A report on Liga MX, Club Universidad Nacional and Atlante F.C.
The club competes in the Liga MX, the top division in the Mexican football league system.
- Club Universidad NacionalAtlante currently compete in Mexico's second-tier Liga de Expansión MX following relegation from Liga MX at the end of the 2013–14 season.
- Atlante F.C.Of the 56 teams to have competed in the league, América has won the title 13 times, followed by Guadalajara (12), Toluca (10), Cruz Azul (9), León (8), UANL and UNAM (7).
- Liga MXPrimera Fuerza: América, Asturias, Atlante, Veracruz, Necaxa, and Marte.
- Liga MXThe stability and discipline that Ferretti brought to the team paid off as the Pumas climbed out of the relegation zone and reached a final in 2007 against Atlante, which they lost 2–1 on aggregate.
- Club Universidad NacionalFollowing a tough play-off against Cruz Azul and Guadalajara, Atlante faced Pumas UNAM for the title's final series.
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Club América
4 linksProfessional football club based in Mexico City, Mexico.
Professional football club based in Mexico City, Mexico.
Nicknamed Las Águilas (The Eagles), it competes in Liga MX, the top tier of Mexican football.
América also play local derbies against Cruz Azul and Club Universidad Nacional.
Necaxa, Atlante, Real Club España, Germania, and Asturias were already members of the Liga Mayor de la Ciudad.
C.D. Guadalajara
4 linksMexican professional football club based in Zapopan, Jalisco.
Mexican professional football club based in Zapopan, Jalisco.
Guadalajara is one of the ten founding members of the Mexican First Division and along with Club América is one of only two teams that have never been relegated to the second-tier division.
During the 1982–83 season, Guadalajara finished seventh in the league and qualified for the playoffs, going on to eliminate Atlante F.C. in quarter-finals and Club América in Semifinals.
They defeated Atlante F.C. in the quarterfinals and Toluca in the semifinals, but would lose in the Finals against UNAM in a penalty shootout.
C.F. Monterrey
4 linksClub de Fútbol Monterrey, often known simply as Monterrey or their nickname Rayados, is a Mexican professional football club based in Monterrey, Nuevo León which currently plays in Liga MX, the top tier of Mexican football.
In the 1965–66 season the club finished tied for 4th in the league with Atlante on 33 points.
Monterrey was placed in group 2 along with Pumas UNAM, Tigres UANL and Zacatepec.
Cruz Azul
3 linksProfessional football club based in Mexico City, Mexico.
Professional football club based in Mexico City, Mexico.
It competes in the Liga MX, the top division of Mexican football.
It is also the second most supported team in its hometown, Mexico City, behind América and ahead of Pumas UNAM.
From the mid-1930s to the late 1940s, the club regularly traveled to Mexico City to face the reserve teams of Atlante, Necaxa, Marte, and R.C. España, playing at Parque Necaxa to great success.
C.D. Veracruz
3 linksMexican professional football club based in the city of Veracruz.
Mexican professional football club based in the city of Veracruz.
El Aston was founded in 1943, and played in the Liga MX of Mexico.
The club played its first game in the 1943–44 Copa México tournament against Atlante who beat them 5–1.
On the night of Friday April 25, 2008 at Luis "Pirata" Fuente stadium (Home of the Tiburones Rojos de Veracruz), UNAM defeated Veracruz with a final score of 4–2, sending Veracruz to the Primera A division league.