2023 Liga de Balompié Mexicano season

Liga de Balompié Mexicano

Season	2023
Dates	10 February 2023 – 25 November 2023
Champions	2023-A: Chapulineros de Oaxaca (4th title) 2023–B: Chapulineros de Oaxaca (5th title)
Promoted	Toros México
Matches played	80
Goals scored	302 (3.78 per match)
Top goalscorer	2023-A: Víctor Lojero (18 goals) 2023–B: Víctor Lojero (10 goals)
Biggest home win	2023-A: Chapulineros de Oaxaca 11–0 EFIX Soccer Club (4 March 2023) 2023-B: Chapulineros de Oaxaca 18–1 EFIX Soccer Club (30 September 2023)
Biggest away win	2023-A: Lobos MX 0–5 Neza (26 February 2023) 2023-B: EFIX Soccer Club 0–4 Chapulineros de Oaxaca (19 August 2023)
Highest scoring	2023-A: Chapulineros de Oaxaca 11–0 EFIX Soccer Club (4 March 2023) 2023-B: Chapulineros de Oaxaca 18–1 EFIX Soccer Club (30 September 2023)
Longest winning run	2023-A: 5 matches Cóndor FC Neza 2023–B: 7 matches Chapulineros de Oaxaca
Longest unbeaten run	2023-A: 7 matches Neza 2023–B: 7 matches Chapulineros de Oaxaca Neza
Longest winless run	2023-A: 8 matches EFIX Soccer Club 2023–B: 7 matches Hidalgo
Longest losing run	2023-A: 8 matches EFIX Soccer Club 2023–B: 2 matches EFIX Soccer Club Hidalgo Inter Amecameca
← 2022 2024 → Stats are from the regular season only

The 2023 Liga de Balompié Mexicano season was composed of the 4th and 5th professional seasons of the most important league of competitions organized by the Asociación Nacional del Balompié Mexicano, a Mexican football federation affiliated with CONIFA. The season began on 10 February 2023 and finished on 25 November 2023.

This is the first time that two tournaments have been held per season, abandoning the annual tournament format that had been held since the league's founding in 2020.

Offseason changes

• 10 teams participated in the league.
• Cóndor FC, EFIX Soccer Club and RED entered the league as expansion teams.
• Halcones de Querétaro withdrew from the LBM due to financial problems, but the reserve team remained in the Segunda División del Balompié Mexicano.
• Toros México was promoted from the Segunda División del Balompié Mexicano.
• The format of the league changed, now the ten participating teams were divided into two groups taking the geographical location as division criteria. The two group winners qualify directly for the semifinals, while the second and third place advance to the reclassification stage.

2023–B season changes

• 12 teams will participate in the league.
• From 2023–B season two teams joined the league as expansion franchises: Hidalgo F.C. and Kundavi F.C.
• Inter Ixtapaluca was relocated to Amecameca and renamed Inter Amecameca.
• Lobos MX was renamed Lobos CARH.

Teams

Chapulineros

Mezcaleros

EFIX

Cóndor

Hidalgo

Inter

Kundavi

CDMX

Mexico City Metro area teams
Industriales
Lobos USSL
Neza
RED
Toros México FC

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Liga de Balompié Mexicano Official Teams

Toros

Industriales

RED

Neza

Lobos

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Liga de Balompié Mexicano 2023 Official Teams (Greater Mexico City)

Teams	City	Stadium	Capacity
Official members of ANBM
Chapulineros de Oaxaca	San Jerónimo Tlacochahuaya, Oaxaca	Independiente MRCI	3,000
Cóndor FC	Cuautinchán, Puebla	El Cóndor	500
EFIX Soccer Club	Xalapa, Veracruz	Instalaciones Deportivas EFIX	TBA
Industriales Naucalpan	Tlalnepantla, State of Mexico	Deportivo Barrientos	1,000
Inter Amecameca	Amecameca, State of Mexico	Francisco Flores	2,000
Lobos CARH	Chalco, State of Mexico	Arreola	3,000
Mezcaleros de Oaxaca	San Jerónimo Tlacochahuaya, Oaxaca	Independiente MRCI	3,000
Neza	Iztacalco, Mexico City	Jesús Martínez "Palillo"	6,000
RED	Iztacalco, Mexico City	Jesús Martínez "Palillo"	6,000
Toros México FC	Álvaro Obregón, Mexico City	Deportivo Valentín Gómez Farías	500

