2013–14 Liga MX season

The 2013–14 Liga MX season (known as the Liga BBVA Bancomer MX for sponsorship reasons) was the 67th professional top-flight football league season in Mexico. The season was split into two competitions: the Torneo Apertura and the Torneo Clausura; each of identical format and contested by the same eighteen teams.

Liga MX

Season	2013–14
Champions	Apertura: León (6th Title) Clausura: León (7th title)
Relegated	Atlante
Champions League	América León Cruz Azul Pachuca
Copa Libertadores	Santos Laguna León Morelia
Matches played	153
Goals scored	387 (2.53 per match)
Top goalscorer	Apertura: Pablo Velázquez (12 goals) Clausura: Enner Valencia (12 goals)
Biggest home win	Apertura: Toluca 7–1 Atlante (September 29, 2013) Clausura:<
Biggest away win	Apertura: Chiapas 0–4 Toluca (August 17, 2013) Clausura:
Highest scoring	Apertura: Toluca 7–1 Atlante (September 29, 2013) Clausura:
Longest winning run	Cruz Azul: 8 Games (January 11-March 8)
Longest unbeaten run	Cruz Azul: 10 Games (January 4-March 8)
Longest winless run	Atlas: 14 Games (July 19–October 20)
Longest losing run	Atlas: 14 Games (July 19–October 20)
← 2012–13 2014–15 →

Clubs

Eighteen teams competed in the season. Querétaro was relegated to the Ascenso MX after accumulating the lowest coefficient over the past three seasons. The 2012 Apertura Ascenso MX champion La Piedad would promote after defeating the Clausura 2013 winner Neza in a promotional play-off. But on May 28, 2013, Querétaro's ownership announced that it bought out Jaguares de Chiapas, relocated the team to Querétaro, dissolved the old Querétaro team and ensured that Querétaro would still have a team in the first division. It was also announced that San Luis would move to Tuxtla Gutiérrez and be rebranded Chiapas F.C., replacing the old Querétaro. La Piedad confirmed that they would relocate to Veracruz and be rebranded as Tiburones Rojos de Veracruz. These changes sparked controversy in the Mexican press as Querétaro effectively bought its place back in the first division and newly promoted La Piedad completely lost its team.^[1]

Cruz Azul
América
UNAM

Atlante

Atlas
Guadalajara

Chiapas

León

Monterrey

Morelia

Pachuca

Puebla

Querétaro

Santos Laguna

Tijuana

Toluca

UANL

Veracruz

Location of the 2013–14 Liga MX teams

Stadiums and locations

Club	City	State	Stadium	Capacity
América	Mexico City	Distrito Federal	Azteca	105,000
Atlante	Cancún	Quintana Roo	Andrés Quintana Roo	20,000
Atlas	Guadalajara	Jalisco	Jalisco	63,200
Chiapas	Tuxtla Gutiérrez	Chiapas	Víctor Manuel Reyna	31,500
Cruz Azul	Mexico City	Distrito Federal	Estadio Azul	35,000
Guadalajara	Guadalajara	Jalisco	Omnilife	49,850
León	León	Guanajuato	León	33,943
Monterrey	Monterrey	Nuevo León	Tecnológico	38,000
Morelia	Morelia	Michoacán	Morelos	39,000
Pachuca	Pachuca	Hidalgo	Hidalgo	30,000
Puebla	Puebla	Puebla	Cuauhtémoc	48,650
Querétaro	Querétaro	Querétaro	La Corregidora	36,500
Santos Laguna	Torreón	Coahuila	Corona	30,000
Tijuana	Tijuana	Baja California	Caliente	21,000
Toluca	Toluca	Estado de México	Nemesio Díez	27,000
UANL	San Nicolás de los Garza	Nuevo León	Universitario	42,000
UNAM	Mexico City	Distrito Federal	Olímpico Universitario	63,000
Veracruz	Veracruz	Veracruz	Estadio Luis de la Fuente	30,000

