# Apertura 2014 Copa MX

The Apertura 2014 Copa MX was the 72nd staging of the Copa MX, the 45th staging in the professional era and the fifth tournament played since the 1996–97 edition.
This tournament started on July 29, 2014, and concluded in November 2014.
Santos Laguna won their first title after defeating Puebla 4–2 on penalty kicks.

## Participants Apertura 2014

This tournament featured the clubs from the Liga MX who did not participate in the 2014-15 CONCACAF Champions League (América, Cruz Azul, León and Pachuca) All 14 Ascenso MX teams also participated in the tournament.

## 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

Every group is composed by four clubs, two from Liga MX and two 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 awarded to the team with higher number of goals scored away.
* Key to colours in group tables
* Group winners advance to the Championship Stage
* The best second-placed team also advance to the Championship Stage
All times are UTC−06:00 except for matches in Sinaloa, Tepic (both UTC−07:00) and Tijuana (UTC−08:00)

### Group 1

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | RW | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
| 1 | UANL | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 5 | +5 | 15 | Group winner |
| 2 | Altamira | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 9 | −1 | 11 | |
| 3 | Querétaro | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 9 | |
| 4 | Irapuato | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 10 | −4 | 6 | |

#### Round 1

Querétaro won the round 4−3 on aggregate
Tigres UANL won the round 5–3 on aggregate

#### Round 2

UANL won the round 3−2 on aggregate
Querétaro won the round 3−2 on aggregate

#### Round 3

Atlamira won the round 3−1 on aggregate
UANL won the round 2−0 on aggregate

### Group 2

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | RW | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
| 1 | Santos Laguna | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | +3 | 15 | Group winner |
| 2 | San Luis | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 6 | +5 | 11 | |
| 3 | Monterrey | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 8 | +2 | 9 | |
| 4 | UAT | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 18 | −11 | 4 | |

#### Round 1

Monterrey won the round 5–2 on aggregate
San Luis won the round 3–1 on aggregate

#### Round 2

Santos Laguna won the round 6–2 on aggregate
Monterrey won the round 2–1 on aggregate

#### Round 3

Santos Laguna won the round 5–3 on aggregate
San Luis won the round 7–3 on aggregate

### Group 3

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | RW | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
| 1 | Guadalajara | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 6 | +5 | 14 | Group winner |
| 2 | Tepic | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 13 | |
| 3 | Tijuana | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 9 | |
| 4 | Zacatepec | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 12 | −8 | 3 | |

#### Round 1

Guadalajara and Tepic drew 4−4 on aggregate and both teams drew on away goals, thus neither team received the extra point
Tijuana won the round 4–3 on aggregate

#### Round 2

Teams drew 1–1 on aggregate, Tepic won the round on away goals
Guadalajara won the round 4–1 on aggregate

#### Round 3

The first leg originally ended 2–0 but Guadalajara was later awarded a 3–0 win after Tijuana only had 6 registered Liga MX players available for the leg instead of the mandatory 8.
Guadalajara won the round 3–1 on aggregate
Tepic won the round 4–0 on aggregate

### Group 4

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | RW | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
| 1 | Atlas | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 9 | +2 | 15 | Group winner |
| 2 | U. de G. | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 11 | |
| 3 | Zacatecas | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 5 | |
| 4 | Sinaloa | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 12 | −3 | 5 | |

#### Round 1

Zacatecas and U. de G. drew 0−0 on aggregate and tied on away goals, thus both teams did not receive the extra point
Atlas won the round 6−4 on aggregate

#### Round 2

Atlas won the round 3−1 on aggregate
U. de G. won the round 3−2 on aggregate

#### Round 3

Sinaloa and Zacatecas drew 3−3 on aggregate and drew on away goals, thus neither team received the extra point
U. de G. won the round 4−2 on aggregate

### Group 5

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | RW | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
| 1 | Puebla | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 15 | Group winner |
| 2 | Morelia | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 6 | +5 | 11 | |
| 3 | Necaxa | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 10 | |
| 4 | Celaya | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 12 | −9 | 1 | |

#### Round 1

Morelia and Necaxa drew 1–1 on aggregate and tied on away goals, thus neither team received the extra point
Puebla won the round 3–0 on aggregate

#### Round 2

Morelia won the round 5–2 on aggregate
Puebla won the round 1–0 on aggregate

#### Round 3

Morelia won the round 4–2 on aggregate
Necaxa won the round 4–1 on aggregate

### Group 6

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | RW | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
| 1 | Mérida | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 17 | Group winner |
| 2 | Toluca | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 8 | +4 | 13 | Best runner-up |
| 3 | UNAM | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 11 | −2 | 6 | |
| 4 | Atlante | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 12 | −6 | 2 | |

