The 2009–10 Liga Premier de Ascenso season was split in two tournaments Apertura and Bicentenario. Liga Premier was the third-tier football league of Mexico. The season was played between 22 August 2009 and 16 May 2010.

Teams Group 1

ClubCityStadiumCapacityAtlético Tapatío Chalco, State of Mexico Arreola 2,500Cuautitlán Cuautitlán, State of Mexico Los Pinos 5,000ECA Norte Xochitepec, Morelos Mariano Matamoros 16,000Guerreros de Acapulco Acapulco, Guerrero Unidad Deportiva Acapulco 13,000Inter Playa Playa del Carmen, Quintana Roo Unidad Deportiva Mario Villanueva Madrid 7,500Ocelotes UNACH Tapachula, Chiapas Olímpico de Tapachula 11,000Orizaba Orizaba, Veracruz Socum 7,000Potros UAEM Toluca, State of Mexico Alberto "Chivo" Córdoba 32,603Pumas Naucalpan Mexico CityCuernavaca, Morelos La CanteraCentenario 2,00014,800Tecamachalco Ciudad Nezahualcóyotl, State of Mexico Neza 86 20,000Tiburones Rojos de Córdoba Veracruz, Veracruz Rafael Murillo Vidal 3,800Universidad del Fútbol Pachuca, Hidalgo Hidalgo 27,512

Group 2

ClubCityStadiumCapacityAltamira  Altamira, Tamaulipas  Altamira   9,581Atlético San Francisco  San Francisco del Rincón, Guanajuato  San Francisco  8,500Atlético San Juan  San Juan del Río, Querétaro  Unidad Deportiva Maquío  2,000Bravos Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas Unidad Deportiva Benito Juárez 5,000Celaya Celaya, Guanajuato Miguel Alemán Valdés 23,182Cruz Azul Jasso Jasso, Hidalgo 10 de Diciembre 7,761Excélsior Salinas Victoria, Nuevo León Centro Deportivo Soriana 2,000Irapuato Irapuato, Guanajuato Sergio León Chávez 25,000La Piedad La Piedad, Michoacán Juan N. López 13,356Petroleros de Salamanca Salamanca, Guanajuato Olímpico Sección XXIV 10,000Querétaro "B" Querétaro City, Querétaro Unidad Deportiva La CañadaParque Bicentenario 2,0001,000Real Saltillo Soccer Saltillo, Coahuila Olímpico Francisco I. Madero 7,000Tampico Madero Tampico Madero, Tamaulipas Tamaulipas 19,668Unión de Curtidores León, Guanajuato La Martinica 11,000

Group 3

ClubCityStadiumCapacityAmérica Manzanillo  Manzanillo, Colima  Colima 12,000Búhos de Hermosillo Hermosillo, Sonora Héroe de Nacozari 18,747Cachorros UdeG Guadalajara, Jalisco Jalisco 55,020Chivas Rayadas Zapopan, Jalisco Verde Valle 800Delfines de Los Cabos Cabo San Lucas, Baja California Sur Unidad Deportiva Los Cangrejos 2,000Deportivo Guamúchil Guamúchil, Sinaloa Coloso del Dique 5,000Dorados Los Mochis Los Mochis, Sinaloa Centenario LM 11,134Dorados UACH Chihuahua City, Chihuahua Olímpico Universitario José Reyes Baeza 22,000Loros UdeC Colima City, Colima Olímpico Universitario de Colima 11,812 Toros de Zacatecas Zacatecas City, Zacatecas Francisco Villa 14,000Vaqueros Ixtlán del Río, Nayarit Olímpico Santa TeresitaRoberto Gómez Reyes 4,0004,000Zorros de Reynosa  Reynosa, Tamaulipas  Unidad Deportiva Solidaridad 20,000

Torneo Apertura Regular season Group 1 League table

Results

Group 2 League table

Results

Group 3 League table

Results

Inter–groups matches In the Apertura 2009 and Bicentenario 2010 tournaments, the league determined the celebration of two weeks of matches between teams belonging to different groups.

Week 1

Atlético San Francisco 0–1 Chivas Rayadas Potros UAEM 0–0 Celaya Cuautitlán 0–0 Zorros de Reynosa Bravos 0–3 Dorados UACH Búhos de Hermosillo 0–0 Unión de Curtidores América Manzanillo 3–2 Atlético Tapatío Pumas Naucalpan 1–0 Excélsior Cruz Azul Jasso 1–1 Deportivo Guamúchil Tecamachalco 1–1 Vaqueros Albinegros de Orizaba 0–0 La Piedad

Ocelotes UNACH 4–2 Atlético San Juan Real Saltillo Soccer 2–0 Delfines de Los Cabos ECA Norte 2–3 Altamira Inter Playa del Carmen 0–0 Tampico Madero Guerreros de Acapulco 3–1 Loros UdeC Universidad del Fútbol 5–1 Toros de Zacatecas Irapuato 0–1 Cachorros UdeG Petroleros de Salamanca 1–1 Dorados Los Mochis TR Córdoba 3–2 Querétaro

Week 2

Vaqueros 2–1 Pumas Naucalpan Atlético San Francisco 2–1 Ocelotes UNACH Petroleros de Salamanca 0–1 TR Córdoba Querétaro 1–2 Toros de Zacatecas Búhos de Hermosillo 2–1 La Piedad Bravo 2–0 Albinegros de Orizaba América Manzanillo 1–0 Tecamachalco Cachorros UdeG 1–0 Excélsior Atlético San Juan 0–2 Guerreros de Acapulco Atlético Tapatío 1–1 Altamira

