21][22]
Celaya Argentina Walter Fleita (Interim) End of tenure as caretaker 29 August 2023 Argentina Cristian Paulucci 29 August 2023 14th [23]
UAT Mexico Edgar Solano Sacked 7 October 2023 Mexico Raúl Gutiérrez 7 October 2023 13th [24][25]
Tlaxcala Mexico Jorge Villalpando Mutual agreement 10 October 2023 Mexico Javier Contreras (Interim) 10 October 2023 15th [26]
Atlético Morelia Mexico Carlos Adrián Morales Sacked 20 October 2023 Mexico José Roberto Muñoz (Interim) 20 October 2023 8th [27][28]
Pre-Clausura changes
Atlético La Paz Mexico Jaime Durán Sacked 29 November 2023 Mexico Raúl Rico 10 December 2023 Pre-season [29][30]
Atlético Morelia Mexico José Roberto Muñoz (Interim) End of tenure as caretaker 5 December 2023 Mexico Israel Hernández 5 December 2023 [31]
Atlante Mexico Mario García Mutual agreement 12 December 2023 Mexico Daniel Alcántar 20 December 2023 [32][33]
Tlaxcala Mexico Javier Contreras (Interim) End of tenure as caretaker 23 December 2023 Mexico Paco Ramírez 23 December 2023 [34]
Clausura changes
Atlético Morelia Mexico Israel Hernández Sacked 21 February 2024 Argentina Norberto Scoponi 22 February 2024 14th [35][36]
  1. ^ Announced on 9 April 2023 during Clausura 2023 Week 16.
  2. ^ Announced on 24 April 2023.
  3. ^ Announced on 31 May 2023.[14]
  4. ^ Reinstated in his position after his dismissal was announced

Apertura 2023

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The defending champions are Tapatío. The regular tournament began on 21 July and will end on 31 October. The round 2 match between Celaya and Tepatitlán was postponed due to poor pitch condition and played on 19 August during round 5.[37]

Regular season

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Standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Cancún 14 9 1 4 26 15 +11 28 Qualification to the quarter-finals[a]
2 UdeG 14 8 3 3 28 15 +13 27
3 Atlante 14 7 4 3 18 7 +11 25
4 Zacatecas 14 7 3 4 33 21 +12 24
5 Tepatitlán 14 6 5 3 23 19 +4 23
6 Sonora 14 6 4 4 26 23 +3 22
7 Atlético Morelia 14 6 3 5 16 14 +2 21 Qualification to the play-in round[b]
8 Venados 14 7 0 7 26 28 −2 21
9 UAT 14 6 2 6 24 18 +6 20
10 Atlético La Paz 14 6 2 6 21 28 −7 20
11 Celaya 14 4 5 5 15 14 +1 17
12 Tapatío 14 2 8 4 16 18 −2 14
13 Oaxaca 14 3 4 7 18 35 −17 13
14 Sinaloa 14 4 0 10 15 34 −19 12
15 Tlaxcala 14 2 0 12 13 29 −16 6
Source: Liga de Expansión MX
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Number of goals scored away; 5) Head-to-head results between tied teams; 6) Highest relegation coefficient; 7) Fair Play points
Notes:
  1. ^ The Teams ranked from 1st to 6th place qualify to the Liguilla quarter-finals.
  2. ^ The Teams ranked from 7th to 10th place qualify to the play-in round.

Positions by round

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Leader and qualification to Liguilla quarter-finals
Qualification to quarter-finals
Qualification to play-in
Last place in table
Team ╲ Round123456789101112131415
Cancún854536†7107665321
U. de G.127542547†3212212
Atlante523312222134†453
Zacatecas1312533†64341134
Tepatitlán710111012†1311967108545
Sonora6117764548†987966
Atlético Morelia1515†10687635456797
Venados268†11139811101079878
UAT3469101195121112†1310109
La Paz4121411115236810†
Celaya11121314141412131313131112†1111
Tapatío989898108989101112†12
Oaxaca10†912131112141212121112131313
Sinaloa1413141271013141515†1514141414
Tlaxcala13141515†1515151514141415151515
Source: Liga de Expansión MX
Notes: † indicates team rested that round
  • The round 2 match between Celaya and Tepatitlán was postponed and played during round 5.[37]

Results

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Each team plays once all other teams in 15 rounds regardless of it being a home or away match.

