# Clausura 2015 Copa MX

The Copa 2015 MX Clausura was the 73rd staging of the Copa MX, the 46th staging in the professional era and is the sixth tournament played since the 1996–97 edition.
This tournament started on January 20, 2015, and ended April 21, 2015.
Puebla won their fifth title after defeating Guadalajara 4–2 in the final.

## Participants Clausura 2015

This tournament will feature the clubs from the Liga MX who did not participate in the 2014-15 CONCACAF Champions League (León, América, Pachuca and Cruz Azul), and the teams who will participate in the 2015 Copa Libertadores (UANL, Atlas and Morelia) will not participate as well. The first 13 Ascenso MX teams in the classification phase during the Apertura 2014 season will participate.

## Tiebreakers

If two or more clubs are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria are applied to determine the rankings:
* superior goal difference;
* higher number of goals scored;
* scores of the group matches played among the clubs in question;
* higher number of goals scored away in the group matches played among the clubs in question;
* best position in the Relegation table;
* fair play ranking;
* drawing of lots.

## Group stage

All but one group is composed by four clubs, two from Liga MX and two from Ascenso MX. The remaining group will have one from Liga MX and three from Ascenso MX. Instead of a traditional robin-round schedule, the clubs will play in three two-legged "rounds", the last one being contested by clubs of the same league.
Each win gives a club 3 points, each draw gives 1 point. An extra point is awarded for every round won; a round is won by aggregated score, and if it is a tie, the extra point will be not be awarded to neither team.
* Key to colours in group tables
* Group winners advance to the Championship Stage
* The two best second-placed teams also advance to the Championship Stage
All times are UTC-05:00 except for matches in Sinaloa, Tepic (both UTC−06:00) and Tijuana (UTC−07:00)

### Group 1

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | RW | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
| 1 | Querétaro | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 5 | +8 | 15 | Group winner |
| 2 | Santos Laguna | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 10 | −1 | 11 | |
| 3 | San Luis | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 11 | −4 | 8 | |
| 4 | Zacatecas | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 11 | −3 | 5 | |

#### Round 1

Santos Laguna won the round 4–3 on aggregate
Teams drew 3–3 on aggregate, San Luis won the round on away goals

#### Round 2

Querétaro won the round 3–0 on aggregate
Santos Laguna won the round 3–0 on aggregate

#### Round 3

Zacatecas won the round 5–4 on aggregate
Querétaro won the round 7–2 on aggregate

### Group 2

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | RW | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
| 1 | Monterrey | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 3 | +11 | 15 | Group winner |
| 2 | UAT | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 15 | Best runner-up |
| 3 | Veracruz | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 6 | |
| 4 | Altamira | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 15 | −11 | 2 | |

#### Round 1

Veracruz won the round 2–1 on aggregate
UAT won the round 2–1 on aggregate

#### Round 2

UAT won the round 3–2 on aggregate
Monterrey won the round 9–0 on aggregate

#### Round 3

UAT won the round 4–3 on aggregate
Monterrey won the round 4–1 on aggregate

### Group 3

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | RW | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
| 1 | Tijuana | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 6 | +8 | 17 | Group winner |
| 2 | Tepic | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 7 | +4 | 10 | |
| 3 | U. de G. | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 7 | |
| 4 | Necaxa | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 13 | −9 | 4 | |

#### Round 1

Tepic won the round 3–0 on aggregate
Tijuana originally won the first leg 3–1 but Tijuana was later awarded a 3–0 win after Necaxa only had 6 registered Ascenso MX players available for the leg instead of the mandatory 8.
Tijuana won the round 6–1 on aggregate

#### Round 2

U de G. won the round 3–1 on aggregate
Tijuana won the round 5–4 on aggregate

#### Round 3

Tijuana won the round 3–1 on aggregate
Tepic won the round 4–2 on aggregate

### Group 4

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | RW | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
| 1 | Guadalajara | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 15 | Group winner |
| 2 | Sinaloa | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | +3 | 13 | |
| 3 | BUAP | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 9 | −2 | 7 | |
| 4 | Irapuato | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 6 | −5 | 4 | |

#### Round 1

Teams drew 1–1 on aggregate and tied on away goals, thus neither team received the extra point
Sinaloa won the round 3–2 on aggregate

#### Round 2

Guadalajara won the round 3–0 on aggregate
Sinaloa won the round 3–0 on aggregate

#### Round 3

Guadalajara won the round 2–0 on aggregate
BUAP won the round 6–5 on aggregate

### Group 5

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | RW | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
| 1 | Puebla | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 6 | +5 | 16 | Group winner |
| 2 | Mérida | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 7 | +6 | 14 | Best runner-up |
| 3 | Toluca | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 13 | −4 | 8 | |
| 4 | Atlante | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 12 | −7 | 2 | |

