2013–14 Ascenso MX season

Ascenso MX
Season	2013–14
Champions	Apertura: U. de G ; Clausura: Estudiantes Tecos
Promoted	U. de G.
Relegated	Zacatepec 1948 (stay in league after bought Cruz Azul Hidalgo)
	← 2012–13 2014–15 →

The 2013–14 Ascenso MX season took place from 19 July 2013 to 12 April 2014 and was divided into two tournaments named Apertura 2013 and Clausura 2014. The Ascenso MX is the second-tier football league of Mexico.

Changes from the previous season

C.F. La Piedad were promoted to Liga MX. But rebranded Tiburones Rojos de Veracruz and Moved to Veracruz.
Querétaro F.C. were relegated from Liga MX. But was able to purchase a Liga MX franchise and stay in 1st Division, Querétaro's Ascenso MX Team disappeared.
Tiburones Rojos de Veracruz were rebranded Atlético San Luis and Moved to San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí.
Irapuato FC was rebranded Zacatepec and moved to Zacatepec de Hidalgo, Morelos.
Toros Neza was rebranded Delfines F.C. and moved to Ciudad del Carmen, Campeche.
Tecamachalco was promoted from Segunda División de México rebranded Alebrijes de Oaxaca and moved to Oaxaca, Oaxaca.
Club de Futbol Ballenas Galeana Morelos were promoted from Segunda División de México.
Pumas Morelos were relegated to Segunda División de México, the team disappeared after the relegation.

Stadia and locations

The following 15 clubs competed in the Liga de Ascenso during the 2013–2014 season:^[1]

Location of teams in the 2013–14 Ascenso MX

Club	City	Stadium	Capacity
Altamira	Altamira	Estadio Altamira	9,581
Atlético San Luis	San Luis Potosí	Estadio Alfonso Lastras	25,111
Ballenas Galeana	Xochitepec	Estadio Mariano Matamoros	16,000
BUAP	Puebla	Estadio Olímpico de C.U.	19,283
Celaya	Celaya	Estadio Miguel Alemán	23,182
Cruz Azul Hidalgo	Ciudad Cooperativa Cruz Azul	Estadio 10 de Diciembre	14,500
Delfines	Ciudad del Carmen	Unidad Deportiva Campus II de la UAC	8,985
Estudiantes Tecos	Zapopan, Jalisco	Estadio Tres de Marzo	18,779
Mérida	Mérida	Estadio Carlos Iturralde	15,087
Necaxa	Aguascalientes	Estadio Victoria	23,851
Oaxaca	Oaxaca City	Estadio Benito Juárez	10,250
Sinaloa	Culiacán	Estadio Banorte	17,898
U. de G.	Guadalajara	Estadio Jalisco	55,020
UAT	Ciudad Victoria	Estadio Marte R. Gómez	10,520
Zacatepec	Cuernavaca	Estadio Centenario	14,800

Torneo Apertura

The 2013 Apertura was the first championship of the season. It began on 19 July 2013 and ended on 30 November 2013.

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Oaxaca (Q)	14	7	4	3	28	17	+11	25	Qualification for Liguilla semifinals
2	Necaxa (Q)	14	7	4	3	21	15	+6	25	Qualification for Liguilla quarterfinals
3	Delfines F.C. (Q)	14	7	3	4	24	12	+12	24
4	Mérida FC (Q)	14	6	5	3	22	13	+9	23
5	UdeG (C, Q)	14	7	2	5	19	21	−2	23
6	UAT (Q)	14	6	4	4	25	20	+5	22
7	San Luis (Q)	14	5	7	2	19	17	+2	22
8	Dorados de Sinaloa	14	3	9	2	15	11	+4	18
9	Altamira	14	5	3	6	26	26	0	18
10	Cruz Azul Hidalgo	14	4	5	5	16	18	−2	17
11	Lobos BUAP	14	5	2	7	9	17	−8	17
12	Estudiantes Tecos	14	3	7	4	21	20	+1	16
13	Celaya F.C.	14	3	5	6	18	23	−5	14
14	Ballenas Galeana	14	3	4	7	14	28	−14	13
15	Zacatepec 1948	14	1	2	11	9	28	−19	5

