Liga TDP

Liga TDP

Founded	1967 (1967), as Tercera División de México
Country	Mexico
Confederation	CONCACAF
Divisions	17 groups
Number of clubs	225
Level on pyramid	4
Promotion to	Liga Premier
Domestic cup(s)	Copa Conecta
Current champions	Texcoco (1st title)
Most championships	Manzanillo Tecos Cihuatlán Atlético Tecomán Real Cuautitlán (2 titles each)
Website	ligatdp.mx
Current: 2024–25 Liga TDP season

The Liga TDP is the fourth level division in the Mexican football league system. It has 225 teams divided into 17 groups. For the 2009/2010 season, the format of the tournament has been reorganized to a home and away format, which all teams will play in their respective group. The 17 groups consist of teams which are eligible to play in the liguilla de ascenso for three promotion spots, teams which are affiliated with teams in the Liga MX, Liga de Expansión MX and Liga Premier, which are not eligible for promotion but will play that who the better filial team in a sixteen team filial final phase tournament for the entire season.

Clubs

Participating clubs for the 2024–25 season.

The clubs that are not eligible for promotion to Liga Premier:

*Affiliated teams of Liga MX club.

**Affiliated teams of Liga de Expansión MX club.

***Affiliated teams of Liga Premier club.

Group I

14 teams

• Atlético Quintanarroense
• Boston Cancún**
• Corsarios de Campeche
• Deportivo Chetumal
• Deportivo CTM Búhos
• Deportiva Venados TDP***
• Ejidatarios de Bonfil

• Felinos 48
• Inter Playa del Carmen TDP***
• ISG Sport
• Mons Calpe Yucatán
• Pampaneros de Champotón
• Pioneros Junior**
• Progreso**

Group II

14 teams

• Alebrijes TDP**
• Antequera
• Artesanos Bajos de Chila***
• Atlético Ixtepec
• Cefor Chiapas Fútbol
• Coatzacoalcos
• Cruz Azul Lagunas*

• Dragones de Oaxaca
• Estudiantes del COBACH
• Iguanas
• Lechuzas UPGCH
• Milenarios de Oaxaca
• Tapachula Soconusco TDP***
• UDS

Group III

16 teams

• Águila Azteca
• Atlético Boca del Río
• Caballeros de Córdoba
• Conejos de Tuxtepec
• Córdoba
• Delfines UGM
• Delta
• Guerreros de Puebla

• Licántropos
• Lobos Puebla
• Los Ángeles
• PDLA
• Reales de Puebla
• Liga de Fútbol de Tehuacán
• Tlapa
• UGM

Group IV

16 teams

• Álamos
• Aragón TDP***
• Atlante Chalco**
• Atlético Mexicano
• Aztecas AMF Soccer
• Cañoneros TDP***
• Cefor Cuauhtémoc Blanco
• Club Unión

• Ecatepec
• Formación Metropolitana
• Independiente Mexiquense
• Muxes
• Oceanía
• Promodep Central
• Sangre de Campeón
• Santiago Tulantepec

Group V

16 teams

• Arietes
• Atlético Pachuca TDP***
• Azucareros de Tezonapa
• C.H. Fútbol Club
• CILESI
• Domínguez Osos
• Halcones de Rayón
• Halcones Zuñiga

• Héroes de Zaci
• Irapuato Olimpo***
• Juárez TDP*
• Club Marina
• Novillos Neza
• Politécnico
• San José del Arenal
• Valle de Xico

Group VI

12 teams

• Astilleros
• Cordobés TDP***
• Deportivo Metepec
• Estudiantes de Atlacomulco
• Fuerza Mazahua
• Grupo Sherwood

• Leones Huixquilucan
• Luma Sports
• Metepec TDP***
• Orishas Tepeji
• Unión Campesinos
• Zitácuaro TDP***

Group VII

13 teams

• Académicos Jojutla
• Águilas UAGro
• Alebrijes CDMX**
• Atlético Cuernavaca
• Atlético Inter Capital
• Atlético Real Morelos 27
• Caudillos de Morelos

