2016–17 Liga MX season

The 2016–17 Liga MX season (known as the Liga BBVA Bancomer MX for sponsorship reasons) was the 70th professional season of the top-flight football league in Mexico. The season is split into two championships—the Torneo Apertura and the Torneo Clausura—each in an identical format and each contested by the same eighteen teams. The fixtures were announced on 9 June 2016.

Liga MX
Season2016–17
ChampionsApertura:
UANL (5th title)
Clausura:
Guadalajara (12th title)
RelegatedChiapas
Champions LeagueUANL
Guadalajara
América
Tijuana
Matches played306
Goals scored806 (2.63 per match)
Top goalscorerApertura:
Dayro Moreno
Raúl Ruidíaz
(11 goals)
Clausura:
Raúl Ruidíaz
(9 goals)
Biggest home winApertura:
Pachuca 5–1 León
(July 16, 2016)
Tijuana 4–0 Guadalajara
(July 29, 2016)
Clausura:
Tijuana 6–2 Puebla
(January 13, 2017)
León 4–0 Veracruz
(April 8, 2017)
UANL 4–0 UNAM
(April 15, 2017)
Morelia 4–0 UNAM
(April 29, 2017)
Biggest away winApertura:
Morelia 1–5 Pachuca
(September 20, 2016)
Clausura:
Querétaro 1–5 UANL
(May 6, 2017)
Highest scoringApertura:
UNAM 5–3 Monterrey
(August 21, 2016)
Cruz Azul 5–3 Veracruz
(October 1, 2016)
Clausura:
Tijuana 6–2 Puebla
(January 13, 2017)
Longest winning runApertura: 3
Guadalajara
León
Necaxa
Pachuca
Tijuana
Toluca
UANL
Clausura: 4
Tijuana
Longest unbeaten runApertura: 11
UANL
Clausura: 8
Santos Laguna (twice)
Longest winless runApertura: 13
Chiapas
Clausura: 8
Chiapas
León
Longest losing runApertura: 8
Veracruz
Clausura: 5
Veracruz
Highest attendanceApertura: 61,561
América 0–3 Guadalajara
(August 27, 2016)
Clausura: 53,219
Atlas 1–2 Guadalajara
(February 11, 2017)
Lowest attendanceApertura: 8,672
Chiapas 1–2 Querétaro
(October 29, 2016)
Clausura: 0
Veracruz 3–1 Cruz Azul
(March 31, 2017)
Total attendanceApertura: 4,069,808
Clausura: 4,249,473
Average attendanceApertura: 26,600
Clausura: 27,774
Stats are from the regular season only
Source: ESPN FC
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