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Copa MX

Mexican association football tournament

Field	Value
logo	[[File:Copa MX.svg	x200px]]
organiser	Federación Mexicana de Fútbol (FMF)
founded
(as Copa México)
abolished
region	Mexico
number of teams	24
domestic cup	Supercopa MX
current champions	Monterrey
(3rd title)
most successful club	América
(6 titles)
website
broadcasters	Claro
ESPN
Fox Sports
Grupo Imagen
Televisa
TV Azteca
TVC Deportes

(as Copa México) (3rd title) (6 titles) ESPN Fox Sports Grupo Imagen Televisa TV Azteca TVC Deportes

Copa MX was an association football competition in Mexico and the domestic cup tournament for clubs at the highest and second levels of Mexican football league system. Formerly named Copa México (1942–1963, 1970–1997) and Copa Presidente (1963–1970), it was the first tournament that included clubs from different regions of Mexico and was considered a prestigious competition, especially during its earlier years of existence. The tournament was held during four periods (1942–1976, 1987–1992, 1994–1997, 2012–2020).

The inaugural edition as a professional competition was the 1942–43 Copa México, with Moctezuma finishing as the first champions in history. The final edition was the 2019–20 Copa MX, with Monterrey finishing as the last champions.

The purpose of the competition was to determine a national cup champion, thus distinguishing it from the national league championship. The format was different from the local leagues as well, as it employed direct elimination and culminated in a final match. In May 2012, Liga MX president Decio de María announced the return and rebranding of the tournament as Copa MX.

América is the most successful club with 6 titles, followed by León and Puebla with 5 titles each, Guadalajara, Atlas, Cruz Azul and Necaxa with 4 titles each. In all, twenty-two clubs have won the competition at least once.

History

Amateur era

Copa México (1932–1942)

After the foundation of the current and official Federación Mexicana de Fútbol in 1927, a new national competition was created as the Mexican cup tournament, it was named Copa México, the trophy was donate by the Presidency of Mexico and also received official support of President Lázaro Cárdenas. The inaugural edition as an amateur competition was the 1932–33 Copa México, with Necaxa finishing as the first champions in history. This marked the beginning of an 11-year period that is referred to in retrospect as the Cup's Amateur era. Asturias dominated the tournament, winning five titles during this period. The final edition was the 1941–42 Copa México, with Atlante finishing as the last champions of the amateur era.

Copa México (1942–1963, 1970–1997)

The professional era of the Copa México began in 1942. At first, it was played among clubs from the Liga Mayor (currently Liga MX). Beginning in 1950 the clubs of the Segunda División de México were also included into the competition with the exception of the 1956–57, 1963–64, 1994–95 and 1995–96 editions. The tournament was not held in several years (1976–1987, 1992–1994, 1997–2012), the Copa México champions also competed for the Campeón de Campeones until 1995.

Copa Presidente (1963–1970)

From 1963 to 1970, the competition was renamed as Copa Presidente, in honor of the fact that the trophy was donate by the Presidency of Mexico, Adolfo López Mateos (1963–64) and Gustavo Díaz Ordaz (1964–1970).

An unofficial and extraordinary cup tournament was held in 1963, known as Copa Presidencial Adolfo López Mateos. The tournament was played alongside the three official FMF competitions during that period (Liga Mayor, Copa México and Campeón de Campeones).

Copa MX (2012–2020)

In 2012, the competition returned with a rebranding as Copa MX, two short tournaments were played per year until 2019 (Apertura and Clausura), similar to Liga MX, except the 2019–20 Copa MX, which was played during the annual season. From 2014 to 2019, the two Copa MX champions of the year qualified for the Supercopa MX.

However, as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020 final was postponed until November. After the 2019–20 edition, the competition was abolished due to busy calendar issues with the FMF giving preference to matches of the Mexico national football team in preparation to the 2022 FIFA World Cup.

Competition format

From 2012 to 2016, in the Apertura tournament, the four Liga MX clubs qualified for the CONCACAF Champions League were not participating in the Copa MX; the remaining 14 clubs participated alongside 14 clubs from Ascenso MX. The 14 Ascenso MX clubs were the 13 top point-earners from the previous season, plus the newly relegated club. The 28 participating clubs were divided into seven groups of four clubs each. The seven group winners and the best runner-up with the highest point total qualified for the quarterfinals.

Each club played 6 matches in the group stage. Groups and home field advantage were determined by a blind draw. For the group draw, Liga MX clubs were placed in Pot A, while Ascenso MX clubs were placed in Pot B. In the home field advantage draw, no club can have more than two home games in the group stage. A blind draw determined home field advantage in the final knockout phase.

In the Clausura tournament, the 11 Liga MX clubs that did not qualify for international competitions (CONCACAF Champions League and Copa Libertadores) participated alongside the 13 Ascenso MX clubs with the highest point total from the previous short tournament. The 24 participating clubs were divided into six groups of four clubs each. The six group winners and the two best runners-up with the highest point total qualified for the quarter-finals. Both tournaments will have the same draw format and number of group matches, and the final knockout phase for both tournaments will be single-elimination.

