# 2011–12 Liga de Ascenso season

The 2011–12 Liga de Ascenso season is the second-level football league of Mexico.

## Changes for the 2011-2012 season

* Alacranes de Durango finished last in the 2010-2011 season and went bankrupt after several financial problems.
* Atlante UTN was renamed Toros Neza.
* Veracruz were suspended after the Clausura 2011 season for not paying players.
* Orizaba were moved to Veracruz and renamed Veracruz.
* Tijuana won promotion to Liga MX.
* Necaxa finished last place in the relegation table in Mexican Primera División and the team was relegated to Ascenso MX.
* Celaya won promotion to Liga de Ascenso from Segunda División de México.
* Mérida FC changed name to FC Mérida and updated logo.
* Lobos de la BUAP changed logo.
* Club Toros Neza changed name to Neza FC and updated logo.
* Indios were suspended after the Apertura 2011 due to financial problems.

## Stadia and locations

The following 16 clubs will compete in the Liga de Ascenso during the 2011–12 season:
| Club | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
| Estudiantes de Altamira | Altamira | Altamira | 9,581 |
| Neza FC | Nezahualcóyotl | Neza 86 | 20,000 |
| Lobos BUAP | Puebla | Estadio Olímpico de C.U. | 19,283 |
| Indios | Ciudad Juárez | Olímpico Benito Juárez | 19,703 |
| Cruz Azul Hidalgo | Ciudad Cooperativa Cruz Azul | 10 de Diciembre | 14,500 |
| Necaxa | Aguascalientes | Estadio Victoria | 23,851 |
| Celaya | Celaya | Estadio Miguel Aleman | 23,182 |
| Irapuato | Irapuato | Sergio León Chavez | 25,000 |
| La Piedad | La Piedad | Juan N. López | 13,356 |
| León | León | Nou Camp | 31,297 |
| Mérida | Mérida | Carlos Iturralde | 15,087 |
| Pumas Morelos | Cuernavaca | Centenario | 14,800 |
| Dorados de Sinaloa | Culiacán | Banorte | 17,898 |
| Correcaminos | Ciudad Victoria | Marte R. Gómez | 10,520 |
| U. de G. | Guadalajara | Jalisco | 55,020 |
| Veracruz | Veracruz | Luis de la Fuente | 28,703 |

## Torneo Apertura

The 2011 Apertura will be the first championship of the season. It began on 24 July 2011.

### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | La Piedad | 15 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 26 | 17 | +9 | 31 | Qualification for Liguilla semifinals |
| 2 | Correcaminos | 15 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 33 | 21 | +12 | 27 | Qualification for Liguilla quarterfinals |
| 3 | Neza | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 27 | 22 | +5 | 26 | Qualification for Liguilla quarterfinals |
| 4 | Léon | 15 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 26 | 16 | +10 | 23 | Qualification for Liguilla quarterfinals |
| 5 | Irapuato | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 24 | 17 | +7 | 23 | Qualification for Liguilla quarterfinals |
| 6 | Necaxa | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 14 | +1 | 23 | Qualification for Liguilla quarterfinals |
| 7 | Altamira | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 22 | 0 | 22 | Qualification for Liguilla quarterfinals |
| 8 | Veracruz | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 19 | −2 | 22 | |
| 9 | Pumas Morelos | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 16 | −1 | 21 | |
| 10 | Celaya | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 20 | −5 | 18 | |
| 11 | Lobos BUAP | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 18 | −5 | 18 | |
| 12 | U. de G. | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 22 | −6 | 15 | |
| 13 | Indios | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 20 | 24 | −4 | 14 | |
| 14 | Dorados de Sinaloa | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 30 | −10 | 14 | |
| 15 | Merida | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 19 | −4 | 13 | |
| 16 | Cruz Azul Hidalgo | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 21 | −7 | 12 | |

### Results

| Home \ Away | ALT | BUP | CEL | CRH | ICJ | IRA | LAP | LEO | MER | NEC | NEZ | PUM | SIN | UDG | UAT | VER |
| Altamira | | 0–0 | 0–1 | | 4–2 | | 1–0 | 1–1 | | | | 3–1 | 2–0 | | 4–4 | |
| BUAP | | | | 1–0 | 1–6 | 1–0 | | 1–2 | | | | | 0–1 | 1–0 | | 0–2 |
| Celaya | | 0–0 | | 1–1 | 1–0 | | 2–1 | 1–1 | | | | 0–1 | 1–0 | | 3–4 | |
| Cruz Azul Hidalgo | 1–2 | | | | | 1–0 | | | 0–3 | 2–1 | 1–2 | | | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 |
| Indios | | | | 2–1 | | 1–2 | | 0–1 | | | 0–2 | | 1–0 | 0–1 | | 2–0 |
| Irapuato | 6–1 | | 3–1 | | | | 2–3 | | 1–0 | 0–1 | 4–3 | | | 2–1 | 0–0 | |
| La Piedad | | 0–2 | | 1–0 | 3–1 | | | 0–0 | | | | 3–1 | 4–3 | | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| León | | | | 1–1 | | 1–1 | | | | 2–0 | 2–2 | | 6–1 | 1–1 | | 3–0 |
| Mérida | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | | 1–1 | | 2–3 | 2–1 | | | | 0–0 | | | | |
| Necaxa | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | | 3–2 | | 0–1 | | 1–0 | | | 1–0 | | | | |
| Neza | 3–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | | | | 2–1 | | 2–1 | 1–0 | | 1–1 | | | | |
| Pumas Morelos | | 2–2 | | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | | 2–1 | | | | | 1–1 | | | 2–0 |
| Sinaloa | | | | 1–1 | | 2–1 | | | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | | | 3–3 | 1–4 | 1–2 |
| U. de G. | 0–3 | | 1–1 | | | | 0–2 | | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | | | | |
| UAT | | 2–1 | | | 2–0 | | | 3–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | | 2–2 | | |
| Veracruz | 1–0 | | 1–1 | | | 0–2 | | | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | | | 3–2 | 1–0 | |

