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The 2019–20 Ascenso MX season was a two-part competition: Apertura 2019 and Clausura 2020, which were the final two seasons of Ascenso MX, the second-tier football league of Mexico. Apertura began on 1 August 2019. On April 17, Liga MX President Enrique Bonilla announced the termination of the remainder of the Clausura 2020 tournament. Two reasons were the COVID-19 pandemic and the league's lack of financial resources.

On 22 May 2020 the Clausura season was cancelled and no champion will be crowned. With this announcement there would be no promotion or regulation for six seasons.

Changes from the previous season

All teams are able to be promoted to Liga MX 2020–2021 season.

The relegated team of the Clausura 2020 Liga MX season will remain in Liga MX if it pays MXN$120 million to remain the 20th team of the league. MXN$60 million will go to the Ascenso MX team that would naturally be promoted and MXN$60 million would go to new projects determined by the Liga MX assembly. If the arrangement is declined, the 19 teams of Liga MX are responsible for MXN$120 million, the right to be the 20th team of Liga MX will be acceded to the Liga MX assembly. The vacant position in Liga MX could then be occupied by a certified Ascenso MX team or an external sport project. If the position remains open, Liga MX reserves all rights to do as it sees appropriate for the 2020–21 Liga MX season.

The first ranked team will qualify for semi-finals and teams ranked second through sixth will qualify for the quarter-finals.

Away victories will be counted as four points. The maximum number of points obtainable via this method will be restricted to the first six away matches played by one team.

14 clubs will participate in this season:

• Tiburones Rojos de Veracruz were relegated from Liga MX, then paid the required MXN$120 million to remain in Liga MX.
• Atlético San Luis won the Apertura 2018 and Clausura 2019 season and were automatically promoted to Liga MX.
• Tampico Madero were relegated to the Liga Premier de México, then paid the required fee to remain in Ascenso MX.
• Loros UdeC won the Serie A de México season and were promoted to Ascenso MX.
• Cafetaleros de Tapachula were relocated to Tuxtla Gutiérrez and will play in Ascenso MX as Cafetaleros de Chiapas.
• Grupo Tecamachalco was granted the hiatus of the Alebrijes de Oaxaca franchise for one season and the owners of the previously frozen Zacatepec Siglo XXI reinstated their club as Alebrijes de Oaxaca.
• FC Juárez bought the Lobos BUAP franchise and will play in Liga MX.
• Lobos BUAP received the FC Juárez franchise, but was placed in hiatus until the board presents a viable project for its administration.

Clausura 2020

• On 7 December 2019, Potros UAEM announced they would no longer be able to compete in Ascenso MX citing their financial inability to operate in the division.

• On 27 December 2019, Loros UdeC was dissolved after the death of its owner, because the new board had no interest in maintaining the franchise.

Stadiums and Locations

Personnel and kits

Team	Chairman	Head Coach	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor(s)
Atlante	Manuel Velarde	Alex Diego	Sebastián Sosa	Kappa	Riviera Maya
Celaya	Alan Achar	Héctor Altamirano	Ignacio Torres	Keuka	Bachoco
Chiapas	José Luis Orantes Costanzo	Leonardo Casanova	Christian Bermúdez	Silver Sport	Chiapas
Oaxaca	Juan Carlos Jones	Alejandro Pérez	Arturo Ledesma	Silver Sport	Ópticas América, Electrolit
Sinaloa	José Antonio Núñez	David Patiño	Jesús Chávez	Charly	Coppel
Sonora	Juan Pablo Rojo	Isaac Morales	Gerardo Moreno	Keuka	Súper del Norte
Tampico Madero	Felipe del Ángel Malibrán	Gerardo Espinoza	Javier Orozco	Charly	Nexum
UAT	Miguel Mansur Pedraza	Roberto Hernández	Egidio Arévalo	Pirma	Aeromar
UdeG	José Alberto Castellanos Gutiérrez	Jorge Dávalos	Jesús Vázquez	Umbro	Electrolit
Venados	Rodolfo Rosas Cantillo	Carlos Gutiérrez	Aldo Polo	U-Sports	Tony Roma's
Zacatecas	Armando Martínez Patiño	Oscar Torres	Roberto Nurse	Pirma	Telcel
Zacatepec	Víctor Manuel Arana	Ricardo Valiño	Ezequiel Cirigliano	Bee Sports	Ultromep

