List of Mexican football champions

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.

1 Amateur Era Distrito Federal League Champions (1902–1943)
2 Amateur Era Occidental League Champions (1908–1943)
3 Primera División – League System Champions (1943–1970)
4 Primera División – Liguilla System Champions (1970–1996)
5 Primera División – Short Tournament Champions (1996-Currently)
6 Total Championships
7 Primera División A / Liga de Ascenso Champions
8 Segunda División Champions
9 Tercera División Champions
10 References
11 See also

Amateur Era Distrito Federal League Champions (1902–1943)

Season	Champion	Coach	Runner-Up
1902–1903	Orizaba AC	Duncan Macomish	Reforma AC
1903–1904	Mexico Cricket Club	Claude M. Butlin	Reforma AC
1904–1905	Pachuca AC	Charles Grenfell	British FC
1905–1906	Reforma AC	Thomas R. Phillips	San Pedro Golf Club
1906–1907	Reforma AC	Thomas R. Phillips	British FC
1907–1908	British FC	Percy Clifford	Mexico Country Club
1908–1909	Reforma AC	Thomas R. Phillips	Pachuca AC
1909–1910	Reforma AC	Thomas R. Phillips	Popo Park FC
1910–1911	Reforma AC	Thomas R. Phillips	Pachuca AC
1911–1912	Reforma AC	Thomas R. Phillips	British FC
1912–1913	México FC	Antonio Sierra	Reforma AC
1913–1914	Club España	Francisco G. Ubierta	Rovers FC
1914–1915	Club España	Francisco G. Ubierta	Pachuca AC
1915–1916	Club España	Francisco Arias	México FC
1916–1917	Club España	Francisco G. Ubierta	Pachuca AC
1917–1918	Pachuca AC	William Penguely	Club España
1918–1919	Club España	Francisco Arias	Centro Union
1919–1920	Real Club España (N)	Francisco Arias	Tigres
1919–1920	Pachuca AC (M)	Alfred C. Crowle
1920–1921	Real Club España (N)	Francisco Arias
1920–1921	Germania FV (M)	Richard Obert	Club Mexico
1921–1922	Real Club España		Asturias
1922–1923	Asturias		Germania FV
1923–1924	Real Club España		Club America
1924–1925	Club América	Rafael Garza Gutiérrez	Necaxa
1925–1926	Club América	Rafael Garza Gutiérrez	Asturias
1926–1927	Club América	Percy Clifford	Real Club España
1927–1928	Club América	Percy Clifford	Asturias
1928–1929	CD Marte		Real Club España
1929–1930	Real Club España	Emérico Pozsonyi	Club América
1930–1931	No Championship held
1931–1932	Atlante FC		Necaxa
1932–1933	Necaxa		Leones
1933–1934	Real Club España		Asturias
1934–1935	Necaxa	Ernest Pauler	Real Club España
1935–1936	Real Club España		Club America
1936–1937	Necaxa		Atlante FC
1937–1938	Necaxa		Asturias
1938–1939	Asturias		Euzkadi
1939–1940	Real Club España		Necaxa
1940–1941	Atlante FC		Real Club España
1941–1942	Real Club España		Atlante FC
1942–1943	CD Marte		Atlante FC

Amateur Era Occidental League Champions (1908–1943)