• Club de Ciervos TDP***
• Colegio Once México
• FORMAFUTINTEGRAL
• Iguala
• Selva Cañera
• Zapata

Group VIII

14 teams

• Águilas de Teotihuacán
• Alebrijes Teotihuacán**
• Atlético Toltecas
• Atlético Tulancingo
• Balam***
• Bombarderos de Tecámac
• Halcones Negros

• Club Hidalguense
• Lonsdaleíta
• Matamoros
• Pachuca TDP*
• Texcoco TDP***
• Tuzos Pachuca*
• Unión Magdalena Contreras

Group IX

9 teams

• Atlético Huejutla
• Bucaneros de Matamoros
• Guerreros Reynosa
• Manta Rayas
• Orgullo Surtam

• Papanes de Papantla
• Sultanes de Tamazunchale
• Tantoyuca
• Venados de Misantla

Group X

14 teams

• Cañada CTM
• Celaya TDP**
• Celaya Linces
• Estudiantes de Querétaro
• Fundadores
• Inter de Querétaro
• Inter Guanajuato

• La Piedad Querétaro
• Leyendas
• Lobos ITECA
• Mineros Querétaro**
• Querétaro 3D
• San Juan del Río
• Titanes de Querétaro

Group XI

10 teams

• Atlético Morelia–UMSNH**
• Atlético Valladolid
• BFC***
• Delfines de Abasolo
• Deportivo Zamora

• Furia Azul
• H2O Purépechas**
• Halcones***
• La Piedad Imperial
• Michoacán

Group XII

15 teams

• Atlético ECCA
• Atlético Leones
• Club Suré
• Fut-Car
• Irapuato TDP***
• Jaral del Progreso
• León GEN*
• Magos Unión Deportiva

• Mineros TDP**
• Necaxa TDP*
• Pabellón
• PFC Potosinos
• Real Olmeca Sport
• Santa Ana del Conde
• Tuzos UAZ TDP***

Group XIII

12 teams

• Acatlán TDP***
• Agaveros
• Alfareros de Tonalá
• Aves Blancas
• Gorilas de Juanacatlán
• UdeG TDP**

• Nacional
• Pro Camp
• Tapatíos Soccer
• Tecos TDP***
• Tepatitlán TDP**
• UD Salamanca

Group XIV

14 teams

• Acatlán Cuauhtémoc***
• Atlético Cocula
• Caja Oblatos TDP***
• Catedráticos Elite
• Chapala
• Club Legado del Centenario
• Deportivo Aviña

• Deportivo Cimagol
• Diablos Tesistán
• Fénix CFAR
• Gallos Viejos
• Oro
• Real Ánimas de Sayula
• Volcanes de Colima

Group XV

11 teams

• AFAR Manzanillo
• Atlético Acaponeta
• Atlético Nayarit
• Castores Gobrantacto
• Dorados TDP**
• Guaymas

• Halcones de Nayarit
• Moncaro
• Puerto Vallarta
• Tigres de Álica TDP***
• Xalisco

Group XVI

14 teams

• Cadereyta
• Campeche Nueva Generación
• Club Calor TDP***
• UAT TDP**
• Gallos Nuevo León*
• HO GAR H. Matamoros***
• Irritilas

• Nuevo León
• Real Apodaca TDP***
• Real San Cosme
• Saltillo Soccer
• San Isidro Laguna
• San Pedro 7-10
• Santiago TDP***

Group XVII

11 teams

• Atlético Tijuana
• Búhos UNISON
• Cachanillas
• CEPROFFA
• Cimarrones TDP***
• Datileros San Luis

• Deportivo Etchojoa
• Fútbol Premier
• La Tribu de Ciudad Juárez
• Obson Dynamo
• Xoloitzcuintles de Caliente*

Competition format

The Liga TDP currently features 225 teams divided into 17 groups. There are 38 teams with filials (affiliates) in the Liga MX, Liga de Expansión MX or Liga Premier, which are not eligible for promotion. The Liga TDP follows the usual double round-robin format in which each club plays every other club twice within their own group.