### Liguilla

The qualified teams play two games against each other on a home-and-away basis. The winner of each match up is determined by aggregate score.
The teams were seeded two to seven in the quarterfinals, and the winners are joined by the top-ranked team in the semi-finals. The teams are re-seeded one to four in the 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 | La Piedad | 5 | 1 | 6 | | | | | |
| | | | | | 4 | León | 3 | 2 | 5 | | | | | |
| 4 | León | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | León | 3 | 2 | 5 | | | | | |
| 5 | Irapuato | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | Irapuato | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | 1 | La Piedad | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | | | | | | | | 2 | Correcaminos | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | Correcaminos | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | Correcaminos | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | Altamira | 2 | 0 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | Altamira | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | Correcaminos | 1 | 2 | 3 | | | | | |
| | | | | | 3 | Neza | 2 | 1 | 3 | | | | | |
| 3 | Neza | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | Neza | 2 | 1 | 3 | | | | | |
| 6 | Necaxa | 0 | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
* If the two teams are tied after both legs, the higher seeded team advances.
* Teams are re-seeded every round.
* The winner qualify to the playoff match vs the Clausura 2012 winner. However, if the winner is the same in both tournaments, they would be the team promoted to the 2012–13 Mexican Primera División season without playing the Promotional Final
* Apertura 2011 winners:
* Correcaminos 2nd title

### Top goalscorers

Players sorted first by goals scored, then by last name.
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Roberto Nicolás Saucedo | Correcaminos | 13 |
| 2 | Luciano Emílio | Neza | 10 |
| 2 | José Cruz Gutiérrez | Irapuato | 10 |
| 2 | Ismael Valadéz | Altamira | 10 |
| 5 | Roberto Nurse | La Piedad | 9 |
| 5 | Pablo Gabriel Torres | Cruz Azul Hidalgo | 9 |
| 7 | Ever Guzmán | Mérida | 8 |
| 7 | Nelson Sebastián Maz | León | 8 |
| 7 | Eder Pacheco | León | 8 |
| 10 | Víctor Lojero | Necaxa | 6 |
| 10 | Diego Olsina | Correcaminos | 6 |
| 10 | Carlos Ruiz | Veracruz | 6 |

## Torneo Clausura

The 2012 Clausura is the second championship of the season. It began on 6 January 2012 & ended on 15 April 2012. Before the 2012 Clausura tournament started, Ciudad Juárez was disaffiliated due to economical problems.

### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Léon | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 41 | 13 | +28 | 34 | Qualification for Liguilla semifinals |
| 2 | Merida | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 8 | +8 | 28 | Qualification for Liguilla quarterfinals |
| 3 | Necaxa | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 13 | +7 | 27 | Qualification for Liguilla quarterfinals |
| 4 | Neza | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 25 | 16 | +9 | 24 | Qualification for Liguilla quarterfinals |
| 5 | Lobos BUAP | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 20 | Qualification for Liguilla quarterfinals |
| 6 | U. de G. | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 20 | Qualification for Liguilla quarterfinals |
| 7 | Correcaminos | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 16 | +6 | 19 | Qualification for Liguilla quarterfinals |
| 8 | La Piedad | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 17 | +5 | 19 | |
| 9 | Celaya | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 23 | −3 | 19 | |
| 10 | Irapuato | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 17 | −4 | 16 | |
| 11 | Dorados de Sinaloa | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 23 | −8 | 14 | |
| 12 | Pumas Morelos | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 16 | −9 | 13 | |
| 13 | Altamira | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 15 | 29 | −14 | 13 | |
| 14 | Veracruz | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 24 | −11 | 12 | |
| 15 | Cruz Azul Hidalgo | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 28 | −14 | 10 | |

