The Liga MX (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈliɣa ˈeme ˈekis]) is the top level of the Mexican football league system. It is currently sponsored by BBVA through its Mexican subsidiary BBVA Bancomer, and thus 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 2012, the league comprises 18 clubs, with one being relegated every year (two tournaments) based upon their performance in the league over the previous three years. The top eight teams in the table at the end of the regular phase of the tournament qualify to the liguilla ("mini-league", or "playoff"). Up until June 2011, the league was divided into three groups. The group formatting was removed in favor of a single-table format.
Of the 56 teams to have competed in the league, Club América have won the title a record 12 times, followed by Guadalajara (11), Toluca (10), Cruz Azul (8), León and Pumas UNAM (7).
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 20th worldwide and was ranked as the 10th strongest league in the first decade of the 21st century (2001–2010). With an average of 25,557 fans attending its games for the 2014-15 season, Liga MX draws the largest crowds on average of any soccer league in CONCACAF and the third or fourth largest crowds of any professional sports league in North America, ranking behind the National Football League and Major League Baseball and about on par with the Canadian Football League.
Primera división (Spanish for First division) can refer to multiple top division football leagues:
The 2014–15 Primera División Femenina de Fútbol was the 27th edition of Spain's highest women's football league.
FC Barcelona defended the title for the third straight season. The competition, running from 7 September 2014 to 3 May 2015, and was contested by sixteen teams, with Fundación Albacete and Santa Teresa CD making their debut.
For the first time two teams qualified to the UEFA Women's Champions League, as Spain has climbed into the top eight nations by UEFA coefficient.
The top eight teams will also qualify for the 2015 Copa de la Reina de Fútbol.
Source: soccerway.com
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
As of Week 30
*Player scored 4 goals
Primera División de Costa Rica (Costa Rica First Division) is a Costa Rican football tournament composed of two short tournaments that take up the entire year to determine the champion of Costa Rican football.
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