Mexico Tier 2

Liga BBVA Expansión MX

League Guide & Facts

The second tier of Mexican Football
18 teams play each other once (17 games) per stage (32 games overall)
Split into 2 stages. Opening and Closing Stages - Both have the same format. Essentially two leagues in one season
A league system to qualify for a knock out tournament
Points For Win - 3
Points For Draw - 1
Extra point awarded for away win (first 7 away matches only)

Stage Rules

Teams placed 5th-12th in the league qualify for Opening Stage Preliminary knock out Round the winners of which proceed to the Quarter Final stage
Teams in 1st to 4th position in the league automatically qualifies for Quarter Final
Winner of the final wins the stage
The two stage winners then play each other in a grand final (Guard1anes)

Promotion

No Promotion
Wikipedia suggests promotion may happen after a few seasons (2024/25). Unconfirmed as to whether this happens in FM
Raya2, Tapatio and Pumas Tabasco are ineligible for promotion as they are feeder clubs, unlike some feeder clubs they are available to be managed

Relegation

No relegation
Extra 2 teams will be added in 23/24 to make the league 20 teams

Other

There must be at least 3 under-24 Mexican-born players in the starting eleven. (Born after 1/1/1998)
There must be at least 8 Mexican-born players in the playing 11.

Club Locations

Suggested* Additional Nations To Load

Tour The Americas

USA
Canada
Brazil
Argentina
Uruguay
Chile
Peru
Colombia

*As always this is only a suggestion, the leagues listed are in order of importance, feel free to run as many or as little leagues as you think your system can handle. The setup above gives a nice regional feel.

It is advisable however to run as many top tier leagues of major nations as you can to keep the continental club competitions competitive

Media Prediction, Expectations and Title Odds

*Your odds and board expectations may vary slightly from save to save
*Pumas Tabasco Rayo2 and Tapatio are feeder/reserve sides but are available to be managed

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Club Culture

Supporters

Board

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Facilities

Facilities Explained

Training Facilities

The better the training facilities the more chance (already visible) players will develop.

Here are the facilities ranking from worst to best -

Poor
Basic
Below Average
Adequate
Average
Good
Great
Excellent
Superb
State of the Art

Youth Facilities

The training facilities available for Juniors (only).

Does NOT apply to visible players already at the club. All visible players currently at the club use Training Facilities regardless of age.

In theory the better these facilities the greater your players will be developed on the day of intake. But there are a lot of factors at play.

Here are the facilities ranking from worst to best -

Poor
Basic
Below Average
Adequate
Average
Good
Great
Excellent
Superb
State of the Art

Junior Coaching

The quality and quantity of unseen youth coaches that affects the quality of players in your youth intake

Junior coaching is ranked as follows from worst to best -

Basic
Fairly Basic
Average
Adequate
Good
Excellent
Exceptional

Youth Recruitment

This determines how large a pool of players your team can recruit from. It is the size of your recruitment network. It increases your chances of getting the best young players from your area, nation and beyond.

Some clubs of course will have no youth recruitment at all, which means no youth intakes.

Recruitment is ranked as follows from worst to best -