Ascenso MX

Ascenso MX

Confederation	CONCACAF
Founded	1994
Number of teams	14
Level on pyramid	2
Promotion to	Liga MX
Relegation to	Segunda División
Domestic cup(s)	Copa MX Supercopa MX
International cup(s)	Copa Libertadores (via domestic cups)
Current champions	Necaxa (3rd Title) (Apertura 2014)
Most championships	León Irapuato (4 titles)
TV partners	Televisa^[1] Fox Sports ESPN Dos TVC Deportes TV Azteca
Website	Official site
2014–15 season

The Ascenso MX (Promotion MX) is the second professional level of the Mexican football league system.^[2] The champion of the competition is promoted to Liga MX (top-flight division). The bottom team gets relegated to Segunda División de México (the third tier).

Formerly known as Primera División A (First Division A) the league changed its name and competition format in 2009 to Liga de Ascenso. It was rebranded as Ascenso MX in 2012. The main changes are that clubs now do not need a FMF certification to get promoted and that the competition doesn't use group stages.

History

In 1994, in order to create a premier league, the Mexican Football Federation decided to upgrade the Second Division to "Primera División A" (First Division A) to bring closer together the level of play in the two tiers, Primera and Primera A. The project was under the direction of José Antonio García Rodríguez, president of the top-tier Primera Division at the time. He envisioned the new division to be joined by the best teams of the Segunda and include teams from the United States (Los Angeles Salsa and San Jose Black Hawks expressed desire to join). Upon review, FIFA did not authorize such integration. As a result the new league was created instead with the best Second Division teams. The 1994-1995 season began with 15 teams: Acapulco, Aguascalientes, Celaya, Irapuato, La Piedad, Marte, Pachuca, Atlético San Francisco, San Luis, Lagartos de Tabasco, Tepic, Inter, Halcones, Venados de Yucatán and Zacatepec. Cobras de Ciudad Juárez, which would have been the sixteenth team, declined to participate due to financial problems.

During the 2006 tournament it was decided to increase the number of teams from 20 to 24 and it was also decided to form two groups, A and B divided by geographical areas.

In 2009 major changes occurred the most prominent being the name change from Primera Division A to Liga de Ascenso. The league was reduced to 17 teams and eliminated the groups. Starting with the Apertura 2010 season 18 teams participated. In 2012 the league was rebranded as Ascenso MX. The Guerreros de Oaxaca will be the 16th team of Ascenso MX starting 2013-2014 season. The Guerreros will be composed of the former Segunda Division team Tecamachalco which had won ascendency into Ascenso MX in 2012, but did not fulfill infrastructural requirements set by Mexican Football Federation. Zacatepec will also be promoted to the Ascenso MX taking the spot of Pumas Morelos in August 2013. ^[3]

In 2014–15 Season, Ascenso MX will not relegate a team to Second Division of Mexico.

Clubs

The following 14 clubs will compete in Ascenso MX during the 2014–15 season.^[4]

Zacatecas

Location of teams in the 2014–15 Ascenso MX

Club	Manager	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Altamira	Fernando Palomeque	Altamira, Tamaulipas	Altamira	13,500
Atlante	Eduardo Fentanes	Cancún, Quintana Roo	Olímpico Andrés Quintana Roo	20,000^[5]
Atl. San Luis	Raúl Arias	San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí	Alfonso Lastras	30,000
BUAP	Ricardo Valiño	Puebla, Puebla	Olímpico Universitario de la BUAP	21,750
Celaya	Enrique López Zarza	Celaya, Guanajuato	Miguel Alemán	32,000
Irapuato	Jorge Manrique	Irapuato, Guanajuato	Sergio León Chávez	28,500
Mérida	Juan Carlos Chávez	Mérida, Yucatán	Carlos Iturralde	24,000
Necaxa	Miguel Fuentes	Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes	Victoria	25,494
Oaxaca	Ricardo Rayas	Oaxaca, Oaxaca	Benito Juárez	12,500
Sinaloa	Carlos Bustos	Culiacán, Sinaloa	Banorte	23,000
Tepic	Mauro Camoranesi	Tepic, Nayarit	Arena Cora	13,000
UAT	Ricardo Cadena	Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas	Marte R. Gómez	17,000
Zacatecas	Joel Sánchez	Zacatecas, Zacatecas	Francisco Villa	18,000
Zacatepec	Vacant	Zacatepec, Morelos	Agustín "Coruco" Díaz	24,443

