# 2015–16 Ascenso MX season

The 2015–16 Ascenso MX season is a two-part competition: Apertura 2019 began 25 July 2015 and Clausura 2020. Ascenso MX is the second-tier football league of Mexico. All Ascenso MX teams except FC Juárez and Cimarrones de Sonora, will participate in Copa MX.

## Changes from the previous season

* Dorados de Sinaloa were promoted to Liga MX.
* Club Universidad de Guadalajara were relegated from Liga MX.
* Loros de la Universidad de Colima were promoted from Segunda División de México (will join in 2016–17 season).
* Altamira F.C. were moved to Tapachula, Chiapas and rebranded to Cafetaleros de Tapachula
* Irapuato F.C. were rebranded to Murciélagos F.C. and moved to Los Mochis, Sinaloa.
* Mérida F.C. now be changing logo and will be called Venados F.C. (keeping the venue in Mérida).
* Cimarrones de Sonora and FC Juárez were promoted to Ascenso MX as expansion teams.

## Stadia and locations

| Club | City | Stadium | Capacity |
| Atlante | Cancún, Quintana Roo | Andrés Quintana Roo | 17,289 |
| Atlético San Luis | San Luis Potosí City, San Luis Potosí | Alfonso Lastras | 25,111 |
| BUAP | Puebla City, Puebla | Universitario BUAP | 19,283 |
| Celaya | Celaya, Guanajuato | Miguel Alemán | 23,369 |
| Coras | Tepic, Nayarit | Arena Cora | 12,271 |
| Juárez | Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua | Olímpico Benito Juárez | 19,703 |
| Murciélagos | Los Mochis, Sinaloa | Centenario | 11,134 |
| Necaxa | Aguascalientes City, Aguascalientes | Victoria | 23,851 |
| Oaxaca | Oaxaca City, Oaxaca | Instituto Tecnológico de Oaxaca | 14,598 |
| Sonora | Hermosillo, Sonora | Héroe de Nacozari | 18,747 |
| Tapachula | Tapachula, Chiapas | Olímpico de Tapachula | 11,018 |
| UdeG | Guadalajara, Jalisco | Jalisco | 55,020 |
| 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 |

### Personnel and kits

| Team | Chairman | Head Coach | Captain | Kit manufacturer |
| Atlante | Eduardo Braun Burillo | Eduardo Fentanes | Juan de la Barrera | Kappa |
| Atlético San Luis | Jacobo Payán Espinosa | Carlos Bustos | Othoniel Arce | Charly |
| BUAP | Vacant | Ricardo Valiño | Omar Tejeda | Keuka |
| Celaya | Marcos Achar | Gustavo Díaz | Alfredo Moreno | Keuka |
| Coras | José Luis Higuera | Hernán Cristante | Jorge Kalú Gastélum | Romed |
| Juárez | Alejandra de la Vega | Sergio Orduña | Iván Vázquez Mellado | Umbro |
| Murciélagos | Miguel Favela | Adolfo García | Alfonso Rippa | Keuka |
| Necaxa | Ernesto Tinajero | Alfonso Sosa | Luis Padilla | Umbro |
| Oaxaca | Javier San Román | Flavio Davino | Diego Menghi | Lotto |
| Sonora | Servando Carbajal | Héctor Medrano | Raúl Rico | Kappa |
| Tapachula | Gabriel Orantes Constanzo | Gabriel Caballero | Ismael Valadéz | Silver Sport |
| UAT | Manuel Corcuera Canseco | José Treviño | Hugo Sánchez | Lotto |
| UdeG | José Alberto Castellanos | Daniel Guzmán | Humberto Hernández | Lotto |
| Venados | Rodolfo Rosas Cantillo | Marcelo Michel Leaño | Aldo Polo | Foursport |
| Zacatecas | Armando Martínez Patiño | Ricardo Rayas | Noé Maya | Pirma |
| Zacatepec | Rodolfo Davis Contreras | Carlos Gutiérrez | Rodolfo Espinoza | Silver Sport |

