2010–11 Liga de Ascenso season

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]

Liga de Ascenso

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

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 18 May 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	9,581
Atlante UTN	Nezahualcóyotl	Neza 86	20,000
Lobos BUAP	Puebla	ODCU	19,283
Indios	Ciudad Juárez	Olímpico Benito Juárez	19,703
Cruz Azul Hidalgo	Ciudad Cooperativa Cruz Azul	10 de Diciembre	14,500
Durango	Durango	Francisco Zarco	18,000
Guerreros	Hermosillo	Héroe de Nacozari	18,747
Irapuato	Irapuato	Sergio León Chávez	25,000
La Piedad	La Piedad	Juan N. López	13,356
León	León	Nou Camp	31,297
Mérida	Mérida	Carlos Iturralde	15,087
Orizaba	Veracruz	Luis de la Fuente	28,703
Pumas Morelos	Cuernavaca	Centenario	14,800
Dorados de Sinaloa	Culiacán	Banorte	17,898
Tijuana	Tijuana	Caliente	13,333
Correcaminos	Ciudad Victoria	Marte R. Gómez	10,520
U. de G.	Guadalajara	Jalisco	55,020
Veracruz	Veracruz	Luis de la Fuente	28,703

Apertura 2010

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)[citation needed]
Longest unbeaten run	Tijuana (15 games)[citation needed]
Longest losing run	Léon (5 games)[citation needed]

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Tijuana	17	11	5	1	19	7	+12	38	Qualification for Liguilla semifinals
2	Indios	17	8	5	4	32	27	+5	29	Qualification for 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 match(es) played on 14 November 2010. Source: MedioTiempo
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

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 match(es) played on 14 November 2010. Source: MedioTiempo.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Apertura Liguilla

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Finals
								1	Tijuana	0	0	0
								7	Orizaba	0	0	0
	2	Indios	0	0	0
	7	Orizaba	1	1	2
															1	Tijuana	2	1	3
															2	Veracruz	0	0	0
	4	Veracruz	1	1	2
	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

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Indios	0–2	Orizaba	0–1	0–1
Veracruz	2–1	Lobos BUAP	1–1	1–0
Durango	3–4	Irapuato	0–2	3–2

First leg

Orizaba v Indios

17 November 2010	Orizaba	1–0	Indios	Boca del Río
19:00	J. Cavallo 29'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Luis "Pirata" Fuente Attendance: 1,800 Referee: Víctor Bisguerra Mendiola

Irapuato v Durango

17 November 2010	Irapuato	2–0	Durango	Irapuato
20:45	A. Alvarado 46' C. Blanco 81'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Sergio León Chávez Attendance: 23,000 Referee: León Vicente Barajas Anzures

Veracruz v Lobos BUAP

18 November 2010	Veracruz	1–1	Lobos BUAP	Boca del Río
19:00	F. Bravo 72'	Report	J. Sara 82'	Stadium: Estadio Luis "Pirata" Fuente Attendance: 7,500 Referee: Erick Yaír Miranda Galindo

Second leg

Durango v Irapuato

20 November 2010	Durango	3–2 (3–4 agg.)	Irapuato	Durango
19:00	E. Pacheco 1', 10', 32'	Report	J. López 23' A. González 80'	Stadium: Estadio Francisco Zarco Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Jorge Antonio Pérez Durán

Indios v Orizaba

20 November 2010	Indios	0–1 (0–2 agg.)	Orizaba	Ciudad Juárez
19:00 MST / 20:00 CST		Report		Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Benito Juárez Attendance: 17,000 Referee: Antony Zanjuampa Rojo

Lobos BUAP v Veracruz

21 November 2010	Lobos BUAP	0–1 (1–2 agg.)	Veracruz	Puebla
17:00		Report	G. Rojas 12'	Stadium: Estadio Cuauhtémoc Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Mario Alonso Villa García

Semi-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Tijuana	0–0	Orizaba	0–0	0–0
Veracruz	3–3	Irapuato	0–2	3–1

First leg

Orizaba v Tijuana

25 November 2010	Orizaba	0–0	Tijuana	Boca del Río
19:00		Report		Stadium: Estadio Luis "Pirata" Fuente Attendance: 9,500 Referee: Víctor Bisguerra Mendiola