Titles By Club

Club	Winners	Runner-Up	Winning Seasons
León †	4	3	Verano 2003, Clausura 2004, Clausura 2008, Clausura 2012
Irapuato	4	2	Invierno 1999, Verano 2000, Apertura 2002, Clausura 2011
Querétaro †	3	0	Clausura 2005, Clausura 2006, Apertura 2008
Necaxa	3	2	Apertura 2009, Clausura 2010, Apertura 2014
Sinaloa	2	4	Apertura 2003, Clausura 2007
La Piedad ††	2	3	Verano 2001, Apertura 2012
Pachuca †	2	1	1995-96, Invierno 1997
San Luis ††††	2	1	Verano 2002, Apertura 2004
Puebla †	2	0	Apertura 2005, Apertura 2006
UANL †	2	0	Invierno 1996, Verano 1997
Tijuana †	1	2	Apertura 2010
UAT	1	2	Apertura 2011
Veracruz †	1	1	Invierno 2001
Neza ††	1	1	Clausura 2013
UACJ ††	1	1	Apertura 2007
Cachorros UANL ††	1	1	Verano 1998
U. de G. †	1	0	Apertura 2013
Mérida	1	0	Clausura 2009
Estudiantes ††	1	0	Clausura 2013
Unión de Curtidores ††	1	0	Verano 1999
Aguascalientes †††	1	0	Invierno 2000
Yucatán ††††	1	0	Invierno 1998
Atlético Celaya ††††	1	0	1994-1995
Cruz Azul Hidalgo ††	0	3
Zacatepec	0	2
BUAP	0	1
Coras Tepic	0	1
Chivas Rayadas ††	0	1
Atlético Hidalgo †††	0	1
Salamanca †††	0	1
Atlético Mexiquense ††††	0	1
Chivas Tijuana ††††	0	1
Cobras ††††	0	1
Hermosillo ††††	0	1
Real Sociedad ††††	0	1

† Teams in the First Division
†† Teams in the Second Division
††† Teams in the Third Division
†††† Defunct

Champions

Season	Champion	Runner-up	Promoted
1994-1995	Celaya	Pachuca	Celaya
1995-1996	Pachuca	Hermosillo	Pachuca
Invierno 1996	Tigres UANL	Atlético Hidalgo
Verano 1997	Tigres UANL	Correcaminos	Tigres UANL
Invierno 1997	Pachuca	Real Sociedad de Zacatecas
Verano 1998	Tigrillos	Zacatepec	Pachuca
Invierno 1998	Venados de Yucatán	Chivas Tijuana
Verano 1999	Venados de Yucatán	Cruz Azul Hidalgo	Venados de Yucatán
Invierno 1999	Irapuato	Zacatepec
Verano 2000	Irapuato	Cruz Azul Hidalgo	Irapuato
Invierno 2000	Gallos de Aguascalientes	La Piedad
Verano 2001	La Piedad	Toros Neza	La Piedad
Invierno 2001	Veracruz	San Luis
Verano 2002	San Luis	Tigrillos Saltillo	San Luis
Apertura 2002	Irapuato	La Piedad
Clausura 2003	Club León	Tapatio	Irapuato
Apertura 2003	Dorados de Sinaloa	Cobras de Ciudad Juárez
Clausura 2004	Club León	Dorados de Sinaloa	Dorados de Sinaloa
Apertura 2004	San Luis	Atlético Mexiquense
Clausura 2005	Querétaro	León	San Luis
Apertura 2005	Puebla	Cruz Azul Oaxaca
Clausura 2006	Querétaro	Indios	Querétaro
Apertura 2006	Puebla FC	Salamanca
Clausura 2007	Dorados de Sinaloa	León	Puebla
Apertura 2007	Indios	Dorados de Sinaloa
Clausura 2008	León	Dorados de Sinaloa	Indios
Apertura 2008	Querétaro	Irapuato
Clausura 2009	Mérida	Tijuana	Querétaro
Apertura 2009	Necaxa	Irapuato
Bicentenario 2010	Necaxa	León	Necaxa
Apertura 2010	Tijuana	Veracruz
Clausura 2011	Irapuato	Tijuana	Tijuana
Apertura 2011	Correcaminos	La Piedad
Clausura 2012	León	Lobos de la BUAP	León
Apertura 2012	La Piedad	Dorados de Sinaloa
Clausura 2013	Neza	Necaxa	Veracruz
Apertura 2013	U. de G.	Necaxa
Clausura 2014	Estudiantes Tecos	Correcaminos	U. de G.
Apertura 2014	Necaxa	Coras FC

