2015–16 Liga MX season

Liga MX
Season	2015–16
Champions	Apertura: ; UANL (4th title); Clausura: ; Pachuca (6th title)
Relegated	Sinaloa
Champions League	UANL; UNAM; Pachuca; Monterrey
Copa Libertadores	UNAM (second stage); Toluca (second stage) ; Puebla (first stage)
Matches played	306
Goals scored	892 (2.92 per match)
Top goalscorer	Apertura:; Mauro Boselli; Emanuel Villa; (13 goals each); Clausura:; André-Pierre Gignac; (13 goals)
Biggest home win	Apertura: ; UNAM 5–0 Atlas; (August 12, 2015); Clausura:; Pachuca 6–0 Veracruz; (March 19, 2016); Monterrey 6–0 Chiapas; (April 9, 2016)
Biggest away win	Apertura:; Cruz Azul 0–3 Morelia (July 25, 2015); Pachuca 0–3 América (August 8, 2015); Sinaloa 1–4 Monterrey (August 15, 2015); Morelia 0–3 América (September 19, 2015); Veracruz 0–3 Santos Laguna (October 16, 2015); Guadalajara 0–3 Santos Laguna; (November 22, 2015); Clausura:; Atlas 0–3 América; (January 16, 2016); América 1–4 Pachuca; (January 23, 2016); Sinaloa 0–3 América; (January 30, 2016); Puebla 0–3 Guadalajara; (April 10, 2016); Cruz Azul 0–3 UANL; (May 7, 2016)
Highest scoring	Apertura: ; Chiapas 6–2 León (September 12, 2015); Guadalajara 4–4 Pachuca (November 1, 2015); Clausura:; Pachuca 5–2 Puebla; (February 14, 2016); (April 9, 2016); América 6–1 Tijuana; (April 9, 2016); UANL 5–2 Sinaloa; (April 16, 2016)
Longest winning run	Apertura: 5 matches: ; América; UANL; UNAM; Clausura: 5 matches:; America
Longest unbeaten run	Apertura: 6 matches; Toluca; UANL; Clausura: 9 matches: Cruz Azul
Longest winless run	Apertura: 8 matches: Tijuana; Clausura: 9 matches:; Chiapas; Veracruz
Longest losing run	Apertura: 6 matches: ; Tijuana; Clausura: 7 matches: Chiapas; Sinaloa
Highest attendance	Apertura: 79,858 ; América 1–2 Guadalajara; (September 26, 2015); Clausura: 69,422; América 3–3 Cruz Azul; (February 20, 2016)
Lowest attendance	Apertura: 0; Atlas 0–2 Querétaro; (July 25, 2015); Clausura: 8,716; Chiapas 1–1 Atlas; (April 30, 2016)
Total attendance	Apertura: 3,755,282; Clausura: 4,246,837
Average attendance	Apertura: 24,768; Clausura: 27,757
	← 2014–15 2016–17 → Stats are from the regular season only

The 2015–16 Liga MX season (known as the Liga BBVA Bancomer MX for sponsorship reasons) was the 69th professional season of the top-flight football league in Mexico. 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[edit]

The following eighteen teams competed this season. Universidad de Guadalajara was relegated to the Ascenso MX after accumulating the lowest coefficient last season. Leones Negros were replaced by the 2015 Clausura Ascenso MX champion Dorados de Sinaloa, who won promotion after defeating the Apertura 2014 winner Necaxa in a promotion play-off.

Stadiums and locations[edit]

América	Atlas	Chiapas	Cruz Azul	Guadalajara	León
Estadio Azteca	Estadio Jalisco	Estadio Víctor Manuel Reyna	Estadio Azul	Estadio Chivas	Estadio León
Capacity: 95,000	Capacity: 54,500	Capacity: 24,290	Capacity: 33,042	Capacity: 46,232	Capacity: 31,297

Monterrey	Morelia	Pachuca	Puebla	Querétaro	Santos Laguna
Estadio BBVA Bancomer	Estadio Morelos	Estadio Hidalgo	Estadio Cuauhtémoc	Estadio Corregidora	Estadio Corona
Capacity: 53,500	Capacity: 34,794	Capacity: 30,000	Capacity: 50,754	Capacity: 34,045	Capacity: 29,327

Sinaloa	Tijuana	Toluca	UANL	UNAM	Veracruz
Estadio Banorte	Estadio Caliente	Estadio Nemesio Díez	Estadio Universitario	Estadio Olímpico Universitario	Estadio Luis "Pirata" Fuente
Capacity: 21,000	Capacity: 27,333	Capacity: 18,651	Capacity: 41,650	Capacity: 52,000	Capacity: 28,703

