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2015–16 Liga MX season

Season
Apertura: UANL (4th title)Clausura: Pachuca (6th title)
Sinaloa
UANLUNAMPachucaMonterrey
UNAM (second stage)Toluca (second stage) Puebla (first stage)
306
892 (2.92 per match)Apertura:461 (3.01 per match)Clausura:431 (2.82 per match)
Apertura:Mauro BoselliEmanuel Villa(13 goals each)Clausura:André-Pierre Gignac(13 goals)
Apertura: UNAM 5–0 Atlas(August 12, 2015)Clausura:Pachuca 6–0 Veracruz(March 19, 2016)Monterrey 6–0 Chiapas(April 9, 2016)
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)
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)
Apertura: 5 matches: AméricaUANLUNAMClausura: 5 matches:America
Apertura: 6 matchesTolucaUANLClausura: 9 matches: Cruz Azul
Apertura: 8 matches: TijuanaClausura: 9 matches:ChiapasVeracruz
Apertura: 6 matches: TijuanaClausura: 7 matches: ChiapasSinaloa
Apertura: 79,858 América 1–2 Guadalajara(September 26, 2015)Clausura: 69,422América 3–3 Cruz Azul(February 20, 2016)
Apertura: 0Atlas 0–2 Querétaro(July 25, 2015)Clausura: 8,716Chiapas 1–1 Atlas(April 30, 2016)
Apertura: 3,755,282Clausura: 4,246,837
Apertura: 24,768Clausura: 27,757
← 2014–15 2016–17 →
Stats are from the regular season only

The 2015–16 Liga MX season (known as the Liga BBVA Bancomer MX for sponsorship reasons) 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.

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 were 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.

América	Atlas	Chiapas	Cruz Azul	Guadalajara	León
Estadio Azteca	Estadio Jalisco	Estadio Víctor Manuel Reyna	Estadio Azul	Estadio Chivas	Estadio León
Capacity: 95,000	Capacity: 54,500	Capacity: 24,290	Capacity: 33,042	Capacity: 46,232	Capacity: 31,297

Estadio BBVA Bancomer	Estadio Morelos	Estadio Hidalgo	Estadio Cuauhtémoc	Estadio Corregidora	Estadio Corona
Capacity: 53,500	Capacity: 34,794	Capacity: 30,000	Capacity: 50,754	Capacity: 34,045	Capacity: 29,327

Estadio Banorte	Estadio Caliente	Estadio Nemesio Díez	Estadio Universitario	Estadio Olímpico Universitario	Estadio Luis "Pirata" Fuente
Capacity: 21,000	Capacity: 27,333	Capacity: 18,651	Capacity: 41,650	Capacity: 52,000	Capacity: 28,703

Puebla (Apertura 2015; Quarterfinal First leg)	Puebla (Clausura 2016)	Chiapas (Clausura 2016; Weeks 3 and 5)
Estadio Multiva
Capacity: 50,754

