2016–17 Ascenso MX season

The 2016–17 Ascenso MX season is a two-part competition: Apertura 2016 began on 15 July 2016 and Clausura 2017. Ascenso MX is the second-tier football league of Mexico. All Ascenso MX teams except UAEM, U. de C., Tampico Madero, Correcaminos, Zacatepec and Sonora, will participate in Copa MX. The fixtures were announced on 9 June 2016.[1]

Ascenso MX

Season	2016–17
Champions	Apertura: Dorados de Sinaloa Clausura: Lobos BUAP
Promoted	Lobos BUAP
Relegated	U. de C.
Matches played	261
Goals scored	661 (2.53 per match)
Top goalscorer	Apertura: Roberto Nurse (16) Clausura: Diego Jiménez (10)
Biggest home win	Apertura: Dorados 5–0 Lobos BUAP (July 30, 2016) UAEM 6–1 Venados (October 21, 2016) Atlante 5-0 U. de C. (November 11, 2016)
Biggest away win	Apertura: Venados 0–5 Celaya (August 26, 2016)
Highest scoring	Apertura: Cafetaleros 3–4 U. de C. (August 6, 2016) UAEM 6–1 Venados (October 21, 2016)
Longest winning run	Apertura: Sonora Celaya Atlante (3 games) Clausura: Dorados (5 games)
Longest unbeaten run	Apertura: Coras (5 games) Clausura: Dorados (7 games)
Longest winless run	Apertura: Venados (7 games) Clausura: Venados (11 games)
Longest losing run	Apertura: Venados (3 games) Clausura: U. de. C. (4 Games)
Highest attendance	Apertura: Cimarrones vs Atlante (11,860) Clausura: Tampico Madero vs FC Juárez (19,415) Tampico Madero VS UAT (19,415)
Lowest attendance	Apertura: Correcaminos vs Dorados (782) Clausura: U. de C. vs Atlante (690)
Average attendance	Apertura: 5,338 Clausura: 5,545
← 2015–16 2017–18 →

Changes from the previous season

• Necaxa were promoted to Liga MX.
• Sinaloa were relegated from Liga MX.
• U. de C. will join from Segunda División de México (due to stadium requirements failed in 2015, approved in 2016).
• UAEM were promoted from Segunda División de México
• Tampico Madero were promoted to Ascenso MX as an expansion team, will take the open spot vacated by Atlético San Luis.[2]
• Atlético San Luis were dissolved and may 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	19,283
Celaya	Celaya, Guanajuato	Miguel Alemán Valdés	23,182
Coras	Tepic, Nayarit	Arena Cora	12,271
Juárez	Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua	Olímpico Benito Juárez	19,703
Murciélagos	Los Mochis, Sinaloa	Centenario	11,134
Oaxaca	Oaxaca City, Oaxaca	Tecnológico de Oaxaca	14,598
Sinaloa	Culiacán, Sinaloa	Banorte	17,898
Sonora	Hermosillo, Sonora	Héroe de Nacozari	18,747
Tampico Madero	Tampico / Ciudad Madero, Tamaulipas	Tamaulipas	19,667
Tapachula	Tapachula, Chiapas	Olímpico de Tapachula	11,018
U. de C.	Colima City, Colima	Olímpico Universitario de Colima	11,812
U. de G.	Guadalajara, Jalisco	Jalisco	55,020
UAEM	Toluca, State of Mexico	Universitario Alberto "Chivo" Córdoba	32,603
UAT	Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas	Marte R. Gómez	10,520
Venados	Mérida, Yucatán	Carlos Iturralde	15,087
Zacatecas	Zacatecas City, Zacatecas	Francisco Villa	13,820
Zacatepec	Zacatepec, Morelos	Agustín "Coruco" Díaz	24,313

