Ascenso MX

Ascenso MX

Founded	1994; 25 years ago (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	Atlético San Luis (1st title) (Apertura 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.

Contents

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  1 History
  


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  2 Clubs
  
  
  
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    2.1 Champions
    
  
  
  
  


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  3 Media coverage
  


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  4 Sponsorship
  


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  5 Managers
  


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  6 Promotion and relegation
  


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  7 Top scorers
  


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  8 References
  


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  9 External links
  

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.
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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]

Atlante

Atl. San Luis

Celaya

Juárez

Oaxaca

Sinaloa

Sonora

Tampico Madero

Tapachula

UdeG

UAEM

UAT

Venados

Zacatecas

Zacatepec

Location of teams in the 2018–19 Ascenso MX

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
Sinaloa	4	5	Apertura 2003, Clausura 2007, Clausura 2015, Apertura 2016
León †	4	3	Verano 2003, Clausura 2004, Clausura 2008, Clausura 2012
Necaxa †	4	2	Apertura 2009, Clausura 2010, Apertura 2014, Clausura 2016
Irapuato ††	4	2	Invierno 1999, Verano 2000, Apertura 2002, Clausura 2011
Querétaro †	3	0	Clausura 2005, Clausura 2006, Apertura 2008
La Piedad ††	2	3	Verano 2001, Apertura 2012
Pachuca †	2	1	1995-96, Invierno 1997
San Luis ††††	2	1	Verano 2002, Apertura 2004
Puebla †	2	0	Apertura 2005, Apertura 2006
UANL †	2	0	Invierno 1996, Verano 1997
Tijuana †	1	2	Apertura 2010
UAT	1	2	Apertura 2011
Juárez	1	2	Apertura 2015
Veracruz †	1	1	Invierno 2001
Toros Neza ††††	1	1	Clausura 2013
Indios ††††	1	1	Apertura 2007
Tigrillos UANL ††††	1	1	Verano 1998
BUAP †	1	1	Clausura 2017
UdeG	1	1	Apertura 2013
Atlético San Luis	1	1	Apertura 2018
Venados	1	0	Clausura 2009
Tecos ††	1	0	Clausura 2013
Gallos Hidrocálidos de Aguascalientes ††††	1	0	Invierno 2000
Unión de Curtidores ††††	1	0	Verano 1999
Yucatán ††††	1	0	Invierno 1998
Atlético Celaya ††††	1	0	1994-1995
Oaxaca	1	0	Apertura 2017
Tapachula	1	0	Clausura 2018
Cruz Azul Hidalgo ††	0	3
Zacatepec	0	2
Atlante	0	2
Tepic ††	0	1
Salamanca †††	0	1
Atlético Hidalgo ††††	0	1
Atlético Mexiquense ††††	0	1
Chivas Tijuana ††††	0	1
Cobras ††††	0	1
Gallos Blancos de Hermosillo ††††	0	1
Real Sociedad de Zacatecas ††††	0	1
Tapatío ††††	0	1

† 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*
Atlante	Televisa	—	Friday	8:00 PM
Atlético San Luis	Televisa	—	Friday	8:00 PM
Celaya	TV CUATRO	—	Saturday	7:00 PM
Juárez	ESPN	ESPN Deportes	Saturday	8:00 PM
Oaxaca	Televisa	—	Saturday	7:00 PM
Sinaloa	ESPN	ESPN Deportes	Saturday	9:00 PM
Sonora	TVC Deportes / Telemax	—	Friday	9:36 PM
Tampico Madero	Fox Sports	Fox Deportes	Friday	9:00 PM
Tapachula	TVC Deportes / BARAL TV	GOL TV	Saturday	7:00 PM
UAEM	TVC Deportes	—	Friday	7:00 PM
UAT	Televisa	—	Friday	8:00 PM
UdeG	TVC Deportes / Canal 44	—	Sunday	12:00 PM
Venados	Claro / BARAL TV	GOL TV	Friday	8:30 PM
Zacatecas	Fox Sports / Claro	—	Saturday	4:00 PM
Zacatepec	Televisa	GOL TV	Saturday	5:00 PM

