Dates 24 Jul 2015 – 29 May 2016 Matches played 306 | Goals scored 892 | |
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Champions League UANLUNAMPachucaMonterrey 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) Similar | ||
The 2015–16 Liga MX season 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.
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Teams, stadiums, and personnel
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 will be 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.
Torneo Apertura
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.
Standings
Updated to games 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
1 Clubs cannot qualify to the 2016 Copa Libertadores due to their participation in the 2015–16 CONCACAF Champions League.
2 Both teams who qualify for Copa Libertadores will also participate in the Playoffs of this competition.
3 The first 8 places in the table qualify for the Playoffs.
4 Winner or Runner-Up of the 2015 Supercopa MX qualifies to the 2016 Copa Libertadores as Mexico 3.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Results
Updated to games played on 22 November 2015.
Source: [1]
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Hat-tricks
4 Player scored four goals
Attendance
The Average overall attendance for the Apertura 2015 is 24,768.
Per team
Source: LigaMX.net
Highest and lowest
Source: LigaMX.net
Torneo Clausura
The Clausura 2016 is the second championship of the season. The regular phase of the tournament began on January 8, 2016.
Standings
Updated to games 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
1 The first 8 places in the table (excluding the last place team in the relegation table) qualify for the Liguilla.
2 The team that is relegated from Liga MX after the Clausura tournament is ineligible for the Liguilla regardless of its position in the standings.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Positions by round
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.
Last updated: 8 May 2016
Source: MedioTiempo
Results
Updated to games played on 8 May 2016.
Source: [2]
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Attendances
Updated to games played on 8 May 2016
Source: LigaMX.net
Notes:
Only regular season listed
Bracket
Relegation table
Last update: 8 May 2016
R = Relegated
Aggregate table
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.
Updated to games 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
1 Both finalists of each tournament qualify to the 2016–17 CONCACAF Champions League, thus are ineligible for the Apertura 2016 Copa MX
2 The 12 best teams in the Aggregate table not qualified to the 2016–17 CONCACAF Champions League qualify to the Apertura 2016 Copa MX.
3 The worst non-relegated team in the Aggregate table is ineligible for the Apertura 2016 Copa MX.
4 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.
5 The team last place in the Relegation table is relegated to the Ascenso MX.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.