Tampico Madero

Atlante

BUAP

Celaya

Juárez

Murciélagos

Oaxaca

Sinaloa

Sonora

Tapachula

Coras

U. de C.

U. de G.

UAEM

UAT

Venados

Zacatecas

Zacatepec

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	Riviera Maya
BUAP	Rafael Cañedo	Rafael Puente, Jr.	Omar Tejeda	Keuka	Coca-Cola
Celaya	Marcos Achar	Gerardo Reinoso (Interim)	Alfredo Moreno	Keuka	Bachoco
Coras	José Luis Higuera	Marcelo Michel Leaño	Sergio Flores	Bee Sport	Riviera Nayarit
Juárez	Juan Carlos Talavera	Miguel Fuentes	Leandro Carrijó	Umbro	Del Río
Murciélagos	Miguel Favela	Marco Antonio Figueroa	Valentín Arredondo	Keuka	Meprosa
Oaxaca	Santiago San Román	Irving Rubirosa	Lucero Álvarez	Lotto	Ópticas América
Sinaloa	José Antonio Núñez	Gabriel Caballero	Carlos Pinto	Charly	Coppel
Sonora	Servando Carbajal	Juan Carlos Chávez	Othoniel Arce	Lotto	Súper del Norte
Tampico Madero	Javier San Román	Daniel Guzmán	Daniel Ludueña	Lotto	B Hermanos
Tapachula	Gabriel Orantes Constanzo	Paco Ramírez	Héctor Morales	Silver Sport	Cafetaleros de Corazón
U. de C.	Carlos Salas	Víctor Hugo Mora	Rodolfo Espinoza	Pirma
U. de G.	José Alberto Castellanos	Joel Sánchez	Ribair Rodríguez	Charly	Electrolit
UAEM	Jorge Olvera García	Omar Ramírez	Alfonso Rippa	Lotto	Megacable
UAT	Rafael Flores Alcocer	Jaime Ordiales	Hugo Sánchez	Lotto	Aeromar
Venados	Rodolfo Rosas Cantillo	Bruno Marioni	Luis Acuña	Spiro
Zacatecas	Armando Martínez Patiño	Ricardo Rayas	Noé Maya	Pirma	Telcel
Zacatepec	Rodolfo Davis Contreras	Carlos Gutiérrez	Héctor Gutiérrez	Silver Sport	Jardines de México

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Replaced by	Date of appointment	Position in table
Apertura changes
Venados	Marcelo Michel Leaño	Sacked	August 6, 2016	José Luis Sánchez Solá	August 10, 2016	18th
Tapachula	Carlos Bustos	Sacked	August 27, 2016	Mauro Camoranesi	August 30, 2016	16th
Murciélagos	Adolfo García	Sacked	September 15, 2016	Aldo Da Pozzo	September 15, 2016	15th
Tampico Madero	Miguel García	Sacked	September 20, 2016	Daniel Guzmán	September 20, 2016	18th
Lobos BUAP	Miguel Fuentes	Sacked	September 25, 2016	Hiram Bandala (Interim)	September 25, 2016	14th
Lobos BUAP	Hiram Bandala (Interim)	End of tenure as caretaker	October 5, 2016	Rafael Puente, Jr.	October 5, 2016	14th
Pre-Clausura changes
UAT	José Treviño	Sacked	November 14, 2016	Jorge Urbina (Interim)	December 11, 2016	Preseason
Juárez	Sergio Orduña	Sacked	November 15, 2016	Miguel Fuentes	December 1, 2016	Preseason
Coras	Ramón Morales	Mutual agreement	November 23, 2016	Marcelo Michel Leaño	November 30, 2016	Preseason
Oaxaca	Mario García	Sacked	December 29, 2016	Irving Rubirosa	December 29, 2016	Preseason
UAT	Jorge Urbina (Interim)	End of tenure as caretaker	January 4, 2017	Jaime Ordiales	January 4, 2017	Preseason
Celaya	Gustavo Díaz	Resigned	January 4, 2017	Luis Padilla (Interim)	January 5, 2017	Preseason
Clausura changes
Murciélagos	Aldo Da Pozzo	Sacked	January 14, 2017	Marco Antonio Figueroa	January 16, 2017	18th
Tapachula	Mauro Camoranesi	Mutual agreement	January 22, 2017	Paco Ramírez	January 23, 2017	16th
Celaya	Luis Padilla (Interim)	End of tenure as caretaker	January 27, 2017	Gustavo Vargas	January 27, 2017	5th
Venados	José Luis Sánchez Solá	Resigned	January 27, 2017	Bruno Marioni	January 29, 2017	17th
Celaya	Gustavo Vargas	Sacked	March 28, 2017	Gerardo Reinoso (Interim)	March 28, 2017	12th

