The first Cup was organized in 1908 in Mexico City and called "Copa Tower" because the original trophy was donated by the English ambassador in Mexico Mr. Reginald Tower who arrived to the country in 1907. It included mainly clubs from the Mexico City area.
1907-08 Pachuca 1-0 British 1908-09 Reforma 2-1 Pachuca 1909-10 Reforma bt Pachuca 1910-11 British-Popo 3-0 Reforma 1911-12 Pachuca w/o Reforma [Reforma dns] 1912-13 Club México 3-1 Rovers 1913-14 Club Mexico 2-0 L'Amicale Française [aet] 1914-15 España 1-0 Rovers 1915-16 Rovers bt Pachuca 1916-17 España 5-1 Club Mexico 1917-18 España 1-0 Tigres 1918-19 España 4-0 Club México 1919-20 América 1-0 Asturias 1920-21 Club México 1-0 Deportivo Internacional 1921-22 Asturias 2-0 Germania FV Discontinued after 1921-22 season.
In 1921 a second trophy was instated; this tournament only included clubs from the Mexico City area and was named "Copa Eliminatoria".
1920-21 España 2-1 Luz y Fuerza 1921-22 España 3-1 Luz y Fuerza 1922-23 Asturias 2-1 Germania FV [aet] 1923-24 Asturias 3-0 España 1924-25 Necaxa 1-0 América [aet] 1925-26 Necaxa 3-2 Asturias [aet] 1926-27 not held 1927-28 España 3-1 Asturias 1928-32 not held
NB: this was not an official tournament. 1922 I España 5-0 México FC 1922 II España w/o Asturias [Asturia walked off] NB: Asturias abandoned after 3 players were injured
In 1932 a third trophy was donated by the Federación Mexicana del Centro (founded in 1931) and was named Copa México, it included only clubs from the "Primera Fuerza".
1932-33 Necaxa 3-1 Germania 1933-34 Asturias 3-0 Necaxa 1934-35 not held 1935-36 Necaxa 2-1 Asturias [aet] 1936-37 Asturias 5-3 América 1937-38 América 3-1 España 1938-39 Asturias 4-1 España 1939-40 Asturias 1-0 Necaxa 1940-41 Asturias 2-2 w/o España [aet; España dns for replay] 1941-42 Atlante 5-3 5-0 Necaxa
NB: 30 editions; lost finals between square brackets; split between Copa Tower (15),
Copa Eliminatario (7) and Copa México (9) following club name;
note that the unofficial Copa Covadonga is not included;
British won the Tower Cup as a merged team (British-Popo)
8 [ 4] C.F. Asturias [T: 1/1 E: 2/2 M: 5/1]
7 [ 4] Real Club España [T: 4/0 E: 3/1 M: 0/3]
4 [ 3] Necaxa [ E: 2/0 M: 2/3]
3 [ 2] Club México [T: 3/2 ]
2 [ 3] Pachuca A.C. [T: 2/3 ]
2 [ 2] América [T: 1/0 E: 0/1 M: 1/1]
2 [ 2] Reforma A.C. [T: 2/2 ]
1 [ 2] Rovers [T: 1/2 ]
1 [ 1] British Club [T: 1/1 ]
1 Atlante [ M: 1/0]
[ 3] Germania F.V. [T: 0/1 E: 0/1 M: 0/1]
[ 2] Luz y Fuerza [ E: 0/2 ]
[ 1] L'Amicale Française [T: 0/1 ]
[ 1] Dep. Internacional [T: 0/1 ]
[ 1] Tigres [T: 0/1 ]
Beginning in 1943 the "Liga Mayor" was formed with 6 clubs from the Mexico City "Primera Fuerza" League, two clubs from the "Liga de Occidente" (Western League) and two more from the "Liga Veracruzana." Since then the Cup has been contested by the members of the "Liga Mayor" and by the First Division, after 1950, when the Second Division was formed, except for the years in which Second Division clubs have participated (1956-57, 1963-64, 1995-96, 1996-97 and since 2012-13). The 1994-95 season was the only one in which clubs from three levels (Primera, Primera A & Segunda División) entered.
