Campeón de Campeones
Football tournament
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Campeón de Campeones is a professional association football competition in Mexico and a domestic Super cup between the Liga MX champions of the Apertura and Clausura tournaments, the two champions of each season. It was initially a Super cup between the league and cup champions until 1995, and since 2003 it has been contested by the two league champions of the year. Since 2018, the winners of the Campeón de Campeones have competed in the Campeones Cup, facing the MLS champions.[1]
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| Organiser(s) | Federación Mexicana de Fútbol (FMF) |
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| Founded | 1943 (Professional era) |
| Region | Mexico |
| Teams | 2 |
| Current champions | Toluca (5th title) |
| Most championships | América Guadalajara (7 titles each) |
 2025 Campeón de Campeones | |
The inaugural edition as a professional competition was held in 1943, with Marte as the first champions in history. In all, fifty-one editions of the trophy have been held.
The trophy was not held for several years (1977–1987, 1991–1994, 1996–2002, 2007–2014), and has been paused since 2020.
América and Guadalajara are the most successful clubs with seven titles each, followed by León, Toluca and Atlas with five titles each. In all, eighteen clubs have won the trophy at least once.
History
The beginning of the professional era of the Campeón de Campeones was established for the 1942–43 season, the first professional edition was held in 1943. Previously, an edition was played corresponding to the 1941–42 season, still in the considered amateur era of Mexican football. The trophy was presented by the president of Mexico at the time, Manuel Ávila Camacho. From 1942 to 1995 the tournament was contested between the Liga MX champions and the Copa MX champions. Traditionally the single match (with an exception in 1968 and 1988 when two matches were played) to determine the "super cup" winner was held at the end of the season at a stadium in Mexico City.
If a club won the league and cup titles of the same year, they were awarded the title Campeonísimo with an automatic awarding of the Campeón de Campeones trophy. To date this has only occurred on five occasions (León in 1949, Cruz Azul in 1969, Guadalajara in 1970, Puebla in 1990, and Necaxa in 1995).
After 1995 the league championship was split into two shorter seasons Apertura and Clausura. Then in 1997, the FMF canceled the cup tournament. Due to these changes, the Campeón de Campeones was postponed. The competition resumed in the 2002–03 season; however, this time it was contested between the champions of Apertura and Clausura. The competition was held four times and was placed on hiatus again from 2007 to 2014.
In 2012, an unofficial match was played between the Liga MX champions and the Ascenso MX champions, Leon beat Santos Laguna 2–0.[2][3] In the 2013–14 season, the Liga MX stipulated that a Campeón de Campeones match should be contested between the champions of the Apertura 2013 and Copa MX Apertura 2013,[4] but it was not officially disputed.
Competition format
The format was changed to a single match at a neutral site, which is in the United States and shared with the Supercopa MX match, and the team with the higher aggregate table points across both Apertura and Clausura tournaments is declared the designated "home" team.[5][6] In 2015, the Liga MX restarted the Campeón de Campeones with the match between Santos Laguna and América, the match was played at a neutral venue (Toyota Stadium in Frisco, Texas), that was the first edition of the competition that was played in the United States.
Similarly to the traditional tournament, if a team wins both the Apertura and Clausura seasons, the team is automatically awarded the Campeón de Campeones trophy. This has occurred twice, Atlas in 2022 for winning the 2021 Apertura and the 2022 Clausura. Club América in 2024 for winning the 2023 Apertura and the 2024 Clausura.
