2014–15 Liga MX season

The 2014–15 Liga MX season (known as the Liga BBVA Bancomer MX for sponsorship reasons) was the 68th 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	2014–15
Champions	Apertura: América (12th title) Clausura: Santos Laguna (6th title)
Relegated	UDG
Champions League	América Santos Laguna UANL Querétaro
Copa Libertadores	Atlas UANL Morelia
Matches played	327
Goals scored	792 (2.42 per match)
Top goalscorer	Apertura: Mauro Boselli Camilo Sanvezzo (12 goals) Clausura: Dorlan Pabón (10 goals)
Biggest home win	Apertura: León 4–0 Morelia (August 2, 2014) Cruz Azul 4–0 América (October 4, 2014) León 4–0 Atlas (November 1, 2014) Clausura: Santos Laguna 5–0 Querétaro (May 27, 2015) América 5-0 Chiapas (February 14, 2015) León 6-2 Tijuana (May 9, 2015) Monterrey 5-1 León (March 21, 2015)
Biggest away win	Apertura: Morelia 1–5 UANL (August 22, 2014) Clausura: América 0–4 Querétaro (April 18, 2015)
Highest scoring	Apertura: Atlas 4–2 Chiapas (August 2, 2014) Morelia 1–5 UANL (August 22, 2014) Clausura: León 4–5 Querétaro (April 4, 2015)
Longest winning run	América (5 – Apertura) Tijuana and Santos Laguna (3 – Clausura)
Longest unbeaten run	UANL (9 – Apertura) Veracruz (8 – Clausura)
Longest winless run	Morelia (9 – Apertura) Morelia (7 – Clausura)
Longest losing run	UNAM (4 – Apertura) UDG (4 – Clausura)
Highest attendance	Apertura: 58,783 América 0–1 UNAM (August 30, 2014)[1] Clausura: 74,138 América 1–0 Cruz Azul (April 4, 2015)[2]
Lowest attendance	Apertura: 0 Morelia 0–1 Pachuca (October 1, 2014)[3] Clausura: 7,488 Puebla 2–0 Monterrey (February 14, 2015)[4]
Average attendance	Apertura: 24,284[5] Clausura:26,829[6]
← 2013–14 2015–16 →

Clubs

Eighteen teams competed that season. Atlante was relegated to the Ascenso MX after accumulating the lowest coefficient over the past three seasons. Atlante was relegated and replaced by the Apertura 2013 Ascenso MX champion Leones Negros, after defeating in a promotional play-off the Clausura 2014 title defenders Estudiantes Tecos.

Stadiums and locations

América	Atlas	Chiapas	Cruz Azul	Guadalajara	León
Estadio Azteca	Estadio Jalisco	Estadio Víctor Manuel Reyna	Estadio Azul	Estadio Omnilife	Estadio León
Capacity: 95,500	Capacity: 56,713	Capacity: 28,000	Capacity: 35,161	Capacity: 49,850	Capacity: 30,000

Monterrey	Morelia	Pachuca	Puebla	Querétaro	Santos Laguna
Estadio Tecnológico	Estadio Morelos	Estadio Hidalgo	Estadio Cuauhtémoc	Estadio Corregidora	Estadio Corona
Capacity: 36,485	Capacity: 35,000	Capacity: 30,000	Capacity: 53,000	Capacity: 33,277	Capacity: 30,000

Tijuana	Toluca	U. de G.	UANL	UNAM	Veracruz
Estadio Caliente	Estadio Nemesio Díez	Estadio Jalisco	Estadio Universitario	Estadio Olímpico Universitario	Estadio Luis "Pirata" Fuente
Capacity: 27,333	Capacity: 27,000	Capacity: 56,713	Capacity: 42,000	Capacity: 68,954	Capacity: 30,000

Stadium changes

Veracruz (Apertura 2014; Weeks 14 and 16)	Puebla (Clausura 2015)
Estadio Olímpico de la BUAP
Capacity: 21,750

Cruz Azul
América
U.N.A.M.

Atlas
Guadalajara
U. de G.

