Liga Occidental De Jalisco

Liga Amateur de Jalisco was a former football league in Mexico founded by Federación Deportiva de Occidente de Aficionados , where clubs from the city of Guadalajara played from 1908 to 1943.The league folded in 1943 when the Primera División de México the first professional league in Mexico was founded.. Important clubs came out of this club such as Guadalajara, Atlas, Nacional and Oro.

History

As early as 1906^[1][2] clubs around the city of Guadalajara had been founded and began having friendly matches. The first clubs to be established in 1906 were Guadalajara, Atlético Occidental, Excelsior, Liceo de Varones, Cuauhtémoc and Iturbide. Most of the players who made up these clubs were workers and miners from the factories and mines around the city. These first clubs faced various problems such as learning the rules of this new sport as well as learning how to make the ball which they needed to play. The balls they had been introduced to had been brought by wealthy men returning from Europe.

In 1908 Rafael Orozco President of club Guadalajara pitched an idea to create a league and so in that same year the Liga Tapatía de fútbol was founded with Rafael Orozco as president Alberto de la Mora as secretary and Agustín Arce as treasurer.

The 2 first tournaments were played in various fields with amateur like styles, the 2 first titles went to Guadalajara.By 1910 due to the Mexican Revolution most of the fields were soon camps making it difficult for the tournament to be played, nonetheless the tournament went on with Liceo de Varones taking the cup that year. That club was mostly made up by seminarians, Guadalajara and Liceo de Varones became the first derby in the league.

In 1916 Club Atlas was founded by young returning students that had studied in England bringing to Mexico a different style. This club represented the high class society in the city of Guadalajara which was the opposite of what Guadalajara and quickly became a Derby which is considered the oldest in Mexico and is referred to as the Clásico Tapatío.

The following years from 1917-1921 Club Atlas due to the experience they had gained playing in England went on to win 4 consecutive championships. That all came to and end in 1922 when Guadalajara with new and experienced players managed to with the next 4 titles from 1922–1925 and once again claiming supremacy in the league.

In 1926 the Primera Fuerza invited a club from the league to play and so the Selección Jalisco formed and made up by the best players from clubs Guadalajara, Club Atlas, CD Oro, Nacional de Guadalajara and Club Morelos. With good performance by the Selección Jalisco many players did return to their clubs been signed by top clubs in Mexico City which had an effect on the Tapatio League but would also give other players take over their spot which help the league continue.

Amateur Era Occidental League Champions (1908–1943)

Champions Table

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