Home \ Away ATL ATM CAN CEL LAP OAX SIN SON TAP TEP TLA UAT UDG VEN ZAS
Atlante — — — 3–0 — 3–0 — 1–1 2–2 — — 1–0 2–0 —
Atlético Morelia 0–1 — — 1–0 2–0 0–0 4–0 — 0–0 1–0 — 2–0 — — —
Cancún — 2–0 — — — — — 5–2 — — 1–2 2–1 2–0 2–1 2–1
Celaya 0–0 — 1–0 — — — — 1–1 — 1–1 — — 0–0 — 2–3
La Paz — — 1–4 2–1 — — — 2–1 2–2 — 1–0 — 3–0 — 1–4
Oaxaca 0–3 — 2–5 2–1 2–2 — 4–0 — 1–1 — — — — 2–1 —
Sinaloa — — 1–0 1–4 3–4 — — — — 1–2 3–1 — — — 4–0
Sonora 0–0 3–2 — — — 4–2 2–0 — — — — 0–1 — 4–1 —
Tapatío — — 0–0 1–1 — — 0–1 1–2 — 2–2 2–0 — 2–4 — 1–0
Tepatitlán — — 3–0 — 4–0 3–1 — 1–1 — — — 2–1 0–0 — —
Tlaxcala 1–2 2–3 — 1–2 — 2–1 — 1–2 — 0–1 — 0–1 — — —
UAT 1–0 — — 0–1 1–0 7–0 2–0 — 2–2 — — — 1–2 — 3–3
U. de G. — 0–0 — — — 5–0 4–0 4–2 — — 2–1 — — 4–1 3–2
Venados — 2–1 — 1–0 1–3 — 4–1 — 2–1 5–1 3–1 4–3 — — —
Zacatecas 1–0 4–0 — — — 1–1 — 2–2 — 4–1 5–1 — — 3–0 —
Source: Liga de Expansión MX
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Regular season statistics

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Discipline

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Team

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Source Liga de Expansión MX

Attendance

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Per team

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Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 Atlético Morelia 53,387 9,698 5,130 7,627 −3.7%†
2 Zacatecas 35,740 6,115 3,205 5,106 +121.1%†
3 Venados 27,481 4,204 2,019 3,435 −22.3%†
4 La Paz 23,041 3,805 2,661 3,292 +11.5%†
5 Oaxaca 22,014 5,929 1,189 3,145 +42.1%†
6 Cancún 19,295 5,075 1,572 2,756 +13.6%†
7 UdeG 18,896 4,395 1,4501 2,699 −7.1%1
8 Sinaloa 15,530 4,133 1,125 2,588 +66.5%†
9 Atlante 16,830 3,950 1,356 2,404 −31.7%†
10 UAT 17,651 2,789 1,255 2,206 +2.3%†
11 Tepatitlán 11,805 3,146 950 1,968 −39.7%†
12 Sonora 10,270 2,278 1,318 1,712 −0.5%†
13 Celaya 10,207 2,212 1,243 1,701 −26.9%†
14 Tlaxcala 8,373 2,346 895 1,196 −45.6%†
15 Tapatío 4,148 891 288 519 +3.2%†
League total 294,668 9,698 288 2,833 +10.1%†

Source: Liga Expansión MX
Notes:
Only regular season listed
1: UdeG played their match against Venados at Estadio Gregorio "Tepa" Gómez due to Estadio Jalisco's poor pitch condition.[38]