Chiapas

León

Monterrey

Morelia

Pachuca

Puebla

Querétaro

Santos Laguna

Tijuana

Toluca

U.A.N.L.

Veracruz

Locations of clubs for the 2014-15 Liga MX season

Personnel and kits

Team	Chairman	Head Coach	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
América	Ricardo Peláez	Gustavo Matosas	Rubens Sambueza	Nike	Bimbo, Coca-Cola
Atlas	Gustavo Guzmán	Tomás Boy	Rodrigo Millar	Puma	Bridgestone, TV Azteca
Chiapas	Carlos López Chargoy	Sergio Bueno	Javier Muñoz Mustafá	Pirma	Chiapas
Cruz Azul	Guillermo Álvarez	Luis Fernando Tena	Gerardo Torrado	Under Armour	Cemento Cruz Azul
Guadalajara	Néstor de la Torre	José Manuel de la Torre	Omar Bravo	Adidas	Bimbo
León	Jesús Martínez Murguia	Juan Antonio Pizzi	Mauro Boselli	Pirma	Telcel, Coca-Cola, Office Depot
Monterrey	Luis Miguel Salvador	Antonio Mohamed	Severo Meza	Puma	Bimbo, BBVA Bancomer
Morelia	Pablo Eduardo Boy	Roberto Hernández	Carlos Morales	Joma	Bridgestone, Dportenis
Pachuca	Jesús Martínez Patiño	Diego Alonso	Aquivaldo Mosquera	Nike	Cementos Fortaleza, Samsung, Mobil Super, Telcel
Puebla	Jesús López Chargoy	José Guadalupe Cruz	Mauricio Romero	Kappa/Charly	e-PREPA, EA Sports/Coca-Cola, Somos Noticias
Querétaro	Joaquín Beltrán	Víctor Manuel Vucetich	Miguel Martínez	Pirma	Banco Multiva, Gasolineras Orsan
Santos Laguna	Alejandro Irarragorri	Pedro Caixinha	Carlos Izquierdoz	Puma	Soriana, Peñoles, Pepsi, Grupo Lala
Tijuana	Jorge Hank Inzunsa	Daniel Guzmán	Javier Gandolfi	Adidas	Caliente, Boing, Comex
Toluca	Jesús Vallejo	José Cardozo	Paulo da Silva	Under Armour	Banamex
U. de G.	Raúl Padilla	Alfonso Sosa	Leandro Cufré	Lotto	Electrolit, Telcel, Casas Javer, Nazil
UANL	Alejandro Rodríguez	Ricardo Ferretti	Juninho	Adidas	Cemex, Cemento Monterrey Extra
UNAM	Jorge Borja Navarrete	Guillermo Vázquez	Darío Verón	Nike	Banamex
Veracruz	Fidel Kuri Mustieles	Carlos Reinoso	Leobardo López	Charly	Winpot Casino, Boing, ADO

