2011–12 Liga de Ascenso season

Liga de Ascenso

Season	2011-12
Champions	Apertura: Correcaminos Clausura: León
Promoted	León
Relegated	None
← 2010–11 2012–13 →

The 2011–12 Liga de Ascenso season is the second-level football league of Mexico.

Changes for the 2011-2012 season

• Alacranes de Durango finished last in the 2010-2011 season and went bankrupt after several financial problems.
• Atlante UTN was renamed Toros Neza.
• Veracruz were suspended after the Clausura 2011 season for not paying players.
• Orizaba were moved to Veracruz and renamed Veracruz.^[1]
• Tijuana won promotion to Liga MX.
• Necaxa finished last place in the relegation table in Mexican Primera División and the team was relegated to Ascenso MX.
• Celaya won promotion to Liga de Ascenso from Segunda División de México.
• Mérida FC changed name to FC Mérida and updated logo.
• Lobos de la BUAP changed logo.
• Club Toros Neza changed name to Neza FC and updated logo.
• Indios were suspended after the Apertura 2011 due to financial problems.

Stadia and locations

The following 16 clubs will compete in the Liga de Ascenso during the 2011–12 season:^[2]

Club	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Estudiantes de Altamira	Altamira	Altamira	13,500
Neza FC	Nezahualcóyotl	Neza 86	28,500
Lobos BUAP	Puebla	Estadio Olímpico de C.U.	21,700
Indios	Ciudad Juárez	Olímpico Benito Juárez	22,300
Cruz Azul Hidalgo	Ciudad Cooperativa Cruz Azul	10 de Diciembre	17,000
Necaxa	Aguascalientes	Estadio Victoria	25,000
Celaya	Celaya	Estadio Miguel Aleman	25,000
Irapuato	Irapuato	Sergio León Chavez	33,000
La Piedad	La Piedad	Juan N. López	15,000
León	León	Nou Camp	33,943
Merida	Mérida	Carlos Iturralde	21,050
Pumas Morelos	Cuernavaca	Centenario	15,000
Dorados de Sinaloa	Culiacán	Banorte	21,000
Correcaminos	Ciudad Victoria	Marte R. Gómez	19,500
U. de G.	Guadalajara	Jalisco	60,000
Veracruz	Veracruz	Luis de la Fuente	30,000

Torneo Apertura

The 2011 Apertura will be the first championship of the season. It began on July 24, 2011.

Liga de Ascenso

Season	2011-12
Champions	Correcaminos
Matches played	132
Goals scored	355 (2.69 per match)
Top goalscorer	Apertura: Roberto Saucedo (13 goals)
Biggest home win	Apertura: Irapuato 6–1 Altamira (August 27, 2011) León 6–1 Dorados de Sinaloa (November 5, 2011)
Biggest away win	Apertura: Lobos BUAP 1–6 Indios (September 18, 2011)
Highest scoring	Apertura: Altamira 4-4 Correcaminos (October 7, 2011) León 3-5 La Piedad (December 1, 2011)

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	La Piedad	15	10	1	4	26	17	+9	31	Qualification to Liguilla semifinals
2	Correcaminos	15	7	6	2	33	21	+12	27	Qualification to Liguilla quarterfinals
3	Neza	15	7	5	3	27	22	+5	26
4	Léon	15	5	8	2	26	16	+10	23
5	Irapuato	15	7	2	6	24	17	+7	23
6	Necaxa	15	6	5	4	15	14	+1	23
7	Altamira	15	6	4	5	22	22	0	22
8	Veracruz	15	6	4	5	17	19	−2	22
9	Pumas Morelos	15	5	6	4	15	16	−1	21
10	Celaya	15	4	6	5	15	20	−5	18
11	Lobos BUAP	15	4	6	5	13	18	−5	18
12	U. de G.	15	3	6	6	16	22	−6	15
13	Indios	15	4	2	9	20	24	−4	14
14	Dorados de Sinaloa	15	3	5	7	20	30	−10	14
15	Merida	15	3	4	8	15	19	−4	13
16	Cruz Azul Hidalgo	15	2	6	7	14	21	−7	12

Updated to games played on November 6, 2011.
Source: MedioTiempo.com competition.
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Liguilla

The qualified teams play two games against each other on a home-and-away basis. The winner of each match up is determined by aggregate score.

The teams were seeded two to seven in the quarterfinals, and the winners are joined by the top-ranked team in the semi-finals. The teams are re-seeded one to four in the semifinals, depending on their position in the general table. The higher seeded teams play on their home field during the second leg.

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Finals
	4	León	1	2	3
	5	Irapuato	0	0	0
								1	La Piedad	5	1	6
								4	León	3	2	5
															1	La Piedad	1	0	1
	2	Correcaminos	1	1	2										2	Correcaminos	3	1	4
	7	Altamira	2	0	2
								2	Correcaminos	1	2	3
								3	Neza	2	1	3
	3	Neza	1	2	3
	6	Necaxa	0	2	2

• If the two teams are tied after both legs, the higher seeded team advances.
• Teams are re-seeded every round.
• The winner qualify to the playoff match vs the Clausura 2012 winner. However, if the winner is the same in both tournaments, they would be the team promoted to the 2012–13 Mexican Primera División season without playing the Promotional Final

Apertura 2011 winners:
Correcaminos 2nd Title

Top goalscorers

Players sorted first by goals scored, then by last name.