Team	Chairman	Head coach	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor(s)
América	Ricardo Peláez	Ignacio Ambríz	Rubens Sambueza	Nike	Huawei
Atlas	Gustavo Guzmán Sepúlveda	Paco Ramírez	Rafael Márquez	Puma	Bridgestone
Chiapas	Carlos Hugo López Chargoy	Ricardo La Volpe	Javier Muñoz Mustafá	Pirma	Chiapas Protege la Naturaleza
Cruz Azul	Guillermo Álvarez Cuevas	Tomás Boy	Gerardo Torrado	Under Armour	Cemento Cruz Azul
Guadalajara	Jorge Vergara	Matías Almeyda	Omar Bravo	Adidas	Bimbo
León	Jesús Martínez Murguia	Luis Fernando Tena	Mauro Boselli	Pirma	B Hermanos
Monterrey	Luis Miguel Salvador	Antonio Mohamed	José María Basanta	Puma	Bimbo
Morelia	Vacant	Enrique Meza	Cristian Pellerano	Pirma	Totalplay (Apertura) & Various (Clausura).mw-parser-output .hidden-begin{box-sizing:border-box;width:100%;padding:5px;border:none;font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .hidden-title{font-weight:bold;line-height:1.6;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .hidden-content{text-align:left}@media all and (max-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .hidden-begin{width:auto!important;clear:none!important;float:none!important}}ListSimCity: BuildIt (Week 1)Caliente (Week 2, 3, and 7–17)Surat MX (Week 4)#PapaEnMorelia (Week 5)
Pachuca	Jesús Martínez Patiño	Diego Alonso	Aquivaldo Mosquera	Nike	Cementos Fortaleza
Puebla	Carlos López Domínguez	Gabriel Simón (Interim)	Matías Alustiza	Charly	None
Querétaro	Joaquín Beltrán	Víctor Manuel Vucetich	Miguel Martínez	Puma	Banco Multiva
Santos Laguna	Alejandro Irarragorri	Luis Zubeldía	Carlos Izquierdoz	Puma	Soriana
Sinaloa	José Antonio Núñez	José Guadalupe Cruz	Fernando Arce	Charly	Coppel
Tijuana	Jorge Hank Inzunsa	Miguel Herrera	Javier Gandolfi	Adidas	Caliente
Toluca	Valentín Díez Morodo	José Cardozo	Paulo da Silva	Under Armour	Banamex
UANL	Alejandro Rodríguez Michelsen	Ricardo Ferretti	Juninho	Adidas	Cemex
UNAM	Jorge Borja Navarrete	Guillermo Vázquez	Darío Verón	Nike	Banamex
Veracruz	Fidel Kuri Mustieles	Carlos Reinoso	Leobardo López	Charly	Winpot Casino

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Replaced by	Date of appointment	Position in table
Morelia	Roberto Hernández (Interim)	End of tenure as caretaker	May 11, 2015	Enrique Meza	May 21, 2015	Preseason
Tijuana	Daniel Guzmán	Sacked	May 12, 2015	Rubén Omar Romano	May 28, 2015	Preseason
Cruz Azul	Luis Fernando Tena	Sacked	May 17, 2015	Sergio Bueno	June 1, 2015	Preseason
Atlas	Tomás Boy	Sacked	May 18, 2015	Gustavo Matosas	May 30, 2015	Preseason
Puebla	José Guadalupe Cruz	Sacked	May 18, 2015	Pablo Marini	May 30, 2015	Preseason
América	Gustavo Matosas	Mutual agreement	May 19, 2015	Ignacio Ambríz	May 26, 2015	Preseason
Chiapas	Sergio Bueno	End of contract	May 29, 2015	Ricardo La Volpe	May 30, 2015	Preseason
Santos Laguna	Pedro Caixinha	Resigned	August 15, 2015	Robert Siboldi (Interim)	August 15, 2015	18th
Santos Laguna	Robert Siboldi (Interim)	End of tenure as caretaker	August 19, 2015	Pako Ayestarán	August 19, 2015	18th
Guadalajara	José Manuel de la Torre	Sacked	September 14, 2015	Matías Almeyda	September 15, 2015	15th
Sinaloa	Carlos Bustos	Mutual agreement	September 27, 2015	Omar Briceño (Interim)	September 27, 2015	18th
Cruz Azul	Sergio Bueno	Sacked	September 28, 2015	Joaquín Moreno (Interim)	September 28, 2015	16th
Sinaloa	Omar Briceño (Interim)	End of tenure as caretaker	October 1, 2015	Luis Fernando Suárez	October 1, 2015	18th
Cruz Azul	Joaquín Moreno (Interim)	End of tenure as caretaker	October 2, 2015	Tomás Boy	October 2, 2015	16th
Tijuana	Rubén Omar Romano	Sacked	October 17, 2015	Raúl Chabrand (Interim)	October 19, 2015	16th
Atlas	Gustavo Matosas	Mutual agreement	November 2, 2015	Hugo Norberto Castillo (Interim)	November 2, 2015	14th
Tijuana	Raúl Chabrand (Interim)	End of tenure as caretaker	November 20, 2015	Miguel Herrera	November 21, 2015	Preseason
Atlas	Hugo Norberto Castillo (Interim)	End of tenure as caretaker	November 23, 2015	Gustavo Costas	November 27, 2015	Preseason
Santos Laguna	Robert Siboldi (Interim)	End of tenure as caretaker	November 23, 2015	Luis Zubeldía	November 28, 2015	Preseason
León	Juan Antonio Pizzi	Left to coach Chile	January 29, 2016	Luis Fernando Tena	January 29, 2016	1st
Sinaloa	Luis Fernando Suárez	Mutual agreement	February 1, 2016	José Guadalupe Cruz	February 2, 2016	18th
Puebla	Pablo Marini	Sacked	April 18, 2016	Gabriel Simón (Interim)	April 18, 2016	14th
Atlas	Gustavo Costas	Sacked	April 27, 2016	Paco Ramírez (Interim)	April 27, 2016	18th

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.

