2015–16 Ascenso MX season explained

The 2015–16 Ascenso MX season is a two-part competition: Apertura 2019 began 25 July 2015 and Clausura 2020. Ascenso MX is the second-tier football league of Mexico. All Ascenso MX teams except FC Juárez and Cimarrones de Sonora, will participate in Copa MX.

Changes from the previous season

• Dorados de Sinaloa were promoted to Liga MX.
• Club Universidad de Guadalajara were relegated from Liga MX.
• Loros de la Universidad de Colima were promoted from Segunda División de México (will join in 2016–17 season).
• Altamira F.C. were moved to Tapachula, Chiapas and rebranded to Cafetaleros de Tapachula^[1]
• Irapuato F.C. were rebranded to Murciélagos F.C. and moved to Los Mochis, Sinaloa.^[2]
• Mérida F.C. now be changing logo and will be called Venados F.C. (keeping the venue in Mérida).^[3]
• Cimarrones de Sonora and FC Juárez were promoted to Ascenso MX as expansion teams.

Stadia and locations

Club	City	Stadium	Capacity
Atlante	Cancún, Quintana Roo	Andrés Quintana Roo	17,289
Atlético San Luis	San Luis Potosí City, San Luis Potosí	Alfonso Lastras	25,111
BUAP	Puebla City, Puebla	Universitario BUAP	19,283
Celaya	Celaya, Guanajuato	Miguel Alemán	23,369
Coras	Tepic, Nayarit	Arena Cora	12,271
Juárez	Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua	Olímpico Benito Juárez	19,703
Murciélagos	Los Mochis, Sinaloa	Centenario	11,134
Necaxa	Aguascalientes City, Aguascalientes	Victoria	23,851
Oaxaca	Oaxaca City, Oaxaca	Instituto Tecnológico de Oaxaca	14,598
Sonora	Hermosillo, Sonora	Héroe de Nacozari	18,747
Tapachula	Tapachula, Chiapas	Olímpico de Tapachula	11,018
UdeG	Guadalajara, Jalisco	Jalisco	55,020
UAT	Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas	Marte R. Gómez	10,520
Venados	Mérida, Yucatán	Carlos Iturralde	15,087
Zacatecas	Zacatecas City, Zacatecas	Francisco Villa	13,820
Zacatepec	Zacatepec, Morelos	Agustín "Coruco" Díaz	24,313

Personnel and kits

Team	Chairman	Head Coach	Captain	Kit manufacturer
Atlante	Eduardo Braun Burillo	Eduardo Fentanes	Juan de la Barrera	Kappa
Atlético San Luis	Jacobo Payán Espinosa	Carlos Bustos	Othoniel Arce	Charly
BUAP	Vacant	Ricardo Valiño	Omar Tejeda	Keuka
Celaya	Marcos Achar	Gustavo Díaz	Alfredo Moreno	Keuka
Coras	José Luis Higuera	Hernán Cristante	Jorge Kalú Gastélum	Romed
Juárez	Alejandra de la Vega	Sergio Orduña	Iván Vázquez Mellado	Umbro
Murciélagos	Miguel Favela	Adolfo García	Alfonso Rippa	Keuka
Necaxa	Ernesto Tinajero	Alfonso Sosa	Luis Padilla	Umbro
Oaxaca	Javier San Román	Flavio Davino	Diego Menghi	Lotto
Sonora	Servando Carbajal		Raúl Rico	Kappa
Tapachula	Gabriel Orantes Constanzo	Gabriel Caballero	Ismael Valadéz	Silver Sport
UAT	Manuel Corcuera Canseco	José Treviño		Lotto
UdeG	José Alberto Castellanos	Daniel Guzmán	Humberto Hernández	Lotto
Venados	Rodolfo Rosas Cantillo	Marcelo Michel Leaño	Aldo Polo	Foursport
Zacatecas	Armando Martínez Patiño	Ricardo Rayas	Noé Maya	Pirma
Zacatepec	Rodolfo Davis Contreras	Carlos Gutiérrez	Rodolfo Espinoza	Silver Sport