SEASON CHAMPION RUNNER-UP SCORE CHAMPION MANAGER 1942-43 Moctezuma Atlante 5-3 aet Eduardo Morilla (Esp) 1943-44 España Atlante 6-2 Rodolfo Múñoz "Butch" (Crc) 1944-45 Puebla América 6-4 Eduardo Morilla (Esp) 1945-46 Atlas Atlante 5-4 aet Eduardo Valdatti (Arg) 1946-47 Moctezuma Oro 4-3 Julio Kaiser (Arg) 1947-48 Veracruz Guadalajara 3-1 Joaquín "Chavo" Urquiaga 1948-49 León Atlante 3-0 José María Casullo (Arg) 1949-50 Atlas Veracruz 3-1 Eduardo Valdatti (Arg) 1950-51 Atlante Guadalajara 1-0 Octavio "Pulga" Vial 1951-52 Atlante Guadalajara Final Group Gregorio Blasco (Esp) 1952-53 Puebla León 4-1 Isidro Lángara (Esp) 1953-54 América Guadalajara 1-1 aet (3-2 pen)(playoff) Octavio "Pulga" Vial 1954-55 América Guadalajara 1-0 Octavio "Pulga" Vial 1955-56 Toluca Irapuato 2-1 Fernando Marcos 1956-57 Zacatepec León 1-0 Ignacio Trelles 1957-58 León Zacatepec 1-1 5-2 aet (replay) Antonio López Herranz (Esp) 1958-59 Zacatepec León 1-0 Ignacio Trelles 1959-60 Necaxa Tampico 4-1 Donald Ross (Uru) 1960-61 Tampico Toluca 1-0 Nicolás Palma 1961-62 Atlas Tampico 3-3 1-0 (replay) José Carlos Bauer (Arg) 1962-63 Guadalajara Atlante 2-1 Javier de la Torre 1963-64 América Monterrey 0-0 1-1 aet (5-4 pen)(replay) Alejandro Scopelli (Arg) 1964-65 América Morelia 4-0 Alejandro Scopelli (Arg) 1965-66 Necaxa León 3-3 1-0 (replay) Miguel Marín 1966-67 León Guadalajara 2-1 Luis Grill (Arg) 1967-68 Atlas Veracruz 2-1 Javier Novello (Arg) 1968-69 Cruz Azul Monterrey 2-1 aet Raúl Cardenas 1969-70 Guadalajara Torreon 3-2 2-1 5-3 agg Javier de la Torre 1970-71 León Zacatepec 0-0 aet (10-9 pen) Antonio Carbajal 1971-72 León Zacatepec Final Group Antonio Carbajal 1972-73 No cup held 1973-74 América Cruz Azul 1-1 2-1 3-2 agg José Antonio Roca 1974-75 U.N.A.M. U. de Guadalajara Final Group Árpád Fekete (Hun) 1975-76 U.A.N.L. América 1-2 2-0 3-2 agg Claudio Lostanau (Per) 1976-87 No cup held 1987-88 Puebla Cruz Azul 1-1 0-0 1-1 agg (on away goal) Hugo Fernández (Uru) 1988-89 Toluca U. de Guadalajara 1-1 2-1* 3-2 agg (*aet) Héctor Sanabria 1989-90 Puebla U.A.N.L. 0-2 4-1 4-3 agg Manuel Lapuente 1990-91 U. de Guadalajara América 1-0 0-0 1-0 agg Alberto Guerra 1991-92 Monterrey Cd. Juarez 4-2 Miguel Mejía Barón 1992-94 not held 1994-95 Necaxa Veracruz 2-0 Manuel Lapuente 1995-96 U.A.N.L. Atlas 1-1 1-0 2-1 agg Víctor Manuel Vucetich 1996-97 Cruz Azul Toros Neza 2-0 Víctor Manuel Vucetich 