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: 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. "All times are except for matches in Sinaloa, Tepic (both ) and Tijuana ()" Group 1. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> 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. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> 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. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> 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. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> 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. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> 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. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> 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. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> 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: 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: Top goalscorers. Players and teams in bold are still active in the competition Source: LigaMX.net