Stadium Changes[edit]

Puebla (Apertura 2015; Quarterfinal First leg)	Puebla (Clausura 2016)	Chiapas (Clausura 2016; Weeks 3 and 5)
Estadio Multiva
Capacity: 50,754

Cruz Azul
América
UNAM

Locations of clubs for the 2015–16 Liga MX season

Personnel and kits[edit]

Team	Chairman	Head Coach	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor(s)
América	Ricardo Peláez	Ignacio Ambríz	Rubens Sambueza	Nike	Huawei
Atlas	Gustavo Guzmán Sepúlveda	Paco Ramírez	Rafael Márquez	Puma	Bridgestone
Chiapas	Carlos Hugo López Chargoy	Ricardo La Volpe	Javier Muñoz Mustafá	Pirma	Chiapas
Cruz Azul	Guillermo Álvarez Cuevas	Tomás Boy	Gerardo Torrado	Under Armour	Cemento Cruz Azul & Boing
Guadalajara	Jorge Vergara	Matías Almeyda	Omar Bravo	Adidas	Bimbo
León	Jesús Martínez Murguia	Luis Fernando Tena	Mauro Boselli	Pirma	Telcel
Monterrey	Luis Miguel Salvador	Antonio Mohamed	José María Basanta	Puma	Bimbo & BBVA Bancomer
Morelia	Vacant	Enrique Meza	Cristian Pellerano	Pirma	Totalplay (Apertura) & Various (Clausura) List EA SimCity Buildit (Week 1) Caliente (Week 2, 3, and 7–17) Surat MX (Week 4) #PapaEnMorelia (Week 5)
Pachuca	Jesús Martínez Patiño	Diego Alonso	Aquivaldo Mosquera	Nike	Cementos Fortaleza
Puebla	Carlos López Domínguez	Gabriel Simón (Interim)	Matías Alustiza	Charly	Coca-Cola
Querétaro	Joaquín Beltrán	Víctor Manuel Vucetich	Miguel Martínez	Puma	Banco Multiva
Santos Laguna	Alejandro Irarragorri	Luis Zubeldía	Carlos Izquierdoz	Puma	Soriana
Sinaloa	José Antonio Núñez	José Guadalupe Cruz	Fernando Arce	Charly	Coppel
Tijuana	Jorge Hank Inzunsa	Miguel Herrera	Javier Gandolfi	Adidas	Caliente
Toluca	Valentín Díez Morodo	José Cardozo	Paulo da Silva	Under Armour	Banamex
UANL	Alejandro Rodríguez Michelsen	Ricardo Ferretti	Juninho	Adidas	CEMEX
UNAM	Jorge Borja Navarrete	Guillermo Vázquez	Darío Verón	Nike	Banamex
Veracruz	Fidel Kuri Mustieles	Carlos Reinoso	Leobardo López	Charly	Winpot Casino

Managerial changes[edit]

