2017–18 Ascenso MX season

Ascenso MX
Season	2017–18
Champions	Apertura:; Oaxaca (1st title); Clausura:; Tapachula (1st title)
Promoted	None
Relegated	Murciélagos
Matches played	240
Goals scored	561 (2.34 per match)
Top goalscorer	Apertura:; Luis Madrigal; (12 goals); Clausura:; Guillermo Martínez; (11 goals)
Biggest home win	Apertura:; Tapachula 5–0 UAEM; (7 October 2017); Clausura:; Oaxaca 3–0 UAT; (13 January 2018); Oaxaca 4–1 Zacatecas; (27 January 2018); UdeG 3–0 Atlante; (18 February 2018); Zacatecas 4–1 Zacatepec; (3 March 2018); Oaxaca 5–2 Sonora; (3 March 2018); Tampico Madero 3–0 Venados; (3 March 2018); Atlante 3–0 Murciélagos; (30 March 2018); Sinaloa 3–0 UAT; (31 March 2018)
Biggest away win	Apertura:; UdeG 0–4 Zacatecas; (4 August 2017); Clausura:; Juárez 0–3 Atlante; (3 March 2018)
Highest scoring	Apertura:; UAT 3–3 Tapachula; (15 September 2017); Clausura:; Oaxaca 5–2 Sonora; (3 March 2018)
Longest winning run	Apertura: 5 matches; Tampico Madero; Tapachula; Clausura: 5 matches; Sinaloa
Longest unbeaten run	Apertura: 7 matches; Juárez; UdeG; Zacatepec; Clausura: 8 matches; Celaya
Longest winless run	Apertura: 9 matches; Murciélagos; Clausura: 8 matches; Sonora
Longest losing run	Apertura: 5 matches; Atlante; Clausura: 4 matches; Sonora; UAEM
Highest attendance	Apertura: 22,230; Atlético San Luis vs UAT; (13 October 2017); Clausura: 18,988; Tapachula vs Atlante; (6 January 2018)
Lowest attendance	Apertura: 0; Murciélagos vs Venados; (28 July 2017); Clausura: 1,057; UAEM vs Sonora; (9 February 2018)
Total attendance	Apertura: 675,280; Clausura: 683,485
Average attendance	Apertura: 5,627; Clausura: 5,695
	← 2016–17 2018–19 → Stats are from the regular season only

The 2017–18 Ascenso MX season is a two-part competition: Apertura 2017 and Clausura 2018. Ascenso MX is the second-tier football league of Mexico. Apertura began on 21 July 2017, and Clausura began on 5 January 2018.^[3]

Changes from the previous season[edit]

Six teams meet the requirements to be promoted to the Liga MX for the 2018–2019 season. Those teams are Atlético San Luis, Atlante, Celaya, Juárez, Sinaloa, and UdeG. The remaining teams were awarded MXN$120 million for winning the promotion playoff, which should be utilized to fulfill necessary requirements for promotion within the next season, and remain in Ascenso MX.^[4]^[5] If a team wins promotion but does not meet requirements for Liga MX, the relegated Liga MX team of the 2017–18 season will be obligated to pay the prize money to that team, and the relegated Liga MX team will remain in first division. If the relegated Liga MX team cannot distribute the prize money to the promoted Ascenso MX team, both teams will lose their right to play in Liga MX and must play in Ascenso MX the following season.^[6]^: 16

16 clubs participated in this season:

Lobos BUAP were promoted to Liga MX.^[7]
Chiapas was relegated from Liga MX;^[8] however, the club dissolved due to debts and will attempt to reform in the Segunda División.^[9]
UdeC was relegated to the Segunda División.^[10]
Tlaxcala were promoted from the Segunda División but will not compete this season due to a failure to meet stadium requirements. Their spot in Ascenso MX will be reserved for the 2018–19 season.^[11]
Atlético San Luis returned after a one-year hiatus due to an investment by Atlético Madrid.^[12]
Coras FC were sold and relocated to Morelos to become Club Atlético Zacatepec, replacing dissolved Zacatepec Siglo XXI.^[13]

Stadiums and Locations[edit]

