2013–14 Liga MX season

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The 2013–14 Liga MX season (known as the Liga BBVA Bancomer MX for sponsorship reasons) was the 67th professional top-flight football league season in Mexico. The season was split into two competitions: the Torneo Apertura and the Torneo Clausura; each of identical format and contested by the same eighteen teams.

Clubs

Eighteen teams competed in the season.

Tiburones Rojos de Veracruz. These changes sparked controversy in the Mexican press as Querétaro effectively bought its place back in the first division and newly promoted La Piedad completely lost its team.[1]

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Location of the 2013–14 Liga MX teams

Stadia and locations

Club City State Stadium Capacity
América Mexico City
Distrito Federal
 Azteca 105,000
Atlante
 Cancún Quintana Roo Andrés Quintana Roo 20,000
Atlas
Guadalajara
 Jalisco Jalisco 63,200
Chiapas Tuxtla Gutiérrez Chiapas Víctor Manuel Reyna 31,500
Cruz Azul Mexico City
Distrito Federal
Estadio Azul
 35,000
Guadalajara
Guadalajara
 Jalisco
Omnilife
 49,850
León León Guanajuato León 33,943
Monterrey
Monterrey
 Nuevo León Tecnológico 38,000
Morelia
Morelia
 Michoacán Morelos 39,000
Pachuca
Pachuca
 Hidalgo Hidalgo 30,000
Puebla
Puebla
Puebla
 Cuauhtémoc 48,650
Querétaro
Querétaro
Querétaro
 La Corregidora 36,500
Santos Laguna
Torreón
 Coahuila Corona 30,000
Tijuana Tijuana
Baja California
 Caliente 21,000
Toluca Toluca
Estado de México
 Nemesio Díez 27,000
UANL San Nicolás de los Garza Nuevo León Universitario 42,000
UNAM Mexico City
Distrito Federal
 Olímpico Universitario 63,000
Veracruz
Veracruz
Veracruz
Estadio Luis de la Fuente
 30,000

Personnel and kits

Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
América Argentina Antonio Mohamed Colombia Aquivaldo Mosquera Nike Bimbo
Atlante Argentina Pablo Marini
Mauricio Romero
Kappa
 Cancún
Atlas Mexico Tomás Boy Argentina Leandro Cufré Nike Casas Javer
Chiapas Mexico Sergio Bueno
Javier Muñoz
 Kappa Soriana
Cruz Azul Mexico Luis Fernando Tena Mexico Gerardo Torrado Umbro Cemento Cruz Azul
Guadalajara Argentina Ricardo La Volpe Mexico Omar Bravo adidas Bimbo
León Uruguay Gustavo Matosas Mexico Rafael Márquez Pirma Caja Popular Mexicana
Monterrey Mexico Carlos Barra & Mexico José Treviño (interim) Argentina José Basanta Nike Bimbo
Morelia
Ángel David Comizzo
 Colombia Aldo Ramírez Joma Bridgestone
Pachuca Mexico Enrique Meza
Óscar Pérez
 Nike Cementos Fortaleza
Puebla Argentina Rubén Omar Romano Mexico Luis Miguel Noriega Kappa Corona
Querétaro Mexico Ignacio Ambríz Mexico Marco Jiménez Pirma Libertad
Santos Laguna Portugal Pedro Caixinha Mexico Oswaldo Sánchez
Puma
 Soriana
Tijuana Venezuela César Farías Argentina Javier Gandolfi Nike Grupo Caliente
Toluca Paraguay José Cardozo
Paulo Da Silva
 Under Armour
Banamex
UANL Brazil Ricardo Ferretti Mexico Lucas Lobos adidas Cemex
UNAM Mexico José Luis Trejo Paraguay Darío Verón Puma Banamex
Veracruz
José Luis Sánchez Solá
 Mexico Jehu Chiapas Kappa Winpot