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Replaced by	Date of appointment	Position in table
Pre-Apertura changes
Guadalajara	Ricardo La Volpe	Sacked	April 30, 2014	Carlos Bustos	May 12, 2014	Preseason
Monterrey	Carlos Barra and José Treviño	Promoted to Head Coach	May 16, 2014	Carlos Barra	May 16, 2014	Preseason
Apertura Changes
UNAM	José Luis Trejo	Sacked [7]	August 15, 2014	David Patiño (Interim)	August 15, 2014	15th
UNAM	David Patiño (Interim)	Caretaker	August 18, 2014	Guillermo Vázquez	August 18, 2014	15th
Puebla	Rubén Omar Romano	Sacked [8]	August 25, 2014	José Luis Sánchez Solá	August 25, 2014	14th
Tijuana	César Farías	Sacked	August 30, 2014	Daniel Guzman[9]	September 1, 2014	13th
Morelia	Ángel David Comizzo	Sacked	September 3, 2014	José Guadalupe Cruz	September 3, 2014	18th
Guadalajara	Carlos Bustos	Resigned	October 2, 2014	Ramón Morales (Interim)	October 3, 2014	15th
Guadalajara	Ramón Morales (Interim)	Caretaker	October 7, 2014	José Manuel de la Torre	October 8, 2014	16th
Veracruz	Cristóbal Ortega	Sacked	November 9, 2014	Carlos Reinoso	November 20, 2014	16th
Pre-Clausura changes
Leon	Gustavo Matosas	Resigned	November 24, 2014	Juan Antonio Pizzi	December 3, 2014	Preseason
Pachuca	Enrique Meza	Sacked	November 30, 2014	Diego Alonso	December 5, 2014	Preseason
Morelia	José Guadalupe Cruz	Sacked	December 1, 2014	Alfredo Tena	December 4, 2014	Preseason
Puebla	José Luis Sánchez Solá	Sacked	December 3, 2014	José Guadalupe Cruz	December 9, 2014	Preseason
America	Antonio Mohamed	Contract Expired	December 14, 2014	Gustavo Matosas	December 11, 2014	Preseason
Clausura changes
Monterrey	Carlos Barra	Sacked	February 15, 2015	Antonio Mohamed	February 16, 2015	17th
Morelia	Alfredo Tena	Sacked	February 21, 2015	Roberto Hernández	February 24, 2015	18th
Querétaro	Ignacio Ambríz	Sacked	February 23, 2015	Víctor Manuel Vucetich	February 23, 2015	15th

Torneo Apertura

The Apertura 2014 was the opening competition of the season. The regular season began on July 18, 2014, and ended on November 23, 2014. León were the defending champions, having won the 2013 Apertura and 2014 Clausura tournaments.

Regular phase

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	América (A)	17	9	4	4	28	18	+10	31	Advance to Liguilla and cannot qualify for South American competitions[a][b]
2	UANL (Q, A)	17	8	7	2	25	17	+8	31	Advance to Liguilla and 2015 Copa Libertadores Second Stage[c][b]
3	Atlas (Q, A)	17	9	4	4	22	20	+2	31
4	Toluca (A)	17	8	5	4	24	18	+6	29	Advance to Liguilla[b]
5	Chiapas (A)	17	7	7	3	24	20	+4	28
6	Monterrey (A)	17	8	3	6	23	20	+3	27
7	Pachuca (A)	17	7	4	6	20	18	+2	25	Advance to Liguilla and cannot qualify for South American competitions[a][b]
8	UNAM (A)	17	6	6	5	24	20	+4	24	Advance to Liguilla[b]
9	Santos Laguna	17	5	8	4	23	24	−1	23
10	León	17	7	1	9	29	27	+2	22	Cannot qualify for South American competitions[a]
11	Tijuana	17	4	9	4	21	19	+2	21
12	Querétaro	17	6	3	8	23	22	+1	21
13	Cruz Azul	17	5	6	6	16	15	+1	21	Cannot qualify for South American competitions[a]
14	U. de G.	17	3	8	6	11	17	−6	17
15	Puebla	17	2	10	5	15	21	−6	16
16	Guadalajara	17	3	7	7	13	20	−7	16
17	Veracruz	17	3	6	8	8	15	−7	15
18	Morelia (Q)	17	2	4	11	16	34	−18	10	2015 Copa Libertadores First Stage[d]

Updated to match(es) played on 23 November 2014. Source: Medio Tiempo
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(A) Advance to a further round; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated
Notes:

1. Clubs cannot qualify to the 2015 Copa Libertadores due to their participation in the 2014–15 CONCACAF Champions League competition.
2. The first 8 places in the table qualify for the Playoffs.
3. Both teams who qualify for Copa Libertadores will also participate in the Playoffs of this competition.
4. Winner of the 2014 Supercopa MX qualifies to the 2015 Copa Libertadores as Mexico 3.

