page_title: Football in Mexico
hierarchical_section_title: Football in Mexico
caption_attribution_description: English: Azteca Stadium, Mexico City, with the banners of the One Million for Jesus Event Español: Estadio Azteca, Ciudad de Mexico, Con los banners del evento Un Millón para Jesús
context_page_description: Mexico's most popular sport is football. As of 2018, the top tier leagues are Liga MX for the men and Liga MX Femenil for women.
  Football became a professional men's sport in 1943. Since then, Mexico's most successful men's clubs have been América with 13 Clausura titles, Guadalajara with 12, Toluca with 10 and Cruz Azul with 8. The first women's professional football league began play during the 2017–18 Liga MX Femenil season. It set new world records for attendance at a women's professional football matches.
  Antonio Carbajal was the first player to appear in five World Cups, and Hugo Sánchez was named best CONCACAF player of the 20th century by IFFHS. Mexico's largest capacity stadiums are Estadio Azteca, Estadio Olímpico Universitario and Estadio Jalisco. As of 2006, it was estimated that there were in the nation over 324,000 registered players and 8,155,000 unregistered players.
context_section_description: Mexico's most popular sport is football (called fútbol in Mexico). As of 2018, the top tier leagues are Liga MX for the men and Liga MX Femenil for women.
  Football became a professional men's sport in 1943. Since then, Mexico's most successful men's clubs have been América with 13 Clausura titles, Guadalajara with 12, Toluca with 10 and Cruz Azul with 8. The first women's professional football league began play during the 2017–18 Liga MX Femenil season. It set new world records for attendance at a women's professional football matches.
  Antonio Carbajal was the first player to appear in five World Cups, and Hugo Sánchez was named best CONCACAF player of the 20th century by IFFHS. Mexico's largest capacity stadiums are Estadio Azteca, Estadio Olímpico Universitario and Estadio Jalisco. As of 2006, it was estimated that there were in the nation over 324,000 registered players and 8,155,000 unregistered players.
caption: Estadio Azteca home of the national team
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