The 2016–17 Ascenso MX season is a two-part competition: Apertura 2016 began on 15 July 2016 and Clausura 2017.

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is the second-tier

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league of

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. All Ascenso MX teams except UAEM, U. de C.,

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, Correcaminos,

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and

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, will participate in

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. The fixtures were announced on 9 June 2016.

Changes from the previous season

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were promoted to

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. *

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were relegated from

. * U. de C. will join from Segunda División de México (due to stadium requirements failed in 2015, approved in 2016). * UAEM were promoted from Segunda División de México *

were promoted to Ascenso MX as an expansion team, will take the open spot vacated by

Atlético San Luis Club Atlético de San Luis is a Mexican professional football club based in San Luis Potosí. It competes in the Liga MX, the top division of Mexican football. Founded in 2013, replacing the defunct club of the city ( San Luis FC) after its re ...

. *

were dissolved and may return to play next season.

Stadiums and Locations

Personnel and kits

Managerial changes

Apertura 2016

Results

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

Players sorted first by goals scored, then by last name. Source
ESPN FC

Hat-tricks

Liguilla (Playoffs)

The eight best teams play two games against each other on a home-and-away basis. The winner of each match up is determined by

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. If the teams are tied, the

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applies. The higher seeded teams play on their home field during the second leg. * If the two teams are tied after both legs, the away goals rule applies. If both teams still tied, higher seeded team advances. * Teams are re-seeded every round. * The winner will qualify to the playoff match vs (Clausura 2017 Champions) . However, if the winner is the same in both tournaments, they would be the team promoted to the 2017–18

season without playing the Promotional Final

Quarterfinals

=First leg

=Second leg

Semifinals

=First leg

=Second leg

Final

=First leg

=Second leg

Clausura 2017

Regular season

Standings

Positions by round

Results

Regular season statistics

Top goalscorers

Players sorted first by goals scored, then by last name. Source
AscensoMX.net

Hat-tricks

Liguilla (Playoffs)

The eight best teams play two games against each other on a home-and-away basis. The winner of each match up is determined by

. If the teams are tied, the

applies. The higher seeded teams play on their home field during the second leg. * 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 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 team that ...

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. * The champion qualifies to the Promotion Final against Apertura 2016 champion

Quarterfinals

''All times are UTC−6.''

=First leg

=Second leg

Semifinals

''All times are UTC−6.''

=First leg

=Second leg

Final

''All times are UTC−6.''

=First leg

=Second leg

Campeón de Ascenso 2017

The Promotion Final is a two-legged playoff between the winners of the Apertura and Clausura tournaments to determine which team will be promoted to

. The Apertura 2016 champion was

and the Clausura 2017 champion was

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. Since

are higher ranked on the aggregate table for the 2016–17 season than

, they will play the second leg at home. ''All times are UTC−6.''

First leg

Second leg

Aggregate table

The Aggregate Table is the general ranking for the 2016-17 season. This table is a sum of the Apertura and Clausura tournaments.

Relegation table

Relegation to Liga Premier de Ascenso was reinstated this year to Ascenso MX. The relegated team will be the one with the lowest ratio of points to matches played in the following tournaments: Apertura 2014, Clausura 2015, Apertura 2015, Clausura 2016, Apertura 2016 and Clausura 2017. ''Last update: 15 April 2017''AscensoMX.net
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R = Relegated

References

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