2023–B season new teams

Teams	City	Stadium	Capacity
Hidalgo	Atitalaquía, Hidalgo	Municipal de Atitalaquia	3,000
Kundavi	Río Grande, Oaxaca	Inocente Santos Luna	1,000

2023–A tournament

Group 1

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	BP	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Neza	8	7	1	0	26	3	+23	0	22	Qualification to semi-finals
2	Toros México	8	5	0	3	16	9	+7	0	15	Qualification to Reclassification
3	Industriales Naucalpan	8	3	2	3	14	14	0	0	11
4	RED	8	3	0	5	13	19	−6	0	9
5	Lobos MX	8	0	1	7	9	33	−24	0	1

Updated to match(es) played on 23 April 2023. Source: LBM

Positions by round

	Semi–finals
	Reclassification

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Neza	2	1	1	1	1†	1	1	1	1	1†
Toros México	5	3	4	4†	2	3	2	2	2†	2
Industriales Naucalpan	3†	5	3	2	4	4†	4	4	4	3
RED	1	2	2†	3	3	2	3	3†	3	4
Lobos MX	4	4†	5	5	5	5	5†	5	5	5

Updated to match(es) played on 23 April 2023. Source: LBM
Notes: † indicates team rested that round

Results

Home \ Away	IND	LOB	NEZ	RED	TOR
Industriales Naucalpan	—	2–2	0–0	2–1	3–2
Lobos MX	1–4	—	0–5	2–4	0–2
Neza	3–1	6–0	—	3–0	3–1
RED	3–2	4–2	1–5	—	0–2
Toros México	2–0	4–2	0–1	1–0	—

Updated to match(es) played on 23 April 2023. Source: LBM
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Group 2

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	BP	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Cóndor FC	8	6	1	1	29	6	+23	0	19	Qualification to semi-finals
2	Chapulineros de Oaxaca	8	6	0	2	34	4	+30	0	18	Qualification to Reclassification
3	Mezcaleros de Oaxaca	8	3	2	3	11	14	−3	0	11
4	Inter Ixtapaluca	8	3	1	4	12	26	−14	0	10
5	EFIX Soccer Club	8	0	0	8	1	37	−36	0	0

Updated to match(es) played on 23 April 2023. Source: LBM

Positions by round

	Semi–finals
	Reclassification

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Cóndor FC	1	2†	1	1	1	1	1†	1	1	1
Chapulineros de Oaxaca	3†	1	3	2	2	4†	3	2	2	2
Mezcaleros de Oaxaca	4	3	4†	4	3	2	2	3†	3	3
Inter Ixtapaluca	2	4	2	3†	4	3	4	4	4†	4
EFIX Soccer Club	5	5	5	5	5†	5	5	5	5	5†

Updated to match(es) played on 23 April 2023. Source: LBM
Notes: † indicates team rested that round

Results

Home \ Away	CHA	CON	EFI	INT	MEZ
Chapulineros de Oaxaca	—	3–1	11–0	10–0	3–0
Cóndor FC	2–0	—	9–0	7–0	4–1
EFIX Soccer Club	0–4	0–1	—	1–4	0–3
Inter Ixtapaluca	0–3	0–3	3–0	—	2–2
Mezcaleros de Oaxaca	1–0	2–2	2–0	0–3	—

Updated to match(es) played on 23 April 2023. Source: LBM
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Regular Season statistics

Top goalscorers

Players sorted first by goals scored, then by last name.

