2016–17 Ascenso MX season

Ascenso MX

Season	2016–17
Champions	Apertura: Clausura:
Top goalscorer	Apertura: Clausura:
Biggest home win	Apertura: Clausura:
Biggest away win	Apertura: Clausura:
Highest scoring	Apertura: Clausura:
Longest winning run	x
Longest unbeaten run	x
Longest winless run	x
Longest losing run	x
Highest attendance	Apertura:
Lowest attendance	Apertura:
Average attendance	Apertura:
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The 2016–17 Ascenso MX season began July 15, 2015 and is divided into two tournaments named Apertura 2016 and Clausura 2017. The Ascenso MX is the second-tier football league of Mexico. All Ascenso MX teams except U. A. Estado de Mexico, U. de C., Tampico Madero, Correcaminos, Zacatepec Siglo XXI and Cimarrones de Sonora, will also participate in Copa MX.

Changes from the previous season

• Club Necaxa were promoted to Liga MX.
• Dorados de Sinaloa were relegated from Liga MX.
• Loros de la Universidad de Colima will join from Segunda División de México (due to stadium requirements failed in 2015, approved in 2016).
• U.A. Estado de Mexico were promoted from Segunda División de México
• Tampico Madero were promoted to Ascenso MX as expansion teams.
• Atletico San Luis were dissolved and will return to play next season.

Stadiums and Locations

Club	City	Stadium	Capacity
Atlante	Cancún, Quintana Roo	Andrés Quintana Roo	17,289
BUAP	Puebla City, Puebla	Universitario BUAP	20,167
Celaya	Celaya, Guanajuato	Emilio Butragueño	23,369
Coras	Tepic, Nayarit	Arena Cora	12,271
Juárez	Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua	Olímpico Benito Juárez	19,765
Murciélagos	Los Mochis, Sinaloa	Centenario	9,725
Oaxaca	Oaxaca City, Oaxaca	Instituto Tecnológico de Oaxaca	15,000
Sinaloa	Culiacán, Sinaloa	Banorte	17,898
Sonora	Hermosillo, Sonora	Héroe de Nacozari	18,747
Tampico Madero	Tampico / Ciudad Madero, Tamaulipas	Tamaulipas	25,000
Tapachula	Tapachula, Chiapas	Olímpico de Tapachula	13,300
U. de C.	Colima City, Colima	Olímpico Universitario de Colima	12,000
U. de G.	Guadalajara, Jalisco	Jalisco	54,500
UAEM	Toluca, State of Mexico	Universitario Alberto "Chivo" Córdoba	32,000
UAT	Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas	Marte R. Gómez	10,476
Venados	Mérida, Yucatán	Carlos Iturralde	15,087
Zacatecas	Zacatecas City, Zacatecas	Francisco Villa	13,820
Zacatepec	Zacatepec, Morelos	Agustín "Coruco" Díaz	22,996

Tampico Madero

Atlante

BUAP

Celaya

Juárez

Murciélagos

Oaxaca

Sinaloa

Sonora

Tapachula

Coras

U. de C.

U. de G.

UAEM

UAT

Venados

Zacatecas

Zacatepec

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Location of teams in the 2016–17 Ascenso MX

Personnel and kits

Team	Chairman	Head Coach	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor(s)
Atlante	Eduardo Braun Burillo	Eduardo Fentanes	Juan de la Barrera	Kappa
BUAP	Vacant	Miguel de Jesús Fuentes	Omar Tejeda	Keuka
Celaya	Marcos Achar	Gustavo Díaz	Alfredo Moreno	Keuka
Coras	José Luis Higuera	Ramón Morales		Bee Sport
Dorados	José Antonio Núñez	Gabriel Caballero		Charly
Juárez	Alejandra de la Vega	Sergio Orduña		Umbro
Loros Colima	Carlos Salas	Víctor Hugo Mora		Pirma
Murciélagos	Miguel Favela	Vacant		Keuka
Oaxaca	Javier San Román	Mario García	Diego Menghi	Lotto
Sonora	Servando Carbajal	Juan Carlos Chávez		Lotto
Tampico Madero	Guillermo Macías	Miguel García		Lotto
Tapachula	Gabriel Orantes Constanzo	Carlos Bustos		Silver Sport
UAT	Manuel Corcuera Canseco	José Treviño	Hugo Sánchez	Lotto
U.A. Estado de Mexico	Jorge Olvera García	Omar Ramírez		Lotto
U. de G.	José Alberto Castellanos	Joel Sánchez	Humberto Hernández	Charly
Venados	Rodolfo Rosas Cantillo	Marcelo Michel Leaño		TBA
Zacatecas	Armando Martínez Patiño	Ricardo Rayas	Noé Maya	Pirma
Zacatepec Siglo XXI	Rodolfo Davis Contreras	Carlos Gutiérrez	Rodolfo Espinoza	Silver Sport

Apertura 2016

Liguilla (Playoffs)

The eight best teams 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 higher seeded teams play on their home field during the second leg.

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Finals
	1
	8
	4
	5
	2
	7
	3
	6

• If the two teams are tied after both legs, the away goals rule applies. If both teams still tied, higher seeded team advances.
• Teams are re-seeded every round.
• The winner will qualify to the playoff match vs (Clausura 2017 Champions) . However, if the winner is the same in both tournaments, they would be the team promoted to the 2017–18 Liga MX season without playing the Promotional Final

Relegation Table

The team would normally be the team with the lowest ratio by summing the points scored in the following tournaments: Apertura 2014, Clausura 2015, Apertura 2015, Clausura 2016, Apertura 2016 and Clausura 2017. Returning this season, one team will be relegated to Liga Premier de Ascenso.

Pos	Team	Total Pts	Total Pld	Avg	Relegation
1	U. de G.	50	30	1.6666
2	Juárez	49	30	1.6333
3	Mineros de Zacatecas	89	56	1.5892
4	Lobos BUAP	89	56	1.5892
5	Tapachula	84	56	1.5000
6	Coras	84	56	1.5000
7	Atlante	82	56	1.4642
8	Oaxaca	81	56	1.4464
9	UAT	79	56	1.4107
10	Murciélagos	68	56	1.2142
11	Venados	66	56	1.1785
12	Celaya	62	56	1.1071
13	Zacatepec	56	56	1
14	Sonora	18	30	0.6000
15	U. de C.	0	0	0.0000
16	Tampico Madero	0	0	0.0000
17	U. A. Estado de Mexico	0	0	0.0000
18	Dorados	0	0	0.0000	Regulated to Liga Premier