Serie A de México

The Serie A has 41 teams (1 Liga MX Reserve Team, 4 Liga de Expansión MX Reserve Teams and 35 Serie A Teams) divided into three groups. For the 2025–26 season, it will be a return of a long season format consisting of 26 group matches played home & away and the liguilla. The top four teams from each group will play in the Liguilla for a spot to play for promotion to Liga de Expansión MX provided that their stadiums meet the requirements to ascend.

The Serie A was created in the second half of 2008, with the participation and approval of the owners of the teams of the Second and Third Division, being next to Serie B part of the Liga Premier.

As of the 2025–26 Season, Celaya, Correcaminos UAT, Mineros de Zacatecas and U. de G. all from Liga de Expansión MX, and Pachuca from Liga MX will join the Liga Premier to give young players professional experience. However, only Celaya, Correcaminos UAT and Leones Negros UdeG will have a reserve team, while Pachuca and Mineros de Zacatecas will have an associated team that will have its own identity.

The member clubs of the Serie A for the 2025–26 season are listed as follows.^[4][5]

ACF

Colima

Autlán

Durango

Ensenada

La Piedad

Los Cabos

Fresnillo

Cimarrones

UdeG

Tritones

Tecos

Álica

UAZ

Location of teams in the 2025–26 Serie A Group 1

Club	Manager	City	Stadium	Capacity	Affiliate
ACF Zapotlanejo	Arturo Magaña	Zapotlanejo, Jalisco	Miguel Hidalgo	1,800	–
Alacranes de Durango	Gastón Obledo	Durango City, Durango	Francisco Zarco	18,000	–
Cimarrones de Sonora	Valentín Arredondo	Hermosillo, Sonora	Héroe de Nacozari	18,747	–
Colima	Sergio Bueno	Colima City, Colima	Colima	12,000	–
Ensenada	Alfonso Loera	Ensenada, Baja California	Raúl Ramírez Lozano	7,600	–
Guerreros de Autlán	Sergio Díaz	Autlán, Jalisco	Unidad Deportiva Chapultepec	1,500	–
La Piedad	Arturo Espinoza	La Piedad, Michoacán	Juan N. López	13,356	–
Leones Negros UdeG	Jairo González	Zapopan, Jalisco	Instalaciones Club Deportivo U.de G. Cancha 3	3,000	Leones Negros UdeG
Los Cabos United	Edson Alvarado	Los Cabos, Baja California Sur	Complejo Don Koll	3,500	–
Mineros de Fresnillo	Isaac Martínez	Fresnillo, Zacatecas	Unidad Deportiva Minera Fresnillo	6,000	Mineros de Zacatecas
Tecos	Jesús Chávez	Zapopan, Jalisco	Tres de Marzo	18,779	–
Tigres de Álica	Ricardo Jiménez	Tepic, Nayarit	Nicolás Álvarez Ortega	12,495
Tritones Vallarta	Juan Pablo Alfaro	Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco	Cancha Curiel	1,000	–
Tuzos UAZ	Rubén Hernández	Zacatecas City, Zacatecas	Carlos Vega Villalba	20,068	–

CDMX

Chilpancingo

Hidalgo

Calor

Lobos

Halcones

Apodaca

UAT

Canamy

Gavilanes

Santiago

Zacatepec

Zitácuaro

Greater Mexico City teams
Ciervos
Cordobés

Location of teams in the 2025–26 Serie A Group 2

Club	Manager	City	Stadium	Capacity	Affiliate
Atlético Hidalgo	Fausto Pinto	Ciudad Cooperativa Cruz Azul, Hidalgo	10 de Diciembre	7,761	Pachuca
Calor	Enrique Garza	Reynosa, Tamaulipas	Unidad Deportiva Solidaridad	15,000	–
Chilpancingo	Sebastián Lencina	Chilpancingo, Guerrero	General Vicente Guerrero	5,000	–
Ciervos	Arturo Viche	Chalco de Díaz Covarrubias, State of Mexico	Roberto González Velasquez	3,217[6]	–
Cordobés	Francisco Flores	Cuautitlán, State of Mexico	Los Pinos	5,000	–
Gavilanes de Matamoros	Juan Carlos Montiel	Matamoros, Tamaulipas	El Hogar	22,000	–
Halcones	José Roberto Muñoz	Uruapan, Michoacán	Unidad Deportiva Hermanos López Rayón	6,000	–
Lobos ULMX	Aquivaldo Mosquera	Celaya, Guanajuato	Miguel Alemán Valdés	23,182	–
Real Apodaca	Ricardo Rayas	Apodaca, Nuevo León	Centenario del Ejército Mexicano	2,000	–
Santiago	Martín Moreno	Allende, Nuevo León	La Capilla Soccer Park	1,000	–
Sporting Canamy	Juan Carlos Rico	Oaxtepec, Morelos	Olímpico de Oaxtepec	9,000	–
UAT	Jorge Dimas	Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas	Prof. Eugenio Alvizo Porras [a]	5,000	UAT
Zacatepec	Rowan Vargas	Xochitepec, Morelos	Mariano Matamoros	18,000	–
Zitácuaro	Mario Trejo	Zitácuaro, Michoacán	Ignacio López Rayón	10,000	–