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Víctor Lojero	Chapulineros de Oaxaca	18
2	Vicente Morales	Neza	8
3	Alfonso Nieto	Neza	7
4	Gilberto Castillo	RED	5
	Jorge Padilla	Cóndor FC
	Donys Rodríguez	Cóndor FC
7	Hugo Amaro	Inter Ixtapaluca	4
8	Omar Arellano	Chapulineros de Oaxaca	3
	Yoset Gerónimo	Neza
	Gustavo Hernández	Inter Ixtapaluca
	Luis Páez	Neza

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Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date	Round	Reference
Donys Rodríguez	Cóndor FC	EFIX Sóccer Club	9 – 0 (H)	12 February 2023	1	[1]
Víctor Lojero	Chapulineros de Oaxaca	Inter Ixtapaluca	10 – 0 (H)	18 February 2023	2	[2]
Víctor Lojero	Chapulineros de Oaxaca	EFIX Soccer Club	11 – 0 (H)	4 March 2023	4	[3]

(H) – Home ; (A) – Away

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	BP	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Neza	8	7	1	0	26	3	+23	0	22	Qualification to semi-finals
2	Cóndor FC	8	6	1	1	29	6	+23	0	19
3	Chapulineros de Oaxaca	8	6	0	2	34	4	+30	0	18	Qualification to Reclassification
4	Toros México	8	5	0	3	16	9	+7	0	15
5	Mezcaleros de Oaxaca	8	3	2	3	11	14	−3	0	11
6	Industriales Naucalpan	8	3	2	3	14	14	0	0	11
7	Inter Ixtapaluca	8	3	1	4	12	26	−14	0	10
8	RED	8	3	0	5	13	19	−6	0	9
9	Lobos MX	8	0	1	7	9	33	−24	0	1
10	EFIX Soccer Club	8	0	0	8	1	37	−36	0	0

Updated to match(es) played on 22 April 2023. Source: LBM

Play–offs

Reclassification

Toros México v Mezcaleros de Oaxaca

28 April 2023	Toros México	5–0	Mezcaleros de Oaxaca	Álvaro Obregón, Mexico City
10:00 CST (UTC−6)	Castillo 13', 41', 57' Oteo 25' Mondragón 54'	Report		Stadium: Deportivo Valentín Gómez Farías

Chapulineros de Oaxaca v Industriales Naucalpan

29 April 2023	Chapulineros de Oaxaca	8–0	Industriales Naucalpan	San Jerónimo Tlacochahuaya, Oaxaca
12:00 CST (UTC−6)	Estala 29', 39', 58' Ávalos 31' Maldonado 55' Lojero 67' Arellano 70' Rojas 86'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Independiente MRCI

Final stage

	Semi–finals							Final
	1	Neza	1	2	3
	4	Toros México	1	1	2
								1	Neza	2	1	3
								3	Chapulineros de Oaxaca	3	1	4
	2	Cóndor FC	0	2	2
	3	Chapulineros de Oaxaca	3	1	4

Semi-finals

The first legs were played on 5 and 6 May, and the second legs will be played on 12 and 14 May 2023.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Neza	3–2	Toros México	1–1	2–1
Cóndor FC	2–4	Chapulineros de Oaxaca	0–3	2–1

First leg

Toros México v Neza

5 May 2023	Toros México	1–1	Neza	Álvaro Obregón, Mexico City
11:00 CST (UTC−6)	Mendoza 62'	Report	Medina 80'	Stadium: Deportivo Valentín Gómez Farías

Chapulineros de Oaxaca v Cóndor FC

6 May 2023	Chapulineros de Oaxaca	3–0	Cóndor FC	San Jerónimo Tlacochahuaya, Oaxaca
12:00 CST (UTC−6)	Maldonado 18' Estala 54' Lojero 63'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Independiente MRCI

Second leg

Neza v Toros México

12 May 2023	Neza	2–1 (3–2 agg.)	Toros México	Texcoco, State of Mexico
15:00 CST (UTC−6)	Morales 13' Nieto 89'	Report	Dávila 3'	Stadium: Estadio Municipal Claudio Suárez

Cóndor FC v Chapulineros de Oaxaca

14 May 2023	Cóndor FC	2–1 (2–4 agg.)	Chapulineros de Oaxaca	Cuautinchán, Puebla
12:00 CST (UTC−6)	Torres 28' González 49'	Report	Lojero 20'	Stadium: Complejo Deportivo Cóndor