#### Round 1

Mérida won the round 3–2 on aggregate
UNAM won the round 4–3 on aggregate

#### Round 2

Toluca won the round 6–2 on aggregate
Mérida won the round 4–2 on aggregate

#### Round 3

Mérida won the round 2–1 on aggregate
Toluca won the round 4–3 on aggregate

### Group 7

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

#### Round 1

Lobos BUAP won the round 4−2 on aggregate
Veracruz and Oaxaca drew 4−4 on aggregate, Veracruz won the round on away goals

#### Round 2

Oaxaca won the round 2−0 on aggregate
Teams drew 1−1 on aggregate, Veracruz won the round on away goals

#### Round 3

BUAP won the round 4−3 on aggregate
Chiapas won the round 4−3 on aggregate

### Ranking of runners-up clubs

The best runner-up advances 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 | 6 | Toluca | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 8 | +4 | 13 | Best runner-up |
| 2 | 3 | Tepic | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 13 | |
| 3 | 5 | Morelia | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 6 | +5 | 11 | |
| 4 | 2 | San Luis | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 6 | +5 | 11 | |
| 5 | 4 | U. de G. | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 11 | |
| 6 | 7 | Oaxaca | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 9 | |
| 7 | 1 | Querétaro | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 9 | |

## Championship stage

The eight clubs that advance to this stage will be ranked and seeded 1 to 8. In case of ties, the same tiebreakers used to rank the runners-up will be used.
In this stage, all the rounds will be a one-off match. If the game ends in a tie, there will proceed to penalty shootouts directly.
The venue will be determined as follows:
* The highest seeded club will host the match, regardless of the division the clubs are in.

### Seeding

| Seed | Team | Pld | W | D | L | RW | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Mérida | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 17 |
| 2 | UANL | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 5 | +5 | 15 |
| 3 | Santos Laguna | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | +3 | 15 |
| 4 | Atlas | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 9 | +2 | 15 |
| 5 | Puebla | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 15 |
| 6 | Guadalajara | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 6 | +5 | 14 |
| 7 | Toluca | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 8 | +4 | 13 |
| 8 | BUAP | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 12 |

### Bracket

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| 2 | UANL | 2 | | | | | | |
| 7 | Toluca | 0 | | | | | | |
| 7 | Toluca | 0 | 2 | UANL | 2 | | | |
| | | | 3 | Santos Laguna | 4 | | | |
| 3 | Santos Laguna | 5 | 3 | Santos Laguna | 4 | | | |
| 6 | Guadalajara | 0 | | | | | | |
| 6 | Guadalajara | 0 | | | | 3 | Santos Laguna | 2 (4) |
| | | | | | | 5 | Puebla | 2 (2) |
| 4 | Atlas | 0 (3) | | | | | | | 5 | Puebla | 2 (2) |
| 5 | Puebla | 0 (4) | | | | | | |
| 5 | Puebla | 0 (4) | 5 | Puebla | 1 (5) | | | |
| | | | 8 | BUAP | 1 (4) | | | |
| 1 | Mérida | 1 | 8 | BUAP | 1 (4) | | | |
| 8 | BUAP | 3 | | | | | | |

### Final
## Top goalscorers

Players and teams in bold are still active in the competition
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Andrés Rentería | Santos Laguna | 6 |
| 2 | Danny Santoya | Oaxaca | 5 |
| 2 | Djaniny | Santos Laguna | 5 |
| 4 |
| 4 | Édgar Benítez | Toluca | 4 |
| 4 | Eduardo Herrera | UNAM | 4 |
| 4 | Ricardo Jesus | Querétaro | 4 |
| 4 | Dorlan Pabón | Monterrey | 4 |
| 8 | | | 4 |
| 8 | Jerónimo Amione | Toluca | 3 |
| 8 | Martín Barragán | Atlas | 3 |
| 8 | Néstor Calderón | Santos Laguna | 3 |
| 8 | Isaac Díaz | Chiapas | 3 |
| 8 | David Depetris | Morelia | 3 |
| 8 | Giovanni Hernández | Guadalajara | 3 |
| 8 | Freddy Martín | Mérida | 3 |
| 8 | Javier Orozco | Santos Laguna | 3 |
| 8 | Marvin Piñón | BUAP | 3 |
| 8 | Fausto Ruíz | San Luis | 3 |
| 8 | Michel Vázquez | BUAP | 3 |
Source: LigaMX.net