Apertura 2016

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Celaya (A)	17	10	5	2	36	13	+23	35	Advance to Liguilla
2	Zacatecas (A)	17	10	3	4	34	20	+14	33
3	Zacatepec (A)	17	8	6	3	27	19	+8	30
4	UAEM (A)	17	8	5	4	24	18	+6	29
5	Sinaloa (A, C)	17	7	6	4	28	16	+12	27
6	Atlante (A)	17	7	6	4	26	17	+9	27
7	Sonora (A)	17	7	6	4	22	21	+1	27
8	Oaxaca (A)	17	7	5	5	20	14	+6	26
9	Coras	17	5	7	5	22	20	+2	22
10	Juárez	17	6	4	7	18	17	+1	22
11	UAT	17	5	5	7	12	16	−4	20
12	Venados	17	5	5	7	20	34	−14	20
13	Murciélagos	17	5	4	8	18	24	−6	19	Eliminated from Copa MX Clausura 2017
14	U. de G.	17	4	6	7	23	26	−3	18
15	BUAP	17	4	6	7	15	26	−11	18
16	Tapachula	17	4	4	9	21	32	−11	16
17	U. de C.	17	3	5	9	20	34	−14	14	Team is last in relegation table
18	Tampico Madero	17	2	4	11	8	27	−19	10	Eliminated from Copa MX Clausura 2017

Updated to match(es) played on September 4, 2016. Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(A) Advance to a further round; (C) Champion.

Results

Home \ Away	ATE	BUP	CEL	COR	JUA	MUR	OAX	SIN	SON	TAM	TAP	UDC	UDG	UAM	UAT	VEN	ZAS	ZAC
Atlante					2–1			1–1		0–0		5–0	2–1	0–1	3–2		2–2
BUAP	1–1		1–2		2–0	0–0					2–1	1–0		1–1	0–1
Celaya	1–1				2–0			0–0		3–0	3–2	3–0	2–1	2–1	3–0		5–1
Coras	0–3	2–1	2–2		0–1	1–1					4–0	3–1			0–0
Juárez							1–1		2–1	3–0			1–1	2–0		4–0	0–1	1–2
Murciélagos	3–1		0–0		0–0					2–0	3–2	1–0		1–2	2–0
Oaxaca	1–0	1–0	1–1	1–1		4–1			0–1		1–0				0–0
Sinaloa		5–0		1–1	3–0	2–0	1–1		1–2	5–1		2–0		0–1
Sonora	0–1	2–3	2–0	1–1		2–1					1–1	3–2			1–0
Tampico Madero		0–0		0–0			2–1		1–2				0–1			1–2	1–0	0–1
Tapachula	0–2		3–2		1–1			1–0		2–0		3–4	3–3	1–1	1–0
U. de C.					2–1		1–2			2–2			1–1	0–0		2–0	3–3	1–3
U. de G.		1–1		1–2		2–1	1–3	2–3	1–1							1–1	0–1	0–2
UAEM				2–1			1–0	3–3	1–1	1–0			2–4			6–1	2–1	2–2
Correcaminos UAT					0–0			0–1		2–0		1–1	0–2	1–0		2–0	3–2	0–0
Venados		5–1	0–5	2–1		3–1	1–3	1–1	1–1		2–0						4–4	0–0
Zacatecas		1–1		2–1		3–1	1–0	3–0	4–0		2–0					4–0		3–1
Zacatepec	2–1	3–0	0–3	1–2		2–0	1–1	2–2	1–1		4–2

Updated to match(es) played on 13 November 2016. Source: [3]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top goalscorers Players sorted first by goals scored, then by last name. Rank Player Club Goals 1 Roberto Nurse Zacatecas 16 2 Gustavo Ramírez Zacatecas 12 3 Sergio Vergara Celaya 11 4 Ismael Valadéz U. de G. 10 5 Douglas Tanque Tapachula 9 6 Guillermo Martínez Coras 8 7 Jonathan Ramis Zacatepec 7 Oscar Villa Sonora Gabriel Hachen Sinaloa Leandro Carrijó Juárez Source: ESPN FC

