Tercera División is Mexico's fourth tier in the Mexican League System

Mexican League System

The Mexican football league system is the national football competition system in Mexico. It is organized by the Federación Mexicana de Fútbol Asociación and consists of four levels ....

. The Tercera División (Third Division) is divided into 15 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 respected group. The 15 groups consist of teams who are eligible for promotion, teams who are affiliated with teams in the Primera División and Liga de Ascenso (Primera División A), which are not eligible for promotion and teams for a promotional tournament, which make up group 15 and are not eligible for promotion as well.

Group I

• Aguilas de Tabasco
  Aguilas de Tabasco
  Aguilas De Tabasco is a Mexican football club that plays in the Tercera División de México. The club is based in Villahermosa, Tabasco, México....
  
  
• Atletico Chiapas
  Atletico Chiapas
  Atletico Chiapas is a Mexican football club that plays in the Tercera División de México. The club is based in Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas.-History:...
  
  
• Bonfil
  Bonfil
  Club Deportivo Ejidatarios Bonfil is a Mexican football club that plays in the Tercera División de México. The club is based in Cancun, Mexico.-External links:*...
  
  
• Tigrillos de Chetumal
  Tigrillos de Chetumal
  Tigrillos de Chetumal is a Mexican football club that plays in the Tercera División de México. The club is based in Chetumal, Mexico.The club was founded on August 5 1992 in the Tercera División de México....
  
  
• Corsarios de Campeche
  Corsarios de Campeche
  Corsarios de Campeche is a Mexican football club that plays in the Tercera División de México. The club is based in Campeche, Campeche and was founded on September 6 1981....
  
  

• Delfines de la Unacar
  Delfines de la Unacar
  Delfines de la U.N.C.A.R is a Mexican football club that plays in the Tercera División de México. The club is based in Ciudad del Carmen, Mexico] and represents the Universidad Autónoma del Carmen....
  
  
• Deportivo Maya Caribe
  Deportivo Maya Caribe
  Ciudad del Carmen, Mexico is a Mexican football club that plays in the Tercera División de México. The club is based in Ciudad del Carmen , Mexico .-External links:*...
  
  
• F. C. Itzaes
  F. C. Itzaes
  Yucatan, Mexico is a Mexican football club that plays in the Tercera División de México. The club is based in Yucatan, Mexico .-History:The club was founded in 1981 as Mayas do to the city's Mayan Heritage, plaing in the Tercera División de México .The club would reach its First Final in 1989...
  
  
• Huracanes de Cozumel
  Huracanes de Cozumel
  Corsarios de Campeche is a Mexican football club that plays in the Tercera División de México. The club is based in Cozumel, Mexico....
  
  
• Inter Playa A.C.
  Promotora Deportiva Inter Playa del Carmen AC
  Inter Playa del Carmen is Mexican football club that plays in the Segunda División Profesional. The club is based in Playa del Carmen, Quintana Roo....
  
  

• Jaguares de la 48
  Jaguares de la 48
  Jaguares de la 48 is a Mexican football club that plays in froup 1 in the Tercera División de México. The club is based in Chiapas, Mexico and and is and is affiliated to Jaguares de Chiapas ....
  
  
• Mérida F.C.
• Pioneros Junior
  Pioneros de Cancún
  Pioneros de Cancún is Mexican football team who resides in Cancún, México and is affiliated to Club Atlante..- History :The name Pioneros com es from a local branch of hotels in Cancún, México.The club was founded in 1984 when they join the Tercera División de México and still holds its name which...
  
  
• Real Victoria Carmen
  Real Victoria Carmen
  Real Victoria Carmen is a Mexican football club that plays in in group 1 of the Tercera División de México. The club is based in Ciudad del Carmen, Mexico....
  
  

Group II

• Atlético Boca del Río
  Atlético Boca del Río
  Atlético Boca del Río is a Mexican football club that plays in froup 2 in the Tercera División de México. The club is based in Veracruz, Mexico and is and is affiliated to Tiburones Rojos de Veracruz .-History:...
  
  
• Caballeros de Córdoba
  Caballeros de Córdoba
  Caballeros de Córdoba is a Mexican football club that plays in the Tercera División de México. The club is based in Cordoba, Veracruz*Football in Mexico*Veracruz*Tercera División de México...
  
  
• Cruz Azul Lagunas
• Lanceros de Cosoleacaque
  Lanceros de Cosoleacaque
  Lanceros de Cosoleacaque is a Mexican football club that plays in the Tercera División de México. The club is based in Lanceros de Cosoleacaque, Veracruz.-External Links:*...
  
  
• Naranjeros de Álamo
  Naranjeros de Álamo
  Naranjeros de Álamo is a Mexican football club that plays in froup 2 in the Tercera División de México. The club is based in Alamo Tempache, Veracruz ....
  