Personnel and kits

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
América	Antonio Mohamed	Aquivaldo Mosquera	Nike	Bimbo, Coca-Cola
Atlante	Pablo Marini	Mauricio Romero	Kappa	Cancún, Riviera Maya, ADO, Grupo Pegaso
Atlas	Tomás Boy	Leandro Cufré	Nike	Casas Javer, Coca-Cola
Chiapas	Sergio Bueno	Javier Muñoz	Pirma/Kappa	Chiapas, Soriana
Cruz Azul	Luis Fernando Tena	Gerardo Torrado	Umbro	Cemento Cruz Azul, Coca-Cola
Guadalajara	Ricardo La Volpe	Omar Bravo	adidas	Bimbo
León	Gustavo Matosas	Rafael Márquez	Pirma	Caja Popular Mexicana, Telcel, Coca-Cola, Office Depot
Monterrey	Carlos Barra & José Treviño (interim)	José María Basanta	Nike	Bimbo/Carta Blanca (in FIFA Club World Cup), BBVA Bancomer
Morelia	Ángel David Comizzo	Aldo Ramírez	Joma	Bridgestone, Dportenis
Pachuca	Enrique Meza	Óscar Pérez	Nike	Cementos Fortaleza, Mobil Super, Samsung, Telcel
Puebla	Rubén Omar Romano	Luis Miguel Noriega	Pirma/Kappa	Volkswagen/www.puebla.travel
Querétaro	Ignacio Ambríz	Marco Jiménez	Pirma	Libertad Servicios Financieros, Gasolineras Orsan
Santos Laguna	Pedro Caixinha	Oswaldo Sánchez	Puma	Soriana, Peñoles, Pepsi, Lala
Tijuana	César Farías	Javier Gandolfi	Nike	Caliente, Boing!
Toluca	José Cardozo	Paulo Da Silva	Under Armour	Banamex
UANL	Ricardo Ferretti	Lucas Lobos	adidas	Cemex, Cemento Monterrey
UNAM	José Luis Trejo	Darío Verón	Puma	Banamex
Veracruz	José Luis Sánchez Solá	Jehu Chiapas	Kappa	Winpot, Boing!

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Replaced by	Date of appointment	Position in table
Pre-Apertura changes
Tijuana	Antonio Mohamed	Contract Expired	May 3, 2013	Jorge Almirón	May 31, 2013	Pre-season
Atlante	Daniel Guzmán	Resigned	May 5, 2013	Wilson Graniolatti	June 4, 2013	Pre-season
Toluca	Enrique Meza	Sacked	May 5, 2013	José Cardozo	May 7, 2013	Pre-season
Atlas	Tomás Boy	Resigned	May 13, 2013	Omar Asad	June 2, 2013	Pre-season
Chiapas	José Guadalupe Cruz	Job Lost; Due to Relocation (to Querétaro)	May 20, 2013	Sergio Bueno	June 5, 2013	Pre-season
Apertura changes
Puebla	Manuel Lapuente	Sacked	August 13, 2013	Rubén Omar Romano	August 14, 2013	13th
Guadalajara	Benjamín Galindo	Sacked	August 18, 2013	Juan Carlos Ortega	August 19, 2013	15th
Monterrey	Víctor Manuel Vucetich	Sacked	August 25, 2013	José Guadalupe Cruz	August 26, 2013	14th
Pachuca	Gabriel Caballero	Resigned	September 2, 2013	Enrique Meza	September 4, 2013	11th
Atlante	Wilson Graniolatti	Mutual consent	September 2, 2013	Rubén Israel	September 3, 2013	18th
UNAM	Juan Antonio Torres	Sacked	September 2, 2013	José Luis Trejo	September 3, 2013	17th
Atlas	Omar Asad	Sacked	October 5, 2013	José Luis Mata	October 8, 2013	16th
America	Miguel Herrera	Interim for Mexico National Team (came back for the post-season)	October 21, 2013	Álvaro Galindo (Interim)	October 22, 2013	1st
America	Álvaro Galindo (Interim)	End of tenure as caretaker	November 21, 2013	Miguel Herrera	November 22, 2013	1st
Pre-Clausura changes
Guadalajara	Juan Carlos Ortega	Sacked	November 10, 2013	José Luis Real	November 25, 2013	Pre-season
Atlas	José Luis Mata	Sacked	November 10, 2013	Tomás Boy	December 6, 2013	Pre-season
Tijuana	Jorge Almirón	Sacked	November 11, 2013	César Farías	December 3, 2013	Pre-season
Cruz Azul	Guillermo Vázquez	Contract Expired	December 3, 2013	Luis Fernando Tena	December 11, 2013	Pre-season
America	Miguel Herrera	Leaving to Mexico National Team	December 15, 2013	Antonio Mohamed	December 17, 2013	Pre-season
Clausura changes
Atlante	Rubén Israel	Sacked	January 11, 2014	Pablo Marini	January 11, 2014	14th
Morelia	Carlos Bustos	Sacked	January 26, 2014	Eduardo de la Torre	January 27, 2014	11th
Veracruz	Juan Antonio Luna	Sacked	February 9, 2014	José Luis Sánchez Solá	February 11, 2014	17th
Monterrey	José Guadalupe Cruz	Sacked	February 18, 2014	Carlos Barra & José Treviño (interim)	February 19, 2014	15th
Morelia	Eduardo de la Torre	Sacked	March 1, 2014	Roberto Hernández (interim)	March 9, 2014	15th
Morelia	Roberto Hernández	End of tenure as caretaker	March 9, 2014	Ángel Comizzo	March 9, 2014	11th
Guadalajara	José Luis Real	Sacked	April 1, 2014	Ricardo La Volpe	April 2, 2014	10th

