2010–11 Liga de Ascenso season

Liga de Ascenso

Season	2010-11
Champions	Apertura: Tijuana Clausura: Irapuato
Promoted	Tijuana
Relegated	None
← 2009–10 2011–12 →

The 2010–11 Ascenso MX season is the second season of the Liga de Ascenso, the second-level football league of Mexico. It consists of two separate tournaments, the Apertura and the Clausura. The winners of both tournaments will meet in a playoff to determine the team being promoted to the 2011–12 Primera Division de Mexico season.^[1][2]

The Apertura tournament began on July, 16th 2010 with the first matches of the classification phase ^[3] and ended on December, 4th 2010 with the Apertura Liguilla final.^[4] The final was won by Tijuana, who defeated Veracruz 3–0 on aggregate.

The Clausura tournament began on January, 7th 2011 ^[5] and ended on May, 14th 2011.^[6] The final was won by Irapuato, who defeated Tijuana. The following week, Apertura champion Tijuana defeated Clausura champion Irapuato in a playoff to determine the team promoted to the 2011–12 Liga MX season. That playoff took place on May 18, 2011 and May, 21st 2011. ^[7]

Changes for the 2010–2011 season

• Altamira won promotion from Segunda División de México.
• There was no demotion to Segunda División
• Indios was demoted from Primera Division de Mexico
• Necaxa won promotion to Primera División.
• Potros Neza was rebranded Atlante UTN
• Guerreros de Hermosillo were suspended after the 2010 Apertura for not paying players.

Stadia and locations

BUAP

Cruz Azul Hidalgo

Durango

Altamira

Guerreros

Irapuato

La Piedad

Cd. Juárez

León

Mérida

Orizaba

Potros Neza

Pumas Morelos

Sinaloa

Tijuana

UAT

UDG

Veracruz

Locations of the Liga de Ascenso 2010–11 teams

Club	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Altamira	Altamira	Altamira	13,500
Atlante UTN	Nezahualcóyotl	Neza 86	28,500
Lobos BUAP	Puebla	ODCU	20,700
Indios	Ciudad Juárez	Olímpico Benito Juárez	22,300
Cruz Azul Hidalgo	Ciudad Cooperativa Cruz Azul	10 de Diciembre	17,000
Durango	Durango	Francisco Zarco	18,000
Guerreros	Hermosillo	Héroe de Nacozari	22,000
Irapuato	Irapuato	Sergio León Chávez	33,000
La Piedad	La Piedad	Juan N. López	15,000
León	León	Nou Camp	33,943
Mérida	Mérida	Carlos Iturralde	21,050
Orizaba	Veracruz	Luis de la Fuente	30,000
Pumas Morelos	Cuernavaca	Centenario	15,000
Dorados de Sinaloa	Culiacán	Banorte	21,000
Tijuana	Tijuana	Caliente	33,333
Correcaminos	Ciudad Victoria	Marte R. Gómez	19,500
U. de G.	Guadalajara	Jalisco	60,000
Veracruz	Veracruz	Luis de la Fuente	30,000

Apertura

Apertura

Season	2010
Champions	Tijuana
Matches played	126
Goals scored	314 (2.49 per match)
Top goalscorer	Eder Pacheco (13 goals)
Biggest home win	U. de G. 6–0 Mérida
Biggest away win	Potros Neza 1–5 Orizaba
Highest scoring	UDG 6–0 Mérida Potros Neza 1–5 Orizaba Potros Neza 4–2 Léon
Longest winning run	Durango, Lobos BUAP (3 games each)
Longest unbeaten run	Tijuana (15 games)
Longest losing run	Léon (5 games)

