Campeón de Campeones

Campeón de Campeones
Organiser(s)Federación Mexicana de Fútbol (FMF)
Founded1943; 83 years ago (1943) (Professional era)
RegionMexico
Teams2
Current championsToluca
(5th title)
Most championshipsAmérica
Guadalajara
(7 titles each)
2025 Campeón de Campeones

Campeón de Campeones is a professional association football competition in Mexico and a domestic Super cup between the Liga MX champions of the Apertura and Clausura tournaments, the two champions of each season. It was initially a Super cup between the league and cup champions until 1995, and since 2003 it has been contested by the two league champions of the year. Since 2018, the winners of the Campeón de Campeones have competed in the Campeones Cup, facing the MLS champions.[1]

The inaugural edition as a professional competition was held in 1943, with Marte as the first champions in history. In all, fifty-one editions of the trophy have been held.

The trophy was not held for several years (1977–1987, 1991–1994, 1996–2002, 2007–2014), and has been paused since 2020.

América and Guadalajara are the most successful clubs with seven titles each, followed by León, Toluca and Atlas with five titles each. In all, eighteen clubs have won the trophy at least once.

History

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 club 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.

Competition format

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.

Results

Ed. Year League champions Results Cup champions
Amateur era
1 1942 Real España 4–5 Atlante
Professional era
1 1943 Marte 1–0 Moctezuma
2 1944 Asturias 3–5 Real España
3 1945 Real España 3–0 Puebla
4 1946 Veracruz 2–3 Atlas
5 1947 Atlante 0–3 Moctezuma
6 1948 León 1–0 Veracruz
7 1949 León – Trophy awarded automatically for winning both tournaments
8 1950 Veracruz 1–3 Atlas
9 1951 Atlas 1–0 Atlante
10 1952 León 0–1 Atlante
11 1953 Tampico 3–0 Puebla
12 1954 Marte 1–0 América
13 1955 Zacatepec 2–3 América
14 1956 León 2–1 Toluca
15 1957 Guadalajara 2–1 Zacatepec
16 1958 Zacatepec 1–0 León
17 1959 Guadalajara 2–1 Zacatepec
18 1960 Guadalajara 2–2
(10–9 p)		 Necaxa
19 1961 Guadalajara 1–0 Tampico
20 1962 Guadalajara 0–2 Atlas
21 1963 Oro 3–1 Guadalajara
22 1964 Guadalajara 2–0 América
23 1965 Guadalajara 2–1 América
24 1966 América 0–2 Necaxa
25 1967 Toluca 1–0 León
26 1968 Toluca 3–1
0–1		 Atlas
27 1969 Cruz Azul – Trophy awarded automatically for winning both tournaments
28 1970 Guadalajara – Trophy awarded automatically for winning both tournaments
29 1971 América 0–1 León
30 1972 Cruz Azul 0–0
(2–3 p)		 León
— 1973 The trophy was not held
31 1974 Cruz Azul 2–1 América
32 1975 Toluca 0–1 UNAM
33 1976 América 2–0 UANL
— 1977–1987 The trophy was not held
34 1988 América 1–2
2–0		 Puebla
35 1989 América 2–1 Toluca
36 1990 Puebla – Trophy awarded automatically for winning both tournaments
— 1991–1994 The trophy was not held
37 1995 Necaxa – Trophy awarded automatically for winning both tournaments
— 1996–2002 The trophy was not held
Ed. Year League champions (Apertura) Results League champions (Clausura)
38 2003 Toluca 1–1
(4–2 p)		 Monterrey
39 2004 Pachuca 2–1
1–6		 UNAM
40 2005 UNAM 0–0
1–2		 América
41 2006 Toluca 1–0
1–0		 Pachuca
— 2007–2014 The trophy was not held
42 2015 América 0–1 Santos Laguna
43 2016 UANL 1–0 Pachuca
44 2017 UANL 1–0 Guadalajara
45 2018 UANL 4–0 Santos Laguna
46 2019 América 0–0
(6–5 p)		 UANL
— 2020 Canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic
47 2021 León 1–2 Cruz Azul
48 2022 Atlas – Trophy awarded automatically for winning both tournaments
49 2023 Pachuca 1–2 UANL
50 2024 América – Trophy awarded automatically for winning both tournaments
51 2025 América 1–3 Toluca

Source: RSSSF

Performances

Rank Club Titles Runners-up Winning years
1 América 7 8 1955, 1976, 1988, 1989, 2005, 2019, 20241
Guadalajara 7 3 1957, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1964, 1965, 19702
3 León 5 4 1948, 19492, 1956, 1971, 1972
Toluca 5 3 1967, 1968, 2003, 2006, 2025
Atlas 5 1 1946, 1950, 1951, 1962, 20221
6 UANL 4 2 2016, 2017, 2018, 2023
7 Cruz Azul 3 1 19692, 1974, 2021
8 Necaxa 2 1 1966, 19952
UNAM 2 1 1975, 2004
Marte3 2 0 1943, 1954
Real España3 2 0 1944, 1945
12 Zacatepec 1 3 1958
Puebla 1 3 19902
Atlante 1 2 1952
Tampico3 1 1 1953
Santos Laguna 1 1 2015
Moctezuma3 1 0 1947
Oro 1 0 1963
19 Pachuca 0 4 —
Veracruz3 0 3 —
Asturias3 0 1 —
Monterrey 0 1 —
Notes
  1. Automatic winners of the trophy for winning both league tournaments of the season.
  2. Automatic winners of the trophy for winning the season's league and cup tournament.
  3. Defunct clubs.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Major League Soccer and Liga MX Fuel Rivalry with New Partnership" (Press release). Major League Soccer. March 13, 2018. Retrieved March 13, 2018.
  2. ^ "León gana el Campeón de Campeones a Santos". 8 July 2012. Archived from the original on 2013-12-26. Retrieved 2012-09-16.
  3. ^ "Santos 0-2 León... La Fiera está incontenible". 8 July 2012. Archived from the original on 2 July 2018. Retrieved 27 May 2013.
  4. ^ "Reglamento de competencia Liga MX 2012-2013" (PDF). p. 52. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-12-25. Retrieved 2013-05-29.
  5. ^ Gomez, Eric (September 13, 2017). "Monday Night Fútbol? Five ways to solve Liga MX's TV problem". ESPN. Archived from the original on May 23, 2018. Retrieved May 22, 2018.
  6. ^ "Toyota Stadium selected to host American debut of Campeón de Campeones and SuperCopa with July 20 doubleheader" (Press release). FC Dallas. June 5, 2015. Retrieved May 22, 2018.
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