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Roberto Nicolás Saucedo	Correcaminos	13
2	Luciano Emílio	Neza	10
	José Cruz Gutiérrez	Irapuato	10
	Ismael Valadéz	Altamira	10
5	Roberto Nurse	La Piedad	9
	Pablo Gabriel Torres	Cruz Azul Hidalgo	9
7	Ever Guzmán	Mérida	8
	Nelson Sebastián Maz	León	8
	Eder Pacheco	León	8
10	Víctor Lojero	Necaxa	6
	Diego Olsina	Correcaminos	6
	Carlos Ruiz	Veracruz	6

Torneo Clausura

The 2012 Clausura is the second championship of the season. It began on January 6, 2012 & ended on April 15, 2012. Before the 2012 Clausura tournament started, Ciudad Juárez was disaffiliated due to economical problems.

Liga de Ascenso

Season	2011-12
Champions	León
Matches played	105
Goals scored	274 (2.61 per match)
Top goalscorer	Clausura: Nelson Sebastián Maz (13 goals)
Biggest home win	Clausura:León 5–0 Celaya (March 17) León 5–0 Altamira (March 31)
Biggest away win	Clausura:
Highest scoring	Clausura:Neza 3–4 León (January 29) León 5–2 Lobos BUAP (February 4) Veracruz 2–5 León (March 10)
Longest winning run	León
Longest unbeaten run	León (14 Games)

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Léon	14	10	4	0	41	13	+28	34	Qualification to Liguilla semifinals
2	Merida	14	8	4	2	16	8	+8	28	Qualification to Liguilla quarterfinals
3	Necaxa	14	8	3	3	20	13	+7	27
4	Neza	14	6	6	2	25	16	+9	24
5	Lobos BUAP	14	6	2	6	20	20	0	20
6	U. de G.	14	5	5	4	11	11	0	20
7	Correcaminos	14	5	4	5	22	16	+6	19
8	La Piedad	14	5	4	5	22	17	+5	19
9	Celaya	14	5	4	5	20	23	−3	19
10	Irapuato	14	4	4	6	13	17	−4	16
11	Dorados de Sinaloa	14	4	2	8	15	23	−8	14
12	Pumas Morelos	14	3	4	7	7	16	−9	13
13	Altamira	14	4	1	9	15	29	−14	13
14	Veracruz	14	3	3	8	13	24	−11	12
15	Cruz Azul Hidalgo	14	2	4	8	14	28	−14	10

Updated to games played on April 8, 2012.
Source: competition.
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Liguilla

(Source for Liguilla information ^[3])

The qualified teams play two games against each other on a home-and-away basis. The winner of each match up is determined by aggregate score.

The teams ranked 2 to 7 in the regular stage progress to the quarterfinals, whilst the league winners qualify directly to the semi-finals. The higher ranked teams play on their home field during the second leg.

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Finals
	2	Mérida	0	1	1
	7	Correcaminos	2	1	3
								1	León	1	0	1
								7	Correcaminos	0	0	0
															1	León	3	4	7
	3	Necaxa	1	0	1										5	Lobos BUAP	3	0	3
	6	U. de G.	1	0	1
								3	Necaxa	0	1	1
								5	Lobos BUAP	3	0	3
	4	Neza	0	0	0
	5	Lobos BUAP	1	0	1

• If the two teams are tied after both legs, the higher seeded team advances.
• The winner qualifies to the Championship Final vs the Apertura 2011 winner.

Clausura 2012 winner:
León 4th Title

Promotional Final

First Leg

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Second leg

Relegation

Pos	Team	'09 A Pts	'10 C Pts	'10 A Pts	'11 C Pts	'11 A Pts	'12 C Pts	Total Pts	Total Pld	Avg
1	León	21	34	25	34	20	34	168	92	1.8261
2	Necaxa	0	0	0	0	20	27	47	28	1.6786
3	Irapuato	32	23	24	33	20	16	148	92	1.6087
4	Lobos BUAP	28	24	27	15	18	20	132	92	1.4348
5	Neza	24	17	9	29	23	24	126	92	1.3696
6	Correcaminos	19	24	15	24	24	19	125	92	1.3587
7	La Piedad	18	25	18	15	28	19	123	92	1.337
8	Dorados de Sinaloa	26	19	22	24	14	14	119	92	1.2935
9	Pumas Morelos	21	26	19	19	20	13	118	92	1.2826
10	Altamira	0	0	23	21	19	13	76	60	1.2667
11	Cruz Azul Hidalgo	25	23	22	24	12	10	116	92	1.2609
12	Mérida	24	22	12	16	12	28	114	92	1.2391
13	Celaya	0	0	0	0	15	19	34	28	1.2143
	Veracruz	0	0	0	0	22	12	34	28	1.2143
15	U. de G.	13	13	18	14	12	20	90	92	0.9783

Updated on November 21, 2011
Source: femexfut.com

References

1. ↑ http://www.xeudeportes.com.mx/nota.cfm?id=315171 (Spanish)
2. ↑ Die 18 Mannschaften in der Liga de Ascenso 2010/11 (Spanish; retrieved on May 27, 2010)
3. ↑ Erik Francisco Lugo (4 January 2013). "Clausura 2012". Liga de Ascenso. RSSSF. Retrieved 27 January 2013. 

External links

• Official Website

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