1997-12 not held 2012-13 Dorados Correcaminos U.A.T.2-2 (3-2 pen) Francisco Ramírez 2012-13 Cruz Azul Atlante 0-0 (4-2 pen) Guillermo Vázquez 2013-14 Morelia Atlas 3-3 (3-1 pen) Carlos Bustos (Arg) 2013-14 Tigres Alebrijes 3-0 Ricardo Ferreti (Bra) 2014-15 Santos Laguna Puebla 2-2 (4-2 pen) Pedro Caixinha (Por) 2014-15 Puebla Guadalajara 4-2 José Guadalupe Cruz 2015-16 Guadalajara León 1-0 Matías Almeyda (Arg) 2015-16 Veracruz Necaxa 4-1 Carlos Reinoso 2016-17 Querétaro Guadalajara 0-0 (3-2 pen) Víctor Manuel Vucetich 2016-17 Guadalajara Morelia 0-0 (3-1 pen) Matías Almeyda (Arg) 2017-18 Monterrey Pachuca 1-0 Antonio Mohamed (Arg) 2017-18 Necaxa Toluca 1-0 Ignacio Ambriz 2018-19 Cruz Azul Monterrey 2-0 Pedro Caixinha (POR) 2018-19 América FC Juárez 1-0 Miguel Herrera 2019-20 Monterrey Tijuana 1-0 1-1 2-1 g Antonio Mohamed (Arg)
CLUB Won R-Up América 6 3 León 5 5 Puebla 5 1 Guadalajara 4 8 Atlas 4 2 Cruz Azul 4 2 Necaxa 4 1 Monterrey 3 3 U.A.N.L. 3 1 (includes Tigres) Atlante 2 6 Veracruz 2 3 Zacatepec 2 3 Toluca 2 2 Moctezuma 2 0 Morelia 1 2 Tampico 1 2 U. de Guadalajara 1 2 Dorados 1 0 Querétaro 1 0 Real Club España 1 0 Santos Laguna 1 0 U.N.A.M. 1 0 Alebrijes 0 1 Cd. Juarez 0 1 Correcaminos U.A.T.0 1 Irapuato 0 1 FC Juárez 0 1 Oro 0 1 Pachuca 0 1 Tijuana 0 1 Toros Neza 0 1 Torreon 0 1
Octavio "Pulga" Vial 3 Víctor Manuel Vucetich 3 Matías Almeyda (Arg) 2 Pedro Caixinha (Por) 2 Antonio Carbajal 2 Manuel Lapuente 2 Antonio Mohamed (Arg) 2 Eduardo Morilla (Esp) 2 Alejandro Scopelli (Arg) 2 Javier de la Torre 2 Ignacio Trellez 2 Eduardo Valdatti (Arg) 2
América 8 Asturias 8 Necaxa 8 Real Club España 8 León 5 Puebla 5 Atlas 4 Cruz Azul 4 Guadalajara 4 Atlante 3 Monterrey 3 U.A.N.L. 3 (includes Tigres) Club México 3 Moctezuma 2 Pachuca 2 Reforma Club 2 Toluca 2 Veracruz 2 Zacatepec 2 British Club 1 Dorados 1 Morelia 1 Querétaro 1 Rovers 1 Santos 1 Tampico 1 U. de Guadalajara 1 U.N.A.M. 1
These extraordinary tournaments were each played in a single edition NAME YEAR CHAMPION RUNNER-UP SCORE Copa Adolfo López Mateos 1963 América Oro 4-1 Torneo de Nuevos Valores 1978 U. de G. Cruz Azul 1-0 1-1 (2-1 agg.) Copa Federación 1983 Texcoco Oaxtepec 1-0 Other Cups Palmares América 1 U. de G. 1 Texcoco 1
U.N.A.M. = Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico U.A.N.L. = Universidad Autonoma de Nueva León
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