2011–12 Liga de Ascenso season

The 2011–12 Liga de Ascenso season is the second-level football league of Mexico.

Changes for the 2011-2012 season

• Alacranes de Durango finished last in the 2010-2011 season and went bankrupt after several financial problems.
• Atlante UTN was renamed Toros Neza.
• Veracruz were suspended after the Clausura 2011 season for not paying players.
• Orizaba were moved to Veracruz and renamed Veracruz.^[1]
• Tijuana won promotion to Liga MX.
• Necaxa finished last place in the relegation table in Mexican Primera División and the team was relegated to Ascenso MX.
• Celaya won promotion to Liga de Ascenso from Segunda División de México.
• Mérida FC changed name to FC Mérida and updated logo.
• Lobos de la BUAP changed logo.
• Club Toros Neza changed name to Neza FC and updated logo.
• Indios were suspended after the Apertura 2011 due to financial problems.

Stadia and locations

The following 16 clubs will compete in the Liga de Ascenso during the 2011–12 season:^[2]

Torneo Apertura

The 2011 Apertura will be the first championship of the season. It began on 24 July 2011.

Liga de Ascenso

Season	2011-12
Champions	Correcaminos
Matches played	132
Goals scored	355 (2.69 per match)
Top goalscorer	Apertura: Roberto Saucedo (13 goals)
Biggest home win	Apertura: Irapuato 6–1 Altamira (27 August 2011) León 6–1 Dorados de Sinaloa (5 November 2011)
Biggest away win	Apertura: Lobos BUAP 1–6 Indios (18 September 2011)
Highest scoring	Apertura: Altamira 4-4 Correcaminos (7 October 2011) León 3-5 La Piedad (1 December 2011)

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	La Piedad	15	10	1	4	26	17	+9	31	Qualification for Liguilla semifinals
2	Correcaminos	15	7	6	2	33	21	+12	27	Qualification for Liguilla quarterfinals
3	Neza	15	7	5	3	27	22	+5	26
4	Léon	15	5	8	2	26	16	+10	23
5	Irapuato	15	7	2	6	24	17	+7	23
6	Necaxa	15	6	5	4	15	14	+1	23
7	Altamira	15	6	4	5	22	22	0	22
8	Veracruz	15	6	4	5	17	19	−2	22
9	Pumas Morelos	15	5	6	4	15	16	−1	21
10	Celaya	15	4	6	5	15	20	−5	18
11	Lobos BUAP	15	4	6	5	13	18	−5	18
12	U. de G.	15	3	6	6	16	22	−6	15
13	Indios	15	4	2	9	20	24	−4	14
14	Dorados de Sinaloa	15	3	5	7	20	30	−10	14
15	Merida	15	3	4	8	15	19	−4	13
16	Cruz Azul Hidalgo	15	2	6	7	14	21	−7	12

Updated to games played on 6 November 2011.
Source: MedioTiempo.com competition.
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.

Liguilla

The 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 two to seven in the quarterfinals, and the winners are joined by the top-ranked team in the semi-finals. The teams are re-seeded one to four in the 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
	4	León	1	2	3
	5	Irapuato	0	0	0
								1	La Piedad	5	1	6
								4	León	3	2	5
															1	La Piedad	1	0	1
	2	Correcaminos	1	1	2										2	Correcaminos	3	1	4
	7	Altamira	2	0	2
								2	Correcaminos	1	2	3
								3	Neza	2	1	3
	3	Neza	1	2	3
	6	Necaxa	0	2	2

• If the two teams are tied after both legs, the higher seeded team advances.
• Teams are re-seeded every round.
• The winner qualify to the playoff match vs the Clausura 2012 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

Top goalscorers

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

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Roberto Nicolás Saucedo	Correcaminos	13
2	Luciano Emílio	Neza	10
	José Cruz Gutiérrez	Irapuato	10
	Ismael Valadéz	Altamira	10
5	Roberto Nurse	La Piedad	9
	Pablo Gabriel Torres	Cruz Azul Hidalgo	9
7	Ever Guzmán	Mérida	8
	Nelson Sebastián Maz	León	8
	Eder Pacheco	León	8
10	Víctor Lojero	Necaxa	6
	Diego Olsina	Correcaminos	6
	Carlos Ruiz	Veracruz	6

Torneo Clausura

The 2012 Clausura is the second championship of the season. It began on 6 January 2012 & ended on 15 April 2012. Before the 2012 Clausura tournament started, Ciudad Juárez was disaffiliated due to economical problems.

