2016–17 Ascenso MX season

Ascenso MX
Season	2016–17
Champions	Apertura: Dorados de Sinaloa ; Clausura: Lobos BUAP
Promoted	Lobos BUAP
Relegated	U. de C.
Matches played	261
Goals scored	661 (2.53 per match)
Top goalscorer	Apertura: Roberto Nurse (16) ; Clausura: Diego Jiménez (10)
Biggest home win	Apertura: Dorados 5–0 Lobos BUAP (July 30, 2016) ; UAEM 6–1 Venados (October 21, 2016) ; Atlante 5-0 U. de C. (November 11, 2016)
Biggest away win	Apertura: Venados 0–5 Celaya (August 26, 2016)
Highest scoring	Apertura: Cafetaleros 3–4 U. de C. (August 6, 2016) ; UAEM 6–1 Venados (October 21, 2016)
Longest winning run	Apertura: Sonora ; Celaya ; Atlante (3 games); Clausura: Dorados (5 games)
Longest unbeaten run	Apertura: Coras (5 games); Clausura: Dorados (7 games)
Longest winless run	Apertura: Venados (7 games); Clausura: Venados (11 games)
Longest losing run	Apertura: Venados (3 games); Clausura: U. de. C. (4 Games)
Highest attendance	Apertura: Cimarrones vs Atlante (11,860) ; Clausura: Tampico Madero vs FC Juárez (19,415) ; Tampico Madero VS UAT (19,415)
Lowest attendance	Apertura: Correcaminos vs Dorados (782) ; Clausura: U. de C. vs Atlante (690)
Average attendance	Apertura: 5,338 ; Clausura: 5,545
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The 2016–17 Ascenso MX season is a two-part competition: Apertura 2016 began on 15 July 2016 and Clausura 2017. Ascenso MX is the second-tier football league of Mexico. All Ascenso MX teams except UAEM, U. de C., Tampico Madero, Correcaminos, Zacatepec and Sonora, will participate in Copa MX. The fixtures were announced on 9 June 2016.^[1]

Changes from the previous season

Necaxa were promoted to Liga MX.
Sinaloa were relegated from Liga MX.
U. de C. will join from Segunda División de México (due to stadium requirements failed in 2015, approved in 2016).
UAEM were promoted from Segunda División de México
Tampico Madero were promoted to Ascenso MX as an expansion team, will take the open spot vacated by Atlético San Luis.^[2]
Atlético San Luis were dissolved and may return to play next season.

Stadiums and Locations

Club	City	Stadium	Capacity
Atlante	Cancún, Quintana Roo	Andrés Quintana Roo	17,289
BUAP	Puebla City, Puebla	Universitario BUAP	19,283
Celaya	Celaya, Guanajuato	Miguel Alemán Valdés	23,182
Coras	Tepic, Nayarit	Arena Cora	12,271
Juárez	Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua	Olímpico Benito Juárez	19,703
Murciélagos	Los Mochis, Sinaloa	Centenario	11,134
Oaxaca	Oaxaca City, Oaxaca	Tecnológico de Oaxaca	14,598
Sinaloa	Culiacán, Sinaloa	Banorte	17,898
Sonora	Hermosillo, Sonora	Héroe de Nacozari	18,747
Tampico Madero	Tampico / Ciudad Madero, Tamaulipas	Tamaulipas	19,667
Tapachula	Tapachula, Chiapas	Olímpico de Tapachula	11,018
U. de C.	Colima City, Colima	Olímpico Universitario de Colima	11,812
U. de G.	Guadalajara, Jalisco	Jalisco	55,020
UAEM	Toluca, State of Mexico	Universitario Alberto "Chivo" Córdoba	32,603
UAT	Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas	Marte R. Gómez	10,520
Venados	Mérida, Yucatán	Carlos Iturralde	15,087
Zacatecas	Zacatecas City, Zacatecas	Francisco Villa	13,820
Zacatepec	Zacatepec, Morelos	Agustín "Coruco" Díaz	24,313