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment Position in table
Pre-Apertura changes
Tijuana Argentina Antonio Mohamed Contract Expired May 3, 2013 Argentina Jorge Almirón May 31, 2013 Pre-season
Atlante Mexico Daniel Guzmán Resigned May 5, 2013 Uruguay Wilson Graniolatti June 4, 2013 Pre-season
Toluca Mexico Enrique Meza Sacked May 5, 2013 Paraguay José Cardozo May 7, 2013 Pre-season
Atlas Mexico Tomás Boy Resigned May 13, 2013 Argentina Omar Asad June 2, 2013 Pre-season
Chiapas
José Guadalupe Cruz
 Job Lost; Due to Relocation (to Querétaro) May 20, 2013 Mexico Sergio Bueno June 5, 2013 Pre-season
Apertura changes
Puebla Mexico Manuel Lapuente Sacked August 13, 2013 Argentina Rubén Omar Romano August 14, 2013 13th
Guadalajara Mexico Benjamín Galindo Sacked August 18, 2013 Mexico Juan Carlos Ortega August 19, 2013 15th
Monterrey Mexico Víctor Manuel Vucetich Sacked August 25, 2013
José Guadalupe Cruz
 August 26, 2013 14th
Pachuca Mexico Gabriel Caballero Resigned September 2, 2013 Mexico Enrique Meza September 4, 2013 11th
Atlante Uruguay Wilson Graniolatti Mutual consent September 2, 2013 Uruguay Rubén Israel September 3, 2013 18th
UNAM Mexico Juan Antonio Torres Sacked September 2, 2013 Mexico José Luis Trejo September 3, 2013 17th
Atlas Argentina Omar Asad Sacked October 5, 2013 Mexico José Luis Mata October 8, 2013 16th
America Mexico Miguel Herrera Interim for Mexico National Team (came back for the post-season) October 21, 2013 Mexico Álvaro Galindo (Interim) October 22, 2013 1st
America Mexico Álvaro Galindo (Interim) End of tenure as caretaker November 21, 2013 Mexico Miguel Herrera November 22, 2013 1st
Pre-Clausura changes
Guadalajara Mexico Juan Carlos Ortega Sacked November 10, 2013 Mexico José Luis Real November 25, 2013 Pre-season
Atlas Mexico José Luis Mata Sacked November 10, 2013 Mexico Tomás Boy December 6, 2013 Pre-season
Tijuana Argentina Jorge Almirón Sacked November 11, 2013 Venezuela César Farías December 3, 2013 Pre-season
Cruz Azul Mexico Guillermo Vázquez Contract Expired December 3, 2013 Mexico Luis Fernando Tena December 11, 2013 Pre-season
America Mexico Miguel Herrera Leaving to Mexico National Team December 15, 2013 Argentina Antonio Mohamed December 17, 2013 Pre-season
Clausura changes
Atlante Uruguay Rubén Israel Sacked January 11, 2014 Argentina Pablo Marini January 11, 2014 14th
Morelia Argentina Carlos Bustos Sacked January 26, 2014 Mexico Eduardo de la Torre January 27, 2014 11th
Veracruz Mexico Juan Antonio Luna Sacked February 9, 2014
José Luis Sánchez Solá
 February 11, 2014 17th
Monterrey
José Guadalupe Cruz
 Sacked February 18, 2014 Mexico Carlos Barra & Mexico José Treviño (interim) February 19, 2014 15th
Morelia Mexico Eduardo de la Torre Sacked March 1, 2014
Roberto Hernández
(interim) 		March 9, 2014 15th
Morelia
Roberto Hernández
 End of tenure as caretaker March 9, 2014 Argentina Ángel Comizzo March 9, 2014 11th
Guadalajara Mexico José Luis Real Sacked April 1, 2014 Argentina Ricardo La Volpe April 2, 2014 10th

Torneo Apertura

The Apertura 2013 is the first competition of the season. The regular season began on July 19, 2013 and ended on November 10, 2013. América successfully defended their title for the 11th time.