Updated to match(es) played on 4 December 2013. Source: [1].
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Results

Home \ Away	ALT	ATL	BGA	BUP	CEL	CRH	DEL	EST	MER	NEC	OAX	SIN	UDG	UAT	ZAC
Altamira				1–2	3–1			3–2		1–3		0–0	5–2	1–0
Atlético San Luis	2–2				1–1			2–1				1–1	4–2	1–1	1–0
Ballenas Galeana	2–1	1–1				0–1			0–4				1–1	3–2	2–2
BUAP		1–0	1–0			1–1	2–0		0–2		0–2				1–0
Celaya			1–2	1–0		2–2	1–1	0–0		2–1	1–3
Cruz Azul Hidalgo	3–3	1–2							0–0			1–0	2–0	1–2	2–0
Delfines	1–0	3–0	3–1			3–0			0–1				5–0		2–0
Estudiantes Tecos			5–0	2–0		1–1	1–4		2–2	1–1	1–1
Mérida	3–1	1–2			3–0							1–1	0–2	2–2	2–0
Necaxa		0–0	1–0	3–0		2–0	3–0		1–1		2–0
Oaxaca	5–1	2–2	4–1			2–1	1–1		2–0						4–2
Sinaloa			1–1	2–0	2–2		1–1	0–0		3–0	1–1
U. de G.				3–1	2–0			0–0		4–0	1–0	2–1		1–2
UAT				0–0	4–2		1–0	3–4		2–2	3–1	1–2
Zacatepec	0–4				1–4			3–1		1–2		0–0	0–1	0–2

Updated to match(es) played on 10 November 2013. Source: [2]^[2]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Liguilla (Playoffs)

The six best teams after first place played two games against each other on a home-and-away basis. The winner of each match up was determined by aggregate score. If the teams were tied, the Away goals rule applied.

The teams were seeded one to seven in quarterfinals, and were 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.

Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals

					1	Oaxaca	0	2	2

					5	UdeG	1	2	3
4	Mérida FC	0	2	2

5	UdeG	5	0	5
										2	Necaxa	0	1	1

										5	UdeG	1	1	2
3	Delfines F.C.	1	3	4

6	UAT	1	1	2
					2	Necaxa	4	3	7

					3	Delfines F.C.	0	0	0
2	Necaxa	2	2	4

7	San Luis	0	0	0

If the two teams were tied after both legs, the away goals rule applied. If both teams were still tied, the higher seeded team advanced.^[3]
Teams were re-seeded every round.
The winner qualified to the playoff match vs the Clausura 2014 winner. However, if the winner had been the same in both tournaments, that team would have been the team promoted to the 2014–15 Mexican Primera División season without playing the Promotional Final

Quarterfinals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Necaxa	4–0	San Luis	2–0	2–0
Delfines F.C.	4–2	UAT	1–1	3–1
Mérida FC	2–5	UdeG	0–5	2–0

First leg

13 November 2013	San Luis	0–2	Necaxa	San Luis Potosí
17:00		Report	V. Lojero 61' D. Cervantes 79'	Stadium: Estadio Alfonso Lastras Attendance: 7,465 Referee: Fernando Hernández Gómez

13 November 2013	UAT	1–1	Delfines F.C.	Ciudad Victoria
19:00	P. Ibarra 16'	Report	J. Gómez 21'	Stadium: Estadio Marte R. Gómez Attendance: 3,413 Referee: Eduardo Galván Basulto

13 November 2013	UdeG	5–0	Mérida FC	Guadalajara
21:00	J. Gutiérrez 14' E. González 50' C. Valdovinos 52' D. Esqueda 64' E. Mendoza 83'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Jalisco Attendance: 9,974 Referee: Quetzalli Alvarado Godínez

Second leg

16 November 2013	Mérida FC	2–0 (2–5 agg.)	UdeG	Mérida
16:00	J. García 29' H. Martín 80'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Carlos Iturralde Attendance: 3,179 Referee: León Vicente Barajas Anzures

16 November 2013	Delfines F.C.	3–1 (4–2 agg.)	UAT	Ciudad del Carmen
18:00	R. Prieto 26', 70' J. Ibarra 89'	Report	R. Nurse 45'	Stadium: Unidad Deportiva Campus II UNACAR Attendance: 4,391 Referee: Ángel Monroy Bello