The teams will be divided in accordance to their geographical zone. The teams in each subgroup of 17 will then play each other in the double round-robin format within their own subgroup. Teams receive three points for a win, one point for a draw, and no points for a loss. If a game ends in a draw both team are awarded one point for the draw in regulation time and will then move on to the execution of penalties. The team who wins in the penalty series will be awarded a point in addition to the point won for drawing during regulation time. Teams are ranked by total points won.

Promotion

Four teams from the Liga TDP will be promoted to Liga Premier, Champions, runner-up and the two zone finalists. The national champion and national runner-up will be promoted to the Liga Premier Serie A, depending on their economic development and infrastructure, the team could be placed in Serie B in case of failure to comply with the participation requirements of Serie A. The two zone finalists will play in Serie B.

Of the teams that are eligible for promotion, 64 teams will qualify for play-offs to determine which team will be promoted. The Round of 32, Round of 16, Quarterfinals, Semifinals and the finals will be played in a home and away format, the winner being determined by the aggregate score. Also, Participating in the play-offs is the 16 affiliate clubs without the right to be promoted to the Liga MX, Liga de Expansión MX and Liga Premier.

Final Phase

Round of 32

The 64 teams qualified to the promotion stage will be divided into two zones of 32 clubs according to their geographical location. Zone A will integrate the teams from groups 1 to 7 of the regular season and Zone B will group the clubs belonging to groups 8 to 17. The teams will be seeded based on their final overall record in regular season play.

• 1 vs. 32
• 2 vs. 31
• 3 vs. 30
• 4 vs. 29
• 5 vs. 28
• 6 vs. 27
• 7 vs. 26
• 8 vs. 25
• 9 vs. 24
• 10 vs. 23
• 11 vs. 22
• 12 vs. 21
• 13 vs. 20
• 14 vs. 19
• 15 vs. 18
• 16 vs. 17

Round of 16

In this round, the remaining teams will play in a representing zone that they are in. The teams will be reseeded after Round of 32 based on their final overall record in regular season play.

• 1 vs. 16
• 2 vs. 15
• 3 vs. 14
• 4 vs. 13
• 5 vs. 12
• 6 vs. 11
• 7 vs. 10
• 8 vs. 9

Quarterfinals

For this phase, the remaining teams in their represent zone plays each other. The teams will be reseeded after Round of 16 based on their final overall record in regular season play.

• 1 vs. 8
• 2 vs. 7
• 3 vs. 6
• 4 vs. 5

Semifinals

For this phase, the remaining teams in their represent zone plays each other. The teams will be reseeded after Quarterfinals based on their final overall record in regular season play.

• 1 vs. 4
• 2 vs. 3

Zone Finals

For this phase, the remaining teams in their represent zone plays each other. The teams will be reseeded after Semifinals based on their final overall record in regular season play. Both finalists from each zone will be promoted to Liga Premier.

Final/Campeón de Campeones

The final will be disputed between the highest seed of playoffs and lowest seed of playoffs based on their final overall record in regular season play.

The winner will be crowned champion of the Liga TDP and will be promoted to the Liga Premier. The champion and runner-up will be placed on Serie A or Serie B according to the social, sporting, financial and legal requirements of the third level division. The two zone finalists will be placed on Serie B.

Certification requirements

For Liga TDP certificate be considered, you must meet the social, sporting, financial and legal requirements; Clubs who win promotion and get the support settlement letter from the division to participate in the Liga Premier complying with the following:

• Having full legal rule and membership record with the corporate documents, legal and financial sport under the rules of affiliation, name and headquarters.
• Facilities must comply with the guidelines by the rules of membership, name and ground of Liga Premier.
• Having no debt in the statement of the division or at the FMF.