Final phase (Liguilla)

Main article: 2014 Liga MX Apertura Liguilla

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Finals
	1	América (s)	0	1	1
	8	UNAM	1	0	1
								1	América	3	0	3
								6	Monterrey	0	0	0
	3	Atlas	1	0	1
	6	Monterrey	0	2	2
															1	América	0	3	3
															2	UANL	1	0	1
	2	UANL (s)	1	1	2
	7	Pachuca	1	1	2
								2	UANL (s)	0	0	0
								4	Toluca	0	0	0
	4	Toluca (s)	1	1	2
	5	Chiapas	1	1	2

Champions
América 12th title

Notes

• Teams are re-seeded each round.
• Team with more goals on aggregate after two matches advances.
• "Away goals rule" was applied in the play-off round, but not the final.
• In the quarterfinals and semifinals, if the two teams were tied on aggregate and away goals, the higher seeded team advanced.
• In the final, if the two teams were tied after both legs, the match went to extra-time and, if necessary, a shootout.
• Both finalists qualified to the 2015–16 CONCACAF Champions League (in Pot 3).

Top goalscorers

Players are listed by goals, then last name

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Mauro Boselli	León	12
	Camilo Sanvezzo	Querétaro
3	Dorlan Pabón	Monterrey	11
4	Ariel Nahuelpan	Pachuca	9
	Darío Benedetto	Tijuana
6	Pablo Velázquez	Toluca	8
	Eduardo Herrera	UNAM
	Oribe Peralta	América

Source: Medio Tiempo

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Raúl Jiménez	América	Puebla	4–0	August 2, 2014
Dorlan Pabón	Monterrey	Cruz Azul	3–1	August 16, 2014
Matías Alustiza	Pachuca	Atlas	3–1	August 23, 2014
Miguel Layún*	América	Santos Laguna	4–1	September 27, 2014

* Scored 4 goals

Torneo Clausura

The Clausura 2015 was the second competition of the season. The regular phase of the tournament began on January 9, and ended on May 10. América successfully defended their title when they won the Apertura tournament for a record 12th title, but they were eliminated in the Liguilla quarterfinals.

Regular phase

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	UANL (Q)	17	9	2	6	23	15	+8	29	Advance to Liguilla[a]
2	América (Q)	17	8	5	4	21	18	+3	29
3	Veracruz (Q)	17	7	7	3	28	18	+10	28
4	Atlas (Q)	17	8	4	5	20	21	−1	28
5	Guadalajara (Q)	17	7	5	5	20	16	+4	26
6	Querétaro (Q)	17	8	2	7	25	23	+2	26
7	Pachuca (Q)	17	7	4	6	25	21	+4	25
8	Santos Laguna (Q)	17	7	4	6	24	21	+3	25
9	Cruz Azul	17	7	4	6	14	14	0	25
10	Toluca	17	6	6	5	20	18	+2	24
11	Tijuana	17	7	3	7	30	30	0	24
12	Monterrey	17	7	3	7	24	27	−3	24
13	UNAM	17	6	4	7	22	27	−5	22
14	Puebla	17	5	5	7	21	20	+1	20
15	Chiapas	17	5	5	7	21	30	−9	20
16	U. de G. (R)	17	5	3	9	13	19	−6	18	Relegated
17	León	17	4	4	9	27	32	−5	16
18	Morelia	17	3	4	10	17	25	−8	13

Updated to match(es) played on May 10, 2015. Source: Medio Tiempo
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. The first 8 places in the table (excluding the last place team in the relegation table) qualify for the Liguilla.

Final phase

Main article: 2015 Liga MX Clausura Liguilla

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Finals
	3	Veracruz	1	2	3
	6	Querétaro	2	2	4
								6	Querétaro (s)	0	2	2
								7	Pachuca	2	0	2
	2	América	2	3	5
	7	Pachuca	3	4	7
															6	Querétaro	0	3	3
															8	Santos Laguna	5	0	5
	4	Atlas	0	1	1
	5	Guadalajara	0	4	4
								5	Guadalajara	0	0	0
								8	Santos Laguna	0	3	3
	1	UANL	1	0	1
	8	Santos Laguna	1	1	2

Champions
Santos Laguna 5th title

Notes

• Teams were re-seeded each round.
• Team with more goals on aggregate after two matches advances.
• Away goals rule was applied in the quarterfinals and semifinals, but not in the final.
• In the quarterfinals and semifinals, if the two teams were tied on aggregate and away goals, the higher seeded team advances.
• In the final, if the two teams were tied after both legs, the match went to extra-time and, if necessary, a shootout.
• Both finalists qualified to the 2015–16 CONCACAF Champions League (in Pot 3).