Season	Champion	Runner-Up
1908–09	Guadalajara	Atlético Occidental
1909–10	Guadalajara	Liceo de Varones
1910–11	Liceo de Varones	Guadalajara
1911–12	Guadalajara	Liceo de Varones
1912–13	Liceo de Varones	Guadalajara
1913–14	Liceo de Varones	Guadalajara
1914–15	Not Played¹
1915–16	Not Played²
1916–17	Colón	Guadalajara
1917–18	Atlas	Colón
1918–19	Atlas	Guadalajara
1919–20	Atlas	Colón
1920–21	Atlas	Guadalajara
1921–22	Guadalajara	Atlas
1922–23	Guadalajara	Atlas
1923–24	Guadalajara	Atlas
1924–25	Guadalajara	Nacional
1925–26	Nacional	Guadalajara
1926–27	Nacional	Atlas
1927–28	Guadalajara	Nacional
1928–29	Guadalajara	Nacional
1929–30	Guadalajara	Nacional
1930–31	Nacional	Atlas
1931–32	Nacional	Guadalajara
1932–33	Guadalajara	Latino
1933–34	Nacional	Atlas
1934–35	Guadalajara	Atlas
1935–36	Atlas	Nacional
1936–37	Nacional	Atlas
1937–38	Guadalajara	Nacional
1938–39	Nacional	Oro
1939–40	Oro	Nacional
1940–41	S.U.T.A.J.³	Nacional
1941–42	Rastro	Oro
1942–43	Oro	Rastro

The total championships by each club are summarized in the following chart.

Team	Championships
Amateur Era Occidental League Champions
C.D. Guadalajara	13
Nacional	7
Atlas	5
Liceo de Varones	3
CD Oro	2
CD Colón, S.U.T.A.J., Rastro	1

Primera División – League System Champions (1943–1970)

Season	Champion	Coach	Runner-Up

1943–1944	Asturias	Ernest Pauler	Real Club España
1944–1945	Real Club España	Rodolfo Muñoz	Puebla FC
1945–1946	Veracruz	Enrique Palomini	Atlante FC
1946–1947	Atlante FC	Luis Grocz	Club León
1947–1948	Club León	José Maria Casullo	CD Oro
1948–1949	Club León	José Maria Casullo	Atlas
1949–1950	Veracruz	Juan Luque de Serrallonga	Atlante FC
1950–1951	Atlas	Eduardo Valdatti	Atlante FC
1951–1952	Club León	Antonio López Herranz	CD Guadalajara
1952–1953	Tampico Madero	Joaquín Urquiaga	Zacatepec
1953–1954	CD Marte	Ignacio Trelles	CD Oro
1954–1955	Zacatepec	Ignacio Trelles	CD Guadalajara
1955–1956	Club León	Antonio López Herranz	CD Oro
1956–1957	CD Guadalajara	Donald Ross	Deportivo Toluca
1957–1958	Zacatepec	Ignacio Trelles	Deportivo Toluca
1958–1959	CD Guadalajara	Arpad Fekete	Club León
1959–1960	CD Guadalajara	Arpad Fekete	Club América
1960–1961	CD Guadalajara	Javier de la Torre	CD Oro
1961–1962	CD Guadalajara	Javier de la Torre	Club América
1962–1963	CD Oro	Arpad Fekete	CD Guadalajara
1963–1964	CD Guadalajara	Javier de la Torre	Club América
1964–1965	CD Guadalajara	Javier de la Torre	CD Oro
1965–1966	Club América	Alejandro Scopelli	Atlas
1966–1967	Deportivo Toluca	Ignacio Trelles	Club América
1967–1968	Deportivo Toluca	Ignacio Trelles	Pumas UNAM
1968–1969	CDCS Cruz Azul	Raúl Cárdenas	CD Guadalajara
1969–1970	CD Guadalajara	Javier de la Torre	CDCS Cruz Azul
México '70	CDCS Cruz Azul	Raúl Cárdenas	Deportivo Toluca

Primera División – Liguilla System Champions (1970–1996)

