The 2015–16
Liga MX
The Liga MX, officially known as the Liga BBVA MX for sponsorship reasons, is the top professional football division in Mexico, holding 2 tournaments per year.
The league is considered the strongest in North America, and among the strongest in a ...
season (known as the Liga BBVA Bancomer MX for sponsorship reasons) was the 69th professional season of the top-flight football league in
Mexico
Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema ...
. The season was split into two championships—the
Torneo Apertura and the
Torneo Clausura—each in an identical format and each contested by the same eighteen teams.
Teams, stadiums, and personnel
The following eighteen teams competed this season.
Universidad de Guadalajara
The University of Guadalajara ( es, Universidad de Guadalajara) is a public higher education institution in the Mexican city of Guadalajara. The university has several high schools as well as graduate and undergraduate campuses, which are dis ...
was relegated to the
Ascenso MX
Ascenso MX was the second tier of professional football in Mexico of the Mexican football league system. The champion of the competition was promoted to Liga MX (top-flight tier). The bottom team was relegated to Liga Premier (the third tier). ...
after accumulating the lowest coefficient last season. Leones Negros were replaced by the
2015 Clausura Ascenso MX champion
Dorados de Sinaloa
Dorados de Sinaloa, or Dorados, is a Mexican professional football club based on Culiacán, Sinaloa, Mexico.
History
Dorados de Sinaloa was founded on August 9, 2003. The Dorados was the youngest team to play on First Division de México, hav ...
, who won promotion after defeating the Apertura 2014 winner
Necaxa in a promotion play-off.
Stadiums and locations
Stadium Changes
Personnel and kits
Managerial changes
Torneo Apertura
The Apertura 2015 is the first championship of the season. The regular season will begin on July 24, 2015.
Santos Laguna
Club Santos Laguna S.A. de C.V. (), commonly known as Santos Laguna or Santos, is a Mexican professional football club that competes in the Liga MX. It is located in northern Mexico and represents the urban area of La Comarca Lagunera, made up o ...
are the defending champions, having won their 5th Title.
Regular season
Standings
Results
Season statistics
Top goalscorers
Players sorted first by goals scored, then by last name.
Source
Liga MX.net
Top assists
Players sorted first by assists, then by last name.
Source
ESPN FC
Hat-tricks
4 Player scored four goals
Attendance
The Average overall attendance for the Apertura 2015 is 24,768.
Per team
Source
LigaMX.net
Highest and lowest
Source
LigaMX.net
Liguilla - Apertura
Bracket
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Teams are re-seeded each round.
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Team with more goals on aggregate after two matches advances.
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Away goals rule
The away goals rule is a method of tiebreaker, tiebreaking in association football and other sports when teams play each other twice, once at each team's home ground. Under the away goals rule, if the total goals scored by each team are equal, the ...
is applied in the quarterfinals and semifinals, but not the final.
*
In the quarterfinals and semifinals, if the two teams are tied on aggregate and away goals, the higher seeded team advances.
*
In the final, if the two teams are tied after both legs, the match goes to extra-time and, if necessary, a shootout.
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Both finalists qualify to the 2016–17 CONCACAF Champions League (in Pot 3).
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Finals
Torneo Clausura
The Clausura 2016 is the second championship of the season. The regular phase of the tournament began on January 8, 2016.
Regular season
Standings
Positions by round
The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included in the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for matchday 13, but then postponed and played between days 16 and 17, it will be added to the standings for day 16.
Results
Regular season statistics
Top goalscorers
Players sorted first by goals scored, then by last name.
Source
ESPN FC
Top assists
Players sorted first by assists, then by last name.
Source
ESPN FC
Hat-tricks
Clean sheets
Source
Fox Soccer
Saves
Fox Soccer
Attendance
Liguilla - Clausura
Bracket
*
Teams are re-seeded each round.
*
Team with more goals on aggregate after two matches advances.
*
Away goals rule
The away goals rule is a method of tiebreaker, tiebreaking in association football and other sports when teams play each other twice, once at each team's home ground. Under the away goals rule, if the total goals scored by each team are equal, the ...
is applied in the quarterfinals and semifinals, but not the final.
*
In the quarterfinals and semifinals, if the two teams are tied on aggregate and away goals, the higher seeded team advances.
*
In the final, if the two teams are tied after both legs, the match goes to extra-time and, if necessary, a shootout.
*
Both finalists qualify to the 2016–17 CONCACAF Champions League (in Pot 3).
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Final
Relegation table
''Last update: 8 May 2016''LigaMX.net - Estadística - Tabla General de Cociente
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R = Relegated
Aggregate table
The Aggregate table (the sum of points of both the Apertura and Clausura tournaments) is used to determine the participants of the next season's
Copa MX
The Copa MX (formerly called Copa Tower Monterrey, Copa Eliminatoria, Copa México and Copa Corona MX (for sponsorship reasons)) was a Mexican football cup competition that was established in 1907. After a lengthy hiatus that began in 1997, it wa ...
.
References
External links
Official website of Liga MX Mediotiempo.com
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