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Jorge Mora	U. de G.	UAEM	2–4	16 July 2016
Roberto Nurse	Zacatecas	Sonora	4–0	22 July 2016
Gabriel Hachen	Sinaloa	BUAP	5–0	30 July 2016
Gustavo Ramírez	Zacatecas	Venados	4–0	2 September 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							Final
	1	Celaya	1	3	4
	8	Oaxaca	2	0	2
								1	Celaya	0	0	0
								6	Atlante	1	0	1
	3	Zacatepec	0	1	1
	6	Atlante	1	1	2
															6	Atlante	2	0	2
														5	Sinaloa	3	1	4
	2	Zacatecas (a)	3	1	4
	7	Sonora	2	2	4
								2	Zacatecas	0	4	4
								5	Sinaloa (a)	3	1	4
	4	UAEM	1	3	4
	5	Sinaloa (a)	1	3	4

• 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

Quarterfinals

First leg

Oaxaca v Celaya

16 November	Oaxaca	2–1	Celaya	Oaxaca City, Oaxaca
19:30	D. Martínez  49' L. Álvarez  69'		A. Riestra  33'	Stadium: Tecnológico de Oaxaca Attendance: 7,550 Referee: Arutro Cruz Hurtado

Sinaloa v UAEM

16 November	Sinaloa	1–1	UAEM	Culiacán, Sinaloa
20:30	V. Angulo  49'		E. González  83'	Stadium: Banorte Attendance: 10,333 Referee: Jesús Bisguerra Mendiola

Atlante v Zacatepec

17 November	Atlante	1–0	Zacatepec	Cancún, Quintana Roo
20:30	O. Uscanga  31'			Stadium: Andrés Quintana Roo Attendance: 6,250 Referee: Alejandro Funk Villafañe

Sonora v Zacatecas

17 November	Sonora	2–3	Zacatecas	Hermosillo, Sonora
20:30	O. Villa  28' L. Loroña  84'		R. Nurse  18', 73' J. Cardozo  69'	Stadium: Héroe de Nacozari Attendance: 9,100 Referee: Aldo Cano Martínez

Second leg

Celaya v Oaxaca

19 November	Celaya	3–0 (4–2 agg.)	Oaxaca	Celaya, Guanajuato
19:00	R. Alvarado  24' A. Reyna  37' R. Murguía  76'			Stadium: Miguel Alemán Valdés Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Adalid Maganda Villalva

UAEM v Sinaloa (a)

19 November	UAEM	3–3 (4–4 agg.)	Sinaloa (a)	Toluca, State of Mexico
16:00	M. Hipólito  9', 91' A. López  26'		G. Hachen  59' V. Angulo  64' P. Torres  73'	Stadium: Universitario Alberto "Chivo" Córdoba Attendance: 6,932 Referee: Jonathan Hernández Juárez

Zacatepec v Atlante

20 November	Zacatepec	1–1 (1–2 agg.)	Atlante	Zacatepec, Morelos
18:00	M. Romero  82'		E. Reyes  59'	Stadium: Agustín "Coruco" Díaz Attendance: 22,146 Referee: Oscar Mejia Garcia

Zacatecas (a) v Sonora

20 November	Zacatecas (a)	1–2 (4–4 agg.)	Sonora	Zacatecas City, Zacatecas
20:00	D. Torres  45' (o.g.)		L. Loroña  61' O. Villa  78'	Stadium: Francisco Villa Attendance: 8,124 Referee: Uriel Olvera Rios

Semifinals

First leg

Atlante v Celaya

23 November	Atlante	1–0	Celaya	Cancún, Quintana Roo
19:30	F. Uscanga  83'			Stadium: Andrés Quintana Roo Attendance: 9,010 Referee: Uriel Olvera Rios

Sinaloa v Zacatecas

23 November	Sinaloa	3–0	Zacatecas	Culiacán, Sinaloa
21:30	V. Angulo  27', 46' P. Torres  90'			Stadium: Banorte Attendance: 12,333 Referee: Adalid Maganda Villalva

Second leg

Zacatecas v Sinaloa (a)

26 November	Zacatecas	4–1 (4–4 agg.)	Sinaloa (a)	Zacatecas City, Zacatecas
17:00	M. Laínez  55' H. Olvera  58' L. Madrigal  67' G. Ramírez  85'		P. Torres  18'	Stadium: Francisco Villa Attendance: 7,164 Referee: Jonathan Hernández Juárez

Celaya v Atlante

26 November	Celaya	0–0 (0–1 agg.)	Atlante	Celaya, Guanajuato
19:00				Stadium: Miguel Alemán Valdés Attendance: 19,763 Referee: Oscar Mejia Garcia

