Clausura 2015 Copa MX

Clausura 2015 Copa MX

Tournament details
Country	Mexico
Teams	24
Final positions
Champions	Hérculez Gómez (5 goals each)
← Apertura 2014 Apertura 2015  →

The Copa 2015 MX Clausura was the 73rd staging of the

edition.

This tournament started on January 20, 2015, and ended April 21, 2015.

Puebla won their fifth title after defeating Guadalajara 4–2 in the final.

Participants Clausura 2015

This tournament will feature the clubs from the

teams in the classification phase during the Apertura 2014 season will participate.

Tiebreakers

If two or more clubs are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria are applied to determine the rankings:

1. superior goal difference;
2. higher number of goals scored;
3. scores of the group matches played among the clubs in question;
4. higher number of goals scored away in the group matches played among the clubs in question;
5. best position in the Relegation table;
6. fair play ranking;
7. drawing of lots.

Group stage

All but one group is composed by four clubs, two from Liga MX and two from Ascenso MX. The remaining group will have one from Liga MX and three from Ascenso MX. Instead of a traditional robin-round schedule, the clubs will play in three two-legged "rounds", the last one being contested by clubs of the same league.

Each win gives a club 3 points, each draw gives 1 point. An extra point is awarded for every round won; a round is won by aggregated score, and if it is a tie, the extra point will be not be awarded to neither team.

Key to colours in group tables
Group winners advance to the Championship Stage
The two best second-placed teams also advance to the Championship Stage

All times are

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Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	RW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Querétaro	6	4	1	1	2	13	5	+8	15	Group winner
2	Santos Laguna	6	2	3	1	2	9	10	−1	11
3	San Luis	6	2	1	3	1	7	11	−4	8
4	Zacatecas	6	1	1	4	1	8	11	−3	5

Round 1

Santos Laguna won the round 4–3 on aggregate

Teams drew 3–3 on aggregate, San Luis won the round on away goals

Round 2

Querétaro won the round 3–0 on aggregate

Santos Laguna won the round 3–0 on aggregate

Round 3

Zacatecas won the round 5–4 on aggregate

Querétaro won the round 7–2 on aggregate

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	RW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Monterrey	6	4	1	1	2	14	3	+11	15	Group winner
2	UAT	6	3	3	0	3	9	6	+3	15	Best runner-up
3	Veracruz	6	1	2	3	1	5	8	−3	6
4	Altamira	6	0	2	4	0	4	15	−11	2

Round 1

Veracruz won the round 2–1 on aggregate

UAT won the round 2–1 on aggregate

Round 2

Veracruz

17 February 2015 Second leg	Veracruz	Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas
19:00	Cortés 88'	Report	Vázquez 19'	Stadium: Estadio Marte R. Gómez Attendance: 972 Referee: Jonathan Hernández

UAT won the round 3–2 on aggregate

Altamira

17 February 2015 Second leg	Altamira	Monterrey, Nuevo León
21:00	Madrigal 24', 40' Cardona 42'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Tecnológico Attendance: 11,522 Referee: Erim Ramírez Ulloa

Monterrey won the round 9–0 on aggregate

Round 3

Altamira

3 March 2015 Second leg	Altamira	Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas
19:00	Hernández 41' Ocampo 77' (pen.)	Report	Dos Santos 62'	Stadium: Estadio Marte R. Gómez Attendance: 1,053 Referee: Adonai Escobedo

UAT won the round 4–3 on aggregate

Veracruz

3 March 2015 Second leg	Veracruz	Monterrey, Nuevo León
21:00	Gracia 37' Chará 56' Pabón 74'	Report	Albín 49' (pen.)	Stadium: Estadio Tecnológico Attendance: 19,003 Referee: Miguel Ángel Ayala

Monterrey won the round 4–1 on aggregate

Group 3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	RW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Tijuana	6	4	2	0	3	14	6	+8	17	Group winner
2	Tepic	6	2	2	2	2	11	7	+4	10
3	U. de G.	6	1	3	2	1	4	7	−3	7
4	Necaxa	6	1	1	4	0	4	13	−9	4

