Apertura 2015 Copa MX

Apertura 2015 Copa MX

Country	Mexico
Teams	28
Champions	Guadalajara (3rd title)
Runners-up	León
Matches played	91
Goals scored	231 (2.54 per match)
Attendance	859,733 (9,448 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Jesús Moreno Silvio Torales (5 goals)
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The Apertura 2015 Copa MX was the 74th staging of the Copa MX, the 47th staging in the professional era and is the seventh tournament played since the 1996–97 edition.

This tournament began on July 28, 2015 and ended November 4, 2015.^[1] The winner will face the winner of the Clausura 2016 edition, in the 2016 Supercopa MX for the right to qualify as Mexico 3 to the 2017 Copa Libertadores.

Guadalajara won their third title after defeating León 1–0 in the final.

Participants

This tournament featured clubs from Liga MX who did not participate in the 2015-16 CONCACAF Champions League (América, Querétaro, Santos Laguna and UANL)^[2] All Ascenso MX teams except FC Juárez and Sonora also participated, no official reason was given for the clubs' exclusion from the tournament.

Tiebreakers

If two or more clubs are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria are applied to determine the rankings:

1. superior goal difference;
2. higher number of goals scored;
3. scores of the group matches played among the clubs in question;
4. higher number of goals scored away in the group matches played among the clubs in question;
5. best position in the Relegation table;
6. fair play ranking;
7. drawing of lots.

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Group stage

Every group is composed by four clubs, two from Liga MX and two from Ascenso MX. Instead of a traditional robin-round schedule, the clubs will play in three two-legged "rounds", the last one being contested by clubs of the same league.

Each win gives a club 3 points, each draw gives 1 point. An extra point is awarded for every round won; a round is won by aggregated score, and if it is a tie, the extra point will be awarded to the team with higher number of goals scored away.^[3]

Key to colours in group tables
Group winners advance to the Championship Stage
Best runner-up advances to the Championship Stage

All times are UTC−06:00 except for matches in Sinaloa, Tepic (both UTC−07:00) and Tijuana (UTC−08:00)

Group 1

Team	Pld	W	D	L	RW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Cruz Azul	6	4	0	2	1	6	3	+3	13
Atlante	6	3	1	2	2	6	6	0	12
Pachuca	6	2	1	3	2	8	7	+1	9
Venados	6	2	0	4	0	3	7	−4	6

Round 1

Atlante won the round 4–3 on aggregate

Teams tied 1–1 on aggregate and both tied on away goals, thus neither team received the extra point

Round 2

Cruz Azul won the round 3–0 on aggregate

Pachuca won the round 4–2 on aggregate

Round 3

Atlante won the round 2–0 on aggregate

Teams drew 3–3 on aggregate, Pachuca won the round on away goals

Group 2

Team	Pld	W	D	L	RW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
León	6	4	2	0	3	17	9	+8	17
Atlético San Luis	6	2	2	2	2	11	10	+1	10
Monterrey	6	2	2	2	1	9	11	−2	9
UAT	6	1	0	5	0	6	13	−7	3

Round 1

León won the round 5–4 on aggregate

Monterrey won the round 4–1 on aggregate

Round 2

León won the round 5–2 on aggregate

Atlético San Luis won the round 3–2 on aggregate

Round 3

Atlético San Luis won the round 4–3 on aggregate

León won the round 7–3 on aggregate

Group 3

Team	Pld	W	D	L	RW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Oaxaca	6	3	2	1	3	11	7	+4	14
Chiapas	6	2	2	2	2	10	11	−1	10
UNAM	6	2	1	3	1	9	9	0	8
Tapachula	6	2	1	3	0	6	9	−3	7

Round 1

Oaxaca won the round 3–2 on aggregate

Chiapas won the round 3–2 on aggregate

Round 2

UNAM won the round 3–2 on aggregate

Oaxaca won the round 5–3 on aggregate

Round 3

Oaxaca won the round 3–2 on aggregate

Teams drew 4–4 on aggregate, Chiapas won the round on away goals

Group 4

Team	Pld	W	D	L	RW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Guadalajara	6	4	1	1	3	7	3	+4	16
Morelia	6	3	2	1	2	7	5	+2	13
Tepic	6	1	2	3	0	4	7	−3	5
Zacatecas	6	1	1	4	1	3	6	−3	5

Round 1

Guadalajara won the round 3–0 on aggregate

Morelia won the round 3–2 on aggregate

Round 2

Guadalajara won the round 2–1 on aggregate

Morelia won the round 2–1 on aggregate

Round 3

Zacatecas won the round 2–1 on aggregate

Teams drew 2–2 on aggregate, Guadalajara won the round on away goals

Group 5

Team	Pld	W	D	L	RW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Toluca	6	3	3	0	3	14	7	+7	15
Tijuana	6	4	1	1	2	12	11	+1	15
Zacatepec	6	1	1	4	1	10	13	−3	5
Necaxa	6	1	1	4	0	12	17	−5	4

