Ascenso MX

Ascenso MX

Country	Mexico
Confederation	CONCACAF
Founded	1994
Number of teams	16
Levels on pyramid	2
Promotion to	Liga MX
Relegation to	Segunda División de México
Domestic cup(s)	Copa MX
Current champions	La Piedad (2nd title) (2012-2013)
Most championships	León Irapuato (4 titles)
TV partners	TVC Deportes AYM Sports TV Azteca SKY México GolTV Azteca América(Final Only) Fox Sports(Final Only)
Website	[1]
2012-2013

Ascenso MX (Promotion League) is the second professional level of the Mexican football league system. The champion of the competition is promoted to the Primera División de México (Mexican First Division).

The bottom team gets relegated to the Segunda División (Mexican Second Division).

Formerly known as Primera División A (First Division A) the league changed its name and competition format in 2009 to Liga de Ascenso. It was rebranded as Ascenso MX in 2012. The main changes are that clubs now do not need a FMF Certification to get promoted and that the competition doesn't use group stages.

History

In order to create a "Premier League", in 1994 the Mexican Football Federation decided to change the Second Division name to "First Division A", arguing that the difference between First Division and the "First Division A" would be less. The project, which was in his hands José Antonio García Rodríguez, who was then president of the branch of the First Division, included teams from the United States, San Jose Black Hawks and Los Angeles Salsa, who were the most interested to join. Despite this FIFA did not authorize the integration of these two teams. With this, the most important teams of the Mexican Second division agreed to participate in the new league. The 1994-1995 season began with 15 teams: Acapulco, Gallos de Aguascalientes, Club Celaya, Irapuato FC, C.F. La Piedad, Club Deportivo Marte, C.F. Pachuca, Atlético San Francisco, San Luis F.C., Lagartos de Tabasco, Coras de Tepic, Inter de Tijuana, Halcones de Querétaro, Venados de Yucatán and Zacatepec. Cobras de Ciudad Juárez, which would have been the team number 16, declined to participate due to financial problems.

During the 2006 tournament it was decided to increase the number of teams from 20 to 24 and it was also decided to form two groups, A and B divided by geographical areas.

In 2009 major changes occurred the most prominent being the name change from Primera Division A to Liga de Ascenso. The league was reduced to 17 teams and eliminated the groups. Starting with the Apertura 2010 season 18 teams participated. In 2012 the league was rebranded as Ascenso MX. The Guerreros de Oaxaca will be the 16th team of Ascenso MX starting 2013-2014 season. The Guerreros will be composed of the former Segunda Division team Tecamachalco which had won ascendency into Ascenso MX in 2012, but did not fulfill infrastructural requirements set by Mexican Football Federation. Zacatepec will also be promoted to the Ascenso MX taking the spot of Pumas Morelos in August of 2013.

Current Teams

The following 16 clubs will compete in Ascenso MX during the 2013-2014 season:

Currently Promoted To (Liga MX)

C.F. La Piedad

Currently Relegated From (Liga MX)

Querétaro F.C.

Currently Promoted To (Ascenso MX)

TBD

Currently Relegated From (Ascenso MX)

Pumas Morelos

Ascenso MX
Name	Manager	City	Stadium	Capacity	Nickname
Altamira	Carlos Jurado	Altamira	Estadio Altamira	12,500	Los Estudiantes (The Students)
BUAP	Ignacio Rodríguez	Puebla	Olímpico de C.U.	20,700	Los Lobos (The Wolves)
Celaya	Marco Antonio de Almeida	Celaya	Miguel Alemán	25,000	Los Toros/ Cajeteros (The Bulls/ Cajeta makers)
Cruz Azul Hidalgo	Juan Reynoso Guzmán	Tula	10 de Diciembre	17,000	La Maquina Celeste (The Sky Blue Machine)
UAG	Manuel Vidrio	Zapopan	Tres de Marzo	30,015	Los Tecos (The Owls)
Irapuato	César Márquez	Irapuato	Sergio León Chávez	33,000	Los Freseros (The Strawberry growers)
Mérida	Ricardo Valiño	Mérida	Carlos Iturralde	24,000	Los Venados (The Bucks)
Necaxa	Jaime Ordiales	Aguascalientes	Victoria	22,600	Los Rayos (The Bolts)
Neza	Roberto Hernández	Nezahualcóyotl	Neza 86	28,132	Los Toros (The Bulls)
Oaxaca		Oaxaca	Benito Juárez	25,000	Los Alebrijes (The Alebrijes)
Querétaro	Ignacio Ambríz	Querétaro	La Corregidora	45,547	Los Gallos (The Roosters)
Sinaloa	Francisco Ramírez	Culiacán	Estadio Banorte	25,618	Los Dorados (The Golden Fish)
UDG	Luis Sosa	Guadalajara	Jalisco	55,821	Los Leones Negros (The Black Lions)
UAT	Joaquín del Olmo	Ciudad Victoria	Marte R. Gómez	16,000	Los Correcaminos (The Roadrunners)
Veracruz	Miguel de Jesús Fuentes	Veracruz	Luis de la Fuente	33,400	Los Tiburones Rojos (The Red Sharks)

