2022 Liga de Balompié Mexicano season
| Season | 2022 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 1 April 2022 – 2 July 2022 |
| Matches played | 49 |
| Goals scored | 224 (4.57 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Víctor Lojero (22 goals) |
| Biggest home win | Halcones de Querétaro 11–1 Industriales Naucalpan (11 June 2022) |
| Biggest away win | Industriales Naucalpan 0–9 Halcones de Querétaro (24 April 2022) |
| Highest scoring | Halcones de Querétaro 11–1 Industriales Naucalpan (11 June 2022) |
| Longest winning run | 6 matches Chapulineros de Oaxaca |
| Longest unbeaten run | 9 matches Neza |
| Longest winless run | 6 matches Industriales Naucalpan |
| Longest losing run | 5 matches Inter de Amecameca |
← 2021 2023 →
Stats are from the regular season only | |
The 2022 Liga de Balompié Mexicano season was the 3rd professional season of the most important league of competitions organized by the Asociación Nacional del Balompié Mexicano, a Mexican football federation affiliated with CONIFA.[1] The season began on 1 April 2022 and finished on 2 July 2022.
Offseason Changes[edit]
- Eight teams will participate in the league.[2]
- Inter de Amecameca and Mezcaleros de Oaxaca joined the league as expansion teams.[3]
- Jaguares de Jalisco and Real Tlamazolan withdrew from the league.
- Two tournaments will be played in the season: League and Cup. In the league, the championship will be awarded to the team that scores the most points in the regular season. While the Cup will be played by direct elimination between the eight clubs in the division. The two champions will play a match to determine the best club of the season.[4]
- On May 16, 2022 Atlético Capitalino was expelled from the league for not complying with the rules of the competition.[5]
Teams[edit]
Liga de Balompié Mexicano Official Teams
| Teams | City | Stadium | Capacity |
|---|---|---|---|
| Official members of ANBM | |||
| Atlético Capitalino | Mexico City | Deportivo Plutarco Elías Calles | 300 |
| Chapulineros de Oaxaca | San Jerónimo Tlacochahuaya, Oaxaca | Independiente MRCI | 3,000 |
| Furia Roja | Jesús María, Jalisco | Ramírez Nogales | 600 |
| Halcones de Querétaro | Cadereyta, Querétaro | Unidad Deportiva Cadereyta | 1,100 |
| Industriales Naucalpan | Naucalpan de Juárez, México | Jesús Martínez "Palillo" | 6,000 |
| Inter de Amecameca | Amecameca, State of Mexico | Francisco Flores | 3,000 |
| Mezcaleros de Oaxaca | San Jerónimo Tlacochahuaya, Oaxaca | Independiente MRCI | 3,000 |
| Neza | Ciudad Nezahualcóyotl, México | Deportivo Cartagena | 3,000 |
League[edit]
Standings[edit]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chapulineros de Oaxaca (C) | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 45 | 14 | +31 | 32 | League Champions |
| 2 | Halcones de Querétaro | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 60 | 17 | +43 | 30 | League Cup |
| 3 | Neza | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 36 | 13 | +23 | 27 | |
| 4 | Furia Roja | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 26 | 16 | +10 | 21 | |
| 5 | Mezcaleros de Oaxaca | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 31 | 28 | +3 | 16 | League Cup |
| 6 | Industriales Naucalpan | 13 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 16 | 57 | −41 | 7 | |
| 7 | Inter de Amecameca | 13 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 58 | −48 | 7 | |
| 8 | Atlético Capitalino[a] | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 21 | −21 | 0 | Disaffiliated |
- ^ On May 16, 2022 Atlético Capitalino was expelled from the league for not complying with the rules of the competition. All results were awarded to the opponent with a score of 3–0.
Positions by Round[edit]
| Champions | |
| Last place in table |
Updated to match(es) played on 2 July 2022. Source: LBM
Notes: † indicates team rested that round
Notes: † indicates team rested that round
Results[edit]
Regular season statistics[edit]
Top goalscorers[edit]Players sorted first by goals scored, then by last name.
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Hat tricks[edit]
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Cup[edit]
The league decided to hold a cup tournament between four teams participating in the league.
| Semi–finals | Finals | ||||||||
| 2 | Halcones de Querétaro | 8 | |||||||
| 6 | Industriales Naucalpan | 0 | |||||||
| 2 | Halcones de Querétaro | 4 | |||||||
| 5 | Mezcaleros de Oaxaca | 2 | |||||||
| 3 | Neza | 0 | |||||||
| 5 | Mezcaleros de Oaxaca | 3 | |||||||
Semi–finals[edit]
| 6 July 2022 | Neza | 0–3 | Mezcaleros de Oaxaca | Ixtapaluca, State of Mexico |
| 15:00 CDT (UTC−5) | Report | Rojas  67'Gonzáles 83'Rosario 84' |
Stadium: Deportivo Valle Verde |
| 7 July 2022 | Halcones de Querétaro | 8–0 | Industriales Naucalpan | Querétaro City, Querétaro |
| 12:00 CDT (UTC−5) | Unk. 19' (own) Merlos 32'Saldaña 47'Morales 62'Gerónimo 73', 87'Nieto 79' |
Report | Stadium: Complejo Deportivo INDEREQ |
Final[edit]
| 10 July 2022 | Halcones de Querétaro | 4–2 | Mezcaleros de Oaxaca | El Marqués, Querétaro |
| 12:00 CDT (UTC−5) | Sanclemente 42', 58' Nieto 59', 75' |
Report | Rojas 34', 90+1' |
Stadium: Unidad Deportiva La Cañada |
Champions Trophy[edit]
The champions trophy will face league winners against cup winners.
| 16 July 2022 | Chapulineros de Oaxaca | 3–2 | Halcones de Querétaro | San Jerónimo Tlacochahuaya, Oaxaca |
| 16:00 CDT (UTC−5) | Lojero 5' Maldonado 15'Ávalos 28' |
Report | Orbe 8' González 54' |
Stadium: Estadio Independiente MRCI |
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "CONIFA Sanctions Liga de Balompié Mexicano, its First-Ever Professional League". CONIFA. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
- ^ "LBM 2022 – Week 1 Calendar". LBM on Twitter (in Spanish). 24 March 2022. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
- ^ García Reyes, Leobardo (24 March 2022). "Llegan nuevos inquilinos a la Liga de Balompié". imparcialoaxaca.mx (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 March 2022.
- ^ "Noticias: Última reunión con representantes de clubes". balompiemexicano.mx (in Spanish). LBM. 16 March 2022. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
- ^ "Atlético C. fuera de la Competencia 2022". balompiemexicano.mx (in Spanish). LBM. 16 May 2022. Retrieved 16 May 2022.
External links[edit]
- Official website of LBM Archived 2020-10-08 at the Wayback Machine