Final

First leg

Atlante v Sinaloa

30 November	Atlante	2–3	Sinaloa	Cancún, Quintana Roo
19:30	C. Garcés  84', 89'		P. Torres  20', 70' A. Mendoza  85'	Stadium: Andrés Quintana Roo Attendance: 14,938 Referee: Uriel Olvera Rios

Second leg

Sinaloa v Atlante

3 December	Sinaloa	1–0 (4–2 agg.)	Atlante	Culiacán, Sinaloa
21:00	E. Castro  67'			Stadium: Banorte Attendance: 19,333 Referee: Oscar Mejia Garcia

Apertura 2016 winners
Sinaloa 4th title

Clausura 2017

Regular Season

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Zacatecas	17	9	5	3	21	11	+10	32	Advance to Liguilla
2	Sinaloa	17	9	4	4	29	22	+7	31
3	Oaxaca	17	9	3	5	27	19	+8	30
4	Juárez	17	8	4	5	23	17	+6	28
5	UAEM	17	8	4	5	21	15	+6	28
6	BUAP (C, P)	17	8	3	6	30	26	+4	27
7	Zacatepec	17	8	3	6	23	22	+1	27
8	Sonora	17	8	3	6	20	19	+1	27
9	Coras	17	7	5	5	24	20	+4	26
10	Tampico Madero	17	6	5	6	15	14	+1	23
11	U. de G.	17	5	7	5	16	18	−2	22
12	Tapachula	17	6	3	8	20	21	−1	21
13	Atlante	17	5	6	6	17	18	−1	21
14	Celaya	17	5	4	8	26	27	−1	19
15	UAT	17	4	4	9	24	31	−7	16
16	Venados	17	3	6	8	17	34	−17	15
17	U. de C. (R)	17	4	2	11	18	27	−9	14	Team is last in relegation table
18	Murciélagos	17	3	5	9	13	23	−10	14

Updated to match(es) played on April 15, 2017. Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.

Positions by round

	Leader and qualification to playoffs
	Qualification to playoffs
	Last place in table

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17
Zacatecas	10	5	6	3	3	1	1	1	1	2	3	2	4	2	4	2	1
Sinaloa	8	12	5	11	12	11	11	11	6	4	1	1	1	1	1	1	2
Oaxaca	16	11	4	10	8	9	10	6	12	9	6	4	6	6	3	3	3
Juárez	11	7	12	7	5	4	9	5	11	13	10	11	7	8	9	8	4
UAEM	14	9	13	8	6	5	4	9	3	5	5	3	2	5	3	4	5
BUAP	2	3	10	14	15	14	13	13	13	11	8	9	10	7	7	9	6
Zacatepec	7	6	11	6	4	7	6	4	2	1	2	6	9	10	8	5	7
Sonora	15	17	17	15	11	10	12	10	5	3	7	5	3	3	6	7	8
Coras	5	1	1	2	2	3	2	3	9	6	9	10	5	4	5	6	9
Tampico Madero	9	13	7	4	9	12	8	12	10	12	13	13	13	13	12	10	10
U. de G.	6	10	3	9	7	8	7	7	7	7	11	12	8	9	10	11	11
Tapachula	12	16	14	16	16	16	17	17	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	12
Atlante	3	4	2	1	1	2	5	2	4	8	4	7	10	11	11	12	13
Celaya	1	2	9	5	10	6	3	8	8	10	12	8	11	12	13	14	14
UAT	13	14	8	13	14	13	14	15	16	17	16	16	17	17	18	16	15
Venados	4	8	15	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	16	15	15	15	16
U. de C.	18	15	16	12	13	15	15	14	14	16	17	17	18	18	17	18	17
Murciélagos	17	18	18	18	18	17	16	16	17	15	15	15	15	16	16	17	18