Torneo Apertura

The Apertura 2013 is the first competition of the season. The regular season began on July 19, 2013 and ended on November 10, 2013. América successfully defended their title for the 11th time.

Regular season

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	América	17	11	4	2	31	12	+19	37	Advance to the Liguilla and cannot qualify for South American competitions[a][b]
2	Santos Laguna	17	9	6	2	32	20	+12	33	2014 Copa Libertadores Second Stage[c][b]
3	León	17	8	6	3	25	14	+11	30
4	Cruz Azul	17	8	5	4	21	17	+4	29	Advance to the Liguilla and cannot qualify for South American competitions[a][b]
5	Toluca	17	6	9	2	33	17	+16	27
6	Morelia	17	8	3	6	26	23	+3	27	2014 Copa Libertadores First Stage[c][b]
7	Querétaro	17	7	5	5	20	19	+1	26	Advance to the Liguilla[b]
8	UANL	17	6	7	4	23	20	+3	25
9	Chiapas	17	6	7	4	26	25	+1	25
10	Tijuana	17	5	6	6	20	23	−3	21	Cannot qualify for South American competitions[a]
11	Monterrey	17	5	5	7	22	23	−1	20
12	Veracruz	17	4	8	5	20	24	−4	20
13	Puebla	17	4	7	6	19	21	−2	19
14	Pachuca	17	3	8	6	14	18	−4	17
15	Atlas	17	1	9	7	18	29	−11	12
16	Guadalajara	17	2	6	9	16	30	−14	12
17	Atlante	17	3	3	11	17	35	−18	12
18	UNAM	17	1	8	8	8	21	−13	11

Updated to match(es) played on 10 November 2013. Source: MedioTiempo
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:

1. América, Cruz Azul, Tijuana and Toluca cannot qualify for the 2014 Copa Libertadores due to their participation in the 2013-14 CONCACAF Champions League competition.
2. The first 8 places in the table qualify for the Playoffs.
3. All 3 teams who qualify for Copa Libertadores participated in the Playoffs of this competition.

Results

Home \ Away	AMÉ	ATE	ATL	CHI	CAZ	GUA	LEÓ	MON	MOR	PAC	PUE	QUE	SLA	TIJ	TOL	UNL	UNM	VER
América			3–0	3–1		2–0		1–0	3–1		3–1			2–0	1–1
Atlante	2–4		1–1	2–0				2–1	2–2	1–1			1–3				1–0	2–4
Atlas					1–2		1–2			1–1		3–1	2–2			0–1	1–1	3–3
Chiapas			3–0			1–1				2–1	4–2		2–1	3–1	0–4		1–1
Cruz Azul	1–1	1–0		1–1		3–1	1–0	1–0	1–0			0–2				0–1
Guadalajara		1–0	1–1							1–3	2–4		0–2	2–2	0–0		1–0	0–2
León	1–1	1–0		0–1		2–1		3–1	0–0		3–1			5–0	2–2
Monterrey			0–0	1–1		2–1				1–0	1–1			2–1	1–1		0–1
Morelia			2–0	2–1		1–1		1–3		4–1	1–0			2–1	3–4
Pachuca	0–1				0–0		1–1					0–1	1–1			2–1	0–0	1–1
Puebla		1–0	2–0		1–2					1–1			1–1	2–0	1–1		1–1	0–0
Querétaro	0–0	1–0		1–1		2–0	2–0	3–3	1–3		1–0					2–2
Santos Laguna	2–1				3–2		0–2	3–2	3–1			2–0				3–0		2–2
Tijuana		4–1	3–3		0–0					1–0		1–0	1–1			0–0	2–0	3–0
Toluca		7–1	1–1		1–2					0–1		4–0	2–2	0–0			0–0	3–1
UANL	1–0	3–1		2–2		3–3	1–1	3–1	1–2		0–0				1–2
UNAM	1–4				2–2		1–1		0–1			0–3	0–1			0–2		0–0
Veracruz	0–1			2–2	3–2		0–1	0–3	1–0			0–0				1–1

