The 2009-2010 season was the first under the new name Liga de Ascenso, renamed from Primera A.
Also the Clausura part of the tournament was renamed Bicentenario 2010 in honor of the 200 year anniversary of the declaration for Mexican Independence.
Changes
From Clausura 2009 to the new format there were many changes, the 3 group format was dropped in favor of 1 single table with the top 7 teams advancing to the playoffs, the top team over all to the semifinals and the next 6 teams to the quarterfinals.
The number of teams decreased from 27 to 17 teams
Querétaro won Promotion to Primera Division de Mexico Necaxa finished last in Liga MX and was relegated to Liga de Ascenso Real Colima moved to Hermosillo and renamed as Guerreros. Salamanca moved to La Piedad and was renamed La Piedad Potros Chetumal re-branded to Toros Neza Tapatío re-branded to U. de G.
Dropped teams Socio Aguila Chihuahua (Indios B) Santos Laguna (Santos B) Real Colima Tigres B Atlético Mexiquense Tampico Madero Monterrey B Tapachula (Jaguares B) Academicos (Atlas B)
Stadium and locations
ClubStadiumCapacityCityLobos BUAPCuauhtémoc46,912PueblaCruz Azul Hidalgo10 de Diciembre17,000Mexico CityDurangoFrancisco Zarco18,000DurangoGuerrerosHéroe de Nacozari22,000HermosilloIrapuatoSergio León Chavez33,000IrapuatoLa PiedadJuan N. López17,000La PiedadLeónNou Camp33,943LeónMéridaCarlos Iturralde21,050MéridaNecaxaVictoria25,000AguascalientesOrizabaLuis de la Fuente30,000VeracruzPotros NezaNeza 8628,500NezahualcóyotlPumas MorelosCentenario15,237CuernavacaDorados de SinaloaBanorte21,000CuliacánTijuanaCaliente33,333TijuanaCorrecaminosMarte R. Gómez19,500Ciudad VictoriaU. de G.Jalisco60,000GuadalajaraVeracruzLuis de la Fuente30,000Veracruz
Apertura 2009
The 2009 Liga de Ascenso Apertura was the first and inaugural football tournament of the 2009–10 Liga de Ascenso season. The tournament began on July 31, 2009, and ended on December 13, 2009.
Standings
Position by fixture
Results
Final phase
If the two teams are tied after both legs, the higher seeded team advances. The winner will qualify to the playoff match vs the Clausura 2010 winner
Top goalscorers RankPlayerClubGoals1 Ariel GonzálezIrapuato112 Fausto David RuizPotros Neza103 Bosco FrontánLa Piedad84 Nelson Sebastián MazNecaxa85 Raúl EnríquezTijuana86 Luis OrozcoLeón77 Pedro SolísCorrecaminos78 Francisco BravoVeracruz79 Dany GonzálezDurango710 Álvaro GonzálezLobos BUAP7Source: FeMexFut
Bicentenario 2010
The 2010 Liga de Ascenso Bicentenario is the second football tournament of the 2009–10 Liga de Ascenso season.
Standings
Position by fixture
Results
Final phase
If the two teams are tied after both legs, the higher-seeded team advances. The winner will qualify to the playoff match vs the Clausura 2010 winner
Top goalscorers RankPlayerClubGoals 1 Carlos CasartelliLeón 8 2 Raúl EnríquezTijuana 7 3 Ariel GonzálezIrapuato 6 Mauro GerkTijuana 6 5 Nelson MazNecaxa 5 Pablo BonellsPumas Morelos 5 Luis OrozcoLeón 5 Rafael MurguíaLa Piedad 5Source: FeMexFut
Campeón de Ascenso 2010 Nacaxa were champions of Apertura 2009 and Bicentenario 2010 tournaments, automatically winning the Campeón de Ascenso and gained the promotion to Primera División.
Relegation table Relegation is determined by a quotient of the total points earned in the Liga de Ascenso divided by the total number of games played over the past three seasons of the Liga de Ascenso (for clubs that have not been the Liga de Ascenso all three season, the last consecutive seasons of participation are taken into account). The club with the lowest quotient is relegated to the Segunda División Profesional for the next season.
Pos.ClubTotalPointsTotalGames 1Necaxa 47 25 1.8800 2León 170 92 1.8478 3Tijuana 107 58 1.8448 4Veracruz 97 57 1.7018 5Dorados de Sinaloa 153 91 1.6813 6Irapuato 94 57 1.6491 7Lobos BUAP 147 92 1.5978 8Cruz Azul Hidalgo 141 91 1.5495 9Correcaminos 144 93 1.5484 10Pumas Morelos 136 92 1.4783 11Mérida 132 91 1.4505 12Durango 122 91 1.3407 13Orizaba 117 92 1.2717 13La Piedad 117 92 1.2717 15Potros Neza 59 57 1.0351 16U. de G. 94 92 1.0217 17Guerreros 81 91 0.8901 *
References
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