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Tijuana	17	11	5	1	19	7	+12	38	Qualification to Liguilla semifinals
2	Indios	17	8	5	4	32	27	+5	29	Qualification to Liguilla quarterfinals
3	Durango	17	8	4	5	24	19	+5	28
4	Lobos BUAP	17	8	3	6	23	13	+10	27
5	Veracruz	17	7	6	4	25	18	+7	27
6	Irapuato	17	8	3	6	23	22	+1	27
7	Orizaba	17	7	4	6	21	15	+6	25
8	Léon	17	7	4	6	26	21	+5	25
9	Guerreros	17	6	7	4	19	21	−2	25
10	Altamira	17	6	6	5	23	20	+3	24
11	Dorados de Sinaloa	17	6	5	6	22	26	−4	23
12	Cruz Azul Hidalgo	17	5	7	5	19	16	+3	22
13	Pumas Morelos	17	4	8	5	16	21	−5	20
14	U. de G.	17	5	4	8	26	30	−4	19
15	La Piedad	17	4	6	7	21	28	−7	18
16	Correcaminos	17	3	6	8	14	18	−4	15
17	Merida	17	3	4	10	13	27	−14	13
18	Potros Neza	17	2	3	12	17	34	−17	9

Updated to games played on 14 November 2010.
Source: MedioTiempo
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

BUP

CIU

CAH

DUR

GUE

IRA

LAP

LEÓ

MER

ORI

PTN

PUM

SIN

TIJ

UAT

UDG

VER

Altamira

2–2

1–0

2–0

1–3

2–1

3–0

1–1

2–0

0–1

BUAP

0–1

2–0

0–1

4–1

1–1

4–0

2–1

2–0

Ciudad Juárez

5–1

1–0

3–2

2–1

3–2

3–3

1–0

1–2

Cruz Azul Hidalgo

1–1

0–1

1–1

0–0

2–0

1–0

4–2

3–1

Durango

4–2

1–1

1–0

1–0

1–2

3–1

0–2

2–1

2–2

Guerreros

2–2

1–0

1–0

0–0

1–2

2–1

1–1

0–0

0–2

Irapuato

3–2

1–0

0–2

2–1

0–2

2–1

1–0

3–4

La Piedad

1–1

4–1

2–2

2–2

1–4

1–4

2–1

4–0

León

3–1

1–0

3–1

2–3

1–1

1–1

3–0

1–2

2–2

Mérida

0–1

1–2

2–1

1–1

1–0

0–2

2–3

0–0

0–1

Orizaba

0–0

1–1

2–1

0–1

3–1

0–0

2–1

0–1

Potros Neza

1–2

0–0

4–2

1–1

1–5

1–2

1–2

1–0

Pumas Morelos

0–0

1–1

1–1

0–2

0–0

1–0

1–2

1–0

Sinaloa

0–0

2–0

2–0

2–1

2–1

2–0

2–2

2–2

3–2

Tijuana

1–0

1–1

1–0

2–0

2–1

1–0

0–0

1–0

2–0

UAT

0–0

0–1

3–1

0–1

1–2

0–2

0–0

1–1

U. de G.

3–1

2–2

1–0

6–0

1–2

1–1

1–1

2–1

1–3

Veracruz

1–0

3–4

1–1

0–0

2–0

0–1

3–0

2–2

0–0

Updated to games played on 14 November 2010.
Source: MedioTiempo.com
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Apertura Liguilla

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Finals
	2	Indios	0	0	0
	7	Orizaba	1	1	2
								1	Tijuana	0	0	0
								7	Orizaba	0	0	0
															1	Tijuana	2	1	3
	4	Veracruz	1	1	2										2	Veracruz	0	0	0
	5	Lobos BUAP	1	0	1
								4	Veracruz	0	3	3
								6	Irapuato	2	1	3
	3	Durango	0	3	3
	6	Irapuato	2	2	4

• 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 Clausura 2011 winner. However, if the winner is Tijuana, they are the team promoted to the 2011–12 Primera Division de Mexico season without playing the Promotional Final

Apertura 2010 winner:
Tijuana 1st Title

Top goalscorers

Source: FeMexFut

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Eder Pacheco	Durango	13
2	Juan Manuel Sara	Lobos BUAP	10
	Miguel Zepeda	U. de G.	10
4	Juan Manuel Cavallo	Orizaba	9
	Eduardo Lillingston	Indios	9
	Roberto Nurse	Cruz Azul Hidalgo	9
7	Felipe Flores	Dorados de Sinaloa	8
	Nelson Maz	Veracruz	8
	Rafael Murguía	La Piedad	8
10	Jared Borgetti	León	6
	Mauricio Romero	Veracruz	6

