2012–13 Ascenso MX season

The 2012–13 Ascenso MX season took place from 20 July 2012 to 11 May 2013 and was divided into two tournaments named Apertura 2012 and Clausura 2013. The Ascenso MX is the second-tier football league of Mexico.

Ascenso MX

Season	2012–13
Champions	Apertura: La Piedad Clausura: Neza
Promoted	La Piedad
Relegated	Pumas Morelos (dissolved after relegation)
← 2011–12 2013–14 →

The Apertura 2012 winner La Piedad defeated the Clausura 2013 winner Neza in a promotional final and won the ascension to the 2013–14 Liga MX season.

Changes from the previous season

• León were promoted to Liga MX.
• Tecos were relegated from Liga MX.
• Titanes de Tulancingo, winners of Segunda División de México did not obtain a license to compete. The runners-up Tecamachalco also did not obtain a license. Since no teams were promoted from the Segunda, the total number of teams competing was reduced to fifteen.
• U. de G. avoided relegation due to the disaffiliation to Indios.

Stadia and locations

The following 15 clubs competed in the Liga de Ascenso during the 2012-2013 season:[1]

Altamira

Celaya

Correcaminos

Cruz Azul

Dorados de Sinaloa

Tecos
U. de G.

Irapuato

La Piedad

Lobos BUAP

Mérida

Necaxa

Neza

Pumas Morelos

Veracruz

Location of teams in the 2012–13 Ascenso MX

Club	City	Statium	Capacity
Altamira	Altamira	Estadio Altamira	9,581
Celaya	Celaya	Estadio Miguel Alemán	23,182
Correcaminos	Ciudad Victoria	Estadio Marte R. Gómez	10,520
Cruz Azul Hidalgo	Jasso	Estadio 10 de Diciembre	14,500
Dorados de Sinaloa	Culiacán	Estadio Banorte	17,898
Tecos	Zapopan, Jalisco	Estadio Tres de Marzo	18,779
Irapuato	Irapuato	Estadio Sergio León Chávez	25,000
La Piedad	La Piedad	Estadio Juan N. López	13,356
Lobos BUAP	Puebla	Estadio Olímpico de C.U.	19,283
Mérida	Mérida	Estadio Carlos Iturralde	15,087
Necaxa	Aguascalientes	Estadio Victoria	23,851
Neza	Ciudad Nezahualcóyotl	Estadio Neza 86	20,000
Pumas Morelos	Cuernavaca	Estadio Centenario	14,800
U. de G.	Guadalajara	Estadio Jalisco	55,020
Veracruz	Veracruz	Estadio Luis de la Fuente	28,703

Torneo Apertura

The 2012 Apertura was the first championship of the season. It began on 20 July 2012 and ended on 1 December 2012.

Ascenso MX

Season	2012–13[2]
Champions	La Piedad
Matches played	117
Goals scored	294 (2.51 per match)
Top goalscorer	Apertura: Víctor Lojero (11 goals) Rodrigo Prieto (11 goals)
Biggest home win	Apertura: La Piedad 5-0 Dorados (4 November 2012)
Biggest away win	Apertura: La Piedad 1-4 Necaxa (20 October 2012)
Highest scoring	Apertura: Necaxa 6-4 Irapuato (17 August 2012)

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Necaxa	14	9	4	1	30	18	+12	31	Qualification for Liguilla semifinals
2	Neza	14	6	6	2	19	14	+5	24	Qualification for Liguilla quarterfinals
3	Tecos	14	6	5	3	16	12	+4	23
4	Lobos BUAP	14	7	2	5	20	17	+3	23
5	Mérida	14	6	5	3	14	12	+2	23
6	La Piedad	14	6	4	4	21	16	+5	22
7	Dorados de Sinaloa	14	6	4	4	23	22	+1	22
8	Correcaminos	14	5	3	6	19	16	+3	18
9	Cruz Azul Hidalgo	14	4	5	5	14	17	−3	17
10	Celaya	14	4	4	6	18	19	−1	16
11	Irapuato	14	3	7	4	16	19	−3	16
12	Veracruz	14	3	5	6	14	16	−2	14
13	Altamira	14	4	2	8	14	20	−6	14
14	U. de G.	14	3	3	8	14	23	−9	12
15	Pumas Morelos	14	1	5	8	8	19	−11	8