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Replaced by	Date of appointment	Position in table
Pre-Apertura changes
Morelia	Roberto Hernández (Interim)	End of tenure as caretaker	May 11, 2015	Enrique Meza	May 21, 2015	Preseason
Tijuana	Daniel Guzmán	Sacked	May 12, 2015	Rubén Omar Romano	May 28, 2015	Preseason
Cruz Azul	Luis Fernando Tena	Sacked	May 17, 2015	Sergio Bueno	June 1, 2015	Preseason
Atlas	Tomás Boy	Sacked	May 18, 2015	Gustavo Matosas	May 30, 2015	Preseason
Puebla	José Guadalupe Cruz	Sacked	May 18, 2015	Pablo Marini	May 30, 2015	Preseason
América	Gustavo Matosas	Mutual agreement	May 19, 2015	Ignacio Ambríz	May 26, 2015	Preseason
Chiapas	Sergio Bueno	End of contract	May 29, 2015	Ricardo La Volpe	May 30, 2015	Preseason
Apertura changes
Santos Laguna	Pedro Caixinha	Resigned	August 15, 2015	Robert Siboldi (Interim)	August 15, 2015	18th
Santos Laguna	Robert Siboldi (Interim)	End of tenure as caretaker	August 19, 2015	Pako Ayestarán	August 19, 2015	18th
Guadalajara	José Manuel de la Torre	Sacked	September 14, 2015	Matías Almeyda	September 15, 2015	15th
Sinaloa	Carlos Bustos	Mutual agreement	September 27, 2015	Omar Briceño (Interim)	September 27, 2015	18th
Cruz Azul	Sergio Bueno	Sacked	September 28, 2015	Joaquín Moreno (Interim)	September 28, 2015	16th
Sinaloa	Omar Briceño (Interim)	End of tenure as caretaker	October 1, 2015	Luis Fernando Suárez	October 1, 2015	18th
Cruz Azul	Joaquín Moreno (Interim)	End of tenure as caretaker	October 2, 2015	Tomás Boy	October 2, 2015	16th
Tijuana	Rubén Omar Romano	Sacked	October 17, 2015	Raúl Chabrand (Interim)	October 19, 2015	16th
Atlas	Gustavo Matosas	Mutual agreement	November 2, 2015	Hugo Norberto Castillo (Interim)	November 2, 2015	14th
Pre-Clausura changes
Tijuana	Raúl Chabrand (Interim)	End of tenure as caretaker	November 20, 2015	Miguel Herrera	November 21, 2015	Preseason
Atlas	Hugo Norberto Castillo (Interim)	End of tenure as caretaker	November 23, 2015	Gustavo Costas	November 27, 2015	Preseason
Santos Laguna	Robert Siboldi (Interim)	End of tenure as caretaker	November 23, 2015	Luis Zubeldía	November 28, 2015	Preseason
Clausura changes
León	Juan Antonio Pizzi	Left to coach Chile	January 29, 2016	Luis Fernando Tena	January 29, 2016	1st
Sinaloa	Luis Fernando Suárez	Mutual agreement	February 1, 2016	José Guadalupe Cruz	February 2, 2016	18th
Puebla	Pablo Marini	Sacked	April 18, 2016	Gabriel Simón (Interim)	April 18, 2016	14th
Atlas	Gustavo Costas	Sacked	April 27, 2016	Paco Ramírez (Interim)	April 27, 2016	18th

Torneo Apertura[edit]

The Apertura 2015 is the first championship of the season. The regular season will begin on July 24, 2015. Santos Laguna are the defending champions, having won their 5th Title.

Regular season[edit]

Standings[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	UNAM (Q, A)	17	11	2	4	37	20	+17	35	2016 Copa Libertadores Second Stage, Advance to Liguilla^[a]^[b]
2	Toluca (A, Q)	17	10	2	5	33	24	+9	32
3	León (A)	17	10	0	7	32	31	+1	30	Advance to Liguilla^[b]
4	Chiapas (A)	17	8	5	4	31	27	+4	29	Advance to Liguilla^[b]
5	UANL (A)	17	8	4	5	26	16	+10	28	Advance to Liguilla and cannot qualify for South American competitions^[c]^[b]
6	América (A)	17	9	1	7	30	21	+9	28
7	Puebla (Q, A)	17	8	3	6	22	20	+2	27	2016 Copa Libertadores First Stage, Advances to Liguilla^[b]^[d]
8	Veracruz (A)	17	8	3	6	23	27	−4	27	Advance to Liguilla^[b]
9	Monterrey	17	6	5	6	32	29	+3	23
10	Morelia	17	7	2	8	26	26	0	23
11	Querétaro	17	6	4	7	25	25	0	22	Cannot qualify for South American competitions^[c]
12	Guadalajara	17	6	3	8	23	24	−1	21
13	Pachuca	17	6	3	8	30	33	−3	21
14	Cruz Azul	17	5	5	7	19	25	−6	20
15	Santos Laguna	17	4	5	8	19	24	−5	17	Cannot qualify for South American competitions^[c]
16	Atlas	17	5	2	10	17	28	−11	17
17	Tijuana	17	5	1	11	21	30	−9	16
18	Sinaloa	17	3	6	8	13	29	−16	15	Team is last in relegation table

Updated to match(es) played on 22 November 2015. Source: Medio Tiempo
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
(A) Advance to a further round; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated
Notes:

^ Both teams who qualify for Copa Libertadores will also participate in the Playoffs of this competition.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e The first 8 places in the table qualify for the Playoffs.
^ ^a ^b ^c Clubs cannot qualify to the 2016 Copa Libertadores due to their participation in the 2015–16 CONCACAF Champions League.
^ Winner or Runner-Up of the 2015 Supercopa MX qualifies to the 2016 Copa Libertadores as Mexico 3.