Liga de Ascenso

Season	2011-12
Champions	León
Matches played	105
Goals scored	274 (2.61 per match)
Top goalscorer	Clausura: Nelson Sebastián Maz (13 goals)
Biggest home win	Clausura:León 5–0 Celaya (17 March) León 5–0 Altamira (31 March)
Biggest away win	Clausura:
Highest scoring	Clausura:Neza 3–4 León (29 January) León 5–2 Lobos BUAP (4 February) Veracruz 2–5 León (10 March)
Longest winning run	León
Longest unbeaten run	León (14 Games)

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Léon	14	10	4	0	41	13	+28	34	Qualification for Liguilla semifinals
2	Merida	14	8	4	2	16	8	+8	28	Qualification for Liguilla quarterfinals
3	Necaxa	14	8	3	3	20	13	+7	27
4	Neza	14	6	6	2	25	16	+9	24
5	Lobos BUAP	14	6	2	6	20	20	0	20
6	U. de G.	14	5	5	4	11	11	0	20
7	Correcaminos	14	5	4	5	22	16	+6	19
8	La Piedad	14	5	4	5	22	17	+5	19
9	Celaya	14	5	4	5	20	23	−3	19
10	Irapuato	14	4	4	6	13	17	−4	16
11	Dorados de Sinaloa	14	4	2	8	15	23	−8	14
12	Pumas Morelos	14	3	4	7	7	16	−9	13
13	Altamira	14	4	1	9	15	29	−14	13
14	Veracruz	14	3	3	8	13	24	−11	12
15	Cruz Azul Hidalgo	14	2	4	8	14	28	−14	10

Updated to games played on 8 April 2012.
Source: competition.
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.

Liguilla

(Source for Liguilla information ^[3])

The 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 ranked 2 to 7 in the regular stage progress to the quarterfinals, whilst the league winners qualify directly to the semi-finals. The higher ranked teams play on their home field during the second leg.

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Finals
	2	Mérida	0	1	1
	7	Correcaminos	2	1	3
								1	León	1	0	1
								7	Correcaminos	0	0	0
															1	León	3	4	7
	3	Necaxa	1	0	1										5	Lobos BUAP	3	0	3
	6	U. de G.	1	0	1
								3	Necaxa	0	1	1
								5	Lobos BUAP	3	0	3
	4	Neza	0	0	0
	5	Lobos BUAP	1	0	1

• If the two teams are tied after both legs, the higher seeded team advances.
• The winner qualifies to the Championship Final vs the Apertura 2011 winner.

Promotional Final

First Leg

Correcaminos v León

9 May 2012 20:00

Correcaminos	2–1	León
José Luis López (footballer)  18' Roberto Nicolás Saucedo  42'		Juan Ignacio González Ibarra  90+1'

Estadio Marte R. Gómez, Ciudad Victoria Referee: Luis Enrique Santander Aguirre

Second leg

León v Correcaminos

12 May 2012 20:00

León	5–0	Correcaminos
Carlos Peña  17' Luis Nieves  21' Eder Pacheco  44' Hernán Darío Burbano  70,75'

Estadio León, León, Guanajuato Referee: Luis Enrique Santander Aguirre

Relegation

Updated on 21 November 2011
Source: femexfut.com

References

1. ↑ http://www.xeudeportes.com.mx/nota.cfm?id=315171 (Spanish)
2. ↑ Die 18 Mannschaften in der Liga de Ascenso 2010/11 (Spanish; retrieved on 27 May 2010)
3. ↑ Erik Francisco Lugo (4 January 2013). "Clausura 2012". Liga de Ascenso. RSSSF. Retrieved 27 January 2013. 

External links

• Official Website