2016–17 Ascenso MX season is located in Mexico

Location of teams in the 2016–17 Ascenso MX

Personnel and kits

Team	Chairman	Head Coach	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor(s)
Atlante	Eduardo Braun Burillo	Mexico Eduardo Fentanes	Mexico Juan de la Barrera	Kappa	Riviera Maya
BUAP	Rafael Cañedo	Mexico Rafael Puente, Jr.	Mexico Omar Tejeda	Keuka	Coca-Cola
Celaya	Marcos Achar	Argentina Gerardo Reinoso (Interim)	Argentina Alfredo Moreno	Keuka	Bachoco
Coras	José Luis Higuera	Mexico Marcelo Michel Leaño	Mexico Sergio Flores	Bee Sport	Riviera Nayarit
Juárez	Juan Carlos Talavera	Mexico Miguel Fuentes	Brazil Leandro Carrijó	Umbro	Del Río
Murciélagos	Miguel Favela	Chile Marco Antonio Figueroa	Mexico Valentín Arredondo	Keuka	Meprosa
Oaxaca	Santiago San Román	Mexico Irving Rubirosa	Uruguay Lucero Álvarez	Lotto	Ópticas América
Sinaloa	José Antonio Núñez	Mexico Gabriel Caballero	Mexico Carlos Pinto	Charly	Coppel
Sonora	Servando Carbajal	Mexico Juan Carlos Chávez	Mexico Othoniel Arce	Lotto	Súper del Norte
Tampico Madero	Javier San Román	Mexico Daniel Guzmán	Argentina Daniel Ludueña	Lotto	B Hermanos
Tapachula	Gabriel Orantes Constanzo	Mexico Paco Ramírez	Mexico Héctor Morales	Silver Sport	Cafetaleros de Corazón
U. de C.	Carlos Salas	Mexico Víctor Hugo Mora	Mexico Rodolfo Espinoza	Pirma
U. de G.	José Alberto Castellanos	Mexico Joel Sánchez	Uruguay Ribair Rodríguez	Charly	Electrolit
UAEM	Jorge Olvera García	Mexico Omar Ramírez	Mexico Alfonso Rippa	Lotto	Megacable
UAT	Rafael Flores Alcocer	Mexico Jaime Ordiales	Mexico Hugo Sánchez	Lotto	Aeromar
Venados	Rodolfo Rosas Cantillo	Argentina Bruno Marioni	Argentina Luis Acuña	Spiro
Zacatecas	Armando Martínez Patiño	Mexico Ricardo Rayas	Mexico Noé Maya	Pirma	Telcel
Zacatepec	Rodolfo Davis Contreras	Mexico Carlos Gutiérrez	Mexico Héctor Gutiérrez	Silver Sport	Jardines de México

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Replaced by	Date of appointment	Position in table
Apertura changes
Venados	Mexico Marcelo Michel Leaño	Sacked	August 6, 2016	Mexico José Luis Sánchez Solá	August 10, 2016	18th
Tapachula	Argentina Carlos Bustos	Sacked	August 27, 2016	Italy Mauro Camoranesi	August 30, 2016	16th
Murciélagos	Mexico Adolfo García	Sacked	September 15, 2016	Argentina Aldo Da Pozzo	September 15, 2016	15th
Tampico Madero	Mexico Miguel García	Sacked	September 20, 2016	Mexico Daniel Guzmán	September 20, 2016	18th
Lobos BUAP	Mexico Miguel Fuentes	Sacked	September 25, 2016	Mexico Hiram Bandala (Interim)	September 25, 2016	14th
Lobos BUAP	Mexico Hiram Bandala (Interim)	End of tenure as caretaker	October 5, 2016	Mexico Rafael Puente, Jr.	October 5, 2016	14th
Pre-Clausura changes
UAT	Mexico José Treviño	Sacked	November 14, 2016	Mexico Jorge Urbina (Interim)	December 11, 2016	Preseason
Juárez	Mexico Sergio Orduña	Sacked	November 15, 2016	Mexico Miguel Fuentes	December 1, 2016	Preseason
Coras	Mexico Ramón Morales	Mutual agreement	November 23, 2016	Mexico Marcelo Michel Leaño	November 30, 2016	Preseason
Oaxaca	Mexico Mario García	Sacked	December 29, 2016	Mexico Irving Rubirosa	December 29, 2016	Preseason
UAT	Mexico Jorge Urbina (Interim)	End of tenure as caretaker	January 4, 2017	Mexico Jaime Ordiales	January 4, 2017	Preseason
Celaya	Uruguay Gustavo Díaz	Resigned	January 4, 2017	Mexico Luis Padilla (Interim)	January 5, 2017	Preseason
Clausura changes
Murciélagos	Argentina Aldo Da Pozzo	Sacked	January 14, 2017	Chile Marco Antonio Figueroa	January 16, 2017	18th
Tapachula	Italy Mauro Camoranesi	Mutual agreement	January 22, 2017	Mexico Paco Ramírez	January 23, 2017	16th
Celaya	Mexico Luis Padilla (Interim)	End of tenure as caretaker	January 27, 2017	Mexico Gustavo Vargas	January 27, 2017	5th
Venados	Mexico José Luis Sánchez Solá	Resigned	January 27, 2017	Argentina Bruno Marioni	January 29, 2017	17th
Celaya	Mexico Gustavo Vargas	Sacked	March 28, 2017	Argentina Gerardo Reinoso (Interim)	March 28, 2017	12th