16 November 2013	Necaxa	2-0 (4–0 agg.)	San Luis	Aguascalientes
20:00	V. Lojero 6', 49'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Victoria Attendance: 8,165 Referee: Obed Eliud Gómez Barreras

Semifinals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Necaxa	7–0	Delfines F.C.	4–0	3–0
Oaxaca	2–3	UdeG	0–1	2–2

First leg

20 November 2013	UdeG	1–0	Oaxaca	Guadalajara
18:30	R. Follé 24'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Jalisco Attendance: 14,363 Referee: Quetzalli Alvarado Godínez

20 November 2013	Delfines F.C.	0–4	Necaxa	Ciudad del Carmen
20:30		Report	V. Lojero 4', 45' J. Goncalves 14' J. Isijara 85'	Stadium: Unidad Deportiva Campus II UNACAR Attendance: 8,125 Referee: León Vicente Barajas Anzures

Second leg

23 November 2013	Oaxaca	2–2 (2–3 agg.)	UdeG	Oaxaca
17:00	G. Ramírez 26' J. Moreno 45'	Report	J. Gutiérrez 73' D. Esqueda 79'	Stadium: Estadio Benito Juárez Attendance: 7,252 Referee: Eduargo Galván Basulto

23 November 2013	Necaxa	3–0 (7–0 agg.)	Delfines F.C.	Aguascalientes
20:00	S. Guadarrama 55' J. Goncalves 70' C. Hurtado 83'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Victoria Attendance: 10,746 Referee: Ángel Monroy Bello

Final

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Necaxa	1–2	UdeG	0–1	1–1

First leg

27 November 2013	UdeG	1–0	Necaxa	Guadalajara
20:00	J. Gutiérrez 55'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Jalisco Attendance: 52,230 Referee: Quetzalli Alvarado Godínez

Second leg

30 November 2013	Necaxa	1–1 (1–2 agg.)	UdeG	Aguascalientes
20:00	J. Goncalves 86'	Report	J. Gutiérrez 56'	Stadium: Estadio Victoria Attendance: 22,104 Referee: Eduardo Galván Basurto

Apertura 2013 winner:
UdeG 1st title

Torneo Clausura

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	UAT (Q)	14	8	5	1	22	13	+9	29	Qualification for Liguilla semifinals
2	Estudiantes Tecos (C, Q)	14	7	3	4	23	15	+8	24	Qualification for Liguilla quarterfinals
3	Necaxa (Q)	14	6	4	4	19	15	+4	22
4	U. de G. (P, Q)	14	6	4	4	17	13	+4	22
5	Oaxaca (Q)	14	5	6	3	22	19	+3	21
6	Delfines (Q)	14	4	8	2	20	17	+3	20
7	Dorados de Sinaloa (Q)	14	6	1	7	19	17	+2	19
8	Lobos BUAP	14	5	4	5	17	19	−2	19
9	Mérida FC	14	4	6	4	21	21	0	18
10	Cruz Azul Hidalgo	14	5	3	6	17	17	0	18
11	Zacatepec 1948	14	5	1	8	17	26	−9	16
12	San Luis	14	4	3	7	18	22	−4	15
13	Ballenas Galeana	14	3	6	5	17	22	−5	15
14	Celaya F.C.	14	4	2	8	12	18	−6	14
15	Altamira	14	2	6	6	11	18	−7	12

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Results

Home \ Away	ALT	ATL	BGA	BUP	CEL	CRH	DEL	EST	MER	NEC	OAX	SIN	UDG	UAT	ZAC
Altamira		1–1	2–2			2–2	0–0		0–0		0–0				4–0
Atlético San Luis			3–1	1–2		1–0	2–2		2–3	2–0	1–2
Ballenas Galeana				1–1	1–0		1–2	1–3		0–0	1–1	2–1
BUAP	2–1				1–1			2–1		1–2		0–1	2–1	0–1
Celaya	0–1	2–1							1–2			0–1	1–1	2–1	0–2
Cruz Azul Hidalgo			3–1	3–1	1–0		0–0	2–1		1–2	2–0
Delfines				2–0	2–3			1–1		0–0	2–2	2–1		1–1
Estudiantes Tecos	1–0	0–1			2–0							2–0	0–0	1–2	3–1
Mérida			2–2	1–1		3–1	2–2	1–1		2–1	3–3
Necaxa	4–0				1–0			3–4				3–2	0–0	1–1	2–1
Oaxaca				2–2	1–2			1–3		1–0		1–0	3–0	2–2
Sinaloa	2–0	3–1				1–1			1–0				4–1	1–2	1–2
U. de G.	2–0	2–0	1–1			2–0	3–1		1–0						3–0
UAT	2–0	1–1	2–0			2–1			3–2				1–0		1–1
Zacatepec		3–1	1–3	1–2		1–0	1–3		2–0		1–3

