The 2015–16 Ascenso MX season is a two-part competition: Apertura 2019 began 25 July 2015 and Clausura 2020. Ascenso MX is the second-tier football league of Mexico. All Ascenso MX teams except FC Juárez and Cimarrones de Sonora, will participate in Copa MX.
Changes from the previous season
Dorados de Sinaloa were promoted to Liga MX. Club Universidad de Guadalajara were relegated from Liga MX. Loros de la Universidad de Colima were promoted from Segunda División de México (will join in 2016–17 season). Altamira F.C. were moved to Tapachula, Chiapas and rebranded to Cafetaleros de Tapachulahttp://www.milenio.com/region/Estudiantes_Altamira_sede_Tapachula_Chiapas_0_524347655.html (Spanish) Irapuato F.C. were rebranded to Murciélagos F.C. and moved to Los Mochis, Sinaloa.http://divisiondeascenso.blogspot.com/2015/05/hermosillo-tambien-se-alista-para-el.html (Spanish) Mérida F.C. now be changing logo and will be called Venados F.C. (keeping the venue in Mérida). (Spanish) Cimarrones de Sonora and FC Juárez were promoted to Ascenso MX as expansion teams.
Stadia and locations
Club City Stadium CapacityAtlante Cancún, Quintana Roo Andrés Quintana Roo 17,289Atlético San Luis San Luis Potosí City, San Luis Potosí Alfonso Lastras 25,111BUAP Puebla City, Puebla Universitario BUAP 19,283Celaya Celaya, Guanajuato Miguel Alemán 23,369Coras Tepic, Nayarit Arena Cora 12,271Juárez Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua Olímpico Benito Juárez 19,703Murciélagos Los Mochis, Sinaloa Centenario 11,134Necaxa Aguascalientes City, Aguascalientes Victoria 23,851Oaxaca Oaxaca City, Oaxaca Instituto Tecnológico de Oaxaca 14,598Sonora Hermosillo, Sonora Héroe de Nacozari 18,747Tapachula Tapachula, Chiapas Olímpico de Tapachula 11,018UdeG Guadalajara, Jalisco Jalisco 55,020UAT Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas Marte R. Gómez 10,520Venados Mérida, Yucatán Carlos Iturralde 15,087Zacatecas Zacatecas City, Zacatecas Francisco Villa 13,820Zacatepec Zacatepec, Morelos Agustín "Coruco" Díaz 24,313
Personnel and kits Team Chairman Head coach Captain Kit manufacturerAtlante Eduardo Braun Burillo Eduardo Fentanes Juan de la Barrera KappaAtlético San Luis Jacobo Payán Espinosa Carlos Bustos Othoniel Arce CharlyBUAP Vacant Ricardo Valiño Omar Tejeda KeukaCelaya Marcos Achar Gustavo Díaz Alfredo Moreno KeukaCoras José Luis Higuera Hernán Cristante Jorge Kalú Gastélum RomedJuárez Alejandra de la Vega Sergio Orduña Iván Vázquez Mellado UmbroMurciélagos Miguel Favela Adolfo García Alfonso Rippa KeukaNecaxa Ernesto Tinajero Alfonso Sosa Luis Padilla UmbroOaxaca Javier San Román Flavio Davino Diego Menghi LottoSonora Servando Carbajal Héctor Medrano Raúl Rico KappaTapachula Gabriel Orantes Constanzo Gabriel Caballero Ismael Valadéz Silver SportUAT Manuel Corcuera Canseco José Treviño Hugo Sánchez LottoUdeG José Alberto Castellanos Daniel Guzmán Humberto Hernández LottoVenados Rodolfo Rosas Cantillo Marcelo Michel Leaño Aldo Polo FoursportZacatecas Armando Martínez Patiño Ricardo Rayas Noé Maya PirmaZacatepec Rodolfo Davis Contreras Carlos Gutiérrez Rodolfo Espinoza Silver Sport
Managerial changes Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment Position in tableApertura ChangesCoras Mauro CamoranesiResignedAugust 18, 2015 José Luis González ChinaAugust 21, 201514thTapachula Carlos de los CobosSackedAugust 22, 2015 Benjamín Mora (Interim)August 27, 201516thUAT Ricardo CadenaSackedAugust 22, 2015 José TreviñoAugust 27, 201515thTapachula Benjamín Mora (Interim)End of tenure as caretakerSeptember 5, 2015 Gabriel CaballeroSeptember 7, 201516thSonora Jorge Humberto TorresSackedSeptember 15, 2015 Javier López (Interim)September 15, 201512thVenados Juan Carlos ChávezSackedOctober 3, 2015 Daniel Rossello (Interim)October 15, 