Apertura 2016

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Celaya (A)	17	10	5	2	36	13	+23	35	Advance to Liguilla
2	Zacatecas (A)	17	10	3	4	34	20	+14	33
3	Zacatepec (A)	17	8	6	3	27	19	+8	30
4	UAEM (A)	17	8	5	4	24	18	+6	29
5	Sinaloa (A, C)	17	7	6	4	28	16	+12	27
6	Atlante (A)	17	7	6	4	26	17	+9	27
7	Sonora (A)	17	7	6	4	22	21	+1	27
8	Oaxaca (A)	17	7	5	5	20	14	+6	26
9	Coras	17	5	7	5	22	20	+2	22
10	Juárez	17	6	4	7	18	17	+1	22
11	UAT	17	5	5	7	12	16	−4	20
12	Venados	17	5	5	7	20	34	−14	20
13	Murciélagos	17	5	4	8	18	24	−6	19	Eliminated from Copa MX Clausura 2017
14	U. de G.	17	4	6	7	23	26	−3	18
15	BUAP	17	4	6	7	15	26	−11	18
16	Tapachula	17	4	4	9	21	32	−11	16
17	U. de C.	17	3	5	9	20	34	−14	14	Team is last in relegation table
18	Tampico Madero	17	2	4	11	8	27	−19	10	Eliminated from Copa MX Clausura 2017

Updated to match(es) played on September 4, 2016. Source: [1]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(A) Advance to a further round; (C) Champions

Results

Home \ Away	ATE	BUP	CEL	COR	JUA	MUR	OAX	SIN	SON	TAM	TAP	UDC	UDG	UAM	UAT	VEN	ZAS	ZAC
Atlante					2–1			1–1		0–0		5–0	2–1	0–1	3–2		2–2
BUAP	1–1		1–2		2–0	0–0					2–1	1–0		1–1	0–1
Celaya	1–1				2–0			0–0		3–0	3–2	3–0	2–1	2–1	3–0		5–1
Coras	0–3	2–1	2–2		0–1	1–1					4–0	3–1			0–0
Juárez							1–1		2–1	3–0			1–1	2–0		4–0	0–1	1–2
Murciélagos	3–1		0–0		0–0					2–0	3–2	1–0		1–2	2–0
Oaxaca	1–0	1–0	1–1	1–1		4–1			0–1		1–0				0–0
Sinaloa		5–0		1–1	3–0	2–0	1–1		1–2	5–1		2–0		0–1
Sonora	0–1	2–3	2–0	1–1		2–1					1–1	3–2			1–0
Tampico Madero		0–0		0–0			2–1		1–2				0–1			1–2	1–0	0–1
Tapachula	0–2		3–2		1–1			1–0		2–0		3–4	3–3	1–1	1–0
U. de C.					2–1		1–2			2–2			1–1	0–0		2–0	3–3	1–3
U. de G.		1–1		1–2		2–1	1–3	2–3	1–1							1–1	0–1	0–2
UAEM				2–1			1–0	3–3	1–1	1–0			2–4			6–1	2–1	2–2
Correcaminos UAT					0–0			0–1		2–0		1–1	0–2	1–0		2–0	3–2	0–0
Venados		5–1	0–5	2–1		3–1	1–3	1–1	1–1		2–0						4–4	0–0
Zacatecas		1–1		2–1		3–1	1–0	3–0	4–0		2–0					4–0		3–1
Zacatepec	2–1	3–0	0–3	1–2		2–0	1–1	2–2	1–1		4–2

Updated to match(es) played on 13 November 2016. Source: [2]^[3]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

Players sorted first by goals scored, then by last name.

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Panama Roberto Nurse	Zacatecas	16
2	Paraguay Gustavo Ramírez	Zacatecas	12
3	Chile Sergio Vergara	Celaya	11
4	Mexico Ismael Valadéz	U. de G.	10
5	Brazil Douglas Tanque	Tapachula	9
6	Mexico Guillermo Martínez	Coras	8
7	Uruguay Jonathan Ramis	Zacatepec	7
	Mexico Oscar Villa	Sonora
	Argentina Gabriel Hachen	Sinaloa
	Brazil Leandro Carrijó	Juárez

Source: ESPN FC

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Mexico Jorge Mora	U. de G.	UAEM	2–4	16 July 2016
Panama Roberto Nurse	Zacatecas	Sonora	4–0	22 July 2016
Argentina Gabriel Hachen	Sinaloa	BUAP	5–0	30 July 2016
Paraguay Gustavo Ramírez	Zacatecas	Venados	4–0	2 September 2016

Liguilla (Playoffs)

The eight best teams 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 higher seeded teams play on their home field during the second leg.

Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final

1	Celaya	1	3	4

8	Oaxaca	2	0	2
					1	Celaya	0	0	0

					6	Atlante	1	0	1
3	Zacatepec	0	1	1

6	Atlante	1	1	2
										6	Atlante	2	0	2

										5	Sinaloa	3	1	4
2	Zacatecas (a)	3	1	4

7	Sonora	2	2	4
					2	Zacatecas	0	4	4

					5	Sinaloa (a)	3	1	4
4	UAEM	1	3	4

5	Sinaloa (a)	1	3	4

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 2017 Champions) . However, if the winner is the same in both tournaments, they would be the team promoted to the 2017–18 Liga MX season without playing the Promotional Final

Quarterfinals

First leg

16 November	Oaxaca	2–1	Celaya	Oaxaca City, Oaxaca
19:30	D. Martínez File:Soccerball shade.svg 49' L. Álvarez File:Soccerball shade.svg 69'	[3]	A. Riestra File:Soccerball shade.svg 33'	Stadium: Tecnológico de Oaxaca Attendance: 7,550 Referee: Arutro Cruz Hurtado

16 November	Sinaloa	1–1	UAEM	Culiacán, Sinaloa
20:30	V. Angulo File:Soccerball shade.svg 49'	[4]	E. González File:Soccerball shade.svg 83'	Stadium: Banorte Attendance: 10,333 Referee: Jesús Bisguerra Mendiola

17 November	Atlante	1–0	Zacatepec	Cancún, Quintana Roo
20:30	O. Uscanga File:Soccerball shade.svg 31'	[5]		Stadium: Andrés Quintana Roo Attendance: 6,250 Referee: Alejandro Funk Villafañe

17 November	Sonora	2–3	Zacatecas	Hermosillo, Sonora
20:30	O. Villa File:Soccerball shade.svg 28' L. Loroña File:Soccerball shade.svg 84'	[6]	R. Nurse File:Soccerball shade.svg 18', 73' J. Cardozo File:Soccerball shade.svg 69'	Stadium: Héroe de Nacozari Attendance: 9,100 Referee: Aldo Cano Martínez

Second leg

19 November	Celaya	3–0 (4–2 agg.)	Oaxaca	Celaya, Guanajuato
19:00	R. Alvarado File:Soccerball shade.svg 24' A. Reyna File:Soccerball shade.svg 37' R. Murguía File:Soccerball shade.svg 76'	[7]		Stadium: Miguel Alemán Valdés Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Adalid Maganda Villalva

19 November	UAEM	3–3 (4–4 agg.)	Sinaloa (a)	Toluca, State of Mexico
16:00	M. Hipólito File:Soccerball shade.svg 9', 91' A. López File:Soccerball shade.svg 26'	[8]	G. Hachen File:Soccerball shade.svg 59' V. Angulo File:Soccerball shade.svg 64' P. Torres File:Soccerball shade.svg 73'	Stadium: Universitario Alberto "Chivo" Córdoba Attendance: 6,932 Referee: Jonathan Hernández Juárez

20 November	Zacatepec	1–1 (1–2 agg.)	Atlante	Zacatepec, Morelos
18:00	M. Romero File:Soccerball shade.svg 82'	[9]	E. Reyes File:Soccerball shade.svg 59'	Stadium: Agustín "Coruco" Díaz Attendance: 22,146 Referee: Oscar Mejia Garcia

20 November	Zacatecas (a)	1–2 (4–4 agg.)	Sonora	Zacatecas City, Zacatecas
20:00	D. Torres File:Soccerball shade.svg 45' (o.g.)	[10]	L. Loroña File:Soccerball shade.svg 61' O. Villa File:Soccerball shade.svg 78'	Stadium: Francisco Villa Attendance: 8,124 Referee: Uriel Olvera Rios

Semifinals

First leg

23 November	Atlante	1–0	Celaya	Cancún, Quintana Roo
19:30	F. Uscanga File:Soccerball shade.svg 83'	[11]		Stadium: Andrés Quintana Roo Attendance: 9,010 Referee: Uriel Olvera Rios

23 November	Sinaloa	3–0	Zacatecas	Culiacán, Sinaloa
21:30	V. Angulo File:Soccerball shade.svg 27', 46' P. Torres File:Soccerball shade.svg 90'	[12]		Stadium: Banorte Attendance: 12,333 Referee: Adalid Maganda Villalva

Second leg

26 November	Zacatecas	4–1 (4–4 agg.)	Sinaloa (a)	Zacatecas City, Zacatecas
17:00	M. Laínez File:Soccerball shade.svg 55' H. Olvera File:Soccerball shade.svg 58' L. Madrigal File:Soccerball shade.svg 67' G. Ramírez File:Soccerball shade.svg 85'	[13]	P. Torres File:Soccerball shade.svg 18'	Stadium: Francisco Villa Attendance: 7,164 Referee: Jonathan Hernández Juárez

26 November	Celaya	0–0 (0–1 agg.)	Atlante	Celaya, Guanajuato
19:00		[14]		Stadium: Miguel Alemán Valdés Attendance: 19,763 Referee: Oscar Mejia Garcia