Results[edit]

Home \ Away	AMÉ	ATL	CHI	CAZ	GUA	LEÓ	MON	MOR	PAC	PUE	QUE	SLA	SIN	TIJ	TOL	UNL	UNM	VER
América		1–3	2–1		1–2						0–1		4–0			0–1	1–1	3–1
Atlas			2–3		0–1		0–3			2–1	0–2		3–2		1–2	0–1		0–1
Chiapas				2–1		6–2	2–2	3–1		1–0	0–0	2–1	1–0
Cruz Azul	0–2	1–1				2–0		0–3					1–1	1–3	1–2		2–1	1–1
Guadalajara			4–1	0–1			2–1	2–0	4–4	1–1	2–1	0–3
León	3–0	2–1			1–0								3–0	2–1		2–1	1–3	4–1
Monterrey	2–1			1–1		4–0		2–2	4–3	1–1		1–1		3–1
Morelia	0–3	0–1				3–4							4–0	1–2		1–0	2–2	1–2
Pachuca	0–3	1–1		1–2		3–2		2–0				0–0		2–1	3–4		1–2
Puebla	4–2			2–1		1–0		1–3	3–2			0–1		2–1	1–0		3–2
Querétaro				4–2		3–0	3–1	0–1	1–2	0–0		1–2		2–1
Santos Laguna	0–2	0–2		1–2		1–3		2–3					1–1	0–1	0–0		3–4
Sinaloa			0–0		2–1		1–4		1–2	1–0	1–1				1–2	0–0		0–0
Tijuana	0–2	2–0	1–1		2–1								1–2			1–2	1–2	1–3
Toluca	2–3		1–1		3–1	1–3	3–1	0–1			4–2			4–1			2–1
UANL			4–1	0–0	2–2		3–1		2–1	0–1	5–1	2–2			0–1
UNAM		5–0	2–3		1–0		3–0				2–1		2–0			1–0		3–0
Veracruz			2–1		2–0		2–1		0–1	2–1	2–2	0–3			3–2	1–3

Updated to match(es) played on 22 November 2015. Source: [1]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics[edit]

Top goalscorers[edit]

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

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Mauro Boselli	León	13
1	Emanuel Villa	Querétaro	13
3	Dayro Moreno	Tijuana	12
4	Rogelio Funes Mori	Monterrey	11
4	André-Pierre Gignac	UANL	11
6	Omar Bravo	Guadalajara	10
	Edwin Cardona	Monterrey
	Silvio Romero	Chiapas
	Ismael Sosa	UNAM
	Enrique Triverio	Toluca

Source: Liga MX.net

Hat-tricks[edit]

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
André-Pierre Gignac	UANL	Chiapas	4–1	15 August 2015
Emanuel Villa	Querétaro	Cruz Azul	4–2	21 August 2015
Fernando Uribe⁴	Toluca	Pachuca	4–3	12 September 2015
Silvio Romero	Chiapas	León	6–2	12 September 2015

⁴ Player scored four goals

Attendance[edit]

The Average overall attendance for the Apertura 2015 is 24,768.

Per team[edit]

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average
1	Monterrey	361,075	48,527	41,128	45,134
2	América	347,975	79,858	19,077	43,497
3	UANL	365,463	40,607	40,607	40,607
4	UNAM	219,450	45,786	19,245	27,431
5	Guadalajara	211,348	39,710	19,956	26,419
6	Querétaro	203,606	29,857	20,053	25,451
7	Morelia	198,014	30,995	16,197	24,752
8	León	194,986	27,637	18,330	24,373
9	Tijuana	191,432	23,986	23,872	23,929
10	Atlas	194,596	35,975	0	21,622
11	Pachuca	193,308	24,357	14,559	21,479
12	Veracruz	182,377	28,703	15,908	20,264
13	Santos Laguna	181,727	27,574	14,906	20,192
14	Chiapas	151,479	24,290	9,775	18,935
15	Sinaloa	156,257	17,898	16,333	17,362
16	Toluca	149,817	20,834	10,917	16,646
17	Cruz Azul	137,204	27,720	10,627	15,245
18	Puebla	112,357	18,015	8,584	12,484
	League total	3,752,471	79,858	0	24,768

Source: LigaMX.net

Highest and lowest[edit]