Updated to match(es) played on 4 November 2012. Source: .
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Results

Home \ Away	ALT	CEL	UAT	CAH	SIN	EST	IRA	LAP	UDG	BUP	MER	NEC	NEZ	PUM	VER
Altamira				0–1	0–1	1–2	2–1	2–3			0–2	2–0
Celaya	0–1		1–1	2–2		3–0		3–0	1–1				1–2	2–1
Correcaminos	3–1			3–0	2–1			1–1	3–1				0–1	4–0
Cruz Azul Hidalgo					1–2	0–0	3–0	1–3		1–3	0–0	1–2
Dorados de Sinaloa		4–3					1–1			2–2	3–0	1–1			2–1
Tecos			0–0		2–1		0–0		2–1		2–0	1–2	0–0	2–0
Irapuato		0–1	1–0							2–0			1–1	2–2	1–1
La Piedad					5–0	1–1	0–1			1–0	1–1	1–4			2–0
U. de G.	0–2			0–1	0–2		1–1	2–1			0–1	1–1
Lobos BUAP	2–0	3–0	1–0			1–3			2–1				1–3	2–0	2–1
Mérida		3–1	3–1				1–1			0–0			1–0		1–0
Necaxa		1–0	2–1				6–4			3–1	3–1				1–0
Neza	1–1			0–0	3–2			0–2	4–2			3–3		1–0
Pumas Morelos	2–0			1–2	1–1			0–0	0–1		0–0	1–1
Veracruz	2–2	0–0	3–0	1–1		2–1			2–3				0–0	1–0

Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

• Updated to 4 November 2012.

Liguilla (Playoffs)

Main article: 2012 Ascenso MX Apertura Liguilla

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 were tied, the Away goals rule appliesd.

The teams were seeded one to seven in quarterfinals, and were re-seeded one to four in semifinals, depending on their position in the general table. The higher seeded teams played on their home field during the second leg.

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Finals
	2	Neza	0	1	1
	7	Dorados de Sinaloa	1	2	3
								1	Necaxa	1	2	3
								7	Dorados de Sinaloa	1	2	3
															7	Dorados de Sinaloa	1	1	2
	3	Tecos	1	1	2										6	La Piedad	0	(a.e.t.)3	3
	6	La Piedad	2	3	5
								6	La Piedad	1	2	3
								4	Lobos BUAP	2	0	2
	4	Lobos BUAP	0	4	4
	5	Mérida	3	0	3

• If the two teams were tied after both legs, the away goals rule applied. If both teams were still tied, higher seeded team would have advanced.[3]
• Teams were re-seeded every round.
• The winner qualified to the playoff match vs the Clausura 2013 winner. However, if the winner had been the same in both tournaments, they would have been promoted to the 2012–13 Mexican Primera División without playing the Promotional Final

Apertura 2012 winner
La Piedad 2nd title

Top goalscorers - Apertura 2012 Regular Season

Last updated on 4 November 2012.
Players sorted first by goals scored, then by goal frequency (Minutes played/Goals scored).
In blue, the goal scoring champion(s) of Apertura 2012

