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Soccer Betting - Mexican First Division
History - Facts - Teams - Winners
Important Facts
Founding members
Primera Fuerza: América, Asturias, Atlante, España, Marte and Moctezuma
Liga Occidental: Atlas and Guadalajara
Liga Veracruzana: A.D. Orizabeño and Veracruz
- The F.M.F. changed the name of the Liga Mayor in 1950 to Primera División and established the Second Division.
- Throughout the late 1950s and early 1960s, many small clubs had financial issues which came due to the shortening of international exposure by Mexican.
- This popularity led to the league expanding the number of team participating.
- Mexican clubs who gained fairly high standings overall did not have the luxury to participate in prestigious international tournaments (such as the Copa Libertadores or the UEFA Champions League) as many South American and European clubs did.
- The 1970 FIFA World Cup held in Mexico was the first World Cup televised on a grand scale. For that one summer, the world looked to Mexico. This set a trend in marketing, recruitment and development.
- The season following the FIFA World Cup, the F.M.F. changed the league format and established a playoff phase to determine the national champion. This was done to regenerate interest and reward teams that placed fairly high in the standings.
- In 1996, the league decided to split the season into two championships. The league holds two tournaments per year, first called (winter) and (spring), now changed to (closing) and apertura (opening).
- For those teams recently promoted, only the games played since their promotion are considered. The team promoted from Primera Division A is the winner of a two-leg match between the champions of the opening and closing tournaments of that division. If a team becomes the champion in both tournaments, it is automatically promoted.
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