## Managerial changes

| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Replaced by | Date of appointment | Position in table |
| Apertura Changes |||||||
| Coras | Mauro Camoranesi | Resigned | August 18, 2015 | José Luis González China | August 21, 2015 | 14th |
| Tapachula | Carlos de los Cobos | Sacked | August 22, 2015 | Benjamín Mora (Interim) | August 27, 2015 | 16th |
| UAT | Ricardo Cadena | Sacked | August 22, 2015 | José Treviño | August 27, 2015 | 15th |
| Tapachula | Benjamín Mora (Interim) | End of tenure as caretaker | September 5, 2015 | Gabriel Caballero | September 7, 2015 | 16th |
| Sonora | Jorge Humberto Torres | Sacked | September 15, 2015 | Javier López (Interim) | September 15, 2015 | 12th |
| Venados | Juan Carlos Chávez | Sacked | October 3, 2015 | Daniel Rossello (Interim) | October 15, 2015 | 14th |
| Oaxaca | Ricardo Rayas | Sacked | October 21, 2015 | Marco Antonio Trejo (Interim) | October 21, 2015 | 5th |
| Necaxa | Miguel Fuentes | Sacked | November 9, 2015 | Miguel Acosta & Hugo Saucedo (Interim) | November 9, 2015 | 7th |
| Pre-Clausura Changes |||||||
| Atlético San Luis | Raúl Arias | Resigned | November 19, 2015 | Carlos Bustos | November 30, 2015 | Preseason |
| Sonora | Javier López (Interim) | End of tenure as caretaker | November 15, 2015 | Héctor Medrano | November 26, 2015 | Preseason |
| Venados | Daniel Rossello (Interim) | End of tenure as caretaker | November 15, 2015 | Marcelo Michel Leaño | November 26, 2015 | Preseason |
| Necaxa | Miguel Acosta & Hugo Saucedo (Interim) | End of tenure as caretaker | November 15, 2015 | Alfonso Sosa | November 26, 2015 | Preseason |
| Clausura Changes |||||||
| Murciélagos | Lorenzo López | Sacked | January 28, 2016 | Jorge Manrique | January 28, 2016 | 16th |
| Coras | José Luis González China | Sacked | February 7, 2016 | Hernán Cristante | February 13, 2016 | 14th |
| Zacatecas | Joel Sánchez | Sacked | February 9, 2016 | Ricardo Rayas | February 9, 2016 | 13th |
| Murciélagos | Jorge Manrique | Sacked | February 25, 2016 | Roberto Castro (Interim) | February 26, 2016 | 16th |
| Murciélagos | Roberto Castro (Interim) | End of tenure as caretaker | March 2, 2016 | Adolfo García | March 5, 2016 | 16th |

## Apertura 2015

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | BUAP (A) | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 28 | 14 | +14 | 29 | Qualified to Semifinals |
| 2 | Juárez (A) | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 24 | 14 | +10 | 29 | Qualified to Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Oaxaca (A) | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 19 | +4 | 25 | Qualified to Quarterfinals |
| 4 | Zacatecas (A) | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 31 | 22 | +9 | 24 | Qualified to Quarterfinals |
| 5 | Murciélagos (A) | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 21 | +2 | 24 | Qualified to Quarterfinals |
| 6 | Atlante (A) | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 15 | +5 | 23 | Qualified to Quarterfinals |
| 7 | Tapachula (A) | 15 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 20 | 30 | −10 | 22 | Qualified to Quarterfinals |
| 8 | UdeG (E) | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 25 | 16 | +9 | 21 | |
| 9 | Atlético San Luis (E) | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 23 | 26 | −3 | 21 | |
| 10 | Necaxa (E) | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 24 | 21 | +3 | 20 | |
| 11 | Coras (E) | 15 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 22 | 21 | +1 | 20 | |
| 12 | Celaya (E) | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 19 | −3 | 20 | |
| 13 | Venados (E) | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 20 | 26 | −6 | 15 | |
| 14 | Zacatepec (E) | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 22 | 31 | −9 | 13 | Eliminated from Copa MX Clausura 2016 |
| 15 | UAT (E) | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 28 | −14 | 13 | Eliminated from Copa MX Clausura 2016 |
| 16 | Sonora (E) | 15 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 25 | −12 | 8 | Eliminated from Copa MX Clausura 2016 |

### Results

| Home \ Away | ATE | ATL | BUP | CEL | COR | JUA | MUR | NEC | OAX | SON | TAP | UDG | UAT | VEN | ZAS | ZAC |
| Atlante | | | 0–0 | | | 2–0 | | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–2 | | 2–0 | | | |
| Atlético San Luis | 1–3 | | | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 5–1 | | | | | 2–2 | | | 2–0 | 3–1 |
| BUAP | | 4–0 | | 0–0 | 0–0 | | | 2–1 | | | | 3–2 | | 2–1 | | 2–1 |
| Celaya | 2–2 | | | | | 2–2 | | | 2–1 | | 0–3 | 0–1 | 1–0 | | 3–1 | |
| Coras | 2–2 | | | 1–1 | | 1–3 | 3–3 | | 1–2 | | | 0–0 | 1–1 | | 0–3 | |
| Juárez | | | 1–0 | | | | 2–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | | 0–0 | 2–1 | | |
| Murciélagos | 1–0 | | 2–1 | 1–2 | | | | 2–1 | | 2–0 | 4–0 | 1–2 | | | 1–0 | |
| Necaxa | | 3–0 | | 3–0 | 1–2 | | | | | | | 0–3 | | 2–3 | 2–3 | 1–1 |
| Oaxaca | | 2–3 | 2–2 | | | | 1–1 | 1–1 | | 1–0 | 0–1 | | 3–2 | 3–1 | | |
| Sonora | | 3–4 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | | | 1–2 | | | | | | 0–1 | | 1–1 |
| Tapachula | | 3–0 | 0–3 | | 3–3 | | | 2–1 | | 0–4 | | | | 1–0 | | 3–2 |
| U. de G. | 0–0 | | | | | 0–0 | | | 1–2 | 0–0 | 3–1 | | 7–1 | | 2–2 | |
| UAT | | 1–1 | 1–5 | | | | 0–1 | 0–2 | | 1–1 | 3–1 | | | 1–0 | | 2–1 |
| Venados | 2–2 | 1–1 | | 0–1 | 0–2 | | 3–1 | | | | | 2–1 | | | 2–4 | 3–3 |
| Zacatecas | 1–2 | | 2–2 | | | 2–2 | | | 1–2 | 4–0 | 4–0 | | 2–1 | | | |
| Zacatepec | 1–0 | | | 3–2 | 2–5 | 1–3 | 1–1 | | 1–2 | | | 2–1 | | | 1–2 | |

