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''(Méxican First A Division)'' is a Mexican football tournament. This season was composed of Apertura 2005 and Clausura 2006. Querétaro was the winner of the promotion to First Division after winning Puebla in the promotion playoff.

Changes for the 2005–06 season

*Chivas La Piedad relocated to

Tepic Tepic () is the capital and largest city of the western Mexican state of Nayarit, as well as the seat of the Tepic Municipality. Located in the central part of the state, it stands at an altitude of above sea level, on the banks of the Rí ...

and renamed to Chivas Coras. *

Celaya Celaya (; ) is a city and its surrounding municipality in the state of Guanajuato, Mexico, located in the southeast quadrant of the state. It is the third most populous city in the state, with a 2005 census population of 310,413. The municipality ...

relocated to

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and renamed Petroleros de Salamanca. * Mérida F.C. was acquired by new owners, for that reason the team was moved to

Irapuato Irapuato is a Mexican city (and municipality) located at the foot of the Arandas Hill (in Spanish: ''Cerro de Arandas''), in the central region of the state of Guanajuato. It lies between the Silao River and the Guanajuato River, a tributary of ...

and renamed

Club Irapuato Club Deportivo Irapuato is a professional football club, based in Irapuato, Guanajuato, Mexico. They are currently playing in the Serie A in the Liga Premier. Irapuato has mostly played in the Promotion League of Mexico (formerly Primera Divi ...

. *

Pachuca Juniors Club de Fútbol Pachuca Reserves and Academy are the under-20, under-17 and under-15 teams of Mexican Liga MX Pachuca. History Pachuca Juniors played its single season at Primera División A in 2004-05 season. After the season the club license ...

relocated to Ciudad Juárez and renamed Indios. *Pioneros de Obregón relocated to

Tijuana Tijuana ( ,"Tijuana"
(US) and < ...

and renamed Dorados de Tijuana. *

Potros Neza Neza Fútbol Club, also known as ''Toros Neza'' is a Mexican football team based in the city of Nezahualcóyotl. They play in the Liga de Balompié Mexicano. The club returned for the Clausura 2011 Liga de Ascenso tournament, taking the place ...

was relocated to

Tampico Tampico is a city and port in the southeastern part of the state of Tamaulipas, Mexico. It is located on the north bank of the Pánuco River, about inland from the Gulf of Mexico, and directly north of the state of Veracruz. Tampico is the fifth ...

and renamed Tampico Madero. *

Académicos de Atlas Académicos de Atlas was a reserve team of Atlas, in 2005-06 season known as Coyotes de Sonora. History In 2004–05 Segunda División de México season, Académicos won the opening and closing champion of group Liguilla de Ascenso and promoted ...

was promoted from

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, the club was renamed Coyotes de Sonora and re-located to

Hermosillo Hermosillo (), formerly called Pitic (as in ''Santísima Trinidad del Pitic'' and ''Presidio del Pitic''), is a city located in the center of the northwestern Mexican state of Sonora. It is the municipal seat of the Hermosillo municipality, the ...

, Sonora. *Huracanes de Colima was bought by

Televisa Grupo Televisa is a Mexican multimedia mass media company. A major Latin American mass media corporation, it often presents itself as the largest producer of Spanish-language content. In April 2021, Televisa and Univision Communications announce ...

, the team relocated to

Playa del Carmen Playa del Carmen, known colloquially as 'Playa', is a resort city located along the Caribbean Sea in the state of Quintana Roo, Mexico. It is part of the municipality of Solidaridad. As of 2020, the city's population was just over 300,000 peopl ...

and renamed to Águilas Riviera Maya. At the end of the Apertura tournament, the team was relocated to Zacatepec as a result of

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impact. From the Clausura tournament, the team was renamed as Club Zacatepec. * Rayados A and Tigres Mochis new teams.

Stadiums and locations

Clausura 2006 new team

Apertura 2005

Group league tables

Group 1

Group 2

Group 3

Group 4

General league table

Results

Reclasification series

First leg

Second leg

Liguilla

*(p.t.) The team was classified by its position in the general table

Quarter-finals

=First leg

=Second leg

Semi-finals

=First leg

=Second leg

Final

=First leg

=Second leg

Clausura 2006

Group league tables

Group 1

Group 2

Group 3

Group 4

General league table

Results

Reclasification series

First leg

Second leg

Liguilla

*(p.t.) The team was classified by its position in the general table

Quarter-finals

=First leg

=Second leg

Semi-finals

=First leg

=Second leg

Final

=First leg

=Second leg

Relegation table

Promotion final

The Promotion Final faced Puebla against Querétaro to determine the winner of the First Division Promotion. Querétaro was the winner.

First leg

Second leg

References

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Ascenso MX seasons