The 2012–13 Liga Premier de Ascenso season was split in two tournaments Apertura and Clausura. Liga Premier was the third-tier football league of Mexico. The season was played between 11 August 2012 and 1 June 2013.
Teams 32 teams participated in this tournament.
Changes from previous season Reynosa F.C., Indios UACJ, Delfines del Carmen and Promesas Altamira new expansion teams. Atlas "B" was promoted from Liga de Nuevos Talentos. Real Cuautitlán was promoted from Tercera División. Tecamachalco F.C. didn't play this season because the team was being restructured to be promoted to Ascenso MX. Tulancingo played in Liga de Nuevos Talentos. Lozaro, Guerreros Acapulco and San Miguel Caudillos dissolved. Deportivo Guamúchil adopted their unofficial name as official and was renamed as Murciélagos F.C.
Group 1
ClubCityStadiumCapacityÁguilas Reales Zacatecas City, Zacatecas Francisco Villa 14,000Bravos Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas Unidad Deportiva Benito Juárez 5,000Cachorros UdeG Guadalajara, Jalisco Jalisco 55,020Chivas Rayadas Zapopan, Jalisco Verde Valle 800Coras de Tepic Tepic, Nayarit Arena Cora 12,271Dorados UACH Chihuahua City, Chihuahua Olímpico Universitario José Reyes Baeza 22,000Excélsior Salinas Victoria, Nuevo León Centro Deportivo Soriana 2,000Estudiantes Tecos "B" Zapopan, Jalisco Tres de Marzo 18,750Indios UACJ Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua Olímpico Benito Juárez 19,703Loros UdeC Colima City, Colima Estadio Olímpico Universitario de Colima 11,812Deportivo Los Altos Yahualica, Jalisco Las Ánimas 8,500Murciélagos Guamúchil, Sinaloa Coloso del Dique 5,000Real Saltillo Soccer Saltillo, Coahuila Estadio Olímpico Francisco I. Madero 7,000Reynosa Reynosa, Tamaulipas Adolfo López MateosUnidad Deportiva Solidaridad 10,00020,000U.A. Tamaulipas Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas Eugenio Alvizo Porras 5,000Vaqueros Ameca, Jalisco Núcleo Deportivo y de Espectáculos Ameca 4,000
Group 2
ClubCityStadiumCapacityAlbinegros de Orizaba Orizaba, Veracruz Socum 7,000Atlas "B" Zapopan, Jalisco Alfredo "Pistache" Torres 3,000Ballenas Galeana Morelos Xochitepec, Morelos Mariano Matamoros 16,000Cruz Azul Jasso Jasso, Hidalgo 10 de Diciembre 7,761C.F. Cuautitlán Cuautitlán, State of Mexico Alberto Pérez Navarro 3,000Delfines del Carmen Ciudad del Carmen, Campeche UNACAR Campus II 8,985Inter Playa Playa del Carmen, Quintana Roo Unidad Deportiva Mario Villanueva Madrid 7,500Ocelotes UNACH Tapachula, Chiapas Olímpico de Tapachula 11,000Patriotas de Córdoba Córdoba, Veracruz Rafael Murillo Vidal 3,800Potros UAEM Toluca, State of Mexico Alberto "Chivo" Córdoba 32,603Promesas Altamira Altamira, Tamaulipas Altamira 9,581Querétaro "B" Querétaro City, Querétaro Corregidora 35,575Real Cuautitlán Cuautitlán, State of Mexico Los Pinos 5,000Tampico Madero Tampico Madero, Tamaulipas Tamaulipas 19,667Unión de Curtidores León, Guanajuato Centro Deportivo Andrómeda 2,000Veracruz "B" Veracruz, Veracruz Luis "Pirata" Fuente 28,703
Torneo Apertura Regular season Group 1 Standings
Results
Group 2 Standings
Results
Regular season statistics Top goalscorers Players sorted first by goals scored, then by last name. Rank Player Club Goals1 Martín BarragánAtlas152 Marcelo AguasLos Altos143 Gustavo FélixLoros UdeC12 Juan Diego GonzálezCruz Azul Jasso5 Jovanni HurtadoUnión de Curtidores11 Pablo HüttReynosa7 Éder CruzMurciélagos10 César MacíasLoros UdeC Mario NieblasCoras Tepic
Liguilla The eight best teams of each group play two games against each other on a home-and-away basis. The higher seeded teams play on their home field during the second leg. The winner of each match up is determined by aggregate score. In the Round of 8, quarterfinals and semifinals, if the two teams are tied on aggregate 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 penalty shoot-out.