### 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 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| | | | | | 1 | BUAP | 0 | 3 | 3 | | | | | |
| | | | | | 6 | Atlante (a) | 1 | 2 | 3 | | | | | |
| 4 | Zacatecas | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | Atlante (a) | 1 | 2 | 3 | | | | | |
| 5 | Murciélagos | 2 | 0 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | Murciélagos | 2 | 0 | 2 | | | | | | 2 | Juárez | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| | | | | | | | | | | 6 | Atlante | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Oaxaca | 2 | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | 6 | Atlante | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Atlante | 0 | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | Atlante | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | Juárez | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | | |
| | | | | | 4 | Zacatecas | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | | |
| 2 | Juárez | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | Zacatecas | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | | |
| 7 | Tapacula | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
* 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 2016 Champions) . However, if the winner is the same in both tournaments, they would be the team promoted to the 2016–17 Liga MX season without playing the Promotional Final

#### Quarter-finals

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Juárez | 2–1 | Tapachula | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Oaxaca | 3–4 | Atlante | 2–0 | 1–4 |
| Zacatecas | 4–2 | Murciélagos | 2–2 | 2–0 |
All times are UTC−6 except for matches in Cancún, Ciudad Juárez and Los Mochis.

##### Second leg
#### Semi-finals

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| BUAP | 3–3 | Atlante (a) | 0–1 | 3–2 |
| Juárez | 2–1 | Zacatecas | 1–1 | 1–0 |

##### Second leg
#### Final

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Juárez | 3–1 | Atlante | 0–1 | 3–0 |

##### Second leg

* Apertura 2015 winners:
* Juárez 1st title

## Clausura 2016

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | UdeG (A) | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 15 | +7 | 29 | Qualified to Semifinals |
| 2 | Necaxa (A) | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 12 | +9 | 28 | Qualified to Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Tapachula (A) | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 8 | +6 | 27 | Qualified to Quarterfinals |
| 4 | Celaya (A) | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 13 | +7 | 26 | Qualified to Quarterfinals |
| 5 | Atlante (A) | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 12 | +10 | 25 | Qualified to Quarterfinals |
| 6 | Zacatecas (A) | 15 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 17 | 13 | +4 | 22 | Qualified to Quarterfinals |
| 7 | UAT (A) | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 17 | −4 | 22 | Qualified to Quarterfinals |
| 8 | Oaxaca (E) | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 21 | |
| 9 | Venados (E) | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 14 | +3 | 20 | |
| 10 | Juárez (E) | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 12 | +1 | 20 | |
| 11 | Coras (E) | 15 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 20 | 19 | +1 | 19 | |
| 12 | BUAP (E) | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 22 | −5 | 18 | |
| 13 | Murciélagos (E) | 15 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 18 | 30 | −12 | 16 | |
| 14 | Zacatepec (E) | 15 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 23 | −8 | 13 | |
| 15 | Atlético San Luis (E) | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 20 | −9 | 11 | |
| 16 | Sonora (E) | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 22 | −10 | 10 | Eliminated from Copa MX Apertura 2016 |