1. On the back of shirt.

2. On the sleeves.

3. On the shorts.

4. On the socks.

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Replaced by	Date of appointment	Position in table
Pre-Apertura changes
Zacatecas	Andrés Carevic	Resigned	May 3, 2019	Oscar Torres	May 15, 2019	Preseason
Atlante	Gabriel Pereyra	Sacked	May 7, 2019	Alex Diego	May 15, 2019
UdeG	Jorge Dávalos	Sacked	May 25, 2019	Ricardo Rayas	May 27, 2019
Chiapas	Luis Fernando Soto	Sacked	May 30, 2019	Gabriel Pereyra	May 30, 2019
Oaxaca	Juan Manuel Rivera (Interim)	End of tenure as caretaker	June 10, 2019	Alejandro Pérez	June 10, 2019
Sinaloa	Diego Armando Maradona	Resigned	June 13, 2019	José Guadalupe Cruz	June 17, 2019
Apertura changes
Celaya	José Islas	Sacked	September 19, 2019	Héctor Altamirano	September 19, 2019	13th
Chiapas	Gabriel Pereyra	Sacked	October 5, 2019	Diego de la Torre (Interim)	October 6, 2019	12th
UAEM	David Rangel	Sacked	October 22, 2019	Raúl Gutiérrez	October 22, 2019	14th
UdeG	Ricardo Rayas	Resigned	October 29, 2019	Jorge Dávalos	October 29, 2019	7th
Pre-Clausura changes
UAT	Carlos Reinoso	Sacked	November 8, 2019	Roberto Hernández	November 28, 2019	Preseason
Sinaloa	José Guadalupe Cruz	Resigned	November 11, 2019	David Patiño	December 4, 2019
Venados	Sergio Orduña	Sacked	November 13, 2019	Carlos Gutiérrez	December 10, 2019
Tampico Madero	Mario García Covalles	Sacked	November 19, 2019	Gerardo Espinoza	November 27, 2019
Chiapas	Diego de la Torre (Interim)	Confirmed as official manager	December 2, 2019	Diego de la Torre	December 2, 2019
Clausura changes
Chiapas	Diego de la Torre	Sacked	February 22, 2020	Leonardo Casanova	February 25, 2020	12th

Apertura 2019

The Apertura 2019 season is the 49th season of Ascenso MX. The regular season began on 1 August 2019 and end on 6 December 2019.

Regular season

Standings

1. The 1st ranked team qualifies for the Liguilla semi-finals.
2. Teams ranked 2nd through 7th ranked teams qualify for the Liguilla quarter-finals.

Positions by Round

1. A pending match between weeks 10 and 12
2. A pending match between weeks 3 and 12
3. A pending match between weeks 3 and 10

Results

Each team plays once all other teams in 13 rounds regardless of it being a home or away match.

Regular Season statistics

Top goalscorers Players sorted first by goals scored, then by last name. Rank Player Club Goals 1 Víctor Mañón U. de C. 8 2 Matías Britos UAT 6  Diego Jiménez Oaxaca Alberto Ocejo Tampico Madero Gustavo Ramírez Zacatepec José Zúñiga UAEM 7 Ricardo Marín Celaya 5 Sebastián Sosa Atlante 9  Franco Arizala Chiapas 4 Éder Cruz Tampico Madero  Jesús Lara Oaxaca Guillermo Martínez Chiapas  Manuel Pérez Zacatecas Rodrigo Prieto Zacatepec  Ronaldo Prieto Tampico Madero Source:Ascenso MX

Hat-tricks Player For Against Result Date Round Reference Víctor Mañón U. de C. Zacatepec 0–4 (A) 10 August 2019 2 Archived 2019-08-11 at the Wayback Machine Gustavo Ramírez Zacatepec Venados 3–1 (H) 4 October 2019 9 Sebastián Sosa Atlante Oaxaca 3–0 (H) 6 October 2019 9 (H) – Home; (A) – Away

Attendance

Per team

Updated to games played on 10 November 2019
Source: Ascenso MX
Notes:
Only regular season listed
1: Team played as Cafetaleros de Tapachula last season.
2: Team played in Serie A de México last season.

Highest and lowest

Source: Ascenso MX

Liguilla (Playoffs)

The seven best teams play two games against each other on a home-and-away basis. The best team will be classified directly to semi-finals. The higher seeded teams play on their home field during the second leg. The winner of each match up is determined by aggregate score. In the quarterfinals and semifinals, if the two teams are tied on aggregate 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 penalty shoot-out.

Quarter-finals

The first legs were played on 13 and 14 November, and the second legs were played on 16 and 17 November 2019.

All times are UTC−6 except for matches in Cancún.

