2012–13 Ascenso MX season

Ascenso MX

Season	2012–13
Champions	Apertura: La Piedad Clausura: Neza
Promoted	La Piedad
Relegated	Pumas Morelos (dissolved after relegation)
← 2011–12 2013–14 →

The 2012–13 Ascenso MX season took place from July 20, 2012 to May 11, 2013 and was divided into two tournaments named Apertura 2012 and Clausura 2013. The Ascenso MX is the second-tier football league of Mexico.

The Apertura 2012 winner La Piedad defeated the Clausura 2013 winner Neza in a promotional final and won the ascension to the 2013–14 Liga MX season.

Changes from the previous season

• León were promoted to Liga MX.
• Tecos were relegated from Liga MX.
• Titanes de Tulancingo, winners of Segunda División de México did not obtain a license to compete. The runners-up Tecamachalco also did not obtain a license. Since no teams were promoted from the Segunda, the total number of teams competing this season in Ascenso MX was reduced to fifteen.
• U. de G. avoided relegation due to the disaffiliation to Indios.

Stadia and locations

The following 15 clubs will compete in the Liga de Ascenso during the 2012-2013 season:

Altamira

Celaya

Correcaminos

Cruz Azul

Dorados de Sinaloa

Tecos
U. de G.

Irapuato

La Piedad

Lobos BUAP

Mérida

Necaxa

Neza

Pumas Morelos

Veracruz

Location of teams in the 2012–13 Ascenso MX

Club	City	Statium	Capacity
Altamira	Altamira	Estadio Altamira	12,500
Celaya	Celaya	Estadio Miguel Alemán	25,000
Correcaminos	Ciudad Victoria	Estadio Marte R. Gómez	18,000
Cruz Azul Hidalgo	Jasso	Estadio 10 de Diciembre	10,700
Dorados de Sinaloa	Culiacán	Estadio Banorte	21,325
Tecos	Zapopan, Jalisco	Estadio Tres de Marzo	30,000
Irapuato	Irapuato	Estadio Sergio León Chávez	25,000
La Piedad	La Piedad	Estadio Juan N. López	15,700
Lobos BUAP	Puebla	Estadio Olímpico de C.U.	20,700
Mérida	Mérida	Estadio Carlos Iturralde	24,000
Necaxa	Aguascalientes	Estadio Victoria	25,000
Neza	Ciudad Nezahualcóyotl	Estadio Neza 86	25,000
Pumas Morelos	Cuernavaca	Estadio Centenario	7,000
U. de G.	Guadalajara	Estadio Jalisco	56,713
Veracruz	Veracruz	Estadio Luis de la Fuente	30,000

Torneo Apertura

The 2012 Apertura will be the first championship of the season. It began on July 20, 2012 and ended on December 1, 2012.

Ascenso MX

Season	2012-13
Champions	La Piedad
Matches played	117
Goals scored	294 (2.51 per match)
Top goalscorer	Apertura: Víctor Lojero (11 goals) Rodrigo Prieto (11 goals)
Biggest home win	Apertura: La Piedad 5-0 Dorados (November 4, 2012)
Biggest away win	Apertura: La Piedad 1-4 Necaxa (October 20, 2012)
Highest scoring	Apertura: Necaxa 6-4 Irapuato (August 17, 2012)

Standings

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

Updated to games played on November 4, 2012.
Source: [1].
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.

Results

Home \ Away	ALT	CEL	UAT	CAH	SIN	EST	IRA	LAP	UDG	BUP	MER	NEC	NEZ	PUM	VER
Altamira	—			0 - 1	0 - 1	1 - 2	2 - 1	2 - 3			0 - 2	2 - 0
Celaya	0 - 1	—	1 - 1	2 - 2		3 - 0		3 - 0	1 - 1				1 - 2	2 - 1
Correcaminos	3 - 1		—	3 - 0	2 - 1			1 - 1	3 - 1				0 - 1	4 - 0
Cruz Azul Hidalgo				—	1 - 2	0 - 0	3 - 0	1 - 3		1 - 3	0 - 0	1 - 2
Dorados de Sinaloa		4 - 3			—		1 - 1			2 - 2	3 - 0	1 - 1			2 - 1
Tecos			0 - 0		2 - 1	—	0 - 0		2 - 1		2 - 0	1 - 2	0 - 0	2 - 0
Irapuato		0 - 1	1 - 0				—			2 - 0			1 - 1	2 - 2	1 - 1
La Piedad					5 - 0	1 - 1	0 - 1	—		1 - 0	1 - 1	1 - 4			2 - 0
U. de G.	0 - 2			0 - 1	0 - 2		1 - 1	2 - 1	—		0 - 1	1 - 1
Lobos BUAP	2 - 0	3 - 0	1 - 0			1 - 3			2 - 1	—			1 - 3	2 - 0	2 - 1
Mérida		3 - 1	3 - 1				1 - 1			0 - 0	—		1 - 0		1 - 0
Necaxa		1 - 0	2 - 1				6 - 4			3 - 1	3 - 1	—			1 - 0
Neza	1 - 1			0 - 0	3 - 2			0 - 2	4 - 2			3 - 3	—	1 - 0
Pumas Morelos	2 - 0			1 - 2	1 - 1			0 - 0	0 - 1		0 - 0	1 - 1		—
Veracruz	2 - 2	0 - 0	3 - 0	1 - 1		2 - 1			2 - 3				0 - 0	1 - 0	—

• Updated to November 4, 2012.