Highest attendance					Lowest attendance
Week	Home	Score	Away	Attendance	Home	Score	Away	Attendance
1	UANL	0–1	Toluca	40,607	Atlas	0–2	Querétaro	0
2	Monterrey	1–1	Puebla	47,376	Chiapas	2–1	Santos Laguna	17,325
3	UANL	2–2	Guadalajara	40,607	Puebla	3–2	UNAM	14,329
4	Monterrey	4–3	Pachuca	46,803	Puebla	1–0	Toluca	18,015
5	UANL	4–1	Chiapas	40,607	Cruz Azul	1–3	Tijuana	13,842
6	Monterrey	1–1	Santos Laguna	47,528	Puebla	3–2	Pachuca	7,283
7	UANL	5–1	Querétaro	40,607	Sinaloa	1–0	Puebla	16,333
8	Monterrey	1–1	Cruz Azul	44,785	Chiapas	6–2	León	9,775
9	UANL	3–1	Monterrey	40,607	Toluca	1–1	Chiapas	15,081
10	América	1–2	Guadalajara	79,858	Puebla	2–1	Cruz Azul	12,877
11	UANL	0–1	Puebla	40,607	Cruz Azul	1–1	Atlas	10,819
12	UNAM	1–0	Guadalajara	45,786	Puebla	1–3	Morelia	14,438
13	UANL	2–1	Pachuca	40,607	Cruz Azul	1–1	Sinaloa	10,627
14	Monterrey	3–1	Tijuana	41,128	Puebla	1–0	León	8,584
15	UANL	2–2	Santos Laguna	40,607	Cruz Azul	1–1	Veracruz	12,717
16	Monterrey	2–1	América	42,300	Puebla	2–1	Tijuana	11,222
17	América	1–1	UNAM	77,196	Toluca	3–1	Monterrey	17,240

Source: LigaMX.net

Liguilla - Apertura[edit]

Bracket[edit]

Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals

1	UNAM (s)	0	1	1

8	Veracruz	1	0	1
					1	UNAM	3	1	4

					6	América	0	3	3
3	León	1	2	3

6	América	4	1	5
										1	UNAM	0	4	4 (2)

										5	UANL (p)	3	1	4 (4)
2	Toluca	2	1	3

7	Puebla	2	0	2
					2	Toluca	0	0	0

					5	UANL	0	2	2
4	Chiapas	1	0	1

5	UANL	2	1	3

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 2016–17 CONCACAF Champions League (in Pot 3).

Quarterfinals[edit]

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Veracruz	1–1 (s)	UNAM	1–0	0–1
Puebla	2–3	Toluca	2–2	0–1
América	5–3	León	4–1	1–2
UANL	3–1	Chiapas	2–1	1–0

Semifinals[edit]

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
América	3–4	UNAM	0–3	3–1
UANL	2–0	Toluca	0–0	2–0

Finals[edit]

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
UANL	4–4 (4–2 p)	UNAM	3–0	1–4 (a.e.t.)

Apertura 2015 winners:
UANL 4th title

Torneo Clausura[edit]

The Clausura 2016 is the second championship of the season. The regular phase of the tournament began on January 8, 2016.

Regular season[edit]

Standings[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Monterrey (Q)	17	12	1	4	38	23	+15	37	Advance to Liguilla^[a]
2	Pachuca (Q)	17	8	6	3	31	16	+15	30
3	León (Q)	17	9	3	5	29	19	+10	30
4	América (Q)	17	8	5	4	34	22	+12	29
5	Guadalajara (Q)	17	7	7	3	26	16	+10	28
6	Morelia (Q)	17	8	4	5	25	24	+1	28
7	Santos Laguna (Q)	17	8	3	6	22	20	+2	27
8	UANL (Q)	17	6	6	5	29	19	+10	24
9	Cruz Azul	17	5	7	5	25	24	+1	22
10	UNAM	17	5	7	5	23	24	−1	22
11	Toluca	17	5	7	5	20	21	−1	22
12	Puebla	17	5	7	5	21	26	−5	22
13	Querétaro	17	5	4	8	21	25	−4	19
14	Tijuana	17	3	9	5	17	26	−9	18
15	Atlas	17	3	5	9	18	26	−8	14
16	Sinaloa (R)	17	4	2	11	18	32	−14	14	Relegated to Ascenso MX^[b]
17	Veracruz	17	2	8	7	18	34	−16	14
18	Chiapas	17	3	3	11	16	33	−17	12

Updated to match(es) played on 7 May 2016. Source: Medio Tiempo
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
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ The first 8 places in the table (excluding the last place team in the relegation table) qualify for the Liguilla.
^ The team that is relegated from Liga MX after the Clausura tournament is ineligible for the Liguilla regardless of its position in the standings.

