2015–16 Liga MX season

	Leader and qualification to playoffs
	Qualification to playoffs

Liga MX
Season	2015–16
Champions	Apertura: ; UANL (4th title); Clausura: ; Pachuca (6th title)
Relegated	Sinaloa
Champions League	UANL; UNAM; Pachuca; Monterrey
Copa Libertadores	UNAM (second stage); Toluca (second stage) ; Puebla (first stage)
Matches played	306
Goals scored	892 (2.92 per match)
Top goalscorer	Apertura:; Mauro Boselli; Emanuel Villa; (13 goals); Clausura:; André-Pierre Gignac; (13 goals)
Biggest home win	Apertura: ; UNAM 5–0 Atlas; (August 12, 2015); Clausura:; Pachuca 6–0 Veracruz; (March 19, 2016); Monterrey 6–0 Chiapas; (April 9, 2016)
Biggest away win	Apertura:; Cruz Azul 0–3 Morelia (July 25, 2015); Pachuca 0–3 América (August 8, 2015); Sinaloa 1–4 Monterrey (August 15, 2015); Morelia 0–3 América (September 19, 2015); Veracruz 0–3 Santos Laguna (October 16, 2015); Guadalajara 0–3 Santos Laguna; (November 22, 2015); Clausura:; Atlas 0–3 América; (January 16, 2016); América 1–4 Pachuca; (January 23, 2016); Sinaloa 0–3 América; (January 30, 2016); Puebla 0–3 Guadalajara; (April 10, 2016); Cruz Azul 0–3 UANL; (May 7, 2016)
Highest scoring	Apertura: ; Chiapas 6–2 León (September 12, 2015); Guadalajara 4–4 Pachuca (November 1, 2015); Clausura:; Pachuca 5–2 Puebla; (February 14, 2016); (April 9, 2016); América 6–1 Tijuana; (April 9, 2016); UANL 5–2 Sinaloa; (April 16, 2016)
Longest winning run	Apertura: 5 matches: ; América; UANL; UNAM; Clausura: 5 matches:; America
Longest unbeaten run	Apertura: 6 matches; Toluca; UANL; Clausura: 9 matches: Cruz Azul
Longest winless run	Apertura: 8 matches: Tijuana; Clausura: 9 matches:; Chiapas; Veracruz
Longest losing run	Apertura: 6 matches: ; Tijuana; Clausura: 7 matches: Chiapas; Sinaloa
Highest attendance	Apertura: 79,858 ; América 1–2 Guadalajara; (September 26, 2015); Clausura: 69,422; América 3–3 Cruz Azul; (February 20, 2016)
Lowest attendance	Apertura: 0; Atlas 0–2 Querétaro; (July 25, 2015); Clausura: 8,716; Chiapas 1–1 Atlas; (April 30, 2016)
Total attendance	Apertura: 3,755,282; Clausura: 4,246,837
Average attendance	Apertura: 24,768; Clausura: 27,757
	← 2014–15 2016–17 → Stats are from the regular season only

The 2015–16 Liga MX season was the 69th professional season of the top-flight football league in Mexico. The season was split into two championships—the Torneo Apertura and the Torneo Clausura—each in an identical format and each contested by the same eighteen teams.

Teams, stadiums, and personnel

The following eighteen teams competed this season. Universidad de Guadalajara was relegated to the Ascenso MX after accumulating the lowest coefficient last season. Leones Negros will be replaced by the 2015 Clausura Ascenso MX champion Dorados de Sinaloa, who won promotion after defeating the Apertura 2014 winner Necaxa in a promotion play-off.

Stadiums and locations

América	Atlas	Chiapas	Cruz Azul	Guadalajara	León
Estadio Azteca	Estadio Jalisco	Estadio Víctor Manuel Reyna	Estadio Azul	Estadio Chivas	Estadio León
Capacity: 95,000	Capacity: 54,500	Capacity: 24,290	Capacity: 33,042	Capacity: 46,232	Capacity: 31,297

Monterrey	Morelia	Pachuca	Puebla	Querétaro	Santos Laguna
Estadio BBVA Bancomer	Estadio Morelos	Estadio Hidalgo	Estadio Cuauhtémoc	Estadio Corregidora	Estadio Corona
Capacity: 53,500	Capacity: 34,794	Capacity: 30,000	Capacity: 50,754	Capacity: 34,045	Capacity: 29,327

Sinaloa	Tijuana	Toluca	UANL	UNAM	Veracruz
Estadio Banorte	Estadio Caliente	Estadio Nemesio Díez	Estadio Universitario	Estadio Olímpico Universitario	Estadio Luis "Pirata" Fuente
Capacity: 21,000	Capacity: 27,333	Capacity: 18,651	Capacity: 41,650	Capacity: 52,000	Capacity: 28,703

