2013–14 Ascenso MX season

The 2013–14 Ascenso MX season took place from July 19, 2013 to April 12, 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, Queretaro's Ascenso MX Team disappeared.
• Tiburones Rojos de Veracruz were rebranded Atlético San Luis and Moved to San Luis Potosi, 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 will compete in the Liga de Ascenso during the 2013-2014 season:^[1]

Altamira

Celaya

Correcaminos

Cruz Azul

Dorados

Tecos

U de G

Lobos

Mérida

Necaxa

Zacatepec

Ballenas

Alebrijes

San Luis

Delfines

Location of teams in the 2012–13 Ascenso MX

Torneo Apertura

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

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Alebrijes (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	UDG (C) (Q)	14	7	2	5	19	21	−2	23
6	Correcaminos (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 games played on December 4, 2013.
Source: .
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

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.

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Finals
	4	Mérida FC	0	2	2
	5	UDG	5	0	5
								1	Alebrijes	0	2	2
								5	UDG	1	2	3
															2	Necaxa	0	1	1
	3	Delfines F.C.	1	3	4										5	UDG	1	1	2
	6	Correcaminos	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 are tied after both legs, the away goals rule applies. If both teams still tied, higher seeded team advances.^[2]
• Teams are re-seeded every round.
• The winner will qualify to the playoff match vs the Clausura 2014 winner. However, if the winner is the same in both tournaments, they would be the team promoted to the 2014–15 Mexican Primera División season without playing the Promotional Final

Torneo Clausura

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Correcaminos (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	UDG (P) (Q)	14	6	4	4	17	13	+4	22
5	Alebrijes (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

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.

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Finals
	4	UDG	1	1	2
	5	Alebrijes	3	0	3
								1	Correcaminos	0	2	2
								5	Alebrijes	2	0	2
															1	Correcaminos	0	1(3)	1(3)
	3	Necaxa	2	4	6										2	Estudiantes Tecos	0	1(4)	1(4)
	6	Delfines	2	1	3
								2	Estudiantes Tecos	0	0	0
								3	Necaxa	0	0	0
	2	Estudiantes Tecos	1	1	2
	7	Dorados de Sinaloa	1	1	2

• If the two teams are tied after both legs, the away goals rule applies. If both teams still tied, higher seeded team advances.^[3]
• Teams are re-seeded every round.
• The winner will qualify to the playoff match vs UDG (Apertura 2013 Champions). The winner will be promoted to the 2014–15 Mexican Primera División season

Promotional final

First Leg

Estudiantes Tecos v U. de G.

May 7, 2014 21:00

Estudiantes Tecos	0–0	U. de G.

Estadio Tres de Marzo, Zapopan Referee: Marco Antonio Ortiz

Second leg

U. de G. v Estudiantes Tecos

May 10, 2014 20:00

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

Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara Attendance: 55,000+ Referee: Leon 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.

References

1. ↑ (Spanish; retrieved on January 27, 2014)
2. ↑ As appears in as Ascenso MX competition rules 2013-2014 "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. 
3. ↑ As appears in as Ascenso MX competition rules 2013-2014 "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. 

External links

• Liga MX & Ascenso MX Official Website