2016–17 Liga MX season

Liga MX
Season 2016–17
Matches played 153
Goals scored 431 (2.82 per match)
Top goalscorer Apertura:
Dayro Moreno
Mauro Boselli
(12 goals)
Biggest home win Apertura:
Tigres 5–0 UNAM
(November 27, 2016)
Biggest away win Apertura:
Morelia 1–5 Pachuca
(September 20, 2016)
Highest scoring Apertura:
UNAM 5–3 Monterrey
(August 21, 2016)
Cruz Azul 5–3 Veracruz
(October 1, 2016)
Longest winning run Apertura: 3
Guadalajara
León
Necaxa
Pachuca
Tijuana
Toluca
UANL
Longest unbeaten run Apertura: 11
UANL
Longest winless run Apertura: 13
Chiapas
Longest losing run Apertura: 8
Veracruz
Highest attendance Apertura: 61,561
América 0-3 Guadalajara
(August 27, 2016)
Lowest attendance Apertura: 8,672
Chiapas 1–2 Querétaro
(October 29, 2016)
Total attendance Apertura: 4,069,808
Average attendance Apertura: 26,600
2017–18 →

Stats are from the regular season only
Source: ESPN FC

The 2016–17 Liga MX season is the 70th professional season of the top-flight football league in Mexico. The season is split into two championships—the Torneo Apertura and the Torneo Clausura—each in an identical format and each contested by the same eighteen teams. The fixtures were announced on 9 June 2016.[1]

Teams, stadiums, and personnel

The following eighteen teams are competing this season. Sinaloa was relegated to the Ascenso MX after accumulating the lowest coefficient last season. Sinaloa will be replaced by the 2016 Clausura Ascenso MX champion Necaxa, who won promotion after defeating the Apertura 2015 winner Juárez in a promotion play-off.

Stadiums and locations

América Atlas Chiapas Cruz Azul Guadalajara León
Estadio Azteca Estadio Jalisco Estadio Víctor Manuel Reyna Estadio Azul Estadio Chivas Estadio León
Capacity: 87,000 Capacity: 54,963 Capacity: 24,290 Capacity: 34,253 Capacity: 46,232 Capacity: 31,297
Monterrey Morelia Necaxa Pachuca Puebla Querétaro
Estadio BBVA Bancomer Estadio Morelos Estadio Victoria Estadio Hidalgo Estadio Cuauhtémoc Estadio Corregidora
Capacity: 51,348 Capacity: 34,170 Capacity: 23,851 Capacity: 25,922 Capacity: 47,417 Capacity: 34,107
Santos Laguna Tijuana Toluca UANL UNAM Veracruz
Estadio Corona Estadio Caliente Estadio Nemesio Díez Estadio Universitario Estadio Olímpico Universitario Estadio Luis "Pirata" Fuente
Capacity: 29,237 Capacity: 25,439 Capacity: 18,651 Capacity: 40,607 Capacity: 58,155 Capacity: 28,703

Stadium Changes

Toluca (Apertura 2016)
Estadio Universitario Alberto "Chivo" Córdoba
Capacity: 32,603

Personnel and kits

Team Chairman Head Coach Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor(s)
América Ricardo Peláez Argentina Ricardo La Volpe Argentina Rubens Sambueza Nike Huawei
Atlas Gustavo Guzmán Mexico José Guadalupe Cruz Mexico Rafael Márquez Puma Wibe
Chiapas Carlos López Chargoy Mexico Sergio Bueno Uruguay Egidio Arévalo Ríos Charly Compartamos Banco
Cruz Azul Guillermo Álvarez Cuevas Spain Paco Jémez Mexico José de Jesús Corona Under Armour Cemento Cruz Azul
Guadalajara Jorge Vergara Argentina Matías Almeyda Mexico Carlos Salcido Puma
León Jesús Martínez Murguia Argentina Javier Torrente Argentina Mauro Boselli Pirma B Hermanos
Monterrey Duilio Davino Argentina Antonio Mohamed Argentina José María Basanta Puma Hagámoslo Bien
Morelia Álvaro Dávila Argentina Pablo Marini Mexico Juan Pablo Rodríguez Pirma Caliente
Necaxa Ernesto Tinajero Mexico Alfonso Sosa Chile Marcos González Umbro Cavall Sport
Pachuca Jesús Martínez Patiño Uruguay Diego Alonso Mexico Erick Gutiérrez Nike Cementos Fortaleza
Puebla Carlos López Domínguez Argentina Ricardo Valiño Argentina Matías Alustiza Charly Caliente
Querétaro Joaquín Beltrán Mexico Víctor Manuel Vucetich Argentina Miguel Martínez Puma Banco Multiva
Santos Laguna Alejandro Irarragorri Mexico José Manuel de la Torre Argentina Carlos Izquierdoz Puma Soriana
Tijuana Jorge Hank Inzunsa Mexico Miguel Herrera Mexico Juan Carlos Núñez Adidas Caliente
Toluca Valentín Díez Morodo Argentina Hernán Cristante Paraguay Paulo da Silva Under Armour Banamex
UANL Alejandro Rodríguez Michelsen Brazil Ricardo Ferretti Brazil Juninho Adidas Cemex
UNAM Rodrigo Ares de Parga Mexico Francisco Palencia Mexico Luis Fuentes Nike Banamex
Veracruz Fidel Kuri Mustieles Chile Carlos Reinoso Mexico Leobardo López Charly Electrolit