Stadium Changes

Puebla (Apertura 2015; Quarterfinal First leg)	Puebla (Clausura 2016)	Chiapas (Clausura 2016; Weeks 3 and 5)
Estadio Multiva
Capacity: 50,754

Cruz Azul
América
UNAM

Locations of clubs for the 2015–16 Liga MX season

Personnel and kits

Team	Chairman	Head Coach	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor(s)
América	Ricardo Peláez	Ignacio Ambríz	Rubens Sambueza	Nike	Huawei
Atlas	Gustavo Guzmán Sepúlveda	Paco Ramírez	Rafael Márquez	Puma	Bridgestone
Chiapas	Carlos Hugo López Chargoy	Ricardo La Volpe	Javier Muñoz Mustafá	Pirma	Chiapas
Cruz Azul	Guillermo Álvarez Cuevas	Tomás Boy	Gerardo Torrado	Under Armour	Cemento Cruz Azul & Boing
Guadalajara	Jorge Vergara	Matías Almeyda	Omar Bravo	Adidas	Bimbo
León	Jesús Martínez Murguia	Luis Fernando Tena	Mauro Boselli	Pirma	Telcel
Monterrey	Luis Miguel Salvador	Antonio Mohamed	José María Basanta	Puma	Bimbo & BBVA Bancomer
Morelia	Vacant	Enrique Meza	Cristian Pellerano	Pirma	Totalplay (Apertura) & Various (Clausura) List EA SimCity Buildit (Week 1) Caliente (Week 2, 3, and 7–17) Surat MX (Week 4) #PapaEnMorelia (Week 5)
Pachuca	Jesús Martínez Patiño	Diego Alonso	Aquivaldo Mosquera	Nike	Cementos Fortaleza
Puebla	Carlos López Domínguez	Gabriel Simón	Matías Alustiza	Charly	Coca-Cola
Querétaro	Joaquín Beltrán	Víctor Manuel Vucetich	Miguel Martínez	Puma	Banco Multiva
Santos Laguna	Alejandro Irarragorri	Luis Zubeldía	Carlos Izquierdoz	Puma	Soriana
Sinaloa	José Antonio Núñez	José Guadalupe Cruz	Fernando Arce	Charly	Coppel
Tijuana	Jorge Hank Inzunsa	Miguel Herrera	Javier Gandolfi	Adidas	Caliente
Toluca	Valentín Díez Morodo	José Cardozo	Paulo da Silva	Under Armour	Banamex
UANL	Alejandro Rodríguez Michelsen	Ricardo Ferretti	Juninho	Adidas	CEMEX
UNAM	Jorge Borja Navarrete	Guillermo Vázquez	Darío Verón	Nike	Banamex
Veracruz	Fidel Kuri Mustieles	Carlos Reinoso	Leobardo López	Charly	Winpot Casino