Irapuato v Veracruz

25 November 2010	Irapuato	2–0	Veracruz	Irapuato
20:50	A. González 5' J. López 60'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Sergio León Chávez Attendance: 24,000 Referee: León Vicente Barajas Anzures

Second leg

Tijuana v Orizaba

28 November 2010	Tijuana	0–0 (0–0 agg.)	Orizaba	Tijuana
13:00 PST / 15:00 CST		Report		Stadium: Estadio Caliente Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Israel Perea Vázquez

Veracruz v Irapuato

28 November 2010	Veracruz	3–1 (3–3 agg.)	Irapuato	Boca del Río
19:00	A. Leyva 8' F. Bravo 69' J. García 73'	Report	L. Valdés  57'	Stadium: Estadio Luis "Pirata" Fuente Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Antony Zanjuampa Rojo

Final

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Tijuana	3–0	Veracruz	2–0	1–0

First leg

Veracruz v Tijuana

1 December 2010	Veracruz	0–2	Tijuana	Boca del Río
21:00		Report	M. Gerk 35' J. Gandolfi 38'	Stadium: Estadio Luis "Pirata" Fuente Attendance: 26,000 Referee: Israel Perea Vázquez

Second leg

Tijuana v Veracruz

4 December 2010	Tijuana	1–0 (3–0 agg.)	Veracruz	Tijuana
13:00 PST / 15:00 CST	R. Enríquez  55'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Caliente Referee: 14,400

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 2011

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
1	Léon (A)	16	10	4	2	30	16	+14	34	Qualification for Liguilla semifinals
2	Irapuato (A)	16	10	3	3	28	16	+12	33	Qualification for 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 (D)	16	7	5	4	18	14	+4	26	Disqualified for the Clausura Liguilla[a]
6	Cruz Azul Hidalgo (A)	16	6	6	4	24	18	+6	24	Qualification for 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 match(es) played on 10 April 2011. Source: MedioTiempo
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(A) Advance to a further round; (D) Disqualified
Notes:

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.

Results

Home \ Away	ALT	BUP	CIU	CAH	DUR	IRA	LAP	LEÓ	MER	ORI	PTN	PUM	SIN	TIJ	UAT	UDG	VER
Altamira		2–2		0–0	2–1	1–2	1–0						1–0	1–0
BUAP				2–4		3–1	2–2	2–3	2–1	2–1				1–2			0–1
Ciudad Juárez	2–1	1–0		1–1	1–2	1–2	2–0						0–2			2–1	1–0
Cruz Azul Hidalgo						0–0	1–1	2–1	5–1	0–0				1–2	2–2		1–2
Durango		2–4		0–1		2–3	0–1	2–0	1–1					0–2
Irapuato							2–1	1–2	2–2	2–2		2–0		2–0	2–0		0–1
La Piedad								0–2	1–1	1–2	0–0	0–1		2–1	2–1		1–1
León	3–1		1–0						1–0	2–0	1–1	3–2			4–0	2–0
Mérida	2–0		0–1							1–1	0–0	2–0	1–1		2–0	0–2
Orizaba	0–1		1–0		1–0						0–1	2–0	2–3		0–1	2–2	1–1
Potros Neza	3–1	1–0	3–1	3–2	0–1	0–1							1–1			2–1	1–0
Pumas Morelos	1–2	4–1	0–0	1–2	4–2						0–2		2–1			1–0	2–1
Sinaloa		2–1		1–0	2–1		2–0	1–1						2–2
Tijuana			2–1					3–3	2–2	0–0	2–0	2–0			2–1
UAT	2–1	4–1	4–0		3–0						1–1	2–0	1–1			2–3	1–0
U. de G.	1–1	3–3		1–2	0–0	1–2	2–2						2–2	1–1
Veracruz	3–1				2–2			1–1	2–1				2–1	1–0		0–0

Updated to match(es) played on 24 April 2011. Source: SoccerWay
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Clausura Liguilla

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Finals
								1	León	0	0	0
								4	Tijuana	1	2	3
	4	Tijuana	2	5	7
	5	Cruz Azul Hidalgo	2	1	3
															4	Tijuana	1	0	1
															2	Irapuato	1	1	2
	2	Irapuato	0	1	1
	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	UAT	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.