Champions

See also: List of Mexican football champions

Club	Champions	Runners-up	Winning years
Manzanillo	2	1	Clausura 2006, Clausura 2008
Tecos	2	0	1972-73, 2016-17
Atlético Tecomán	2	0	1982-83, Clausura 2004
Real Cuautitlán	2	0	1996-97, 2011-12
Cihuatlán	2	0	1998-99, Clausura 2007
Tecamachalco	1	3	Apertura 2005
Celaya	1	2	1973-74
Potros UAEM	1	2	1974-75
Atlético San Francisco	1	2	1991-92
Loros UdeC	1	2	1992-93
Real Zamora	1	1	1977-78
Águila Progreso	1	1	1986-87
Acatlán	1	1	2017-18
Coras	1	1	Apertura 2002
Zapata	1	0	1967-68
Mastines de Naucalpan	1	0	1968-69
San Luis	1	0	1969-70
Lobos de Querétaro	1	0	1970-71
Orizaba	1	0	1971-72
Tuberos de Veracruz	1	0	1975-76
Osos Grises	1	0	1976-77
Lobos de Tlaxcala	1	0	1978-79
Oaxtepec	1	0	1979-80
Azucareros de Córdoba	1	0	1980-81
Poza Rica	1	0	1981-82
San Mateo Atenco	1	0	1983-84
Unión de Curtidores	1	0	1984-85
Progreso de Cocula	1	0	1985-86
Ecatepec	1	0	1987-88
Ayense	1	0	1988-89
Zitlaltepec	1	0	1989-90
Linces de Celaya	1	0	1990-91
Tigrillos UANL	1	0	1993-94
Monterrey FAAC	1	0	1994-95
Zitácuaro	1	0	1995-96
Sayula	1	0	1997-98
Verde Valle	1	0	1999-00
Pumas Naucalpan	1	0	2000-01
Académicos	1	0	Invierno 2001
Apatzingán	1	0	Verano 2002
Inter Playa del Carmen	1	0	Clausura 2003
Jersy Nay Ixcuintla	1	0	Apertura 2003
Autlán	1	0	Apertura 2004
Atlético Cuauhtémoc	1	0	Clausura 2005
Búhos UNISON	1	0	Apertura 2006
Atlético Comonfort	1	0	Apertura 2007
Héroes de Caborca	1	0	2008-09
Patriotas de Córdoba	1	0	2009-10
Vaqueros Ixtlán	1	0	2010-11
Poblado Miguel Alemán	1	0	2012-13
Tuzos Pachuca	1	0	2013-14
Aguacateros CDU	1	0	2014-15
UdeG TDP	1	0	2015-16
Héroes de Zaci	1	0	2018-19
Fuertes de Fortín	1	0	2020-21
Mazorqueros	1	0	2021-22
Aguacateros de Peribán	1	0	2022-23
Texcoco	1	0	2023-24
Querétaro	0	2	–
Potros Neza	0	2	–
Cruz Azul Xochimilco	0	2	–
Sporting Canamy	0	2	–
Tecnológico de Celaya	0	1	–
Iberia de Córdoba	0	1	–
La Piedad	0	1	–
Tapatío	0	1	–
Estudiantes de Querétaro	0	1	–
Torreón	0	1	–
Club Chrysler	0	1	–
Universidad Veracruzana	0	1	–
Río Blanco	0	1	–
Águilas UPAEP	0	1	–
UAQ	0	1	–
Arroceros de Chetumal	0	1	–
Alianza	0	1	–
Grupo Yucatán	0	1	–
Cruz Azul Hidalgo	0	1	–
Gallos Rojos CDJ	0	1	–
Xalapa	0	1	–
Cruz Azul Oaxaca	0	1	–
Coacalco	0	1	–
Guasave	0	1	–
América Acoxpa	0	1	–
Tezonapa	0	1	–
Tuxtepec	0	1	–
Cacaoteros de Tabasco	0	1	–
América Zapata	0	1	–
Sufacen Tepic	0	1	–
Inter de Xalapa	0	1	-
Itzaes	0	1	–
Club Santos Córdoba	0	1	–
Club Calor	0	1	–
Jiquipilas Valle Verde	0	1	–
Cañoneros TDP	0	1	–
Club RC-1128	0	1	–
Deportiva Venados	0	1	–
Aragón	0	1	–

See also

• Football in Mexico
• Mexican football league system
• Mexican Football Federation
• Liga MX
• Liga de Expansión MX
• Ascenso MX
• Liga Premier
• Copa Conecta

External links

• Tercera División de México Official Website (in Spanish)