2013–14 Liga MX season

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.

Liga MX
Season2013–14
ChampionsApertura:
León (6th Title)
Clausura:
León (7th title)
RelegatedAtlante
Champions LeagueAmérica
León
Cruz Azul
Pachuca
Copa LibertadoresSantos Laguna
León
Morelia
Matches played153
Goals scored387 (2.53 per match)
Top goalscorerApertura:
Pablo Velázquez (12 goals)
Clausura:
Enner Valencia (12 goals)
Biggest home winApertura:
Toluca 7–1 Atlante
(September 29, 2013)
Clausura:<
Biggest away winApertura:
Chiapas 0–4 Toluca
(August 17, 2013)
Clausura:
Highest scoringApertura:
Toluca 7–1 Atlante
(September 29, 2013)
Clausura:
Longest winning runCruz Azul: 8 Games (January 11-March 8)
Longest unbeaten runCruz Azul: 10 Games (January 4-March 8)
Longest winless runAtlas: 14 Games (July 19–October 20)
Longest losing runAtlas: 14 Games (July 19–October 20)

Clubs

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Eighteen teams competed in the season. Querétaro was relegated to the Ascenso MX after accumulating the lowest coefficient over the past three seasons. The 2012 Apertura Ascenso MX champion La Piedad would promote after defeating the Clausura 2013 winner Neza in a promotional play-off. But on May 28, 2013, Querétaro's ownership announced that it bought out Jaguares de Chiapas, relocated the team to Querétaro, dissolved the old Querétaro team and ensured that Querétaro would still have a team in the first division. It was also announced that San Luis would move to Tuxtla Gutiérrez and be rebranded Chiapas F.C., replacing the old Querétaro. La Piedad confirmed that they would relocate to Veracruz and be rebranded as 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]

Stadia and locations

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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

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Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
América   Antonio Mohamed   Aquivaldo Mosquera Nike Bimbo, Coca-Cola
Atlante   Pablo Marini   Mauricio Romero Kappa Cancún, Riviera Maya, ADO, Grupo Pegaso
Atlas   Tomás Boy   Leandro Cufré Nike Casas Javer, Coca-Cola
Chiapas   Sergio Bueno   Javier Muñoz Pirma/Kappa Chiapas, Soriana
Cruz Azul   Luis Fernando Tena   Gerardo Torrado Umbro Cemento Cruz Azul, Coca-Cola
Guadalajara   Ricardo La Volpe   Omar Bravo adidas Bimbo
León   Gustavo Matosas   Rafael Márquez Pirma Caja Popular Mexicana, Telcel, Coca-Cola, Office Depot
Monterrey   Carlos Barra &   José Treviño (interim)   José María Basanta Nike Bimbo/Carta Blanca (in FIFA Club World Cup), BBVA Bancomer
Morelia   Ángel David Comizzo   Aldo Ramírez Joma Bridgestone, Dportenis
Pachuca   Enrique Meza   Óscar Pérez Nike Cementos Fortaleza, Mobil Super, Samsung, Telcel
Puebla   Rubén Omar Romano   Luis Miguel Noriega Pirma/Kappa Volkswagen/www.puebla.travel
Querétaro   Ignacio Ambríz   Marco Jiménez Pirma Libertad Servicios Financieros, Gasolineras Orsan
Santos Laguna   Pedro Caixinha   Oswaldo Sánchez Puma Soriana, Peñoles, Pepsi, Lala
Tijuana   César Farías   Javier Gandolfi Nike Caliente, Boing!
Toluca   José Cardozo   Paulo Da Silva Under Armour Banamex
UANL   Ricardo Ferretti   Lucas Lobos adidas Cemex, Cemento Monterrey
UNAM   José Luis Trejo   Darío Verón Puma Banamex
Veracruz   José Luis Sánchez Solá   Jehu Chiapas Kappa Winpot, Boing!

Managerial changes

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

Torneo Apertura

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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

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Standings

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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. ^ a b c América, Cruz Azul, Tijuana and Toluca cannot qualify for the 2014 Copa Libertadores due to their participation in the 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

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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

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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

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

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

Source: Televisa Deportes

Hat-tricks

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

* Scored four goals

Torneo Clausura

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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

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Standings

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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

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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

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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 León (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

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

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

Source: MedioTiempo.com

Hat-tricks

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

* Scored four goals

Relegation

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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

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  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

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References

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  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". July 2024.
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