2015–16 Ascenso MX season

The 2015–16 Ascenso MX season began July 25, 2015 and is divided into two tournaments named Apertura 2015 and Clausura 2016. The Ascenso MX is the second-tier football league of Mexico. All Ascenso MX teams except FC Juárez and Cimarrones de Sonora, will also 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 was promoted from Segunda División de México (will join in 2016–17 season).
• Altamira F.C. was moved to Tapachula, Chiapas and rebranded to Cafetaleros de Tapachula^[1]
• Irapuato F.C. was 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

Atl. San Luis

Atlante

BUAP

Celaya

Juárez

Murciélagos

Necaxa

Oaxaca

Sonora

Tapachula

Coras

U. de G.

UAT

Venados

Zacatecas

Zacatepec Silgo XXI

Locations of clubs for the 2015–16 Ascenso MX season

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	Roberto Castro	Alfonso Rippa	Keuka
Necaxa	Ernesto Tinajero	Alfonso Sosa	Luis Padilla	Umbro
Oaxaca	Javier San Román	Flavio Davino	Diego Menghi	Lotto
Sonora	Servando Carbajal	Héctor Medrano	Raúl Rico	Kappa
Tapachula	Gabriel Orantes Constanzo	Gabriel Caballero	Ismael Valadéz	Silver Sport
UAT	Manuel Corcuera Canseco	José Treviño	Hugo Sánchez	Lotto
U. de G.	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 Siglo XXI	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)	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 de Jesús Fuentes	Sacked	November 9, 2015	Miguel Acosta and 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)	Caretaker	November 15, 2015	Héctor Medrano	November 26, 2015	Preseason
Venados	Daniel Rossello (Interim)	Caretaker	November 15, 2015	Marcelo Michel Leaño	November 26, 2015	Preseason
Necaxa	Miguel Acosta and Hugo Saucedo (Interim)	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)	Caretaker	March 2, 2016	Adolfo García	March 5, 2016	16th

Apertura 2015

Updated to games played on November 7, 2015.
Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

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

Clausura 2016

Updated to games played on April 10, 2016.
Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

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)

Promotional final

First Leg

Necaxa v F.C. Juárez

May 14, 2016 20:00

Necaxa	1–0	F.C. Juárez
Jahir Barraza  77'	Report

Estadio Victoria Aguascalientes

Second leg

F.C. Juárez v Necaxa

May 21, 2016 20:00 (central); 19:00 (local)

F.C. Juárez	0–2	Necaxa
	Report	Luis Gallegos  11' Jorge Sánchez  44'

Estadio Olímpico Benito Juárez

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).

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. ↑ http://yucatan.com.mx/deportes/liga-de-ascenso/el-c-f-merida-se-convierte-en-los-venados-f-c (Spanish)

http://espndeportes.espn.go.com/futbol/resultados?liga=mex.2

External links

• Liga MX & Ascenso MX Official Website