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   ^ 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
	Jorge Dávalos	UdeG	25 May 2017	7002611000000000000♠1 year, 246 days
	Andrés Carevic	Zacatecas	30 November 2017	7002422000000000000♠1 year, 57 days
	Alfonso Sosa	Atlético San Luis	19 February 2018	7002341000000000000♠341 days
	Juan Carlos Chávez	UAT	21 May 2018	7002250000000000000♠250 days
	Gabriel Caballero	Juárez	4 June 2018	7002236000000000000♠236 days
	Gabriel Pereyra	Atlante	5 June 2018	7002235000000000000♠235 days
	Miguel de Jesús Fuentes	Tampico Madero	6 September 2018	7002142000000000000♠142 days
	Diego Armando Maradona	Sinaloa	10 September 2018	7002138000000000000♠138 days
	Ricardo Valiño	Zacatepec	3 October 2018	7002115000000000000♠115 days
	David Rangel	UAEM	23 October 2018	7001950000000000000♠95 days
	Sergio Orduña	Venados	3 December 2018	7001540000000000000♠54 days
	Alex Diego	Oaxaca	3 December 2018	7001540000000000000♠54 days
	Luis Fernando Soto	Tapachula	4 December 2018	7001530000000000000♠53 days
	Isaac Morales	Sonora	16 December 2018	7001410000000000000♠41 days
	José Islas	Celaya	27 December 2018	7001300000000000000♠30 days

Promotion and relegation

Relegation and Promotion by Club Club Promotions Relegations Zacatepec 5 (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*) La Piedad †† 3 (1951–52, 2000–01, 2012–13*) Tampico Madero 3 (1958–59, 1964–65, 1972–73) Necaxa† 2 (2009–10, 2015–16) Sinaloa 2 (2003–04, 2014–15) UdeG 2 (1973–74, 2013–14) Veracruz † 2 (1963–64, 2001–02*) Zamora †† 2 (1954–55, 1956–57) Atlante 2 (1976–77, 1990–91) Monterrey † 2 (1955–56, 1959–60) Morelia † 2 (1956–57, 1980–81) UANL † 2 (1973–74, 1996–97) León † 2 (1989–90, 2011–12) Toros Neza †††† 2 (1988–89, 1992–93) Cobras †††† 2 (PRODE 1985, 1987–88) Atlético Celaya †††† 2 (1957–58, 1994–95) Ciudad Madero †††† 2 (1964–65, 1972–73) Atlas † 2 (1954–55, 1971–72) Atlético Potosino †††† 1 (1973–74) UAT 1 (1986–87) Indios de Ciudad Juárez †††† 1 (2007–08) UAG †† 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) BUAP † 1 (2016–17) Tapachula 1 (2017–18*) Murciélagos 1 (2017–18) UdeC †† 1 (2016–17) Pumas Morelos †††† 1 (2012–13) 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:

• 1976–77: Tampico Madero bought San Luis's spot in first division


• 1977–78: Deportivo Neza is bought Laguna and took its spot.


• 1981–82: Tampico Madero bought Atletas Campesinos and took over its spot


• 1983–84: Ángeles de Puebla bought Oaxtepec and took over its spot


• 1988–89: Tiburones Rojos de Veracruz bought Potros Neza and took over its spot


• 1992–93: U.T. Neza changes its name to Toros Neza


• 1998–99: Puebla bought U.D Curtidores and took over its spot


• 1999–00: Irapuato gained automatic promotion as they won both tournaments.


• 2001–02: Veracruz gained automatic promotion due to expansion in first division


• 2012–13: Veracruz bought La Piedad's spot in first division


• 2013–14: Zacatepec bought Cruz Azul Hidalgo's spot in Ascenso MX.


• 2017–18: Tapachula were not certified to be promoted to Liga MX.