Highest and lowest

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Highest attended Lowest attended[a]
Week Home Score Away Attendance Home Score Away Attendance
1 Zacatecas 4–0 Atlético Morelia 4,612 Tapatío 0–0 Cancún 419
2 Oaxaca 1–1 Tapatío 5,929 Tlaxcala 1–2 Atlante 2,346
3 Atlético Morelia 1–0 Celaya 7,370 Celaya 1–1 Tepatitlán 1,243
4 Zacatecas 1–1 Oaxaca 6,115 Tapatío 1–1 Celaya 462
5 Sinaloa 4–0 Zacatecas 3,103 Tlaxcala 1–2 Sonora 990
6 Morelia 4–0 Sinaloa 8,012 Tapatío 2–0 Tlaxcala 291
7 Venados 2–1 Tapatío 4,204 Tepatitlán 3–0 Cancún 950
8 Atlético Morelia 2–0 Atlético La Paz 8,707 Tapatío 1–0 Zacatecas 288
9 Atlético Morelia 0–0 Tapatío 8,514 Tlaxcala 2–1 Oaxaca 901
10 Oaxaca 2–2 Atlético La Paz 2,698 Tapatío 2–2 Tepatitlán 741
11 Atlante 1–1 Tapatío 3,950 Sonora 3–2 Atlético Morelia 1,821
12 Atlético Morelia 0–0 Oaxaca 5,130 Tapatío 1–2 Sonora 284
13 Atlético Morelia 0–1 Atlante 9,698 Tapatío 2–4 UdeG 772
14 Zacatecas 2–2 Sonora 6,053 Sonora 1–0 Atlético La Paz 1,708
15 Cancún 2–1 Zacatecas 3,247 Tapatío 0–1 Sinaloa 891

Source: Liga de Expansión MX

  1. ^ Does not include matches played behind closed doors.

Final phase

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Play-in bracket

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Play-in gamesNo. 8 seed gameFinal seeds
7Atlético Morelia (p)1 (4)7Atlético MoreliaNo. 7 seed
8Venados1 (3)8VenadosNo. 8 seed
8Venados1
10Atlético La Paz0
9UAT0
10Atlético La Paz1
  • All rounds are played in a single game hosted by a higher seed.
  • If a game ends in a draw, it will proceed directly to a penalty shoot-out.

Play-in matches

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Team 1  Score  Team 2
Atlético Morelia 1–1 (4–3 p) Venados
UAT 0–1 Atlético La Paz
Atlético Morelia1–1Venados
  • Flores 69'
 Report
Penalties
 4–3
Attendance: 5,350
Referee: Joaquín Alberto Vizcarra (Sinaloa)
UAT0–1Atlético La Paz
Report
Attendance: 6,200
Referee: Edgar Ulises Rangel (Mexico City)

No. 8 seed match

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Team 1  Score  Team 2
Venados 1–0 Atlético La Paz
Venados1–0Atlético La Paz
 Report
Attendance: 5,369
Referee: Áxel Meza Méndez (Michoacán)

Bracket

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Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
               
1 Cancún (s) 0 2 2
8 Venados 1 1 2
1 Cancún (s) 0 3 3
4 Zacatecas 1 2 3
4 Zacatecas 2 5 7
5 Tepatitlán 0 2 2
1 Cancún 0 3 3
3 Atlante 0 0 0
2 UdeG 1 2 3
7 Atlético Morelia 2 0 2
2 UdeG 1 0 1
3 Atlante 3 1 4
3 Atlante (s) 0 4 4
6 Sonora 2 2 4

Quarter-finals

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The first legs were played between 15–16 November, and the second legs were played between 18–19 November.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Venados 2–2 (s) Cancún 1–0 1–2
Atlético Morelia 2–3 UdeG 2–1 0–2
Sonora 4–4 (s) Atlante 2–0 2–4
Tepatitlán 2–7 Zacatecas 0–2 2–5
First leg
Atlético Morelia2–1UdeG
 Report
Attendance: 8,696
Referee: Martín Molina Astorga (Nuevo León)
Sonora2–0Atlante
 Report
Attendance: 3,047
Referee: Yonatan Peinado Aguirre (Chihuahua)
Tepatitlán0–2Zacatecas
Report
Attendance: 2,184
Referee: Luis Alfredo García (Mexico City)
Venados1–0Cancún
 Report
Attendance: 8,156
Referee: Héctor Salvador Solorio (Jalisco)
Second leg
Atlante4–2Sonora
 Report
Attendance: 4,125
Referee: Edgar Ulises Rangel (Mexico City)

4–4 on aggregate. Atlante advanced due to being the higher seeded team.