Rank	Player	Club	Goals	Goal freq.
1	Víctor Lojero	Necaxa	11	91.36
2	Rodrigo Prieto	Neza	11	109.73
3	Danny Santoya	Necaxa	9	104.00
4	Juan Manuel Cavallo	La Piedad	9	126.56
5	Roberto Nurse	Correcaminos	8	141.25
6	Eduardo Lillingston	Tecos	8	146.88
7	Julio Pardini	Celaya	7	119.14
8	Cuauhtémoc Blanco	Dorados de Sinaloa	6	195.00
9	Aparecido Lima	Lobos BUAP	5	184.80
10	Ariel González	Irapuato	5	208.60
11	Omar Tejeda	Lobos BUAP	5	209.60
12	Sonny Guadarrama	Mérida	4	148.25
13	Diego Campos	U. de G.	4	200.00
14	Ismael Valadéz	Cruz Azul Hidalgo	4	225.75
15	Juan de Dios Hernández	Dorados de Sinaloa	4	241.00

Source: Ascenso MX goalscorers official page

Torneo Clausura

The 2013 Clausura was the second championship of the season. It began on 4 January 2013 and ended on 11 May 2013.

Ascenso MX

Season	2012–13
Champions	Neza
Top goalscorer	Clausura: Víctor Lojero (12 goals)
Biggest home win	Clausura: U. de G. 3-0 Pumas Morelos (6 January 2013) Pumas Morelos 3-0 Irapuato (12 January 2013) Lobos BUAP 3-0 Dorados de Sinaloa (18 January 2013)
Biggest away win	Clausura: Altamira 1-3 Neza (5 January 2013)
Highest scoring	Clausura: Cruz Azul Hidalgo 3-4 Celaya (20 January 2013)

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	U. de G.	14	9	3	2	15	7	+8	30	Qualification for Liguilla semifinals
2	Correcaminos	14	8	2	4	17	10	+7	26	Qualification for Liguilla quarterfinals
3	Lobos BUAP	14	8	1	5	16	10	+6	25
4	Veracruz	14	7	4	3	23	18	+5	25
5	Necaxa	14	5	6	3	23	15	+8	21
6	Neza	14	6	2	6	19	14	+5	20
7	Celaya	14	4	8	2	17	16	+1	20
8	Tecos	14	5	4	5	11	10	+1	19
9	Dorados de Sinaloa	14	5	4	5	11	14	−3	19
10	Altamira	14	4	6	4	18	18	0	18
11	Pumas Morelos	14	4	5	5	13	15	−2	17	Relegation to Segunda División de México
12	Mérida	14	2	7	5	13	18	−5	13
13	La Piedad	14	3	3	8	13	17	−4	12
14	Cruz Azul Hidalgo	14	3	3	8	13	26	−13	12
15	Irapuato	14	1	4	9	7	21	−14	7

Updated to match(es) played on 21 April 2013. Source: Official Standings from official ascenso MX site.(Liga MX)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Results

Home \ Away	ALT	CEL	UAT	CAH	SIN	EST	IRA	LAP	UDG	BUP	MER	NEC	NEZ	PUM	VER
Altamira		1–1	0–1						1–1	0–2			1–3	1–0	3–0
Celaya					2–2		0–0			1–0	1–1	1–1			2–2
Correcaminos		0–1				0–1				1–0	3–1	3–3			1–0
Cruz Azul Hidalgo	2–2	3–4	0–1						0–1				1–5	1–1	0–0
Dorados	2–3		1–0	1–0		2–1		1–0	0–0				1–0	0–1
Estudiantes	2–0	1–2		1–0				2–1		1–0					0–1
Irapuato	0–2				0–0	1–0		3–3	0–1		0–1	1–1
La Piedad	0–0	3–1	1–2	0–1					1–2				1–0	0–0
Leones Negros		1–0	1–0			0–0				1–2			1–0	3–0	0–2
Lobos BUAP				1–0	3–0		1–0	2–1			2–0	1–0
Mérida	1–1								0–1
Necaxa	3–3
Neza
Pumas Morelos						1–1	3–0
Veracruz					2–0			1–0

Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

• Updated to 22 January 2013.

Liguilla (Playoffs)

The eight qualified teams played two games against each other on a home-and-away basis. The winner of each match was determined by aggregate score.

The teams were seeded one to eight in the quarterfinals, and were re-seeded one to four in the semifinals, depending on their position in the general table. The higher seeded teams played on their home field during the second leg.

