Ascenso MX

Ascenso MX
Founded 1994 (1994)
Country Mexico
Confederation CONCACAF
Number of teams 15
Level on pyramid 2
Promotion to Liga MX
Relegation to Liga Premier
Serie A
Domestic cup(s) Copa MX
SuperCopa MX
Current champions Tapachula (1st title)
(Clausura 2018)
Most championships León
Irapuato
Necaxa
Sinaloa (4 titles)
TV partners BARAL TV
Latin American Sports
Canal 44
Claro[1]
ESPN[2]
Fox Sports[3]
Telemax
Televisa[4]
TVC Deportes[5]
Website Official site
2018–19 Ascenso MX season

The Ascenso MX is the second professional level of the Mexican football league system.[6] The champion of the competition is promoted to Liga MX (top-flight division). The bottom team gets relegated to Liga Premier (the third tier). It is currently sponsored by BBVA through its Mexican subsidiary BBVA Bancomer, and thus officially known as Ascenso BBVA Bancomer.

Formerly known as Primera División A (First Division A) the league changed its name and competition format in 2009 to Liga de Ascenso. It was rebranded as Ascenso MX in 2012. The main changes are that clubs now do not need a FMF certification to get promoted and that the competition does not use group stages.

History

In 1994, in order to create a premier league, the Mexican Football Federation decided to upgrade the Second Division to "Primera División A" (First Division A) to bring closer together the level of play in the two tiers, Primera and Primera A. The project was under the direction of José Antonio García Rodríguez, president of the top-tier Primera Division at the time. He envisioned the new division to be joined by the best teams of the Segunda and include teams from the United States (Los Angeles Salsa and San Jose Black Hawks expressed desire to join). Upon review, FIFA did not authorize such integration. As a result, the new league was created instead with the best Second Division teams. The 1994-1995 season began with 15 teams: Acapulco, Atlético Celaya, Atlético San Francisco, Atlético Yucatán, Caimanes de Tabasco, Coras de Tepic, Gallos de Aguascalientes, Halcones de Querétaro, Inter Tijuana, Irapuato, Reboceros de La Piedad, Marte, Pachuca, San Luis, and Zacatepec. Cobras de Ciudad Juárez, which would have been the sixteenth team, declined to participate due to financial problems.

During the 2006 tournament, the number of teams increased from 20 to 24, forming two groups, A and B, divided by geographical areas.

In 2009, major changes occurred, with the most prominent being the name change from Primera Division A to Liga de Ascenso. The league was reduced to 17 teams and the groups were eliminated. Starting with the Apertura 2010 season, 18 teams participated. In 2012 the league was rebranded as Ascenso MX. The Alebrijes de Oaxaca was the 16th team of Ascenso MX starting 2013-2014 season. The Alebrijes was composed of the former Segunda Division team Tecamachalco which had won promotion into Ascenso MX in 2012, but did not fulfill infrastructural requirements set by the Mexican Football Federation. Club Zacatepec was also promoted to the Ascenso MX taking the spot of Pumas Morelos in August 2013. [7]

From the 2011–2016 seasons, Ascenso MX did not relegate a team to the Segunda División de México Liga Premier de Ascenso. However, on June 6, 2016, the president of the division announced a return to relegation to the Segunda División de México Liga Premier de Ascenso for the 2016–17 season after a five-year absence. Following this change, Loros UdeC and Murciélagos F.C. were relegated in the next two seasons.

Clubs

The following 15 clubs will compete in Ascenso MX during the 2018–19 season.[8]

Club City Stadium Capacity
Atlante Cancún, Quintana Roo Andrés Quintana Roo 17,289
Atlético San Luis San Luis Potosí City, San Luis Potosí Alfonso Lastras 25,111
Celaya Celaya, Guanajuato Miguel Alemán Valdés 23,182
Juárez Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua Olímpico Benito Juárez 19,703
Oaxaca Oaxaca City, Oaxaca Tecnológico de Oaxaca 14,598
Sinaloa Culiacán, Sinaloa Banorte 20,108
Sonora Hermosillo, Sonora Héroe de Nacozari 18,747
Tampico Madero Tampico / Ciudad Madero, Tamaulipas Tamaulipas 19,667
Tapachula Tapachula, Chiapas Olímpico de Tapachula 18,017
UAEM Toluca, State of Mexico Universitario Alberto "Chivo" Córdoba 32,603
UAT Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas Marte R. Gómez 10,520
UdeG Guadalajara, Jalisco Jalisco 55,020
Venados Mérida, Yucatán Carlos Iturralde 15,087
Zacatecas Zacatecas City, Zacatecas Carlos Vega Villalba 20,068
Zacatepec Zacatepec, Morelos Agustín "Coruco" Díaz 24,313