Final

First leg

30 November	Atlante	2–3	Sinaloa	Cancún, Quintana Roo
19:30	C. Garcés File:Soccerball shade.svg 84', 89'		P. Torres File:Soccerball shade.svg 20', 70' A. Mendoza File:Soccerball shade.svg 85'	Stadium: Andrés Quintana Roo Attendance: 14,938 Referee: Uriel Olvera Rios

Second leg

3 December	Sinaloa	1–0 (4–2 agg.)	Atlante	Culiacán, Sinaloa
21:00	E. Castro File:Soccerball shade.svg 67'	[15]		Stadium: Banorte Attendance: 19,333 Referee: Oscar Mejia Garcia

Apertura 2016 winners
Sinaloa 4th title

Clausura 2017

Regular season

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Zacatecas	17	9	5	3	21	11	+10	32	Advance to Liguilla
2	Sinaloa	17	9	4	4	29	22	+7	31
3	Oaxaca	17	9	3	5	27	19	+8	30
4	Juárez	17	8	4	5	23	17	+6	28
5	UAEM	17	8	4	5	21	15	+6	28
6	BUAP (C, P)	17	8	3	6	30	26	+4	27
7	Zacatepec	17	8	3	6	23	22	+1	27
8	Sonora	17	8	3	6	20	19	+1	27
9	Coras	17	7	5	5	24	20	+4	26
10	Tampico Madero	17	6	5	6	15	14	+1	23
11	U. de G.	17	5	7	5	16	18	−2	22
12	Tapachula	17	6	3	8	20	21	−1	21
13	Atlante	17	5	6	6	17	18	−1	21
14	Celaya	17	5	4	8	26	27	−1	19
15	UAT	17	4	4	9	24	31	−7	16
16	Venados	17	3	6	8	17	34	−17	15
17	U. de C. (R)	17	4	2	11	18	27	−9	14	Team is last in relegation table
18	Murciélagos	17	3	5	9	13	23	−10	14

Updated to match(es) played on April 15, 2017. Source: [16]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Positions by round

	Leader and qualification to playoffs
	Qualification to playoffs
	Last place in table

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17
Team ╲ Round
Zacatecas	10	5	6	3	3	1	1	1	1	2	3	2	4	2	4	2	1
Sinaloa	8	12	5	11	12	11	11	11	6	4	1	1	1	1	1	1	2
Oaxaca	16	11	4	10	8	9	10	6	12	9	6	4	6	6	3	3	3
Juárez	11	7	12	7	5	4	9	5	11	13	10	11	7	8	9	8	4
UAEM	14	9	13	8	6	5	4	9	3	5	5	3	2	5	3	4	5
BUAP	2	3	10	14	15	14	13	13	13	11	8	9	10	7	7	9	6
Zacatepec	7	6	11	6	4	7	6	4	2	1	2	6	9	10	8	5	7
Sonora	15	17	17	15	11	10	12	10	5	3	7	5	3	3	6	7	8
Coras	5	1	1	2	2	3	2	3	9	6	9	10	5	4	5	6	9
Tampico Madero	9	13	7	4	9	12	8	12	10	12	13	13	13	13	12	10	10
U. de G.	6	10	3	9	7	8	7	7	7	7	11	12	8	9	10	11	11
Tapachula	12	16	14	16	16	16	17	17	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	12
Atlante	3	4	2	1	1	2	5	2	4	8	4	7	10	11	11	12	13
Celaya	1	2	9	5	10	6	3	8	8	10	12	8	11	12	13	14	14
UAT	13	14	8	13	14	13	14	15	16	17	16	16	17	17	18	16	15
Venados	4	8	15	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	16	15	15	15	16
U. de C.	18	15	16	12	13	15	15	14	14	16	17	17	18	18	17	18	17
Murciélagos	17	18	18	18	18	17	16	16	17	15	15	15	15	16	16	17	18

Updated to match(es) played on 1 April 2017. Source: ascensomx.net

Results

Home \ Away	ATE	BUP	CEL	COR	JUA	MUR	OAX	SIN	SON	TAM	TAP	UDC	UDG	UAM	UAT	VEN	ZAS	ZAC
Atlante		2–2	1–2			0–1	2–0				2–2							1–0
BUAP				1–2			3–1	1–2	3–2	1–1						3–4		2–1
Celaya						2–1	1–2		3–1		2–3					4–0		2–3
Coras							0–1	1–1	0–1	0–1			1–0	1–1				3–2
Juárez		2–2		3–2		2–1		1–2			2–1	2–1			1–0
Murciélagos		0–2		0–2			0–0		2–3							1–1	1–1	1–2
Oaxaca					3–2					3–0			0–0	1–1		3–2	0–2
Sinaloa	2–4		1–0								2–0					4–1	1–0	1–1
Sonora					1–0		1–0	1–5		1–0			3–1	3–0			1–2
Tampico Madero	0–1		2–1		1–2			1–1				2–0		1–0	3–0
Tapachula				1–2			0–1		1–0							5–1	1–0	0–1
U. de C.		1–0	1–1	0–1		0–1		1–2	0–1		2–1
U. de G.	0–0		1–1		1–0						3–1	1–0		1–0	3–2
UAEM	1–0	4–1			1–0	2–0		1–0				3–1			1–1
Correcaminos UAT	1–1	1–3	2–4	3–3		0–1					1–0
Venados	1–2									0–0		2–0	1–1		1–5		0–0
Zacatecas	1–0		0–0		0–0							2–2	2–0		1–0
Zacatepec										1–0			1–1	1–3	1–0	3–1	1–3