  

• Once Hermanos
  Once Hermanos
  Club Once Hermanos is a Mexican football club that plays in the Tercera División de México. The club is based in Huimanguillo, Tabasco.The clubs takes its name after the Brothers that played for club Necaxa In the 1930s-External Links:*...
  
  
• Piñeros de Loma Bonita
  Piñeros de Loma Bonita
  Piñeros de Loma Bonita is a Mexican football club that plays in froup 2 in the Tercera División de México. The club is based in Loma Bonita, Oaxaca .-External links:*...
  
  
• Plateados de Cerro Azul
  Plateados de Cerro Azul
  Plateados de Cerro Azul is a Mexican football club that plays in the Tercera División de México. The club is based in Cerro Azul, Veracruz. The clubs plays its home game in the Campo deportivo Carlos Hermosillo which takes its name in honor of former football payer Carlos Hermosillo....
  
  
• Poza Rica
  Poza Rica
  Poza Rica is a city and its surrounding municipalityin the Mexican state of Veracruz. Its name means "rich pool", because it was a place known for its abundance of fish. In this century oil was discovered in the area. It has since been almost completely extracted...
  
  
• Santos Casino

• Tezonapa
  Azucareros de Tezonapa
  Azucareros de Tezonapa is a Mexican football club that plays in froup 2 in the Tercera División de México. The club is based in Tezonapa, Mexico .The club takes its name due to the fact that they produce Sugar in the city....
  
  
• Tiburones Rojos de Boca del Río
  Tiburones Rojos de Boca del Río
  Tiburones Rojos de Boca del Río, is a Mexican professional football club. The club is afiliad with Tiburones Rojos de Veracruz whoi currenlty plays in the Liga de Ascenso.-Footnotes:...
  
  
• Universidad del Golfo de México
  Delfines UGM
  Delfines UGM is a Mexican football club that plays in the Tercera División de México. The club is based in Orizaba, Veracruz....
  
  
• Universidad Istmo Americana F.C
  Universidad Istmo Americana F.C
  Universidad Istmo Americana F.C is a Mexican football club that plays in the Tercera División de México. The club is based in Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz.The ckub represents the Universidad Istmo Americana F.C....
  
  

Group III

• Albinegros de Orizaba
  Albinegros de Orizaba
  The club Albinegros de Orizaba, is a football team of the city of Orizaba, Orizaba Athletic Club was founded in 1898, a sporting club who also practice Cricket among other sports in the city of Orizaba, Veracruz...
  
  
• C.F. Lanzamex Atlixco
  C.F. Lanzamex Atlixco
  Lanzamex Atlixco is a Mexican football club that plays in the Tercera División de México. The club is based in Atlixco, Puebla and was founded in 2009....
  
  
• Conejos de Tuxpam
  Conejos de Tuxpam
  Conejos de Tuxpam is a Mexican football club that plays in the Tercera División de México. The club is based in Tuxpam, Veracruz....
  
  
• Delfines UGM
  Delfines UGM
  Delfines UGM is a Mexican football club that plays in the Tercera División de México. The club is based in Orizaba, Veracruz....
  
  
• Deportivo Anlesjeroka
  Deportivo Anlesjeroka
  Deportivo Anlesjeroka is a Mexican football club that plays in the Tercera División de México. The club is based in Tehuacan, Puebla and was founded as Chivas Anlesjeroka in 2006.-History:...
  
  

• Estudiantes de Xalapa
  Estudiantes de Xalapa
  Estudiantes de Xalapa is a Mexican football club that plays in the Tercera División de México. The club is based in [ Xalapa, Veracruz.-External links:*...
  
  
• Heroes de Veracruz
  Heroes de Veracruz
  Heroes de Veracruz is a Mexican football club that plays in the Tercera División de México. The club is based in Teziutlan, Veracruz and was founded in 2010....
  
  
• Limoneros de Fútbol, A.C.
  Limoneros de Fútbol, A.C.
  Limoneros de Fútbol, A.C. is a Mexican football club that plays in the Tercera División de México. The club is based in Martínez de la Torre, Veracruz....
  
  
• Lobos BUAP
  Lobos Prepa
  Lobos Prepa is a Mexican football club based in Puebla, Mexico. The club represents the Autonomous University of Puebla. The clubs is affiliated with Lobos de la BUAP and plays in the Segunda División de México.-External links:*...
  
  
• Lobos de Tlaxcala
  Lobos de Tlaxcala
  Lobos de Tlaxcala is a football team that plays in the Tercera División de México out of group 3. the club was establish after the franchise was moved from Oaxaca in 2009.-History:...
  
  

• Gurreros Atlixco
  Guerreros Atlixco
  Guerreros Atlixco is a football team that plays in the Tercera División de México out of group 3. the club was establish after the franchise was moved from Oaxaca in 2009.-History:...
  
  
• Real San Cosme
  Real San Cosme
  Real San Cosme is a football team that plays in the Tercera División de México out of group 3. the club is base in Tlaxcala, Mexico and plays its home game in the Santa Cruz ISMSS Stadium....
  