UdeG2–0Atlético Morelia
 Report
Attendance: 6,465
Referee: Joaquín Alberto Vizcarra (Sinaloa)

UdeG won 3–2 on aggregate.

Cancún2–1Venados
 Report
Attendance: 8,689
Referee: Gustavo Padilla Aguirre (Jalisco)

2–2 on aggregate. Cancún advanced due to being the higher seeded team.

Zacatecas5–2Tepatitlán
 Report
Attendance: 11,600
Referee: Salvador Pérez Villalobos (Mexico City)

Zacatecas won 7–2 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

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The first legs were played between 22–23 November, and the second legs were played between 25–26 November.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Zacatecas 3–3 (s) Cancún 1–0 2–3
Atlante 4–1 UdeG 3–1 1–0
First leg
Atlante3–1UdeG
 Report
Attendance: 3,763
Referee: Héctor Salvador Solorio (Jalisco)
Zacatecas1–0Cancún
 Report
Attendance: 13,019
Referee: Martín Molina Astorga (Nuevo León)
Second leg
UdeG0–1Atlante
Report
Attendance: 9,891
Referee: Salvador Pérez Villalobos (Mexico City)

Atlante won 4–1 on aggregate.

Cancún3–2Zacatecas
 Report
Attendance: 11,577
Referee: Luis Alfredo García (Mexico City)

3–3 on aggregate. Cancún advanced due to being the higher seeded team.

Final

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The first leg was played on 30 November, and the second leg was played on 3 December.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Atlante 0–3 Cancún 0–0 3–0
First leg
Atlante0–0Cancún
Report
Attendance: 11,349
Referee: Salvador Pérez Villalobos (Mexico City)
Second leg
Cancún3–0Atlante
 Report
Attendance: 16,950
Referee: Edgar Ulises Rangel (Mexico City)

Cancún won 3–0 on aggregate.


 Apertura 2023 winners 
Cancún
1st title

Clausura 2024

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The Clausura tournament began in January 2024.

Regular season

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Standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Venados 14 10 2 2 25 10 +15 32 Qualification to the quarter-finals[a]
2 UdeG 14 8 5 1 23 10 +13 29
3 Atlante 14 7 4 3 19 8 +11 25
4 Tapatío 14 6 4 4 22 13 +9 22
5 Celaya 14 6 4 4 21 15 +6 22
6 Cancún 14 6 4 4 21 16 +5 22
7 Atlético La Paz 14 6 4 4 21 19 +2 22 Qualification to the play-in round[b]
8 Zacatecas 14 5 4 5 20 19 +1 19
9 Oaxaca 14 5 4 5 18 22 −4 19
10 Sonora 14 4 5 5 19 18 +1 17
11 UAT 14 4 4 6 15 23 −8 16
12 Tlaxcala 14 3 4 7 11 23 −12 13
13 Sinaloa 14 3 2 9 16 27 −11 11
14 Atlético Morelia 14 2 4 8 16 23 −7 10
15 Tepatitlán 14 2 2 10 9 30 −21 8
Source: Liga de Expansión MX
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Number of goals scored away; 5) Head-to-head results between tied teams; 6) Highest relegation coefficient; 7) Fair Play points
Notes:
  1. ^ The Teams ranked from 1st to 6th place qualify to the Liguilla quarter-finals.
  2. ^ The Teams ranked from 7th to 10th place qualify to the play-in round.

Results

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Each team plays once all other teams in 15 rounds regardless of it being a home or away match.

