2014–15 Ascenso MX season

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 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]

Alebrijes

Altamira

Atlante

Celaya

Coras FC

Correcaminos

Dorados de Sinaloa

Irapuato

Zacatecas

Lobos

Mérida

Necaxa

Zacatepec Siglo XXI

San Luis

Location of teams in the 2014–15 Ascenso MX

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

Updated to games played on October 25, 2014.
Source: Medio Tiempo
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.

• 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

Semifinals

Final

Torneo Clausura

Standings

Updated to games played on April 11, 2015.
Source: Medio Tiempo
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.

• 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

Semifinals

Final

Promotional final

First Leg

Dorados de Sinaloa v Necaxa

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

Necaxa v Dorados de Sinaloa

May 23, 2015 17:00

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

Estadio Victoria Aguascalientes

Aggregate table

Updated to games played on April 11, 2015.
Source: Medio Tiempo
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.

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.

References

1. ↑ http://www.foxsportsla.com/noticias/154215-leones-negros-asciende-a-primera-division?country=us
2. ↑ 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
3. ↑ http://www.mediotiempo.com/futbol/mexico/noticias/2014/05/19/desaparecera-cruz-azul-hidalgo-jasso-el-nuevo-semillero
4. ↑ http://nayaritenlinea.mx/2014/05/30/coras-del-deportivo-tepic-estara-en-la-liga-ascenso-mx/
5. ↑ http://mexico.cnn.com/deportes/2014/05/28/zacatecas-estrena-equipo-los-estudiantes-tecos-vuelan-de-jalisco
6. ↑ http://www.culebritamacheteada.com.sv/ballenas-galeana-se-convertira-en-irapuato/
7. ↑ http://carmenhoy.com/noticias/duro-y-tupido/delfines-fc-fuera-de-la-liga-de-ascenso-mx/
8. ↑ http://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. 
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. 

External links

• Liga MX & Ascenso MX Official Website