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 M�xico 3-1 Rovers 1913-14 Club Mexico 2-0 L'Amicale Fran�aise [aet] 1914-15 Espa�a 1-0 Rovers 1915-16 Rovers bt Pachuca 1916-17 Espa�a 5-1 Club Mexico 1917-18 Espa�a 1-0 Tigres 1918-19 Espa�a 4-0 Club M�xico 1919-20 Am�rica 1-0 Asturias 1920-21 Club M�xico 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 Espa�a 2-1 Luz y Fuerza 1921-22 Espa�a 3-1 Luz y Fuerza 1922-23 Asturias 2-1 Germania FV [aet] 1923-24 Asturias 3-0 Espa�a 1924-25 Necaxa 1-0 Am�rica [aet] 1925-26 Necaxa 3-2 Asturias [aet] 1926-27 not held 1927-28 Espa�a 3-1 Asturias 1928-32 not held
NB: this was not an official tournament. 1922 I Espa�a 5-0 M�xico FC 1922 II Espa�a w/o Asturias [Asturia walked off] NB: Asturias abandoned after 3 players were injured
In 1932 a third trophy was donated by the Federaci�n Mexicana del Centro (founded in 1931) and was named Copa M�xico, 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 Am�rica 1937-38 Am�rica 3-1 Espa�a 1938-39 Asturias 4-1 Espa�a 1939-40 Asturias 1-0 Necaxa 1940-41 Asturias 2-2 w/o Espa�a [aet; Espa�a 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 M�xico (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 Espa�a [T: 4/0 E: 3/1 M: 0/3] 4 [ 3] Necaxa [ E: 2/0 M: 2/3] 3 [ 2] Club M�xico [T: 3/2 ] 2 [ 3] Pachuca A.C. [T: 2/3 ] 2 [ 2] Am�rica [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 Fran�aise [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 Divisi�n) 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 M�ñoz "Butch" (Crc) 1944-45 Puebla Am�rica 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 Joaqu�n "Chavo" Urquiaga 1948-49 Le�n Atlante 3-0 Jos� Mar�a 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 Le�n 4-1 Isidro L�ngara (Esp) 1953-54 Am�rica Guadalajara 1-1 aet (3-2 pen)(playoff) Octavio "Pulga" Vial 1954-55 Am�rica Guadalajara 1-0 Octavio "Pulga" Vial 1955-56 Toluca Irapuato 2-1 Fernando Marcos 1956-57 Zacatepec Le�n 1-0 Ignacio Trelles 1957-58 Le�n Zacatepec 1-1 5-2 aet (replay) Antonio L�pez Herranz (Esp) 1958-59 Zacatepec Le�n 1-0 Ignacio Trelles 1959-60 Necaxa Tampico 4-1 Donald Ross (Uru) 1960-61 Tampico Toluca 1-0 Nicol�s Palma 1961-62 Atlas Tampico 3-3 1-0 (replay) Jos� Carlos Bauer (Arg) 1962-63 Guadalajara Atlante 2-1 Javier de la Torre 1963-64 Am�rica Monterrey 0-0 1-1 aet (5-4 pen)(replay) Alejandro Scopelli (Arg) 1964-65 Am�rica Morelia 4-0 Alejandro Scopelli (Arg) 1965-66 Necaxa Le�n 3-3 1-0 (replay) Miguel Mar�n 1966-67 Le�n Guadalajara 2-1 Luis Grill (Arg) 1967-68 Atlas Veracruz 2-1 Javier Novello (Arg) 1968-69 Cruz Azul Monterrey 2-1 aet Ra�l Cardenas 1969-70 Guadalajara Torreon 3-2 2-1 5-3 agg Javier de la Torre 1970-71 Le�n Zacatepec 0-0 aet (10-9 pen) Antonio Carbajal 1971-72 Le�n Zacatepec Final Group Antonio Carbajal 1972-73 No cup held 1973-74 Am�rica Cruz Azul 1-1 2-1 3-2 agg Jos� Antonio Roca 1974-75 U.N.A.M. U. de Guadalajara Final Group �rp�d Fekete (Hun) 1975-76 U.A.N.L. Am�rica 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 Fern�ndez (Uru) 1988-89 Toluca U. de Guadalajara 1-1 2-1* 3-2 agg (*aet) H�ctor Sanabria 1989-90 Puebla U.A.N.L. 0-2 4-1 4-3 agg Manuel Lapuente 1990-91 U. de Guadalajara Am�rica 1-0 0-0 1-0 agg Alberto Guerra 1991-92 Monterrey Cd. Juarez 4-2 Miguel Mej�a Bar�n 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 V�ctor Manuel Vucetich 1996-97 Cruz Azul Toros Neza 2-0 V�ctor Manuel Vucetich 1997-12 not held 2012-13 Dorados Correcaminos U.A.T.2-2 (3-2 pen) Francisco Ram�rez 2012-13 Cruz Azul Atlante 0-0 (4-2 pen) Guillermo V�zquez 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 Jos� Guadalupe Cruz 2015-16 Guadalajara Le�n 1-0 Mat�as Almeyda (Arg) 2015-16 Veracruz Necaxa 4-1 Carlos Reinoso 2016-17 Quer�taro Guadalajara 0-0 (3-2 pen) V�ctor Manuel Vucetich 2016-17 Guadalajara Morelia 0-0 (3-1 pen) Mat�as 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 Am�rica FC Ju�rez 1-0 Miguel Herrera 2019-20 Monterrey Tijuana 1-0 1-1 2-1 g Antonio Mohamed (Arg)
CLUB Won R-Up Am�rica 6 3 Le�n 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 Quer�taro 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 Ju�rez 0 1 Oro 0 1 Pachuca 0 1 Tijuana 0 1 Toros Neza 0 1 Torreon 0 1
Octavio "Pulga" Vial 3 V�ctor Manuel Vucetich 3 Mat�as 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
Am�rica 8 Asturias 8 Necaxa 8 Real Club Espa�a 8 Le�n 5 Puebla 5 Atlas 4 Cruz Azul 4 Guadalajara 4 Atlante 3 Monterrey 3 U.A.N.L. 3 (includes Tigres) Club M�xico 3 Moctezuma 2 Pachuca 2 Reforma Club 2 Toluca 2 Veracruz 2 Zacatepec 2 British Club 1 Dorados 1 Morelia 1 Quer�taro 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 L�pez Mateos 1963 Am�rica Oro 4-1 Torneo de Nuevos Valores 1978 U. de G. Cruz Azul 1-0 1-1 (2-1 agg.) Copa Federaci�n 1983 Texcoco Oaxtepec 1-0 Other Cups Palmares Am�rica 1 U. de G. 1 Texcoco 1
U.N.A.M. = Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico U.A.N.L. = Universidad Autonoma de Nueva Le�n
Thanks to Hans Sch�ggl, Francisco Coca Salinas (RIP) and Aldo Bonnani
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