Round 1

Tepic won the round 3–0 on aggregate

Tijuana originally won the first leg 3–1 but Tijuana was later awarded a 3–0 win after Necaxa only had 6 registered Ascenso MX players available for the leg instead of the mandatory 8.^[1]

Tijuana won the round 6–1 on aggregate

Round 2

U. de G.

18 February 2015 Second leg	Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes
19:00	Rojas 89' (pen. )	Report	Anangonó 41'	Stadium: Estadio Victoria Attendance: 4,005 Referee: Jesús Bisguerra Mendiola

U de G. won the round 3–1 on aggregate

Tepic

4 February 2015 First leg	Tepic	Tijuana, Baja California
19:00	L. García 88'	Report	Fernando 17' Mora 67'	Stadium: Estadio Caliente Attendance: 18,633 Referee: José Alfredo Peñaloza

Tijuana won the round 5–4 on aggregate

Round 3

U. de G.

3 March 2015 Second leg	U. de G.	Tijuana, Baja California
19:00	Martín 13' A. M. Moreno 59'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Caliente Attendance: 26,333 Referee: León Barajas

Tijuana won the round 3–1 on aggregate

Tepic

4 March 2015 Second leg	Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes
21:00	Lojero 59' Chaurand 84'	Report	Morales 30'	Stadium: Estadio Victoria Attendance: 2,518 Referee: Diego Montaño

Tepic won the round 4–2 on aggregate

Group 4

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	RW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Guadalajara	6	4	1	1	2	7	3	+4	15	Group winner
2	Sinaloa	6	3	2	1	2	11	8	+3	13
3	BUAP	6	2	0	4	1	7	9	−2	7
4	Irapuato	6	1	1	4	0	1	6	−5	4

Round 1

Teams drew 1–1 on aggregate and tied on away goals, thus neither team received the extra point

Sinaloa won the round 3–2 on aggregate

Round 2

Guadalajara won the round 3–0 on aggregate

Irapuato

17 February 2015 Second leg	Irapuato	Culiacán, Sinaloa
20:00	Rodriguez 34'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Banorte Attendance: 4,624 Referee: Ángel Flores

Sinaloa won the round 3–0 on aggregate

Round 3

Irapuato

3 March 2015 Second leg	Zapopan, Jalisco
19:00	Bravo 80'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Omnilife Attendance: 7,144 Referee: Ricardo Arellano

Guadalajara won the round 2–0 on aggregate

BUAP

3 March 2015 Second leg	BUAP	Culiacán, Sinaloa
20:00	Prieto 16' Abrego 49', 90+1' Nurse 84'	Report	Follé 36' Arce 37'	Stadium: Estadio Banorte Attendance: 4,312 Referee: Jonathan Hernández

BUAP won the round 6–5 on aggregate

Group 5

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	RW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Puebla	6	4	1	1	3	11	6	+5	16	Group winner
2	Mérida	6	4	0	2	2	13	7	+6	14	Best runner-up
3	Toluca	6	2	1	3	1	9	13	−4	8
4	Atlante	6	0	2	4	0	5	12	−7	2

Round 1

Puebla

27 January 2015 Second leg	Puebla	Cancún, Quintana Roo
21:00	Salinas 62'	Report	Tamay 79'	Stadium: Estadio Andrés Quintana Roo Attendance: 4,508 Referee: Jonathan Hernández

Puebla won the round 3–1 on aggregate

Mérida

28 January 2015 First leg	Mérida	Toluca, Estado de México
21:00		Report	Martín 33'	Stadium: Estadio Nemesio Díez Attendance: 15,166 Referee: Miguel Ángel Ayala

Mérida won the round 7–1 on aggregate

Round 2

Toluca won the round 4–2 on aggregate

Puebla won the round 4–1 on aggregate

Round 3

Teams drew 4–4 on aggregate, Puebla won the round on away goals

Mérida

24 February 2015 First leg	Mérida	Cancún, Quintana Roo
20:00	Estrada 23' Maldonado 41'	Report	Martínez 44', 60' Briceño 90'	Stadium: Estadio Andrés Quintana Roo Attendance: 2,281 Referee: Baruch Absalon Castellanos

Mérida won the round 5–2 on aggregate

Group 6

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	RW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Chiapas	6	4	0	2	1	12	8	+4	13	Group winner
2	Zacatepec	6	3	1	2	2	11	8	+3	12
3	UNAM	6	2	1	3	2	6	10	−4	9
4	Oaxaca	6	2	0	4	1	9	12	−3	7

Round 1

Teams drew 3–3 on aggregate, Oaxaca won the round on away goals.