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Finals
	3	Lobos BUAP	1	0	1
	6	Neza	2	1	3
								1	U. de G.	1	0	1
								4	Neza	2	2	4
															2	Neza	3	1	4
	2	UAT	1	3	4										1	Necaxa	0	0	0
	7	Celaya	1	0	1
								2	UAT	1	3	4
								3	Necaxa	3	3	6
	4	Veracruz	2	1	3
	5	Necaxa	3	3	6

• If the two teams were tied after both legs, the higher seeded team advanced.
• Teams were re-seeded every round.
• The winner qualified to the playoff match vs the Apertura 2012 winner. However, if the winner had been the same in both tournaments, they would have been promoted to the 2013–14 Mexican Primera División season without playing the Promotional Final.

Quarterfinals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Lobos BUAP	1–3	Neza	1–2	0–1
UAT	4–1	Celaya	1–1	3–0
Veracruz	3–6	Necaxa	2–3	1–3

First leg

Neza v Lobos BUAP

24 April 2013	Neza	2–1	Lobos BUAP	Ciudad Nezahualcóyotl
16:00	A. Sepúlveda  23' R. Vilchis  83'		I. Íñiguez  25'	Stadium: Estadio Neza 86 Attendance: 6,750 Referee: Eduardo Galván Basurto

Celaya v UAT

24 April 2013	Celaya	1–1	UAT	Celaya
19:00	J. Ocampo  34'	Report	E. Dos Santos  6'	Stadium: Estadio Miguel Alemán Valdés Attendance: 13,400 Referee: Quetzalli Alvarado Godínez

Necaxa v Veracruz

24 April 2013	Necaxa	3–2	Veracruz	Aguascalientes
21:00	A. Escoboza  14', 50' C. Hurtado  61'	Report	B. Luna  31' A. Castillo  58'	Stadium: Estadio Victoria Attendance: 8,320 Referee: León Vicente Barajas Anzures

Second leg

Veracruz v Necaxa

27 April 2013	Veracruz	1–3 (3–6 agg.)	Necaxa	Veracruz
16:30	P. Torres  67'	Report	V. Lojero  40' D. Santoya  57' M. García  77'	Stadium: Estadio Luis "Pirata" Fuente Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Erick Yaír Miranda Galindo

Lobos BUAP v Neza

27 April 2013	Lobos BUAP	0–1 (1–3 agg.)	Neza	Puebla
18:30		Report	E. Guzmán  26'	Stadium: Estadio Universitario BUAP Attendance: 10,817 Referee: Roberto Ríos Jácome

UAT v Celaya

27 April 2013	UAT	3–0 (3–1 agg.)	Celaya	Ciudad Victoria
20:30	E. Pacheco  4' R. Nurse  30', 36'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Marte R. Gómez Attendance: 15,161 Referee: Ángel Monroy Bello

Semifinals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
U. de G.	1–4	Neza	1–2	0–2
UAT	4–6	Necaxa	1–3	3–3

First leg

Necaxa v UAT

1 May 2013	Necaxa	3–1	UAT	Aguascalientes
21:00	A. Escoboza  22' V. Lojero  49' L. Padilla  87'	Report	R. Nurse  58'	Stadium: Estadio Victoria Attendance: 15,362 Referee: León Vicente Barajas Anzures

Neza v U. de G.

2 May 2013	Neza	2–1	U. de G.	Ciudad Nezahualcóyotl
16:00	R. Prieto  19' E. Guzmán  37'	Report	E. González  5'	Stadium: Estadio Neza 86 Attendance: 10,560 Referee: Ángel Monroy Bello

Second leg

UAT v Necaxa

4 May 2013	UAT	3–3 (4–6 agg.)	Necaxa	Ciudad Victoria
20:30	E. Pacheco  80', 90+5' J. Silva  84'	Report	V. Lojero  14' D. Cervantes  71' R. de Pinho  90'	Stadium: Estadio Marte R. Gómez Attendance: 17,250 Referee: Roberto Ríos Jácome