Home \ Away ATL ATM CAN CEL LAP OAX SIN SON TAP TEP TLA UAT UDG VEN ZAC
Atlante — 0–0 0–1 2–1 1–2 2–0 2–0 4–0 3–1
Atlético Morelia — 0–1 3–1 0–2 3–4 1–2
Cancún 2–0 — 1–1 2–2 3–0 2–2 1–1 2–0
Celaya 1–2 — 4–2 2–0 3–1 1–2 1–1 2–0 0–2
La Paz 0–0 1–1 — 2–1 1–0 2–0 1–1 0–1
Oaxaca 3–3 — 2–2 1–0 1–1 1–0 0–3 1–1
Sinaloa 0–3 1–3 — 1–1 1–3 3–0 1–2 2–3
Sonora 2–4 0–1 2–1 — 1–2 4–0 1–2 1–1 2–2
Tapatío 0–0 0–0 0–2 1–2 — 2–2 0–2
Tepatitlán 1–2 2–1 0–2 2–0 0–4 — 1–1 0–5 1–1
Tlaxcala 1–0 2–3 0–1 0–3 — 0–4 1–0 0–2
UAT 3–1 3–1 0–2 2–0 1–1 — 2–1
U. de G. 0–0 2–0 0–0 2–4 1–0 3–2 —
Venados 1–0 2–0 2–1 0–0 1–1 — 1–0
Zacatecas 0–2 2–2 3–0 3–1 0–4 3–0 0–1 —
Source: Liga de Expansión MX
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Regular Season statistics

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Attendance

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Per team

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Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 Atlético Morelia 43,673 10,720 5,561 7,279 −4.6%†
2 Venados 33,516 7,027 4,878 5,586 +62.6%†
3 Cancún 27,356 5,987 2,071 3,908 +41.8%†
4 La Paz 25,262 5,153 2,305 3,609 +9.6%†
5 Oaxaca 24,748 5,674 2,346 3,535 +12.4%†
6 Celaya 24,769 3,959 1,844 3,096 +82.0%†
7 UdeG 19,769 4,873 1,557 2,824 +4.6%1
8 UAT 13,572 3,358 1,553 2,262 +2.5%†
9 Atlante 15,196 3,080 1,319 2,171 −9.7%†
10 Sinaloa 14,963 2,523 1,823 2,138 −17.4%†
11 Zacatecas 13,742 2,631 1,533 1,963 −61.6%†
12 Tlaxcala 12,860 2,114 1,426 1,837 +53.6%†
13 Tepatitlán 12,224 3,215 764 1,528 −53.2%†
14 Sonora 7,909 1,248 698 989 −42.2%†
15 Tapatío 3,165 968 194 528 +1.7%†
League total 292,724 10,720 194 2,842 +0.3%†

Source: Liga Expansión MX
Notes:
Only regular season listed

Final phase

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Play-in bracket

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Play-in gamesNo. 8 seed gameFinal seeds
Serie A
7Atlético La Paz28ZacatecasNo. 7 seed
8Zacatecas37Atlético La PazNo. 8 seed
7Atlético La PazHome
Serie B9OaxacaAway
9Oaxaca (p)1 {6)
10Sonora1 {5)
  • All rounds are played in a single game hosted by a higher seed.
  • If a game ends in a draw, it will proceed directly to a penalty shoot-out.

Play-in matches

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Team 1  Score  Team 2
Atlético La Paz 2–3 Zacatecas
Oaxaca 1–1 (6–5 p) Sonora
Atlético La Paz2–3Zacatecas
 Report
Attendance: 4,950
Referee: Maximiliano Quintero Hernández (Veracruz)
Oaxaca1–1Sonora
 Report
Penalties
 6–5
Attendance: 4,974
Referee: Vicente Jassiel Reynoso (Nayarit)

No. 8 seed match

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Team 1  Score  Team 2
Atlético La Paz 3–2 Oaxaca
Atlético La Paz3–2Oaxaca
 Report
Attendance: 3,852
Referee: Iván Antonio López (Estado de México)

Bracket

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2 UdeG 0 3 3
7 Zacatecas 0 0 0
2 UdeG 1 3 4
8 Atlético La Paz 1 1 2
1 Venados 1 2 3
8 Atlético La Paz 3 3 6
2 UdeG 0 1 1
3 Atlante 2 2 4
3 Atlante 1 2 3
6 Cancún 0 1 1
3 Atlante 3 5 8
4 Tapatío 0 1 1
4 Tapatío 3 2 5
5 Celaya 4 0 4

Quarter-finals

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Summary
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The first legs were played between 24–25 April, and the second legs were played between 27–28 April.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Atlético La Paz 6–3 Venados 3–1 3–2
Zacatecas 0–3 UdeG 0–0 0–3
Cancún 1–3 Atlante 0–1 1–2
Celaya 4–5 Tapatío 4–3 0–2
Matches
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Atlético La Paz3–1Venados
 Report
Attendance: 5,160
Referee: Yonatan Peinado Aguirre (Chihahua)
Venados2–3Atlético La Paz
 Report
Attendance: 8,177
Referee: Salvador Pérez Villalobos (Mexico City)

Atlético La Paz won 6–3 on aggregate.

