Apertura 2014 Copa MX

Apertura 2014 Copa MX

Tournament details
Country	Mexico
Teams	28
Final positions
Champions	Santos Laguna (1st title)
Runner-up	Puebla
Tournament statistics
Matches played	91
Goals scored	249 (2.74 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Andrés Rentería (6 goals)
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The Apertura 2014 Copa MX was the 72nd staging of the Copa MX, the 45th staging in the professional era and the fifth tournament played since the 1996–97 edition.

This tournament started on July 29, 2014, and concluded in November 2014.^[1]

Santos Laguna won their first title after defeating Puebla 4–2 on penalty kicks.

This tournament featured the clubs from the Liga MX who did not participate in the 2014-15 CONCACAF Champions League (América, Cruz Azul, León and Pachuca)^[2] All 14 Ascenso MX teams also participated in the tournament.

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]

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.

Every group is composed by four clubs, two from Liga MX and two 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 awarded to the team with higher number of goals scored away.^[1]

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

All times are UTC−06:00 except for matches in Sinaloa, Tepic (both UTC−07:00) and Tijuana (UTC−08:00)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	RW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	UANL	6	4	0	2	3	10	5	+5	15	Group winner
2	Altamira	6	3	1	2	1	8	9	−1	11
3	Querétaro	6	2	1	3	2	7	7	0	9
4	Irapuato	6	2	0	4	0	6	10	−4	6

Querétaro won the round 4−3 on aggregate

Tigres UANL won the round 5–3 on aggregate

UANL won the round 3−2 on aggregate

Querétaro won the round 3−2 on aggregate

Atlamira won the round 3−1 on aggregate

UANL won the round 2−0 on aggregate

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	RW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Santos Laguna	6	4	1	1	2	12	9	+3	15	Group winner
2	San Luis	6	2	3	1	2	11	6	+5	11
3	Monterrey	6	2	1	3	2	10	8	+2	9
4	UAT	6	1	1	4	0	7	18	−11	4

Monterrey won the round 5–2 on aggregate

San Luis won the round 3–1 on aggregate

Santos Laguna won the round 6–2 on aggregate

Monterrey won the round 2–1 on aggregate

Santos Laguna won the round 5–3 on aggregate

San Luis won the round 7–3 on aggregate

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	RW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Guadalajara	6	4	0	2	2	11	6	+5	14	Group winner
2	Tepic	6	3	2	1	2	9	5	+4	13
3	Tijuana	6	2	2	2	1	6	7	−1	9
4	Zacatepec	6	1	0	5	0	4	12	−8	3

Guadalajara and Tepic drew 4−4 on aggregate and both teams drew on away goals, thus neither team received the extra point

Tijuana won the round 4–3 on aggregate

Teams drew 1–1 on aggregate, Tepic won the round on away goals

Guadalajara won the round 4–1 on aggregate

The first leg originally ended 2–0 but Guadalajara was later awarded a 3–0 win after Tijuana only had 6 registered Liga MX players available for the leg instead of the mandatory 8.
Guadalajara won the round 3–1 on aggregate

Tepic won the round 4–0 on aggregate

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	RW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Atlas	6	4	1	1	2	11	9	+2	15	Group winner
2	U. de G.	6	2	3	1	2	7	4	+3	11
3	Zacatecas	6	1	2	3	0	4	6	−2	5
4	Sinaloa	6	1	2	3	0	9	12	−3	5

Zacatecas and U. de G. drew 0−0 on aggregate and tied on away goals, thus both teams did not receive the extra point

Atlas won the round 6−4 on aggregate

Atlas won the round 3−1 on aggregate

U. de G. won the round 3−2 on aggregate

Sinaloa and Zacatecas drew 3−3 on aggregate and drew on away goals, thus neither team received the extra point

U. de G. won the round 4−2 on aggregate

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	RW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Puebla	6	4	1	1	2	6	4	+2	15	Group winner
2	Morelia	6	2	3	1	2	11	6	+5	11
3	Necaxa	6	2	3	1	1	6	4	+2	10
4	Celaya	6	0	1	5	0	3	12	−9	1