Updated to match(es) played on 5 March 2017. Source: [17]^[4]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Regular season statistics

Top goalscorers

Players sorted first by goals scored, then by last name.

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Mexico Diego Jiménez	BUAP	10
2	Mexico Éder Cruz	U. de C.	9
2	Mexico Ismael Valadéz	U. de G.	9
4	Paraguay Mexico Gustavo Ramírez	Zacatecas	8
4	Chile Patricio Rubio	Sinaloa	8
6	Mexico Jesús Angulo	Sinaloa	7
	Brazil Leandro Carrijó	Juárez
	Mexico Rodrigo Prieto	Zacatepec
9	Venezuela Giancarlo Maldonado	Oaxaca	6
	Colombia Juan David Pérez	Celaya
	Mexico Alfonso Tamay	Oaxaca
	Mexico Francisco Uscanga	Atlante
	Mexico Oscar Villa	Sonora

Source: AscensoMX.net

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Chile Patricio Rubio	Sinaloa	Venados	4-1	4 February 2017
Venezuela Giancarlo Maldonado	Oaxaca	Tampico Madero	3-0	10 February 2017

Liguilla (Playoffs)

The eight best teams 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 higher seeded teams play on their home field during the second leg.

Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final

2	Sinaloa	0	4	4

7	Zacatepec	0	0	0
					2	Sinaloa	0	0	0

					4	Juárez	1	2	3
4	Juárez	1	3	4

5	UAEM	1	2	3
										4	Juárez	1	1	2

										6	BUAP	2	2	4
1	Zacatecas (a)	1	1	2

8	Sonora	2	0	2
					1	Zacatecas	0	2	2

					6	BUAP	2	4	6
3	Oaxaca	0	1	1

6	BUAP	1	1	2

Teams are re-seeded each round.
Team with more goals on aggregate after two matches advances.
Away goals rule is applied in the quarterfinals and semifinals, but not the final.
In the quarterfinals and semifinals, if the two teams are tied on aggregate and away goals, the higher seeded team advances.
In the final, if the two teams are tied after both legs, the match goes to extra-time and, if necessary, a shootout.
The champion qualifies to the Promotion Final against Apertura 2016 champion Sinaloa.

Quarterfinals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Oaxaca	1–2	BUAP	1–0	1–1
Sinaloa	4–0	Zacatepec	0–0	4–0
Juárez	4-3	UAEM	1–1	3–2
Zacatecas (a)	2–2	Sonora	2–1	1–0

All times are UTC−6.

First leg

April 19, 2017	BUAP	1–0	Oaxaca	Puebla City, Puebla
19:30	A. Escoto File:Soccerball shade.svg 57'	Match Information Report		Stadium: Universitario BUAP Attendance: 9,338 Referee: Oscar Mejia Garcia

April 19, 2017	Zacatepec	0–0	Sinaloa	Zacatepec, Morelos
21:30		Match Information Report		Stadium: Agustín "Coruco" Díaz Attendance: 8,295 Referee: Jesús Bisguerra Mendiola

April 20, 2017	UAEM	1–1	Juárez	Toluca, State of Mexico
19:30	L. Carrijo File:Soccerball shade.svg 54'	Match Information Report	D. Osorio File:Soccerball shade.svg 57'	Stadium: Universitario Alberto "Chivo" Córdoba Attendance: 13,680 Referee: Mario Humberto Vargas Mata

April 20, 2017	Sonora	2–1	Zacatecas	Hermosillo, Sonora
21:30	J. Martínez File:Soccerball shade.svg 1' (o.g.) E. Alaffita File:Soccerball shade.svg 30'	Match Information Report	L. Madrigal File:Soccerball shade.svg 48'	Stadium: Héroe de Nacozari Attendance: 9,545 Referee: Juan Andres Esquivel Gonzalez

Second leg

April 22, 2017	Oaxaca	1–1 (1–2 agg.)	BUAP	Oaxaca City, Oaxaca
19:00	G. Maldonado File:Soccerball shade.svg 71' (pen.)	Match Information Report	D. Jiménez File:Soccerball shade.svg 37'	Stadium: Tecnológico de Oaxaca Attendance: 10,600 Referee: Jonathan Hernández Juárez