Promotion and relegation

Relegation and Promotion by Club

Club	Promotions	Relegations
Zacatepec	5 (1950–51, 1962–63, 1969–70, 1977–78, 1983–84)	1 (2013-14*)
San Luis ††††	4 (1970–71, 1975–76, 2001–02, 2004-05)
Querétaro †	4 (México 86, 1989–90, 2005–06, 2008–09)
Pachuca †	4 (1966–67, 1991–92, 1995–96, 1997–98)
Irapuato	4 (1953–54, 1984–85, 1999-2000*, 2002–03)	1 (2005-06)
Atlas †	3 (1954–55, 1971–72, 1978–79)
Puebla †	3 (1969–70, 1998–99, 2006–07)
Curtidores ††	3 (1973–74, 1982–83, 1998-99*)
La Piedad ††	3 (1951–52, 2000–01, 2012-13*)
Tampico ††	3 (1958–59, 1964–65, 1972–73)
Veracruz	2 (1963–64, 2001–02*)
Zamora ††	2 (1954–55, 1956–57)
Atlante	2 (1976–77, 1990–91)
Monterrey †	2 (1955–56, 1959–60)
Morelia †	2 (1956–57, 1980–81)
Tigres UANL †	2 (1973–74, 1996–97)
León †	2 (1989–90, 2011–12)
Neza ††	2 (1988–89, 1992–93)
Cobras ††††	2 (PRODE 1985, 1987–88)
Celaya	2 (1957–58, 1994–95)
U. de G. †	2 (1973–74, 2013–14)
Ciudad Madero †††	2 (1964–65, 1972–73)
Atlas †	2 (1954–55, 1971–72)
Atlético Potosino ††††	1 (1973–74)
Correcaminos	1 (1986–87)
Indios ††	1 (2007–08)
Tecos ††	1 (1974–75)
Venados de Yucatán ††††	1 (1998–99)
Dorados de Sinaloa	1 (2003–04)
Necaxa	1 (2009–10)
Toluca †	1 (1952–53)
Cuautla ††	1 (1954–55)
Club Deportivo Nacional †††	1 (1960–61)
UNAM †	1 (1961–62)
Cruz Azul †	1 (1963–64)
Nuevo León ††††	1 (1965–66)
Laguna ††††	1 (1967–68)
Torreón ††††	1 (1968–69)
Oaxtepec ††††	1 (1981–82)
Potros Neza ††††	1 (1988–89)
Tampico Madero ††	1 (1993–94)
Atletas Campesinos ††††	1 (1979–80)
Tijuana †	1 (2010–11)	1 (2007-08)
Tepic	1 (2013–14)	1 (1995–96)
Pumas Morelos ††††		1 (2012–13)
Tabasco ††††		1 (1994–95)
Inter ††††		1 (1996–97)
Marte ††††		1 (1997–98)
San Francisco †††		1 (1998–99)
Nuevo Laredo ††††		1 (2002–03)
Trotamundos ††††		1 (2003–04)
Altamira		1 (2004–05)
Dorados de Tijuana ††††		1 (2005–06)
Monarcas Morelia "A" ††††		1 (2006–07)
Halcones ††††		2 (1999–00, 2000–01)
Jaguares de Tapachula ††††		2 (2003–04, 2008–09)

† Teams in the Liga MX
†† Teams in the Second Division
††† Teams in Amateur Level
†††† Defunct

Notes:

1976–77: Tampico bought San Luis's spot in first division
1977–78: Deportivo Neza is bought Club de Fútbol Laguna and took its spot.
1981–82: Tampico bought Atletas Campesinos and took over its spot
1983–84: Ángeles de Puebla bought Oaxtepec and took over its spot
1988–89: Veracruz bought Neza and took over its spot
1992–93: U.T. Neza changes its name to Toros Neza
1998-99: Puebla bought U.D Curtidores and took over its spot
1999-00: Irapuato gained automatic promotion as they won both tournaments.
2001–02: Veracruz gained automatic promotion due to expansion in first division
2012-13: Veracruz bought La Piedad's spot in first division
2013-14: Zacatepec bought Cruz Azul Hidalgo's spot in Ascenso MX.