Liguilla (Playoffs)

Main article: 2012 Ascenso MX Apertura Liguilla

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.

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Finals
	2	20px Neza	0	1	1
	7	20px Dorados de Sinaloa	1	2	3
								1	Necaxa	1	2	3
								7	20px Dorados de Sinaloa	1	2	3
															7	20px Dorados de Sinaloa	1	1	2
	3	Tecos	1	1	2										6	20px La Piedad	0	(a.e.t.)3	3
	6	20px La Piedad	2	3	5
								6	20px La Piedad	1	2	3
								4	20px Lobos BUAP	2	0	2
	4	20px Lobos BUAP	0	4	4
	5	20px Mérida	3	0	3

• 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 the Clausura 2013 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 2012 winner:
La Piedad 2nd title

Top goalscorers - Apertura 2012 Regular Season

Last Updated on November 4, 2012.
Players sorted first by goals scored, then by goal frequency (Minutes played/Goals scored).
In blue, the goal scoring champion(s) of Apertura 2012

Rank	Player	Club	Goals	Goal freq.
1	Víctor Lojero	Necaxa	11	91.36
2	Rodrigo Prieto	Neza	11	109.73
3	Danny Santoya	Necaxa	9	104.00
4	Juan Manuel Cavallo	La Piedad	9	126.56
5	Roberto Nurse	Correcaminos	8	141.25
6	Eduardo Lillingston	Tecos	8	146.88
7	Julio Pardini	Celaya	7	119.14
8	Cuauhtémoc Blanco	Dorados de Sinaloa	6	195.00
9	Aparecido Lima	Lobos BUAP	5	184.80
10	Ariel González	Irapuato	5	208.60
11	Omar Tejeda	Lobos BUAP	5	209.60
12	Sonny Guadarrama	Mérida	4	148.25
13	Diego Campos	U. de G.	4	200.00
14	Ismael Valadéz	Cruz Azul Hidalgo	4	225.75
15	Juan de Dios Hernández	Dorados de Sinaloa	4	241.00

Source: Ascenso MX goalscorers official page

Torneo Clausura

The 2013 Clausura is the second championship of the season. It began on January 4, 2013 and ended on May 11, 2013.

Ascenso MX

Season	2012–13
Champions	Neza
Top goalscorer	Clausura: Víctor Lojero (12 goals)
Biggest home win	Clausura: U. de G. 3-0 Pumas Morelos (January 6, 2013) Pumas Morelos 3-0 Irapuato (January 12, 2013) Lobos BUAP 3-0 Dorados de Sinaloa (January 18, 2013)
Biggest away win	Clausura: Altamira 1-3 Neza (January 5, 2013)
Highest scoring	Clausura: Cruz Azul Hidalgo 3-4 Celaya (January 20, 2013)

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	U. de G.	14	9	3	2	15	7	+8	30	Qualification to Liguilla semifinals
2	Correcaminos	14	8	2	4	17	10	+7	26	Qualification to Liguilla quarterfinals
3	20px Lobos BUAP	14	8	1	5	16	10	+6	25
4	20px Veracruz	14	7	4	3	23	18	+5	25
5	Necaxa	14	5	6	3	23	15	+8	21
6	20px Neza	14	6	2	6	19	14	+5	20
7	20px Celaya	14	4	8	2	17	16	+1	20
8	Tecos	14	5	4	5	11	10	+1	19
9	20px Dorados de Sinaloa	14	5	4	5	11	14	−3	19
10	20px Altamira	14	4	6	4	18	18	0	18
11	20px Pumas Morelos	14	4	5	5	13	15	−2	17	Relegation to Segunda División de México
12	20px Mérida	14	2	7	5	13	18	−5	13
13	20px La Piedad	14	3	3	8	13	17	−4	12
14	Cruz Azul Hidalgo	14	3	3	8	13	26	−13	12
15	20px Irapuato	14	1	4	9	7	21	−14	7

Updated to games played on April 21, 2013.
Source: [2] Official Standings from official ascenso MX site.(Liga MX)
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.

