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Campeón de Campeones

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Campeón de Campeones
Organiser(s)FMF
Founded1943; 83 years ago (1943) (Professional era)
RegionMexico
Teams2
Current championsCruz Azul
(4th title)
Most championshipsAmérica
Guadalajara
(7 titles each)
2026 Campeón de Campeones

Campeón de Campeones is a professional association football competition in Mexico and a domestic super cup contested by two clubs: the Liga MX champions of the Apertura and Clausura tournaments. Until 1995, it was contested by the league and cup champions. Since 2003, it has been contested by the two league champions of the season. Since 2018, the winners of the trophy also compete in the Campeones Cup,[1] facing the MLS champions.

The trophy has held 52 editions. The inaugural edition as a professional competition was contested in 1943, with Marte crowned as the first champions.

The trophy was not contested during several periods (1977–1987, 1991–1994, 1996–2002, 2007–2014), and has been on hiatus since 2020.

Eighteen clubs have won the title at least once. América and Guadalajara are the most successful clubs with seven titles each, León, Toluca and Atlas with five titles each.

History

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Amateur era

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The Campeón de Campeones was created in 1942, one edition was played corresponding to the amateur era of Mexican football. The trophy was contested by Real Club España the Liga Mayor champions and Atlante the Copa México champions of the 1941–42 season, with Atlante winning the trophy 5–4 on aggregate.

Professional era

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The beginning of the professional era of the Campeón de Campeones was established in 1943. 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 trophy winners 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

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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

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Ed. Year League champions Results Cup champions
Amateur era
11942Real España4–5Atlante
Professional era
11943Marte1–0Moctezuma
21944Asturias3–5Real España
31945Real España3–0Puebla
41946Veracruz2–3Atlas
51947Atlante0–3Moctezuma
61948León1–0Veracruz
71949León – champions automatically[a]
81950Veracruz1–3Atlas
91951Atlas1–0Atlante
101952León0–1Atlante
111953Deportivo Tampico3–0Puebla
121954Marte1–0América
131955Zacatepec2–3América
141956León2–1Toluca
151957Guadalajara2–1Zacatepec
161958Zacatepec1–0León
171959Guadalajara2–1Zacatepec
181960Guadalajara2–2
(10–9 p)		Necaxa
191961Guadalajara1–0Deportivo Tampico
201962Guadalajara0–2Atlas
211963Oro3–1Guadalajara
221964Guadalajara2–0América
231965Guadalajara2–1América
241966América0–2Necaxa
251967Toluca1–0León
261968Toluca3–1
0–1		Atlas
271969Cruz Azul – champions automatically[a]
281970Guadalajara – champions automatically[a]
291971América0–1León
301972Cruz Azul0–0
(2–3 p)		León
—1973The competition was not held
311974Cruz Azul2–1América
321975Toluca0–1Pumas UNAM
331976América2–0Tigres UANL
—1977–1987The competition was not held
341988América1–2
2–0		Puebla
351989América2–1Toluca
361990Puebla – champions automatically[a]
—1991–1994The competition was not held
371995Necaxa – champions automatically[a]
—1996–2002The competition was not held
Ed. Year League champions (Apertura) Results League champions (Clausura)
382003Toluca1–1
(4–2 p)		Monterrey
392004Pachuca2–1
1–6		Pumas UNAM
402005Pumas UNAM0–0
1–2		América
412006Toluca1–0
1–0		Pachuca
—2007–2014The competition was not held
422015América0–1Santos Laguna
432016Tigres UANL1–0Pachuca
442017Tigres UANL1–0Guadalajara
452018Tigres UANL4–0Santos Laguna
462019América0–0
(6–5 p)		Tigres UANL
—2020Canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic
472021León1–2Cruz Azul
482022Atlas – champions automatically[b]
492023Pachuca1–2Tigres UANL
502024América – champions automatically[b]
512025América1–3Toluca
522026Toluca1–3Cruz Azul

Source: RSSSF

Performances

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Rank Club Titles Runners-up Winning years
1América781955, 1976, 1988, 1989, 2005, 2019, 20241
Guadalajara731957, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1964, 1965, 19702
3León541948, 19492, 1956, 1971, 1972
Toluca541967, 1968, 2003, 2006, 2025
Atlas511946, 1950, 1951, 1962, 20221
6Tigres UANL422016, 2017, 2018, 2023
Cruz Azul4119692, 1974, 2021, 2026
8Necaxa211966, 19952
Pumas UNAM211975, 2004
Marte3201943, 1954
Real España3201944, 1945
12Zacatepec131958
Puebla1319902
Atlante121952
Deportivo Tampico3111953
Santos Laguna112015
Moctezuma3101947
Oro101963
19Pachuca04—
Veracruz303—
Asturias301—
Monterrey01—
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.

See also

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Notes

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  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Trophy awarded automatically for winning the league and cup.
  2. 1 2 Trophy awarded automatically for winning the Apertura and Clausura tournaments.

References

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  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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