2016–17 Ascenso MX season

Football league 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

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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	Eduardo Fentanes	Juan de la Barrera	Kappa	Riviera Maya
BUAP	Rafael Cañedo	Rafael Puente, Jr.	Omar Tejeda	Keuka	Coca-Cola
Celaya	Marcos Achar	Gerardo Reinoso (Interim)	Alfredo Moreno	Keuka	Bachoco
Coras	José Luis Higuera	Marcelo Michel Leaño	Sergio Flores	Bee Sport	Riviera Nayarit
Juárez	Juan Carlos Talavera	Miguel Fuentes	Leandro Carrijó	Umbro	Del Río
Murciélagos	Miguel Favela	Marco Antonio Figueroa	Valentín Arredondo	Keuka	Meprosa
Oaxaca	Santiago San Román	Irving Rubirosa	Lucero Álvarez	Lotto	Ópticas América
Sinaloa	José Antonio Núñez	Gabriel Caballero	Carlos Pinto	Charly	Coppel
Sonora	Servando Carbajal	Juan Carlos Chávez	Othoniel Arce	Lotto	Súper del Norte
Tampico Madero	Javier San Román	Daniel Guzmán	Daniel Ludueña	Lotto	B Hermanos
Tapachula	Gabriel Orantes Constanzo	Paco Ramírez	Héctor Morales	Silver Sport	Cafetaleros de Corazón
U. de C.	Carlos Salas	Víctor Hugo Mora	Rodolfo Espinoza	Pirma
U. de G.	José Alberto Castellanos	Joel Sánchez	Ribair Rodríguez	Charly	Electrolit
UAEM	Jorge Olvera García	Omar Ramírez	Alfonso Rippa	Lotto	Megacable
UAT	Rafael Flores Alcocer	Jaime Ordiales	Hugo Sánchez	Lotto	Aeromar
Venados	Rodolfo Rosas Cantillo	Bruno Marioni	Luis Acuña	Spiro
Zacatecas	Armando Martínez Patiño	Ricardo Rayas	Noé Maya	Pirma	Telcel
Zacatepec	Rodolfo Davis Contreras	Carlos Gutiérrez	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	Marcelo Michel Leaño	Sacked	August 6, 2016	José Luis Sánchez Solá	August 10, 2016	18th
Tapachula	Carlos Bustos	Sacked	August 27, 2016	Mauro Camoranesi	August 30, 2016	16th
Murciélagos	Adolfo García	Sacked	September 15, 2016	Aldo Da Pozzo	September 15, 2016	15th
Tampico Madero	Miguel García	Sacked	September 20, 2016	Daniel Guzmán	September 20, 2016	18th
Lobos BUAP	Miguel Fuentes	Sacked	September 25, 2016	Hiram Bandala (Interim)	September 25, 2016	14th
Lobos BUAP	Hiram Bandala (Interim)	End of tenure as caretaker	October 5, 2016	Rafael Puente, Jr.	October 5, 2016	14th
Pre-Clausura changes
UAT	José Treviño	Sacked	November 14, 2016	Jorge Urbina (Interim)	December 11, 2016	Preseason
Juárez	Sergio Orduña	Sacked	November 15, 2016	Miguel Fuentes	December 1, 2016	Preseason
Coras	Ramón Morales	Mutual agreement	November 23, 2016	Marcelo Michel Leaño	November 30, 2016	Preseason
Oaxaca	Mario García	Sacked	December 29, 2016	Irving Rubirosa	December 29, 2016	Preseason
UAT	Jorge Urbina (Interim)	End of tenure as caretaker	January 4, 2017	Jaime Ordiales	January 4, 2017	Preseason
Celaya	Gustavo Díaz	Resigned	January 4, 2017	Luis Padilla (Interim)	January 5, 2017	Preseason
Clausura changes
Murciélagos	Aldo Da Pozzo	Sacked	January 14, 2017	Marco Antonio Figueroa	January 16, 2017	18th
Tapachula	Mauro Camoranesi	Mutual agreement	January 22, 2017	Paco Ramírez	January 23, 2017	16th
Celaya	Luis Padilla (Interim)	End of tenure as caretaker	January 27, 2017	Gustavo Vargas	January 27, 2017	5th
Venados	José Luis Sánchez Solá	Resigned	January 27, 2017	Bruno Marioni	January 29, 2017	17th
Celaya	Gustavo Vargas	Sacked	March 28, 2017	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	Roberto Nurse	Zacatecas	16
2	Gustavo Ramírez	Zacatecas	12
3	Sergio Vergara	Celaya	11
4	Ismael Valadéz	U. de G.	10
5	Douglas Tanque	Tapachula	9
6	Guillermo Martínez	Coras	8
7	Jonathan Ramis	Zacatepec	7
	Oscar Villa	Sonora
	Gabriel Hachen	Sinaloa
	Leandro Carrijó	Juárez

Source: ESPN FC

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Jorge Mora	U. de G.	UAEM	2–4	16 July 2016
Roberto Nurse	Zacatecas	Sonora	4–0	22 July 2016
Gabriel Hachen	Sinaloa	BUAP	5–0	30 July 2016
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

Oaxaca v Celaya

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

Sinaloa v UAEM

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

Atlante v Zacatepec

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

Sonora v Zacatecas

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

Second leg

Celaya v Oaxaca

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

UAEM v Sinaloa (a)

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

Zacatepec v Atlante

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

Zacatecas (a) v Sonora

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

Semifinals

First leg

Atlante v Celaya

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

Sinaloa v Zacatecas

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

Second leg

Zacatecas v Sinaloa (a)

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

Celaya v Atlante

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

Atlante v Sinaloa

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

Second leg

Sinaloa v Atlante

3 December	Sinaloa	1–0 (4–2 agg.)	Atlante	Culiacán, Sinaloa
21:00	E. Castro 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

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

Source: AscensoMX.net

Hat-tricks

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

Liguilla (Playoffs)

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

BUAP v Oaxaca

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

Zacatepec v Sinaloa

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

UAEM v Juárez

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

Sonora v Zacatecas

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

Second leg

Oaxaca v BUAP

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

Sinaloa v Zacatepec

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

Zacatecas (a) v Sonora

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

Juárez v UAEM

April 23, 2017	Juárez	3–2 (4–3 agg.)	UAEM	Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua
20:00	L. Carrijo 18' (pen.) M. Fernández 38' M. Ortíz 76'	Match Information Report	D. Osorio 31' (pen.) E. Dias 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

Juárez v Sinaloa

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

BUAP v Zacatecas

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

Second leg

Sinaloa v Juárez

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

Zacatecas v BUAP

April 30, 2017	Zacatecas	2–4 (2–6 agg.)	BUAP	Zacatecas City, Zacatecas
17:00	H. Olvera 16' L. Madrigal 54'	Match Information Report	A. Sánchez 10' A. Escoto 30' L. Olascoaga 42' Ricardinho 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

BUAP v Juárez

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

Second leg

Juárez v BUAP

May 6, 2017	Juárez	1–2 (2–4 agg.)	BUAP	Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua
20:00	C. Gordillo 73'	Match Information Report	C. Cercado 25' O. Tejeda 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

BUAP v Sinaloa

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

Second leg

Sinaloa v BUAP

May 20, 2017	Sinaloa	2–2 (2–3 agg.)	BUAP	Culiacán, Sinaloa
20:00	M. Velasco 1' G. Hachen 29'	Match Information Report	D. Jiménez 36' A. Escoto 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^[a]
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:

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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