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Copa MX, also known as Copa Corona MX for sponsorship reasons, was an association football competition in Mexico and the domestic cup tournament for clubs at the highest and second levels of Mexican football league system. Formerly known as Copa México (1942–1963, 1970–1997) and Copa Presidente (1963–1970), the first season of the professional era was held in 1942–43. The cup tournament was not held in several years (1976–1987, 1992–1994, 1997–2012) and currently the competition has been paused since the 2019–20 edition. It was the first tournament that included teams from different parts of Mexico and was considered a prestigious competition, especially during its earlier years of existence.
The purpose of the competition was to determine a national cup champion, thus distinguishing it from the national league championship. Its format was different from the local leagues as well, as it employed direct elimination and culminated in a final match. In May 2012, Liga MX president Decio de María announced the return and rebranding of the tournament as Copa MX.
América is the most successful club with 6 titles, followed by León and Club Puebla with 5 titles, Guadalajara, Atlas, Cruz Azul and Club Necaxa with 4 titles. In all, twenty-two clubs have won the national cup tournament at least once.
Teams played 6 games in the group stage. Groups and home field advantage were determined by a blind draw. For the group draw, Liga MX teams were placed in Pot A, while Ascenso MX teams were placed in Pot B. In the home field advantage draw, no team can have more than two home games in the group stage. A blind draw determined home field advantage in the knockout rounds.
In the Clausura tournament, the 11 Liga MX teams not involved in international tournaments, played alongside the 13 Ascenso MX teams with the highest point total from the previous short tournament. Both tournaments will have the same draw format and number of group games, KO rounds for both tournaments will be single-elimination.
The new format was played twice a year, concurrent with the two league tournaments. In the Apertura tournament, all Liga MX clubs will play alongside 12 of the Ascenso MX teams. The 12 Ascenso MX teams will be the 11 top point-earners from the season prior, plus the newly relegated team. The teams will be placed into 8 groups of 3. The 8 group winners, plus the 8 group runners-up, move on to the new round (round of 16).
Teams will play four games in the group stage. Groups and home field advantage will be determined the draw by public at their annual draft. For the group draw, Liga MX teams' top 4 point-earners and Ascenso MX teams' top 4 point-earners will be placed in Pot A, while Liga MX teams' mid 4 point-earners and Ascenso MX teams' mid 4 point-earners will be placed in Pot B and Liga MX teams' last 4 point-earners and Ascenso MX teams' last 4 point-earners will be placed in Pot C. In the home field advantage draw, teams can have two home games in the group stage. A blind draw will determine home field advantage in the KO rounds.
From the 2019–20 season, the Copa MX will be played as a single tournament throughout the season. It will have the participation of 27 teams (15 from Liga MX and 12 from Ascenso MX) placed into nine groups of three. Respect to the development of the tournament, this maintains most of the 2016 format, except the division into two short tournaments. The group stage played between July and December, and the final phase played between January and April.
However, as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020 final was postponed until November, and beforehand, it suspended play due to busy calendar issues, with the Mexican Football Federation giving preference to matches of the Mexico national football team in preparation for the 2022 FIFA World Cup, resulting in the cancellation of the 2020–21 season and the competition entering a new indefinite hiatus.
| +Copa Tower results |
| British Club |
| Pachuca AC |
| Pachuca AC |
| Reforma AC |
| Reforma AC |
| Rovers |
| L'Amicale Française |
| Rovers |
| Pachuca AC |
| Club México |
| Junior Club |
| Club México |
| Asturias |
| Deportivo Internacional |
| Germania |
| +Copa Eliminatoria results | ||
| Luz y Fuerza | ||
| Luz y Fuerza | ||
| Germania | ||
| RC España | ||
| América | ||
| Asturias | ||
| Asturias | ||
| +Finals | ||||
| Copa México (Amateur era) | ||||
| Germania | ||||
| Club Necaxa | ||||
| Asturias | ||||
| América | ||||
| RC España | ||||
| RC España | ||||
| Club Necaxa | ||||
| RC España | ||||
| Club Necaxa | ||||
| Copa México (Professional era) | |||||
| Eduardo Morilla | |||||
| Rodolfo Muñoz | |||||
| Eduardo Morilla | |||||
| Eduardo Valdatti | |||||
| Julio Kaiser | |||||
| Joaquin Urquiaga | |||||
| Jose Maria Casullo | |||||
| Eduardo Valdatti | |||||
| Octavio Vial | |||||
| Gregorio Blasco | |||||
| Isidro Langara | |||||
| Octavio Vial | |||||
| Octavio Vial | |||||
| Fernando Marcos | |||||
| Ignacio Trellez | |||||
| Antonio López Herranz | |||||
| Ignacio Trellez | |||||
| Donald Ross | |||||
| Nicolas Palma | |||||
| Jose Carlos Bauer | |||||
| Javier De la Torre | |||||
| Copa Presidente | |||||
| Alejandro Scopelli | |||||
| Alejandro Scopelli | |||||
| Miguel Marin | |||||
| Luis Grill | |||||
| Javier Novello | |||||
| Raúl Cardenas | |||||
| Javier de la Torre | |||||
| Copa México | |||||
| Antonio Carbajal | |||||
| Antonio Carbajal | |||||
| José Antonio Roca | |||||
| Árpád Fekete | |||||
| Claudio Lostanau | |||||
| Hugo Fernández | |||||
| Héctor Sanabria | |||||
| Manuel Lapuente | |||||
| Alberto Guerra | |||||
| Miguel Mejía Barón | |||||
| Manuel Lapuente | |||||
| Victor Manuel Vucetich | |||||
| Victor Manuel Vucetich | |||||
| Copa MX | |||||
| Francisco Javier Ramírez | |||||
| Guillermo Vázquez | |||||
| Carlos Bustos | |||||
| Ricardo Ferretti | |||||
| Pedro Caixinha | |||||
| José Guadalupe Cruz | |||||
| Matías Almeyda | |||||
| Carlos Reinoso | |||||
| Víctor Manuel Vucetich | |||||
| Matías Almeyda | |||||
| Antonio Mohamed | |||||
| Ignacio Ambríz | |||||
| Pedro Caixinha | |||||
| Miguel Herrera | |||||
| Antonio Mohamed | |||||
| +Performance by club |
| 1953–54, 1954–55, 1963–64, 1964–65, 1973–74, Clausura 2019 |
| 1948–49, 1957–58, 1966–67, 1970–71, 1971–72 |
| 1944–45, 1952–53, 1987–88, 1989–90, Clausura 2015 |
| 1962–63, 1969–70, Apertura 2015, Clausura 2017 |
| 1945–46, 1949–50, 1961–62, 1967–68 |
| 1968–69, 1996–97, Clausura 2013, Apertura 2018 |
| 1959–60, 1965–66, 1994–95, Clausura 2018 |
| 1991–92, Apertura 2017, 2019–20 |
| 1975–76, 1995–96, Clausura 2014 |
| 1950–51, 1951–52 |
| 1947–48, Clausura 2016 |
| 1956–57, 1958–59 |
| 1955–56, 1988–89 |
| 1942–43, 1946–47 |
| 1960–61 |
| 1990–91 |
| Apertura 2013 |
| 1943–44 |
| 1974–75 |
| Apertura 2012 |
| Apertura 2014 |
| Apertura 2016 |
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