Season	Champion	Coach	Runner-Up	Reg Season most points*
1970–1971	Club América	José Antonio Roca	Deportivo Toluca	Club América (44 pts)
1971–1972	CDCS Cruz Azul	Raúl Cárdenas	Club América	CDCS Cruz Azul (51 pts)
1972–1973	CDCS Cruz Azul	Raúl Cárdenas	Club León	CDCS Cruz Azul (46 pts)
1973–1974	CDCS Cruz Azul	Raúl Cárdenas	Atlético Español	CDCS Cruz Azul (49 pts)
1974–1975	Deportivo Toluca	Ricardo de León	Club León	Club León (51 pts)
1975–1976	Club América	Raúl Cárdenas	U. de Guadalajara	Club América (53 pts)
1976-1977	Pumas UNAM	Jorge Marik	U. de Guadalajara	Pumas UNAM (50 pts)**
1977–1978	Tigres UANL	Carlos Miloc	Pumas UNAM	Club América (51 pts)
1978–1979	CDCS Cruz Azul	Ignacio Trellez	Pumas UNAM	CDCS Cruz Azul (51 pts)
1979–1980	CDCS Cruz Azul	Ignacio Trellez	Tigres UANL	Club América (57 pts)
1980–1981	Pumas UNAM	Bora Milutinovic	CDCS Cruz Azul	Estudiantes Tecos (51 pts)
1981–1982	Tigres UANL	Carlos Miloc	Atlante FC	Atlante FC (53 pts)
1982–1983	Puebla FC	Manuel Lapuente	CD Guadalajara	Club América (61 pts)
1983–1984	Club América	Carlos Reinoso	CD Guadalajara	Club América (51 pts)
1984–1985	Club América	Miguel Ángel López	Pumas UNAM	Pumas UNAM (55 pts)
PRODE '85	Club América	Miguel Ángel López	Tampico Madero
México '86	CF Monterrey	Francisco Avilán	Tampico Madero
1986–1987	CD Guadalajara	Alberto Guerra	CDCS Cruz Azul	CD Guadalajara (55 pts)
1987–1988	Club América	Jorge Vieira	Pumas UNAM	Club América (55 pts)
1988–1989	Club América	Jorge Vieira	CDCS Cruz Azul	Puebla FC (53 pts)
1989–1990	Puebla FC	Manuel Lapuente	U. de Guadalajara	Club América (48 pts)
1990–1991	Pumas UNAM	Miguel Mejía Barón	Club América	Pumas UNAM (55 pts)
1991–1992	Club León	Víctor Manuel Vucetich	Puebla FC	Atlante FC (50 pts)
1992–1993	Atlante FC	Ricardo LaVolpe	CF Monterrey	Necaxa (54 pts)
1993–1994	Tecos UAG	Víctor Manuel Vucetich	Santos Laguna	Estudiantes Tecos (51 pts)
1994–1995	Necaxa	Manuel Lapuente	CDCS Cruz Azul	CD Guadalajara (52 pts)
1995–1996	Necaxa	Manuel Lapuente	Atlético Celaya	CDCS Cruz Azul (56 pts)

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- Goal Difference.

Primera División – Short Tournament Champions (1996-Currently)

