2026–27 Liga de Expansión MX season

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The 2026–27 Liga de Expansión MX season is the seventh professional season of the second-tier football division in Mexico. The season is divided into two championships—the Torneo Apertura and the Torneo Clausura—each in an identical format. The Apertura tournament will begin on 24 July 2026. The Clausura tournament will begin in January 2027. Prior to the start of the 2026–27 season, the Mexican Football Federation finalized new competition regulations, indefinitely suspending the promotion and relegation system between Liga MX and Liga de Expansión MX and formalizing a closed-league model. This move sparked a fierce backlash from second-tier clubs, as it bypassed a Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) directive to reinstate promotion. In response, players across the entire league—starting with Mineros de Zacatecas on Matchday 1—are organizing coordinated protests by refusing to play and remaining stationary for the first minute of the match. The Mexican Football Federation is threatening...

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