Updated to match(es) played on 1 April 2017. Source: ascensomx.net

Results

Home \ Away	ATE	BUP	CEL	COR	JUA	MUR	OAX	SIN	SON	TAM	TAP	UDC	UDG	UAM	UAT	VEN	ZAS	ZAC
Atlante		2–2	1–2			0–1	2–0				2–2							1–0
BUAP				1–2			3–1	1–2	3–2	1–1						3–4		2–1
Celaya						2–1	1–2		3–1		2–3					4–0		2–3
Coras							0–1	1–1	0–1	0–1			1–0	1–1				3–2
Juárez		2–2		3–2		2–1		1–2			2–1	2–1			1–0
Murciélagos		0–2		0–2			0–0		2–3							1–1	1–1	1–2
Oaxaca					3–2					3–0			0–0	1–1		3–2	0–2
Sinaloa	2–4		1–0								2–0					4–1	1–0	1–1
Sonora					1–0		1–0	1–5		1–0			3–1	3–0			1–2
Tampico Madero	0–1		2–1		1–2			1–1				2–0		1–0	3–0
Tapachula				1–2			0–1		1–0							5–1	1–0	0–1
U. de C.		1–0	1–1	0–1		0–1		1–2	0–1		2–1
U. de G.	0–0		1–1		1–0						3–1	1–0		1–0	3–2
UAEM	1–0	4–1			1–0	2–0		1–0				3–1			1–1
Correcaminos UAT	1–1	1–3	2–4	3–3		0–1					1–0
Venados	1–2									0–0		2–0	1–1		1–5		0–0
Zacatecas	1–0		0–0		0–0							2–2	2–0		1–0
Zacatepec										1–0			1–1	1–3	1–0	3–1	1–3

Updated to match(es) played on 5 March 2017. Source: [4]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Regular season statistics

