The 2016âÂÂ17 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 championshipsâÂÂthe Torneo Apertura and the Torneo ClausuraâÂÂeach in an identical format and each contested by the same eighteen teams. The fixtures were announced on 9 June 2016.
The following eighteen teams are competing this season. Sinaloa was relegated to the Ascenso MX after accumulating the lowest coefficient last season. Sinaloa will be replaced by the 2016 Clausura Ascenso MX champion Necaxa, who won promotion after defeating the Apertura 2015 winner Juárez in a promotion play-off.
The Apertura 2016 is the first championship of the season. The regular season began on July 15, 2016 and ended on December 25, 2016. Pachuca are the defending champions, having won their 6th title.
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The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included in the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for matchday 13, but then postponed and played between days 16 and 17, it will be added to the standings for day 16.
Players sorted first by goals scored, then by last name.
Source: ESPN FC
Source: Fox Soccer
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Source: Liga MX website
The Clausura 2017 is the second championship of the season. The regular phase of the tournament began on January 6, 2017.
Games scheduled for Round 10 were suspended due to a strike called by the Asociación Mexicana de ÃÂrbitros (Mexican Referee's Association).
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The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included in the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for matchday 13, but then postponed and played between days 16 and 17, it will be added to the standings for day 16.
Matches scheduled for Round 10 were postponed due to a strike called by the Asociación Mexicana de ÃÂrbitros (Mexican Referee's Association). Round 10 matches which were scheduled to take place between March 10 and March 12 were rescheduled to take place between April 11 and April 13. (between Rounds 13 and 14)
Players sorted first by goals scored, then by last name.
Source: ESPN FC
Source: Fox Soccer
Source: Fox Soccer
Last update: 7 May 2017 <br> Rules for relegation: 1) Relegation 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 <br> R = Relegated. Chiapas were relegated based on having a worse goal difference over the last three years than Veracruz. <br>Source: LigaMX
The aggregate table (the sum of points of both the Apertura and Clausura tournaments) will be used to determine the participants of the Apertura 2017 Copa MX. This table also displays teams that have qualified for the 2018 CONCACAF Champions League.