CDMX

Cañoneros

Celaya

Chapulineros

Dragones

Jaguares

Montañeses

Inter Playa

Pioneros

Veracruz

Tapachula

Venados

Greater Mexico City teams
Héroes de Zaci
Neza

Location of teams in the 2025–26 Serie A Group 3

Club	Manager	City	Stadium	Capacity	Affiliate
Cañoneros	Efrén Hernández	Xalapa, Veracruz	Universidad Anáhuac Xalapa	1,000	–
Celaya	Luis Fernando Soto	Celaya, Guanajuato	Miguel Alemán Valdés	23,182	–
Chapulineros de Oaxaca	Jonathan Estrada	San Jerónimo Tlacochahuaya, Oaxaca	Independiente MRCI	6,000	–
Deportiva Venados	Alfredo García Salmones	Tamanché, Yucatán	Alonso Diego Molina	2,500	–
Dragones Toluca	Manuel Garduño	Zinacantepec, State of Mexico	Unidad Cultural SNTE Sección 17	1,000	–
Héroes de Zaci	Edgar Martínez	Texcoco, State of Mexico	Municipal Claudio Suárez	5,000	–
Inter Playa del Carmen	Nicolás Burtovoy	Playa del Carmen, Quintana Roo	Unidad Deportiva Mario Villanueva Madrid	7,500	–
Jaguares	Paco Ramírez	Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas	Víctor Manuel Reyna	29,001	–
Montañeses	Víctor Medina	Orizaba, Veracruz	Socum	7,000	–
Neza[7]	Marco Gamiño	Ciudad Nezahualcóyotl, State of Mexico	Municipal Claudio Suárez	5,000	–
Pioneros de Cancún	Jorge Salas	Cancún, Quintana Roo	Cancún 86	6,390
Racing de Veracruz	Marco Angúlo	Boca del Río, Veracruz	Unidad Deportiva Hugo Sánchez	2,500[8]	–
Tapachula	Diego Mazariegos	Tapachula, Chiapas	Olímpico de Tapachula	18,017	–

Club	Manager	City	Stadium	Capacity	Affiliate
Aguacateros de Peribán	Vacant	Peribán, Michoacán	Municipal de Peribán	3,000	–
Faraones de Texcoco	Oscar Linton	Texcoco, State of Mexico	Estadio Municipal Claudio Suárez	5,000	–
Petroleros de Salamanca	Ana María Zavala (Interim)	Salamanca, Guanajuato	El Molinito	2,500	–

• On May 3, 2025 Santiago was promoted from Serie B to Serie A.^[9]
• On May 31, 2025 Héroes de Zaci was promoted from Liga TDP to Serie A.^[10]
• On June 1, 2025 Guerreros de Autlán was promoted from Liga TDP to Serie A.^[11]
• On June 12, 2025 Faraones de Texcoco went on hiatus due to financial and institutional problems.^[12]
• On June 19, 2025 Irapuato was promoted to Liga de Expansión MX as a guest team.^[13]
• On June 27, 2025 Cordobés was promoted to Serie A from Serie B as an expansion team.^[4]
• On June 27, 2025 Calor returned to Serie A after a one year stay at Serie B, however to be able to participate in Serie A, the team was relocated to Reynosa.^[14]
• On June 27, 2025 Chapulineros de Oaxaca rejoined the league as an expansion team, previously they played at the Liga de Balompié Mexicano.^[15]
• On June 27, 2025 Celaya joined the league as expansion team, however, the team will not be eligible for promotion because it was founded as a reserves squad of the Liga de Expansión team.^[16]
• On June 27, 2025 Agricultores de Guasave was renamed Ensenada F.C.^[17]
• On June 27, 2025 Atlético Pachuca was promoted to Serie A from Serie B as an expansion team, however, the team was renamed Atlético Hidalgo.^[18]
• On June 27, 2025 Mexicali was relocated to Toluca and renamed Dragones Toluca.^[19]
• On June 27, 2025 Lobos ULMX became an independent team, they acted as a Celaya reserves team between 2021 and 2025.^[20]
• On June 27, 2025 Acatlán returned to Zapotlanejo after being forced to play in Arandas during the previous tournament due to damage to their original stadium.^[21] On July 31 they were renamed ACF Zapotlanejo.^[5]
• On July 16, 2025 Aguacateros de Peribán went on hiatus because the team's management prefers to wait until the completion of its new stadium to avoid problems with the approval of its field as occurred at the end of the previous season. The club will maintain professional participation through a reserves team in the Liga TDP.^[22]
• On July 28, 2025 Cordobés was relocated from Huixquilucan to Cuautitlán.^[23]
• On July 31, 2025 Petroleros de Salamanca went on hiatus due to financial problems.^[24]
• On July 31, 2025 Aguacateros CDU returned to Serie B due to administrative decisions of the club.^[5]
• On July 31, 2025 Cañoneros and Ciervos were promoted to Serie A as expansion teams.^[5]
• On July 31, 2025 Halcones was relocated from Querétaro City to Uruapan.^[25]