Final

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Neza	3–4	Chapulineros de Oaxaca	2–3	1–1

First leg

Chapulineros de Oaxaca v Neza

20 May 2023	Chapulineros de Oaxaca	3–2	Neza	Oaxaca City, Oaxaca
17:00 CST (UTC−6)	Estala 5', 86' Lojero 57'	Report	Tobón 50' Morales 54'	Stadium: Estadio Tecnológico de Oaxaca

Second leg

Neza v Chapulineros de Oaxaca

27 May 2023	Neza	1–1 (3–4 agg.)	Chapulineros de Oaxaca	Cuautitlán, State of Mexico
16:00 CST (UTC−6)	Morales 20'	Report	Lojero 3'	Stadium: Estadio Los Pinos

2023 winners
Chapulineros de Oaxaca 4th title

2023–B tournament

Group 1

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	BP	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Neza	10	7	3	0	21	5	+16	0	24	Qualification to Reclassification
2	Cóndor FC	10	7	1	2	22	10	+12	0	22
3	Toros México	10	4	4	2	17	17	0	0	16
4	Industriales Naucalpan	10	2	3	5	10	16	−6	−1	8
5	Hidalgo	10	2	1	7	12	17	−5	0	7
6	RED	10	0	4	6	5	22	−17	−1	3

Updated to match(es) played on 21 October 2023. Source: LBM

Positions by round

	Semi–finals
	Reclassification

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Neza	4	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1
Cóndor FC	1	3	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	2
Toros México	2	1	2	1	2	2	2	3	3	3
Industriales	3	4	3	4	4	5	5	5	5	4
Hidalgo	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	4	4	5
RED	6	5	5	5	5	4	4	6	6	6

Updated to match(es) played on 21 October 2023. Source: LBM
Notes: † indicates team rested that round

Results

Home \ Away	CON	HID	IND	NEZ	RED	TOR
Cóndor FC	—	3–2	2–0	1–1	3–0	4–1
Hidalgo	1–2	—	1–2	0–1	1–1	2–3
Industriales Naucalpan	0–3	2–3	—	0–1	0–0	2–2
Neza	4–1	2–0	1–1	—	4–0	3–0
RED	1–0	1–1	0–3	0–2	—	2–2
Toros México	1–0	1–0	3–0	2–2	2–2	—

Updated to match(es) played on 21 October 2023. Source: LBM
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Group 2

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	BP	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Chapulineros de Oaxaca	10	10	0	0	62	6	+56	0	30	Qualification to Semi-finals
2	Kundavi	10	8	0	2	30	10	+20	0	24
3	Mezcaleros de Oaxaca	10	4	2	4	11	17	−6	0	14	Qualification to Reclassification
4	Lobos CARH	10	2	3	5	10	25	−15	0	9
5	Inter Amecameca	10	1	2	7	6	28	−22	0	5
6	EFIX Soccer Club	10	1	1	8	8	41	−33	0	4

Updated to match(es) played on 21 October 2023. Source: LBM

Positions by round

	Semi–finals
	Reclassification

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Chapulineros de Oaxaca	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Kundavi	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Mezcaleros de Oaxaca	5	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Lobos CARH	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Inter Amecameca	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5
EFIX Soccer Club	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6

Updated to match(es) played on 21 October 2023. Source: LBM
Notes: † indicates team rested that round

Results

Home \ Away	CHA	EFI	INT	KUN	LOB	MEZ
Chapulineros de Oaxaca	—	18–1	7–0	5–2	8–0	5–0
EFIX Soccer Club	0–4	—	1–0	2–4	0–1	0–2
Inter Amecameca	0–5	3–1	—	0–3	1–1	1–2
Kundavi	0–1	5–0	5–0	—	3–0	3–1
Lobos CARH	2–5	3–2	1–1	1–3	—	1–1
Mezcaleros de Oaxaca	1–4	1–1	2–0	0–2	1–0	—