Results
| Ed. | Year | League champions | Results | Cup champions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amateur era | ||||
| 1 | 1942 | Real España | 4–5 | Atlante |
| Professional era | ||||
| 1 | 1943 | Marte | 1–0 | Moctezuma |
| 2 | 1944 | Asturias | 3–5 | Real España |
| 3 | 1945 | Real España | 3–0 | Puebla |
| 4 | 1946 | Veracruz | 2–3 | Atlas |
| 5 | 1947 | Atlante | 0–3 | Moctezuma |
| 6 | 1948 | León | 1–0 | Veracruz |
| 7 | 1949 | León – Trophy awarded automatically for winning both tournaments | ||
| 8 | 1950 | Veracruz | 1–3 | Atlas |
| 9 | 1951 | Atlas | 1–0 | Atlante |
| 10 | 1952 | León | 0–1 | Atlante |
| 11 | 1953 | Tampico | 3–0 | Puebla |
| 12 | 1954 | Marte | 1–0 | América |
| 13 | 1955 | Zacatepec | 2–3 | América |
| 14 | 1956 | León | 2–1 | Toluca |
| 15 | 1957 | Guadalajara | 2–1 | Zacatepec |
| 16 | 1958 | Zacatepec | 1–0 | León |
| 17 | 1959 | Guadalajara | 2–1 | Zacatepec |
| 18 | 1960 | Guadalajara | 2–2 (10–9 p) | Necaxa |
| 19 | 1961 | Guadalajara | 1–0 | Tampico |
| 20 | 1962 | Guadalajara | 0–2 | Atlas |
| 21 | 1963 | Oro | 3–1 | Guadalajara |
| 22 | 1964 | Guadalajara | 2–0 | América |
| 23 | 1965 | Guadalajara | 2–1 | América |
| 24 | 1966 | América | 0–2 | Necaxa |
| 25 | 1967 | Toluca | 1–0 | León |
| 26 | 1968 | Toluca | 3–1 0–1 | Atlas |
| 27 | 1969 | Cruz Azul – Trophy awarded automatically for winning both tournaments | ||
| 28 | 1970 | Guadalajara – Trophy awarded automatically for winning both tournaments | ||
| 29 | 1971 | América | 0–1 | León |
| 30 | 1972 | Cruz Azul | 0–0 (2–3 p) | León |
| — | 1973 | The trophy was not held | ||
| 31 | 1974 | Cruz Azul | 2–1 | América |
| 32 | 1975 | Toluca | 0–1 | UNAM |
| 33 | 1976 | América | 2–0 | UANL |
| — | 1977–1987 | The trophy was not held | ||
| 34 | 1988 | América | 1–2 2–0 | Puebla |
| 35 | 1989 | América | 2–1 | Toluca |
| 36 | 1990 | Puebla – Trophy awarded automatically for winning both tournaments | ||
| — | 1991–1994 | The trophy was not held | ||
| 37 | 1995 | Necaxa – Trophy awarded automatically for winning both tournaments | ||
| — | 1996–2002 | The trophy was not held | ||
| Ed. | Year | League champions (Apertura) | Results | League champions (Clausura) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 38 | 2003 | Toluca | 1–1 (4–2 p) | Monterrey | |
| 39 | 2004 | Pachuca | 2–1 1–6 | UNAM | |
| 40 | 2005 | UNAM | 0–0 1–2 | América | |
| 41 | 2006 | Toluca | 1–0 1–0 | Pachuca | |
| — | 2007–2014 | The trophy was not held | |||
| 42 | 2015 | América | 0–1 | Santos Laguna | |
| 43 | 2016 | UANL | 1–0 | Pachuca | |
| 44 | 2017 | UANL | 1–0 | Guadalajara | |
| 45 | 2018 | UANL | 4–0 | Santos Laguna | |
| 46 | 2019 | América | 0–0 (6–5 p) | UANL | |
| — | 2020 | Canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic | |||
| 47 | 2021 | León | 1–2 | Cruz Azul | |
| 48 | 2022 | Atlas – Trophy awarded automatically for winning both tournaments | |||
| 49 | 2023 | Pachuca | 1–2 | UANL | |
| 50 | 2024 | América – Trophy awarded automatically for winning both tournaments | |||
| 51 | 2025 | América | 1–3 | Toluca | |
Source: RSSSF
Performances
| Rank | Club | Titles | Runners-up | Winning years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | América | 7 | 8 | 1955, 1976, 1988, 1989, 2005, 2019, 20241 |
| Guadalajara | 7 | 3 | 1957, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1964, 1965, 19702 | |
| 3 | León | 5 | 4 | 1948, 19492, 1956, 1971, 1972 |
| Toluca | 5 | 3 | 1967, 1968, 2003, 2006, 2025 | |
| Atlas | 5 | 1 | 1946, 1950, 1951, 1962, 20221 | |
| 6 | UANL | 4 | 2 | 2016, 2017, 2018, 2023 |
| 7 | Cruz Azul | 3 | 1 | 19692, 1974, 2021 |
| 8 | Necaxa | 2 | 1 | 1966, 19952 |
| UNAM | 2 | 1 | 1975, 2004 | |
| Marte3 | 2 | 0 | 1943, 1954 | |
| Real España3 | 2 | 0 | 1944, 1945 | |
| 12 | Zacatepec | 1 | 3 | 1958 |
| Puebla | 1 | 3 | 19902 | |
| Atlante | 1 | 2 | 1952 | |
| Tampico3 | 1 | 1 | 1953 | |
| Santos Laguna | 1 | 1 | 2015 | |
| Moctezuma3 | 1 | 0 | 1947 | |
| Oro | 1 | 0 | 1963 | |
| 19 | Pachuca | 0 | 4 | — |
| Veracruz3 | 0 | 3 | — | |
| Asturias3 | 0 | 1 | — | |
| Monterrey | 0 | 1 | — |
- Notes
- Automatic winners of the trophy for winning both league tournaments of the season.
- Automatic winners of the trophy for winning the season's league and cup tournament.
- Defunct clubs.