201514thOaxaca Ricardo RayasSackedOctober 21, 2015 Marco Antonio Trejo (Interim)October 21, 20155thNecaxa Miguel FuentesSackedNovember 9, 2015 Miguel Acosta & Hugo Saucedo (Interim)November 9, 20157thPre-Clausura Changes Atlético San Luis Raúl AriasResignedNovember 19, 2015 Carlos BustosNovember 30, 2015PreseasonSonora Javier López (Interim)End of tenure as caretakerNovember 15, 2015 Héctor MedranoNovember 26, 2015PreseasonVenados Daniel Rossello (Interim)End of tenure as caretakerNovember 15, 2015 Marcelo Michel LeañoNovember 26, 2015PreseasonNecaxa Miguel Acosta & Hugo Saucedo (Interim)End of tenure as caretakerNovember 15, 2015 Alfonso SosaNovember 26, 2015PreseasonClausura Changes Murciélagos Lorenzo LópezSackedJanuary 28, 2016 Jorge ManriqueJanuary 28, 201616thCoras José Luis González ChinaSackedFebruary 7, 2016 Hernán CristanteFebruary 13, 201614thZacatecas Joel SánchezSackedFebruary 9, 2016 Ricardo RayasFebruary 9, 201613thMurciélagos Jorge ManriqueSackedFebruary 25, 2016 Roberto Castro (Interim)February 26, 201616thMurciélagos Roberto Castro (Interim)End of tenure as caretakerMarch 2, 2016 Adolfo GarcíaMarch 5, 201616th
Apertura 2015
Results
Liguilla (Playoffs) The six best teams after the first place play two games against each other on a home-and-away basis. The winner of each match up is determined by aggregate score. If the teams are tied, the Away goals rule applies.
The teams were seeded one to seven in quarterfinals, and will be re-seeded one to four in semifinals, depending on their position in the general table. The higher seeded teams play on their home field during the second leg.
If the two teams are tied after both legs, the away goals rule applies. If both teams still tied, higher seeded team advances. Teams are re-seeded every round. The winner will qualify to the playoff match vs (Clausura 2016 Champions) . However, if the winner is the same in both tournaments, they would be the team promoted to the 2016–17 Liga MX season without playing the Promotional Final
Quarter-finals
All times are UTC−6 except for matches in Cancún, Ciudad Juárez and Los Mochis.
First leg
Second leg
Semi-finals
First leg
Second leg
Final
First leg
Second leg
Clausura 2016
Results
Liguilla (Playoffs) The six best teams after the first place play two games against each other on a home-and-away basis. The winner of each match up is determined by aggregate score. If the teams are tied, the Away goals rule applies.
The teams were seeded one to seven in quarterfinals, and will be re-seeded one to four in semifinals, depending on their position in the general table. The higher seeded teams play on their home field during the second leg.
If the two teams are tied after both legs, the away goals rule applies. If both teams still tied, higher seeded team advances. Teams are re-seeded every round. The winner will qualify to the playoff match vs (F.C. Juárez)
Quarter-finals
First leg
Second leg
Semi-finals
First leg
Second leg
Final
First leg
Second leg
Campeón de Ascenso 2016
First leg
Second leg
Relegation table The team would normally be the team with the lowest ratio by summing the points scored in the following tournaments: Apertura 2013, Clausura 2014, Apertura 2014, Clausura 2015, Apertura 2015 and Clausura 2016. This Season, no team will be relegated to Liga Premier de Ascenso (will resume next season).
Team1UdeG50301.66662Juárez49301.63333Necaxa137841.63094UAT130841.54765Zacatecas129841.53576Oaxaca127841.51197Coras84561.50008BUAP125841.48809Atlante82561.464210Tapachula114841.357111Atlético San Luis110841.309512Venados107841.273813Murciélagos96841.142814Zacatepec91841.083315Celaya90841.071416Sonora18300.6000
References
https://espndeportes.espn.com/futbol/resultados?liga=mex.2
External links Liga MX & Ascenso MX Official Website