Top scorers

Year	Name	Team	Goals
1994-95	Marco de Almeida	Marte	15
1995-96	Lorenzo Sáez	Pachuca	30
Invierno 96	Nílson Esidio Mora	Tigres UANL	11
Verano 97	Ángel Lemus Carlos Pavón	Irapuato Correcaminos	12
Invierno 97	Niver Arboleda	Zacatepec	17
Verano 98	Daniel Fasciolli Carlos Morales Valtencir Gomes	Correcaminos Pachuca Tigres B	12
Invierno 98	Cristián Ariel Morales	Irapuato	19
Verano 99	Ángel Lemus	San Luis	16
Invierno 99	Cristián Ariel Morales	Irapuato	17
Verano 2000	Carlos Muñoz Emmanuel Sacramento	Lobos BUAP	15
Invierno 2000	Christian Patiño	La Piedad	16
Verano 01	Héctor Giménez	Aguascalientes	16
Invierno 01	Héctor Álvarez	Tampico-Madero	16
Verano 02	Ariel González	Querétaro	15
Apertura 02	Héctor Álvarez	Zacatepec	23
Clausura 03	Héctor Álvarez	Zacatepec	16
Apertura 03	Héctor Álvarez	León	17
Clausura 04	Mauro Gerk Francisco Bravo	Celaya Zacatepec	18
Apertura 04	Ariel González	San Luis	16
Clausura 05	Rubén Darío Gigena	Cruz Azul Hidalgo	17
Apertura 05	Mauricio Romero	Sonora	16
Clausura 06	Diego Olsina	Coatzacoalcos	15
Apertura 06	Álvaro González	Puebla	14
Clausura 07	Álvaro González	Puebla	16
Apertura 07	Mauricio Romero	León	14
Clausura 08	Freddy Bareiro	León	17
Apertura 08	Mauro Gerk Raúl Enríquez	Querétaro Tijuana	14
Clausura 09	Sebastián Maz	Dorados de Sinaloa	15
Apertura 09	Ariel González	Irapuato	11
Bicentenario 2010	Ariel González Carlos Casartelli	Irapuato León	11
Apertura 10	Eder Pacheco	Durango	13
Clausura 2011	Blas Pérez	León	14
Apertura 11	Nicolás Saucedo	Correcaminos	11
Clausura 2012	Sebastián Maz	León	13
Apertura 12	Víctor Lojero Rodrigo Prieto	Necaxa Neza	11
Clausura 2013	Víctor Lojero	Necaxa	12
Apertura 2013	Gustavo Adrián Ramírez	Alebrijes	11
Clausura 2014	Roberto Nurse	Correcaminos	12
Apertura 2014	Diego Jimenez Giancarlo Maldonado	Lobos BUAP Atlante	10

References

↑ includes SKY México and TDN
↑ "Nace la Liga de Ascenso". www.femexfut.org.mx. 2009-06-22. Retrieved 2009-06-22.
↑ http://televisadeportes.esmas.com/futbol/futbolmexico/535339/nacen-guerreros-oaxaca/
↑ Die 18 Mannschaften in der Liga de Ascenso 2010/11 (Spanish; retrieved on May 27, 2010)
↑ "Atlante construirá nuevo estadio en Cancún". MedioTiempo.com. Retrieved 12 August 2013.

External links

Ascenso MX seasons

Primera A	Primera División A 1994-1995 Invierno 1996 Clausura 2008 Apertura 2008 Clausura 2009

Liga de Ascenso	Apertura 2009 Bicentenario 2010 2010–11 A C 2011–12 A C

Ascenso MX	2012–13 A C 2013–14 A C 2014–15

Ascenso MX 2014–15 teams

Alebrijes de Oaxaca Altamira Atlante Atlético San Luis Celaya Dorados de Sinaloa Irapuato Lobos de la BUAP Mérida Necaxa Coras de Tepic Correcaminos UAT Mineros de Zacatecas Zacatepec Siglo XXI

Football in Mexico

Federación Mexicana de Fútbol Asociación

National teams

Men	National team Olympic (U-23) U-20 U-17

Women	National team U-20 U-17

League system

Men	Liga MX Ascenso MX Segunda División Tercera División

Women	Super Liga Femenil

Domestic cups

Men	Copa MX Supercopa MX Campeón de Campeones Pre Libertadores Cup (defunct) InterLiga (defunct)

International	1985 Ciudad de México Cup Tournament 1985 Azteca 2000 Tournament

Awards

Lists

Men's players
Women's players
Expatriate players
Managers
Referees
Venues
Seasons

Second level association football leagues of North America, Central America, and the Caribbean (CONCACAF)

North America	Mexico United States & Canada¹

Central America	Belize Costa Rica El Salvador Guatemala Honduras Nicaragua Panama

Caribbean	Anguilla Antigua and Barbuda Aruba Bahamas Grand Bahama New Providence Barbados Bermuda² British Virgin Islands Cayman Islands Cuba Curaçao Dominica Dominican Republic French Guiana^{3 4} Grenada Guadeloupe⁴ Guyana³ Haiti Jamaica Eastern Kingston–St. Andrews South Central Western Martinique⁴ Montserrat Puerto Rico Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Martin⁴ Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Sint Maarten⁴ Suriname³ Trinidad and Tobago Turks and Caicos Islands United States Virgin Islands St Croix St Thomas

1: Canada and the United States share the same second league. 2: North American member but affiliated to CFU. 3: South American member but affiliated to CONCACAF and to CFU. 4:Full CONCACAF member, but not affiliated to FIFA.