U. de G. v Neza

5 May 2013	U. de G.	0–2 (1–4 agg.)	Neza	Guadalajara
19:00		Report	R. Vilchis  65' R. Prieto  77'	Stadium: Estadio Jalisco Attendance: 31,864 Referee: Erick Yaír Miranda Galindo

Final

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Necaxa	0–4	Neza	0–3	0–1

First leg

Neza v Necaxa

8 May 2013	Neza	3–0	Necaxa	Ciudad Nezahualcóyotl
16:30	R. Vilchis  6' D. Mejía  13' A. Sepúlveda  46'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Neza 86 Attendance: 13,795 Referee: Erick Yaír Miranda Galindo

Second leg

Necaxa v Neza

11 May 2013	Necaxa	0–1 (0–4 agg.)	Neza	Aguascalientes
21:00		Report	A. Lucio  90'	Stadium: Estadio Victoria Attendance: 23,778 Referee: Roberto Ríos Jácome

Clausura 2013 winner
Neza 1st title

Promotional final

First Leg

15 May 2013

La Piedad	0–1	Neza
		Ever Guzmán  32'

Estadio Juan N. López, La Piedad

Referee: Roberto Ríos

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Second leg

18 May 2013

15:00

Neza	0–1	La Piedad
		Luis Antonio Martínez  25'
Penalties
José Antonio Rosas Ever Guzmán Angel Sepúlveda Emanuel Sebastián Loeschbor	3–5	Oscar Emilio Rojas Hugo Cid Fernando Santana Emanuel García Luis Antonio Martínez

Estadio Neza 86, Ciudad Nezahualcóyotl

Attendance: 12550

Referee: Erick Yair Miranda Galindo

Top goalscorers - Clausura 2013 Regular Season

Last Updated on 21 January 2012.
Players sorted first by goals scored, then by goal frequency (Minutes played/Goals scored).

Rank	Player	Club	Goals	Goal freq.
1	Víctor Lojero	Necaxa	12	101.00
2	Pablo Torres	Veracruz	11	111.64
3	Eial Strahman	U. de G.	9	102.78
4	Danny Santoya	Necaxa	7	139.14
5	Diego Mejía	Neza	6	185.50
6	Diego Martiñones	Tecos	5	184.80
7	Oscar Fernández	Altamira	5	190.40
8	Sonny Guadarrama	Mérida	5	234.60
9	Jorge Ocampo	Celaya	5	244.00
10	Hebert Alférez	Lobos BUAP	4	119.25

Source: Ascenso MX goalscorers official page - Clausura 2013

Relegation table

The relegated team had the lowest ratio by adding the points scored in the following tournaments: Apertura 2010, Bicentenario 2011, Apertura 2011 and Clausura 2012 and Apertura 2012 and Clausura 2013.

Rank	Team	Points	Games	%
9	Dorados de Sinaloa	105	84	1.2500
10	Mérida	103	84	1.2262
11	Celaya	62	52	1.1923
12	Altamira	100	84	1.1905
13	U. de G.	101	85	1.1882
14	Cruz Azul Hidalgo	93	84	1.1071
15	Pumas Morelos	92	85	1.0824

Source: Ascenso MX relegation table - Clausura 2013

References

1. Die 18 Mannschaften in der Liga de Ascenso 2010/11 Archived 24 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine (Spanish; retrieved on 27 May 2010)
2. "Resumen Estadístico, Numeralia ASCENSO MX Apertura 2012" [Statistical Summary Ascenso MX Apertura 2012] (in Spanish). Liga MX. 20 December 2012. Archived from the original on 21 February 2013. Retrieved 23 January 2013.
3. As appears in as Ascenso MX competition rules 2012-2013 "Reglamento de competencia Ascenso MX 2012-2013, Article 22.2" (PDF). Liga MX. 1 August 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 February 2014. Retrieved 6 November 2012. 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