April 22, 2017	Sinaloa	4–0 (4–0 agg.)	Zacatepec	Culiacán, Sinaloa
21:00	J. Angulo File:Soccerball shade.svg 14', 77' V. Angulo File:Soccerball shade.svg 69', 88'	Match Information Report		Stadium: Banorte Attendance: 14,333 Referee: Alejandro Funk Villafañe

April 23, 2017	Zacatecas (a)	1–0 (2–2 agg.)	Sonora	Zacatecas City, Zacatecas
17:00	J. Magallón File:Soccerball shade.svg 27'	Match Information Report		Stadium: Francisco Villa Attendance: 7,942 Referee: Arturo Cruz Hurtado

April 23, 2017	Juárez	3–2 (4–3 agg.)	UAEM	Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua
20:00	L. Carrijo File:Soccerball shade.svg 18' (pen.) M. Fernández File:Soccerball shade.svg 38' M. Ortíz File:Soccerball shade.svg 76'	Match Information Report	D. Osorio File:Soccerball shade.svg 31' (pen.) E. Dias File:Soccerball shade.svg 14' (o.g.)	Stadium: Olímpico Benito Juárez Attendance: 16,748 Referee: Adalid Maganda Villalva

Semifinals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Sinaloa	0–3	Juárez	1–0	0–2
Zacatecas	2–6	BUAP	2–0	2–4

All times are UTC−6.

First leg

April 26, 2017	Juárez	1–0	Sinaloa	Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua
21:00	L. Carrijo File:Soccerball shade.svg 57'	Match Information Report		Stadium: Olímpico Benito Juárez Attendance: 19,150 Referee: Juan Andrés Esquivel González

April 27, 2017	BUAP	2–0	Zacatecas	Puebla City, Puebla
19:30	D. Jiménez File:Soccerball shade.svg 13', 89'	Match Information Report		Stadium: Universitario BUAP Attendance: 19,877 Referee: Alejandro Funk Villafañe

Second leg

April 29, 2017	Sinaloa	0–2 (0–3 agg.)	Juárez	Culiacán, Sinaloa
21:00		Match Information Report	Lucas Xavier File:Soccerball shade.svg 47', 67'	Stadium: Banorte Attendance: 17,333 Referee: Arturo Cruz Hurtado

April 30, 2017	Zacatecas	2–4 (2–6 agg.)	BUAP	Zacatecas City, Zacatecas
17:00	H. Olvera File:Soccerball shade.svg 16' L. Madrigal File:Soccerball shade.svg 54'	Match Information Report	A. Sánchez File:Soccerball shade.svg 10' A. Escoto File:Soccerball shade.svg 30' L. Olascoaga File:Soccerball shade.svg 42' Ricardinho File:Soccerball shade.svg 89'	Stadium: Francisco Villa Attendance: 10,587 Referee: Oscar Mejia Garcia

Final

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Juárez	2–4	BUAP	2–1	1–2

All times are UTC−6.

First leg

May 3, 2017	BUAP	2-1	Juárez	Puebla City, Puebla
19:30	O. Tejeda File:Soccerball shade.svg 49' (pen.) D. Jiménez File:Soccerball shade.svg 71'	Match Information Report	L. Carrijo File:Soccerball shade.svg 16'	Stadium: Universitario BUAP Attendance: 19,893 Referee: Juan Andres Esquivel Gonzalez

Second leg

May 6, 2017	Juárez	1–2 (2–4 agg.)	BUAP	Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua
20:00	C. Gordillo File:Soccerball shade.svg 73'	Match Information Report	C. Cercado File:Soccerball shade.svg 25' O. Tejeda File:Soccerball shade.svg 88'	Stadium: Olímpico Benito Juárez Attendance: 20,322 Referee: Arturo Cruz Hurtado

Clausura 2017 winner
Lobos BUAP 1st title

Promotion Final

The Promotion Final is a two-legged playoff between the winners of the Apertura and Clausura tournaments to determine which team will be promoted to Liga MX. The Apertura 2016 champion was Sinaloa and the Clausura 2017 champion was BUAP. Since Sinaloa are higher ranked on the aggregate table for the 2016-17 season than BUAP, they will play the second leg at home. All times are UTC−6.

