2016–17 Ascenso MX season

The 2016–17 Ascenso MX season is a two-part competition: Apertura 2016 began on 15 July 2016 and Clausura 2017. Ascenso MX is the second-tier football league of Mexico. All Ascenso MX teams except UAEM, U. de C., Tampico Madero, Correcaminos, Zacatepec and Sonora, will participate in Copa MX. The fixtures were announced on 9 June 2016.

Changes from the previous season Necaxa were promoted to Liga MX. Sinaloa were relegated from Liga MX. U. de C. will join from Segunda División de México (due to stadium requirements failed in 2015, approved in 2016). UAEM were promoted from Segunda División de México Tampico Madero were promoted to Ascenso MX as an expansion team, will take the open spot vacated by Atlético San Luis.Santos invierte en Tampico madero (Spanish) Atlético San Luis were dissolved and may return to play next season.

Stadiums and Locations Club City Stadium CapacityAtlante Cancún, Quintana Roo Andrés Quintana Roo 17,289BUAP Puebla City, Puebla Universitario BUAP 19,283Celaya Celaya, Guanajuato Miguel Alemán Valdés 23,182Coras Tepic, Nayarit Arena Cora 12,271Juárez Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua Olímpico Benito Juárez 19,703Murciélagos Los Mochis, Sinaloa Centenario 11,134Oaxaca Oaxaca City, Oaxaca Tecnológico de Oaxaca 14,598Sinaloa Culiacán, Sinaloa Banorte 17,898Sonora Hermosillo, Sonora Héroe de Nacozari 18,747Tampico Madero Tampico / Ciudad Madero, Tamaulipas Tamaulipas 19,667Tapachula Tapachula, Chiapas Olímpico de Tapachula 11,018U. de C. Colima City, Colima Olímpico Universitario de Colima 11,812U. de G. Guadalajara, Jalisco Jalisco 55,020UAEMToluca, State of Mexico Universitario Alberto "Chivo" Córdoba 32,603UAT Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas Marte R. Gómez 10,520Venados Mérida, Yucatán Carlos Iturralde 15,087Zacatecas Zacatecas City, Zacatecas Francisco Villa 13,820Zacatepec Zacatepec, Morelos Agustín "Coruco" Díaz 24,313

Personnel and kits Team Chairman Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor(s)Atlante Eduardo Braun Burillo Eduardo Fentanes Juan de la Barrera Kappa Riviera MayaBUAP Rafael Cañedo Rafael Puente, Jr. Omar Tejeda Keuka Coca-ColaCelaya Marcos Achar Gerardo Reinoso (Interim) Alfredo Moreno Keuka BachocoCoras José Luis Higuera Marcelo Michel Leaño Sergio Flores Bee Sport Riviera NayaritJuárez Juan Carlos Talavera Miguel Fuentes Leandro Carrijó Umbro Del RíoMurciélagos Miguel Favela Marco Antonio Figueroa Valentín Arredondo Keuka MeprosaOaxaca Santiago San Román Irving Rubirosa Lucero Álvarez Lotto Ópticas AméricaSinaloa José Antonio Núñez Gabriel Caballero Carlos Pinto Charly CoppelSonora Servando Carbajal Juan Carlos Chávez Othoniel Arce Lotto Súper del NorteTampico Madero Javier San Román Daniel Guzmán Daniel Ludueña Lotto B HermanosTapachula Gabriel Orantes Constanzo Paco Ramírez Héctor Morales Silver Sport Cafetaleros de CorazónU. de C. Carlos Salas Víctor Hugo Mora Rodolfo Espinoza Pirma U. de G. José Alberto Castellanos Joel Sánchez Ribair Rodríguez Charly ElectrolitUAEM Jorge Olvera García Omar Ramírez Alfonso Rippa Lotto MegacableUAT Rafael Flores Alcocer Jaime Ordiales Hugo Sánchez Lotto AeromarVenados Rodolfo Rosas Cantillo Bruno Marioni Luis Acuña SpiroZacatecas Armando Martínez Patiño Ricardo Rayas Noé Maya Pirma TelcelZacatepec Rodolfo Davis Contreras Carlos Gutiérrez Héctor Gutiérrez Silver Sport Jardines de México

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment Position in tableApertura changesVenados Marcelo Michel Leaño Sacked August 6, 2016 José Luis Sánchez Solá August 10, 2016 18thTapachula Carlos Bustos Sacked August 27, 2016 Mauro Camoranesi August 30, 2016 16thMurciélagos Adolfo GarcíaSackedSeptember 15, 2016 Aldo Da PozzoSeptember 15, 201615thTampico Madero Miguel GarcíaSackedSeptember 20, 2016 Daniel GuzmánSeptember 20, 201618thLobos BUAP Miguel FuentesSackedSeptember 25, 2016 Hiram Bandala (Interim)September 25, 201614thLobos BUAP Hiram Bandala (Interim) End of tenure as caretaker October 5, 2016 Rafael Puente, Jr.October 5, 201614thPre-Clausura changesUAT José Treviño Sacked November 14, 2016 Jorge Urbina (Interim) December 11, 2016 PreseasonJuárez Sergio Orduña Sacked November 15, 2016 Miguel Fuentes December 1, 2016PreseasonCoras Ramón Morales Mutual agreement November 23, 2016 Marcelo Michel Leaño November 30, 2016PreseasonOaxaca Mario García Sacked December 29, 2016 Irving Rubirosa December 29, 2016PreseasonUAT Jorge Urbina (Interim) End of tenure as caretaker January 4, 2017 Jaime Ordiales January 4, 2017 PreseasonCelaya Gustavo Díaz Resigned January 4, 2017 Luis Padilla (Interim) January 5, 2017PreseasonClausura changesMurciélagos Aldo Da Pozzo Sacked January 14, 2017 Marco Antonio Figueroa January 16, 2017 18thTapachula Mauro Camoranesi Mutual agreement January 22, 2017 Paco Ramírez January 23, 2017 16thCelaya Luis Padilla (Interim) End of tenure as caretaker January 27, 2017 Gustavo Vargas January 27, 2017 5thVenados José Luis Sánchez Solá Resigned January 27, 2017 Bruno Marioni January 29, 2017 17thCelaya Gustavo Vargas Sacked March 28, 2017 Gerardo Reinoso (Interim) March 28, 2017 12th

