Liga Premier de Ascenso

Liga Premier de Ascenso

Country	Mexico
Founded	1950
Divisions	2
Number of teams	2 groups of 15 teams 1 group of 16 teams (46)
Level on pyramid	3
Promotion to	Ascenso MX
Relegation to	Liga Nuevos Talentos
Current champions	U. A. Estado de México (Apertura 2015)
TV partners	AYM Sports Cable Sports Televisa Deportes Network TVC Deportes
Website	Official website
Clausura 2016

The Liga Premier de Ascenso is one of the two leagues (along with the Liga de Nuevos Talentos) consisting the Segunda División, the third level of the Mexican football league system.

The Liga Premier de Ascenso has 46 teams divided into two groups, two with 15 and one with 16. The Apertura champion each year will play the champion of the respective Clausura tournament, in order to determine who will be promoted to the Ascenso MX, or if occasion arises, the team manages to win two tournaments in a year, amount direct without having to play a promotion final.

In 2015–16 Season, 18 Teams from Liga MX (no promotion) will be added to Liga Premier with three more expansion teams (promotion) and added a third group to total of 46 teams.

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Replaced by	Date of appointment	Position in table
Apertura changes
Real Cuautitlan	Isidro Sanchez Macip	Sacked	September 3, 2015	Fernando Cuétara (Interim)	September 4, 2015	44th
Real Cuautitlan	Fernando Cuétara (Interim)	Caretaker	September 5, 2015	Cristian Ramirez	September 8, 2015	46th
Cimarrones B	Javier López	Promoted to First Team (Ascenso MX)	September 15, 2015	Jonas Pérez Murillo	September 15, 2015	7th
Ocelotes UNACH	Antonio de Jesús Taboada	Sacked	September 20, 2015	Martín Édgar Macías	September 22, 2015	45th
Pre–Clausura changes
Orizaba	Martín Pérez Padrón	Sacked	December 15, 2015	Jorge Humberto Torres	December 15, 2015	Preseason
Atletico Veracruz	Eduardo Pacheco	Sacked	December 15, 2015	Pascual Sandoval	December 15, 2015	Preseason
Puebla Premier	Fernando Palomeque	Hired to Oaxaca (as Technical Assistant)	December 17, 2015	Juan Pablo Paciullo (Interim)	December 17, 2015	Preseason
Puebla Premier	Juan Pablo Paciullo (Interim)	Caretaker	January 6, 2016	Horacio Marcelo Arce	January 6, 2016	Preseason
Clausura changes
Atletico Estado de Mexico	Aarón Huesca	Sacked	February 6, 2015	Víctor Lozano	February 8, 2015	42nd

Teams 2015–16 season

Grupo 1		Grupo 2		Grupo 3
Club	City	Club	City	Club	City
Cimarrones B	Guaymas, SON*	Atlético Estado de México	Cuautitlán Izcalli, MEX	América	Mexico City
Tijuana	Tijuana, BC	Atlas	Guadalajara	Atlético Morelos	Cuernavaca, MOR
Coras Tepic B	Tepic, NAY	Cachorros U. de G.	Guadalajara	Texcoco	Texcoco, MEX
Dorados	Culiacán, SIN	Tepaitilan de Morelos	Tepaitilan, HGO	Chapulineros de Oaxaca	Huixquilucan, MEX**
Durango	Durango, DGO	Cruz Azul Hidalgo	Ciudad Cooperativa Jasso, HGO	Cruz Azul	Mexico City
Murciélagos B	Guamúchil, SIN	Querétaro	Querétaro, QRO	Inter Playa del Carmen	Playa del Carmen, QROO
Monterrey	Monterrey, NL	Guadalajara	Guadalajara	Chiapas	Tuxtla Gutierrez, CHS
Reynosa	Reynosa, TAM	Irapuato	Irapuato, GTO	Ocelotes de la UNACH	San Cristóbal de las Casas, CHS
Santos de Soledad	Soledad de Graciano Sánchez, SLP	León	Leon, GTO	Orizaba	Orizaba, VER
Santos Laguna	Torreon, COA	Loros Universidad de Colima	Colima, COL	Petroleros de Veracruz	Boca del Rio, VER
Tigres	Monterrey, NL	Morelia	Morelia, MIC	Pioneros de Cancún	Cancún, QROO
U. A. Chihuahua	Chihuahua, CHI	Pachuca	Pachuca, HGO	Puebla	Puebla, PUE
UACJ	Ciudad Juárez, CHI	Real Cuautitlán	Cuautitlán, MEX	Tampico Madero	Tampico Madero, TAM
U.A. Zacatecas	Zacatecas, ZAC	Toluca	Toluca, MEX	Veracruz	Veracruz, VER
Zacatecas B	Zacatecas, ZAC	U. A. Estado de México	Toluca, MEX	Tlaxcala FC	Tlaxcala, TLX
				Pumas UNAM	Mexico City