### Results

| Home \ Away | ATE | ATL | BUP | CEL | COR | JUA | MUR | NEC | OAX | SON | TAP | UDG | UAT | VEN | ZAS | ZAC |
| Atlante | | 1–0 | | 2–0 | 3–0 | | 1–0 | | | | | 3–0 | | 0–0 | 2–2 | 4–1 |
| Atlético San Luis | | | 1–2 | | | | | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | | 0–3 | 2–0 | | |
| BUAP | 1–0 | | | | | 1–1 | 3–0 | | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | | 0–1 | | 1–1 | |
| Celaya | | 2–0 | 3–0 | | 1–0 | | 3–1 | 4–2 | | 2–0 | | | | 1–0 | | 2–0 |
| Coras | | 3–1 | 2–0 | | | | | 0–0 | | 2–3 | 0–1 | | | 1–0 | | 2–1 |
| Juárez | 1–0 | 1–1 | | 1–0 | 1–2 | | | | | | | 3–0 | | | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| Murciélagos | | 1–0 | | | 0–6 | 1–0 | | | 3–2 | | | | 5–0 | 0–1 | | 2–1 |
| Necaxa | 2–1 | | 2–0 | | | 1–0 | 4–0 | | 0–0 | 4–2 | 1–0 | | 3–1 | | | |
| Oaxaca | 3–3 | | | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | | | | | | 1–2 | | | 1–1 | 3–3 |
| Sonora | 1–2 | | | | | 0–1 | 2–1 | | 1–1 | | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | | 2–3 | |
| Tapachula | 1–0 | | | 2–1 | | 0–0 | 2–1 | | 3–1 | | | 1–0 | 0–1 | | 0–1 | |
| U. de G. | | 2–1 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 3–1 | | 2–1 | 0–0 | | | | | | 2–0 | | 2–0 |
| UAT | 0–0 | | | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–3 | | | 0–1 | | | 0–2 | | | 0–0 | |
| Venados | | | 4–1 | | | 5–1 | | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | | 1–1 | | | |
| Zacatecas | | 1–1 | | 0–0 | 1–0 | | 3–3 | 2–0 | | | | 1–1 | | 1–1 | | 0–1 |
| Zacatepec | | 1–1 | 2–2 | | | | | 2–1 | | 0–0 | 1–1 | | 0–1 | 2–2 | | |

### 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 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| | | | | | 1 | UdeG | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | | |
| | | | | | 6 | Zacatecas | 1 | 2 | 3 | | | | | |
| 4 | Celaya | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | Zacatecas | 1 | 2 | 3 | | | | | |
| 5 | Atlante | 0 | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | Atlante | 0 | 2 | 2 | | | | | | 2 | Necaxa | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| | | | | | | | | | | 6 | Zacatecas | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Tapachula | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | 6 | Zacatecas | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Zacatecas | 2 | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | Zacatecas | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | Necaxa | 2 | 3 | 5 | | | | | |
| | | | | | 5 | Atlante | 1 | 2 | 3 | | | | | |
| 2 | Necaxa | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | Atlante | 1 | 2 | 3 | | | | | |
| 7 | UAT | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
* 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 (F.C. Juárez)

#### Quarter-finals

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Necaxa | 2–1 | UAT | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Tapachula | 2–3 | Zacatecas | 1–2 | 1–1 |
| Celaya | 1–2 | Atlante | 1–0 | 1–2 |

##### Second leg
#### Semi-finals

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| UdeG | 2–3 | Zacatecas | 1–1 | 1–2 |
| Necaxa | 5–3 | Atlante | 2–1 | 3–2 |

##### Second leg
#### Final

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Necaxa | 0–2 | Zacatecas | 0–2 | 0–0 |

##### Second leg

* Clausura 2016 winners:
* Necaxa 4th title

## Campeón de Ascenso 2016
### Second leg

* Champions
* Necaxa 2nd title

## Relegation table

The team would normally be the team with the lowest ratio by summing the points scored in the following tournaments: Apertura 2013, Clausura 2014, Apertura 2014, Clausura 2015, Apertura 2015 and Clausura 2016. This Season, no team will be relegated to Liga Premier de Ascenso (will resume next season).
| Pos | Team | Total Pts | Total Pld | Avg |
| 1 | UdeG | 50 | 30 | 1.6666 |
| 2 | Juárez | 49 | 30 | 1.6333 |
| 3 | Necaxa | 137 | 84 | 1.6309 |
| 4 | UAT | 130 | 84 | 1.5476 |
| 5 | Zacatecas | 129 | 84 | 1.5357 |
| 6 | Oaxaca | 127 | 84 | 1.5119 |
| 7 | Coras | 84 | 56 | 1.5000 |
| 8 | BUAP | 125 | 84 | 1.4880 |
| 9 | Atlante | 82 | 56 | 1.4642 |
| 10 | Tapachula | 114 | 84 | 1.3571 |
| 11 | Atlético San Luis | 110 | 84 | 1.3095 |
| 12 | Venados | 107 | 84 | 1.2738 |
| 13 | Murciélagos | 96 | 84 | 1.1428 |
| 14 | Zacatepec | 91 | 84 | 1.0833 |
| 15 | Celaya | 90 | 84 | 1.0714 |
| 16 | Sonora | 18 | 30 | 0.6000 |