Zacatecas0–0UdeG
Report
Attendance: 8,030
Referee: Aldo Ballesteros Barba (Aguascalientes)
UdeG3–0Zacatecas
 Report
Attendance: 5,892
Referee: Abraham de Jesús Quirarte (Jalisco)

UdeG won 3–0 on aggregate.

Cancún0–1Atlante
Report
Attendance: 9,049
Referee: Martín Molina Astorga (Nuevo León)
Atlante2–1Cancún
 Report
Attendance: 5,910
Referee: Maximiliano Quintero Hernández (Veracruz)

Atlante won 3–1 on aggregate.

Celaya4–3Tapatío
 Report
Attendance: 5,179
Referee: Joaquín Alberto Vizcarra (Sinaloa)
Tapatío2–0Celaya
 Report
Attendance: 746
Referee: Luis Alfredo García (Mexico City)

Tapatíon won 4–3 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

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Summary
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The first legs will be played on 5 May, and the second legs will be played between 8 May.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Atlético La Paz 2–4 UdeG 1–1 0–3
Tapatío 1–8 Atlante 0–3 1–5
Matches
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Atlético La Paz1–1UdeG
 Report
Attendance: 5,163
UdeG3–1Atlético La Paz
 Report
Attendance: 10,221
Referee: Martín Molina Astorga (Nuevo León)

UdeG won 4–2 on aggregate.

Tapatío0–3Atlante
Report
Attendance: 1,118
Referee: Joaquín Alberto Vizcarra (Sinaloa)
Atlante5–1Tapatío
 Report
Attendance: 6,892
Referee: Salvador Pérez Villalobos (Mexico City)

Atlante won 8–1 on aggregate.

Finals

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Summary
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The first leg was played on 8 May, and the second leg was played between 12 May.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Atlante 4–1 UdeG 2–0 2–1
Matches
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Atlante2–0UdeG
 Report
Attendance: 9,467
Referee: Joaquín Alberto Vizcarra (Sinaloa)
UdeG1–2Atlante
 Report
Attendance: 35,102
Referee: Luis Alfredo García (Mexico City)

Atlante won 4–1 on aggregate.

Campeón de Campeones Final

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The Campeón de Campeones Final is a two-legged playoff between the winners of the Apertura and Clausura tournaments and the Liga de Expansión MX Super cup. The final would not be played if the same team wins both the Apertura and Clausura tournaments. The higher ranked team on the aggregate table for the 2023–24 season will play the second leg at home.

