# 2009–10 Liga de Ascenso season

The 2009-2010 season was the first under the new name Liga de Ascenso, renamed from Primera A.
Also the Clausura part of the tournament was renamed Bicentenario 2010 in honor of the 200 year anniversary of the declaration for Mexican Independence.

## Changes

From Clausura 2009 to the new format there were many changes, the 3 group format was dropped in favor of 1 single table with the top 7 teams advancing to the playoffs, the top team over all to the semifinals and the next 6 teams to the quarterfinals.
The number of teams decreased from 27 to 17 teams
* Querétaro won Promotion to Primera Division de Mexico
* Necaxa finished last in Liga MX and was relegated to Liga de Ascenso
* Real Colima moved to Hermosillo and renamed as Guerreros.
* Salamanca moved to La Piedad and was renamed La Piedad
* Potros Chetumal re-branded to Toros Neza
* Tapatío re-branded to U. de G.

## Dropped teams

* Socio Aguila
* Chihuahua (Indios B)
* Santos Laguna (Santos B)
* Real Colima
* Tigres B
* Atlético Mexiquense
* Tampico Madero
* Monterrey B
* Tapachula (Jaguares B)
* Academicos (Atlas B)

## Stadium and locations

| Club | Stadium | Capacity | City |
| Lobos BUAP | Cuauhtémoc | 46,912 | Puebla |
| Cruz Azul Hidalgo | 10 de Diciembre | 17,000 | Mexico City |
| Durango | Francisco Zarco | 18,000 | Durango |
| Guerreros | Héroe de Nacozari | 22,000 | Hermosillo |
| Irapuato | Sergio León Chavez | 33,000 | Irapuato |
| La Piedad | Juan N. López | 17,000 | La Piedad |
| León | Nou Camp | 33,943 | León |
| Mérida | Carlos Iturralde | 21,050 | Mérida |
| Necaxa | Victoria | 25,000 | Aguascalientes |
| Orizaba | Luis de la Fuente | 30,000 | Veracruz |
| Potros Neza | Neza 86 | 28,500 | Nezahualcóyotl |
| Pumas Morelos | Centenario | 15,237 | Cuernavaca |
| Dorados de Sinaloa | Banorte | 21,000 | Culiacán |
| Tijuana | Caliente | 33,333 | Tijuana |
| Correcaminos | Marte R. Gómez | 19,500 | Ciudad Victoria |
| U. de G. | Jalisco | 60,000 | Guadalajara |
| Veracruz | Luis de la Fuente | 30,000 | Veracruz |

## Apertura 2009

The 2009 Liga de Ascenso Apertura was the first and inaugural football tournament of the 2009–10 Liga de Ascenso season. The tournament began on July 31, 2009 and ended on December 13, 2009.

### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Irapuato (A) | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 28 | 18 | +10 | 32 | Qualification for Liga de Ascenso Apertura 2009 Liguilla Semi-finals |
| 2 | Lobos BUAP (A) | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 13 | +6 | 28 | Qualification for Liga de Ascenso Apertura 2009 Liguilla Quarter-finals |
| 3 | Necaxa (A) | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 18 | +5 | 28 | Qualification for Liga de Ascenso Apertura 2009 Liguilla Quarter-finals |
| 4 | Veracruz (A) | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 13 | +5 | 28 | Qualification for Liga de Ascenso Apertura 2009 Liguilla Quarter-finals |
| 5 | Dorados de Sinaloa (A) | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 23 | 22 | +1 | 26 | Qualification for Liga de Ascenso Apertura 2009 Liguilla Quarter-finals |
| 6 | Cruz Azul Hidalgo (A) | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 22 | −1 | 25 | Qualification for Liga de Ascenso Apertura 2009 Liguilla Quarter-finals |
| 7 | Potros Neza (A) | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 24 | 21 | +3 | 24 | Qualification for Liga de Ascenso Apertura 2009 Liguilla Quarter-finals |
| 8 | Merida | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 15 | +3 | 24 | |
| 9 | Pumas Morelos | 16 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 21 | 19 | +2 | 21 | |
| 10 | Léon | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 27 | 26 | +1 | 21 | |
| 11 | Tijuana | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 14 | +4 | 20 | |
| 12 | Durango | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 23 | 24 | −1 | 20 | |
| 13 | Correcaminos | 16 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 18 | 22 | −4 | 19 | |
| 14 | La Piedad | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 22 | 21 | +1 | 18 | |
| 15 | Orizaba | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 19 | −7 | 13 | |
| 16 | U. de G. | 16 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 21 | −10 | 13 | |
| 17 | Guerreros | 16 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 24 | −18 | 10 | |