### Results

| Home \ Away | ALT | BUP | CEL | CRH | IRA | LAP | LEO | MER | NEC | NEZ | PUM | SIN | UDG | UAT | VER |
| Altamira | | | | 3–4 | 1–1 | | | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | | | 1–0 | | 2–0 |
| BUAP | 3–1 | | 1–1 | | | 1–0 | | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | | | 2–0 | |
| Celaya | 2–0 | | | | 2–1 | | | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | | | 1–2 | | 2–1 |
| Cruz Azul Hidalgo | | 2–3 | 2–3 | | | 2–1 | 0–3 | | | | 0–0 | 1–1 | | | |
| Irapuato | | 2–0 | | 1–0 | | | 1–2 | | | | 0–0 | 1–0 | | | 2–1 |
| La Piedad | 2–0 | | 1–2 | | 3–0 | | | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | | | 1–2 | | |
| León | 5–0 | 5–2 | 5–0 | | | 1–1 | | 2–2 | | | 3–0 | | | 2–0 | |
| Mérida | | | | 1–0 | 1–0 | | | | 2–0 | 1–1 | | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Necaxa | | | | 1–0 | 3–1 | | 1–1 | | | 0–2 | | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 |
| Neza | | | | 4–1 | 2–2 | | 3–4 | | | | | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| Pumas Morelos | 0–1 | | 2–1 | | | 0–3 | | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | | | 0–1 | 1–2 | |
| Sinaloa | 4–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | | | 1–2 | 1–3 | | | | 2–0 | | | | |
| U. de G. | | 2–3 | | 1–1 | 0–0 | | 0–0 | | | | | 2–0 | | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| UAT | 4–0 | | 1–1 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | | | | | | 4–2 | | | 1–2 |
| Veracruz | | 0–2 | | 1–1 | | 2–3 | 2–5 | | | | 1–0 | 1–0 | | | |

### Liguilla

(Source for Liguilla information)
The qualified teams play two games against each other on a home-and-away basis. The winner of each match up is determined by aggregate score.
The teams ranked 2 to 7 in the regular stage progress to the quarterfinals, whilst the league winners qualify directly to the semi-finals. The higher ranked 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 | León | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | | |
| | | | | | 7 | UAT | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | |
| 2 | Mérida | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | UAT | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | |
| 7 | UAT | 2 | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | UAT | 2 | 1 | 3 | | | | | | 1 | León | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| | | | | | | | | | | 5 | Lobos BUAP | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | Necaxa | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | 5 | Lobos BUAP | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | U. de G. | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | U. de G. | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | Necaxa | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | | | |
| | | | | | 5 | Lobos BUAP | 3 | 0 | 3 | | | | | |
| 4 | Neza | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | Lobos BUAP | 3 | 0 | 3 | | | | | |
| 5 | Lobos BUAP | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
* If the two teams are tied after both legs, the higher seeded team advances.
* The winner qualifies to the Championship Final vs the Apertura 2011 winner.

#### Quarter-finals

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Mérida | 1–3 | UAT | 0–2 | 1–1 |
| Necaxa | 1–1 | U. de G. | 1–1 | 0–0 |
| Neza | 0–1 | Lobos BUAP | 0–1 | 0–0 |

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

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| León | 1–0 | UAT | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| Necaxa | 1–3 | Lobos BUAP | 0–3 | 1–0 |

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

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| León | 7–3 | Lobos BUAP | 3–3 | 4–0 |

##### Second leg

* Clausura 2012 winner:
* León 4th title

## Campeón de Ascenso 2012
### Second leg

* Champions
* León 1st title

## Relegation

| Pos | Team | '09 A Pts | '10 C Pts | '10 A Pts | '11 C Pts | '11 A Pts | '12 C Pts | Total Pts | Total Pld | Avg |
| 1 | León | 21 | 34 | 25 | 34 | 20 | 34 | 168 | 92 | 1.8261 |
| 2 | Necaxa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 27 | 47 | 28 | 1.6786 |
| 3 | Irapuato | 32 | 23 | 24 | 33 | 20 | 16 | 148 | 92 | 1.6087 |
| 4 | Lobos BUAP | 28 | 24 | 27 | 15 | 18 | 20 | 132 | 92 | 1.4348 |
| 5 | Neza | 24 | 17 | 9 | 29 | 23 | 24 | 126 | 92 | 1.3696 |
| 6 | Correcaminos | 19 | 24 | 15 | 24 | 24 | 19 | 125 | 92 | 1.3587 |
| 7 | La Piedad | 18 | 25 | 18 | 15 | 28 | 19 | 123 | 92 | 1.337 |
| 8 | Dorados de Sinaloa | 26 | 19 | 22 | 24 | 14 | 14 | 119 | 92 | 1.2935 |
| 9 | Pumas Morelos | 21 | 26 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 13 | 118 | 92 | 1.2826 |
| 10 | Altamira | 0 | 0 | 23 | 21 | 19 | 13 | 76 | 60 | 1.2667 |
| 11 | Cruz Azul Hidalgo | 25 | 23 | 22 | 24 | 12 | 10 | 116 | 92 | 1.2609 |
| 12 | Mérida | 24 | 22 | 12 | 16 | 12 | 28 | 114 | 92 | 1.2391 |
| 13 | Celaya | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 19 | 34 | 28 | 1.2143 |
| 13 | Veracruz | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 12 | 34 | 28 | 1.2143 |
| 15 | U. de G. | 13 | 13 | 18 | 14 | 12 | 20 | 90 | 92 | 0.9783 |
Updated on 21 November 2011 Source: femexfut.com