2014–15 Ascenso MX season

Ascenso MX
Season	2014–15
Champions	Apertura: Necaxa (3rd Title) ; Clausura: Dorados (3rd Title)
Promoted	Dorados de Sinaloa
Relegated	No Relegation this season
Matches played	178
Goals scored	443 (2.49 per match)
Top goalscorer	Apertura: Diego Jimenez ; Giancarlo Maldonado (10) Clausura: as of 4–10–15
Biggest home win	Apertura:; Atlético San Luis 4–0 Dorados (July 26, 2014) Clausura:; Atlético San Luis 3–0 Atlante (February 21, 2015)
Biggest away win	Apertura:; Mérida 2–4 Atlante (August 16, 2014) ; Irapuato 2–4 Mineros de Zacatecas (August 29, 2014) Clausura:; Atlante 0–3 Zacatepec Siglo XXI (March 13, 2015) ; Zacatepec Siglo XXI 0–3 Atlético San Luis (March 21, 2015)
Highest scoring	Apertura:; Necaxa 4–3 Celaya (July 19, 2014) ; Dorados 4–3 Zacatepec Siglo XXI (August 16, 2014) Clausura:; Mérida 4–4 Irapuato (January 23, 2015)
Longest winning run	Coras FC (4 – Apertura) ; Atlante (4 – Clausura)
Longest unbeaten run	Coras FC (8 – Apertura) ; Necaxa (5 – Clausura)
Longest winless run	Celaya (9 – Apertura; 8 – Clausura)
Longest losing run	Celaya (5 – Apertura; 4 – Clausura)
Highest attendance	Clausura: 8,324; Mérida 3–1 Atlético San Luis; (February 13, 2015)
Lowest attendance	Clausura: 1,256; Altamira 1–0 Zacatepec Siglo XXI; (February 15, 2015)
Average attendance	32,869
	← 2013–14 2015–16 →

The 2014–15 Ascenso MX season began July 18, 2014 and is divided into two tournaments named Apertura 2014 and Clausura 2015. The Ascenso MX is the second-tier football league of Mexico.

Changes from the previous season

U. de G. were promoted to Liga MX.^[1]
Atlante F.C. were relegated from Liga MX.^[2]
Zacatepec 1948 were relegated to Segunda División de México, but was able to purchase Cruz Azul Hidalgo's spot to remain in Ascenso MX and was rebranded Zacatepec Siglo XXI. Cruz Azul Hidalgo was dissolved.^[3]
Coras F.C. was promoted from Segunda División de México.^[4]
Estudiantes Tecos was moved to Zacatecas and rebranded to Mineros de Zacatecas by owner [[::es::Grupo Pachuca|Grupo Pachuca]].^[5]
Ballenas Galeana was rebranded to Irapuato since they moved to Irapuato, Guanajuato.^[6]
Delfines F.C. dissolved in May 2014.^[7]

Stadia and locations

The following 14 clubs will compete in the Ascenso MX during the 2014-2015 season:^[8]

Location of teams in the 2014–15 Ascenso MX

Club	City	Statium	Capacity
Altamira	Altamira	Estadio Altamira	13,500
Atl. San Luis	San Luis Potosí	Estadio Alfonso Lastras	30,000
Atlante	Cancún	Olímpico Andrés Quintana Roo	20,000
BUAP	Puebla	Estadio Olímpico de C.U.	21,750
Celaya	Celaya	Estadio Miguel Alemán	32,000
Irapuato	Irapuato	Estadio Sergio León Chávez	28,500
Mérida	Mérida	Estadio Carlos Iturralde	24,000
Necaxa	Aguascalientes	Estadio Victoria	25,494
Oaxaca	Oaxaca City	Estadio Benito Juárez	12,500
Sinaloa	Culiacán	Estadio Banorte	23,000
Tepic	Tepic	[[::es::Arena Cora\|Arena Cora]]	13,000
UAT	Ciudad Victoria	Estadio Marte R. Gómez	17,000
Zacatecas	Zacatecas	Estadio Francisco Villa	18,000
Zacatepec Siglo XXI	Zacatepec	Estadio Agustín "Coruco" Díaz	24,443

Personnel and kits

Team	Head Coach	Kit manufacturer	Sponsors
Altamira	Fernando Palomeque	Lotto
Atl. San Luis	Raúl Arias	Charly	Boing!
Atlante	Wilson Graniolatti	Kappa	Cancún Riviera Maya
BUAP	Ricardo Valiño	Keuka	Coca-Cola Zurich Seguros
Celaya	Enrique López Zarza	Keuka	Bachoco
Irapuato	Jorge Manrique	Keuka	Grupo Rotoplas
Mérida	Juan Carlos Chávez	Foursport	ADO Yucatán
Necaxa	Miguel de Jesús Fuentes	Umbro	Bufalo
Oaxaca	Ricardo Rayas	Lotto
Sinaloa	Carlos Bustos	Silver	Coppel Caliente
Tepic	Mauro Camoranesi	Romed	Riviera Nayarit
UAT	Ricardo Cadena	Atletica	UAT
Zacatecas	Pablo Marini	Pirma	Telcel Samsung
Zacatepec Siglo XXI	Joel Sánchez	Silver	Coca-Cola