Top goalscorers

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

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Dorlan Pabón	Monterrey	10
2	Matías Alustiza	Puebla	9
	Julio Furch	Veracruz
4	Dayro Moreno	Tijuana	8
5	Avilés Hurtado	Chiapas	7
	Rafael Sóbis	UANL
	Ismael Sosa	UNAM
8	Juan Arango	Tijuana	6
	Néstor Calderón	Santos Laguna
	Edwin Cardona	Monterrey
	Leiton Jiménez	Veracruz
	Fidel Martínez	U. de G.

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Marco Fabian	Guadalajara	Atlas	4-1	May 17, 2015
Javier Orozco	Santos Laguna	Querétaro	5–0	May 28, 2015 *

* Scored 4 goals

Annual table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	UANL (Q)	34	17	9	8	49	33	+16	60	2015–16 CONCACAF Champions League Group Stage
2	América (Q)	34	17	9	8	49	36	+13	60
3	Atlas	34	17	8	9	42	41	+1	59
4	Toluca	34	14	11	9	45	37	+8	53
5	Monterrey	34	15	6	13	47	47	0	51
6	Pachuca	34	14	8	12	45	39	+6	50
7	Santos Laguna (Q)	34	12	12	10	47	45	+2	48	2015–16 CONCACAF Champions League Group Stage
8	Chiapas	34	12	12	10	45	50	−5	48
9	Querétaro (Q)	34	14	5	15	48	45	+3	47	2015–16 CONCACAF Champions League Group Stage
10	Cruz Azul	34	12	10	12	30	29	+1	46
11	UNAM	34	12	10	12	46	47	−1	46
12	Tijuana	34	11	12	11	51	49	+2	45
13	Veracruz	34	10	13	11	36	33	+3	43
14	Guadalajara	34	10	12	12	33	36	−3	42
15	León	34	11	5	18	56	59	−3	38
16	Puebla	34	7	15	12	36	41	−5	36
17	U. de G.	34	8	11	15	24	35	−11	35	Relegated
18	Morelia	34	5	8	21	33	59	−26	23

Updated to match(es) played on May 10, 2015. Source: Medio Tiempo
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Relegation

Pos	Team	'12 A Pts	'13 C Pts	'13 A Pts	'14 C Pts	'14 A Pts	'15 C Pts	Total Pts	Total Pld	Avg	Relegation
1	América	31	32	37	25	31	29	185	102	1.8137
2	Cruz Azul	26	29	29	36	21	25	166	102	1.6275
3	Toluca	34	18	27	32	29	24	164	102	1.6078
4	UANL	21	35	25	21	31	29	162	102	1.5882
5	Santos Laguna	23	29	33	25	23	25	158	102	1.5490
6	Tijuana	34	21	21	24	21	24	145	102	1.4216
7	Monterrey	23	23	20	23	27	24	140	102	1.3725[A]
8	León	33	16	30	23	22	16	140	102	1.3725[A]
9	Atlas	12	32	12	21	31	28	136	102	1.3333
10	UNAM	23	29	11	25	24	22	134	102	1.3137
11	Querétaro	22	17	26	21	21	26	133	102	1.3039
12	Pachuca	21	20	17	24	25	25	132	102	1.2941
13	Morelia	27	30	27	21	10	13	128	102	1.2549
14	Chiapas	15	16	25	23	28	20	127	102	1.2451
15	Veracruz	0	0	20	16	15	28	79	68	1.1618
16	Guadalajara	23	16	12	21	16	26	114	102	1.1176
17	Puebla	13	19	19	18	16	20	105	102	1.0294[A]
18	U. de G.	0	0	0	0	17	18	35	34	1.0294[A]	Relegated

Last update: May 10, 2015^[10]

  Relegation to Ascenso MX.

1. ^
   First tie-breaker was goal difference during 2014–15 Liga MX season.