Apertura 2016

Results

Season statistics

Top goalscorers Players sorted first by goals scored, then by last name. Rank Player Club Goals1 Roberto NurseZacatecas162 Gustavo RamírezZacatecas123 Sergio VergaraCelaya114 Ismael ValadézU. de G.105 Douglas TanqueTapachula96 Guillermo MartínezCoras87 Jonathan RamisZacatepec7 Oscar VillaSonora Gabriel HachenSinaloa Leandro CarrijóJuárez

Source: ESPN FC

Hat-tricks Player For Against Result Date Jorge Mora U. de G. UAEM 2–4 16 July 2016 Roberto Nurse ZacatecasSonora 4–0 22 July 2016 Gabriel Hachen SinaloaBUAP5–0 30 July 2016 Gustavo Ramírez ZacatecasVenados4–0 2 September 2016

Liguilla (Playoffs) The eight best teams 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 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 2017 Champions) . However, if the winner is the same in both tournaments, they would be the team promoted to the 2017–18 Liga MX season without playing the Promotional Final

Quarterfinals First leg

Second leg

Semifinals First leg

Second leg

Final First leg

Second leg

Clausura 2017

Regular season

Standings

Positions by round

Results

Regular season statistics

Top goalscorers Players sorted first by goals scored, then by last name. Rank Player Club Goals1 Diego JiménezBUAP102 Éder CruzU. de C.9 Ismael ValadézU. de G.4 Gustavo RamírezZacatecas8 Patricio RubioSinaloa6 Jesús AnguloSinaloa7 Leandro CarrijóJuárez Rodrigo PrietoZacatepec9 Giancarlo MaldonadoOaxaca6 Juan David PérezCelaya Alfonso TamayOaxaca Francisco UscangaAtlante Oscar VillaSonora

Source: AscensoMX.net

Hat-tricks Player For Against Result Date Patricio Rubio Sinaloa Venados 4-1 4 February 2017 Giancarlo Maldonado Oaxaca Tampico Madero 3-0 10 February 2017

Liguilla (Playoffs) The eight best teams 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 higher seeded teams play on their home field during the second leg.

Teams are re-seeded each round. Team with more goals on aggregate after two matches advances. Away goals rule is applied in the quarterfinals and semifinals, but not the final. In the quarterfinals and semifinals, if the two teams are tied on aggregate and away goals, the higher seeded team advances. In the final, if the two teams are tied after both legs, the match goes to extra-time and, if necessary, a shootout. The champion qualifies to the Promotion Final against Apertura 2016 champion Sinaloa.

Quarterfinals

All times are UTC−6.

First leg

Second leg

Semifinals

All times are UTC−6.

First leg

Second leg

Final

All times are UTC−6.

First leg

Second leg

Campeón de Ascenso 2017 The Promotion Final is a two-legged playoff between the winners of the Apertura and Clausura tournaments to determine which team will be promoted to Liga MX. The Apertura 2016 champion was Sinaloa and the Clausura 2017 champion was BUAP. Since Sinaloa are higher ranked on the aggregate table for the 2016–17 season than BUAP, they will play the second leg at home.

All times are UTC−6.

First leg

Second leg

Aggregate table The Aggregate Table is the general ranking for the 2016-17 season. This table is a sum of the Apertura and Clausura tournaments.

Relegation table Relegation to Liga Premier de Ascenso was reinstated this year to Ascenso MX. The relegated team will be the one with the lowest ratio of points to matches played in the following tournaments: Apertura 2014, Clausura 2015, Apertura 2015, Clausura 2016, Apertura 2016 and Clausura 2017.

TeamRelegation1Zacatecas251824223332154901.7111Safe for 2017–18 Season2Sinaloa0000273158341.70593UAEM0000292857341.67654Juárez002920222899641.54695Oaxaca 152025212630137901.52226BUAP202229181827134901.48897Coras271820192226132901.46678Atlante211323252721130901.44449U. de G.002129182290641.406210Tapachula211422271621121901.344411Celaya61020263519116901.288912UAT242013222016115901.277813Zacatepec181213133027113901.255614Sonora00810272772641.125015Murciélagos131524161914101901.122216Venados92215202015101901.122217Tampico Madero0000102333340.970618U. de C. (R)0000141428340.8235Relegated to Liga Premier de Ascenso Last update: 15 April 2017AscensoMX.net R = Relegated

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