First leg

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Cancún1–1Atlante
Marín 5' Report Cruz 32'
Attendance: 7,377
Referee: Martín Molina Astorga (Nuevo León)
Cancún
Atlante
21 GK Mexico Gustavo Gutiérrez
6 DF Mexico Walter Ortega Yellow card 83'
23 DF Mexico Benjamín Galindo Yellow card 47'
26 DF Mexico Hedgardo Marín downward-facing red arrow 90'
7 MF Mexico Johan Alonzo downward-facing red arrow 70'
9 MF Mexico Jorge Díaz downward-facing red arrow 78'
14 MF Mexico José Juan Vázquez
22 MF Mexico Raúl Castillo downward-facing red arrow 78'
28 MF Guinea-Bissau Junior Moreira downward-facing red arrow 90'
12 MF Colombia José Gabriel Rodríguez
27 FW Burkina Faso Cheick Traoré
Substitutions:
1 GK Mexico Christopher Andrade
2 DF Mexico Axl Padilla
4 DF Mexico Rodrigo Reyes upward-facing green arrow 90'
84 DF Mexico Jonathan Hernández
10 MF Mexico Paúl Uscanga Yellow card 90' upward-facing green arrow 78'
18 MF Mexico Germán Eguade
25 MF Mexico Alfonso Tamay upward-facing green arrow 78'
8 FW Mexico Christo Vela
11 FW Mexico Samuel González upward-facing green arrow 90'
17 FW Mexico Luis Loroña upward-facing green arrow 17'
Manager:
Mexico Luis Arce
20 GK Mexico Humberto Hernández
3 DF Mexico Diego Cruz Yellow card 30'
4 DF Mexico Carlos Villanueva
27 DF Mexico Armando Escobar Yellow card 10' downward-facing red arrow 90'
28 DF Brazil Elbis Yellow card 61'
8 MF Mexico Ronaldo González Yellow card 81' downward-facing red arrow 90'
13 MF Mexico Maximiliano García Yellow card 7'
14 MF Mexico Rolando González Yellow card 45' downward-facing red arrow 78'
18 MF Mexico Christian Bermúdez downward-facing red arrow 68'
34 MF Mexico Édgar Jiménez
9 FW Mexico Rafael Durán downward-facing red arrow 68'
Substitutions:
31 GK Argentina Nicolás Forastiero
32 DF Mexico Alberto López
5 MF Mexico Hardy Meza
7 MF Mexico Edson Partida upward-facing green arrow 90'
11 MF Lebanon Daniel Lajud upward-facing green arrow 68'
16 MF Mexico Deivoon Magaña upward-facing green arrow 90'
17 MF Mexico Leonardo Mejía upward-facing green arrow 78'
19 MF Mexico Edwin Cerna
35 MF United States Adrián Sánchez
22 FW Mexico Arturo Sánchez upward-facing green arrow 68'
Manager:
Mexico Daniel Alcántar


Second leg

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Atlante0–0Cancún
Report
Penalties
González soccer ball with red X
Cerna soccer ball with check mark
Partida soccer ball with red X
Elbis soccer ball with red X		 1–3 soccer ball with check mark Uscanga
soccer ball with check mark Reyes
soccer ball with red X Loroña
soccer ball with check mark Galindo
Attendance: 8,503
Referee: Salvador Pérez Villalobos (Mexico City)
Atlante
Cancún
20 GK Mexico Humberto Hernández
3 DF Mexico Diego Cruz downward-facing red arrow 76'
4 DF Mexico Carlos Villanueva
27 DF Mexico Armando Escobar
28 DF Brazil Elbis
8 MF Mexico Ronaldo González
13 MF Mexico Maximiliano García downward-facing red arrow 58'
14 MF Mexico Rolando González Yellow card 23' downward-facing red arrow 58'
18 MF Mexico Christian Bermúdez
34 MF Mexico Édgar Jiménez downward-facing red arrow 85'
9 FW Mexico Rafael Durán downward-facing red arrow 85'
Substitutions:
31 GK Argentina Nicolás Forastiero
32 DF Mexico Alberto López
5 MF Mexico Hardy Meza
7 MF Mexico Edson Partida upward-facing green arrow 76'
11 MF Lebanon Daniel Lajud upward-facing green arrow 58'
16 MF Mexico Deivoon Magaña upward-facing green arrow 85'
17 MF Mexico Leonardo Mejía upward-facing green arrow 58'
19 MF Mexico Edwin Cerna
35 MF United States Adrián Sánchez
22 FW Mexico Arturo Sánchez upward-facing green arrow 85'
Manager:
Mexico Daniel Alcántar
21 GK Mexico Gustavo Gutiérrez
6 DF Mexico Walter Ortega Yellow card 12'
23 DF Mexico Benjamín Galindo
26 DF Mexico Hedgardo Marín downward-facing red arrow 83'
7 MF Mexico Johan Alonzo
9 MF Mexico Jorge Díaz downward-facing red arrow 74'
14 MF Mexico José Juan Vázquez
22 MF Mexico Raúl Castillo downward-facing red arrow 72'
28 MF Guinea-Bissau Junior Moreira
12 FW Colombia José Gabriel Rodríguez Yellow card 49' downward-facing red arrow 83'
27 FW Burkina Faso Cheick Traoré
Substitutions:
1 GK Mexico Christopher Andrade
2 DF Mexico Axl Padilla
4 DF Mexico Rodrigo Reyes upward-facing green arrow 83'
84 DF Mexico Jonathan Hernández
10 MF Mexico Paúl Uscanga upward-facing green arrow 72'
18 MF Mexico Germán Eguade
25 MF Mexico Alfonso Tamay upward-facing green arrow 83'
8 MF Mexico Christo Vela
11 FW Mexico Samuel González
17 FW Mexico Luis Loroña upward-facing green arrow 74'
Manager:
Mexico Luis Arce Yellow card 83'


1–1 on aggregate. Cancún won 3–1 on penalty kicks.