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

Puebla won the round 3–0 on aggregate

Morelia won the round 5–2 on aggregate

Puebla won the round 1–0 on aggregate

Morelia won the round 4–2 on aggregate

Necaxa won the round 4–1 on aggregate

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	RW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Mérida	6	4	2	0	3	9	5	+4	17	Group winner
2	Toluca	6	3	2	1	2	12	8	+4	13	Best runner-up
3	UNAM	6	1	2	3	1	9	11	−2	6
4	Atlante	6	0	2	4	0	6	12	−6	2

Mérida won the round 3–2 on aggregate

UNAM won the round 4–3 on aggregate

Toluca won the round 6–2 on aggregate

Mérida won the round 4–2 on aggregate

Mérida won the round 2–1 on aggregate

Toluca won the round 4–3 on aggregate

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	RW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	BUAP	6	2	4	0	2	9	6	+3	12	Group winner
2	Oaxaca	6	2	2	2	1	9	8	+1	9
3	Veracruz	6	1	3	2	2	8	9	−1	8
4	Chiapas	6	1	3	2	1	6	9	−3	7

Lobos BUAP won the round 4−2 on aggregate

Veracruz and Oaxaca drew 4−4 on aggregate, Veracruz won the round on away goals

Oaxaca won the round 2−0 on aggregate

Teams drew 1−1 on aggregate, Veracruz won the round on away goals

BUAP won the round 4−3 on aggregate

Chiapas won the round 4−3 on aggregate

The best runner-up advances to the Championship Stage.^[1] 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	6	Toluca	6	3	2	1	2	12	8	+4	13	Best runner-up
2	3	Tepic	6	3	2	1	2	9	5	+4	13
3	5	Morelia	6	2	3	1	2	11	6	+5	11
4	2	San Luis	6	2	3	1	2	11	6	+5	11
5	4	U. de G.	6	2	3	1	2	7	4	+3	11
6	7	Oaxaca	6	2	2	2	1	9	8	+1	9
7	1	Querétaro	6	2	1	3	2	7	7	0	9

The eight clubs that advance to this stage will be ranked and seeded 1 to 8. In case of ties, the same tiebreakers used to rank the runners-up will be used.

In this stage, all the rounds will be a one-off match. If the game ends in a tie, there will proceed to penalty shootouts directly.

The venue will be determined as follows:

• The highest seeded club will host the match, regardless of the division the clubs are in.

Seed	Team	Pld	W	D	L	RW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Mérida	6	4	2	0	3	9	5	+4	17
2	UANL	6	4	0	2	3	10	5	+5	15
3	Santos Laguna	6	4	1	1	2	12	9	+3	15
4	Atlas	6	4	1	1	2	11	9	+2	15
5	Puebla	6	4	1	1	2	6	4	+2	15
6	Guadalajara	6	4	0	2	2	11	6	+5	14
7	Toluca	6	3	2	1	2	12	8	+4	13
8	BUAP	6	2	4	0	2	9	6	+3	12

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final
	2	UANL	2
	7	Toluca	0
						2	UANL	2
						3	Santos Laguna	4
	3	Santos Laguna	5
	6	Guadalajara	0
											3	Santos Laguna	2 (4)
											5	Puebla	2 (2)
	4	Atlas	0 (3)
	5	Puebla	0 (4)
						5	Puebla	1 (5)
						8	BUAP	1 (4)
	1	Mérida	1
	8	BUAP	3

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Players and teams in bold are still active in the competition

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Andrés Rentería	Santos Laguna	6
2	Danny Santoya	Oaxaca	5
	Djaniny	Santos Laguna
4
	Édgar Benítez	Toluca	4
	Eduardo Herrera	UNAM
	Ricardo Jesus	Querétaro
	Dorlan Pabón	Monterrey
8
	Jerónimo Amione	Toluca	3
	Martín Barragán	Atlas
	Néstor Calderón	Santos Laguna
	Isaac Díaz	Chiapas
	David Depetris	Morelia
	Giovanni Hernández	Guadalajara
	Freddy Martín	Mérida
	Javier Orozco	Santos Laguna
	Marvin Piñón	BUAP
	Fausto Ruíz	San Luis
	Michel Vázquez	BUAP

Source: LigaMX.net

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