Serie B de México

Serie B

Founded	1950
Country	Mexico
Number of clubs	13 teams
Level on pyramid	3
Promotion to	Serie A
Relegation to	Liga TDP
Current champions	Santiago (Apertura 2024 season)
TV partners	Megacable[1] Televisa[2] TVC Deportes[3]
Website	Official website
Current: 2024–25 Serie B de México season

The Serie B is a Mexican association football league. Fifteen teams compete in one group. Since the 2024–25 season, it is two tournament per season. The top 8 teams advances directly to the Liguilla to play for promotion to Liga Premier – Serie A, and the stadium must meet the requirements to promote as well. In the 2020–21 season, Serie B was on hiatus due to COVID-19, but Serie B was reactivated for the 2021–22 season.

Teams for 2024–25 season

Below are listed the member clubs of the Serie B for the 2024-25 season.[4]

Teams

Ayense

Zamora

Caja Oblatos

Calor

Cañoneros

At. Pachuca

CDMX

Metepec

Santiago

Poza Rica

Greater Mexico City teams
Ciervos
CDM
Cordobés
Huracanes Izcalli

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Location of teams in the 2024–25 Serie B

Club	Manager	City	Stadium	Capacity	Affiliate
Artesanos Metepec	Juan Carlos Pedroza	Metepec, State of Mexico	Unidad Deportiva Alarcón Hisojo	2,000	–
Atlético Pachuca[a]	Fausto Pinto	Atitalaquía, Hidalgo[5]	Municipal de Atitalaquia	3,000	Pachuca[5]
Ayense	Ismael Ávila	Ayotlán, Jalisco	Chino Rivas	4,000	–
Caja Oblatos	Rodolfo Jáuregui	Zapotlanejo, Jalisco	Club Deportivo Zapotlanejo	1,000	–
Calor	Víctor Hugo Gómez	San Juan de los Lagos, Jalisco	Antonio R. Márquez	1,000	–
Cañoneros	Carlos Cazarín	Xalapa, Veracruz	Antonio M. Quirasco	2,000	–
CDM	Juan Carlos Rico	Xochimilco, Mexico City	Valentín González	2,500	–
Ciervos	Arturo Viche	Chalco de Díaz Covarrubias, State of Mexico	Roberto González Velasquez	3,217[6]	–
Cordobés	Francisco Flores	Huixquilucan, State of Mexico	Alberto Pérez Navarro	3,000	–
Huracanes Izcalli	José Julio Huerta	Cuautitlán Izcalli, State of Mexico	Los Pinos	5,000	–
Poza Rica	Enrique Escudero	Poza Rica, Veracruz	Heriberto Jara Corona	10,000	–
Real Zamora	Edgar Martínez	La Piedad, Michoacán	Juan N. López	13,356	–
Santiago	Martín Moreno	Allende, Nuevo León	La Capilla Soccer Park	1,000	–

1. Franchise loan from Pachuca Premier

Teams on hiatus

List of teams on hiatus for the 2024–25 season.

Club	Manager	City	Stadium	Capacity
Chilangos	Héctor Noriega	Benito Juárez, Mexico City	Jesús Martínez "Palillo"	6,000
Dongu	Román Reyes	Cuautitlán, State of Mexico	Los Pinos	5,000
Saltillo	Isaac Saldívar	Saltillo, Coahuila	Francisco I. Madero	7,000
Yautepec	Carlos González	Yautepec, Morelos	Campo Deportivo Yautepec	3,000

Offseason Changes

• On May 11, 2024 Aguacateros CDU was promoted to Serie A.[7]
• On May 26, 2024 Yautepec was promoted to Serie B from Liga TDP.[8][9] On September 5, 2024 the team went on hiatus due to financial problems.[10]
• On June 28, 2024 C.D. Avispones de Chilpancingo was promoted to Serie A as an expansion team.[11]
• On June 28, 2024 Cordobés joined the league as an expansion team.[12]
• On June 28, 2024 Calor and Saltillo were relocated to Serie B from Serie A.[12]
• On June 28, 2024 Dongu was put on hiatus.
• On June 28, 2024 the league format was modified, the two tournaments per season were reinstated after one year with a single-season tournament.[13]
• On June 28, 2024 Real Zamora rejoined the league after Inter de Querétaro returned the franchise rights. On July 24 the team was relocated to Serie B. On August 20, 2024 the team was moved to La Piedad.[14]
• On July 15, 2024 Cañoneros was relocated from Mexico City to Xalapa.[15]
• On July 24, 2024 Zitácuaro was promoted to Serie A as an expansion team.[16]
• On August 20, 2024 Chilangos and Saltillo were put on hiatus.[14]
• On August 20, 2024 Club Calor was relocated to San Juan de los Lagos, Jalisco.[14]

In–season changes

Apertura Tournament

• Since Week 8 Santiago F.C. was relocated from Santiago to Allende, Nuevo León.[17]

References

1. includes Megasports
2. Includes Adrenalina Sports Network
3. includes TVC Deportes 2
4. "COMPETITIVA SERIE B". Liga Premier Magazine (in Spanish). 25 July 2024. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
5. "Atitalaquia será sede del Pachuca en la liga Premier". marfeca.mx (in Spanish). 18 July 2023. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
6. "Club de Ciervos FC". ligapremier-fmf.mx (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 October 2021.
7. "¡AGUACATEROS CDU, CAMPEÓN!". Liga Premier Magazine (in Spanish). 12 May 2024. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
8. "Temporada gigante de Tigres de Álica". Meridiano.mx (in Spanish). 26 May 2024. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
9. "Va CDY a la Serie B de la Liga Premier". Lo de hoy Morelos (in Spanish). 28 May 2024. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
10. "No Participación del Club Deportivo Yautepec". Liga Premier FMF (in Spanish). 7 September 2024. Retrieved 7 September 2024.
11. "NUEVAS CARAS EN SERIE A". De3rapaarriba (in Spanish). 28 June 2024. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
12. "NUEVAS CARAS EN SERIE B". De3rapaarriba (in Spanish). 28 June 2024. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
13. "¡TORNEO ARRANCA EN SEPTIEMBRE!". Liga Premier Magazine (in Spanish). 29 June 2024. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
14. "Ya hay indicios de las primeras jornadas de la serie B". Chafa Sports Network (in Spanish). 21 August 2024. Retrieved 21 August 2024.
15. "LLEGAN LOS CAÑONEROS". Impacto Deportivo Veracruz (in Spanish). 15 July 2024. Retrieved 16 July 2024.
16. "ZITÁCUARO DARÁ OTRA CARA EN SERIE A: ORIHUELA". Liga Premier Magazine (in Spanish). 25 July 2024. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
17. "FC SANTIAGO SE MUDA DE CASA". Liga Premier Magazine (in Spanish). 24 October 2024. Retrieved 24 October 2024.