Regular season

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 América 17 11 4 2 31 12 +19 37 Advance to the Liguilla and cannot qualify for South American competitions[a][b]
2 Santos Laguna 17 9 6 2 32 20 +12 33 2014 Copa Libertadores Second Stage[c][b]
3 León 17 8 6 3 25 14 +11 30
4 Cruz Azul 17 8 5 4 21 17 +4 29 Advance to the Liguilla and cannot qualify for South American competitions[a][b]
5 Toluca 17 6 9 2 33 17 +16 27
6
Morelia
 17 8 3 6 26 23 +3 27 2014 Copa Libertadores First Stage[c][b]
7 Querétaro 17 7 5 5 20 19 +1 26 Advance to the Liguilla[b]
8 UANL 17 6 7 4 23 20 +3 25
9 Chiapas 17 6 7 4 26 25 +1 25
10 Tijuana 17 5 6 6 20 23 −3 21 Cannot qualify for South American competitions[a]
11 Monterrey 17 5 5 7 22 23 −1 20
12
Veracruz
 17 4 8 5 20 24 −4 20
13
Puebla
 17 4 7 6 19 21 −2 19
14 Pachuca 17 3 8 6 14 18 −4 17
15
Atlas
 17 1 9 7 18 29 −11 12
16 Guadalajara 17 2 6 9 16 30 −14 12
17 Atlante 17 3 3 11 17 35 −18 12
18 UNAM 17 1 8 8 8 21 −13 11
Updated to match(es) played on 10 November 2013. Source: MedioTiempo
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
  1. ^
    2013-14 CONCACAF Champions League
    competition.
  2. ^ a b c d e The first 8 places in the table qualify for the Playoffs.
  3. ^ a b All 3 teams who qualify for Copa Libertadores participated in the Playoffs of this competition.

Results

Home \ Away AMÉ ATE
ATL
 CHI CAZ GUA LEÓ MON
MOR
 PAC
PUE
 QUE SLA TIJ TOL UNL UNM
VER
América 3–0 3–1 2–0 1–0 3–1 3–1 2–0 1–1
Atlante 2–4 1–1 2–0 2–1 2–2 1–1 1–3 1–0 2–4
Atlas
 1–2 1–2 1–1 3–1 2–2 0–1 1–1 3–3
Chiapas 3–0 1–1 2–1 4–2 2–1 3–1 0–4 1–1
Cruz Azul 1–1 1–0 1–1 3–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 0–2 0–1
Guadalajara 1–0 1–1 1–3 2–4 0–2 2–2 0–0 1–0 0–2
León 1–1 1–0 0–1 2–1 3–1 0–0 3–1 5–0 2–2
Monterrey 0–0 1–1 2–1 1–0 1–1 2–1 1–1 0–1
Morelia
 2–0 2–1 1–1 1–3 4–1 1–0 2–1 3–4
Pachuca 0–1 0–0 1–1 0–1 1–1 2–1 0–0 1–1
Puebla
 1–0 2–0 1–2 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–1 1–1 0–0
Querétaro 0–0 1–0 1–1 2–0 2–0 3–3 1–3 1–0 2–2
Santos Laguna 2–1 3–2 0–2 3–2 3–1 2–0 3–0 2–2
Tijuana 4–1 3–3 0–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 0–0 2–0 3–0
Toluca 7–1 1–1 1–2 0–1 4–0 2–2 0–0 0–0 3–1
UANL 1–0 3–1 2–2 3–3 1–1 3–1 1–2 0–0 1–2
UNAM 1–4 2–2 1–1 0–1 0–3 0–1 0–2 0–0
Veracruz
 0–1 2–2 3–2 0–1 0–3 1–0 0–0 1–1
Updated to match(es) played on 10 November 2013. Source: soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Liguilla - Apertura

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
               
1 América (a) 2 1 3
8 UANL 2 1 3
1 América 1 2 3
5 Toluca 2 0 2
4 Cruz Azul 0 1 1
5 Toluca 3 1 4
1 América 0 1 1
3 León 2 3 5
2
Santos Laguna
 		3 3 6
7 Querétaro 2 1 3
2
Santos Laguna
1 2 3
3 León 3 2 5
3 León 3 4 7
6
Morelia
3 0 3
  • If the two teams are tied after both legs, the higher seeded team advances.
  • "Away goals" rule was applied in the play-off round, but not in the final.
  • Both finalists qualified to the 2014–15 CONCACAF Champions League (champion in Pot A, runner-up in Pot B).


 Apertura 2013 winners: 
León
6th title

Top goalscorers

Players ranked by goals scored, then alphabetically by last name.