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Irapuato	1–1	Dorados	0–0	1–1
Potros Neza	2–1	UAT	1–1	1–0
Tijuana	7–3	Cruz Azul Hidalgo	2–2	5–1

First leg

Dorados v Irapuato

27 April 2011	Dorados	0–0	Irapuato	Culiacán
20:00 MDT / 21:00 CDT		Report		Stadium: Estadio Banorte Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Baruch Absalón Castellanos

Cruz Azul Hidalgo v Tijuana

28 April 2011	Cruz Azul Hidalgo	2–2	Tijuana	Ciudad Cooperativa Cruz Azul
16:00	E. Marín 64', 66'	Report	J. Corona 12'  R. Enríquez 74'	Stadium: Estadio 10 de Diciembre Attendance: 3,000 Referee: César Arturo Ramos Palazuelos

UAT v Potros Neza

28 April 2011	UAT	1–1	Potros Neza	Ciudad Victoria
20:30	R. Morales 63'	Report	J. Atilano 58'	Stadium: Estadio Marte R. Gómez Attendance: 17,500 Referee: Mario Alonso Villa García

Second leg

Irapuato v Dorados

30 April 2011	Irapuato	1–1 (1–1 agg.)	Dorados	Irapuato
20:00	C. Blanco 76'	Report	F. Flores 38'	Stadium: Estadio Sergio León Chávez Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Jorge Antonio Pérez Durán

Potros Neza v UAT

1 May 2011	Potros Neza	1–0 (2–1 agg.)	UAT	Ciudad Nezahualcóyotl
12:00	D. Mejía 16'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Neza 86 Attendance: 6,000 Referee: César Esteban Moreno Roa

Tijuana v Cruz Azul Hidalgo

1 May 2011	Tijuana	5–1 (7–3 agg.)	Cruz Azul Hidalgo	Tijuana
13:00 PDT / 15:00 CDT	J. Yacuzzi 19', 84' R. Enríquez 26' M. Gerk 31'  A. Molina 35'	Report	J. García 85'	Stadium: Estadio Caliente Attendance: 14,400 Referee: Óscar Macías Romo

Semi-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
León	0–3	Tijuana	0–1	0–2
Irapuato	2–1	Potros Neza	0–1	2–0

First leg

Tijuana v León

4 May 2011	Tijuana	1–0	León	Tijuana
12:00 PDT / 14:00 CDT	A. Molina 69'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Caliente Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Jorge Antonio Pérez Durán

Potros Neza v Irapuato

4 May 2011	Potros Neza	1–0	Irapuato	Ciudad Nezahualcóyotl
15:45	L. Emílio 43'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Neza 86 Attendance: 22,000 Referee: César Arturo Ramos Palazuelos

Second leg

Irapuato v Potros Neza

7 May 2011	Irapuato	2–0 (2–1 agg.)	Potros Neza	Irapuato
18:00	A. González 18' J. Arellano 54'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Sergio León Chávez Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Antony Zanjuampa Rojo

León v Tijuana

7 May 2011	León	0–2 (0–3 agg.)	Tijuana	León
20:00		Report	J. Abrego 19' L. Orozco  66'	Stadium: Nou Camp Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Israel Perea Vázquez

Final

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Irapuato	2–1	Tijuana	1–1	1–0

First leg

Tijuana v Irapuato

11 May 2011	Tijuana	1–1	Irapuato	Tijuana
13:00 PDT / 15:00 CDT	A. Molina 60'	Report	L. Valdés 7'	Stadium: Estadio Caliente Attendance: 14,000 Referee: César Arturo Ramos Palazuelos

Second leg

Irapuato v Tijuana

14 May 2011	Irapuato	1–0 (2–1 agg.)	Tijuana	Irapuato
19:00	J. Gutiérrez 85'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Sergio León Chávez Attendance: 25,590 Referee: Óscar Macías Romo

Clausura 2011 winner
Irapuato 4th title

Campeón de Ascenso 2011

First leg

18 May 2011

20:30 (UTC-5)

Irapuato	0–0	Club Tijuana

Estadio Sergio León Chávez, Irapuato

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: César Arturo Ramos Palazuelos

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Second leg

21 May 2011

15:00 (UTC-5)

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

Estadio Caliente, Tijuana

Attendance: 14,400

Referee: César Arturo Ramos Palazuelos

Champions
Tijuana 1st title