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
Season2010–11
ChampionsApertura: Tijuana
Clausura: Irapuato
PromotedTijuana
RelegatedNone

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

Stadia and locations
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
Apertura
Season2010
ChampionsTijuana
Matches played126
Goals scored314 (2.49 per match)
Top goalscorerEder Pacheco (13 goals)
Biggest home winU. de G. 6–0 Mérida
Biggest away winPotros Neza 1–5 Orizaba
Highest scoringUDG 6–0 Mérida
Potros Neza 1–5 Orizaba
Potros Neza 4–2 Léon
Longest winning runDurango, Lobos BUAP (3 games each)
Longest unbeaten runTijuana (15 games)
Longest losing runLéon (5 games)

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
                                       
  2 Indios 0 0 0    
  7 Orizaba 1 1 2    
      1 Tijuana 0 0 0  
    7 Orizaba 0 0 0    
     
      1 Tijuana 2 1 3
  4 Veracruz 1 1 2         2 Veracruz 0 0 0
  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. 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
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
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
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
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
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
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. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Tijuana 0–0 Orizaba 0–0 0–0
Veracruz 3–3 Irapuato 0–2 3–1
First leg
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
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
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
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. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Tijuana 3–0 Veracruz 2–0 1–0
First leg
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
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
Clausura
Season2011
ChampionsIrapuato
Matches played148
Goals scored346 (2.34 per match)
Top goalscorerBlas 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[lower-alpha 1]
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
                                       
  4 Tijuana 2 5 7    
  5 Cruz Azul Hidalgo 2 1 3    
      1 León 0 0 0  
    4 Tijuana 1 2 3    
     
      4 Tijuana 1 0 1
  2 Irapuato 0 1 1         2 Irapuato 1 1 2
  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. 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
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
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
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
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
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
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. 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
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
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
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
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. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Irapuato 2–1 Tijuana 1–1 1–0
First leg
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
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

Promotional Final

First Leg
Irapuato0–0 Club Tijuana
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: César Arturo Ramos Palazuelos

Second leg
Tijuana2–1 Irapuato FC
Corona  28'
Gerk  31'		 Molina  37' (own)
Attendance: 14,400
Referee: César Arturo Ramos Palazuelos
 Liga De Ascenso 2010–2011 winner 
Tijuana
1st Promotion

References
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  2. http://www.femexfut.org.mx/portalv2/secciones.aspx?s=1464&ep=938&dd=1
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