Positions by round[edit]

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

	Leader and qualification to playoffs
	Qualification to playoffs
	Last place in table

Source: MedioTiempo

Results[edit]

Home \ Away	AMÉ	ATL	CHI	CAZ	GUA	LEÓ	MON	MOR	PAC	PUE	QUE	SLA	SIN	TIJ	TOL	UNL	UNM	VER
América				3–3		2–1	3–3	4–1	1–4	0–0		2–0		6–1	0–1
Atlas	0–3			0–2		1–1		1–2	1–0			1–2		0–0			1–1
Chiapas	0–2	0–3			1–1								1–0	1–2	3–2	1–3	1–2	1–1
Cruz Azul			2–1		1–1		4–0		0–0	1–1	2–1	0–1				0–3
Guadalajara	1–2	1–0				0–1							2–1	1–1	1–1	2–2	4–0	2–2
León			1–3	3–2			1–2	1–2	0–0	4–1	2–0	2–0			5–1
Monterrey		1–0	6–0		1–3						3–2		3–0		1–2	1–0	1–0	5–1
Morelia			2–0	2–2	2–0		1–3		1–0	2–0	1–1	3–2			1–1
Pachuca			2–1		1–1		3–1			5–2	1–0		2–2			2–1		6–0
Puebla		4–1	2–1		0–3		1–3				3–1		3–2			0–0		1–1
Querétaro	1–0	1–3	1–1		0–2								3–0		0–0	2–2	2–1	2–1
Santos Laguna			1–0		0–1		1–2		3–2	1–1	2–0					2–1		2–0
Sinaloa	0–3	2–1		3–0		0–1		1–0				3–1		0–1			2–3
Tijuana				1–1		0–0	1–2	1–1	1–1	0–0	2–4	1–3			0–0
Toluca		1–1		0–2					0–1	1–1		0–0	3–0			1–0		4–2
UANL	4–1	2–2				3–1		2–0					5–2	1–2			0–0	0–0
UNAM	1–1			2–2		1–2		4–2	1–1	0–1		1–1		3–1	3–2
Veracruz	1–1	3–2		2–1		1–3		1–2					0–0	2–2			0–0

Updated to match(es) played on 8 May 2016. Source: [2]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Regular season statistics[edit]

Top goalscorers[edit]

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

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	André-Pierre Gignac	UANL	13
2	Jorge Benítez	Cruz Azul	9
	Mauro Boselli	León
	Oribe Peralta	América
5	Dayro Moreno	Tijuana	8
5	Silvio Romero	Chiapas	8
7	Matías Alustiza	Puebla	7
	Rogelio Funes Mori	Monterrey
	Dorlan Pabón	Monterrey
	Carlos Peña	Guadalajara
	Carlos Sánchez	Monterrey

Source: ESPN FC

Hat-tricks[edit]

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
André-Pierre Gignac	UANL	León	3–1	30 January 2016
Hirving Lozano	Pachuca	Veracruz	6–0	19 March 2016
Mauro Boselli	León	Puebla	4–1	16 April 2016

Clean sheets[edit]

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets	GA
1	William Yarbrough	León	6	1.12
2	Rodolfo Cota	Guadalajara	5	0.77
	Nahuel Guzmán	UANL		1.12
	Agustín Marchesín	Santos Laguna		1.18
	Alfredo Talavera	Toluca		1.19
6	Óscar Pérez	Pachuca	4	0.94
	Moisés Muñoz	América		1.25
	José de Jesús Corona	Cruz Azul		1.40
	Carlos Felipe Rodríguez	Morelia		1.41
	Jonathan Orozco	Monterrey		1.43

Source: Fox Soccer

Saves[edit]

Rank	Player	Club	Saves
1	William Yarbrough	León	64
2	Tiago Volpi	Querétaro	63
3	Agustín Marchesín	Santos Laguna	62
4	José de Jesús Corona	Cruz Azul	60
5	Carlos Felipe Rodríguez	Morelia	56
6	Alfredo Talavera	Toluca	55
7	Federico Vilar	Tijuana	52
8	Óscar Jiménez	Chiapas	51
	Luis Michel	Sinaloa
	Alejandro Palacios	UNAM

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Attendance[edit]

