# 2010–11 Liga de Ascenso season

The 2010–11 Ascenso MX season is the second season of the Liga de Ascenso, the second-level football league of Mexico. It consists of two separate tournaments, the Apertura and the Clausura. The winners of both tournaments will meet in a playoff to determine the team being promoted to the 2011–12 Primera Division de Mexico season.
The Apertura tournament began on July, 16th 2010 with the first matches of the classification phase and ended on December, 4th 2010 with the Apertura Liguilla final. The final was won by Tijuana, who defeated Veracruz 3–0 on aggregate.
The Clausura tournament began on January, 7th 2011 and ended on May, 14th 2011. The final was won by Irapuato, who defeated Tijuana. The following week, Apertura champion Tijuana defeated Clausura champion Irapuato in a playoff to determine the team promoted to the 2011–12 Liga MX season. That playoff took place on 18 May 2011 and May, 21st 2011.

## Changes for the 2010–2011 season

* Altamira won promotion from Segunda División de México.
* There was no demotion to Segunda División
* Indios was demoted from Primera Division de Mexico
* Necaxa won promotion to Primera División.
* Potros Neza was rebranded Atlante UTN
* Guerreros de Hermosillo were suspended after the 2010 Apertura for not paying players.

## Stadia and locations

| Club | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
| Altamira | Altamira | Altamira | 9,581 |
| Atlante UTN | Nezahualcóyotl | Neza 86 | 20,000 |
| Lobos BUAP | Puebla | ODCU | 19,283 |
| Indios | Ciudad Juárez | Olímpico Benito Juárez | 19,703 |
| Cruz Azul Hidalgo | Ciudad Cooperativa Cruz Azul | 10 de Diciembre | 14,500 |
| Durango | Durango | Francisco Zarco | 18,000 |
| Guerreros | Hermosillo | Héroe de Nacozari | 18,747 |
| Irapuato | Irapuato | Sergio León Chávez | 25,000 |
| La Piedad | La Piedad | Juan N. López | 13,356 |
| León | León | Nou Camp | 31,297 |
| Mérida | Mérida | Carlos Iturralde | 15,087 |
| Orizaba | Veracruz | Luis de la Fuente | 28,703 |
| Pumas Morelos | Cuernavaca | Centenario | 14,800 |
| Dorados de Sinaloa | Culiacán | Banorte | 17,898 |
| Tijuana | Tijuana | Caliente | 13,333 |
| Correcaminos | Ciudad Victoria | Marte R. Gómez | 10,520 |
| U. de G. | Guadalajara | Jalisco | 55,020 |
| Veracruz | Veracruz | Luis de la Fuente | 28,703 |

## Apertura
### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Tijuana | 17 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 19 | 7 | +12 | 38 | Qualification for Liguilla semifinals |
| 2 | Indios | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 32 | 27 | +5 | 29 | Qualification for Liguilla quarterfinals |
| 3 | Durango | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 24 | 19 | +5 | 28 | Qualification for Liguilla quarterfinals |
| 4 | Lobos BUAP | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 23 | 13 | +10 | 27 | Qualification for Liguilla quarterfinals |
| 5 | Veracruz | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 25 | 18 | +7 | 27 | Qualification for Liguilla quarterfinals |
| 6 | Irapuato | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 23 | 22 | +1 | 27 | Qualification for Liguilla quarterfinals |
| 7 | Orizaba | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 15 | +6 | 25 | Qualification for Liguilla quarterfinals |
| 8 | Léon | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 26 | 21 | +5 | 25 | |
| 9 | Guerreros | 17 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 19 | 21 | −2 | 25 | |
| 10 | Altamira | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 23 | 20 | +3 | 24 | |
| 11 | Dorados de Sinaloa | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 26 | −4 | 23 | |
| 12 | Cruz Azul Hidalgo | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 19 | 16 | +3 | 22 | |
| 13 | Pumas Morelos | 17 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 16 | 21 | −5 | 20 | |
| 14 | U. de G. | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 26 | 30 | −4 | 19 | |
| 15 | La Piedad | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 21 | 28 | −7 | 18 | |
| 16 | Correcaminos | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 18 | −4 | 15 | |
| 17 | Merida | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 27 | −14 | 13 | |
| 18 | Potros Neza | 17 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 17 | 34 | −17 | 9 | |