#### Round 1

Puebla won the round 3–1 on aggregate
Mérida won the round 7–1 on aggregate

#### Round 2

Toluca won the round 4–2 on aggregate
Puebla won the round 4–1 on aggregate

#### Round 3

Teams drew 4–4 on aggregate, Puebla won the round on away goals
Mérida won the round 5–2 on aggregate

### Group 6

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | RW | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
| 1 | Chiapas | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 8 | +4 | 13 | Group winner |
| 2 | Zacatepec | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | +3 | 12 | |
| 3 | UNAM | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | −4 | 9 | |
| 4 | Oaxaca | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 12 | −3 | 7 | |

#### Round 1

Teams drew 3–3 on aggregate, Oaxaca won the round on away goals.
UNAM won the round 2–1 on aggregate

#### Round 2

Zacatepec won the round 4–3 on aggregate
Teams drew 3–3 on aggregate, UNAM won the round on away goals

#### Round 3

Zacatepec won the round 4–2 on aggregate
Chiapas won the round 6–1 on aggregate

### Ranking of runners-up clubs

The best two runners-up advance to the Championship Stage. If two or more teams are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria are applied to determine the rankings:
* superior goal difference;
* higher number of goals scored;
* higher number of goals scored away;
* best position in the Relegation table;
* fair play ranking;
* drawing of lots.
| Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | D | L | RW | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
| 1 | 2 | UAT | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 15 | Best runners-up |
| 2 | 5 | Mérida | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 7 | +6 | 14 | Best runners-up |
| 3 | 4 | Sinaloa | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | +3 | 13 | |
| 4 | 6 | Zacatepec | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | +3 | 12 | |
| 5 | 1 | Santos Laguna | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 10 | −1 | 11 | |
| 6 | 3 | Tepic | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 7 | +4 | 10 | |

## Championship stage

The eight clubs that advance to this stage were ranked and seeded 1 to 8 based on performance in the group stage. In case of ties, the same tiebreakers used to rank the runners-up were used.
In this stage, all the rounds will be a one-off match. If a game ends in a draw, it will proceed directly to a penalty shoot-out. The highest seeded club will host each match, regardless of which division each club belongs.

### Seeding

| Seed | Team | Pld | W | D | L | RW | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Tijuana | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 6 | +8 | 17 |
| 2 | Puebla | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 6 | +5 | 16 |
| 3 | Monterrey | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 3 | +11 | 15 |
| 4 | Querétaro | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 5 | +8 | 15 |
| 5 | Guadalajara | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 15 |
| 6 | UAT | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 15 |
| 7 | Mérida | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 7 | +6 | 14 |
| 8 | Chiapas | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 8 | +4 | 13 |

### Bracket

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| 2 | Puebla | 2 | | | | | | |
| 7 | Mérida | 1 | | | | | | |
| 7 | Mérida | 1 | 2 | Puebla | 3 | | | |
| | | | 3 | Monterrey | 0 | | | |
| 3 | Monterrey | 4 | 3 | Monterrey | 0 | | | |
| 6 | UAT | 1 | | | | | | |
| 6 | UAT | 1 | | | | 2 | Puebla | 4 |
| | | | | | | 5 | Guadalajara | 2 |
| 4 | Querétaro | 0 (3) | | | | | | | 5 | Guadalajara | 2 |
| 5 | Guadalajara (p) | 0 (4) | | | | | | |
| 5 | Guadalajara (p) | 0 (4) | 5 | Guadalajara | 2 | | | |
| | | | 8 | Chiapas | 1 | | | |
| 1 | Tijuana | 0 | 8 | Chiapas | 1 | | | |
| 8 | Chiapas | 2 | | | | | | |

### Quarterfinals

* ^ Match originally scheduled for 10 March 2015, but was postponed due to inclement weather.

### Final
## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Aldo de Nigris | Guadalajara | 5 |
| 1 | Raúl Enríquez | Sinaloa | 5 |
| 1 | Hérculez Gómez | Puebla | 5 |
| 4 | Isaac Díaz | Chiapas | 4 |
| 4 | Henry Martín | Tijuana | 4 |
| 4 | Michel Vázquez | Veracruz | 4 |
| 6 | Andrés Andrade | Chiapas | 3 |
| 6 | Othoniel Arce | BUAP | 3 |
| 6 | Cuauhtémoc Blanco | Puebla | 3 |
| 6 | Ulices Briceño | Mérida | 3 |
| 6 | Edwin Cardona | Monterrey | 3 |
| 6 | Yimmi Chará | Monterrey | 3 |
| 6 | Brayan Martínez | Mérida | 3 |
| 6 | Miguel Nuño | Tepic | 3 |
| 6 | Mario Osuna | Querétaro | 3 |
| 6 | Dorlan Pabón | Monterrey | 3 |
| 6 | Ángel Sepúlveda | Querétaro | 3 |
| 6 | Erick Torres | Guadalajara | 3 |
Source: LigaMX.net