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Replaced by	Date of appointment	Position in table
Pre-Apertura changes
Morelia	Roberto Hernández (Interim)	End of tenure as caretaker	May 11, 2015	Enrique Meza	May 21, 2015	Preseason
Tijuana	Daniel Guzmán	Sacked	May 12, 2015	Rubén Omar Romano	May 28, 2015	Preseason
Cruz Azul	Luis Fernando Tena	Sacked	May 17, 2015	Sergio Bueno	June 1, 2015	Preseason
Atlas	Tomás Boy	Sacked	May 18, 2015	Gustavo Matosas	May 30, 2015	Preseason
Puebla	José Guadalupe Cruz	Sacked	May 18, 2015	Pablo Marini	May 30, 2015	Preseason
América	Gustavo Matosas	Mutual agreement	May 19, 2015	Ignacio Ambríz	May 26, 2015	Preseason
Chiapas	Sergio Bueno	End of contract	May 29, 2015	Ricardo La Volpe	May 30, 2015	Preseason
Apertura changes
Santos Laguna	Pedro Caixinha	Resigned	August 15, 2015	Robert Siboldi (Interim)	August 15, 2015	18th
Santos Laguna	Robert Siboldi (Interim)	End of tenure as caretaker	August 19, 2015	Pako Ayestarán	August 19, 2015	18th
Guadalajara	José Manuel de la Torre	Sacked	September 14, 2015	Matías Almeyda	September 15, 2015	15th
Sinaloa	Carlos Bustos	Mutual agreement	September 27, 2015	Omar Briceño (Interim)	September 27, 2015	18th
Cruz Azul	Sergio Bueno	Sacked	September 28, 2015	Joaquín Moreno (Interim)	September 28, 2015	16th
Sinaloa	Omar Briceño (Interim)	End of tenure as caretaker	October 1, 2015	Luis Fernando Suárez	October 1, 2015	18th
Cruz Azul	Joaquín Moreno (Interim)	End of tenure as caretaker	October 2, 2015	Tomás Boy	October 2, 2015	16th
Tijuana	Rubén Omar Romano	Sacked	October 17, 2015	Raúl Chabrand (Interim)	October 19, 2015	16th
Atlas	Gustavo Matosas	Mutual agreement	November 2, 2015	Hugo Norberto Castillo (Interim)	November 2, 2015	14th
Pre-Clausura changes
Tijuana	Raúl Chabrand (Interim)	End of tenure as caretaker	November 20, 2015	Miguel Herrera	November 21, 2015	Preseason
Atlas	Hugo Norberto Castillo (Interim)	End of tenure as caretaker	November 23, 2015	Gustavo Costas	November 27, 2015	Preseason
Santos Laguna	Robert Siboldi (Interim)	End of tenure as caretaker	November 23, 2015	Luis Zubeldía	November 28, 2015	Preseason
Clausura changes
León	Juan Antonio Pizzi	Left to coach Chile	January 29, 2016	Luis Fernando Tena	January 29, 2016	1st
Sinaloa	Luis Fernando Suárez	Mutual agreement	February 1, 2016	José Guadalupe Cruz	February 2, 2016	18th
Puebla	Pablo Marini	Sacked	April 18, 2016	Gabriel Simón (Interim) Fernando Martínez (Interim) Gustavo Leombruno (Interim)	April 18, 2016	14th
Atlas	Gustavo Costas	Sacked	April 27, 2016	Paco Ramírez (Interim)	April 27, 2016	18th

Torneo Apertura

The Apertura 2015 is the first championship of the season. The regular season will begin on July 24, 2015. Santos Laguna are the defending champions, having won their 5th Title.

Regular season

Standings

Results

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Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average
1	Monterrey	361,075	48,527	41,128	45,134
2	América	347,975	79,858	19,077	43,497
3	UANL	365,463	40,607	40,607	40,607
4	UNAM	219,450	45,786	19,245	27,431
5	Guadalajara	211,348	39,710	19,956	26,419
6	Querétaro	203,606	29,857	20,053	25,451
7	Morelia	198,014	30,995	16,197	24,752
8	León	194,986	27,637	18,330	24,373
9	Tijuana	191,432	23,986	23,872	23,929
10	Atlas	194,596	35,975	0	21,622
11	Pachuca	193,308	24,357	14,559	21,479
12	Veracruz	182,377	28,703	15,908	20,264
13	Santos Laguna	181,727	27,574	14,906	20,192
14	Chiapas	151,479	24,290	9,775	18,935
15	Sinaloa	156,257	17,898	16,333	17,362
16	Toluca	149,817	20,834	10,917	16,646
17	Cruz Azul	137,204	27,720	10,627	15,245
18	Puebla	112,357	18,015	8,584	12,484
	League total	3,752,471	79,858	0	24,768

Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals

1	UNAM (s)	0	1	1

8	Veracruz	1	0	1
					1	UNAM	3	1	4

					6	América	0	3	3
3	León	1	2	3

6	América	4	1	5
										1	UNAM	0	4	4 (2)

										5	UANL (p)	3	1	4 (4)
2	Toluca	2	1	3

7	Puebla	2	0	2
					2	Toluca	0	0	0

					5	UANL	0	2	2
4	Chiapas	1	0	1

5	UANL	2	1	3

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Veracruz	1–1 (s)	UNAM	1–0	0–1
Puebla	2–3	Toluca	2–2	0–1
América	5–3	León	4–1	1–2
UANL	3–1	Chiapas	2–1	1–0

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
América	3–4	UNAM	0–3	3–1
UANL	2–0	Toluca	0–0	2–0

Teams, stadiums, and personnel

Stadiums and locations

Stadium Changes

Personnel and kits

Managerial changes

Torneo Apertura

Regular season

Standings

Results

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

Top assists

Hat-tricks

Attendance

Per team

Highest and lowest

Liguilla - Apertura

Bracket

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

Torneo Clausura

Regular season

Standings

Positions by round

Results

Regular season statistics

Top goalscorers

Top assists

Hat-tricks

Clean sheets

Saves

Attendances

Liguilla - Clausura

Bracket

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

Relegation table

Aggregate table

References

External links