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Liga MX 2021 Playoffs: which team has won more championships?

We are the champions. Campeones, campeones. When it comes to the history of the Liga MX one team leads the way on the most tournament victories.

Calum Roche
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GUADALAJARA, MEXICO - NOVEMBER 27: Julio Furch #09 of Atlas celebrates with his teammates after scoring the first goal of his team during the quarterfinals second leg match between Atlas and Monterrey as part of the Torneo Grita Mexico A21 Liga MX at Jali
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As we get closer to finding out the 2021 Liga MX Apertura winner, let's reflect on the most successful clubs in Mexican football.

América top Liga MX champions table

Dating back to the 1950s when professionalism kicked in, one of the original sides, Club América, lead the way on titles. They have featured in 23 finals and won 13 of them, the most recent of which came in Apertura 2018.

Behind Las Águilas come Guadalajara with 12 wins from 21 finals, while Toluca have 10 championships to their name, although haven't seen glory for over a decade.

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This season's semi-finalists - Atlas vs Pumas UNAM and Tigres UANL vs Club León - Atlas have been hotly tipped to triumph and they have made it to only four finals before, winning a single title back in the 1950/51 season. Compared to the other three semi-finalists they are some way behind in the honours.

Pumas and Tigres have both won the title seven times each, with UNAM having made it to eight other finals to UANL’s additional five. Léon, for their part, have been crowned champions eight times out of their 14 finals.

One of these clubs will soon be adding their name to this list of champions.

Liga MX: all the finalists

ClubWinnersRunners-upWinning years
América13101965–66, 1970–71, 1975–76, 1983–84, 1984–85, Prode '85, 1987–88, 1988–89, Verano 2002, Clausura 2005, Clausura 2013, Apertura 2014, Apertura 2018
Guadalajara1291956–57, 1958–59, 1959–60, 1960–61, 1961–62, 1963–64, 1964–65, 1969–70, 1986–87, Verano 1997, Apertura 2006, Clausura 2017
Toluca1071966–67, 1967–68, 1974–75, Verano 1998, Verano 1999, Verano 2000, Apertura 2002, Apertura 2005, Apertura 2008, Bicentenario 2010
Cruz Azul9111968–69, 1970, 1971–72, 1972–73, 1973–74, 1978–79, 1979–80, Invierno 1997, Guardianes 2021
León861947–48, 1948–49, 1951–52, 1955–56, 1991–92, Apertura 2013, Clausura 2014, Guardianes 2020
UNAM781976–77, 1980–81, 1990–91, Clausura 2004, Apertura 2004, Clausura 2009, Clausura 2011
UANL751977–78, 1981–82, Apertura 2011, Apertura 2015, Apertura 2016, Apertura 2017, Clausura 2019
Santos Laguna65Invierno 1996, Verano 2001, Clausura 2008, Clausura 2012, Clausura 2015, Clausura 2018
Pachuca63Invierno 1999, Invierno 2001, Apertura 2003, Clausura 2006, Clausura 2007, Clausura 2016
Monterrey56Mexico '86, Clausura 2003, Apertura 2009, Apertura 2010, Apertura 2019
Atlante *341946–47, 1992–93, Apertura 2007
Necaxa331994–95, 1995–96, Invierno 1998
Puebla221982–83, 1989–90
Zacatepec****211954–55, 1957–58
Veracruz****201945–46, 1949–50
Oro***151962–63
Atlético Morelia*13Invierno 2000
Atlas131950–51
Tampico Madero*121952–53
Tecos**111993–94
Real España****111944–45
Tijuana10Apertura 2012
Asturias****101943–44
Marte****101953–54

Table source: Wikipedia

What is the Liga MX Apertura 2021 schedule?

Semi-final first legs

Tigres UANL vs Club León (Estadio Universitario) | Wednesday 1 December: 22:00 ET/19:00 PT

Pumas UNAM vs Atlas (Olimpico Universitario) | Thursday 2 December: 22:00 ET/19:00 PT

Semi-final second legs

Club León vs Tigres UANL (Estadio Nou Camp) | Saturday 4 December: 22:00 ET/19:00 PT

Atlas vs Pumas UNAM (Estadio Jalisco) | Sunday 5 December: 20:00 ET/ 17:00 PT