2023 LFA season

The 2023 LFA season is the eight season of operation (seventh season of play) of the Liga de Fútbol Americano Profesional (LFA), the top American football league in Mexico. The regular season began on 4 March and will end on 14 May, with the playoffs beginning on 20 May and ending with the Tazón México VI, on 10 June in Chihuahua City.^[1]

Preseason events[edit]

Expansion[edit]

Three new teams joined the league for the 2023 season: Caudillos de Chihuahua (based in Chihuahua City), Jefes de Ciudad Juárez (based in Ciudad Juárez) and Reds de la Ciudad de México (based in Mexico City). The three teams were part of Fútbol Americano de México, but after the league folded in September 2022, they joined the LFA.^[2][3][4]

Stadium changes[edit]

• Raptors will play in the Estadio José Ortega Martínez after playing in the FES Acatlán during 2022.^[5]
• Reds will play in the Estadio ITESM CCM, after initially announcing that they would be playing at the Estadio Jesús Martínez "Palillo", already used by Mexicas.^[6][7][8]
• Reyes will play in the Fortaleza Azul, with capacity for 5,000 seated spectators, after playing in the Estadio Tres de Marzo during 2022.^[9]

Coaching changes[edit]

Off-season[edit]

• Galgos: Héctor del Águila replaced Guillermo Ruiz Burguete as the team's head coach.^[10]
• Gallos Negros: Rubén Contreras replaced Félix Buendía as the Gallos' head coach.^[11]

In-season[edit]

• Jefes: Randall Mendoza replaced Lorenzo Gathers as the Jefes' head coach.^[12]
• Fundidores: On 10 April, Jorge Valdez replaced Carlos Strevel and Carlos Mendoza as the Fundidores' head coach and defensive coordinator.^[13]
• Gallos Negros: On 15 April, Juan Carlos Maya replaced Rubén Contreras as the Gallos' head coach.^[14]

Teams[edit]

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity	Head coach
Caudillos	Chihuahua City, Chihuahua	Estadio Olímpico de la UACH	22,000	Federico Landeros
Dinos	Saltillo, Coahuila	Estadio Francisco I. Madero	16,000	Javier Adame
Fundidores	Monterrey, Nuevo León	Estadio Banorte	10,057	Carlos Strevel
Galgos	Tijuana, Baja California	Estadio Caliente	27,333	Héctor del Águila
Gallos Negros	Querétaro City, Querétaro	Estadio Olímpico de Querétaro	4,600	Rubén Contreras
Jefes	Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua	Estadio 20 de Noviembre	5,000	Randall Mendoza
Mexicas	Iztacalco, Mexico City	Estadio Jesús Martínez "Palillo"	6,000	Héctor Toxqui
Raptors	Naucalpan, State of Mexico	Estadio José Ortega Martínez	3,700	Guillermo Gutiérrez
Reds	Tlalpan, Mexico City	Estadio ITESM CCM	2,500	Raúl Rivera
Reyes	Zapopan, Jalisco	Fortaleza Azul	5,000	Ernesto Alfaro

Caudillos

Dinos

Reyes

Jefes

Fundidores

Galgos

Gallos Negros

Mexico City

Raptors

Mexico City teams
Mexicas
Reds

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Locations of the 2023 LFA teams

Mexicas

Raptors

Reds

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Greater Mexico City LFA teams

Regular season[edit]

Standings[edit]

Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, PF = Points For, PA = Points against

Source: LFA

Schedule[edit]

• Times shown in Mexico Central Standard time (UTC–6).

Playoffs[edit]

Playoff bracket[edit]

Results[edit]

Tazón México VI[edit]

Tazón México VI
Caudillos	vs	Dinos
(10-0)		(7-3)
10		0
Teams 1C 2C 3C 4C Caudillos 0 0 7 3 Dinos 0 0 0 0
Date: 10 June 2023, 19:00
Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Universitario José Reyes Baeza
Climate:
Spectators: 18,930
Referee: Olaf Salmorán
TV:

The Tazón México VI was held on 10 June 2023 at the Estadio Olímpico Universitario José Reyes Baeza in Chihuahua City. The Caudillos became LFA champions, after beating the Dinos by a score of 10–0.

Awards[edit]

Players of the week[edit]

The following were named the top performers during the 2023 season:

References[edit]