  
• Tehuacan A.C
• Tulyehualco
  Tulyehualco
  Tulyehualco. is a Mexican football club that plays in the Tercera División de México. The club is based in Puebla city, Puebla and plays its home games in which is right next to the Estadio Cuauhtémoc .-External links:*...
  
  

Group IV

• Atlético Cuernavaca
• C.A. Eca Norte
• Chapulineros de Oaxaca
  Chapulineros de Oaxaca
  Chapulineros de Oaxaca is a Mexican football team. They are nicknamed Los Chapulineros. The club was founded in 1983 ,the club is based in the state of Oaxaca were they play in the Estadio Benito Juárez...
  
  
• Chilpancingo
  Chilpancingo
  Chilpancingo de los Bravo is the capital and second-largest city of the state of Guerrero, Mexico. It is located at . In the 2005 census the population of the city was 166,796. Its surrounding municipality, of which it is municipal seat, had a population of 214,219 persons...
  
  
• Cuautla Yeca Juvenil

• Frailes Homape
• Galena Morelos
• Guerreros
  Guerreros
  Guerreros is a 2002 Spanish film about a group of Spanish soldiers and their French allies stationed in the border between Kosovo and Serbia during the KFOR humanitarian deployment of 2001. It was nominated for two Goya Awards...
  
  
• Real Olmeca Sport
• Reales de Puebla
  Reales de Puebla
  Reales de Puebla Futbol Club is a Mexican football club that plays in the Segunda División Profesional. The club is based in Puebla, Puebla.-History:...
  
  

• Tigres Dorados MRCI
• Zacatepetl
  Zacatepec
  Zacatepec is a Mexican football team based in Zacatepec, Morelos. They are nicknamed Cañeros . Their colors are white and green . Their uniform color is a white shirt with a big green line in the middle and white shorts and socks. Their greatest achievements were in the 1950s when Zacatepec won two...
  
  
• Club Deportivo Zapata
  Club Deportivo Zapata
  Club Deportivo Zapata is a Mexican football club that plays in froup 4 in the Tercera División de México. The club is based in Emiliano Zapata, Morelos, Mexico is one of the original Clubs that inaugurated the Tercera División de México in 1967-68 been the first champions.-History:The club was...
  
  

Group V

• Ajax Jiutepec
• Alamos F.C
  Alamos F.C
  Alamos F.C is a Mexican football club that plays in the Segunda División Profesional. The club is based in Puebla, Puebla.-History:The club was founded in 1994 as a reserve squad for C.D. Guadalajara and played under the name Chivas Alamos.The clubs has participated in all ninforiror level...
  
  
• Azules de la Seccion 26
• Cobijeros de Chiconcuac
• Deportivo Neza
  Deportivo Neza
  Deportivo Neza also known as Coyotes is a Mexican football team. The club was founded in 1978 when the city of Ciudad Neza bought the Club de Fútbol Laguna franchisee. The club has played in various leagues in Mexico. The club played from 1978 to 1982 in the first division before the club was sold...
  
  
• Deportivo Iztacalco
  Deportivo Iztacalco
  Deportivo Iztacalco, nicknamed Los Valedores is a professional Mexican football club. They currently play in the Group V of the Mexican Third Division...
  
  

• Ixtapaluca
• Lobos Union Neza
• Novillos Neza
• Pato Baeza, F.C.
• Pelicanos de Cuautitlan

• Promodep Central, A.C.
• Sporting Canamy
  Sporting Canamy
  Liga Futbol de Tehuacan A.C. is a Mexican football club that plays in the Segunda División Profesional. The club is based in Tehuacan, Puebla.-External links:*...
  
  
• Texcoco
• Vaqueros Tepic
• Venados

Group VI

• A.P.C. Tepalcapa
• Atlético UEFA
• CD Lerma
• C.F. Estudiantes
• Deportivo Metepec

• Grupo Sherwood
• Huixquilucan
• Jilotepec
• Real Halcones
• Tejupilco

• Texcaltitlan
  Texcaltitlán
  Texcaltitlán is a town and a municipality of the State of Mexico in Mexico. It is located 65 km from Toluca on the high plains south of the Nevado de Toluca volcano...
  
  
• Tolcayuca
  Tolcayuca
  Tolcayuca is a town and one of the 84 municipalities of Hidalgo, in central-eastern Mexico. The municipality covers an area of 120.8 km².As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 11,746....
  
  
• Real Cuautitlan
• UAE de México
  Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México
  The Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México is a public university in the State of Mexico, Mexico. It is the largest university institution in the state with over 84,500 students, with its central campus located in the state capital of Toluca...
  
  

Group VII

• Aguilas de Teotihuacan
• Alto Rendimiento Tuzo
  Alto Rendimiento Tuzo
  Alto Rendimiento Tuzo is a Mexican football club, They reside in Pachuca, Hidalgo . The club currently places in the Segunda División de México and would not be eligible for promotion, since the club is affiliated to Mexican First Division club C.F...
  