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of
departure
Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment Position
in table
Pre-Apertura changes
UNAM Mexico Guillermo Vázquez Sacked May 26, 2016 Mexico Juan Francisco Palencia May 30, 2015 Preseason
Apertura changes
Pre-Clausura changes
Clausura changes

Torneo Apertura

The Apertura 2016 is the first championship of the season. The regular season began on July 15, 2016 and will end on December 11, 2016.[2] Pachuca are the defending champions, having won their 6th title.

Regular season

Standings

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Tijuana (A) 17 10 3 4 25 13+12 33 Advance to Liguilla 1
2 Pachuca (A) 17 9 4 4 36 21+15 31
3 UANL (A) 17 8 6 3 22 13+9 30
4 Guadalajara (A) 17 8 4 5 21 17+4 28
5 América (A) 17 7 7 3 29 26+3 28
6 UNAM (A) 17 8 3 6 28 22+6 27
7 Necaxa (A) 17 6 8 3 24 18+6 26
8 León (A) 17 7 5 5 25 250 26
9 Monterrey 17 6 7 4 30 21+9 25
10 Toluca 17 6 6 5 22 21+1 24
11 Querétaro 17 5 5 7 20 244 20
12 Puebla 17 5 5 7 25 305 20
13 Morelia 17 5 5 7 28 346 20 Team is last in relegation table
14 Cruz Azul 17 4 7 6 25 23+2 19
15 Atlas 17 4 7 6 21 254 19
16 Santos Laguna 17 4 4 9 19 3011 16
17 Veracruz 17 3 3 11 22 3816 12
18 Chiapas 17 2 3 12 9 3021 9

Updated to games played on 20 November 2016.
Source: LigaMX.net
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results between tied teams; 5) Number of goals scored away; 6) Highest relegation coefficient; 7) Fair Play points
1 The first 8 places in the table qualify for the Playoffs.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

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.

Team / Round 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17
Tijuana 4 6 4 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Pachuca 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 6 4 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2
UANL 11 11 6 4 4 3 3 2 1 1 2 2 3 3 3 3 3
Guadalajara 14 8 13 12 10 10 7 4 6 8 7 5 4 4 4 4 4
América 2 2 5 3 3 4 5 5 7 6 4 6 5 5 5 5 5
UNAM 5 5 3 6 9 6 6 3 5 4 6 4 6 9 6 7 6
Necaxa 13 12 15 14 16 15 14 10 11 11 12 8 8 6 7 6 7
León 18 17 18 18 18 17 18 16 14 15 15 12 9 8 8 9 8
Monterrey 8 13 14 8 6 9 10 8 13 9 11 13 10 11 11 10 9
Toluca 7 14 16 11 12 13 13 9 8 5 5 7 7 7 9 8 10
Querétaro 3 3 2 5 5 7 11 13 9 12 14 15 15 15 14 15 11
Puebla 6 4 9 9 11 12 9 12 15 10 8 9 13 10 10 11 12
Morelia 17 15 8 7 7 5 4 7 3 7 9 11 14 14 12 12 13
Cruz Azul 10 10 10 13 13 11 12 15 10 13 13 10 12 13 15 13 14
Atlas 9 9 7 10 8 8 8 11 12 14 10 14 11 12 13 14 15
Santos Laguna 12 16 17 17 17 18 16 17 17 17 17 17 17 16 16 16 16
Veracruz 16 7 11 15 14 14 15 14 16 16 16 16 16 17 17 17 17
Chiapas 15 18 12 16 15 16 17 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18