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Paraguay Pablo Velázquez Toluca 12
2 Argentina Mauro Boselli León 11
3 Chile Humberto Suazo Monterrey 10
4 Mexico Oribe Peralta
Santos Laguna
 9
5 Mexico Ángel Reyna
Veracruz
 8
Hector Mancilla
Morelia
7 Mexico Alan Pulido UANL 7
Mexico Carlos Ochoa Chiapas
Ecuador Fidel Martínez Tijuana
Argentina Matías Alustiza
Puebla
Mexico Raúl Jiménez América
Mexico Rafael Márquez Lugo Guadalajara

Source: Televisa Deportes

Hat-tricks

Player For Against Result Date
Argentina Darío Benedetto Tijuana Atlas 3–3 July 19, 2013
Ecuador Jefferson Montero Morelia Toluca 3–4 July 26, 2013
Mexico Ángel Reyna Veracruz Atlante 2–4 July 27, 2013
Paraguay Pablo Velázquez Toluca Chiapas 0–4 August 17, 2013
Argentina Mauro Boselli* León Tijuana 5–0 November 9, 2013

* Scored four goals

Torneo Clausura

The Clausura 2014 is the second competition of the season. The regular season began on January 3, 2014 and ended on May 18, 2014. León successfully defended their sixth title.

Regular season

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Cruz Azul (A) 17 11 3 3 28 19 +9 36 Advance to the Liguilla
2 Toluca (A) 17 10 2 5 25 14 +11 32
3 UNAM (A) 17 7 4 6 26 20 +6 25
4 Santos Laguna (A) 17 6 7 4 33 29 +4 25
5 América (A) 17 7 4 6 21 17 +4 25
6 Pachuca (A) 17 7 3 7 23 21 +2 24
7 Tijuana (A) 17 7 3 7 22 23 −1 24
8 León (A) 17 6 5 6 23 17 +6 23
9 Chiapas 17 6 5 6 23 23 0 23
10 Monterrey 17 6 5 6 20 20 0 23
11
Morelia
 17 5 6 6 21 20 +1 21
12
Atlas
 17 5 6 6 17 18 −1 21
13 Querétaro 17 6 3 8 18 22 −4 21
14 UANL 17 5 6 6 13 17 −4 21
15 Guadalajara 17 5 6 6 13 18 −5 21
16
Puebla
 17 4 6 7 14 19 −5 18
17 Atlante (R) 17 5 3 9 22 34 −12 18 Relegated to Ascenso MX
18
Veracruz
 17 3 7 7 14 25 −11 16
Source: [citation needed]
(A) Advance to a further round; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away AMÉ ATE
ATL
 CHI CAZ GUA LEÓ MON
MOR
 PAC
PUE
 QUE SLA TIJ TOL UNL UNM
VER
América 1–0 1–2 1–0 0–1 0–0 2–4 3–0 1–3 0–0
Atlante 1–4 1–1 1–1 0–0 4–2 1–2 2–1 0–2
Atlas
 1–2 0–1 2–2 1–1 0–1 1–1 0–0 0–0 1–0
Chiapas 2–2 5–2 0–1 0–3 1–1 1–0 1–0 0–0 1–1
Cruz Azul 1–3 2–2 1–0 2–1 2–1 1–0 2–1 4–0
Guadalajara 0–4 1–0 0–2 1–0 0–1 1–1 2–1 0–0
León 3–1 0–0 1–3 1–1 4–2 3–0 1–2 0–1
Monterrey 1–2 3–2 0–0 0–2 0–1 3–1 2–2 0–0 4–1
Morelia
 1–0 1–2 5–1 0–0 0–1 2–2 2–0 3–1 1–1
Pachuca 0–1 0–1 2–0 1–3 2–0 3–0 1–2 2–1 0–1
Puebla
 0–1 2–3 0–1 1–1 1–1 3–1 1–0 0–1
Querétaro 1–0 1–3 3–4 0–0 2–1 0–2 1–0 2–0
Santos Laguna 4–3 2–3 2–3 1–1 3–1 0–0 3–2 2–0 2–1
Tijuana 1–0 0–3 2–0 1–2 2–1 1–0 3–1 3–1
Toluca 1–1 2–0 1–0 2–1 2–0 2–2 3–0 2–1
UANL 2–1 3–0 0–0 0–2 1–1 1–1 1–2 1–0
UNAM 5–0 1–1 2–1 1–0 1–2 0–0 2–2 3–0 0–2
Veracruz
 2–1 0–1 1–1 3–1 0–1 2–2 1–1 0–3 1–1
Updated to match(es) played on 27 April 2014. Source: soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Liguilla - Clausura

