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of the Mexican football league system. The champion of the competition was promoted to

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(top-flight tier). The bottom team was relegated to

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(the third tier). It was sponsored by

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through its Mexican subsidiary

, and was officially known as Ascenso BBVA MX. Formerly known as Primera División A (First Division A) the league rebranded in 2009 its name and competition format to Liga de Ascenso. It was rebranded in 2012 as Ascenso MX. The major changes: clubs do not need a FMF certification to be promoted and that the competition no longer used group stages. Ascenso MX was replaced by

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on April 17, 2020.

History

In 1994, to create a premier league, the

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upgraded the

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to "Primera División A" (First Division A) to bring closer the level of play in the two tiers, Primera and Primera A. The project was under the direction of José Antonio García Rodríguez, then president of the then top-tier Primera Division. 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 a desire to join). FIFA declined the integration but established a new league with the best

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sides. The inaugural 1994-95 season began with 15 teams:

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, Inter Tijuana,

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, San Luis, and Zacatepec. Cobras de Ciudad Juárez declined to participate due to financial problems. In 2006, the number of teams increased from 20 to 24, and geographically separated into two groups for preliminary competition (A and B). In 2009, the major changes were: the name change from Primera División to Liga de Ascenso. The league was reduced to 17 teams and the groups were eliminated. Apertura 2010 had 18 teams participating. In 2012 the league was rebranded as Ascenso MX. In

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was the 16th team of Ascenso MX. Alebrijes was partly formed by consolidating Segunda División side Tecamachalco which had won promotion to Ascenso MX in 2012, but did not fulfill infrastructural requirements set by the Mexican Football Federation. In August 2013, Club Zacatepec was promoted to Ascenso MX in place of relegated

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. In Ascenso MX editions 2011–2016, no team was relegated to Segunda División de México Liga Premier de Ascenso. On June 6, 2016, returned to relegation to the Segunda División de México Liga Premier de Ascenso for the 2016–17 season.

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and Murciélagos F.C. were relegated in the next two seasons. In 2018–19 season, Tampico Madero F.C. finished last in the relegation table, but remained in Ascenso MX after paying a bail.

2020 abolition

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are also at risk.

Clubs

The 2019–20 season had 14 clubs competing.Die 18 Mannschaften in der Liga de Ascenso 2010/11
(Spanish; retrieved on May 27, 2010) However, the Clausura 2020 tournament had only 12 teams competing after the dissolution of

Potros UAEM Club de Fútbol Potros de la Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México was a Mexican Association football, football team. They were nicknamed Potros (Broncos). Their uniform color was white and green, wearing a white and green vertical stripe s ...

and

Champions

† Teams currently in the

†† Teams currently in the

††† Teams currently in the Amateur Levels
†††† Defunct teams

Sponsorship

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was the league's sponsor, and used the brand name Ascenso BBVA MX. The official match ball is manufactured by

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Promotion and relegation

† Teams currently in the

†† Teams currently in the

††† Teams currently in the Amateur Levels
†††† Defunct teams Notes: *1976–77: Tampico Madero bought San Luis's spot in first division *1977–78:

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is bought Laguna and took its spot. *1981–82: Tampico Madero bought

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and took over its spot *1983–84:

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bought

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and took over its spot *1988–89:

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bought

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 ...

and took over its spot *1992–93: U.T. Neza changes its name to

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*1998–99:

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bought U.D Curtidores and took over its spot *1999–00:

gained automatic promotion as they won both tournaments. *2001–02:

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gained automatic promotion due to expansion in first division *2009-10: Necaxa gained automatic promotion as they won both tournaments. *2012–13:

bought

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's spot in first division *2013–14: Zacatepec bought

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's spot in Ascenso MX. *2017–18:

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were not certified to be promoted to Liga MX.

Top scorers

References

External links

Official website
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