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• Atlético Hidalgo
  Atlético Hidalgo
  Atlético Hidalgo, nicknamed Toltecas is a Mexican football they play in the Tercera División de México. They are based in Pachuca, México and were founded in 1992.-History:Atlético Hidalgo was an expansion club that joined the Primera A in 1996...
  
  
• Atlético Huejutla
• Aztecas AMF Soccer

• Cielo Azul
• Cruz Azul Dublan**
• Morelos Ecatepec
• Pachuca
  Pachuca
  Pachuca, formally Pachuca de Soto is the capital of the Mexican state of Hidalgo. It is located in the south-central part of the state. Pachuca de Soto is also the name of the municipality of which the city serves as municipal seat...
  
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• Pachuca Juniors
  Pachuca Juniors
  Pachuca Juniors is a Mexican football team. It currently plays at Tercera División de México.Pachuca Juniors was affiliated to Pachuca.-History:...
  
  

• San Mateo Atenco
  San Mateo Atenco
  San Mateo Atenco is a city and a municipality located in the State of México in Mexico. It lies west of the Federal District near the municipality of Metepec, in the central part of the state of México, and is part of the Toluca urban area bordering the city to the east. Atenco is derived from the...
  
  
• Santiago Tulantepec
• Union Acolman
• Universidad del Fútbol

Group VIII

• CEFOR Cuauhtémoc Blanco
• DIM Cuautitlan
• Esmeralda, F.C.
• F.C. San José del Arenal
• Halcones Valle del Mezquital

• Panteras de Lindavista
• Plateros
• Potros de Hierro
• Soccer Club Buen Dia
• Teca Huixquilucan

• Tecamachalco
  Tecamachalco
  Tecamachalco is a municipality in the state of Puebla, Mexico....
  
  
• Titan Soccer
• Tultitlan
• Vikingos de Chalco

Group IX

• Atlético Iztacalco
• Aztecas Colon Querétaro
• Delfines de Abasolo
• Deportivo Corregidora
• Deportivo Neza
  Deportivo Neza
  Deportivo Neza also known as Coyotes is a Mexican football team. The club was founded in 1978 when the city of Ciudad Neza bought the Club de Fútbol Laguna franchisee. The club has played in various leagues in Mexico. The club played from 1978 to 1982 in the first division before the club was sold...
  
  

• Gallos Blancos de Zihuatanejo
• Jaral del Progreso
  Jaral del Progreso
  Jaral del Progreso is a Mexican city and municipality located in the Bajío of the state of Guanajuato. With an area of 174.37 square kilometres, Jaral del Progreso accounts for 0.57% of the surface of the state...
  
  
• Juventud Cuerera
• Limoneros de Apatzingan
• Monarcas Zacapu
  Monarcas Zacapu
  Monarcas Zacapu, is a professional Mexican football club. They currently play in the Group VIII of the Mexican Third Division.-Current Roster : -Technical Staff for 2010:...
  
  

• Peces Blancos de Patzcuaro
• San Juan del Rio
  San Juan del Río
  N20 23 23 W99 59 49San Juan del Río is a city and administrative seat of the surrounding San Juan del Río Municipality in the central Mexican state of Querétaro. The population in July, 2007 is calculated in 128,270 for the city and 217,980 for the municipality.The city and municipality both rank...
  
  
• Santa Rosa
  Santa Rosa
  Santa Rosa is the Spanish and Portuguese name for Saint Rose. It may also refer to:-Places: Argentina:*Santa Rosa, La Pampa*Santa Rosa de Calamuchita *Santa Rosa de Calchines *Santa Rosa de Río Primero...
  
  
• Zarzeros de Tacambaro
• Zitacuaro
  Zitácuaro
  Zitácuaro is a city in the Mexican state of Michoacán. The city is the administrative centre for the surrounding municipality of the same name, which lies at the extreme eastern side of Michoacán and borders on the adjacent state of México...
  
  

Group X

• Atlético Bajio
• Atlético Cocula
• Atlético Ecca
• Atlético San Francisco
  Atlético San Francisco
  Atlético San Francisco, is a Mexican professional football .The club plays in the Tercera División de México and is based in San Francisco del Rincón, Guanajuato, México...
  
  
• C.F. Guayaberos de Calvillo
• Cabezas Rojas
• Cachorros de León

• Celaya F.C.
• Deportivo Colegio Guanajuato
• Deportivo El Milagro
• Diablos de la UJED
• Libertadores de Penjamo

• Mineros de Fresnillo
  Mineros de Fresnillo
  Mineros de Fresnillo is a Mexican professional basketball team based in Fresnillo, Zacatecas, playing in the Cibane league. They currently play their home games in the Gimnasio Fresnillo.- 2010 :...
  
  
• Real Leónes
• Real Zamora
• Union León
• U.A. de Zacatecas

Group XI

• Arandas
  Arandas
  Arandas is a commune in the Ain department in eastern France.-Population:...
  