### Position by fixture

| Team ╲ Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 |
| Irapuato | 1 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| BUAP | 15 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
| Necaxa | 4 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
| Veracruz | 13 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Sinaloa | 2 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 5 |
| Cruz Azul Hidalgo | 6 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| Potros Neza | 5 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 7 |
| Mérida | 11 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 8 |
| Pumas Morelos | 8 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 9 |
| León | 12 | 8 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 10 |
| Tijuana | 9 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 11 |
| Durango | 14 | 13 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 17 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 12 |
| UAT | 3 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 13 |
| La Piedad | 10 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 |
| Orizaba | 7 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 |
| U. de G. | 16 | 17 | 17 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 |
| Guerreros | 17 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 |

### Results

| Home \ Away | BUP | CAH | DUR | GUE | IRA | LAP | LEÓ | MER | NEC | ORI | PTN | PUM | SIN | TIJ | UAT | UDG | VER |
| BUAP | | | | 3–0 | | | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | | 1–1 | | | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | |
| Cruz Azul Hidalgo | 2–0 | | | 3–0 | | 3–0 | | | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | | | | 0–0 | |
| Durango | 0–0 | 2–2 | | | 2–3 | 2–0 | | | | 1–0 | | 3–5 | 2–2 | 2–2 | | | 1–2 |
| Guerreros | | | 0–1 | | | | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | | 0–2 | | | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | |
| Irapuato | 2–1 | 1–2 | | 4–0 | | 1–0 | | | | 1–0 | | 2–1 | 3–1 | | | 3–1 | |
| La Piedad | 1–2 | | | 0–0 | | | | 2–2 | 1–1 | | 2–2 | 1–2 | | | 4–1 | 4–0 | |
| León | | 5–1 | 0–2 | | 3–2 | 1–3 | | | | 1–0 | | | 2–2 | 2–1 | | | 3–0 |
| Mérida | | 1–0 | 2–0 | | 1–1 | | 2–0 | | | | | | 2–1 | | 0–2 | | 0–0 |
| Necaxa | | | 2–1 | | 3–1 | | 2–1 | 1–0 | | | 5–1 | | | | 2–1 | | 1–0 |
| Orizaba | 0–0 | | | 1–0 | | 1–1 | | 3–1 | 1–3 | | 2–0 | 1–1 | | | | 1–1 | |
| Potros Neza | | | 2–1 | | 1–2 | | 1–1 | 1–1 | | | | | 4–1 | | 2–1 | | 3–0 |
| Pumas Morelos | 0–0 | | | 1–1 | | | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | | 2–2 | | | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | |
| Sinaloa | 0–2 | 2–1 | | 2–0 | | 1–2 | | | 3–1 | 1–0 | | 3–2 | | | | 2–0 | |
| Tijuana | | 4–0 | | | 0–0 | 1–1 | | 0–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | | 1–0 | | 0–1 | | |
| UAT | | 1–1 | 1–2 | | 0–1 | | 3–2 | | | 3–1 | | | 0–1 | | | | 0–2 |
| U. de G. | | | 1–1 | | | | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | | 0–1 | | | 0–1 | 0–1 | | 1–2 |
| Veracruz | 2–0 | 4–0 | | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | | | | 1–0 | | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | | | |

### Final phase

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| | | | | | 1 | Irapuato | 0 | 3 | 3 | | | | | |
| | | | | | 4 | Veracruz | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | | |
| 4 | Veracruz | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | Veracruz | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | | |
| 5 | Dorados de Sinaloa | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | Dorados de Sinaloa | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | | | 1 | Irapuato | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| | | | | | | | | | | 3 | Necaxa | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2 | Lobos BUAP | 2 | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | Necaxa | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 7 | Potros Neza | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | Potros Neza | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | Lobos BUAP | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | |
| | | | | | 3 | Necaxa | 2 | 0 | 2 | | | | | |
| 3 | Necaxa | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | Necaxa | 2 | 0 | 2 | | | | | |
| 6 | Cruz Azul Hidalgo | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
* If the two teams are tied after both legs, the higher seeded team advances.
* The winner will qualify to the playoff match vs the Clausura 2010 winner
* Apertura 2009 winner:
* Necaxa 1st title

### Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Ariel González | Irapuato | 11 |
| 2 | Fausto David Ruiz | Potros Neza | 10 |
| 3 | Bosco Frontán | La Piedad | 8 |
| 4 | Nelson Sebastián Maz | Necaxa | 8 |
| 5 | Raúl Enríquez | Tijuana | 8 |
| 6 | Luis Orozco | León | 7 |
| 7 | Pedro Solís | Correcaminos | 7 |
| 8 | Francisco Bravo | Veracruz | 7 |
| 9 | Dany González | Durango | 7 |
| 10 | Álvaro González | Lobos BUAP | 7 |
| Source: FeMexFut ||||

## Bicentenario 2010

The 2010 Liga de Ascenso Bicentenario is the second football tournament of the 2009–10 Liga de Ascenso season.

### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Léon | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 13 | +12 | 34 | Advance to the semifinal |
| 2 | Necaxa | 16 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 25 | 13 | +12 | 32 | Advance to quarterfinal |
| 3 | Tijuana | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 15 | +9 | 27 | Advance to quarterfinal |
| 4 | Pumas Morelos | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 21 | 16 | +5 | 26 | Advance to quarterfinal |
| 5 | La Piedad | 16 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 16 | 18 | −2 | 25 | Advance to quarterfinal |
| 6 | Correcaminos | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 22 | 17 | +5 | 24 | Advance to quarterfinal |
| 7 | Lobos BUAP | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 22 | −5 | 24 | Advance to quarterfinal |
| 8 | Irapuato | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 18 | +3 | 23 | |
| 9 | Cruz Azul Hidalgo | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 14 | +3 | 23 | |
| 10 | Merida | 16 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 21 | 13 | +8 | 22 | |
| 11 | Orizaba | 16 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 19 | 17 | +2 | 22 | |
| 12 | Dorados de Sinaloa | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 20 | −2 | 19 | |
| 13 | Potros Neza | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 24 | 26 | −2 | 17 | |
| 14 | Durango | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 20 | 28 | −8 | 15 | |
| 15 | Veracruz | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 18 | 26 | −8 | 15 | |
| 16 | U. de G. | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 28 | −13 | 13 | |
| 17 | Guerreros | 16 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 28 | −17 | 10 | |

### Position by fixture

| Team ╲ Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 |
| BUAP | 15 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| Cruz Azul Hidalgo | 3 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 9 |
| Durango | 11 | 7 | 9 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 14 |
| Guerreros | 8 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 |
| Irapuato | 9 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 8 |
| La Piedad | 4 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 5 |
| León | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Mérida | 12 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 10 |
| Necaxa | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Orizaba | 6 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 11 |
| Potros Neza | 13 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 13 |
| Pumas Morelos | 5 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Sinaloa | 10 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 12 |
| Tijuana | 16 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| UAT | 17 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 6 |
| U. de G. | 7 | 13 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 |
| Veracruz | 14 | 17 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 15 |

### Results

| Home \ Away | BUP | CAH | DUR | GUE | IRA | LAP | LEÓ | MER | NEC | ORI | PTN | PUM | SIN | TIJ | UAT | UDG | VER |
| BUAP | | 0–1 | 1–0 | | 2–2 | 2–1 | | | | 0–3 | | 1–3 | 1–0 | | | | 2–2 |
| Cruz Azul Hidalgo | | | 1–1 | | 2–0 | | 1–1 | 0–0 | | | | | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | | 3–1 |
| Durango | | | | 4–3 | | | 1–3 | 1–2 | 2–3 | | 1–0 | | | | 1–3 | 1–2 | |
| Guerreros | 0–1 | 1–0 | | | 1–3 | 2–0 | | | | 0–0 | | 0–0 | 0–0 | | | | 1–2 |
| Irapuato | | | 2–0 | | | | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | | 2–1 | | | 1–0 | 1–3 | | 4–0 |
| La Piedad | | 0–2 | 0–2 | | 3–1 | | 0–2 | | | 2–0 | | | 2–1 | 1–0 | | | 2–0 |
| León | 2–0 | | | 2–0 | | | | 2–0 | 1–3 | | 2–1 | 2–1 | | | 2–0 | 2–0 | |
| Mérida | 2–0 | | | 3–0 | | 4–0 | | | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | | 0–0 | | 0–1 | |
| Necaxa | 2–2 | 1–0 | | 4–0 | | 0–0 | | | | 0–0 | | 2–1 | 2–2 | 3–2 | | 1–1 | |
| Orizaba | | 2–1 | 1–1 | | 1–1 | | 1–1 | | | | | | 1–1 | 1–4 | 2–1 | | 3–1 |
| Potros Neza | 1–2 | 1–1 | | 2–1 | | 0–2 | | | 1–1 | 2–2 | | 3–4 | | 1–1 | | 3–2 | |
| Pumas Morelos | | 2–0 | 2–0 | | 1–0 | 0–1 | | | | 1–1 | | | 0–1 | | | | 1–0 |
| Sinaloa | | | 0–1 | | 2–2 | | 1–2 | 2–1 | | | 1–4 | | | 0–1 | 2–0 | | 1–0 |
| Tijuana | 2–0 | | 3–2 | 3–0 | | | 1–1 | | | | | 0–1 | | | | 4–2 | 1–0 |
| UAT | 1–2 | | | 1–1 | | 3–1 | | 1–1 | 0–0 | | 2–1 | 2–1 | | 1–0 | | 4–0 | |
| U. de G. | 0–1 | 1–1 | | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | | | | 0–0 | | 1–3 | 1–3 | | | | |
| Veracruz | | | 2–2 | | | | 3–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | | 0–1 | | | | 1–0 | 3–1 | |