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Replaced by	Date of appointment	Position in table
Apertura Changes
Correcaminos	Omar Arellano Nuño	Sacked	August 30, 2014	Álex Aguinaga	September 1, 2014	8th
Celaya	Jorge Humberto Torres	Sacked	August 31, 2014	Nicolás Trejo (Interim)	August 31, 2014	14th
Dorados	Diego Torres Ortíz	Sacked	August 31, 2014	Eduardo Fentanes		12th
Celaya	Nicolás Trejo (Interim)	Caretaker	September 21, 2014	Zico	September 25, 2014	14th
Pre-Clausura changes
Dorados	Eduardo Fentanes	Resigned	November 11, 2014	Carlos Bustos	November 11, 2014	Preseason
Atletico San Luis	Flavio Davino	Resigned	November 26, 2014	Raúl Arias	November 26, 2014	Preseason
Tepic	Joel Sánchez	Resigned	December 9, 2014	Mauro Camoranesi	December 15, 2014	Preseason
Clausura changes
Altamira	Sergio Orduña	Sacked	February 10, 2015	Claudio Vázquez (Interim)	February 10. 2015	14th
Altamira	Claudio Vázquez (Interim)	Caretaker	February 12, 2015	Fernando Palomeque	February 12. 2015	14th
Irapuato	Roberto Sandoval	Sacked	February 10, 2015	Jorge Manrique (Interim)	February 12. 2015	13th
Correcaminos	Álex Aguinaga	Sacked	February 15, 2015	Ricardo Cadena (Interim)	February 15. 2015	10th
Zacatepec Siglo XXI	Ignacio Rodríguez	Sacked	February 22, 2015	Joel Sánchez	February 23, 2015	13th
Atlante	Gabriel Pereyra	Sacked	March 8, 2015	Wilson Graniolatti	March 9, 2015	7th
Mineros de Zacatecas	Pablo Marini	Sacked	April 13, 2015	Joel Sánchez	April 24, 2015	Preseason
Atlante	Wilson Graniolatti	Sacked	April 23, 2015	Eduardo Fentanes	April 30, 2015	Preseason
Zacatepec Siglo XXI	Joel Sánchez	Signed to Mineros	April 24, 2015			Preseason

Torneo Apertura

The 2014 Apertura will be the first championship of the season. It began on July 18, 2014.

Standings

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Results

Liguilla (Playoffs)

The six best teams after the first place 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 teams were seeded one to seven in quarterfinals, and will be 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. Template:7Team2LeggedBracket

If the two teams are tied after both legs, the away goals rule applies. If both teams still tied, higher seeded team advances.^[9]
Teams are re-seeded every round.
The winner will qualify to the playoff match vs (Clausura 2015 Champions) . However, if the winner is the same in both tournaments, they would be the team promoted to the 2015–16 Mexican Primera División season without playing the Promotional Final

Quarterfinals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Zacatecas (2)	3 – 2	(7) BUAP	2 – 1	1 – 1
UAT (3)	1 – 2	(6) Altamira	0 – 0	1 – 2
Necaxa (4)	3 – 2	(5) Atlante	1 – 2	2 – 0

Semifinals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Tepic (1)	3 – 2	(6) Altamira	2 – 1	1 – 1
Zacatecas (2)	2 – 2 (a)	(4) Necaxa	0 – 1	2 – 1

Final

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Tepic (1)	4(4) – 4(5)	(4) Necaxa	0 – 0	4 – 4

Apertura 2014 winner:
Necaxa 3rd title

Torneo Clausura

Standings

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Liguilla (Playoffs)

The six best teams after the first place 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 teams were seeded one to seven in quarterfinals, and will be 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. Template:7Team2LeggedBracket

If the two teams are tied after both legs, the away goals rule applies. If both teams still tied, higher seeded team advances.^[10]
Teams are re-seeded every round.
The winner will qualify to the playoff match vs (Necaxa). The winner will be promoted to the 2015–16 Mexican Primera División season

Quarterfinals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Sinaloa (2)	3 – 1	(7) Oaxaca	0 - 0	3 - 1
BUAP (3)	2 – 3	(6) UAT	2 - 1	0 - 2
Mérida (4)	2 – 4	(5) Necaxa	1 - 1	1 - 3

Semifinals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
San Luis (1)	2 – 2	(6) UAT	0 - 2	2 - 0
Sinaloa (2)	4 – 2	(5) Necaxa	2 - 1	2 - 1