Players sorted first by goals scored, then by last name.

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Mauro Boselli	León	13
Emanuel Villa	Querétaro
3	Dayro Moreno	Tijuana	12
4	Rogelio Funes Mori	Monterrey	11
André-Pierre Gignac	UANL
6	Omar Bravo	Guadalajara	10
Edwin Cardona	Monterrey
Silvio Romero	Chiapas
Ismael Sosa	UNAM
Enrique Triverio	Toluca

Source: Liga MX.net

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
André-Pierre Gignac	UANL	Chiapas	4–1	15 August 2015
Emanuel Villa	Querétaro	Cruz Azul	4–2	21 August 2015
Fernando Uribe4	Toluca	Pachuca	4–3	12 September 2015
Silvio Romero	Chiapas	León	6–2	12 September 2015

4 Player scored four goals

The Average overall attendance for the Apertura 2015 is 24,768.

Pos	Team	.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}Total	High	Low	Average
1	Monterrey	361,075	48,527	41,128	45,134
2	América	347,975	79,858	19,077	43,497
3	UANL	365,463	40,607	40,607	40,607
4	UNAM	219,450	45,786	19,245	27,431
5	Guadalajara	211,348	39,710	19,956	26,419
6	Querétaro	203,606	29,857	20,053	25,451
7	Morelia	198,014	30,995	16,197	24,752
8	León	194,986	27,637	18,330	24,373
9	Tijuana	191,432	23,986	23,872	23,929
10	Atlas	194,596	35,975	0	21,622
11	Pachuca	193,308	24,357	14,559	21,479
12	Veracruz	182,377	28,703	15,908	20,264
13	Santos Laguna	181,727	27,574	14,906	20,192
14	Chiapas	151,479	24,290	9,775	18,935
15	Sinaloa	156,257	17,898	16,333	17,362
16	Toluca	149,817	20,834	10,917	16,646
17	Cruz Azul	137,204	27,720	10,627	15,245
18	Puebla	112,357	18,015	8,584	12,484
	League total	3,752,471	79,858	0	24,768

Source: LigaMX.net

Highest attendance	Lowest attendance
1	UANL	0–1	Toluca	40,607	Atlas	0–2	Querétaro	0
2	Monterrey	1–1	Puebla	47,376	Chiapas	2–1	Santos Laguna	17,325
3	UANL	2–2	Guadalajara	40,607	Puebla	3–2	UNAM	14,329
4	Monterrey	4–3	Pachuca	46,803	Puebla	1–0	Toluca	18,015
5	UANL	4–1	Chiapas	40,607	Cruz Azul	1–3	Tijuana	13,842
6	Monterrey	1–1	Santos Laguna	47,528	Puebla	3–2	Pachuca	7,283
7	UANL	5–1	Querétaro	40,607	Sinaloa	1–0	Puebla	16,333
8	Monterrey	1–1	Cruz Azul	44,785	Chiapas	6–2	León	9,775
9	UANL	3–1	Monterrey	40,607	Toluca	1–1	Chiapas	15,081
10	América	1–2	Guadalajara	79,858	Puebla	2–1	Cruz Azul	12,877
11	UANL	0–1	Puebla	40,607	Cruz Azul	1–1	Atlas	10,819
12	UNAM	1–0	Guadalajara	45,786	Puebla	1–3	Morelia	14,438
13	UANL	2–1	Pachuca	40,607	Cruz Azul	1–1	Sinaloa	10,627
14	Monterrey	3–1	Tijuana	41,128	Puebla	1–0	León	8,584
15	UANL	2–2	Santos Laguna	40,607	Cruz Azul	1–1	Veracruz	12,717
16	Monterrey	2–1	América	42,300	Puebla	2–1	Tijuana	11,222
17	América	1–1	UNAM	77,196	Toluca	3–1	Monterrey	17,240

Source: LigaMX.net

Teams are re-seeded each round.
Team with more goals on aggregate after two matches advances.
Away goals rule is applied in the quarterfinals and semifinals, but not the final.
In the quarterfinals and semifinals, if the two teams are tied on aggregate and away goals, the higher seeded team advances.
In the final, if the two teams are tied after both legs, the match goes to extra-time and, if necessary, a shootout.
Both finalists qualify to the 2016–17 CONCACAF Champions League (in Pot 3).