### Final phase

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| | | | | | 1 | León | 2 | 5 | 7 | | | | | |
| | | | | | 5 | La Piedad | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | |
| 4 | Pumas Morelos | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | La Piedad | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | |
| 5 | La Piedad | 0 | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | La Piedad | 0 | 2 | 2 | | | | | | 1 | León | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| | | | | | | | | | | 2 | Necaxa | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | Necaxa | 0 | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | Necaxa | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | BUAP | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | BUAP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Necaxa | 0 | 5 | 5 | | | | | |
| | | | | | 3 | Tijuana | 0 | 2 | 2 | | | | | |
| 3 | Tijuana | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | Tijuana | 0 | 2 | 2 | | | | | |
| 6 | Correcaminos | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
* If the two teams are tied after both legs, the higher-seeded team advances.
* The winner will qualify to the playoff match vs the Clausura 2010 winner
* Bicentenario 2010 winner
* Necaxa 2nd title

### Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Carlos Casartelli | León | 8 |
| 2 | Raúl Enríquez | Tijuana | 7 |
| 3 | Ariel González | Irapuato | 6 |
| 3 | Mauro Gerk | Tijuana | 6 |
| 5 | Nelson Maz | Necaxa | 5 |
| 5 | Pablo Bonells | Pumas Morelos | 5 |
| 5 | Luis Orozco | León | 5 |
| 5 | Rafael Murguía | La Piedad | 5 |
| Source: FeMexFut ||||

## Campeón de Ascenso 2010

Nacaxa were champions of Apertura 2009 and Bicentenario 2010 tournaments, automatically winning the Campeón de Ascenso and gained the promotion to Primera División.

## Relegation table

Relegation is determined by a quotient of the total points earned in the Liga de Ascenso divided by the total number of games played over the past three seasons of the Liga de Ascenso (for clubs that have not been the Liga de Ascenso all three season, the last consecutive seasons of participation are taken into account). The club with the lowest quotient is relegated to the Segunda División Profesional for the next season.
| Pos. | Club | Total Points | Total Games | Ave. |
| 1 | Necaxa | 47 | 25 | 1.8800 |
| 2 | León | 170 | 92 | 1.8478 |
| 3 | Tijuana | 107 | 58 | 1.8448 |
| 4 | Veracruz | 97 | 57 | 1.7018 |
| 5 | Dorados de Sinaloa | 153 | 91 | 1.6813 |
| 6 | Irapuato | 94 | 57 | 1.6491 |
| 7 | Lobos BUAP | 147 | 92 | 1.5978 |
| 8 | Cruz Azul Hidalgo | 141 | 91 | 1.5495 |
| 9 | Correcaminos | 144 | 93 | 1.5484 |
| 10 | Pumas Morelos | 136 | 92 | 1.4783 |
| 11 | Mérida | 132 | 91 | 1.4505 |
| 12 | Durango | 122 | 91 | 1.3407 |
| 13 | Orizaba | 117 | 92 | 1.2717 |
| 13 | La Piedad | 117 | 92 | 1.2717 |
| 15 | Potros Neza | 59 | 57 | 1.0351 |
| 16 | U. de G. | 94 | 92 | 1.0217 |
| 17 | Guerreros | 81 | 91 | 0.8901 * |