  
• Atlético Tecoman
• Atotonilco, F.C.
• Chapala
  Chapala
  Chapala is a city and municipality in the central Mexican state of Jalisco, located on the north shore of Lake Chapala, Mexico's largest freshwater lake. According to the 2005 census, its population is 43,345 for the municipality.-Geography:...
  
  
• Club Deportivo Acatic

• Club Deportivo Yurecuaro
• Escuela de Fútbol Chivas**
• MRH Soccer Manzanillo
• Mulos del Club Deportivo Oro
• Tepatitlan

• Tuzos Occidente
• Valle del Grullo
• Vaqueros
• Vaqueros de Ixtlan
• Volcanes de Colima

Group XII

• Aves Blancas
• Ayense de Ayotlan Jalisco
• Cachorros Atotonilco
• Cazcanes de Ameca
• Club Deportivo y Social PVSC
• Cocula, F.C.

• Deportivo Nayarit
• Estudiantes Tecos**
• F.C. Atlas
  F.C. Atlas
  Club Social y Deportivo Atlas de Guadalajara is a Mexican football club. Atlas is one of three teams that play in Guadalajara, Mexico, along with Club Deportivo Guadalajara and Estudiantes Tecos in the Primera División de México...
  
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• Guadalajara
  Guadalajara
  Guadalajara may refer to:In Mexico:*Guadalajara, Jalisco, the capital of the state of Jalisco and second largest city in Mexico**Guadalajara Metropolitan Area*University of Guadalajara, a public university in Guadalajara, Jalisco...
  
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• Ladrilleros de Tlajomulco
• Leones Negros Talpa de Allende

• Nacional
  Nacional
  Nacional is the Portuguese and Spanish word for national.Nacional may also refer to:-Airlines:* Nacional Transportes Aéreos, a Brazilian airline defunct in 2002* Transportes Aéreos Nacional, a Brazilian airline defunct in 1961-Music:...
  
  
• Reboceritos de la Piedad
• Sahuayo
  Sahuayo
  Sahuayo is a city in the state of Michoacán, in western México, near the southern shore of Lake Chapala. It serves as the municipal seat for the surrounding municipality of the same name...
  
  
• Vaqueros Nayarit
• Zapotlanejo
  Zapotlanejo
  Zapotlanejo is a town and municipality in the Mexican state of Jalisco.According to the 2005 census, there were 55,827 inhabitants in the municipality. The municipality has a territorial extension of 643.02 km2.-Toponomy:...
  
  

Group XIII

• Alazapas de Sabinas
• Alianza Unetefan AFC
  Alianza Unetefan AFC
  Alianza UAFC is a football club from Apodaca, Nuevo León, Mexico.They play in the Tercera División of the Federación Mexicana de Fútbol Asociación.-History:...
  
  
• Atlético Altamira
• Ciudad Valles
  Ciudad Valles
  Ciudad Valles is the second-largest city in the Mexican state of San Luis Potosí. It is located in the eastern part of the state at . The city is also the municipal seat of the surrounding municipality of the same name. The city had a 2005 census population of 116,261, while the municipality's...
  
  
• Correcaminos Matamoros
• Coyotes de Saltillo

• Estudiantes Tecnológico de Nuevo Laredo
  Estudiantes Tecnológico de Nuevo Laredo
  Estudiantes Tecnológico de Nuevo Laredo is a football club from Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico. They play in the Tercera División de México of the Federación Mexicana de Fútbol Asociación. The team plays its home matches in Estadio Olimpico del Tecnologico of Nuevo Laredo. The team is owned by...
  
  
• F.C. Excelsior
  F.C. Excelsior
  F.C. Excelsior is Mexican football club that plays in the Segunda División Profesional. The club is based in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon.-Current roster:As of June 14, 2010...
  
  
• Halcones de Saltillo
• Leones de Saltillo
• Mante, F.C.
• Orinegros de Cd. Madero

• Panteras Negras GNL
• Rayados de Monterrey**
• Tigres, S.D.**
• Tuneros de Matehuala
• Universidad de Monterrey
  Universidad de Monterrey
  The University of Monterrey is a Roman Catholic institution of higher learning located in Monterrey, Mexico....
  
  

Group XIV

• Azucareros de los Mochis
• Buhos de Hermosillo
  Búhos de Hermosillo
  Búhos de Hermosillo FC is Mexican football team who resides in Hermosillo in the state of Sonora.In 2004 , Prospero Barboza Ochoa, Martín Trujillo Camacho, Alvaro Alfonso Santacruz and Pujol, Gilberto Munguia and Alberto Cota Arellano Chávez founded legally Owls Football Club of Hermosillo,...
  
  
• Deportivo Guamúchil F.C.
  Deportivo Guamúchil F.C.
  Murciélagos F.C. is Mexican football club that plays in the Segunda División Profesional. The club is based in Guamúchil, Sinaloa. From his beginnings the club had the aim to turn into a modal of the Mexican football and 3 years later it can say that his reputation has penetrated the borders and...
  