Round of 8
First leg
Second leg
Quarter-finals
First leg
Second leg
Semi-finals
First leg
Second leg
Final
First leg
Second leg
Torneo Clausura Regular season Group 1 Standings
Results
Group 2 Standings
Results
Regular season statistics Top goalscorers Players sorted first by goals scored, then by last name. Rank Player Club Goals1 Jesús RodríguezPatriotas de Córdoba132 Juan Carlos MartínezChivas Rayadas113 Mario NieblasCoras Tepic104 Américo RodríguezReal Saltillo Soccer9 Ignacio SotoAlbinegros de Orizaba Víctor ZamoraQuerétaro7 Francisco IturbideCuautitlán8 José LópezDelfines del Carmen Dante OsorioPotros UAEM Emmanuel TapiaDelfines del Carmen
Liguilla The eight best teams of each group play two games against each other on a home-and-away basis. The higher seeded teams play on their home field during the second leg. The winner of each match up is determined by aggregate score. In the Round of 8, quarterfinals and semifinals, if the two teams are tied on aggregate 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 penalty shoot-out.
Round of 8
First leg
Second leg
Quarter-finals
First leg
Second leg
Semi-finals
First leg
Second leg
Final
First leg
Second leg
Relegation Table P Team Pts G Pts/G 1 Coras Tepic 72 30 2.400 2 Chivas Rayadas 71 30 2.367 3 Ballenas Galeana 65 30 2.167 4 Potros UAEM 61 30 2.033 5 Unión de Curtidores 59 30 1.967 6 Cuautitlán 56 30 1.867 7 Delfines del Carmen 55 30 1.833 8 Loros UdeC 55 30 1.833 9 Murciélagos 55 30 1.833 10 Deportivo Los Altos 50 30 1.667 11 Dorados UACH 50 30 1.667 12 Atlas 50 30 1.667 13 Patriotas de Córdoba 48 30 1.600 14 Ocelotes UNACH 45 30 1.500 15 Reynosa 45 30 1.500 16 Real Cuautitlán 44 30 1.467 17 Bravos de Nuevo Laredo 41 30 1.367 18 Cruz Azul Jasso 39 30 1.300 19 Estudiantes Tecos "B" 38 30 1.267 20 Cachorros UdeG 38 30 1.267 21 Águilas Reales 36 30 1.200 22 Vaqueros 35 30 1.167 23 Albinegros de Orizaba 35 30 1.167 24 Querétaro 34 30 1.133 25 Indios UACJ 33 30 1.100 26 Veracruz B 33 30 1.100 27 U.A. Tamaulipas 33 30 1.100 28 Real Saltillo Soccer 29 30 0.967 29 Inter Playa del Carmen 29 30 0.967 30 Tampico Madero 28 30 0.933 31 Excélsior 26 30 0.867 32 Promesas Altamira 24 30 0.800 Last updated: 27 April 2013 Source: P = Position; G = Games played; Pts = Points; Pts/G = Ratio of points to games played
Promotion Final The Promotion Final is a series of matches played by the champions of the tournaments Apertura and Clausura, the game is played to determine the winning team of the promotion to Ascenso MX. The first leg was played on 29 May 2013, and the second leg was played on 1 June 2013.
First leg
Second leg
See also 2012–13 Liga MX season 2012–13 Ascenso MX season 2012–13 Liga de Nuevos Talentos season
References
External links Official website of Liga Premier Magazine page