From Apertura 2016 to Clausura 2019, the tournaments had 24 or 27 participating clubs, depending on the Liga MX clubs that qualified for the CONCACAF Champions League and also on the qualification criteria based on the clubs' positions in each division in the previous season. The participating clubs were divided into eight or nine groups with three clubs each. With 24 clubs, the eight group winners and the eight runners-up qualified for the round of 16. With 27 clubs, the nine group winners and the best seven runners-up qualified for the round of 16.

Clubs will play four matches in the group stage. Groups and home field advantage will be determined the draw by public at their annual draft. For the group draw, Liga MX clubs' top 4 point-earners and Ascenso MX clubs' top 4 point-earners will be placed in Pot A, while Liga MX clubs' mid 4 point-earners and Ascenso MX clubs' mid 4 point-earners will be placed in Pot B and Liga MX clubs' last 4 point-earners and Ascenso MX clubs' last 4 point-earners will be placed in Pot C. In the home field advantage draw, teams can have two home games in the group stage. A blind draw will determine home field advantage in the final knockout phase.

The 2019–20 Copa MX consisted of one tournament played during the year, according to FIFA's world footballing calendar. It has 27 participating clubs (15 from Liga MX and 12 from Ascenso MX).

Results

The first domestic cup tournament organized by the current FMF since its founding was the 1932–33 Copa México, in the cup's amateur era.

Ed.	Year	Champions	Results	Runners-up
Copa México (Amateur era)
1	1932–33	Necaxa	3–1	Germania
2	1933–34	Asturias	3–0	Necaxa
–	1934–35
3	1935–36	Necaxa	2–1
Asturias
4	1936–37	Asturias	5–3	América
5	1937–38	América	3–1	Real Club España
6	1938–39	Asturias	4–1	Real Club España
7	1939–40	Asturias	1–0	Necaxa
8	1940–41	Asturias	2–2
w/o	Real Club España
9	1941–42	Atlante	5–3
5–0	Necaxa

Ed.	Year	Champions	Results	Runners-up	Manager
Copa México (Professional era)
1	1942–43	Moctezuma	5–3
Atlante	ESP Eduardo Morilla
2	1943–44	Real Club España	6–2	Atlante	CRC Rodolfo Muñoz
3	1944–45	Puebla	6–4	América	ESP Eduardo Morilla
4	1945–46	Atlas	5–4
Atlante	ARG Eduardo Valdatti
5	1946–47	Moctezuma	4–3	Oro	ARG Julio Kaiser
6	1947–48	Veracruz	3–1	Guadalajara	ESP Joaquin Urquiaga
7	1948–49	León	3–0	Atlante	ARG Jose Maria Casullo
8	1949–50	Atlas	3–1	Veracruz	ARG Eduardo Valdatti
9	1950–51	Atlante	1–0	Guadalajara	MEX Octavio Vial
10	1951–52	Atlante	Final group	Guadalajara	ESP Gregorio Blasco
11	1952–53	Puebla	4–1	León	ESP Isidro Langara
12	1953–54	América	1–1
Guadalajara	MEX Octavio Vial
13	1954–55	América	1–0	Guadalajara	MEX Octavio Vial
14	1955–56	Toluca	2–1	Irapuato	MEX Fernando Marcos
15	1956–57	Zacatepec	1–0	León	MEX Ignacio Trellez
16	1957–58	León	1–1
5–2
Zacatepec	ESP Antonio López Herranz
17	1958–59	Zacatepec	2–1	León	MEX Ignacio Trellez
18	1959–60	Necaxa	4–1	Tampico	URU Donald Ross
19	1960–61	Tampico Madero	1–0	Toluca	MEX Nicolas Palma
20	1961—62	Atlas	3–3
1–0	Tampico	BRA Jose Carlos Bauer
21	1962–63	Guadalajara	2–1	Atlante	MEX Javier De la Torre
Copa Presidente
22	1963–64	América	0–0
1–1
Monterrey	ARG Alejandro Scopelli
23	1964–65	América	4–0	Morelia	ARG Alejandro Scopelli
24	1965–66	Necaxa	3–3
1–0	León	ARG Miguel Marin
25	1966–67	León	2–1	Guadalajara	ARGLuis Grill
26	1967–68	Atlas	2–1	Veracruz	ARG Javier Novello
27	1968–69	Cruz Azul	2–1
Monterrey	MEX Raúl Cardenas
28	1969–70	Guadalajara	3–2
2–1	Torreón	MEX Javier de la Torre
Copa México
29	1970—71	León	0–0
Zacatepec	MEX Antonio Carbajal
30	1971–72	León	Final group	Zacatepec	MEX Antonio Carbajal
31	1972–73
32	1973–74	América	2–1
1–1	Cruz Azul	MEX José Antonio Roca
33	1974–75	UNAM	Final group	UdeG	HUN Árpád Fekete
34	1975–76	UANL	2–0
1–2	América	PER Claudio Lostaunau
–	1976–1987
35	1987–88	Puebla	0–0
1–1
(a.g.)	Cruz Azul	URU Hugo Fernández
36	1988–89	Toluca	1–1
2–1
UdeG	MEX Héctor Sanabria
37	1989–90	Puebla	4–1
0–2	UANL	MEX Manuel Lapuente
38	1990–91	UdeG	1–0
0–0	América	MEX Alberto Guerra
39	1991–92	Monterrey	4–2	Cobras	MEX Miguel Mejía Barón
40	1992–1994
41	1994–95	Necaxa	2–0	Veracruz	MEX Manuel Lapuente
42	1995–96	UANL	1–1
1–0	Atlas	MEX Victor Manuel Vucetich
43	1996–97	Cruz Azul	2–0	Toros Neza	MEX Victor Manuel Vucetich
–	1997–2012
Copa MX
44	Apertura 2012	Sinaloa	2–2
	UAT	MEX Francisco Javier Ramírez
45	Clausura 2013	Cruz Azul	0–0
Atlante	MEX Guillermo Vázquez
46	Apertura 2013	Morelia	3–3
Atlas	ARG Carlos Bustos
47	Clausura 2014	UANL	3–0	Oaxaca	BRA Ricardo Ferretti
48	Apertura 2014	Santos Laguna	2–2
Puebla	POR Pedro Caixinha
49	Clausura 2015	Puebla	4–2	Guadalajara	MEX José Guadalupe Cruz
50	Apertura 2015	Guadalajara	1–0	León	ARG Matías Almeyda
51	Clausura 2016	Veracruz	center	4–1	Necaxa	CHI Carlos Reinoso
52	Apertura 2016	Querétaro	0–0
Guadalajara	MEX Víctor Manuel Vucetich
53	Clausura 2017	Guadalajara	0–0
Morelia	ARG Matías Almeyda
54	Apertura 2017	Monterrey	1–0	Pachuca	ARG Antonio Mohamed
55	Clausura 2018	Necaxa	1–0	Toluca	MEX Ignacio Ambríz
56	Apertura 2018	Cruz Azul	2–0	Monterrey	POR Pedro Caixinha
57	Clausura 2019	América	1–0	Juárez	MEX Miguel Herrera
58	2019–20	Monterrey	1–0
1–1	Tijuana	ARG Antonio Mohamed