Club	City	Stadium	Capacity
Alebrijes de Oaxaca	Oaxaca City, Oaxaca	Tecnológico de Oaxaca	14,598
Atlante	Cancún, Quintana Roo	Andrés Quintana Roo	17,289
Atlético San Luis	San Luis Potosí City, San Luis Potosí	Alfonso Lastras	25,111
Cafetaleros de Tapachula	Tapachula, Chiapas	Olímpico de Tapachula	18,017
Celaya	Celaya, Guanajuato	Miguel Alemán Valdés	23,182
Cimarrones de Sonora	Hermosillo, Sonora	Héroe de Nacozari	18,747
Correcaminos UAT	Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas	Marte R. Gómez	10,520
Dorados de Sinaloa	Culiacán, Sinaloa	Banorte	20,108
Juárez	Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua	Olímpico Benito Juárez	19,703
Leones Negros UdeG	Guadalajara, Jalisco	Jalisco	55,020
Mineros de Zacatecas	Zacatecas City, Zacatecas	Carlos Vega Villalba	13,820
Murciélagos	Los Mochis, Sinaloa	Centenario	11,134
Potros UAEM	Toluca, State of Mexico	Universitario Alberto "Chivo" Córdoba	32,603
Tampico Madero	Tampico / Ciudad Madero, Tamaulipas	Tamaulipas	19,667
Venados	Mérida, Yucatán	Carlos Iturralde	15,087
Zacatepec	Zacatepec, Morelos	Agustín "Coruco" Díaz	24,313

Location of teams in the 2017–18 Ascenso MX

Personnel and kits[edit]

Team	Chairman	Head Coach	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor(s)
Alebrijes de Oaxaca	Santiago San Román	Irving Rubirosa	Édgar Hernández	Keuka	Ópticas América, Electrolit²
Atlante	José Gabriel Gutiérrez Lavín	Sergio Bueno	Gerardo Ruíz	Kappa	Riviera Maya
Atlético de San Luis	Alberto Marrero	Alfonso Sosa	Alejandro Palacios	Nike	Canel's, Hilton, Mobil Super, Coca-Cola²
Cafetaleros de Tapachula	Gabriel Orantes Constanzo	Gabriel Caballero	Edy Brambila	Silver Sport	Cafetaleros de Corazón, Electrolit²
Celaya	Alan Achar	Ricardo Valiño	Alfredo Moreno	Keuka	Bachoco, Caja Popular Mexicana
Cimarrones de Sonora	Servando Carbajal	Mario García	José Saavedra	Romed	Súper del Norte, Acer, Megacable³, Coca-Cola³
Correcaminos UAT	Rafael Flores Alcocer	Ricardo Rayas	Daniel Cisneros	Pirma	Aeromar
Dorados de Sinaloa	José Antonio Núñez	Paco Ramírez	Cristian Campestrini	Charly	Coppel, Electrolit, SuKarne, Caliente
Juárez	Juan Carlos Talavera	Tomás Campos (Interim)	Leandro Carrijó	Carrara	S-Mart, Coca-Cola²
Leones Negros UdeG	José Alberto Castellanos Gutiérrez	Jorge Dávalos	Ismael Valadéz	Charly	Electrolit, Coca-Cola²
Mineros de Zacatecas	Armando Martínez Patiño	Andrés Carevic	Fernando Madrigal	Pirma	Telcel, Mobil Super, Zacatecas ¡Deslumbrante!, Red Gasislo, Office Depot
Murciélagos	Miguel Favela Galindo	Lorenzo López	Édgar Mejía	Keuka	Meprosa, Agro-Operadora, Coca-Cola, TDN
Potros UAEM	Alfredo Barrera Baca	Héctor Hugo Eugui	Alfonso Rippa	Kappa	Holiday Inn Express, Electrolit, Volaris²
Tampico Madero	Luis Miguel Pérez Amarante	Eduardo Fentanes	Humberto Hernández	Charly	B Hermanos, Chevrolet Tampico Sales, Electrolit²
Venados	Rodolfo Rosas Cantillo	Bruno Marioni	Aldo Polo	U-Sports	Tony Roma's, Coca-Cola²
Zacatepec	Víctor Manuel Arana	Marcelo Michel Leaño	Juan Neira	Yire	Akron, Itromep Omeprazol

1. ^ On the back of shirt.

2. ^ On the sleeves.

3. ^ On the shorts.