Clausura

Clausura

Season	2011
Champions	Irapuato
Matches played	148
Goals scored	346 (2.34 per match)
Top goalscorer	Blas Pérez (14 goals)

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Léon (A)	16	10	4	2	30	16	+14	34	Qualification to Liguilla semifinals
2	Irapuato (A)	16	10	3	3	28	16	+12	33	Qualification to Liguilla quarterfinals
3	Potros Neza (A)	16	8	5	3	19	12	+7	29
4	Tijuana (A)	16	7	5	4	23	18	+5	26
5	Veracruz (DQ)	16	7	5	4	18	14	+4	26	Disqualified for the Clausura Liguilla ^1
6	Cruz Azul Hidalgo (A)	16	6	6	4	24	18	+6	24	Qualification to Liguilla quarterfinals
7	Correcaminos (A)	16	7	3	6	25	21	+4	24
8	Dorados de Sinaloa (A)	16	6	6	4	22	21	+1	24
9	Altamira	16	6	3	7	17	22	−5	21
10	Indios	16	6	2	8	14	20	−6	20
11	Pumas Morelos	16	6	1	9	18	24	−6	19
12	Orizaba	16	4	6	6	15	17	−2	18
13	Merida	16	3	7	6	17	21	−4	16
14	La Piedad	16	3	6	7	14	21	−7	15
15	Lobos BUAP	16	4	3	9	26	34	−8	15
16	U. de G.	16	2	8	6	20	24	−4	14
17	Durango	16	3	3	10	16	27	−11	12

Updated to games played on 10 April 2011.
Source: MedioTiempo
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
1. Veracruz have been disqualified due to accumulate debts that have not been paid. Therefore Dorados de Sinaloa have been given the qualification place left.
(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.

Clausura Liguilla

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Finals
	4	Tijuana	2	5	7
	5	Cruz Azul Hidalgo	2	1	3
								1	León	0	0	0
								4	Tijuana	1	2	3
															4	Tijuana	1	0	1
	2	Irapuato	0	1	1										2	Irapuato	1	1	2
	7	Dorados de Sinaloa	0	1	1
								2	Irapuato	0	2	2
								3	Potros Neza	1	0	1
	3	Potros Neza	1	1	2
	6	Correcaminos	1	0	1

• 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 Club Tijuana (the Apertura 2010 winner). However, if the winner is Tijuana, they are the team promoted to the 2011–12 Mexican Primera División season without playing the Promotional Final.

Clausura 2011 winner:
Irapuato 4th Title

Promotional Final

First Leg

Irapuato v Club Tijuana

May 18, 2011 20:30 (UTC-5)

Irapuato	0–0	Club Tijuana

Estadio Sergio León Chávez, Irapuato Referee: César Arturo Ramos Palazuelos

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Second leg

Tijuana v Irapuato FC

May 21, 2011 15:00 (UTC-5)

Tijuana	2–1	Irapuato FC
Corona  28' Gerk  31'		Molina  37' (own)

Estadio Caliente, Tijuana Referee: César Arturo Ramos Palazuelos

Liga De Ascenso 2010-2011 winner:
Tijuana 1st Promotion

References

Calendario Oficial Apertura 2010
Calendario Oficial Clausura 2011

1. http://www.femexfut.org.mx/portalv2/secciones.aspx?s=1670&ep=938&dd=1
2. http://www.femexfut.org.mx/portalv2/secciones.aspx?s=1464&ep=938&dd=1
3. http://www.femexfut.org.mx/portalv2/secciones.aspx?s=965
4. http://www.femexfut.org.mx/portalv2/secciones.aspx?s=965
5. http://www.femexfut.org.mx/portalv2/secciones.aspx?s=1300
6. http://www.femexfut.org.mx/portalv2/secciones.aspx?s=1300
7. http://www.femexfut.org.mx/portalv2/secciones.aspx?s=1300

External links

• Official Website