Champions

Club Winners Runner-Up Winning Seasons
León †43Verano 2003, Clausura 2004, Clausura 2008, Clausura 2012
Necaxa †42Apertura 2009, Clausura 2010, Apertura 2014, Clausura 2016
Irapuato ††42Invierno 1999, Verano 2000, Apertura 2002, Clausura 2011
Sinaloa44Apertura 2003, Clausura 2007, Clausura 2015, Apertura 2016
Querétaro †30Clausura 2005, Clausura 2006, Apertura 2008
La Piedad ††23Verano 2001, Apertura 2012
Pachuca †211995-96, Invierno 1997
San Luis ††††21Verano 2002, Apertura 2004
Puebla †20Apertura 2005, Apertura 2006
UANL †20Invierno 1996, Verano 1997
Tijuana †12Apertura 2010
UAT12Apertura 2011
Juárez12Apertura 2015
Veracruz †11Invierno 2001
Toros Neza ††††11Clausura 2013
Indios ††††11Apertura 2007
Tigrillos UANL ††††11Verano 1998
BUAP †11Clausura 2017
UdeG11Apertura 2013
Venados10Clausura 2009
Tecos ††10Clausura 2013
Gallos Hidrocálidos de Aguascalientes ††††10Invierno 2000
Unión de Curtidores ††††10Verano 1999
Yucatán ††††10Invierno 1998
Atlético Celaya ††††101994-1995
Oaxaca10Apertura 2017
Tapachula10Clausura 2018
Cruz Azul Hidalgo ††03
Zacatepec02
Atlante02
Atlético San Luis01
Tepic ††01
Salamanca †††01
Atlético Hidalgo ††††01
Atlético Mexiquense ††††01
Chivas Tijuana ††††01
Cobras ††††01
Gallos Blancos de Hermosillo ††††01
Real Sociedad de Zacatecas ††††01
Tapatío ††††01

† Teams currently in the Liga MX
†† Teams currently in the Liga Premier
††† Teams currently in the Amateur Levels
†††† Defunct teams

Media coverage

TV broadcast rights
Team Mexico Broadcaster United States Broadcaster Day Time*
AtlanteTelevisa—Friday8:00 PM
Atlético San LuisTelevisa—Friday8:00 PM
CelayaTV CUATRO—Saturday7:00 PM
JuárezESPNESPN DeportesSaturday8:00 PM
OaxacaTelevisa—Saturday7:00 PM
SinaloaESPNESPN DeportesSaturday9:00 PM
SonoraTVC Deportes / Telemax—Friday9:36 PM
Tampico MaderoFox SportsFox DeportesFriday9:00 PM
TapachulaBARAL TVGOL TVSaturday7:00 PM
UAEMTVC Deportes—Friday7:00 PM
UATTelevisa—Friday8:00 PM
UdeGCanal 44—Sunday12:00 PM
VenadosBARAL TV / ClaroGOL TVFriday8:30 PM
ZacatecasFox Sports / Claro—Saturday4:00 PM
ZacatepecTelevisaGOL TVSaturday5:00 PM
  1. ^ All match times are UTC−06:00.

Sponsorship

BBVA Bancomer was named the league's official sponsor in 2015.

The league's current sponsor is BBVA Bancomer, thus making the league's official name Ascenso BBVA Bancomer. The official match ball is manufactured by Voit.