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Monterrey	449,125	50,302	48,856	49,903	+10.6%^†
2	UANL	331,004	41,493	41,230	41,376	+1.9%^†
3	América	367,099	69,442	28,611	40,789	−6.2%^†
4	Guadalajara	346,565	44,716	30,277	38,507	+45.8%^†
5	Puebla	284,054	45,527	17,444	35,507	+184.4%^†
6	Atlas	277,867	51,032	25,225	34,733	+60.6%^†
7	Tijuana	243,397	27,333	26,333	27,044	+13.0%^†
8	Querétaro	234,178	31,276	19,287	26,020	+2.2%^†
9	Pachuca	197,354	27,320	20,809	24,669	+14.9%^†
10	UNAM	216,677	36,719	18,381	24,075	−12.2%^†
11	Santos Laguna	187,887	29,327	18,892	23,486	+16.3%^†
12	Morelia	201,400	29,420	17,286	22,378	−9.6%^†
13	Cruz Azul	175,129	27,025	14,603	21,891	+43.6%^†
14	Veracruz	165,273	28,150	16,850	21,219	+4.8%^†
15	León	170,898	25,047	13,690	18,989	−22.1%^†
16	Chiapas	152,244	24,290	8,716	16,916	−10.7%^†
17	Sinaloa	131,394	17,898	13,333	16,424	−5.4%^†
18	Toluca	110,816	15,700	12,127	13,852	−16.8%^†
	League total	4,246,837	69,442	8,716	27,757	+12.1%^†

Updated to games played on 8 May 2016
Source: LigaMX.net
Notes:
Only regular season listed

Liguilla - Clausura[edit]

Bracket[edit]

Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals

1	Monterrey	3	1	4

8	UANL	1	2	3
					1	Monterrey	0	4	4

					4	América	1	2	3
4	América	0	2	2

5	Guadalajara	0	1	1
										1	Monterrey	0	1	1

										2	Pachuca	1	1	2
2	Pachuca	1	3	4

7	Santos Laguna	1	2	3
					2	Pachuca	1	2	3

					3	León	1	1	2
3	León	1	4	5

6	Morelia	1	1	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 2016–17 CONCACAF Champions League (in Pot 3).

Quarterfinals[edit]

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
UANL	3–4	Monterrey	1–3	2–1
Santos Laguna	3–4	Pachuca	1–1	2–3
Morelia	2–5	León	1–1	1–4
Guadalajara	1–2	América	0–0	1–2

Semifinals[edit]

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
América	3–4	Monterrey	1–0	2–4
León	2–3	Pachuca	1–1	1–2

Final[edit]

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Pachuca	2–1	Monterrey	1–0	1–1

Clausura 2016 winners:
Pachuca 6th title

Relegation table[edit]

Pos	Team	'13 A Pts	'14 C Pts	'14 A Pts	'15 C Pts	'15 A Pts	'16 C Pts	Total Pts	Total Pld	Avg	Relegation
1	América	37	25	31	29	28	29	179	102	1.7549	Safe for 2016–17 Season
2	Toluca	27	32	29	24	32	22	166	102	1.6275
3	UANL	25	21	31	29	28	24	158	102	1.5490
4	Monterrey	20	23	27	24	23	37	154	102	1.5098
5	Cruz Azul	29	36	21	25	20	22	153	102	1.5000
6	León	30	23	22	16	30	30	151	102	1.4804
7	Santos Laguna	33	25	23	25	17	27	150	102	1.4706
8	Pachuca	17	24	25	25	21	30	142	102	1.3922
9	UNAM	11	25	24	22	35	22	139	102	1.3627
10	Chiapas	25	23	28	20	29	12	137	102	1.3431
11	Querétaro	26	21	21	26	22	19	135	102	1.3235
12	Guadalajara	12	21	16	26	21	28	124	102	1.2157
13	Tijuana	21	24	21	24	16	18	124	102	1.2157
14	Atlas	12	21	31	28	17	14	123	102	1.2059
15	Morelia	27	21	10	13	23	28	122	102	1.1961
16	Puebla	19	18	16	20	27	22	122	102	1.1961
17	Veracruz	20	16	15	28	27	14	120	102	1.1765
18	Sinaloa (R)	0	0	0	0	15	14	29	34	0.8529	Relegated to Ascenso MX

Last update: 8 May 2016^[8]
R = Relegated

Aggregate table[edit]

