Liga MX 2015/16
The 2015/16 season of the Mexican Football League MX began on Friday, July 24, 2015 with the match between the Tiburones Rojos Veracruz and the Chivas Guadalajara (2-0). The first goal of the season came from Uruguayan midfielder Juan Ángel Albín , who gave the hosts the lead in the 61st minute. Seven minutes later, the Argentine striker Julio Furch made it 2-0 in favor of the home side.
The first round championship (Apertura 2015) was won by the UANL Tigres , the second round championship (Clausura 2016) by CF Pachuca .
Changes
The end of the preseason relegated club Universidad Leones Negros Guadalajara , who had previously been promoted to the top flight only a year, will be replaced by the newly promoted the preseason , Dorados de Sinaloa that are already in the seasons before 2004/05 and 2005/06 in the first division was represented. At the end of the season, the Dorados were relegated and will be replaced by the newcomer Necaxa in the coming 2016/17 season .
The CF Monterrey , which since the 1950s in the Estadio Tecnológico resided, plays its home games at the start of the season 2015/16 in the newly built Estadio BBVA Bancomer from. Because CF Monterrey officially opened it on August 2, 2015 with a friendly against the Portuguese record champions Benfica Lisbon , the home game originally scheduled for the second match day against Puebla FC on the same weekend was postponed to October 10, 2015. Thus, the first home game of the season for CF Monterrey only took place on the fourth match day. It was contested on August 11, 2015 against CF Pachuca and ended with a 4-3 win for the home side.
Liguillas of Apertura 2015
Quarter finals
The UNAM Pumas prevail due to the better placement in the league round.
total | First leg | Return leg | ||
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TR Veracruz | 1: 1 | UNAM Pumas | 1-0 | 0: 1 |
Puebla FC | 2: 3 | Deportivo Toluca | 2: 2 | 0: 1 |
Club America | 5: 3 | Club León | 4: 1 | 1: 2 |
UANL Tigres | 3: 1 | Chiapas FC | 2: 1 | 1-0 |
Semifinals
After a 3-0 win by the Pumas at city rivals America, the final ticket seemed already booked. With two goals from Carlos Quintero in the first half hour of the second leg, however, the encounter was completely open again and America were 2-0 up until the 84th minute before Javier Cortés made the next goal. Andrés Andrade made the final point in the 87th minute.
total | First leg | Return leg | ||
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Club America | 3: 4 | UNAM Pumas | 0: 3 | 3: 1 |
UANL Tigres | 2-0 | Deportivo Toluca | 0-0 | 2-0 |
final
The UNAM Pumas make it exciting again. This time they made up a 3-0 deficit from the first leg and also won the second leg 3-0. Thus, an extension was necessary, in which the French international André-Pierre Gignac scored in the 103rd minute for the Tigres. Shortly before the end, Gerardo Alcoba restored the three-goal lead for the Pumas, so that a penalty shoot-out was necessary to determine the champions . In this, the Tigres prevailed 4-2 and won their fourth championship title.
total | First leg | Return leg | ||
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UANL Tigres | 4: 4 | UNAM Pumas | 3-0 | 1: 4 a.d. |
Liguillas of the Clausura 2016
Quarter finals
For the first time in nine years (Clausura 2007), the Liguillas will once again have a Superclásico , in which Club America can again assert itself.