Updated to match(es) played on 12 April 2014. Source: [3]^[2]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Liguilla (Playoffs)

The six best teams after the first place played two games against each other on a home-and-away basis. The winner was determined by aggregate score. If the teams were tied, the Away goals rule applied.

The teams were seeded one to seven in quarterfinals, and were re-seeded one to four in semifinals, depending on their position in the general table. The higher seeded teams played on their home field during the second leg.

Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals

					1	UAT	0	2	2

					5	Oaxaca	2	0	2
4	UdeG	1	1	2

5	Oaxaca	3	0	3
										1	UAT	0	1(3)	1(3)

										2	Estudiantes Tecos	0	1(4)	1(4)
3	Necaxa	2	4	6

6	Delfines	2	1	3
					2	Estudiantes Tecos	0	0	0

					3	Necaxa	0	0	0
2	Estudiantes Tecos	1	1	2

7	Dorados	1	1	2

If the two teams were tied after both legs, the away goals rule applied. If both teams were still tied, higher seeded team advanced.^[3]
Teams were re-seeded every round.
The winner qualified to the playoff match vs UdeG (Apertura 2013 Champions). The winner was promoted to the 2014–15 Mexican Primera División season.

Quarterfinals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Estudiantes Tecos	2–2	Dorados	1–1	1–1
Necaxa	6–3	Delfines	2–2	4–1
UdeG	2–3	Oaxaca	1–3	1–0

First leg

16 April 2014	Oaxaca	3–1	UdeG	Oaxaca
18:00	D. Calderón 52' D. Santoya 55' J. Moreno 60'	Report	E. González 20'	Stadium: Estadio Baenito Juárez Attendance: 7,461 Referee: Diego Montaño Robles

16 April 2014	Delfines	2–2	Necaxa	Ciudad del Carmen
20:00	D. Valdéz 36' C. Pinto 67'	Report	V. Alvarado 31' J. Isijara 77'	Stadium: Unidad Deportiva Campus II UNACAR Attendance: 2,235 Referee: Quetzalli Alvarado Godínez

16 April 2014	Dorados	1–1	Estudiantes Tecos	Culiacán
21:00	R. Enríquez 3'	Report	J. Cuevas 19'	Stadium: Estadio Banorte Attendance: 8,919 Referee: Baruch Absalón Castellanos

Second leg

19 April 2014	UdeG	1–0 (2–3 agg.)	Oaxaca	Guadalajara
12:00	E. González 11'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Jalisco Attendance: 15,964 Referee: León Vicente Barajas Anzures

19 April 2014	Estudiantes Tecos	1–1 (2–2 agg.)	Dorados	Zapopan
18:00	H. Aguayo 59'	Report	D. Olsina 32'	Stadium: Estadio Tres de Marzo Attendance: 4,536 Referee: Ángel Monroy Bello

19 April 2014	Necaxa	4–1 (6–3 agg.)	Delfines	Aguascalientes
20:00	E. Lillingston 69' S. Guadarrama 73' V. Lojero 90' J. Goncalves 90+3'	Report	R. Vázquez 50'	Stadium: Estadio Victoria Attendance: 8,833 Referee: Marco Antonio Ortíz Nava

Semifinals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
UAT	2–2	Oaxaca	0–2	2–0
Estudiantes Tecos	0–0	Necaxa	0–0	0–0

First leg

23 April 2014	Oaxaca	2–0	UAT	Oaxaca
19:00	D. Santoya 59', 65'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Benito Juárez Attendance: 8,412 Referee: Diego Montaño Robles