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Veracruz	1–1 (s)	UNAM	1–0	0–1
Puebla	2–3	Toluca	2–2	0–1
América	5–3	León	4–1	1–2
UANL	3–1	Chiapas	2–1	1–0

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
América	3–4	UNAM	0–3	3–1
UANL	2–0	Toluca	0–0	2–0

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
UANL	4–4 (4–2 p)	UNAM	3–0	1–4 (a.e.t.)

Champions
4th title

The Clausura 2016 is the second championship of the season. The regular phase of the tournament began on January 8, 2016.

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.


Qualification to playoffs
Last place in table

Players sorted first by goals scored, then by last name.

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	André-Pierre Gignac	UANL	13
2	Jorge Benítez	Cruz Azul	9
Mauro Boselli	León
Oribe Peralta	América
5	Dayro Moreno	Tijuana	8
Silvio Romero	Chiapas
7	Matías Alustiza	Puebla	7
Rogelio Funes Mori	Monterrey
Dorlan Pabón	Monterrey
Carlos Peña	Guadalajara
Carlos Sánchez	Monterrey

Source: ESPN FC

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
André-Pierre Gignac	UANL	León	3–1	30 January 2016
Hirving Lozano	Pachuca	Veracruz	6–0	19 March 2016
Mauro Boselli	León	Puebla	4–1	16 April 2016

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Monterrey	449,125	50,302	48,856	49,903	+10.6%†
2	UANL	331,004	41,493	41,230	41,376	+1.9%†
3	América	367,099	69,442	28,611	40,789	−6.2%†
4	Guadalajara	346,565	44,716	30,277	38,507	+45.8%†
5	Puebla	284,054	45,527	17,444	35,507	+184.4%†
6	Atlas	277,867	51,032	25,225	34,733	+60.6%†
7	Tijuana	243,397	27,333	26,333	27,044	+13.0%†
8	Querétaro	234,178	31,276	19,287	26,020	+2.2%†
9	Pachuca	197,354	27,320	20,809	24,669	+14.9%†
10	UNAM	216,677	36,719	18,381	24,075	−12.2%†
11	Santos Laguna	187,887	29,327	18,892	23,486	+16.3%†
12	Morelia	201,400	29,420	17,286	22,378	−9.6%†
13	Cruz Azul	175,129	27,025	14,603	21,891	+43.6%†
14	Veracruz	165,273	28,150	16,850	21,219	+4.8%†
15	León	170,898	25,047	13,690	18,989	−22.1%†
16	Chiapas	152,244	24,290	8,716	16,916	−10.7%†
17	Sinaloa	131,394	17,898	13,333	16,424	−5.4%†
18	Toluca	110,816	15,700	12,127	13,852	−16.8%†
	League total	4,246,837	69,442	8,716	27,757	+12.1%†

Teams are re-seeded each round.
Team with more goals on aggregate after two matches advances.
Away goals rule is applied in the quarterfinals and semifinals, but not the final.
In the quarterfinals and semifinals, if the two teams are tied on aggregate and away goals, the higher seeded team advances.
In the final, if the two teams are tied after both legs, the match goes to extra-time and, if necessary, a shootout.
Both finalists qualify to the 2016–17 CONCACAF Champions League (in Pot 3).

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
UANL	3–4	Monterrey	1–3	2–1
Santos Laguna	3–4	Pachuca	1–1	2–3
Morelia	2–5	León	1–1	1–4
Guadalajara	1–2	América	0–0	1–2

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
América	3–4	Monterrey	1–0	2–4
León	2–3	Pachuca	1–1	1–2

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Pachuca	2–1	Monterrey	1–0	1–1

Champions
6th title

Last update: 8 May 2016

R = Relegated

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.

Official website of Liga MX
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