Updated to match(es) played on 21 October 2023. Source: LBM
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	BP	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Chapulineros de Oaxaca	10	10	0	0	62	6	+56	0	30	Qualification to Semi-finals
2	Kundavi	10	8	0	2	30	10	+20	0	24
3	Neza	10	7	3	0	21	5	+16	0	24	Qualification to Reclassification
4	Cóndor FC	10	7	1	2	22	10	+12	0	22
5	Toros México	10	4	4	2	17	17	0	0	16
6	Mezcaleros de Oaxaca	10	4	2	4	11	17	−6	0	14
7	Lobos CARH	10	2	3	5	10	25	−15	0	9
8	Industriales Naucalpan	10	2	3	5	10	16	−6	−1	8
9	Hidalgo	10	2	1	7	12	17	−5	0	7
10	EFIX Soccer Club	10	1	1	8	8	41	−33	0	4
11	RED	10	0	4	6	5	22	−17	−1	3
12	Inter Amecameca	10	1	2	7	6	28	−22	0	5

Updated to match(es) played on 21 October 2023. Source: LBM

Play–offs

Reclassification

Cóndor FC v Toros México

28 October 2023	Cóndor FC	1–1 (5–4 p)	Toros México	Cuautinchán, Puebla
15:00 CST (UTC−6)	Padilla 42'	Report	Mondragón 63'	Stadium: Complejo Deportivo Cóndor

Neza v Mezcaleros de Oaxaca

28 October 2023	Neza	2–0	Mezcaleros de Oaxaca	Tultitlán, State of Mexico
15:00 CST (UTC−6)	Macías 1' Mosquera 54'	Report		Stadium: Deportivo Cartagena

Final stage

	Semi–finals							Final
	1	Chapulineros de Oaxaca	0	4	4
	4	Cóndor FC	0	1	1
								1	Chapulineros de Oaxaca	2	3	5
								3	Neza	1	1	2
	2	Kundavi	1	1	2
	3	Neza	2	1	3

Semi–finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Chapulineros de Oaxaca	4–1	Cóndor FC	0–0	4–1
Kundavi	2–3	Neza	1–2	1–1

First leg

Neza v Kundavi

4 November 2023	Neza	2–1	Kundavi	Chalco, State of Mexico
12:00 CST (UTC−6)	Zuloaga 17' Nieto 19'	Report	Carlos 90+2'	Stadium: Estadio Arreola

Cóndor FC v Chapulineros de Oaxaca

5 November 2023	Cóndor FC	0–0	Chapulineros de Oaxaca	Cuautinchán, Puebla
12:00 CST (UTC−6)		Report		Stadium: Complejo Deportivo Cóndor

Second leg

Kundavi v Neza

11 November 2023	Kundavi	1–1 (2–3 agg.)	Neza	Río Grande, Oaxaca
15:30 CST (UTC−6)	Silva 73'	Report	Nieto 38'	Stadium: Estadio Inocente Santos Luna

Chapulineros de Oaxaca v Cóndor FC

11 November 2023	Chapulineros de Oaxaca	4–1	Cóndor FC	San Jerónimo Tlacochahuaya, Oaxaca
15:30 CST (UTC−6)	Lojero 31', 38', 63' Bello 88'	Report	Padilla 90'	Stadium: Estadio Independiente MRCI

Final

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Chapulineros de Oaxaca	5–2	Neza	2–1	3–1

First leg

Neza v Chapulineros de Oaxaca

18 November 2023	Neza	2–1	Chapulineros de Oaxaca	Chalco, State of Mexico
15:30 CST (UTC−6)	Nieto 5'	Report	Guarch 61' Arellano 90+5'	Stadium: Estadio Arreola

Second leg

Chapulineros de Oaxaca v Neza

25 November 2023	Chapulineros de Oaxaca	3–1 (5–2 agg.)	Neza	San Jerónimo Tlacochahuaya, Oaxaca
15:30 CST (UTC−6)	Ávalos 3' Lojero 22' Ruíz 49'	Report	Nieto 90'	Stadium: Estadio Independiente MRCI

2023–B winners
Chapulineros de Oaxaca 5th title

See also

• Liga de Balompié Mexicano

External links

• Official website of LBM Archived 2020-10-08 at the Wayback Machine