Managers

The current managers in Ascenso MX are:

Nat. Name Club Appointed Time as manager
Mexico Jorge Dávalos UdeG 25 May 2017 1 year, 143 days
Uruguay Héctor Hugo Eugui UAEM 13 November 2017 336 days
Argentina Andrés Carevic Zacatecas 30 November 2017 319 days
Mexico Alfonso Sosa Atlético San Luis 19 February 2018 238 days
Mexico Juan Carlos Chávez UAT 21 May 2018 147 days
Mexico Héctor Altamirano Sonora 29 May 2018 139 days
Mexico Gabriel Caballero Juárez 4 June 2018 133 days
Argentina Gabriel Pereyra Atlante 5 June 2018 132 days
Mexico Ricardo Rayas Oaxaca 5 June 2018 132 days
Mexico Enrique Maximiliano Meza Celaya 5 July 2018 102 days
Mexico Diego de la Torre Tapachula 29 August 2018 47 days
Mexico Miguel de Jesús Fuentes Tampico Madero 6 September 2018 39 days
Argentina Diego Armando Maradona Sinaloa 10 September 2018 35 days
Mexico Joel Sánchez Venados 19 September 2018 26 days
Argentina Ricardo Valiño Zacatepec 3 October 2018 12 days

Promotion and relegation

Relegation and Promotion by Club
Club Promotions Relegations
Zacatepec5 (1950–51, 1962–63, 1969–70, 1977–78, 1983–84)1 (2013–14*)
San Luis ††††4 (1970–71, 1975–76, 2001–02, 2004–05)
Querétaro †4 (México 86, 1989–90, 2005–06, 2008–09)
Pachuca †4 (1966–67, 1991–92, 1995–96, 1997–98)
Irapuato ††4 (1953–54, 1984–85, 1999–2000*, 2002–03)1 (2005–06)
Atlas †3 (1954–55, 1971–72, 1978–79)
Puebla †3 (1969–70, 1998–99, 2006–07)
Unión de Curtidores ††††3 (1973–74, 1982–83, 1998–99*)
Reboceros de La Piedad ††3 (1951–52, 2000–01, 2012–13*)
Tampico Madero3 (1958–59, 1964–65, 1972–73)
Necaxa†2 (2009–10, 2015–16)
Dorados de Sinaloa2 (2003–04, 2014–15)
Leones Negros UdeG2 (1973–74, 2013–14)
Tiburones Rojos de Veracruz †2 (1963–64, 2001–02*)
Real Zamora ††2 (1954–55, 1956–57)
Atlante2 (1976–77, 1990–91)
Monterrey †2 (1955–56, 1959–60)
Monarcas Morelia †2 (1956–57, 1980–81)
Tigres UANL †2 (1973–74, 1996–97)
León †2 (1989–90, 2011–12)
Toros Neza ††††2 (1988–89, 1992–93)
Cobras de Ciudad Juárez ††††2 (PRODE 1985, 1987–88)
Atlético Celaya ††††2 (1957–58, 1994–95)
Petroleros de Ciudad Madero ††††2 (1964–65, 1972–73)
Atlas †2 (1954–55, 1971–72)
Atlético Potosino ††††1 (1973–74)
Correcaminos UAT1 (1986–87)
Indios de Ciudad Juárez ††††1 (2007–08)
Tecos ††1 (1974–75)
Atlético Yucatán ††††1 (1998–99)
Toluca †1 (1952–53)
Cuautla ††1 (1954–55)
Nacional ††††1 (1960–61)
UNAM †1 (1961–62)
Cruz Azul †1 (1963–64)
Laguna ††††1 (1967–68)
Jabatos de Nuevo León ††††1 (1965–66)
Torreón ††††1 (1968–69)
Oaxtepec ††††1 (1981–82)
Potros Neza ††††1 (1988–89)
Atletas Campesinos ††††1 (1979–80)
Tijuana †1 (2010–11)1 (2007–08)
Tepic ††1 (2013–14)1 (1995–96)
Lobos BUAP †1 (2016–17)
Cafetaleros de Tapachula1 (2017–18*)
Murciélagos1 (2017–18)
Loros UdeC ††1 (2016–17)
Pumas Morelos ††††1 (2012–13)
Caimanes de Tabasco ††††1 (1994–95)
Inter Tijuana ††††1 (1996–97)
Marte ††††1 (1997–98)
Atlético San Francisco †††1 (1998–99)
Gavilanes de Nuevo Laredo ††††1 (2002–03)
Trotamundos de Tijuana ††††1 (2003–04)
Altamira ††††1 (2004–05)
Dorados de Tijuana ††††1 (2005–06)
Monarcas Morelia "A" ††††1 (2006–07)
Halcones de Querétaro ††††2 (1999–00, 2000–01)
Jaguares de Tapachula ††††2 (2003–04, 2008–09)