Season	Champion	Coach	Runner-Up	Reg season full year*
Invierno 1996	Santos Laguna	Alfredo Tena	Necaxa
Verano 1997	CD Guadalajara	Ricardo Ferretti	Toros Neza	Atlante FC (66 pts)
Invierno 1997	CDCS Cruz Azul	Luis Fernando Tena	Club León
Verano 1998	Deportivo Toluca	Enrique Meza	Necaxa	CDCS Cruz Azul (61 pts)
Invierno 1998	Necaxa	Raúl Arias	CD Guadalajara
Verano 1999	Deportivo Toluca	Enrique Meza	Atlas	Deportivo Toluca (75 pts)
Invierno 1999	CF Pachuca	Javier Aguirre	CDCS Cruz Azul
Verano 2000	Deportivo Toluca	Enrique Meza	Santos Laguna	Deportivo Toluca (72 pts)
Invierno 2000	Monarcas Morelia	Luis Fernando Tena	Deportivo Toluca
Verano 2001	Santos Laguna	Fernando Quirarte	CF Pachuca	CDCS Cruz Azul (55 pts)
Invierno 2001	CF Pachuca	Alfredo Tena	Tigres UANL
Verano 2002	Club América	Manuel Lapuente	Necaxa	Deportivo Toluca (67 pts)
Apertura 2002	Deportivo Toluca	Alberto Jorge	Monarcas Morelia
Clausura 2003	CF Monterrey	Daniel Passarella	Monarcas Morelia	Deportivo Toluca (74 pts)
Apertura 2003	CF Pachuca	Víctor Manuel Vucetich	Tigres UANL
Clausura 2004	Pumas UNAM	Hugo Sánchez	CD Guadalajara	Pumas UNAM (79 pts)
Apertura 2004	Pumas UNAM	Hugo Sánchez	CF Monterrey
Clausura 2005	Club América	Mario Carrillo	Tecos UAG	Monarcas Morelia (57 pts)
Apertura 2005	Deportivo Toluca	Américo Gallego	CF Monterrey
Clausura 2006	CF Pachuca	José Luis Trejo	San Luis FC	CDCS Cruz Azul (60 pts)
Apertura 2006	CD Guadalajara	José Manuel de la Torre	Deportivo Toluca
Clausura 2007	CF Pachuca	Enrique Meza	Club América	CF Pachuca (65 pts)
Apertura 2007	Atlante FC	José Guadalupe Cruz	Pumas UNAM
Clausura 2008	Santos Laguna	Daniel Guzmán	CDCS Cruz Azul	Santos Laguna (69 pts)
Apertura 2008	Deportivo Toluca	Jose Manuel de la Torre	CDCS Cruz Azul
Clausura 2009	Pumas UNAM	Ricardo Ferretti	CF Pachuca	Deportivo Toluca (63 pts)
Apertura 2009	CF Monterrey	Víctor Manuel Vucetich	CDCS Cruz Azul
Bicentenario 2010	Deportivo Toluca	Jose Manuel de la Torre	Santos Laguna	CF Monterrey (66 pts)
Apertura 2010	CF Monterrey	Víctor Manuel Vucetich	Santos Laguna
Clausura 2011	UNAM	Guillermo Vázquez	Morelia	Cruz Azul (65 pts)
Apertura 2011	Tigres UANL	Ricardo Ferretti	Santos Laguna

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Total Championships

Team	Championships
Professional Era National Champions
CD Guadalajara	11
Club América, Deportivo Toluca	10
CDCS Cruz Azul	8
Pumas UNAM	7
Leon, CF Pachuca	5
CF Monterrey	4
Atlante FC, Necaxa, Santos Laguna, Tigres UANL	3
Puebla FC, Veracruz, Zacatepec	2
Asturias, Atlas, Real Club España, CD Marte, Monarcas Morelia, CD Oro, Tampico Madero, Tecos UAG	1

Team	Championships
Amateur Era Distrito Federal Champions
Real Club España	14
Reforma Athletic Club	6
Club América, Necaxa	4
Pachuca Athletic Club	3
Asturias, Atlante FC, CD Marte	2
British FC, Germania FV, Mexico Cricket Club, México FC, Orizaba Athletic Club	1

Team	Championships
Amateur Era Occidental League Champions
C.D. Guadalajara	13
Nacional	7
Atlas	5
Liceo de Varones	3
CD Oro	2
CD Colón, S.U.T.A.J., Rastro	1

Team	Championships
All-Time Champions
C.D. Guadalajara	24
Real Club España	15
Club América	14
Deportivo Toluca	10
CDCS Cruz Azul, CF Pachuca	8
Necaxa, Pumas UNAM, CD Nacional	7
Reforma Athletic Club, Atlas	6
Atlante FC, Club León, Puebla FC, Veracruz, Zacatepec	5
CF Monterrey	4
Liceo de Varones, Asturias, CD Marte, CD Oro, Santos Laguna	3
Tigres UANL	2
British FC, Germania FV, Mexico Cricket Club, México FC, CD Colón, S.U.T.A.J., Rastro, Monarcas Morelia, Orizaba Athletic Club, Tampico Madero, Tecos UAG	1