Top goalscorers Players sorted first by goals scored, then by last name. Rank Player Club Goals 1 Diego Jiménez BUAP 10 2 Éder Cruz U. de C. 9 Ismael Valadéz U. de G. 4 Gustavo Ramírez Zacatecas 8 Patricio Rubio Sinaloa 6 Jesús Angulo Sinaloa 7 Leandro Carrijó Juárez Rodrigo Prieto Zacatepec 9 Giancarlo Maldonado Oaxaca 6 Juan David Pérez Celaya Alfonso Tamay Oaxaca Francisco Uscanga Atlante Oscar Villa Sonora Source: AscensoMX.net Hat-tricks Player For Against Result Date Patricio Rubio Sinaloa Venados 4-1 4 February 2017 Giancarlo Maldonado Oaxaca Tampico Madero 3-0 10 February 2017 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 Final                                           2 Sinaloa 0 4 4   7 Zacatepec 0 0 0     2 Sinaloa 0 0 0     4 Juárez 1 2 3   4 Juárez 1 3 4 5 UAEM 1 2 3     4 Juárez 1 1 2   6 BUAP 2 2 4 1 Zacatecas (a) 1 1 2   8 Sonora 2 0 2     1 Zacatecas 0 2 2   6 BUAP 2 4 6   3 Oaxaca 0 1 1 6 BUAP 1 1 2   Teams are re-seeded each round. Team with more goals on aggregate after two matches advances. Away goals rule is applied in the quarterfinals and semifinals, but not the final. In the quarterfinals and semifinals, if the two teams are tied on aggregate and away goals, the higher seeded team advances. In the final, if the two teams are tied after both legs, the match goes to extra-time and, if necessary, a shootout. The champion qualifies to the Promotion Final against Apertura 2016 champion Sinaloa. Quarterfinals Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg Oaxaca 1–2 BUAP 1–0 1–1 Sinaloa 4–0 Zacatepec 0–0 4–0 Juárez 4-3 UAEM 1–1 3–2 Zacatecas (a) 2–2 Sonora 2–1 1–0 All times are UTC−6. First leg BUAP v Oaxaca April 19, 2017 BUAP 1–0 Oaxaca Puebla City, Puebla 19:30 A. Escoto  57' Match Information Report Stadium: Universitario BUAP Attendance: 9,338 Referee: Oscar Mejia Garcia Zacatepec v Sinaloa April 19, 2017 Zacatepec 0–0 Sinaloa Zacatepec, Morelos 21:30 Match Information Report Stadium: Agustín "Coruco" Díaz Attendance: 8,295 Referee: Jesús Bisguerra Mendiola UAEM v Juárez April 20, 2017 UAEM 1–1 Juárez Toluca, State of Mexico 19:30 L. Carrijo  54' Match Information Report D. Osorio  57' Stadium: Universitario Alberto "Chivo" Córdoba Attendance: 13,680 Referee: Mario Humberto Vargas Mata Sonora v Zacatecas April 20, 2017 Sonora 2–1 Zacatecas Hermosillo, Sonora 21:30 J. Martínez  1' (o.g.) E. Alaffita  30' Match Information Report L. Madrigal  48' Stadium: Héroe de Nacozari Attendance: 9,545 Referee: Juan Andres Esquivel Gonzalez Second leg Oaxaca v BUAP April 22, 2017 Oaxaca 1–1 (1–2 agg.) BUAP Oaxaca City, Oaxaca 19:00 G. Maldonado  71' (pen.) Match Information Report D. Jiménez  37' Stadium: Tecnológico de Oaxaca Attendance: 10,600 Referee: Jonathan Hernández Juárez Sinaloa v Zacatepec April 22, 2017 Sinaloa 4–0 (4–0 agg.) Zacatepec Culiacán, Sinaloa 21:00 J. Angulo  14', 77' V. Angulo  69', 88' Match Information Report Stadium: Banorte Attendance: 14,333 Referee: Alejandro Funk Villafañe Zacatecas (a) v Sonora April 23, 2017 Zacatecas (a) 1–0 (2–2 agg.) Sonora Zacatecas City, Zacatecas 17:00 J. Magallón  27' Match Information Report Stadium: Francisco Villa Attendance: 7,942 Referee: Arturo Cruz Hurtado Juárez v UAEM April 23, 2017 Juárez 3–2 (4–3 agg.) UAEM Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua 20:00 L. Carrijo  18' (pen.) M. Fernández  38' M. Ortíz  76' Match Information Report D. Osorio  31' (pen.) E. Dias  14' (o.g.) Stadium: Olímpico Benito Juárez Attendance: 16,748 Referee: Adalid Maganda Villalva Semifinals Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg Sinaloa 0–3 Juárez 1–0 0–2 Zacatecas 2–6 BUAP 2–0 2–4 All times are UTC−6. First leg Juárez v Sinaloa April 26, 2017 Juárez 1–0 Sinaloa Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua 21:00 L. Carrijo  57' Match Information Report Stadium: Olímpico Benito Juárez Attendance: 19,150 Referee: Juan Andrés Esquivel González BUAP v Zacatecas April 27, 2017 BUAP 2–0 Zacatecas Puebla City, Puebla 19:30 D. Jiménez  13', 89' Match Information Report Stadium: Universitario BUAP Attendance: 19,877 Referee: Alejandro Funk Villafañe Second leg Sinaloa v Juárez April 29, 2017 Sinaloa 0–2 (0–3 agg.) Juárez Culiacán, Sinaloa 21:00 Match Information Report Lucas Xavier  47', 67' Stadium: Banorte Attendance: 17,333 Referee: Arturo Cruz Hurtado Zacatecas v BUAP April 30, 2017 Zacatecas 2–4 (2–6 agg.) BUAP Zacatecas City, Zacatecas 17:00 H. Olvera  