Updated to match(es) played on 10 November 2013. Source: soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Final phase (Liguilla)

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Finals
	1	América (a)	2	1	3
	8	UANL	2	1	3
								1	América	1	2	3
								5	Toluca	2	0	2
	4	Cruz Azul	0	1	1
	5	Toluca	3	1	4
															1	América	0	1	1
															3	León	2	3	5
	2	Santos Laguna	3	3	6
	7	Querétaro	2	1	3
								2	Santos Laguna	1	2	3
								3	León	3	2	5
	3	León	3	4	7
	6	Morelia	3	0	3

Champions
León 6th title

Notes

• If the two teams are tied after both legs, the higher seeded team advances.
• "Away goals" rule was applied in the play-off round, but not in the final.
• Both finalists qualified to the 2014–15 CONCACAF Champions League (champion in Pot A, runner-up in Pot B).

Top goalscorers

Players ranked by goals scored, then alphabetically by last name.

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Pablo Velázquez	Toluca	12
2	Mauro Boselli	León	11
3	Humberto Suazo	Monterrey	10
4	Oribe Peralta	Santos Laguna	9
5	Ángel Reyna	Veracruz	8
	Hector Mancilla	Morelia
7	Alan Pulido	UANL	7
	Carlos Ochoa	Chiapas
	Fidel Martínez	Tijuana
	Matías Alustiza	Puebla
	Raúl Jiménez	América
	Rafael Márquez Lugo	Guadalajara

Source: Televisa Deportes

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Darío Benedetto	Tijuana	Atlas	3–3	July 19, 2013
Jefferson Montero	Morelia	Toluca	3–4	July 26, 2013
Ángel Reyna	Veracruz	Atlante	2–4	July 27, 2013
Pablo Velázquez	Toluca	Chiapas	0–4	August 17, 2013
Mauro Boselli*	León	Tijuana	5–0	November 9, 2013

* Scored four goals

Torneo Clausura

The Clausura 2014 is the second competition of the season. The regular season began on January 3, 2014 and ended on May 18, 2014. León successfully defended their sixth title.

Regular phase

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Cruz Azul (A)	17	11	3	3	28	19	+9	36	Advance to the Liguilla
2	Toluca (A)	17	10	2	5	25	14	+11	32
3	UNAM (A)	17	7	4	6	26	20	+6	25
4	Santos Laguna (A)	17	6	7	4	33	29	+4	25
5	América (A)	17	7	4	6	21	17	+4	25
6	Pachuca (A)	17	7	3	7	23	21	+2	24
7	Tijuana (A)	17	7	3	7	22	23	−1	24
8	León (A)	17	6	5	6	23	17	+6	23
9	Chiapas	17	6	5	6	23	23	0	23
10	Monterrey	17	6	5	6	20	20	0	23
11	Morelia	17	5	6	6	21	20	+1	21
12	Atlas	17	5	6	6	17	18	−1	21
13	Querétaro	17	6	3	8	18	22	−4	21
14	UANL	17	5	6	6	13	17	−4	21
15	Guadalajara	17	5	6	6	13	18	−5	21
16	Puebla	17	4	6	7	14	19	−5	18
17	Atlante (R)	17	5	3	9	22	34	−12	18	Relegated to Ascenso MX
18	Veracruz	17	3	7	7	14	25	−11	16

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(A) Advance to a further round; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	AMÉ	ATE	ATL	CHI	CAZ	GUA	LEÓ	MON	MOR	PAC	PUE	QUE	SLA	TIJ	TOL	UNL	UNM	VER
América		1–0			1–2		1–0			0–1		0–0	2–4			3–0	1–3	0–0
Atlante					1–4	1–1	1–1				0–0	4–2		1–2	2–1	0–2
Atlas	1–2	0–1		2–2		1–1		0–1	1–1		0–0			0–0	1–0
Chiapas	2–2	5–2			0–1		0–3	1–1	1–0			1–0				0–0		1–1
Cruz Azul			1–3							2–2	1–0		2–1	2–1	1–0		2–1	4–0
Guadalajara	0–4			1–0	0–2		1–0	0–1	1–1			2–1				0–0
León			3–1		0–0					1–3		1–1	4–2			3–0	1–2	0–1
Monterrey	1–2	3–2			0–0		0–2		0–1			3–1	2–2			0–0		4–1
Morelia	1–0	1–2			5–1		0–0					0–1	2–2			2–0	3–1	1–1
Pachuca		0–1	0–1	2–0		1–3		2–0	3–0		1–2			2–1	0–1
Puebla	0–1			2–3		0–1	1–1	1–1	3–1			1–0				0–1
Querétaro			1–0		1–3					3–4			0–0	2–1	0–2		1–0	2–0
Santos Laguna		4–3	2–3	2–3		1–1				3–1	0–0			3–2	2–0		2–1
Tijuana	1–0			0–3		2–0	1–2	2–1	1–0		3–1				3–1
Toluca	1–1			2–0		1–0	2–1	2–0	2–2		3–0					2–1
UANL			2–1		3–0					0–0		0–2	1–1	1–1			1–2	1–0
UNAM		5–0	1–1	2–1		1–0		1–2		0–0	2–2			3–0	0–2
Veracruz		2–1	0–1			1–1				3–1	0–1		2–2	1–1	0–3		1–1