Last updated: 20 November 2016
Source: Liga MX

Leader and qualification to playoffs
Qualification to playoffs

Results

Home ╲ Away AMÉ ATL CHICRUGUALEÓMONMORNECPACPUEQUESLATIJTOLUNLUNMVER
América 20 03 02 11 31 10 31 03 21
Atlas 11 11 31 00 32 21 11 10
Chiapas 10 03 14 22 02 03 12 10 11
Cruz Azul 34 23 21 12 31 12 01 00 42
Guadalajara 22 20 32 10 21 12 00 01
León 41 00 11 03 31 00 21 32
Monterrey 11 11 21 11 52 00 11 40
Morelia 32 32 11 12 21 15 23 22 02
Necaxa 11 00 31 21 11 31 22 32
Pachuca 33 32 51 11 10 20 30 22 30
Puebla 22 02 22 11 00 32 02 03 32
Querétaro 11 00 10 12 21 11 23 20
Santos Laguna 22 20 01 24 12 00 31
Tijuana 10 20 40 20 20 21 01 10
Toluca 21 11 22 20 01 00 21
UANL 00 10 00 11 02 42 21 12 11
UNAM 20 10 10 10 53 11 41 13
Veracruz 24 01 23 13 10 20 21 22 14

Updated to games played on 19 November 2016.
Source: Liga MX
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Hat-tricks

Player For Against Result Date
Mexico Oribe Peralta América Toluca 3–1 23 July 2016
Peru Raúl Ruidíaz MoreliaSantos Laguna4–2 31 July 2016
Argentina Rogelio Funes Mori MonterreyLeón3–0 6 August 2016
Uruguay Matías Britos UNAMMonterrey5–3 21 August 2016
Uruguay Álvaro Navarro PueblaMorelia3–2 24 September 2016
France André-Pierre Gignac Tigres UANLPumas UNAM5-0 27 November 2016

Clean sheets

Rank Player Club Clean sheets Avg.
1 Argentina Nahuel Guzmán UANL 11 0.75
2 Argentina Federico Vilar Tijuana 8 0.94
3 Mexico Rodolfo Cota Guadalajara 7 1.00
4 Mexico Alejandro Palacios UNAM 6 1.52
- Mexico Óscar Pérez Pachuca 6 1.22
6 Mexico José de Jesús Corona Cruz Azul 5 1.35
- Argentina Marcelo Barovero Necaxa 5 0.95
8 Brazil Tiago Volpi Querétaro 4 1.43
- United States William Yarbrough León 4 1.45
10 Argentina Agustín Marchesín Santos Laguna 3 1.68
- Argentina Óscar Ustari Atlas 3 1.31
- Mexico Moisés Muñoz América 3 1.33

Source: Fox Soccer

Saves

Rank Player Club Saves
1 Argentina Marcelo Barovero Necaxa 83
2 Mexico Carlos Felipe Rodríguez Morelia 75
3 Argentina Cristian Campestrini Puebla 73
4 Argentina Federico Vilar Tijuana 72
5 Peru Pedro Gallese Veracruz 68
6 United States William Yarbrough León 66
7 Mexico Óscar Pérez Pachuca 60
8 Mexico Alejandro Palacios UNAM 59
- Argentina Óscar Ustari Atlas 59
- Mexico José de Jesús Corona Cruz Azul 59

Source: Fox Soccer

Attendance

The Average overall attendance for the Apertura 2016 is .