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
               
1 Cruz Azul 1 2 3
8 León (a) 1 2 3
2 Toluca 0 0 0
8 León 1 1 2
2 Toluca 0 3 3
7 Tijuana 0 1 1
8
a.e.t.
) 		2 2 4
6
Pachuca
3 0 3
4
Santos Laguna (a
) 		3 3 6
5 América 5 1 6
4
Santos Laguna
0 4 4
6
Pachuca (a
) 		2 2 4
3 UNAM 1 2 3
6
Pachuca
 		1 4 5
  • If the two teams are tied after both legs, the higher seeded team advances.
  • "Away goals" rule was applied in the play-off round, but not in the final.
  • Both finalists qualified to the 2014–15 CONCACAF Champions League (champion in Pot A, runner-up in Pot B).


 Clausura 2014 winners: 
León
7th title

Top goalscorers

Players ranked by goals scored, then alphabetically by last name.

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Ecuador Enner Valencia Pachuca 12
2 Argentina Martín Bravo UNAM 9
3 Ecuador Michael Arroyo
Atlante
 8
Mexico Oribe Peralta
Santos Laguna
Mexico Raúl Jiménez América
6 Paraguay Pablo Velázquez Toluca 7
Mexico Marco Fabián Cruz Azul
Argentina Cristian Pellerano Tijuana
Carlos Quintero
Santos Laguna

Source: MedioTiempo.com

Hat-tricks

Player For Against Result Date
Ecuador Michael Arroyo* Atlante Querétaro 4–2 March 9, 2014
Carlos Quintero
 Santos Laguna Atlante 4–3 April 13, 2014

* Scored four goals

Relegation

Pos
 Team '11 A
Pts 		'12 C
Pts 		'12 A
Pts 		'13 C
Pts 		'13 A
Pts 		'14 C
Pts 		Total
Pts 		Total
Pld 		Avg
 Relegation
1 Cruz Azul 29 25 26 29 29 36 174 102 1.7059
2
Santos Laguna
 27 36 23 29 33 25 173 102 1.6961
3 América 15 32 31 32 37 25 172 102 1.6863
4
Morelia
 26 31 27 30 27 21 162 102 1.5882
5 UANL 28 31 21 35 25 21 161 102 1.5784
6 Toluca 20 22 34 18 27 32 153 102 1.5000
7 León 0 0 33 16 30 23 102 68 1.5000
8 Tijuana 18 28 34 21 21 24 146 102 1.4314
9 Monterrey 24 32 23 23 20 23 145 102 1.4216
10 Querétaro 26 27 22 17 26 21 139 102 1.3627
11 Pachuca 26 28 21 20 17 24 136 102 1.3333
12 UNAM 25 16 23 29 11 25 129 102 1.2647
13 Guadalajara 30 15 23 16 12 21 117 102 1.1471
14 Chiapas 24 12 15 16 25 23 115 102 1.1275
15
Puebla
 22 19 13 19 19 18 110 102 1.0784
16
Atlas
 12 20 12 32 12 21 109 102 1.0686
17
Veracruz
 0 0 0 0 20 16 36 34 1.0588
18
Atlante
 19 16 20 13 12 18 98 102 0.9608 Relegated

Last update: May 8, 2014 [2]

Average attendance

  1. Club América 43.370
  2. Tigres 40.784
  3. CF Monterrey 30.548
  4. Club Tijuana 22.715
  5. CF Pachuca 22.454
  6. León FC 21.744
  7. CD Guadalajara 21.147
  8. Santos Laguna 19.907
  9. Querétaro FC 19.462
  10. Universidad Nacional 19.218
  11. Chiapas FC 18.305
  12. Cruz Azul 18.090
  13. Atlas 17.855
  14. Veracruz 17.176
  15. Puebla FC 16.640
  16. Monarcas Morelia 14.441
  17. Deportivo Toluca 13.292
  18. Atlante FC 6.377

[3]

References

  1. ^ Marshall, Tom (29 May 2013). "Liga MX team changes finalized". Retrieved 11 August 2013.
  2. ^ LigaMX.net - Estadística - Tabla General de Cociente
  3. ^ "Primera División 2013/2014 Apertura - Attendance".

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