Wrexham AFC fans, the fun isn’t over yet! FX has renewed Welcome to Wrexham for a fifth season, set to premiere next year. The docuseries scores this Season 5 renewal amid its fourth season airing on FX. Most recently, Wrexham AFC co-owners Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney addressed the dominant Disney discourse around the football club in Welcome to Wrexham Season 4, Episode 3, “Disney FC.” This news comes before a new episode of the docuseries about the 3rd oldest professional football club in the world airs on Thursday, May 29.
Welcome to Wrexham Season 5 will follow Wrexham AFC’s historic, third consecutive promotion to bring them to the EFL Championship. Equally exciting, FX shared that a new docuseries will premiere on FX and Disney+ Latin America this summer. Necaxa sees Eva Longoria team up with McElhenney and Reynolds as investors in Aguascalientes, Mexico-based Club Necaxa.
“Rob and Ryan helped Wrexham AFC become one of the greatest sports stories of our time, and what has happened in Wrexham, Wales, is truly magical. With Eva Longoria, they’re now teaming to support the dreams and aspirations of the Necaxa fans and Aguascalientes community too,” said Nick Grad, President, FX Entertainment. “As we begin the journey alongside our partners at Disney+ Latin America with Necaxa this summer, everyone is excited to see them bring the same love and support to Mexico that they’ll be bringing to the fifth season of Welcome to Wrexham as the Club heads into the Championship; the next chapter of its fairytale journey.”
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FX’s Necaxa Is Coming Soon
Necaxa‘s full synopsis reads as follows:
Necaxa is a gripping bilingual docuseries chronicling a turbulent, transformational time marked by staff shake-ups, career-defining injuries and the relentless grit of a football team determined to defy expectations and deliver hope to its city of Aguascalientes, Mexico. Once a powerhouse in Mexican football, Club Necaxa has spent decades navigating instability including relocations, relegation battles and near-constant reinvention. Though its legacy has flickered in and out of the national spotlight, a passionate core of diehard supporters continues to believe, clinging to the dream that their beloved “Rayos” will one day rise again.
With unprecedented behind-the-scenes access, the series follows the emotional journeys of the players, the steadfast fans and believers — and even the skeptics. Necaxa brings viewers onto the training pitch and into the locker room as Los Rayos and their supporters chase a playoff dream and hope that lightning can, in fact, strike again. A portrait of faith, resilience and the enduring power of hope, Necaxa dives into the lives and dreams of the people who surround the team. Will Club Necaxa make it, or will they lose another season and the hearts of Aguascalientes once and for all?
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It seems like FX’s original football docuseries has been teasing this new docuseries all along. After all, Welcome to Wrexham Season 4, Episode 2, “High Hopes,” shows Eva Longoria at a Wrexham AFC game and promises to reveal more later. That time has come – at least off-screen! Necaxa is a bilingual docuseries with behind-the-scenes access to the Mexican football club.
Necaxa is executive produced by Eva Longoria, Cris Abrego, Rachelle Mendez, Nick Frenkel, Jackie Cohn, George Dewey, Rob McElhenney, Ryan Reynolds, Alex Fumero, and Diana E. Gonzales. The series is produced by Hyphenate Media Group, More Better Productions, Maximum Effort, and 3 Arts Entertainment. There is no premiere date for FX’s Necaxa as of reporting.
Meanwhile, Welcome to Wrexham is executive produced by McElhenney, Reynolds, Josh Drisko, Bryan Rowland, Jeff Luini, Ker, Nick Frenkel, George Dewey, and Boardwalk Pictures’ Andrew Fried, Dane Lillegard, Sarina Roma, and Andy Thomas. More Better Productions, Maximum Effort, 3 Arts Entertainment, and Boardwalk Pictures produce the docuseries.
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New episodes of Welcome to Wrexham air on Thursdays at 9/8c on FX and stream the next day on Hulu.
Necaxa will premiere this summer on FX.