Round 1

Tijuana won the round 4–2 on aggregate

Toluca won the round 5–3 on aggregate

Round 2

Tijuana won the round 6–4 on aggregate

Toluca won the round 4–2 on aggregate

Round 3

Zacatepec won the round 6–5 on aggregate

Toluca won the round 5–2 on aggregate

Group 6

Team	Pld	W	D	L	RW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Atlas	6	4	1	1	2	6	2	+4	15
Sinaloa	6	3	0	3	1	7	5	+2	10
Murciélagos	6	2	1	3	1	5	8	−3	8
U. de G.	6	1	2	3	1	4	7	−3	6

Round 1

Atlas won the round 1–0 on aggregate

Murciélagos won the round 3–1 on aggregate

Round 2

Sinaloa won the round 5–1 on aggregate

Atlas won the round 4–1 on aggregate

Round 3

U. de G. won the round 3–1 on aggregate

Teams drew 1–1 on aggregate and drew on away goals, thus neither team received the extra point

Group 7

Team	Pld	W	D	L	RW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Veracruz	6	3	2	1	2	7	3	+4	13
BUAP	6	3	0	3	2	10	6	+4	11
Puebla	6	2	3	1	1	3	5	−2	10
Celaya	6	1	1	4	0	3	9	−6	4

Round 1

Veracruz won the round 4–1 on aggregate

Puebla won the round 2–0 on aggregate

Round 2

BUAP won the round 5–1 on aggregate

Veracruz won the round 3–2 on aggregate

Round 3

BUAP won the round 4–1 on aggregate

Teams drew 0–0 on aggregate and drew on away goals, thus neither team received the extra point

Ranking of runners-up clubs

The best runner-up advance to the Championship Stage. If two or more teams are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria are applied to determine the rankings:

1. superior goal difference;
2. higher number of goals scored;
3. higher number of goals scored away;
4. best position in the Relegation table;
5. fair play ranking;
6. drawing of lots.

Group	Club	Pld	W	D	L	RW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
5	Tijuana	6	4	1	1	2	12	11	+1	15
4	Morelia	6	3	2	1	2	7	5	+2	13
1	Atlante	6	3	1	2	2	6	6	0	12
6	Sinaloa	6	3	0	3	1	7	5	+2	10
2	Atlético San Luis	6	2	2	2	2	11	10	+1	10
3	Chiapas	6	2	2	2	2	10	11	−1	10
7	Puebla	6	2	3	1	1	3	5	−2	10

Championship stage

The eight clubs that advance to this stage were ranked and seeded 1 to 8 based on performance in the group stage. In case of ties, the same tiebreakers used to rank the runners-up were used.

In this stage, all the rounds will be a one-off match. If a game ends in a draw, it will proceed directly to a penalty shoot-out. The highest seeded club will host each match, regardless of which division each club belongs.

Seeding

Seed	Club	Pld	W	D	L	RW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	León	6	4	2	0	3	17	9	+8	17
2	Guadalajara	6	4	1	1	3	7	3	+4	16
3	Toluca	6	3	3	0	3	14	7	+7	15
4	Atlas	6	4	1	1	2	6	2	+4	15
5	Tijuana	6	4	1	1	2	12	11	+1	15
6	Oaxaca	6	3	2	1	3	11	7	+4	14
7	Veracruz	6	3	2	1	2	7	3	+4	13
8	Cruz Azul	6	4	0	2	1	6	3	+3	13

Bracket

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final
	1	León	2
	8	Cruz Azul	0
						1	León	1
						4	Atlas	0
	4	Atlas (p)	2 (5)
	5	Tijuana	2 (4)
											1	León	0
											2	Guadalajara	1
	2	Guadalajara (p)	1 (6)
	7	Veracruz	1 (5)
						2	Guadalajara	1
						3	Toluca	0
	3	Toluca	3
	6	Oaxaca	0

Quarterfinals

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Semifinals

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Final

Apertura 2015 Copa MX winners:
Guadalajara 3rd Title

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1
	Jesús Moreno	Oaxaca	5
	Silvio Torales	UNAM
3	Francisco Acuña	BUAP	4
	Carlos Peña	León
	Miguel Sabah	León
6	Othoniel Arce	Atlético San Luis	3
	Omar Arellano	Toluca
	Gonzalo Bergessio	Atlas
	Mauro Boselli	León
	Diego Calderón	Zacatepec
	Abraham Carreño	Chiapas
	Mauro Cejas	Morelia
	Raúl Enríquez	Sinaloa
	Rogelio Funes Mori	Monterrey
	José Alberto García	Tijuana
	Daniel González	Chiapas
	Jesús Isijara	Necaxa
	Alfredo Moreno	Tijuana
	Marvin Piñón	BUAP
	Ezequiel Rescaldani	Puebla
	Fernando Uribe	Toluca

Source: LaCopaMX.net

References

External links

• Official site