Football in Mexico
Mexico's most popular sport is football (called fútbol in Mexico). As of 2020, the top-tier leagues in Mexico are Liga MX for the men and the Liga MX Femenil for women.
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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 |
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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) | |
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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.
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.
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, it was estimated that there were in the nation over 324,000 registered players and approximately 8,155,000 unregistered players.