Final

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
San Luis (1)	1 – 3	(2) Sinaloa	0 - 3	1 - 0

Clausura 2015 winner:
Dorados de Sinaloa 3rd title

Promotional final

First Leg

May 16, 2015

20:00 (Central), 19:00 (Local)

Dorados de Sinaloa	1–1	Necaxa
Raúl Enríquez 41'	Report	Roger Rojas 55'

Estadio Banorte
Culiacan

Second leg

May 23, 2015

17:00

Necaxa	0–2	Dorados de Sinaloa
	Report	Raúl Enríquez 76', 81'

Estadio Victoria
Aguascalientes

Aggregate table

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Relegation Table

The relegated team would normally the team with the lowest ratio by summing the points scored in the following tournaments: Apertura 2012, Clausura 2013, Apertura 2013, Clausura 2014, Apertura 2014 and Clausura 2015. However, no team will be relegated to Second Division this season.

Pos	Team	Total Pts	Total Pld	Avg	Relegation
10	Atlante	34	26	1.3077
11	Altamira	97	82	1.183
12	Zacatepec	94	82	1.1434
13	Irapuato	56	54	1.037
14	Celaya	80	82	0.9756	No Relegation

References

^ http://www.foxsportsla.com/noticias/154215-leones-negros-asciende-a-primera-division?country=us
^ http://laaficion.milenio.com/atlante/El_fin_de_un_historico_Atalnte_desceinde-Atlante_descenso-Atlante_pierde_con_Santos-Futbol_Mexicano-liga_MX-Clausura_2014-Ascenso_MX_0_280172335.html
^ http://www.mediotiempo.com/futbol/mexico/noticias/2014/05/19/desaparecera-cruz-azul-hidalgo-jasso-el-nuevo-semillero
^ http://nayaritenlinea.mx/2014/05/30/coras-del-deportivo-tepic-estara-en-la-liga-ascenso-mx/
^ http://mexico.cnn.com/deportes/2014/05/28/zacatecas-estrena-equipo-los-estudiantes-tecos-vuelan-de-jalisco
^ http://www.culebritamacheteada.com.sv/ballenas-galeana-se-convertira-en-irapuato/
^ http://carmenhoy.com/noticias/duro-y-tupido/delfines-fc-fuera-de-la-liga-de-ascenso-mx/
^ http://www.ligamx.net/
^ As appears in as Ascenso MX competition rules 2014-2015 "Reglamento de competencia Ascenso MX 2013-2014, Article 22.2" (PDF). Liga MX. 2012-08-01. 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. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help); Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ As appears in as Ascenso MX competition rules 2014-2015 "Reglamento de competencia Ascenso MX 2013-2014, Article 22.2" (PDF). Liga MX. 2012-08-01. 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. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help); Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

External links

Liga MX & Ascenso MX Official Website

[1] ttp://www.foxsportsla.com/noticias/154215-leones-negros-asciende-a-primera-division?country=us

[2] ttp://laaficion.milenio.com/atlante/El_fin_de_un_historico_Atalnte_desceinde-Atlante_descenso-Atlante_pierde_con_Santos-Futbol_Mexicano-liga_MX-Clausura_2014-Ascenso_MX_0_280172335.html

[3] ttp://www.mediotiempo.com/futbol/mexico/noticias/2014/05/19/desaparecera-cruz-azul-hidalgo-jasso-el-nuevo-semillero

[4] ttp://nayaritenlinea.mx/2014/05/30/coras-del-deportivo-tepic-estara-en-la-liga-ascenso-mx/

[5] ttp://mexico.cnn.com/deportes/2014/05/28/zacatecas-estrena-equipo-los-estudiantes-tecos-vuelan-de-jalisco

[6] ttp://www.culebritamacheteada.com.sv/ballenas-galeana-se-convertira-en-irapuato/

[7] ttp://carmenhoy.com/noticias/duro-y-tupido/delfines-fc-fuera-de-la-liga-de-ascenso-mx/

[8] ttp://www.ligamx.net/

[9] As appears in as Ascenso MX competition rules 2014-2015 "Reglamento de competencia Ascenso MX 2013-2014, Article 22.2" (PDF). Liga MX. 2012-08-01. 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. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help); Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[10] As appears in as Ascenso MX competition rules 2014-2015 "Reglamento de competencia Ascenso MX 2013-2014, Article 22.2" (PDF). Liga MX. 2012-08-01. 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. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help); Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

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Domestic leagues	Liga MX Ascenso MX Liga Premier de Ascenso Liga de Nuevos Talentos Tercera División
Domestic cups	Apertura 2014 Copa MX (Final) Clausura 2015 Copa MX (Final)
CONCACAF competitions	Champions League (Group stage, Championship stage, Finals)
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