Per team

Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 Monterrey 387,139 51,468 40,966 48,392 -0.969721259242933.0%
2 UANL 372,850 41,563 41,203 41,428 0.0012567672080432+0.1%
3 América 352,734 61,561 23,656 39,193 -0.960871803672563.9%
4 Atlas 273,047 42,686 24,127 34,131 -0.982667779921111.7%
5 Guadalajara 300,701 38,810 27,004 33,411 -0.867660425377213.2%
6 Tijuana 215,864 27,333 26,333 26,983 -0.997744416506430.2%
7 UNAM 207,168 44,505 15,000 25,896 0.075638629283489+7.5%
8 Pachuca 220,730 25,922 21,371 24,526 -0.994203251043820.5%
9 León 184,948 27,308 16,978 23,119 0.21749433882774+21.7%
10 Puebla 207,330 35,285 11,089 23,037 -0.6488016447461135.1%
11 Querétaro 183,403 31,162 18,176 22,925 -0.8810530361260611.8%
12 Morelia 205,766 27,812 19,707 22,863 0.021673071766914+2.1%
13 Chiapas 183,034 27,858 8,672 20,337 0.20223457082052+20.2%
14 Santos Laguna 162,071 25,297 19,472 20,259 -0.8625989951460413.7%
15 Toluca 152,726 25,582 13,070 19,091 0.14688213384597+14.6%
16 Veracruz 169,760 27,532 15,199 18,862 -0.8889203072717811.1%
17 Necaxa 138,185 22,511 12,433 17,273 1.6214903627258+162.1%
18 Cruz Azul 152,352 28,036 9,767 16,928 -0.7732858252249822.6%
League total 4,069,808 61,561 8,672 26,600 -0.958316820982094.1%

Updated to games played on 20 November 2016
Source: Wk1 WK2 WK3 WK4 WK5 WK6 WK7 WK8 WK9 WK10 WK12 WK13 WK14 WK15 WK16 WK17

Notes:
Only regular season listed

Highest and lowest

Highest attendance Lowest attendance
Week Home Score Away Attendance Home Score Away Attendance
1 Monterrey 1–1 Puebla 48,071 Necaxa 0–0 Cruz Azul 21,525
2 UANL 0–0 Atlas 41,203 Puebla 3–2 Tijuana 14,137
3 Monterrey 1–1 Cruz Azul 50,093 Querétaro 2–1 Puebla 20,349
4 UANL 1–0 Chiapas 41,397 Toluca 2–0 Pachuca 10,000
5 Monterrey 2–1 Necaxa 49,892 Toluca 0–0 UANL 10,000
6 UANL 4–2 Pachuca 41,469 Cruz Azul 3–1 Santos Laguna 11,890
7 América 0–3 Guadalajara 61,561 Toluca 2–2 Morelia 17,140
8 Monterrey 0–0 Tijuana 50,045 Puebla 0–2 Toluca 12,782
9 América 0–2 León 42,981 Veracruz 1–3 Morelia 16,321
10 Monterrey 5–2 Santos Laguna 48,430 UNAM 2–0 Atlas 15,000
11 América 2–1 UNAM 49,156 Chiapas 2–2 Necaxa 17,252
12 Monterrey 1–1 América 50,302 Cruz Azul 5–3 Veracruz 11,788
13 América 1–0 Tijuana 49,640 Veracruz 2–3 León 14,547
14 Monterrey 1–1 Toluca 40,966 Cruz Azul 1–2 Puebla 9,767
15 UANL 1–1 Monterrey 41,537 Chiapas 1–2 Querétaro 8,672
16 Monterrey 4–0 Veracruz 48,114 Necaxa 3–1 Puebla 12,980
17 UANL 1–2 Querétaro 41,315 Cruz Azul 2–3 León 10,573

Source: Liga MX website

Liguilla - Apertura

Bracket

  Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
                                         
3  UANL 2 5 7  
6  UNAM 2 0 2  
  3  UANL 1 2 3  
  8  León 0 1 1  
1  Tijuana 0 3 3
8  León 3 2 5  
  3  UANL
   
4  Guadalajara 1 0 1  
5  América 1 1 2  
  5  América 1 2 3
  7  Necaxa 1 0 1  
2  Pachuca 1 0 1
7  Necaxa 2 0 2  
  • Teams are re-seeded each round.
  • Team with more goals on aggregate after two matches advances.
  • Away goals rule 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 2017–18 CONCACAF Champions League (in Pot 3).

Quarterfinals

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
León 5–3 Tijuana 3–0 3–2
UNAM 2–7 UANL 2–2 0–5
Necaxa 2–1 Pachuca 2–1 0–0
América 2–1 Guadalajara 1–1 1–0

Semifinals

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
León 1–3 UANL 0–1 1–2
Necaxa 1–3 América 1–1 0–2

Finals

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
América UANL 22 Dec. 25 Dec.
Apertura 2016 winners:

Torneo Clausura

The Clausura 2017 is the second championship of the season. The regular phase of the tournament began on January 6, 2017.[3]

