Primera División Profesional
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| Country | Mexico |
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| Confederation | CONCACAF |
| Founded | 17 October 1943 |
| Number of teams | 18 |
| Level on pyramid | 1 |
| Relegation to | Ascenso MX |
| Domestic cup(s) |
Copa MX SuperCopa MX Campeón de Campeones |
| International cup(s) | CONCACAF Champions League |
| Current champions |
Guadalajara (12th title) (Clausura 2017) |
| Most championships |
América Guadalajara (12 titles) |
| TV partners |
Televisa TV Azteca Imagen Televisión Claro Sports ESPN Fox Sports |
| Website | LigaMX.net |
 2017–18 Liga MX season
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The Liga MX (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈliɣa ˈeme ˈekis]) is the top level of the Mexican football league system. Currently sponsored by BBVA through its Mexican subsidiary BBVA Bancomer, it is officially known as Liga BBVA Bancomer.
Each season, the league holds two tournaments: the Apertura, which starts in the summer, and the Clausura, which starts in the winter. As of 2017, the league comprises 18 clubs, with one being relegated every year (two tournaments) based upon its league performances over the previous three years. The first 8 teams in the table at the end of the regular phase of the tournament qualify to the liguilla ("mini-league", or "playoff"). Up until July 2011, the league was divided into 3 groups. The group formatting was removed in favor of a single-table format.
The league is considered the strongest in North America, and among the strongest in all of Latin America. According to the International Federation of Football History and Statistics, the league currently ranks 11th worldwide and was ranked as the 10th strongest league in the first decade of the 21st century (2001–2010). According to CONCACAF, the league – with an average attendance of 25,557 during the 2014–15 season – draws the largest crowds on average of any soccer league in the Americas and the third largest crowds of any professional sports league in North America, behind only the National Football League, Major League Baseball, and ahead of Canadian Football League. It is also the fourth most attended football league in the world behind Germany's Bundesliga, England's Premier League and Spain's La Liga.
Of the 56 teams to have competed in the league, América and Guadalajara have each won the title 12 times, followed by Toluca (10), Cruz Azul (8), León and Pumas UNAM (7), and Pachuca (6). The current league champions are Guadalajara, who won the Clausura 2017 tournament.
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