Updated to match(es) played on 27 April 2014. Source: soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Final phase (Liguilla)

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Finals
	1	Cruz Azul	1	2	3
	8	León (a)	1	2	3
								2	Toluca	0	0	0
								8	León	1	1	2
	2	Toluca	0	3	3
	7	Tijuana	0	1	1
															8	León (a.e.t.)	2	2	4
															6	Pachuca	3	0	3
	4	Santos Laguna (a)	3	3	6
	5	América	5	1	6
								4	Santos Laguna	0	4	4
								6	Pachuca (a)	2	2	4
	3	UNAM	1	2	3
	6	Pachuca	1	4	5

Champions
León 7th title

Notes

• If the two teams are tied after both legs, the higher seeded team advances.
• "Away goals" rule was applied in the play-off round, but not in the final.
• Both finalists qualified to the 2014–15 CONCACAF Champions League (champion in Pot A, runner-up in Pot B).

Top goalscorers

Players ranked by goals scored, then alphabetically by last name.

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Enner Valencia	Pachuca	12
2	Martín Bravo	UNAM	9
3	Michael Arroyo	Atlante	8
	Oribe Peralta	Santos Laguna
	Raúl Jiménez	América
6	Pablo Velázquez	Toluca	7
	Marco Fabián	Cruz Azul
	Cristian Pellerano	Tijuana
	Carlos Quintero	Santos Laguna

Source: MedioTiempo.com

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Michael Arroyo*	Atlante	Querétaro	4–2	March 9, 2014
Carlos Quintero	Santos Laguna	Atlante	4–3	April 13, 2014

* Scored four goals

Relegation

Pos	Team	'11 A Pts	'12 C Pts	'12 A Pts	'13 C Pts	'13 A Pts	'14 C Pts	Total Pts	Total Pld	Avg	Relegation
1	Cruz Azul	29	25	26	29	29	36	174	102	1.7059
2	Santos Laguna	27	36	23	29	33	25	173	102	1.6961
3	América	15	32	31	32	37	25	172	102	1.6863
4	Morelia	26	31	27	30	27	21	162	102	1.5882
5	UANL	28	31	21	35	25	21	161	102	1.5784
6	Toluca	20	22	34	18	27	32	153	102	1.5000
7	León	0	0	33	16	30	23	102	68	1.5000
8	Tijuana	18	28	34	21	21	24	146	102	1.4314
9	Monterrey	24	32	23	23	20	23	145	102	1.4216
10	Querétaro	26	27	22	17	26	21	139	102	1.3627
11	Pachuca	26	28	21	20	17	24	136	102	1.3333
12	UNAM	25	16	23	29	11	25	129	102	1.2647
13	Guadalajara	30	15	23	16	12	21	117	102	1.1471
14	Chiapas	24	12	15	16	25	23	115	102	1.1275
15	Puebla	22	19	13	19	19	18	110	102	1.0784
16	Atlas	12	20	12	32	12	21	109	102	1.0686
17	Veracruz	0	0	0	0	20	16	36	34	1.0588
18	Atlante	19	16	20	13	12	18	98	102	0.9608	Relegated

Last update: May 8, 2014 ^[2]

Average attendance

1. Club América 43.370
2. Tigres 40.784
3. CF Monterrey 30.548
4. Club Tijuana 22.715
5. CF Pachuca 22.454
6. León FC 21.744
7. CD Guadalajara 21.147
8. Santos Laguna 19.907
9. Querétaro FC 19.462
10. Universidad Nacional 19.218
11. Chiapas FC 18.305
12. Cruz Azul 18.090
13. Atlas 17.855
14. Veracruz 17.176
15. Puebla FC 16.640
16. Monarcas Morelia 14.441
17. Deportivo Toluca 13.292
18. Atlante FC 6.377

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