  
• Diablos Azules de Guasave

• Dorados de Sinaloa
  Dorados de Sinaloa
  Club Social y Deportivo Sinaloa, or simply Dorados, is a Mexican professional football club. The club plays its home games in Culiacán, Sinaloa, in the northwest of Mexico. Dorados was the youngest franchise to play in the Primera División de México, having joined the division for the first time...
  
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• Heroes de Caborca
• Indios Cucapa, F.C.
• Lobos de Cabo San Lucas

• Lobos de Zihuatanejo
• M. Tijuana
• Xoloitzcuintles de Tijuana**

Group XV

• Arenales, N.E.
• Aztecas Arandas
• Calor de San Pedro
• Chinarras de Aldama
• Club de Fútbol Indios**

• Col. de Bachilleres Cd. Juárez
• Col. de Bachilleres Chihuahua
• Dorados Inter
• Fútbol Premier
• Generales de Navojoa

• Halcones de Jimenez
• Leones de Chihuahua, F.C.
  Leones de Chihuahua, F.C.
  Leones de Chihuahua F.C. is a Mexican football club that plays in the Tercera División de México. The club is based in Chihuahua, México ....
  
  
• Real Faraones de Nuevo Casas Grandes
• Real Magari
• Soles de Cd. Juárez

** Teams with an affiliate in the Primera Division or Liga de Ascenso and that are not eligible for promotion.

*** Teams in Group XV are part of the promotional 2009/2010 tournament and are not eligible for promotion.

Current Format

Tercera División currently features 244 teams divided into 15 groups. Group 15, which consist of 12 teams, is the Promotional Tournament group and are not eligible for promotion. There are 10 teams with filials (affiliates) in the Primera División

Primera División de México

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 (First Division) or Liga de Ascenso

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 (First Division A), who are also not eligible for promotion. The Tercera follows the usual double round-robin format in which each club plays every other club twice within their own group, with the exception of Group 13. Group 13 will be divided into two subgroups with 7 teams. The teams will be divided in accordance to their geographical zone. The teams in each subgroup of Group 13 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.

Qualification for Promotion

Two teams from the Tercera will be promoted, Tercera División Campeon (Champion) and Subcampeon (Runner-Up). The champion will be promoted directly to the Liga Premier de Ascenso and the runner-up will be promoted to the Liga de Nuevos Talentos.

Of the teams that are eligible for promotion, 64 teams will qualify for play-offs to determine which two teams will be promoted. The play-offs will be played in a home and away format, the winner being determined by the aggregate score. The top four teams from Groups 1 - 14, with the exception of Group 13 which will qualify the top two teams from each subgroup, the 7 5th place teams from the groups that have 18 teams, and the overall best 5th place team from either Group 1, 3, or 11.

First Round of Play-Offs

Group I 1 vs. 4 2 vs. 3

Group II 1 vs. 4 2 vs. 3

Group XII 1 vs. 4 2 vs. 3

Group XIV 1 vs. 4 2 vs. 3

For Groups I, II, XII, and XIV the top 4 teams will play-off amongst the teams in their own group as shown above. Groups III - VII>

1 vs. 20 2 vs. 19

3 vs. 18 4 vs. 17

5 vs. 16 6 vs. 15

7 vs. 14 8 vs. 13

9 vs. 12 10 vs. 11

For Groups III, IV, V, VI, and VII the teams will be repositioned from 1 to 20, into a single table, depending on their final overall record in regular season play. Groups VIII & IX

• 1 vs. 4
• 2 vs. 3
• 3 vs. 2
• 4 vs. 1>

For Groups VIII the top 4 teams will face off against the top 4 teams of Group IX as shown above. Groups X & XI

• 1 vs. 4
• 2 vs. 3
• 3 vs. 2
• 4 vs. 1>

For Group X the top 4 teams will face off against the top 4 teams of Group XI as shown above. Group XIII

• 1 (Sub Group "North") vs 2 (Sub Group "South")
• 2 (Sub Group "North") vs 1 (Sub Group "South")>

For Group XIII the top two teams from one subgroup will face off against the top two teams of the other subgroup as shown above.

If from Group I 5 from Group I vs. 5 from Group II 5 from Group IV vs. 5 from Group V 5 from Group VI vs. 5 from Group VII 5 from Group IX vs. 5 from Group XII

If from Group III 5 from Group II vs. 5 from Group III 5 from Group IV vs. 5 from Group V 5 from Group VI vs. 5 from Group VII 5 from Group IX vs. 5 from Group XII

If from Group XI 5 from Group II vs. 5 from Group IV 5 from Group V vs. 5 from Group VI 5 from Group VII vs. 5 from Group IX 5 from Group XI vs. 5 from Group XII

The 5th place teams will play against the 5th place team in the group that immediately proceeds their own group as shown above.

