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Campeón de Campeones

Campeón de Campeones (English: Champion of Champions) is an annual Mexican super cup match, between the Liga MX champions of the Apertura and Clausura tournaments. It was initially a super cup match between the league and cup champions. Since 2018, the winners of the Campeón de Campeones have competed in the Campeones Cup, facing the Major League Soccer champions.[1]

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Campeón de Campeones
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Organising bodyFederación Mexicana de Fútbol (FMF)
Founded1942; 83 years ago (1942)
RegionMexico
Number of teams2
Current championsLiga MX
América
(7th title)
Liga MX Femenil
UANL
(3rd title)
Most successful club(s)Liga MX
América
Guadalajara
(7 titles each)
Liga MX Femenil
UANL
(3 titles)
Liga MX: 2024 Supercopa de la Liga MX
Liga MX Femenil: 2024 Campeón de Campeones
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History

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The beginning of the professional era of the Campeón de Campeones was established for the 1942-43 season, the first professional edition was held in 1943. Previously, an edition was played corresponding to the 1941-42 season, still in the considered Amateur era of Mexican Football. The trophy was presented by the president of Mexico at the time, Manuel Ávila Camacho. From 1942 to 1995 the tournament was contested between the Liga MX champions and the Copa MX champions. Traditionally the single match (with an exception in 1968 and 1988 when two matches were played) to determine the "super cup" winner was held at the end of the season at a stadium in Mexico City.

If a team won the league and cup titles of the same year, they were awarded the title Campeonísimo with an automatic awarding of the Campeón de Campeones trophy. To date this has only occurred on five occasions (León in 1949, Cruz Azul in 1969, Guadalajara in 1970, Puebla in 1990, and Necaxa in 1995).

After 1995 the league championship was split into two shorter seasons Apertura and Clausura. Then in 1997, the FMF canceled the cup tournament. Due to these changes, the Campeón de Campeones was postponed. The competition resumed in the 2002-03 season; however, this time it was contested between the champions of Apertura and Clausura. The competition was held four times and was placed on hiatus again from 2007 to 2014.

In 2012, an unofficial match was played between the Liga MX champions and the Ascenso MX champions, Leon beat Santos Laguna 2-0.[2][3] In the 2013-14 season, the Liga MX stipulated that a Campeón de Campeones match should be contested between the champions of the Apertura 2013 and Copa MX Apertura 2013,[4] but it was not officially disputed.

The format was changed to a single match at a neutral site, which is in the United States and shared with the Supercopa MX match, and the team with the higher aggregate table points across both Apertura and Clausura tournaments is declared the designated “home” team.[5][6] In 2015, the Liga MX restarted the Campeón de Campeones with the match between Santos Laguna and América, the match was played at a neutral venue (Toyota Stadium in Frisco, Texas), that was the first edition of the competition that was played in the United States.

Similarly to the traditional tournament, if a team wins both the Apertura and Clausura seasons, the team is automatically awarded the Campeón de Campeones trophy. This has occurred twice, Atlas in 2022 for winning the 2021 Apertura and the 2022 Clausura. Club América in 2024 for winning the 2023 Apertura and the 2024 Clausura.

Campeón de Campeones Femenil

On May 24, 2021, the Liga MX owners assembly made official the creation of the Campeón de Campeones for Liga MX Femenil.[7] Tigres UANL won the first edition automatically by winning the league title of both Guardianes 2020 and Guardianes 2021 tournaments.[8] Unlike the men's Campeón de Campeones, the women's version is played as a two-legged series, with the team having the most aggregate points host the second leg.[8]

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Ed. Year League champions (Apertura) Results League champions (Clausura)
12021UANL - Trophy awarded automatically for winning both tournaments
22022Monterrey1–1
0–0
(0–3 p)
Guadalajara
32023UANL2–0
1–0
América
42024UANL0–0
3–2
Monterrey
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Supercopa de la Liga MX

Starting in 2022, if the club winning both Apertura and Clausura tournaments in the same Liga MX season, the Campeón de Campeones will be awarded automatically.[9] However, due to the league commercial commitments, the club will be featured against previous holder of Campeón de Campeones in a competition called Supercopa de la Liga MX.[10]

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Ed. Year Champions Results Runners-up
12022Cruz Azul2–2
(4–3 p)
Atlas
22024América2–1UANL
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Editions

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Campeón de Campeones finals
Ed. Year League champions Results Cup champions
Amateur era
1942RC España4–5Atlante
Professional era
11943Marte1–0Moctezuma
21944Asturias3–5RC España
31945RC España3–0Puebla
41946Veracruz2–3Atlas
51947Atlante0–3Moctezuma
61948León1–0Veracruz
71949León - Trophy awarded automatically for winning both tournaments
81950Veracruz1–3Atlas
91951Atlas1–0Atlante
101952León0–1Atlante
111953Tampico3–0Puebla
121954Marte1–0América
131955Zacatepec2–3América
141956León2–1Toluca
151957Guadalajara2–1Zacatepec
161958Zacatepec1–0León
171959Guadalajara2–1Zacatepec
181960Guadalajara2–2
(10–9 p)
Necaxa
191961Guadalajara1–0Tampico
201962Guadalajara0–2Atlas
211963Oro3–1Guadalajara
221964Guadalajara2–0América
231965Guadalajara2–1América
241966América0–2Necaxa
251967Toluca1–0León
261968Toluca3–1
0–1
Atlas
271969Cruz Azul - Trophy awarded automatically for winning both tournaments
281970Guadalajara - Trophy awarded automatically for winning both tournaments
291971América0–1León
301972Cruz Azul0–0
(2–3 p)
León
1973The competition was not held
311974Cruz Azul2–1América
321975Toluca0–1UNAM
331976América2–0UANL
1977–1987The competition was not held
341988América1–2
2–0
Puebla
351989América2–1Toluca
361990Puebla - Trophy awarded automatically for winning both tournaments
1991–1994The competition was not held
371995Necaxa - Trophy awarded automatically for winning both tournaments
1996-2002The competition was not held
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Ed. Year League champions (Apertura) Results League champions (Clausura)
382003Toluca1–1
(4–2 p)
Monterrey
392004Pachuca2–1
1–6
UNAM
402005UNAM0–0
1–2
América
412006Toluca1–0
1–0
Pachuca
2007–2014The competition was not held
422015América0–1Santos Laguna
432016UANL1–0Pachuca
442017UANL1–0Guadalajara
452018UANL4–0Santos Laguna
462019América0–0
(6–5 p)
UANL
2020Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
472021León1–2Cruz Azul
482022Atlas - Trophy awarded automatically for winning both tournaments
492023Pachuca1–2UANL
502024América - Trophy awarded automatically for winning both tournaments
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Champions and runners-up

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Club Titles Runners-up Winning editions
América771955, 1976, 1988, 1989, 2005, 2019, 2024
Guadalajara731957, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1964, 1965, 1970
León541948, 1949, 1956, 1971, 1972
Atlas511946, 1950, 1951, 1962, 2022
Toluca431967, 1968, 2003, 2006
UANL422016, 2017, 2018, 2023
Cruz Azul311969, 1974, 2021
Necaxa211966, 1995
UNAM211975, 2004
Marte201943, 1954
RC España201944, 1945
Zacatepec131958
Puebla131990
Atlante121952
Tampico111953
Santos Laguna112015
Moctezuma101947
Oro101963
Pachuca04
Veracruz03
Asturias01
Monterrey01
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