UNAM won the round 2–1 on aggregate

Round 2

Zacatepec

4 February 2015 First leg	Zacatepec	Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas
19:00		Report	Rojas 34'	Stadium: Estadio Víctor Manuel Reyna Attendance: 4,140 Referee: Miguel Ángel Chacón

Zacatepec won the round 4–3 on aggregate

Teams drew 3–3 on aggregate, UNAM won the round on away goals

Round 3

Zacatepec

4 March 2015 Second leg	Oaxaca, Oaxaca
19:00	Medina 40'	Report	Michel 42' Pardini 46'	Stadium: Estadio Benito Juárez Attendance: 3,820 Referee: Arturo Cruz

Zacatepec won the round 4–2 on aggregate

Chiapas won the round 6–1 on aggregate

Ranking of runners-up clubs

The best two runners-up advance to the Championship Stage. If two or more teams are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria are applied to determine the rankings:

1. superior goal difference;
2. higher number of goals scored;
3. higher number of goals scored away;
4. best position in the Relegation table;
5. fair play ranking;
6. drawing of lots.

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	RW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	2	UAT	6	3	3	0	3	9	6	+3	15	Best runners-up
2	5	Mérida	6	4	0	2	2	13	7	+6	14
3	4	Sinaloa	6	3	2	1	2	11	8	+3	13
4	6	Zacatepec	6	3	1	2	2	11	8	+3	12
5	1	Santos Laguna	6	2	3	1	2	9	10	−1	11
6	3	Tepic	6	2	2	2	2	11	7	+4	10

Championship stage

The eight clubs that advance to this stage were ranked and seeded 1 to 8 based on performance in the group stage. In case of ties, the same tiebreakers used to rank the runners-up were used.

In this stage, all the rounds will be a one-off match. If a game ends in a draw, it will proceed directly to a penalty shoot-out. The highest seeded club will host each match, regardless of which division each club belongs.

Seeding

Seed	Team	Pld	W	D	L	RW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Tijuana	6	4	2	0	3	14	6	+8	17
2	Puebla	6	4	1	1	3	11	6	+5	16
3	Monterrey	6	4	1	1	2	14	3	+11	15
4	Querétaro	6	4	1	1	2	13	5	+8	15
5	Guadalajara	6	4	1	1	2	7	3	+4	15
6	UAT	6	3	3	0	3	9	6	+3	15
7	Mérida	6	4	0	2	2	13	7	+6	14
8	Chiapas	6	4	0	2	1	12	8	+4	13

Bracket

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final
	2	Puebla	2
	7	Mérida	1
						2	Puebla	3
						3	Monterrey	0
	3	Monterrey	4
	6	UAT	1
											2	Puebla	4
											5	Guadalajara	2
	4	Querétaro	0 (3)
	5	Guadalajara (p)	0 (4)
						5	Guadalajara	2
						8	Chiapas	1
	1	Tijuana	0
	8	Chiapas	2

Quarterfinals

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Semifinals

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Final

Main article:

Clausura 2015 Copa MX Final

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Aldo de Nigris	Guadalajara	5
	Raúl Enríquez	Sinaloa
	Hérculez Gómez	Puebla
4	Isaac Díaz	Chiapas	4
	Henry Martín	Tijuana
	Michel Vázquez	Veracruz
6	Andrés Andrade	Chiapas	3
	Othoniel Arce	BUAP
	Cuauhtémoc Blanco	Puebla
	Ulices Briceño	Mérida
	Edwin Cardona	Monterrey
	Yimmi Chará	Monterrey
	Brayan Martínez	Mérida
	Miguel Nuño	Tepic
	Mario Osuna	Querétaro
	Dorlan Pabón	Monterrey
	Ángel Sepúlveda	Querétaro
	Erick Torres	Guadalajara

Source: LigaMX.net

References

External links

• Official page of Copa MX (as well as Liga MX and Ascenso MX)