Regular season

Standings

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 América 0 0 0 0 0 00 0 Advance to Liguilla 1
2 Atlas 0 0 0 0 0 00 0
3 Chiapas 0 0 0 0 0 00 0
4 Cruz Azul 0 0 0 0 0 00 0
5 Guadalajara 0 0 0 0 0 00 0
6 León 0 0 0 0 0 00 0
7 Monterrey 0 0 0 0 0 00 0
8 Morelia 0 0 0 0 0 00 0
9 Necaxa 0 0 0 0 0 00 0
10 Pachuca 0 0 0 0 0 00 0
11 Puebla 0 0 0 0 0 00 0
12 Querétaro 0 0 0 0 0 00 0
13 Santos Laguna 0 0 0 0 0 00 0
14 Tijuana 0 0 0 0 0 00 0
15 Toluca 0 0 0 0 0 00 0
16 UANL 0 0 0 0 0 00 0
17 UNAM 0 0 0 0 0 00 0
18 Veracruz 0 0 0 0 0 00 0 Relegated to Ascenso MX 2

Updated to games played on 6 January 2016.
Source: [ ]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results between tied teams; 5) Number of goals scored away; 6) Highest relegation coefficient; 7) Fair Play points
1 The first 8 places in the table (excluding the last place team in the relegation table) qualify for the Liguilla.
2 The team that is relegated from Liga MX after the Clausura tournament is ineligible for the Liguilla regardless of its position in the standings.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

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.

Team / Round 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17
Monterrey
Pachuca
León
América
Guadalajara
Morelia
Santos Laguna
UANL
Cruz Azul
UNAM
Toluca
Puebla
Querétaro
Tijuana
Atlas
Necaxa
Veracruz
Chiapas

Last updated: 8 May 2016
Source: [ ]

Leader and qualification to playoffs
Qualification to playoffs

Results

Home ╲ Away AMÉ ATL CHICRUGUALEÓMONMORNECPACPUEQUESLATIJTOLUNLUNMVER
América
Atlas
Chiapas
Cruz Azul
Guadalajara
León
Monterrey
Morelia
Necaxa
Pachuca
Puebla
Querétaro
Santos Laguna
Tijuana
Toluca
UANL
UNAM
Veracruz

Source: [ ]
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Regular season statistics

Top goalscorers

Players sorted first by goals scored, then by last name.

Rank Player Club Goals
1 0
2 0
3 0
4 0
5 0

Source: [ ]

Top assists

Players sorted first by assists, then by last name.

Rank Player Club Assists
1 0
2 0
3 0
4 0
5 0

Source: [ ]

Hat-tricks

Player For Against Result Date

Clean sheets

Rank Player Club Clean sheets GA
1 0
2 0
3 0
4 0
5 0

Source: [ ]

Saves

Rank Player Club Saves
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10

[ ]

Attendances

Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 Monterrey n/a
2 UANL n/a
3 América n/a
4 Guadalajara n/a
5 Puebla n/a
6 Atlas n/a
7 Tijuana n/a
8 Querétaro n/a
9 Pachuca n/a
10 UNAM n/a
11 Santos Laguna n/a
12 Morelia n/a
13 Cruz Azul n/a
14 Veracruz n/a
15 León n/a
16 Chiapas n/a
17 Necaxa n/a
18 Toluca n/a
League total n/a

Source: [ ]
Notes:
Only regular season listed

Relegation table

Pos
Team '14 A
Pts
'15 C
Pts
'15 A
Pts
'16 C
Pts
'16 A
Pts
'17 C
Pts
Total
Pts
Total
Pld
Avg
Relegation
1 América 31292829280145851.7059
2 UANL 31292824300142851.6706
3 Monterrey 27242337250136851.6000
4 Pachuca 25252130310132851.5529
5 Toluca 29243222240131851.5412
6 UNAM 24223522240130851.5294
7 Necaxa 000026026171.5294
8 León 22163030260124851.4588
9 Guadalajara 16262128280119851.4000
10 Tijuana 21241618330112851.3176
11 Atlas 31281714190108851.2824
12 Querétaro 21262219200108851.2706
13 Santos Laguna 23251727130108851.2706
14 Cruz Azul 21252022190107851.2588Relegation Zone
15 Puebla 16202722200105851.2353
16 Chiapas 282029129098851.1529
17 Veracruz 1528271412096851.1294
18 Morelia 1013232820094851.1059Relegated to Ascenso MX

Last update: 20 November 2016[4]
R = Relegated


References

External links

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