### Results

| Home \ Away | ALT | BUP | CIU | CAH | DUR | GUE | IRA | LAP | LEÓ | MER | ORI | PTN | PUM | SIN | TIJ | UAT | UDG | VER |
| Altamira | | | 2–2 | | | | | | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 3–0 | | | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 |
| BUAP | 0–1 | | 2–0 | | 0–1 | | | | | | | 4–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | | 2–1 | 2–0 | |
| Ciudad Juárez | | | | | | 5–1 | | | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 3–3 | | 1–0 | 1–2 | | |
| Cruz Azul Hidalgo | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | | 0–0 | | | | | | | 2–0 | 1–0 | 4–2 | | | 3–1 | |
| Durango | 4–2 | | 1–1 | | | | | | | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 |
| Guerreros | 2–2 | 1–0 | | 1–0 | 0–0 | | 1–2 | 2–1 | | | | | | 1–1 | 0–0 | | | 0–2 |
| Irapuato | 3–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–2 | | | | | | | 2–1 | | 1–0 | | | 3–4 | |
| La Piedad | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–4 | | 1–4 | | | | | | | 2–1 | | | 4–0 | |
| León | | 3–1 | | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | | | | | | 3–0 | 1–2 | | | 2–2 |
| Mérida | | 0–1 | | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–3 | | | | | | 0–0 | | | 0–1 |
| Orizaba | | 0–0 | | 1–1 | | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | | | | | 0–1 | | | |
| Potros Neza | | | | | | 1–2 | | 0–0 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 1–5 | | 1–2 | | 1–2 | 1–0 | | |
| Pumas Morelos | | | | | | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | | | | 1–2 | 1–0 | | |
| Sinaloa | 0–0 | | 2–0 | | | | | | | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | | | 2–2 | 2–2 | 3–2 |
| Tijuana | 1–0 | 1–1 | | 1–0 | 2–0 | | 2–1 | 1–0 | | | | | | 0–0 | | | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| UAT | | | | 0–0 | | 0–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–0 | | | | 1–1 | | | |
| U. de G. | | | 3–1 | | | 2–2 | | | 1–0 | 6–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | | | 2–1 | | 1–3 |
| Veracruz | | 1–0 | 3–4 | 1–1 | | | 0–0 | 2–0 | | | 0–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | | | 0–0 | | |

### Apertura Liguilla

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| | | | | | 1 | Tijuana | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | |
| | | | | | 7 | Orizaba | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | |
| 2 | Indios | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | Orizaba | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | |
| 7 | Orizaba | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | Orizaba | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | 1 | Tijuana | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| | | | | | | | | | | 2 | Veracruz | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Veracruz | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | Veracruz | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Lobos BUAP | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | Lobos BUAP | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | Veracruz | 0 | 3 | 3 | | | | | |
| | | | | | 6 | Irapuato | 2 | 1 | 3 | | | | | |
| 3 | Durango | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | Irapuato | 2 | 1 | 3 | | | | | |
| 6 | Irapuato | 2 | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
* If the two teams are tied after both legs, the higher seeded team advances.
* Teams are re-seeded every round.
* The winner will qualify to the playoff match vs the Clausura 2011 winner. However, if the winner is Tijuana, they are the team promoted to the 2011–12 Primera Division de Mexico season without playing the Promotional Final

#### Quarter-finals

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Indios | 0–2 | Orizaba | 0–1 | 0–1 |
| Veracruz | 2–1 | Lobos BUAP | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Durango | 3–4 | Irapuato | 0–2 | 3–2 |

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

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Tijuana | 0–0 | Orizaba | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| Veracruz | 3–3 | Irapuato | 0–2 | 3–1 |

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

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Tijuana | 3–0 | Veracruz | 2–0 | 1–0 |