Sponsors

Clubs may carry commercial advertising on their uniforms, provided that the colors of the Club, player number, the official emblem of the Club and the FMF can be clearly identified.

Team	Kit manufacturer	Since/From	Primary sponsor	Second sponsor/s
Altamira	Lotto	Since 2012-13	Coca-Cola	Corona
Celaya	Keuka	Since 2009-10	Caja Popular Mexicana	Bachoco/Corona
Correcaminos	Atletica	Since 2012-13	Caja Libertad	Corona
Cruz Azul Hidalgo	Umbro	Since 2002-03	Cemento Cruz Azul	Coca-Cola/Telcel
Dorados	Kappa	Since 2009-10	Coppel	Homex/MZ/Tecate/Sinaloa/LG/SuKarne/Coca-Cola
Estudiantes Tecos	Pirma	Since 2012-13	Isla Navidad	Aeroméxico
Irapuato	Silver Sports Wear	Since 2012-13	Caja Popular Mexicana	Coca-Cola/Cemex/Corona/Nivada
Lobos BUAP	Joma	Since 2012-13	Coca-Cola	BUAP/Tecate
Mérida	Garcis	Since 2010-11	Yucatan	Sol/SKY México
Necaxa	Pirma	Since 2012-13	Caja Popular Mexicana	Rolcar/ETN/Corona/Leche San Marcos
Neza	Atletica	Since 2010-11	Solural	Grupo Elektra/Corona/ETN
Pumas Morelos	Puma	Since 2009-10	Aeroméxico	None
Querétaro	Pirma	Since 2012-2013	Pascual Boing/Libertad Servicios Financieros	Tecate/Casino Big Bola/Coca-Cola
U. de G.	Leones Negros	Since 2010-11	Proule	Tecate
Veracruz	Kappa	Since 2010-11	Chedraui	The Phone House/Sol/Aeroméxico

Titles By Club

Club	Winners	Winning Seasons
Irapuato	4	Invierno 1999, Verano 2000, Apertura 2002, Clausura 2011
León†	4	Verano 2003, Clausura 2004, Clausura 2008, Clausura 2012
Querétaro	3	Clausura 2005, Clausura 2006, Apertura 2008
La Piedad	2	Verano 2001, Apertura 2012
Necaxa	2	Apertura 2009, Clausura 2010
Dorados	2	Apertura 2003, Clausura 2007
Puebla†	2	Apertura 2005, Apertura 2006
San Luis†	2	Verano 2002, Apertura 2004
Tigres UANL†	2	Invierno 1996, Verano 1997
Pachuca†	2	1995-96, Invierno 1997
Neza	1	Clausura 2013
Correcaminos	1	Apertura 2011
Tijuana†	1	Apertura 2010
Mérida	1	Clausura 2009
Indios de Ciudad Juárez††	1	Apertura 2007
Veracruz	1	Invierno 2001
Gallos de Aguascalientes††	1	Invierno 2000
Unión de Curtidores††	1	Verano 1999
Tigres B††	1	Verano 1998
Venados de Yucatán††	1	Invierno 1998
Atlético Celaya††	1	1994-1995

† Teams in the First Division. †† Teams in the Second Division, or Defunct.