Coefficient table

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As of the 2020–21 season, the promotion and relegation between Liga MX and Liga de Expansión MX (formerly known as Ascenso MX) was suspended, however, the coefficient table will be used to establish the payment of fines that will be used for the development of the clubs of the silver circuit.[39] As of the 2023–24 season, the bottom three ranked Liga de Expansión MX teams will not pay a fine. The last ranked team can not qualify for the Clausura 2024 liguilla.

As of matches played 12 April 2024
Pos
 Team '21 A
Pts 		'22 C
Pts 		'22 A
Pts 		'23 C
Pts 		'23 A
Pts 		'24 C
Pts 		Total
Pts 		Total
Pld 		Avg
 GD
1 Atlante 31 23 34 30 25 25 168 94 1.7872 +64
2 Celaya 25 27 38 37 17 22 166 94 1.766 +46
3 UdeG 25 29 31 22 27 29 162 94 1.7234 +36
4 Venados 21 22 25 22 21 32 143 94 1.5213 +17
5 Atlético Morelia 28 25 26 30 21 9 139 93 1.4946 +20
6 Sonora 21 23 30 25 22 17 138 94 1.4681 +31
7 Zacatecas 19 24 23 17 24 19 126 94 1.3404 0
8 Tapatío[a] 14 22 22 31 14 22 125 94 1.3298 –5
9 Oaxaca 16 31 20 22 13 18 120 93 1.2903 –11
10 Cancún 13 23 14 19 28 22 119 94 1.266 –10
11 Tepatitlán 18 22 21 25 23 8 117 94 1.2447 –10
12 Sinaloa 37 19 27 9 12 11 115 94 1.2234 –38
13 UAT 19 18 19 22 20 16 114 94 1.2128 –19
14 Atlético La Paz[b] 22 11 17 21 20 22 113 94 1.2021 –21
15 Tlaxcala[c] 18 22 19 23 6 13 101 94 1.0745 –49


Tiebreakers: 1) Coefficient; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results between tied teams; 5) Number of goals scored away; 6) Fair Play points
Source: Liga de Expansión

  1. ^ Liga MX affiliated team.
  2. ^ 2021–22 points were accumulated as Tampico Madero.
  3. ^ Liga Premier invited team.

Aggregate table

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The Aggregate table is a sum of the Apertura 2023 and Clausura 2024 tournament standings. The aggregate table is used to determine seeding for the "Campeón de Campeones" Final.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 U. de G. 28 16 8 4 51 25 +26 56
2 Venados 28 17 2 9 51 38 +13 53
3 Atlante 28 14 8 6 37 15 +22 50
4 Cancún 28 15 5 8 47 31 +16 50
5 Zacatecas 28 12 7 9 53 40 +13 43
6 Atlético La Paz 28 12 6 10 42 47 −5 42
7 Celaya 28 10 9 9 36 29 +7 39
8 Sonora 28 10 9 9 45 41 +4 39
9 Tapatío 28 8 12 8 38 31 +7 36
10 UAT 28 10 6 12 39 41 −2 36
11 Oaxaca 28 8 8 12 36 57 −21 32
12 Atlético Morelia 28 8 7 13 32 37 −5 31
13 Tepatitlán 28 8 7 13 32 49 −17 31
14 Sinaloa 28 7 2 19 31 61 −30 23
15 Tlaxcala 28 5 4 19 24 52 −28 19 Team is last in the coefficient table.
Updated to match(es) played on 12 April 2024. Source: Liga Expansión MX
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results between tied teams; 5) Number of goals scored away; 6) Highest relegation coefficient; 7) Fair Play points

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