Round of 32

In this round the remaining 32 teams will be split into 2 groups of 16. Teams qualified from Groups I to VII will make up Group 1 and teams qualified from Groups VIII to XIV will make up Group 2. The teams will be repositioned into these groups depending on their final overall record in regular season play.

Group 1 Groups I - VII 1 vs. 16 2 vs. 15 3 vs. 14 4 vs. 13 5 vs. 12 6 vs. 11 7 vs. 10 8 vs. 9

Group 2 Groups VII - XIV 1 vs. 16 2 vs. 15 3 vs. 14 4 vs. 13 5 vs. 12 6 vs. 11 7 vs. 10 8 vs. 9

Round of 16

For the Round of 16 the teams will remain in the same group, the only difference being is the repositioning of the qualified teams.

Group 1 Groups I - VII 1 vs. 8 2 vs. 7 3 vs. 6 4 vs. 5

Group 2 Groups VII - XIV 1 vs. 8 2 vs. 7 3 vs. 6 4 vs. 5

Quarter-finals

Same format as the Round of 16.

Group 1 Groups I - VII 1 vs. 3 2 vs. 4

Group 2 Groups VII - XIV 1 vs. 4 2 vs. 3

Semi-finals

Same format as Quarter-finals.

Group 1 Groups I - VII 1 vs. 2

Group 2 Groups VII - XIV 1 vs. 2

Final

The final will be disputed between the winning team of Group 1 and the winning team of Group 2.

• 2 vs. 1
• 1 vs. 2

Promotion

The team that wins in the aggregate score will be crowned champion and will be promoted to the Liga Premier de Ascenso and the runner-up of the final will be promoted to the Liga de Nuevos Talentos.