Performances

Rank	Club	Titles	Runners-up	Winning years
1	América	6	3	1953–54, 1954–55, 1963–64, 1964–65, 1973–74, Cla–2019
2	León	5	5	1948–49, 1957–58, 1966–67, 1970–71, 1971–72
Puebla	5	1	1944–45, 1952–53, 1987–88, 1989–90, Cla–2015
4	Guadalajara	4	8	1962–63, 1969–70, Ape–2015, Cla–2017
Atlas	4	2	1945–46, 1949–50, 1961–62, 1967–68
Cruz Azul	4	2	1968–69, 1996–97, Cla–2013, Ape–2018
Necaxa	4	1	1959–60, 1965–66, 1994–95, Cla–2018
8	Monterrey	3	3	1991–92, Ape–2017, 2019–20
UANL	3	1	1975–76, 1995–96, Cla–2014
10	Atlante	2	6	1950–51, 1951–52
Veracruz	2	3	1947–48, Cla–2016
Zacatepec	2	3	1956–57, 1958–59
Toluca	2	2	1955–56, 1988–89
Moctezuma	2	0	1942–43, 1946–47
15	Tampico	1	2	1960–61
UdeG	1	2	1990–91
Morelia	1	2	Ape–2013
Real Club España	1	0	1943–44
UNAM	1	0	1974–75
Sinaloa	1	0	Ape–2012
Santos Laguna	1	0	Ape–2014
Querétaro	1	0	Ape–2016
23	Oro	0	1	—
Irapuato	0	1	—
Torreón	0	1	—
Cobras	0	1	—
Toros Neza	0	1	—
UAT	0	1	—
Oaxaca	0	1	—
Pachuca	0	1	—
Juárez	0	1	—
Tijuana	0	1	—

;Notes

Defunct clubs.

References

includes [[Claro Sports]]
includes [[ESPN 2 (Latin America). ESPN 2]]
includes [[Fox Sports 2 (Latin America). Fox Sports 2]]
includes [[Imagen Televisión]] and [[Excélsior TV]]
Includes [[Canal 5 (Mexico). Canal 5]], [[Gala TV (Mexico). Gala TV]], [[Las Estrellas]], [[Sky México]], [[Televisa Deportes Network. TDN]] and [[Univisión TDN]]
includes [[Azteca 7]] and [[Azteca Uno]]
includes [[TVC Deportes 2]]
"COPA MX - Página Oficial de la Liga Mexicana del Fútbol Profesional".
"La Copa MX inicia la prueba de fuego tras 15 años de ausencia". CNN México.
"México - List of Cup Winners".

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