total | First leg | Return leg | ||
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UANL Tigres | 3: 4 | CF Monterrey | 1: 3 | 2: 1 |
Monarcas Morelia | 2: 5 | Club León | 1: 1 | 1: 4 |
Santos Laguna | 3: 4 | CF Pachuca | 1: 1 | 2: 3 |
CD Guadalajara | 1: 2 | Club America | 0-0 | 1: 2 |
Semifinals
total | First leg | Return leg | ||
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Club America | 3: 4 | CF Monterrey | 1-0 | 2: 4 |
Club León | 2: 3 | CF Pachuca | 1: 1 | 1: 2 |
final
total | First leg | Return leg | ||
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CF Pachuca | 2: 1 | CF Monterrey | 1-0 | 1: 1 |
Tables
Final table of Apertura 2015
rank | society | Sp. | S. | U | N | Gates | Diff. | Pt. |
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1. | UNAM Pumas | 17th | 11 | 2 | 4th | 37:20 | +17 | 35 |
2. | Deportivo Toluca | 17th | 10 | 2 | 5 | 33:24 | + | 932 |
3. | Club León | 17th | 10 | 0 | 7th | 32:31 | + | 130th |
4th | Chiapas FC | 17th | 8th | 5 | 4th | 31:27 | + | 429 |
5. | UANL Tigres | 17th | 8th | 4th | 5 | 26:16 | +10 | 28 |
6th | Club America | 17th | 9 | 1 | 7th | 30:21 | + | 928 |
7th | Puebla FC | 17th | 8th | 3 | 6th | 22:20 | + | 227 |
8th. | TR Veracruz | 17th | 8th | 3 | 6th | 23:27 | - | 4th27 |
9. | CF Monterrey | 17th | 6th | 5 | 6th | 32:29 | + | 323 |
10. | Monarcas Morelia | 17th | 7th | 2 | 8th | 26:26 | + | 023 |
11. | Querétaro FC | 17th | 6th | 4th | 7th | 25:25 | + | 022nd |
12. | CF Pachuca | 17th | 6th | 3 | 8th | 30:33 | - | 321st |
13. | Chivas Guadalajara | 17th | 6th | 3 | 8th | 23:26 | - | 321st |
14th | Cruz Azul | 17th | 5 | 5 | 7th | 19:25 | - | 620th |
15th | Santos Laguna | 17th | 4th | 5 | 8th | 21:24 | - | 317th |
16. | CF Atlas | 17th | 5 | 2 | 10 | 17:28 | –11 | 17th |
17th | Club Tijuana | 17th | 5 | 1 | 11 | 21:30 | - | 916 |
18th | Dorados de Sinaloa | 17th | 3 | 6th | 8th | 13:29 | -16 | 15th |
Final table of the Clausura 2016
rank | society | Sp. | S. | U | N | Gates | Diff. | Pt. |
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1. | CF Monterrey | 17th | 12 | 1 | 4th | 38:23 | +15 | 37 |
2. | CF Pachuca | 17th | 8th | 6th | 3 | 31:16 | +15 | 30th |
3. | Club León | 17th | 9 | 3 | 5 | 29:19 | +10 | 30th |
4th | Club America | 17th | 8th | 5 | 4th | 34:22 | +12 | 29 |
5. | Chivas Guadalajara | 17th | 7th | 7th | 3 | 26:16 | +10 | 28 |
6th | Monarcas Morelia | 17th | 8th | 4th | 5 | 25:24 | + | 128 |
7th | Santos Laguna | 17th | 8th | 3 | 6th | 22:20 | + | 227 |
8th. | UANL Tigres | 17th | 6th | 6th | 5 | 29:19 | +10 | 24 |
9. | Cruz Azul | 17th | 5 | 7th | 5 | 25:24 | + | 122nd |
10. | UNAM Pumas | 17th | 5 | 7th | 5 | 23:24 | - | 122nd |
11. | Deportivo Toluca | 17th | 5 | 7th | 5 | 20:21 | - | 122nd |
12. | Puebla FC | 17th | 5 | 7th | 5 | 21:26 | - | 5th22nd |
13. | Querétaro FC | 17th | 5 | 4th | 8th | 21:26 | - | 5th19th |
14th | Club Tijuana | 17th | 3 | 9 | 5 | 17:26 | - | 918th |
15th | CF Atlas | 17th | 3 | 5 | 9 | 18:26 | - | 814th |
16. | Dorados de Sinaloa | 17th | 4th | 2 | 11 | 18:32 | -14 | 14th |
17th | TR Veracruz | 17th | 2 | 8th | 7th | 18:34 | -16 | 14th |
18th | Chiapas FC | 17th | 3 | 3 | 11 | 16:33 | -17 | 12 |
Cross table for the 2015/16 season
The cross table shows the results of all games this season. The name of the home team is listed in the left column, the logo of the visiting team in the top row.
An interesting peculiarity from the results of Apertura 2015 is the team from Santos Laguna, which could not win any of their nine home games (even lost seven and only scored two points on their own territory), but won four times (in eight games) and only once away lost.