First leg

May 13, 2017	BUAP	1–0	Sinaloa	Puebla City, Puebla
17:00	A. Escoto File:Soccerball shade.svg 23'	Match Information Report		Stadium: Universitario BUAP Attendance: 19,985 Referee: Alejandro Funk Villafañe

Second leg

May 20, 2017	Sinaloa	2–2 (2–3 agg.)	BUAP	Culiacán, Sinaloa
20:00	M. Velasco File:Soccerball shade.svg 1' G. Hachen File:Soccerball shade.svg 29'	Match Information Report	D. Jiménez File:Soccerball shade.svg 36' A. Escoto File:Soccerball shade.svg 41'	Stadium: Banorte Attendance: 19,333 Referee: Óscar Mejía García

Promoted to Liga MX
Lobos BUAP

Aggregate table

The Aggregate Table is the general ranking for the 2016-17 season. This table is a sum of the Apertura and Clausura tournaments.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Zacatecas	34	19	8	7	55	31	+24	65
2	Sinaloa (C, Q)	34	16	10	8	57	38	+19	58	Advance to Promotion Final
3	UAEM	34	16	9	9	45	33	+12	57
4	Zacatepec	34	16	9	9	50	41	+9	57
5	Oaxaca	34	16	8	10	47	33	+14	56
6	Celaya	34	15	9	10	62	40	+22	54
7	Sonora	34	15	9	10	42	40	+2	54
8	Juárez	34	14	8	12	41	34	+7	50
9	Atlante	34	12	12	10	43	35	+8	48
10	Coras	34	12	12	10	46	40	+6	48
11	BUAP (C, P, Q)	34	12	9	13	45	52	−7	45	Advance to Promotion Final^{[lower-alpha 1]}
12	U. de G.	34	9	13	12	39	44	−5	40
13	Tapachula	34	10	7	17	41	53	−12	37	Eliminated from Copa MX Apertura 2017
14	UAT	34	9	9	16	36	47	−11	36
15	Venados	34	8	11	15	37	68	−31	35
16	Murciélagos	34	8	9	17	31	47	−16	33
17	Tampico Madero	34	8	9	17	23	41	−18	33
18	U. de C. (R)	34	7	7	20	38	61	−23	28	Team is last in relegation table

Updated to match(es) played on April 15, 2017. Source: AscensoMX.net
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated
Notes:

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Relegation table

Relegation to Liga Premier de Ascenso was reinstated this year to Ascenso MX. The relegated team will be the one with the lowest ratio of points to matches played in the following tournaments: Apertura 2014, Clausura 2015, Apertura 2015, Clausura 2016, Apertura 2016 and Clausura 2017.

Pos	Team	'14 A Pts	'15 C Pts	'15 A Pts	'16 C Pts	'16 A Pts	'17 C Pts	Total Pts	Total Pld	Avg	Relegation
1	Zacatecas	25	18	24	22	33	32	154	90	1.7111	Safe for 2017–18 Season
2	Sinaloa	0	0	0	0	27	31	58	34	1.7059
3	UAEM	0	0	0	0	29	28	57	34	1.6765
4	Juárez	0	0	29	20	22	28	99	64	1.5469
5	Oaxaca	15	20	25	21	26	30	137	90	1.5222
6	BUAP	20	22	29	18	18	27	134	90	1.4889
7	Coras	27	18	20	19	22	26	132	90	1.4667
8	Atlante	21	13	23	25	27	21	130	90	1.4444
9	U. de G.	0	0	21	29	18	22	90	64	1.4062
10	Tapachula	21	14	22	27	16	21	121	90	1.3444
11	Celaya	6	10	20	26	35	19	116	90	1.2889
12	UAT	24	20	13	22	20	16	115	90	1.2778
13	Zacatepec	18	12	13	13	30	27	113	90	1.2556
14	Sonora	0	0	8	10	27	27	72	64	1.1250
15	Murciélagos	13	15	24	16	19	14	101	90	1.1222
16	Venados	9	22	15	20	20	15	101	90	1.1222
17	Tampico Madero	0	0	0	0	10	23	33	34	0.9706
18	U. de C. (R)	0	0	0	0	14	14	28	34	0.8235	Relegated to Liga Premier de Ascenso

Last update: 15 April 2017^[5]
R = Relegated

References

↑ "Calendario del ASCENSO Bancomer MX". www.ascensomx.net. 9 June 2016. Retrieved 9 June 2016.
↑ Santos invierte en Tampico madero (Spanish)
↑ "LIGA BBVA EXPANSIÓN MX - Página Oficial de la Liga Mexicana del Fútbol Profesional".
↑ "LIGA BBVA EXPANSIÓN MX - Página Oficial de la Liga Mexicana del Fútbol Profesional".
↑ AscensoMX.net

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[1] "Calendario del ASCENSO Bancomer MX". www.ascensomx.net. 9 June 2016. Retrieved 9 June 2016.

[2] Santos invierte en Tampico madero (Spanish)

[3] "LIGA BBVA EXPANSIÓN MX - Página Oficial de la Liga Mexicana del Fútbol Profesional".

[4] "LIGA BBVA EXPANSIÓN MX - Página Oficial de la Liga Mexicana del Fútbol Profesional".

[6] AscensoMX.net

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