Results

Home \ Away	ALT	CEL	UAT	CAH	SIN	EST	IRA	LAP	UDG	BUP	MER	NEC	NEZ	PUM	VER
Altamira	—	1 - 1	0 - 1						1 - 1	0 - 2			1 - 3	1 - 0	3 - 0
Celaya		—			2 - 2		0 - 0			1 - 0	1 - 1	1 - 1			2 - 2
Correcaminos		0 - 1	—			0 - 1				1 - 0	3 - 1	3 - 3			1 - 0
Cruz Azul Hidalgo	2 - 2	3 - 4	0 - 1	—					0 - 1				1 - 5	1 - 1	0 - 0
Dorados	2 - 3		1 - 0	1 - 0	—	2 - 1		1 - 0	0 - 0				1 - 0	0 - 1
Estudiantes	2 - 0	1 - 2		1 - 0		—		2 - 1		1 - 0					0 - 1
Irapuato	0 - 2				0 - 0	1 - 0	—	3 - 3	0 - 1		0 - 1	1 - 1
La Piedad	0 - 0	3 - 1	1 - 2	0 - 1				—	1 - 2				1 - 0	0 - 0
Leones Negros		1 - 0	1 - 0			0 - 0			—	1 - 2			1 - 0	3 - 0	0 - 2
Lobos BUAP				1 - 0	3 - 0		1 - 0	2 - 1		—	2 - 0	1 - 0
Mérida	1 - 1								0 - 1		—
Necaxa	3 - 3											—
Neza													—
Pumas Morelos						1 - 1	3 - 0							—
Veracruz					2 - 0			1 - 0							—

• Updated to January 22, 2013.

Liguilla (Playoffs)

Main article: 2013 Ascenso MX Clausura Liguilla

The eight 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 one to eight 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.

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Finals
	3	20px Lobos BUAP	1	0	1
	6	20px Neza	2	1	3
								1	U. de G.	1	0	1
								4	20px Neza	2	2	4
															2	20px Neza	3	1	4
	2	Correcaminos	1	1	2										1	Necaxa	0	0	0
	7	20px Celaya	1	0	1
								2	Correcaminos	1	3	4
								3	Necaxa	3	3	6
	4	20px Veracruz	2	1	3
	5	Necaxa	3	3	6

• If the two teams are tied after both legs, the higher seeded team advances.
• Teams are re-seeded every round.
• The winner will qualify to the playoff match vs the Apertura 2012 winner. However, if the winner is the same in both tournaments, they would be the team promoted to the 2013–14 Mexican Primera División season without playing the Promotional Final

Clausura 2013 winner:
Neza 1st title

Promotional final

First Leg

20px La Piedad v 20px Neza

May 15, 2013

20px La Piedad	0–1	20px Neza
	[3]	Ever Guzmán  32'

Estadio Juan N. López, La Piedad Referee: Roberto Ríos

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Second leg

20px Neza v 20px La Piedad

May 18, 2013 15:00

20px Neza	0–1	20px La Piedad
	[4]	Luis Antonio Martínez  25'
	Penalties
José Antonio Rosas Ever Guzmán Angel Sepúlveda Emanuel Sebastián Loeschbor	3–5	Oscar Emilio Rojas Hugo Cid Fernando Santana Emanuel García Luis Antonio Martínez

Estadio Neza 86, Ciudad Nezahualcóyotl Attendance: 12550 Referee: Erick Yair Miranda Galindo

Top goalscorers - Clausura 2013 Regular Season

Last Updated on January 21, 2012.
Players sorted first by goals scored, then by goal frequency (Minutes played/Goals scored).

Rank	Player	Club	Goals	Goal freq.
1	Víctor Lojero	Necaxa	12	101.00
2	Pablo Torres	Veracruz	11	111.64
3	Eial Strahman	U. de G.	9	102.78
4	Danny Santoya	Necaxa	7	139.14
5	Diego Mejía	Neza	6	185.50
6	Diego Martiñones	Tecos	5	184.80
7	Oscar Fernández	Altamira	5	190.40
8	Sonny Guadarrama	Mérida	5	234.60
9	Jorge Ocampo	Celaya	5	244.00
10	Hebert Alférez	Lobos BUAP	4	119.25

Source: Ascenso MX goalscorers official page - Clausura 2013

Relegation Table

The relegated team will be the team with the lowest ratio by summing the points scored in the following tournaments: Apertura 2010, Bicentenario 2011, Apertura 2011 and Clausura 2012 and Apertura 2012 and Clausura 2013.

Rank	Team	Points	Games	%
9	Dorados de Sinaloa	105	84	1.2500
10	Mérida	103	84	1.2262
11	Celaya	62	52	1.1923
12	Altamira	100	84	1.1905
13	U. de G.	101	85	1.1882
14	Cruz Azul Hidalgo	93	84	1.1071
15	Pumas Morelos	92	85	1.0824

Source: Ascenso MX relegation table - Clausura 2013

External links

• Liga MX & Ascenso MX Official Website