List of foreign Liga MX players
This is a list of foreign players in Liga MX during the professional era which began in 1943. The following players: Players are sorted by the State: Stateless people are marked with an asterisk. In bold: players that played at least one Primera División game in the current season. Clubs are not allowed to play more than five foreign players in a Liga MX match. In March 2011, PRI lawmakers introduced a proposal to reduce the limit to three foreign players. FMF President Justino Compeán did not support the failed proposal because he believed  it would not improve the quality of Mexican football players. As of 1 January 2009, Club América had employed the most foreign players of any club in the history of the Primera División, with more than 150 in the professional era. A total of 88 foreign players participated in the 2012 Apertura tournament, 29 originating from Argentina and 14 from Colombia.