16' L. Madrigal  54' Match Information Report A. Sánchez  10' A. Escoto  30' L. Olascoaga  42' Ricardinho  89' Stadium: Francisco Villa Attendance: 10,587 Referee: Oscar Mejia Garcia Final Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg Juárez 2–4 BUAP 2–1 1–2 All times are UTC−6. First Leg BUAP v Juárez May 3, 2017 BUAP 2-1 Juárez Puebla City, Puebla 19:30 O. Tejeda  49' (pen.) D. Jiménez  71' Match Information Report L. Carrijo  16' Stadium: Universitario BUAP Attendance: 19,893 Referee: Juan Andres Esquivel Gonzalez Second Leg Juárez v BUAP May 6, 2017 Juárez 1–2 (2–4 agg.) BUAP Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua 20:00 C. Gordillo  73' Match Information Report C. Cercado  25' O. Tejeda  88' Stadium: Olímpico Benito Juárez Attendance: 20,322 Referee: Arturo Cruz Hurtado  Clausura 2017 winner  Lobos BUAP 1st title Promotion Final The Promotion Final is a two-legged playoff between the winners of the Apertura and Clausura tournaments to determine which team will be promoted to Liga MX. The Apertura 2016 champion was Sinaloa and the Clausura 2017 champion was BUAP. Since Sinaloa are higher ranked on the aggregate table for the 2016-17 season than BUAP, they will play the second leg at home. All times are UTC−6. First Leg BUAP v Sinaloa May 13, 2017 BUAP 1–0 Sinaloa Puebla City, Puebla 17:00 A. Escoto  23' Match Information Report Stadium: Universitario BUAP Attendance: 19,985 Referee: Alejandro Funk Villafañe Second Leg Sinaloa v BUAP May 20, 2017 Sinaloa 2–2 (2–3 agg.) BUAP Culiacán, Sinaloa 20:00 M. Velasco  1' G. Hachen  29' Match Information Report D. Jiménez  36' A. Escoto  41' Stadium: Banorte Attendance: 19,333 Referee: Óscar Mejía García  Promoted to Liga MX  Lobos BUAP Aggregate table The Aggregate Table is the general ranking for the 2016-17 season. This table is a sum of the Apertura and Clausura tournaments. Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification 1 Zacatecas 34 19 8 7 55 31 +24 65 2 Sinaloa (C, Q) 34 16 10 8 57 38 +19 58 Advance to Promotion Final 3 UAEM 34 16 9 9 45 33 +12 57 4 Zacatepec 34 16 9 9 50 41 +9 57 5 Oaxaca 34 16 8 10 47 33 +14 56 6 Celaya 34 15 9 10 62 40 +22 54 7 Sonora 34 15 9 10 42 40 +2 54 8 Juárez 34 14 8 12 41 34 +7 50 9 Atlante 34 12 12 10 43 35 +8 48 10 Coras 34 12 12 10 46 40 +6 48 11 BUAP (C, P, Q) 34 12 9 13 45 52 −7 45 Advance to Promotion Final[lower-alpha 1] 12 U. de G. 34 9 13 12 39 44 −5 40 13 Tapachula 34 10 7 17 41 53 −12 37 Eliminated from Copa MX Apertura 2017 14 UAT 34 9 9 16 36 47 −11 36 15 Venados 34 8 11 15 37 68 −31 35 16 Murciélagos 34 8 9 17 31 47 −16 33 17 Tampico Madero 34 8 9 17 23 41 −18 33 18 U. de C. (R) 34 7 7 20 38 61 −23 28 Team is last in relegation table Updated to match(es) played on April 15, 2017. Source: AscensoMX.net Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. (C) Champion; (P) Promoted; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated; (R) Relegated. Notes: ? Relegation table Relegation to Liga Premier de Ascenso was reinstated this year to Ascenso MX. The relegated team will be the one with the lowest ratio of points to matches played in the following tournaments: Apertura 2014, Clausura 2015, Apertura 2015, Clausura 2016, Apertura 2016 and Clausura 2017. Pos Team '14 A Pts '15 C Pts '15 A Pts '16 C Pts '16 A Pts '17 C Pts Total Pts Total Pld Avg Relegation 1 Zacatecas 25 18 24 22 33 32 154 90 1.7111 Safe for 2017–18 Season 2 Sinaloa 0 0 0 0 27 31 58 34 1.7059 3 UAEM 0 0 0 0 29 28 57 34 1.6765 4 Juárez 0 0 29 20 22 28 99 64 1.5469 5 Oaxaca 15 20 25 21 26 30 137 90 1.5222 6 BUAP 20 22 29 18 18 27 134 90 1.4889 7 Coras 27 18 20 19 22 26 132 90 1.4667 8 Atlante 21 13 23 25 27 21 130 90 1.4444 9 U. de G. 0 0 21 29 18 22 90 64 1.4062 10 Tapachula 21 14 22 27 16 21 121 90 1.3444 11 Celaya 6 10 20 26 35 19 116 90 1.2889 12 UAT 24 20 13 22 20 16 115 90 1.2778 13 Zacatepec 18 12 13 13 30 27 113 90 1.2556 14 Sonora 0 0 8 10 27 27 72 64 1.1250 15 Murciélagos 13 15 24 16 19 14 101 90 1.1222 16 Venados 9 22 15 20 20 15 101 90 1.1222 17 Tampico Madero 0 0 0 0 10 23 33 34 0.9706 18 U. de C. (R) 0 0 0 0 14 14 28 34 0.8235 Relegated to Liga Premier de Ascenso Last update: 15 April 2017[5] R = Relegated References "Calendario del ASCENSO Bancomer MX". www.ascensomx.net. 9 June 2016. Retrieved 9 June 2016. Santos invierte en Tampico madero (Spanish) http://www.ascensomx.net/cancha/partidos http://www.ascensomx.net/cancha/partidos AscensoMX.net