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.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Monterrey	34	18	6	10	70	52	+18	60	CONCACAF Champions League Group Stage^[a]
2	León	34	19	3	12	61	50	+11	60	Copa MX Pot 1^[b]
3	América	34	17	6	11	64	43	+21	57	Copa MX Pot 1^[b]
4	UNAM	34	16	9	9	60	44	+16	57	CONCACAF Champions League Group Stage^[a]
5	Toluca	34	15	9	10	53	45	+8	54	Copa MX Pot 1^[b]
6	UANL	34	14	10	10	55	35	+20	52	CONCACAF Champions League Group Stage^[a]
7	Pachuca	34	14	9	11	61	49	+12	51	CONCACAF Champions League Group Stage^[a]
8	Morelia	34	15	6	13	51	50	+1	51	Copa MX Pot 1^[b]
9	Guadalajara	34	13	10	11	49	42	+7	49	Copa MX Pot 2^[b]
10	Puebla	34	13	10	11	43	46	−3	49
11	Santos Laguna	34	12	8	14	43	44	−1	44
12	Cruz Azul	34	10	12	12	44	49	−5	42
13	Querétaro	34	11	8	15	46	51	−5	41	Copa MX Pot 3^[b]
14	Chiapas	34	11	8	15	47	60	−13	41
15	Veracruz	34	10	11	13	41	61	−20	41
16	Tijuana	34	8	10	16	38	56	−18	34
17	Atlas	34	8	7	19	35	54	−19	31	Ineligible for Copa MX^[c]
18	Sinaloa (R)	34	7	8	19	31	61	−30	29	Relegated to Ascenso MX Copa MX Pot 1^[d]

Updated to match(es) played on 7 May 2016. Source: Medio Tiempo
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
(R) Relegated
Notes:

^ ^a ^b ^c Both finalists of each tournament qualify to the 2016–17 CONCACAF Champions League, thus are ineligible for the Apertura 2016 Copa MX
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e The 12 best teams in the Aggregate table not qualified to the 2016–17 CONCACAF Champions League qualify to the Apertura 2016 Copa MX.
^ The worst non-relegated team in the Aggregate table is ineligible for the Apertura 2016 Copa MX.
^ The team that is relegated from Liga MX after the Clausura tournament is eligible for the Copa MX regardless of its position in the standings. The team last place in the Relegation table is relegated to the Ascenso MX, and is also placed in pot 1 for the Apertura 2016 Copa MX as one of the four best Ascenso MX teams.

References[edit]

External links[edit]

[table_note_res_CL0.53158945009652-8] Both teams who qualify for Copa Libertadores will also participate in the Playoffs of this competition.

[table_note_res_AL0.53158945009652-9] The first 8 places in the table qualify for the Playoffs.

[table_note_res_NQ0.53158945009652-10] Clubs cannot qualify to the 2016 Copa Libertadores due to their participation in the 2015–16 CONCACAF Champions League.

[table_note_res_MEX30.53158945009652-11] Winner or Runner-Up of the 2015 Supercopa MX qualifies to the 2016 Copa Libertadores as Mexico 3.

[table_note_res_AL0.85705948102151-12] The first 8 places in the table (excluding the last place team in the relegation table) qualify for the Liguilla.

[table_note_res_R0.85705948102151-13] The team that is relegated from Liga MX after the Clausura tournament is ineligible for the Liguilla regardless of its position in the standings.

[table_note_res_CLGS0.86793835548122-15] Both finalists of each tournament qualify to the 2016–17 CONCACAF Champions League, thus are ineligible for the Apertura 2016 Copa MX

[table_note_res_MP10.86793835548122-16] The 12 best teams in the Aggregate table not qualified to the 2016–17 CONCACAF Champions League qualify to the Apertura 2016 Copa MX.

[table_note_res_INEL0.86793835548122-17] The worst non-relegated team in the Aggregate table is ineligible for the Apertura 2016 Copa MX.

[table_note_res_R0.86793835548122-18] The team that is relegated from Liga MX after the Clausura tournament is eligible for the Copa MX regardless of its position in the standings. The team last place in the Relegation table is relegated to the Ascenso MX, and is also placed in pot 1 for the Apertura 2016 Copa MX as one of the four best Ascenso MX teams.

[ESPNFC1-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "Soccer Teams, Scores, Stats, News, Fixtures, Results, Tables - ESPN".

[2] "LIGA MX - Página Oficial de la Liga Mexicana del Fútbol Profesional".

[ESPNFC2-3] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "Soccer Teams, Scores, Stats, News, Fixtures, Results, Tables - ESPN".

[ligamx.net-4] "LIGA MX - Página Oficial de la Liga Mexicana del Fútbol Profesional".

[5] "LIGA MX - Página Oficial de la Liga Mexicana del Fútbol Profesional".

[6] "LIGA MX - Página Oficial de la Liga Mexicana del Fútbol Profesional".

[7] "LIGA MX - Página Oficial de la Liga Mexicana del Fútbol Profesional".

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