23 April 2014	Necaxa	0–0	Estudiantes Tecos	Aguascalientes
21:00		Report		Stadium: Estadio Victoria Attendance: 12,187 Referee: Fernando Hernández Gómez

Second leg

26 April 2014	Estudiantes Tecos	0–0 (0–0 agg.)	Necaxa	Zapopan
19:00		Report		Stadium: Estadio Tres de Marzo Attendance: 5,909 Referee: León Vicente Barajas Anzures

26 April 2014	UAT	2–0 (2–2 agg.)	Oaxaca	Ciudad Victoria
21:00	R. Nurse 22' R. Saucedo 39'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Marte R. Gómez Attendance: 16,982 Referee: Marco Antonio Ortíz Nava

Final

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
UAT	1–1	Estudiantes Tecos	0–0	1–1

First leg

30 April 2014	Estudiantes Tecos	0–0	UAT	Zapopan
21:00		Report		Stadium: Estadio Marte R. Gómez Attendance: 8,409 Referee: Marco Antonio Ortíz Nava

Second leg

3 May 2014	UAT	1–1 (1–1 agg.) (3–4 p)	Estudiantes Tecos	Ciudad Victoria
21:00	S. Rosas 39'	Report	E. Rangel 63'	Stadium: Estadio Marte R. Gómez Attendance: 18,000 Referee: León Vicente Barajas Anzures

Clausura 2014 winners:
Estudiantes Tecos 1st title

Promotional final

First leg

7 May 2014

21:00

Estudiantes Tecos	0–0	U. de G.
	Report

Estadio Tres de Marzo, Zapopan

Attendance: 15,978

Referee: Marco Antonio Ortíz Nava

Second leg

10 May 2014

20:00

U. de G.	1–1	Estudiantes Tecos
Alatorre 83'	Report	Bueno 57'
Penalties
Follé González Palacios Cruz Hernández	4–3	Campos Maya Argüelles Rangel Acosta

Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara

Attendance: 54,445

Referee: León Vicente Barajas

Relegation table

The relegated team will be the team with the lowest ratio by summing the points scored in the following tournaments: Apertura 2011, Clausura 2012, Apertura 2012, Clausura 2013, Apertura 2013 and Clausura 2014.

Rank	Team	Points	Games	Ave.
10	Dorados de Sinaloa	106	84	1.2619
11	Celaya F.C.	98	84	1.1667
12	Altamira	94	84	1.1190
13	Cruz Azul Hidalgo	86	84	1.0238
14	Ballenas Galeana	28	28	1.0000
15	Zacatepec 1948	80	84	0.9524

References

^ (Spanish; retrieved on 27 January 2014)
^ ^a ^b "LIGA BBVA EXPANSIÓN MX – Página Oficial de la Liga Mexicana del Fútbol Profesional".
^ ^a ^b As appears in as Ascenso MX competition rules 2013-2014 "Reglamento de competencia Ascenso MX 2013-2014, Article 22.2" (PDF). Liga MX. 1 August 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 February 2014. Retrieved 20 February 2014. Los Clubes vencedores en los partidos de Cuartos de Final y Semifinal serán aquellos que en los dos juegos anote el mayor número de goles, criterio conocido como Marcador Global. De existir empate en el número de goles anotados, la posición se definirá a favor del Club con mayor cantidad de goles a favor cuando actué como visitante.

External links

Liga MX & Ascenso MX Official Website

[1] (Spanish; retrieved on 27 January 2014)

[Partidos-2] "LIGA BBVA EXPANSIÓN MX – Página Oficial de la Liga Mexicana del Fútbol Profesional".

[AMXRules-3] As appears in as Ascenso MX competition rules 2013-2014 "Reglamento de competencia Ascenso MX 2013-2014, Article 22.2" (PDF). Liga MX. 1 August 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 February 2014. Retrieved 20 February 2014. Los Clubes vencedores en los partidos de Cuartos de Final y Semifinal serán aquellos que en los dos juegos anote el mayor número de goles, criterio conocido como Marcador Global. De existir empate en el número de goles anotados, la posición se definirá a favor del Club con mayor cantidad de goles a favor cuando actué como visitante.

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