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Replaced by	Date of appointment	Position in table
Apertura Changes
Coras	Mauro Camoranesi	Resigned	August 18, 2015	José Luis González China	August 21, 2015	14th
Tapachula	Carlos de los Cobos	Sacked	August 22, 2015	Benjamín Mora (Interim)	August 27, 2015	16th
UAT	Ricardo Cadena	Sacked	August 22, 2015	José Treviño	August 27, 2015	15th
Tapachula	Benjamín Mora (Interim)	End of tenure as caretaker	September 5, 2015	Gabriel Caballero	September 7, 2015	16th
Sonora	Jorge Humberto Torres	Sacked	September 15, 2015	Javier López (Interim)	September 15, 2015	12th
Venados	Juan Carlos Chávez	Sacked	October 3, 2015	Daniel Rossello (Interim)	October 15, 2015	14th
Oaxaca	Ricardo Rayas	Sacked	October 21, 2015	Marco Antonio Trejo (Interim)	October 21, 2015	5th
Necaxa	Miguel Fuentes	Sacked	November 9, 2015	Miguel Acosta & Hugo Saucedo (Interim)	November 9, 2015	7th
Pre-Clausura Changes
Atlético San Luis	Raúl Arias	Resigned	November 19, 2015	Carlos Bustos	November 30, 2015	Preseason
Sonora	Javier López (Interim)	End of tenure as caretaker	November 15, 2015	Héctor Medrano	November 26, 2015	Preseason
Venados	Daniel Rossello (Interim)	End of tenure as caretaker	November 15, 2015	Marcelo Michel Leaño	November 26, 2015	Preseason
Necaxa	Miguel Acosta & Hugo Saucedo (Interim)	End of tenure as caretaker	November 15, 2015	Alfonso Sosa	November 26, 2015	Preseason
Clausura Changes
Murciélagos	Lorenzo López	Sacked	January 28, 2016	Jorge Manrique	January 28, 2016	16th
Coras	José Luis González China	Sacked	February 7, 2016	Hernán Cristante	February 13, 2016	14th
Zacatecas	Joel Sánchez	Sacked	February 9, 2016	Ricardo Rayas	February 9, 2016	13th
Murciélagos	Jorge Manrique	Sacked	February 25, 2016	Roberto Castro (Interim)	February 26, 2016	16th
Murciélagos	Roberto Castro (Interim)	End of tenure as caretaker	March 2, 2016	Adolfo García	March 5, 2016	16th

Apertura 2015

Liguilla (Playoffs)

The six best teams after the first place play two games against each other on a home-and-away basis. The winner of each match up is determined by aggregate score. If the teams are tied, the Away goals rule applies.

The teams were seeded one to seven in quarterfinals, and will be re-seeded one to four in semifinals, depending on their position in the general table. The higher seeded teams play on their home field during the second leg.

• If the two teams are tied after both legs, the away goals rule applies. If both teams still tied, higher seeded team advances.
• Teams are re-seeded every round.
• The winner will qualify to the playoff match vs (Clausura 2016 Champions) . However, if the winner is the same in both tournaments, they would be the team promoted to the 2016–17 Liga MX season without playing the Promotional Final

Quarter-finals

All times are UTC−6 except for matches in Cancún, Ciudad Juárez and Los Mochis.

Second leg

Semi-finals

Second leg

Final

Second leg

Clausura 2016

Liguilla (Playoffs)

The six best teams after the first place play two games against each other on a home-and-away basis. The winner of each match up is determined by aggregate score. If the teams are tied, the Away goals rule applies.

The teams were seeded one to seven in quarterfinals, and will be re-seeded one to four in semifinals, depending on their position in the general table. The higher seeded teams play on their home field during the second leg.

• If the two teams are tied after both legs, the away goals rule applies. If both teams still tied, higher seeded team advances.
• Teams are re-seeded every round.
• The winner will qualify to the playoff match vs (F.C. Juárez)

Quarter-finals

Second leg

Semi-finals

Second leg

Final

Second leg

Promotional final

First leg

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Second leg

Relegation table

The team would normally be the team with the lowest ratio by summing the points scored in the following tournaments: Apertura 2013, Clausura 2014, Apertura 2014, Clausura 2015, Apertura 2015 and Clausura 2016. This Season, no team will be relegated to Liga Premier de Ascenso (will resume next season).

	Team	width=45		width=45		width=50
1	UdeG	50	30	1.6666
2	Juárez	49	30	1.6333
3	Necaxa	137	84	1.6309
4	UAT	130	84	1.5476
5	Zacatecas	129	84	1.5357
6	Oaxaca	127	84	1.5119
7	Coras	84	56	1.5000
8	BUAP	125	84	1.4880
9	Atlante	82	56	1.4642
10	Tapachula	114	84	1.3571
11	Atlético San Luis	110	84	1.3095
12	Venados	107	84	1.2738
13	Murciélagos	96	84	1.1428
14	Zacatepec	91	84	1.0833
15	Celaya	90	84	1.0714
16	Sonora	18	30	0.6000

References

1. http://www.milenio.com/region/Estudiantes_Altamira_sede_Tapachula_Chiapas_0_524347655.html (Spanish)
2. http://divisiondeascenso.blogspot.com/2015/05/hermosillo-tambien-se-alista-para-el.html (Spanish)
3. https://web.archive.org/web/20150609233914/http://yucatan.com.mx/deportes/liga-de-ascenso/el-c-f-merida-se-convierte-en-los-venados-f-c

• https://espndeportes.espn.com/futbol/resultados?liga=mex.2

External links

• Liga MX & Ascenso MX Official Website