Champions

Season	Champion	Runner-up	Promoted
1994-1995	Atlético Celaya	CF Pachuca	Atlético Celaya
1995-1996	CF Pachuca	Gallos de Aguascalientes	CF Pachuca
Invierno 1996	Tigres UANL	Atlético Hidalgo
Verano 1997	Tigres UANL	Correcaminos UAT	Tigres UANL
Invierno 1997	CF Pachuca	Real Sociedad de Zacatecas
Verano 1998	Tigrillos	Zacatepec	CF Pachuca
Invierno 1998	Venados de Yucatán	Chivas Tijuana
Verano 1999	Venados de Yucatán	Cruz Azul Hidalgo	Venados de Yucatán
Invierno 1999	CD Irapuato	Zacatepec
Verano 2000	CD Irapuato	Cruz Azul Hidalgo	CD Irapuato
Invierno 2000	Gallos de Aguascalientes	CF La Piedad
Verano 2001	CF La Piedad	Toros Neza	CF La Piedad
Invierno 2001	Veracruz	Real San Luis
Verano 2002	Real San Luis	Tigrillos Saltillo	Real San Luis
Apertura 2002	CD Irapuato	CF La Piedad
Clausura 2003	Club León	CD Tapatio	CD Irapuato
Apertura 2003	Dorados de Sinaloa	Cobras de Ciudad Juárez
Clausura 2004	Club León	Dorados de Sinaloa	Dorados de Sinaloa
Apertura 2004	Club San Luis	Atlético Mexiquense
Clausura 2005	Querétaro FC	Club León	Club San Luis
Apertura 2005	Puebla FC	Cruz Azul Oaxaca
Clausura 2006	Querétaro FC	Indios de Ciudad Juárez	Querétaro FC
Apertura 2006	Puebla FC	Salamanca FC
Clausura 2007	Dorados de Sinaloa	Club León	Puebla FC
Apertura 2007	Indios de Ciudad Juárez	Dorados de Sinaloa
Clausura 2008	Club León	Dorados de Sinaloa	Indios de Ciudad Juárez
Apertura 2008	Querétaro FC	Irapuato FC
Clausura 2009	Mérida FC	Club Tijuana	Querétaro FC
Apertura 2009	Necaxa	Deportivo Irapuato
Bicentenario 2010	Necaxa	Club León	Necaxa
Apertura 2010	Club Tijuana	Veracruz
Clausura 2011	Deportivo Irapuato	Club Tijuana	Club Tijuana
Apertura 2011	Correcaminos UAT	La Piedad
Clausura 2012	Club Leon	Lobos de la BUAP	Club Leon
Apertura 2012	La Piedad	Dorados de Sinaloa
Clausura 2013	Neza	Necaxa	La Piedad

Promotion and Relegation

Relegation and Promotion by Club Club Promotions Relegations Zacatepec 5 (1950–51, 1962–63, 1969–70, 1977–78, 1983–84) 5 (1961–62, 1965–66, 1976–77, 1982–83, 1984–85) Pachuca 4 (1966–67, 1991–92, 1995–96, 1997–98) 3 (1972–73, 1992–93, 1996–97) Querétaro 4 (México 86,1989–90,2005–06,2009–10) 3 (1993–94, 2006–07, 2012–13) Irapuato 4 (1953–54, 1984–85, 1999-2000*, 2002–03) 2 (1971–72, 1990–91) Atlas 3 (1954–55, 1971–72, 1978–79) 3 (1953–54, 1970–71, 1977–78) San Luis 3 (1970–71, 1975–76, 2001–02) 3 (1973-/74,1988–89,2002–03) Veracruz 2 (1963–64, 2001–02) 4 (1951–52, 1978–79, 1997–98, 2007–08) Zamora 2 (1954–55, 1956–57) 2 (1955–56, 1959–60) Tampico 2 (1964–65, 1972–73) 2 (1966–67, 1974–75) Atlante 2 (1976–77, 1990–91) 2 (1975–76, 1989–90) Curtidores 3 (1982–83, 1998-99*) 2 (1980–81, 1983–84) Monterrey 3 (1955–56,1959–60) 1 (1956–57) Puebla 3 (1969–70,1998–99, 2006–07) 2 (1998–99, 2004–05) Morelia 2 (1956–57, 1980–81) 1 (1967–68) Tigres UANL 2 (1973–74, 1996–97) 1 (1995–96) León 2 (1989–90, 2012–2013) 2 (1986–87,2001–02) La Piedad 2 (Ver 2001*) (2012–2013) 1 (---) Correcaminos UAT 1 (1986–87) 1 (1994–95) Ciudad Juárez 1 (2007–08) 1 (2009–10) Toros Neza 1 (1988–89) 1 (1999–2000) Estudiantes Tecos 1 (1974–75) 1 (2011–2012) Tijuana 1 (2011–12) 0 Oro 0 1 (1979–80) References http://www.informador.com.mx/deportes/2013/445812/6/zacatepec-estara-de-vuelta-en-la-liga-de-ascenso.htm External links Official League Website Unofficial League Website