Top scorers

Year	Name	Team	Goals
1994-95	Marco de Almeida	Marte	15
1995-96	Lorenzo Sáez	Pachuca	30
Invierno 96	Nílson Esidio Mora	UANL	11
Verano 97	Ángel Lemus Carlos Pavón	Irapuato UAT	12
Invierno 97	Niver Arboleda	Zacatepec	17
Verano 98	Daniel Fasciolli Carlos Morales Valtencir Gomes	UAT Pachuca Tigrillos UANL	12
Invierno 98	Cristián Ariel Morales	Irapuato	19
Verano 99	Ángel Lemus	San Luis	16
Invierno 99	Cristián Ariel Morales	Irapuato	17
Verano 2000	Carlos Muñoz Emmanuel Sacramento	BUAP	15
Invierno 2000	Christian Patiño	La Piedad	16
Verano 01	Héctor Giménez	Aguascalientes	16
Invierno 01	Héctor Álvarez	Tampico-Madero	16
Verano 02	Ariel González	Querétaro	15
Apertura 02	Héctor Álvarez	Zacatepec	23
Clausura 03	Héctor Álvarez	Zacatepec	16
Apertura 03	Héctor Álvarez	León	17
Clausura 04	Mauro Gerk Francisco Bravo	Celaya Zacatepec	18
Apertura 04	Ariel González	San Luis	16
Clausura 05	Rubén Darío Gigena	Cruz Azul Hidalgo	17
Apertura 05	Mauricio Romero	Sonora	16
Clausura 06	Diego Olsina	Coatzacoalcos	15
Apertura 06	Álvaro González	Puebla	14
Clausura 07	Álvaro González	Puebla	16
Apertura 07	Mauricio Romero	León	14
Clausura 08	Freddy Bareiro	León	17
Apertura 08	Mauro Gerk Raúl Enríquez	Querétaro Tijuana	14
Clausura 09	Sebastián Maz	Sinaloa	15
Apertura 09	Ariel González	Irapuato	11
Bicentenario 2010	Ariel González Carlos Casartelli	Irapuato León	11
Apertura 10	Eder Pacheco	Durango	13
Clausura 2011	Blas Pérez	León	14
Apertura 11	Nicolás Saucedo	UAT	11
Clausura 2012	Sebastián Maz	León	13
Apertura 12	Víctor Lojero Rodrigo Prieto	Necaxa Neza	11
Clausura 2013	Víctor Lojero	Necaxa	12
Apertura 2013	Gustavo Ramírez	Oaxaca	11
Clausura 2014	Roberto Nurse	UAT	12
Apertura 2014	Diego Jiménez Giancarlo Maldonado	BUAP Atlante	10
Clausura 2015	Roberto Nurse Leandro Carrijó	Sinaloa Atlético San Luis	10
Apertura 2015	Carlos Garcés	Atlante	10
Clausura 2016	Ismael Valadéz	Tapachula	10
Apertura 2016	Roberto Nurse	Zacatecas	16
Clausura 2017	Diego Jiménez	BUAP	10
Apertura 2017	Luis Madrigal	Oaxaca	12
Clausura 2018	Guillermo Martínez	Zacatecas	11
Apertura 2018	Nicolás Ibáñez Roberto Nurse	Atlético San Luis Zacatecas	8

References

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External links

• Official website

v t e Ascenso MX seasons
Primera A	1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 Clausura 2008 2008–09 Clausura 2009
Liga de Ascenso	2009–10 Bicentenario 2010 2010–11 2011–12
Ascenso MX	2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19

v t e Ascenso MX 2018–19 teams
Atlante Atlético San Luis Celaya Juárez Oaxaca Sinaloa Sonora Tampico Madero Tapachula UAEM UAT UdeG Venados Zacatecas Zacatepec

v t e Football in Mexico
Federación Mexicana de Fútbol Asociación League system Venues Champions Clubs International competitions
National teams	Men National team Olympic (U-23) U-21 U-20 U-17 U-15 Futsal Beach soccer Women National team U-20 U-17
League system	Men Liga MX Ascenso MX Liga Premier Tercera División Women Liga MX Femenil Liga Mexicana de Fútbol Femenil
Domestic cups	Men Copa MX Supercopa MX Campeón de Campeones Pre Libertadores Cup (defunct) InterLiga (defunct) International 1985 Ciudad de México Cup Tournament 1985 Azteca 2000 Tournament
Awards	Balón de Oro Top scorers
Lists	El Clásico Clásico Regiomontano
Men's players Women's players Expatriate players Managers Referees Seasons

v t e Second level association football leagues of North America, Central America, and the Caribbean (CONCACAF)
North America	Mexico United States1
Central America	Belize Costa Rica El Salvador Guatemala Honduras Nicaragua Panama
Caribbean	Anguilla Antigua and Barbuda Aruba Bahamas Grand Bahama New Providence Barbados Bermuda2 British Virgin Islands Cayman Islands Cuba Curaçao Dominica Dominican Republic French Guiana3 4 Grenada Guadeloupe4 Guyana3 Haiti Jamaica Eastern Kingston–St. Andrews South Central Western Martinique4 Montserrat Puerto Rico Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Martin4 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Sint Maarten4 Suriname3 Trinidad and Tobago Turks and Caicos Islands United States Virgin Islands St. Croix St. Thomas
1: One Canadian club plays in the United States second league. 2: North American member but affiliated to CFU. 3: South American member but affiliated to CONCACAF and to CFU. 4:Full CONCACAF member, but not affiliated to FIFA.

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