##### Second leg

* Apertura 2010 winner
* Tijuana 1st title

### Top goalscorers

Source: FeMexFut
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Eder Pacheco | Durango | 13 |
| 2 | Juan Manuel Sara | Lobos BUAP | 10 |
| 2 | Miguel Zepeda | U. de G. | 10 |
| 4 | Juan Manuel Cavallo | Orizaba | 9 |
| 4 | Eduardo Lillingston | Indios | 9 |
| 4 | Roberto Nurse | Cruz Azul Hidalgo | 9 |
| 7 | Felipe Flores | Dorados de Sinaloa | 8 |
| 7 | Nelson Maz | Veracruz | 8 |
| 7 | Rafael Murguía | La Piedad | 8 |
| 10 | Jared Borgetti | León | 6 |
| 10 | Mauricio Romero | Veracruz | 6 |

## Clausura
### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Léon (A) | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 30 | 16 | +14 | 34 | Qualification for Liguilla semifinals |
| 2 | Irapuato (A) | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 16 | +12 | 33 | Qualification for Liguilla quarterfinals |
| 3 | Potros Neza (A) | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 12 | +7 | 29 | Qualification for Liguilla quarterfinals |
| 4 | Tijuana (A) | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 23 | 18 | +5 | 26 | Qualification for Liguilla quarterfinals |
| 5 | Veracruz (D) | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 14 | +4 | 26 | Disqualified for the Clausura Liguilla |
| 6 | Cruz Azul Hidalgo (A) | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 24 | 18 | +6 | 24 | Qualification for Liguilla quarterfinals |
| 7 | Correcaminos (A) | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 25 | 21 | +4 | 24 | Qualification for Liguilla quarterfinals |
| 8 | Dorados de Sinaloa (A) | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 22 | 21 | +1 | 24 | Qualification for Liguilla quarterfinals |
| 9 | Altamira | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 22 | −5 | 21 | |
| 10 | Indios | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 20 | −6 | 20 | |
| 11 | Pumas Morelos | 16 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 18 | 24 | −6 | 19 | |
| 12 | Orizaba | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 17 | −2 | 18 | |
| 13 | Merida | 16 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 21 | −4 | 16 | |
| 14 | La Piedad | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 21 | −7 | 15 | |
| 15 | Lobos BUAP | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 26 | 34 | −8 | 15 | |
| 16 | U. de G. | 16 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 20 | 24 | −4 | 14 | |
| 17 | Durango | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 16 | 27 | −11 | 12 | |
* ↑ Veracruz have been disqualified due to accumulate debts that have not been paid. Therefore Dorados de Sinaloa have been given the qualification place left.

### Results

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

### Clausura Liguilla

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| | | | | | 1 | León | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | |
| | | | | | 4 | Tijuana | 1 | 2 | 3 | | | | | |
| 4 | Tijuana | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 | Tijuana | 1 | 2 | 3 | | | | | |
| 5 | Cruz Azul Hidalgo | 2 | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | Cruz Azul Hidalgo | 2 | 1 | 3 | | | | | | 4 | Tijuana | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | | | | | | | | 2 | Irapuato | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | Irapuato | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | Irapuato | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | Dorados de Sinaloa | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | Dorados de Sinaloa | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | Irapuato | 0 | 2 | 2 | | | | | |
| | | | | | 3 | Potros Neza | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | | |
| 3 | Potros Neza | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | Potros Neza | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | | |
| 6 | UAT | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
* If the two teams are tied after both legs, the higher seeded team advances.
* Teams are re-seeded every round.
* The winner will qualify to the playoff match vs Club Tijuana (the Apertura 2010 winner). However, if the winner is Tijuana, they are the team promoted to the 2011–12 Mexican Primera División season without playing the Promotional Final.

#### Quarter-finals

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Irapuato | 1–1 | Dorados | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| Potros Neza | 2–1 | UAT | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Tijuana | 7–3 | Cruz Azul Hidalgo | 2–2 | 5–1 |

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

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| León | 0–3 | Tijuana | 0–1 | 0–2 |
| Irapuato | 2–1 | Potros Neza | 0–1 | 2–0 |

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

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Irapuato | 2–1 | Tijuana | 1–1 | 1–0 |

##### Second leg

* Clausura 2011 winner
* Irapuato 4th title

## Campeón de Ascenso 2011
### Second leg

* Champions
* Tijuana 1st title