Last updated on February 4, 2016.
Source: Sitio Oficial de la Segunda División Federación Mexicana de Futbol - Liga Premier de Ascenso

Location Changes during Clausura 2016

• On February 4, Cimarrones de Sonora B will play in Guaymas, Sonora from Hermosillo, Sonora for Remainder of Torneo Clausura 2016
• On February 8, Chapulineros de Oaxaca will play in Huixquilucan, MEX from Oaxaca for 5 weeks until return to play in New Stadium in Oaxaca on March 20

Standings Clausura 2016

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Reynosa	6	3	2	1	9	6	+3	13
2	Cimarrones B	6	3	2	1	16	5	+11	12
3	Club Tijuana Premier	6	3	1	2	15	9	+6	10
4	Santos Laguna Premier	5	2	2	1	12	7	+5	9
5	Tigres Premier	5	2	2	1	8	9	−1	9
6	Santos de Soledad	5	2	2	1	8	10	−2	9
7	Monterrey Premier	4	2	2	0	6	3	+3	8
8	Dorados Premier	6	2	1	3	8	16	−8	8
9	Murciélagos de Guamúchil	4	2	1	1	7	3	+4	7
10	U.A. Zacatecas	6	1	3	2	6	5	+1	7
11	Durango	5	2	1	2	6	10	−4	7
12	Mineros B	6	1	3	2	6	7	−1	6
13	Indios UACJ	5	1	2	2	6	9	−3	5
14	U. A. Chihuahua	6	1	0	5	4	12	−8	3
15	Coras Tepic B	5	0	2	3	2	8	−6	2

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	U. A. Estado de México	6	4	2	0	12	4	+8	15
2	Irapuato	6	4	1	1	10	7	+3	14
3	Cruz Azul Hidalgo	4	3	0	1	9	3	+6	10
4	Guadalajara Premier	5	1	4	0	6	5	+1	8
5	León Premier	6	2	1	3	11	12	−1	8
6	Real Cuautitlán	6	2	2	2	10	11	−1	8
7	Atlas Premier	6	2	1	3	8	9	−1	8
8	Morelia Premier	6	2	1	3	8	9	−1	8
9	Pachuca Premier	5	2	1	2	7	9	−2	8
10	Tepaitilan de Morelos	5	2	1	2	10	8	+2	7
11	Loros Universidad de Colima	5	2	0	3	10	10	0	7
12	Cachorros U. de G.	5	2	1	2	10	11	−1	7
13	Toluca Premier	6	2	1	3	5	10	−5	7
14	Querétaro Premier	5	1	2	2	5	6	−1	6
15	Atlético Estado de México	6	1	0	5	5	11	−6	4

Group 3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Tampico Madero	6	4	2	0	9	2	+7	15
2	Pumas Premier	6	3	2	1	9	5	+4	12
3	Inter Playa del Carmen	6	3	2	1	10	7	+3	12
4	Cruz Azul Premier	6	3	3	0	6	3	+3	12
5	Tlaxcala FC	5	3	1	1	11	3	+8	10
6	Chiapas Premier	6	2	3	1	7	9	−2	10
7	Veracruz Premier	6	2	2	2	7	6	+1	9
8	Pioneros de Cancún	6	2	2	2	11	6	+5	8
9	Orizaba	6	1	3	2	8	7	+1	8
10	Chapulineros de Oaxaca	5	1	3	1	3	3	0	7
11	Puebla Premier	6	2	1	3	7	11	−4	7
12	América Premier	5	1	2	2	6	7	−1	5
13	Athletic Club Morelos	6	1	2	3	9	11	−2	5
14	Texcoco	6	1	1	4	4	14	−10	5
15	Ocelotes de la UNACH	5	1	1	3	5	8	−3	4
16	Petroleros de Veracruz	6	0	2	4	4	14	−10	2	Team is last in relegation table

Regulation Table

Pos	Team	Total Pts.	Total Gms.	Avg	Relegation
31	Guadalajara Premier	23	19	1.211
32	Dorados Premier	24	20	1.2
33	Pachuca Premier	22	19	1.1579
34	Athletic Club Morelos	24	21	1.143
35	León Premier	22	20	1.1
36	Veracruz Premier	22	20	1.1
37	Atlético Estado de México	21	20	1.05
38	U. A. Chihuahua	21	20	1.05
39	Toluca Premier	21	20	1.05
40	Indios UACJ	20	19	1.025
41	Ocelotes de la UNACH	20	20	1
42	Orizaba	19	21	.9048
43	Coras Tepic B	14	19	.737
44	Real Cuautitlán	13	20	.65
45	Texcoco	13	21	.6191
46	Petroleros de Veracruz	11	21	.5191	Regulation

Champions

Notes