List of Champions

Tercera División champions

Season	Champion (Promotion)	Filial (Affiliate) Champion	Promotional Champion
1967-68	Zapata FC	x	x
1968-69	Mastines de Naucalpan	x	x
1969-70	Club San Luis Club San Luis San Luis Fútbol Club, known more commonly as San Luis or San Luis Potosí, is a Mexican professional football club from the city of San Luis Potosí, Mexico...	x	x
1970-71	Lobos de Querétaro	x	x
1971-72	Orizaba Albinegros de Orizaba The club Albinegros de Orizaba, is a football team of the city of Orizaba, Orizaba Athletic Club was founded in 1898, a sporting club who also practice Cricket among other sports in the city of Orizaba, Veracruz...	x	x
1972-73	Tecos UAG	x	x
1973-74	Celaya FC	x	x
1974-75	Potros UAEM Potros de la Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México Potros de la Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México is a Mexican football team. They are nicknamed Potros . Their uniform color are white and green, wearing a white and green vertical stripe shirt for their home games...	x	x
1975-76	T.A.M.S.A.	x	x
1976-77	Osos Grises de Toluca	x	x
1977-78	CD Zamora	x	x
1978-79	Lobos de Tlaxcala Lobos de Tlaxcala Lobos de Tlaxcala is a football team that plays in the Tercera División de México out of group 3. the club was establish after the franchise was moved from Oaxaca in 2009.-History:...	x	x
1979-80	Oaxtepec Club de Fútbol Oaxtepec Club de Fútbol Oaxtepec was a former Mexican first division club that played in the city of Oaxtepec in the late 1980s and 1980s.- History :...	x	x
1980-81	Azucareros de Córdoba	x	x
1981-82	Petroleros de Poza Rica	x	x
1982-83	Atlético Tecoman	x	x
1983-84	San Mateo Atenco	x	x
1984-85	Unión de Curtidores Unión de Curtidores Unión de Curtidores is a Mexican football team, nicknamed Curtidores. The club was founded on August 15, 1928. The club plays in the Segunda División Profesional in el Estadio La Martinica in the city of León . Due to the club's long history and tradition it has many followers, not just in the city...	x	x
1985-86	Progreso de Cocula	x	x
1986-87	Águila Progreso Industrial	x	x
1987-88	Ecatepec	x	x
1988-89	Ayense de Ayotlan Jalisco	x	x
1989-90	Brujos de Zitlaltepec	x	x
1990-91	Linces de la Universidad de Celaya	x	x
1991-92	Atlético San Francisco Atlético San Francisco Atlético San Francisco, is a Mexican professional football .The club plays in the Tercera División de México and is based in San Francisco del Rincón, Guanajuato, México...	x	x
1992-93	Colimense	Monterrey "B" Club de Fútbol Monterrey The Club de Fútbol Monterrey is a Mexican football club from Monterrey, Nuevo León, and the current champion of the CONCACAF Champions League. Founded on June 28, 1945, it is the oldest active team in the professional division from the northern part of Mexico....	x
1993-94	Tigrillos	Guadalajara "B"	x
1994-95	Monterrey FAAC	Cruz Azul "C"	x
1995-96	Deportivo Zitácuaro	América Coapa Club América Club América is a Mexican Professional football club based in Mexico City. It competes in the Primera División, the top professional league in the country. The team's nickname is Las Águilas ....	x
1996-97	Truenos de Cuautitlán	América Coapa Club América Club América is a Mexican Professional football club based in Mexico City. It competes in the Primera División, the top professional league in the country. The team's nickname is Las Águilas ....	x
1997-98	Cachorros de Sayula	Académicos	x
1998-99	Deportivo Cihuatlán	Necaxa "B" Necaxa Necaxa is a Mexican football club and is based in the city of Aguascalientes. it plays in the Estadio Victoria. Necaxa is ranked seventh overall and 1st in ranking in Mexican football within the IFFHS Central and North America's Clubs of the Century in the CONCACAF behind CD Saprissa San Juan de...	x
1999-00	Guadalajara "B"	Atlético Morelia "C"	x
2000-01	Pumas Naucalpan Pumas Morelos Pumas Morelos is a Mexican football club which plays in Coyoacán, Mexico City. They compete in the Liga de Ascenso division, and are the satellite team to Club Universidad Nacional.-Stadium:...	Tigres S.D.	x
Apertura 2001	Académicos	Estudiantes Tecos	x
Clausura 2002	Alacranes de Apatzingán	Correcaminos UAT "C" Correcaminos UAT Correcaminos de la Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas is an association football team from Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas that currently plays in the Primera Division A. The team was founded in 1980, Correcaminos played in the Primera Division De Mexico in the 1986-1987 season. They play in the Marte R...	x
Apertura 2002	Deportivo Tepic Coras de Tepic Coras de Tepic is a Mexican football club that plays in the Mexican second division from . The club was founded in the late 1950s and currently pays in Tepic, Nayarit.-History:...	Tigres S.D.	x
Clausura 2003	Inter Playa del Carmen	Necaxa "C" Necaxa Necaxa is a Mexican football club and is based in the city of Aguascalientes. it plays in the Estadio Victoria. Necaxa is ranked seventh overall and 1st in ranking in Mexican football within the IFFHS Central and North America's Clubs of the Century in the CONCACAF behind CD Saprissa San Juan de...	x
Apertura 2003	Jersey Nay Ixcuintla	América "C" Club América Club América is a Mexican Professional football club based in Mexico City. It competes in the Primera División, the top professional league in the country. The team's nickname is Las Águilas ....	x
Clausura 2004	Atlético Tecoman	América "C" Club América Club América is a Mexican Professional football club based in Mexico City. It competes in the Primera División, the top professional league in the country. The team's nickname is Las Águilas ....	Diablos de Hermosillo
Apertura 2004	Autlán "B"	Tigres S.D.	Búhos de Hermosillo Búhos de Hermosillo Búhos de Hermosillo FC is Mexican football team who resides in Hermosillo in the state of Sonora.In 2004 , Prospero Barboza Ochoa, Martín Trujillo Camacho, Alvaro Alfonso Santacruz and Pujol, Gilberto Munguia and Alberto Cota Arellano Chávez founded legally Owls Football Club of Hermosillo,...
Clausura 2005	Atlético Cuauhtémoc	Guadalajara "C"	Búhos de Hermosillo Búhos de Hermosillo Búhos de Hermosillo FC is Mexican football team who resides in Hermosillo in the state of Sonora.In 2004 , Prospero Barboza Ochoa, Martín Trujillo Camacho, Alvaro Alfonso Santacruz and Pujol, Gilberto Munguia and Alberto Cota Arellano Chávez founded legally Owls Football Club of Hermosillo,...
Apertura 2005	Deportivo Tecamachalco "B"	Guadalajara "C"	x
Clausura 2006	CFS Manzanillo	Estudiantes Tecos	x
Apertura 2006	Búhos de Hermosillo Búhos de Hermosillo Búhos de Hermosillo FC is Mexican football team who resides in Hermosillo in the state of Sonora.In 2004 , Prospero Barboza Ochoa, Martín Trujillo Camacho, Alvaro Alfonso Santacruz and Pujol, Gilberto Munguia and Alberto Cota Arellano Chávez founded legally Owls Football Club of Hermosillo,...	América "C" Club América Club América is a Mexican Professional football club based in Mexico City. It competes in the Primera División, the top professional league in the country. The team's nickname is Las Águilas ....	Gallos de Pelea del Canal 5
Clausura 2007	Atlético Cihuatlán	Necaxa "C"	Gallos de Pelea del Canal 5
Apertura 2007	Atlético Comonfort	América "C" Club América Club América is a Mexican Professional football club based in Mexico City. It competes in the Primera División, the top professional league in the country. The team's nickname is Las Águilas ....	X
Clausura 2008	CFS Manzanillo "B"	Necaxa "C"	X
2008–2009	CD Héroes de Caborca	Monarcas Morelia "C"	X
2009–2010	Club Patriotas de Córdoba	Guadalajara "C"	X

External links

• Tercera División de México Official Website