† Teams currently in the Liga MX
†† Teams currently in the Liga Premier
††† Teams currently in the Amateur Levels
†††† Defunct teams

Notes:

Top scorers

Year Name Team Goals
1994-95Brazil Marco de AlmeidaMarte15
1995-96Argentina Lorenzo SáezPachuca30
Invierno 96Brazil Nílson Esidio MoraUANL11
Verano 97Mexico Ángel Lemus
Honduras Carlos Pavón		Irapuato
UAT		12
Invierno 97Colombia Niver ArboledaZacatepec17
Verano 98Uruguay Daniel Fasciolli
Uruguay Carlos Morales
Brazil Valtencir Gomes		UAT
Pachuca
Tigrillos UANL		12
Invierno 98Argentina Cristián Ariel MoralesIrapuato19
Verano 99Mexico Ángel LemusSan Luis16
Invierno 99Argentina Cristián Ariel MoralesIrapuato17
Verano 2000Spain Carlos Muñoz
Emmanuel Sacramento		BUAP15
Invierno 2000Mexico Christian PatiñoLa Piedad16
Verano 01Uruguay Héctor GiménezAguascalientes16
Invierno 01Argentina Héctor ÁlvarezTampico-Madero16
Verano 02Argentina Ariel GonzálezQuerétaro15
Apertura 02Argentina Héctor ÁlvarezZacatepec23
Clausura 03Argentina Héctor ÁlvarezZacatepec16
Apertura 03Argentina Héctor ÁlvarezLeón17
Clausura 04Argentina Mauro Gerk
Mexico Francisco Bravo		Celaya
Zacatepec		18
Apertura 04Argentina Ariel GonzálezSan Luis16
Clausura 05Argentina Rubén Darío GigenaCruz Azul Hidalgo17
Apertura 05Mexico Mauricio RomeroSonora16
Clausura 06Argentina Diego OlsinaCoatzacoalcos15
Apertura 06Uruguay Álvaro GonzálezPuebla14
Clausura 07Uruguay Álvaro GonzálezPuebla16
Apertura 07Mexico Mauricio RomeroLeón14
Clausura 08Paraguay Freddy BareiroLeón17
Apertura 08Argentina Mauro Gerk
Mexico Raúl Enríquez		Querétaro
Tijuana		14
Clausura 09Uruguay Sebastián MazSinaloa15
Apertura 09Argentina Ariel GonzálezIrapuato11
Bicentenario 2010Argentina Ariel González
Argentina Carlos Casartelli		Irapuato
León		11
Apertura 10Brazil Eder PachecoDurango13
Clausura 2011Panama Blas PérezLeón14
Apertura 11Argentina Nicolás SaucedoUAT11
Clausura 2012Uruguay Sebastián MazLeón13
Apertura 12Mexico Víctor Lojero
Mexico Rodrigo Prieto		Necaxa
Neza		11
Clausura 2013Mexico Víctor LojeroNecaxa12
Apertura 2013Paraguay Gustavo RamírezOaxaca11
Clausura 2014Panama Roberto NurseUAT12
Apertura 2014Mexico Diego Jiménez
Venezuela Giancarlo Maldonado		BUAP
Atlante		10
Clausura 2015Panama Roberto Nurse
Brazil Leandro Carrijó		Sinaloa
Atlético San Luis		10
Apertura 2015Ecuador Carlos GarcésAtlante10
Clausura 2016Mexico Ismael ValadézTapachula10
Apertura 2016Panama Roberto NurseZacatecas16
Clausura 2017Mexico Diego JiménezBUAP10
Apertura 2017Mexico Luis MadrigalOaxaca12
Clausura 2018Mexico Guillermo MartínezZacatecas11

References

  1. ↑ includes Claro Sports
  2. ↑ includes ESPN 2
  3. ↑ includes Fox Sports 2
  4. ↑ includes SKY México,TDN and Univisión TDN
  5. ↑ includes TVC Deportes 2
  6. ↑ "Nace la Liga de Ascenso". www.femexfut.org.mx. 2009-06-22. Archived from the original on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2009-06-22.
  7. ↑ "Nacen los Guerreros de Oaxaca :: Deportes". televisadeportes.esmas.com.
  8. ↑ Die 18 Mannschaften in der Liga de Ascenso 2010/11 Archived 2012-03-24 at the Wayback Machine. (Spanish; retrieved on May 27, 2010)
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