Segunda DivisiÃ³n de MÃ©xico

The Segunda División (Mexico) was between 1950/51 and 1993/ 94, the second- highest division in the Mexican football club. Since the introduction of La Liga ' A' in the season 1994 /95 - despite their continuing name - only the third- highest division of the country.

Structure of the League to 2007/ 08

It existed until the 2007/08 season of five squadrons, which were divided along regional lines:

The Zona Sur encompassed southeastern Mexico, stretching from the eastern regions of the state of Puebla about Veracruz, Oaxaca, Tabasco and Chiapas to the Yucatán Peninsula.

The Zona Central included the heart of the country: the capital district and the immediately adjacent areas in the states of Mexico, Morelos, Puebla and Hidalgo.

The further away from the capital district of remote associations of these states ( with the exception of Puebla) came together with the clubs from the states of Aguascalientes, Guanajuato, Querétaro, San Luis Potosi and Zacatecas in the Zona Bajío. In addition, among its catchment area the clubs from the eastern regions of Jalisco and Michoacán.

The Zona Occidente comprised the western coastal states ( Jalisco, Michoacan, Colima, Nayarit, Sonora, and Sinaloa ), and the Baja California peninsula.

For the Zona Norte in the northern states of Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, Nuevo León and Tamaulipas were domiciled clubs.

Current Structure of the League

Since the 2008/ 09 season, the league consists of six seasons, one of which includes three seasons for the Premier League de Ascenso and the other three for Liga de Nuevos talento. The former corresponds to a normal league third division with opportunity for advancement to the second-class La Liga 'A', while the second-named League is purely a junior league without opportunity for advancement. Both leagues that are located within the Segunda División, and should be rather referred to as branches are divided along regional lines and each including a season, which covers the northern, central and southern. To distinguish the leagues branches from each other, the names carry the seasons of the Premier League de Ascenso the names Norte (North), Central ( central) and Sur (South), the seasons of the Liga de Nuevos Talentos contrast Noroeste (Northwest ) Bajío ( lowlands) and Sureste (southwest).

The creation of the Segunda División

With the 1943 introduction of professional football completed the expansion of the sport in Mexico progressed inexorably. The stadiums were often sold out in many parts of the country in which the football until then only had led a shadowy existence, new teams were launched. Some of these new teams sought inclusion in the Primera División on. However, their capacity was only limited by the board. To make matters also came at the expense of many clubs from the province that neither their teams nor their stadiums were erstligatauglich. To resolve this contradiction - to integrate the new teams into playing and at the same time not to overwhelm -, a commission was formed on September 2, 1947 which should work out the criteria for the creation of a second league. Recording were eligible to eventually only those clubs, able to provide an audience capacity of at least 3,000 and at least 300 members had.

The founding members

On December 26, 1950, the Segunda took División their gaming operations with the following teams on: Zacatepec (at the end of the inaugural season of the first master and therefore the first sport climbers in the first division ) as well as - in alphabetical order - Irapuato, Monterrey, Morelia, Pachuca, Queretaro, Toluca and Zamora.

The second division champions the Segunda División

In the period between 1950/51 and 1993/94 Segunda División was not only their name after the second division, but their respective winners actually División promotion to the Primera entitled class. The following teams won the second division championship of the old Segunda División:

1 With a total of five titles in the seasons 1951, 1963, 1970, 1978 and 1984, the CD Zacatepec División giants of old, second-rate Segunda.

2 Potros Neza sold his license before the start of next season to the CD Veracruz, who took its place in 1989/90 in the first division.

The third División league champions of the Segunda

Champion 1994 /95 to 1996/97

Since 1994/95 Segunda División is only the third- highest division in the Mexican football club. Third league champions since then, the following associations:

Champion 1997/98 to 2001/ 02

Since the 1997/98 season, there are two champions per year ( per half- season):

Invierno 1997: Potros Zitácuaro
Verano 1998: Gallos de Aguascalientes
Invierno 1998: Alacranes de Durango
Verano 1999: Alacranes de Durango
Invierno 1999: CF Cuautitlán
Verano 2000: Marte Morelos FC
Invierno 2000: Águilas de Tamaulipas
Verano 2001: Potros Zitácuaro
Invierno 2001: Deportivo Cihuatlán
Verano 2002: Astros de Ciudad Juárez

Champion 2002 /03 to 2007/ 08

Since the 2002/03 season, the league is divided by teams that are basically climb right and those that serve as pure Talentschuppen höherklassiger teams and are not entitled to advancement. For the different teams, there are separate championships. NOTE: The posted to the Teams link leads to the respective main club.

Champion for 2008/ 09

Since the 2008/ 09 season, the Segunda División in the League Premier de Ascenso and Liga de Ascenso de Nuevos Talentos divided, of which the latter was again played in the 2008/ 09 season in two different Liguillas: the Liguilla de Ascenso and the Liguilla de Filiales. The once discharged - and not specifically mentioned in the table below - Liguilla de Filiales was won by the reserve teams of two great teams from Guadalajara: the Apertura 2008 by Atlas and the Clausura 2009 by Chivas.

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