The 2009/10 season was the opening season of the Liga de Ascenso , the new second soccer league in Mexico . Club Necaxa , relegated from the Primera División in the previous year , won both the Torneo Apertura 2009 and the Torneo Bicentenario 2010 and was able to secure a return to the first soccer league of Mexico . There was no relegated team this season, as the league was to be expanded by one team ( Altamira FC ) to 18 participants in the 2010/11 season . Newcomer Necaxa was replaced by the relegated CF Indios replaced.
Liga de Ascenso is the third name for the second soccer league in Mexico. It was originally introduced as the Segunda División in the 1950/51 season and carried out under this name until the 1993/94 season. Between 1994/95 and 2008/09 it was replaced by the newly formed Primera División 'A' , with the introduction of which the Segunda División did not cease to exist, but was de facto demoted to the third division. The Primera División 'A' was largely characterized by a large number of license postponements and increases, through which the attractiveness of the league with the public had decreased considerably. In their last season, 27 teams took part, which were put into three groups according to strange criteria. Some teams had a basic right to be promoted to the Primera División if they were successful in sport , while other teams were not allowed to do so from the outset. To find a way out of this dilemma, the system was fundamentally overhauled and the league was given a new name. The Liga de Ascenso was born and had its premiere in the 2009/10 season.
Tables 2009/10
The second Mexican soccer league is played as a round-robin tournament (all participating teams face each other twice per season in one home and one away game), but the overall season table is not used to select the champion and later promoted team, instead there are two championships per half-season ( Apertura and Clausura) and the champions (based on the American model) are determined in Liguillas . In Mexico, these two half-year champions face each other at the end of the season in a big promotion final, because only one team is promoted and relegated per season, which was not necessary this season, since Necaxa won both tournaments and thus secured promotion early. In this process, which is due to material income opportunities, it can happen that the best team of the previous season does not necessarily advance. Because the corresponding half-year tables (including the complete schedule) can be found on the RSSSF website mentioned below, this data will not be reproduced here. Rather, the tables below are published, which say something about the true season performance of the individual teams and are otherwise difficult to find on the Internet. As you can see from these tables, Necaxa is a worthy climber, as the club also had the best points team of the season.
Club Necaxa, the strongest team at home, was the only team to go undefeated at home, while Guerreros de Hermosillo FC were the weakest away team and the only team to remain without a win abroad. Club Albinegros de Orizaba played 14 of its 16 home games in Veracruz, more than 200 kilometers away, and was still much stronger there than in real away games, in which the Orizaba team couldn't get much. Only the last two home games were played in their own Estadio Socum, which they returned to on the occasion of the derby against CD Veracruz and which the whites and blacks promptly won 3-1. The subsequent and final home game of the season against Club Alacranes (1: 1) was played at the Estadio Socum.
Albinegros de Orizaba played 14 of his 16 home games at the Estadio Luis de La Fuente "El Pirata" in Veracruz and only returned to his actual Estadio Socum for the last two home games of the season (including the derby against CD Veracruz). Also in the coming season they are allowed to play a maximum of four home games at the Estadio Socum because their stadium does not have the capacity of 15,000 according to the requirements of the Mexican Association .
Cross table for the 2009/10 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.
Albinegros de Orizaba played 14 of his 16 home games at the Estadio Luis de La Fuente "El Pirata" in Veracruz and only returned to his actual Estadio Socum for the last two home games of the season (these games are highlighted in yellow).
Liguillas of the Apertura 2009
Quarter finals
Veracruz prevails against the Dorados because of the more points scored in the league (28 versus 26).
total
First leg
Return leg
Cruz Azul Hidalgo
-
Necaxa
1: 3
1: 1
0: 2
Dorados de Sinaloa
-
CD Veracruz
1: 1
1-0
0: 1
Potros Neza
-
Lobos BUAP
1: 3
1: 2
0: 1
Superlíder Irapuato without a fight.
Semifinals
total
First leg
Return leg
CD Veracruz
-
CD Irapuato
1: 3
1-0
0: 3
Necaxa
-
Lobos BUAP
2-0
2-0
0-0
final
total
First leg
Return leg
Necaxa
-
CD Irapuato
4: 3
1-0
3: 3 a.d.
Liguillas of the Clausura 2010
Quarter finals
As in the semi-finals of Apertura, Necaxa prevailed against the Lobos de la BUAP with an overall result of 2-0.
total
First leg
Return leg
CF La Piedad
-
Pumas Morelos
2: 1
0-0
2: 1
Lobos BUAP
-
Necaxa
0: 2
0-0
0: 2
Correcaminos UAT
-
Xolos Tijuana
2: 3
1: 2
1: 1
Superlíder León without a fight.
Semifinals
total
First leg
Return leg
CF La Piedad
-
Club León
0: 7
0: 2
0: 5
Xolos Tijuana
-
Necaxa
2: 5
0-0
2: 5
final
total
First leg
Return leg
Necaxa
-
Club León
4: 2
3-0
1: 2
Ascent
Necaxa won both championships of the 2009/10 season and was promoted directly to the Primera División .