2015/16 | AME | CHP | DOR | TIG | TIJ | |||||||||||||
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America | 1: 3 | 2: 1 | 3: 3 | 4-0 | 1: 2 | 2: 1 | 3: 3 | 4: 1 | 1: 4 | 0-0 | 1: 1 | 0: 1 | 2-0 | 0: 1 | 6: 1 | 0: 1 | 3: 1 | |
Atlas | 0: 3 | 2: 3 | 0: 2 | 3: 2 | 0: 1 | 1: 1 | 0: 3 | 1: 2 | 1-0 | 2: 1 | 1: 1 | 0: 2 | 1: 2 | 0: 1 | 0-0 | 1: 2 | 0: 1 | |
Chiapas | 0: 2 | 0: 3 | 1: 1 | 1-0 | 1: 1 | 6: 2 | 2: 2 | 3: 1 | 3: 2 | 1-0 | 1: 2 | 0-0 | 2: 1 | 1: 3 | 1: 2 | 3: 2 | 1: 1 | |
Cruz Azul | 0: 2 | 1: 1 | 2: 1 | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | 2-0 | 4-0 | 0: 3 | 0-0 | 1: 1 | 2: 1 | 2: 1 | 0: 1 | 0: 3 | 1: 3 | 1: 2 | 1: 1 | |
Dorados | 0: 3 | 2: 1 | 0-0 | 3-0 | 2: 1 | 0: 1 | 1: 4 | 1-0 | 1: 2 | 1-0 | 2: 3 | 1: 1 | 3: 1 | 0-0 | 0: 1 | 1: 2 | 0-0 | |
Guadalajara | 1: 2 | 1-0 | 4: 1 | 0: 1 | 2: 1 | 0: 1 | 2: 1 | 2-0 | 4: 4 | 1: 1 | 4-0 | 2: 1 | 0: 3 | 2: 2 | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | 2: 2 | |
Leon | 3-0 | 2: 1 | 1: 3 | 3: 2 | 3-0 | 1-0 | 1: 2 | 1: 2 | 0-0 | 4: 1 | 1: 3 | 2-0 | 2-0 | 2: 1 | 2: 1 | 5: 1 | 4: 1 | |
Monterrey | 2: 1 | 1-0 | 6-0 | 1: 1 | 3-0 | 1: 3 | 4-0 | 2: 2 | 4: 3 | 1: 1 | 1-0 | 3: 2 | 1: 1 | 1-0 | 3: 1 | 1: 2 | 5: 1 | |
Morelia | 0: 3 | 0: 1 | 2-0 | 2: 2 | 4-0 | 2-0 | 3: 4 | 1: 3 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 2: 2 | 1: 1 | 3: 2 | 1-0 | 1: 2 | 1: 1 | 1: 2 | |
Pachuca | 0: 3 | 1: 1 | 2: 1 | 1: 2 | 2: 2 | 1: 1 | 3: 2 | 3: 1 | 2-0 | 5: 2 | 1: 2 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 2: 1 | 2: 1 | 3: 4 | 6-0 | |
Puebla | 4: 2 | 4: 1 | 2: 1 | 2: 1 | 3: 2 | 0: 3 | 1-0 | 1: 3 | 1: 3 | 3: 2 | 3: 2 | 3: 1 | 0: 1 | 0-0 | 2: 1 | 1-0 | 1: 1 | |
Cougars | 1: 1 | 5-0 | 2: 3 | 2: 2 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 1: 2 | 3-0 | 4: 2 | 1: 1 | 0: 1 | 2: 1 | 1: 1 | 1-0 | 3: 1 | 3: 2 | 3-0 | |
Querétaro | 1-0 | 1: 3 | 1: 1 | 4: 2 | 3-0 | 0: 2 | 3-0 | 3: 1 | 0: 1 | 1: 2 | 0-0 | 2: 1 | 1: 2 | 2: 2 | 2: 1 | 0-0 | 2: 1 | |
Santos Laguna | 0: 2 | 0: 2 | 1-0 | 1: 2 | 1: 1 | 0: 1 | 1: 3 | 1: 2 | 2: 3 | 3: 2 | 1: 1 | 3: 4 | 2-0 | 2: 1 | 0: 1 | 0-0 | 2-0 | |
Tigres | 4: 1 | 2: 2 | 4: 1 | 0-0 | 5: 2 | 2: 2 | 3: 1 | 3: 1 | 2-0 | 2: 1 | 0: 1 | 0-0 | 5: 1 | 2: 2 | 1: 2 | 0: 1 | 0-0 | |
Tijuana | 0: 2 | 2-0 | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | 1: 2 | 2: 1 | 0-0 | 1: 2 | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | 0-0 | 1: 2 | 2: 4 | 1: 3 | 1: 2 | 0-0 | 1: 3 | |
Toluca | 2: 3 | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | 0: 2 | 3-0 | 3: 1 | 1: 3 | 3: 1 | 0: 1 | 0: 1 | 1: 1 | 2: 1 | 4: 2 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 4: 1 | 4: 2 | |
Veracruz | 1: 1 | 3: 2 | 2: 1 | 2: 1 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 1: 3 | 2: 1 | 1: 2 | 0: 1 | 2: 1 | 0-0 | 2: 2 | 0: 3 | 1: 3 | 2: 2 | 3: 2 |