First leg

13 November 2019	Celaya	1–0	Tampico Madero	Celaya
19:00	Aguirre  90+1'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Miguel Alemán Valdés Attendance: 4,633 Referee: Alan Enrique Martínez Vega

13 November 2019	Zacatecas	2–1	Atlante	Zacatecas City
21:00	Nurse  20' Morales 64'	Report	Fassi  87' (own)	Stadium: Estadio Carlos Vega Villalba Attendance: 2,617 Referee: Brian Omar González Veles

14 November 2019	Zacatepec	1–0	U. de G.	Zacatepec
19:00	Prieto  12'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Agustín Coruco Díaz Attendance: 6,387 Referee: Edgar Allan Morales Olvera

Second leg

16 November 2019	Atlante	2-0 (3–2 agg.)	Zacatecas	Cancún
18:00	Paiva  24'  Islas  58'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Andrés Quintana Roo Attendance: 5,237 Referee: Juan Andrés Esquivel González

17 November 2019	U. de G.	0–1 (0–2 agg.)	Zacatepec	Guadalajara
12:00			Magaña 90'	Stadium: Estadio Jalisco Attendance: 13,636 Referee: Adalid Maganda Villalva

Semi-finals

The first legs will be played on 20 November, and the second legs will be played on 23 November 2019.

All times are UTC−6 except for matches in Cancún.

First leg

20 November 2019	Celaya	0–1	Oaxaca	Celaya
18:00		Report	Jiménez  32'	Stadium: Estadio Miguel Alemán Valdés Attendance: 10,061 Referee: Alan Enrique Martínez Vega

Second leg

23 November 2019	Atlante	0–1 (0–1 agg.)	Zacatepec	Cancún
18:00		Report	Ramírez  22'	Stadium: Estadio Andrés Quintana Roo Attendance: 8,725 Referee: Edgar Allan Morales Olvera

23 November 2019	Oaxaca	0–1 (1–1 agg.)	Celaya	Oaxaca City
19:00		Report	Cervantes 34'	Stadium: Estadio Tecnológico de Oaxaca Attendance: 13,115 Referee: Juan Andres Esquivel Gonzalez

Final

First leg

29 November 2019	Zacatepec	1–3	Oaxaca	Zacatepec
19:00	Colula 76'	Report Referee Report	Cisneros 2' Ledesma 4' Faría 82'	Stadium: Estadio Agustín Coruco Díaz Attendance: 21,434 Referee: Juan Andrés Esquivel González

Second leg

Clausura 2020

The Clausura 2020 season is the 50th season of Ascenso MX. The season began on 23 January 2020. On 14 April 2020, it was announced that the Clausura 2020 season would not finish and a champion won't be crowned.

Regular season

Standings

Positions by Round

Results

Each team plays once all other teams in 11 rounds regardless of it being a home or away match.

Regular Season statistics

Top goalscorers Players sorted first by goals scored, then by last name. Rank Player Club Goals 1 Roberto Nurse Zacatecas 6 2  Alberto Alvarado UAT 5  Isaac Díaz Chiapas João dos Santos U. de G.  Gustavo Adrián Ramírez Zacatepec 6  Amaury Escoto Sinaloa 4 7 7 players 3 Source:Ascenso MX

Hat-tricks Player For Against Result Date Round Reference  Roberto Nurse Zacatecas Venados 4–0 (H) 31 January 2020 2 Julio Doldán UAT U. de G. 6–2 (H) 21 February 2020 5 (H) – Home; (A) – Away

Attendance

Per team

Updated to games played on 14 March 2020
Source: Ascenso MX
Notes:
Only regular season listed

Highest and lowest

Source: Ascenso MX

1. Only two games were played with supporters assistance due to precautionary measures against the COVID-19 pandemic

Relegation table

The relegated team will be the one with the lowest ratio of points to matches played in the following tournaments: Apertura 2017, Clausura 2018, Apertura 2018, Clausura 2019, Apertura 2019, and Clausura 2020. On 2019–20 season the relegation was suspended after dissolution of UAEM and U. de C., the relegation will be resumed in the 2020–21 season.

Last update:15 March 2020
Rules for relegation: 1) Relegation coefficient; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results between tied teams; 5) Number of goals scored away; 6) Fair Play points
R = Relegated
Source: Ascenso MX

1. 2017–18 and 2018–19 accumulated points are not counted towards their relegation coefficient.
2. On 7 December 2019, Potros UAEM announced they would no longer be able to compete in Ascenso MX citing their financial inability to operate in the division.
3. On 27 December 2019, Loros UdeC was dissolved after the death of its owner, because the new board had no interest in maintaining the franchise.

Aggregate table

The Aggregate table is the general ranking for the 2019–20 season. This table is a sum of the Apertura and Clausura tournament standings. The aggregate table is used to determine seeding for the "Promotion" Final and for 2020–21 Copa MX qualification.

1. The Apertura and Clausura champions advance to the Promotion Final to determine who is promoted to Liga MX. If the same team wins the Apertura and Clausura tournaments, they will be automatically promoted to Liga MX.

See also

• 2019–20 Liga MX season
• 2019–20 Liga MX Femenil season
• 2019–20 Liga Premier de México season

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External links

• Official website of Ascenso MX

• Ascenso MX seasons
• 2019–20 in Mexican football
• Association football events curtailed and voided due to the COVID-19 pandemic