Zorros de Reynosa 2–2 Potros UAEM Delfines de Los Cabos 1–2 Universidad del Fútbol Dorados Los Mochis 1–0 Celaya Loros UdeC 4–1 Cruz Azul Jasso Deportivo Guamúchil 4–1 Unión de Curtidores Chivas Rayadas 4–1 Cuautitlán Irapuato 1–0 Inter Playa del Carmen Tampico Madero 8–0 ECA Norte Dorados UACH 1–0 Real Saltillo Soccer

Liguilla The fifth or sixth 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 16

First leg

Second leg

Quarter-finals

First leg

Second leg

Semi-finals

First leg

Second leg

Final

First leg

Second leg

Torneo Bicentenario Changes Atlético San Francisco was disenrolled and dissolved after Apertura 2009 tournament.

Regular season Group 1 League table

Results

Group 2 League table

Results

Group 3 League table

Results

Inter–group matches Week 1

Querétaro 2–2 TR Córdoba Altamira 3–0 ECA Norte Loros UdeC 2–0 Guerreros de Acapulco Dorados UACH 3–3 Bravos Vaqueros 1–0 Tecamachalco Unión de Curtidores 3–4 Búhos de Hermosillo Excélsior 0–1 Pumas Naucalpan Cachorros UdeG 0–1 Irapuato Atlético San Juan 0–1 Ocelotes UNACH

Dorados Los Mochis 1–0 Petroleros de Salamanca Delfines de Los Cabos 0–2 Real Saltillo Soccer Zorros de Reynosa 1–0 Cuautitlán Atlético Tapatío 1–5 América Manzanillo Toros de Zacatecas 0–3 Universidad del Fútbol Celaya 0–0 Potros UAEM Deportivo Guamúchil 0–0 Cruz Azul Jasso Tampico Madero 1–1 Inter Playa del Carmen La Piedad 2–1 Albinegros de Orizaba

Week 2

Tecamachalco 2–1 América Manzanillo Altamira 5–1 Atlético Tapatío Unión de Curtidores 0–1 Deportivo Guamúchil Guerreros de Acapulco 2–0 Atlético San Juan Potros UAEM 5–0 Zorros de Reynosa Cruz Azul Jasso 2–2 Loros UdeC Excélsior 1–2 Cachorros UdeG ECA Norte 0–2 Tampico Madero Inter Playa del Carmen 1–0 Irapuato

Real Saltillo Soccer 0–0 Dorados UACH Pumas Naucalpan 2–0 Vaqueros Toros de Zacatecas 0–0 Querétaro Celaya 3–1 Dorados Los Mochis Albinegros de Orizaba 2–0 Bravos Universidad del Fútbol 1–0 Delfines de Los Cabos TR Córdoba 2–0 Petroleros de Salamanca Cuautitlán 0–2 Chivas Rayadas La Piedad 2–2 Búhos de Hermosillo

Liguilla The fifth or sixth 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 16

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 Universidad del Fútbol 70 26 2.6923 2 Altamira 71 29 2.4482 3 Dorados Los Mochis 55 26 2.1153 4 Loros UdeC 55 26 2.1153 5 Potros UAEM 54 26 2.0769 6 Celaya 58 29 2.0000 7 América Manzanillo 51 26 1.9615 8 Chivas Rayadas 50 26 1.9230 9 Búhos de Hermosillo 50 26 1.9230 10 Bravos de Nuevo Laredo 49 29 1.8846 11 TR Córdoba 48 26 1.8461 12 Cruz Azul Jasso 52 29 1.8275 13 La Piedad 51 29 1.7586 14 Real Saltillo Soccer 45 29 1.7307 15 Dorados UACH 43 26 1.6538 16 Inter Playa del Carmen 42 26 1.6153 17 Tecamachalco 41 26 1.5769 18 Vaqueros 41 26 1.5769 19 Unión de Curtidores 39 29 1.5000 20 Tampico Madero 39 29 1.5000 21 Guerreros de Acapulco 38 26 1.4615 22 Pumas Naucalpan 38 26 1.4615 23 Orizaba 38 26 1.4615 24 Ocelotes UNACH 38 26 1.4615 25 Deportivo Guamúchil 37 26 1.4230 26 Cachorros UdeG 35 26 1.3461 27 Irapuato 37 29 1.2758 28 Querétaro 36 29 1.2413 29 Delfines de Los Cabos 31 26 1.1923 30 Atlético Tapatío 26 26 1.0000 31 ECA Norte 23 26 0.8846 32 Petroleros de Salamanca 23 29 0.7931 33 Toros de Zacatecas 19 26 0.7307 34 Zorros de Reynosa 18 26 0.6923 35 Atlético San Juan 20 29 0.6896 36 Cuautitlán 16 26 0.6153 37 Excélsior 15 29 0.5172 38 Atlético San Francisco x x 0.0000

Promotion to Liga de Ascenso Universidad del Fútbol won the two tournaments corresponding to the season, however, due to being a reserve team of C.F. Pachuca, it did not have the right to be promoted. By regulation, the place in the upper category was offered to Altamira F.C., the team with the second best performance in the season, so this club finally won the promotion after paying US$ 470,000 for the place.

See also 2009–10 Mexican Primera División season 2009–10 Liga de Ascenso season 2009–10 Liga de Nuevos Talentos season

References

External links Official website of Liga Premier Magazine page