Managerial changes[edit]

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Replaced by	Date of appointment	Position in table
Pre-Apertura changes
Atlante	Eduardo Fentanes	End of contract	April 21, 2017 ^[14]	Raúl Gutiérrez	June 6, 2017 ^[15]	Preseason
Celaya	Gerardo Reinoso (Interim)	End of tenure as caretaker	April 25, 2017	Ricardo Valiño	April 25, 2017 ^[16]	Preseason
Cimarrones de Sonora	Juan Carlos Chávez	End of contract	April 29, 2017 ^[17]	Mario García	May 29, 2017 ^[18]	Preseason
Tampico Madero	Daniel Guzmán	Mutual agreement	May 8, 2017 ^[19]	Eduardo Fentanes	May 23, 2017 ^[20]	Preseason
Leones Negros UdeG	Joel Sánchez	End of contract	May 9, 2017 ^[21]	Jorge Dávalos	May 25, 2017 ^[22]	Preseason
Mineros de Zacatecas	Ricardo Rayas	End of contract	May 11, 2017 ^[23]	Efraín Flores	May 30, 2017 ^[24]	Preseason
Correcaminos UAT	Jaime Ordiales	Sacked	May 12, 2017 ^[25]	Ricardo Rayas	May 23, 2017 ^[26]	Preseason
Dorados de Sinaloa	Gabriel Caballero	End of contract	May 26, 2017 ^[27]	Diego Ramírez	May 27, 2017 ^[28]	Preseason
Zacatepec	Carlos Gutiérrez	Team was rebranded^[a]	May 31, 2017	Marcelo Michel Leaño	May 31, 2017	Preseason
Apertura changes
Cafetaleros de Tapachula	Paco Ramírez	Mutual agreement	August 7, 2017 ^[29]	Gabriel Caballero	August 8, 2017 ^[30]	16th
Murciélagos	Luis Mendoza	Mutual agreement	October 12, 2017	Oscar Gil	October 12, 2017	11th
Atlante	Raúl Gutiérrez	Sacked	October 22, 2017 ^[31]	Eduardo Rergis (Interim)	October 22, 2017	15th
Pre-Clausura changes
Potros UAEM	Omar Ramírez	Mutual agreement	November 12, 2017 ^[32]	Héctor Hugo Eugui	November 13, 2017 ^[33]	Preseason
Atlante	Eduardo Rergis (Interim)	End of tenure as caretaker	November 13, 2017	Sergio Bueno	November 13, 2017 ^[34]	Preseason
Atlético San Luis	Salvador Reyes Jr.	Sacked	November 13, 2017	José Francisco Molina	November 14, 2017 ^[35]	Preseason
Dorados de Sinaloa	Diego Ramírez	Mutual agreement	November 24, 2017 ^[36]	Paco Ramírez	November 29, 2017	Preseason
Mineros de Zacatecas	Efraín Flores	Resigned	November 30, 2017	Andrés Carevic	November 30, 2017	Preseason
Clausura changes
Murciélagos	Oscar Gil	Resigned	February 8, 2018	Alejandro Mercado (Interim)	February 8, 2018	15th
Murciélagos	Alejandro Mercado (Interim)	End of tenure as caretaker	February 12, 2018	Lorenzo López	February 12, 2018	15th
Atlético San Luis	José Francisco Molina	Sacked	February 18, 2018^[37]	Alfonso Sosa	February 19, 2018^[38]	16th
Juárez	Miguel Fuentes	Sacked	March 19, 2018^[39]	Tomás Campos (Interim)	March 19, 2018	12th

^a Coras de Tepic was relocated and renamed Club Atlético Zacatepec. The board and management of Coras de Tepic took over the previous management of Zacatepec Siglo XXI.

Apertura 2017[edit]

The regular season began on 21 July 2017 and ended on 11 November 2017. Fixtures for the Apertura 2017 season were announced on 13 June 2017.^[40] The ninth round of the season, scheduled for 22 and 23 September 2017, was suspended after the 2017 Central Mexico earthquake on 19 September 2017.^[41] However, the ninth round was still the next round played, during the FIFA International break on 6,7, and 8 October 2017.^[42] The liguilla was played from 15 November to 2 December 2017. Oaxaca won their first title after defeating Juárez on penalties.^[43]

Regular season[edit]

Standings[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Celaya	15	8	4	3	17	9	+8	28	Advance to Liguilla
2	Juárez	15	7	5	3	19	16	+3	26
3	Tampico Madero	15	7	3	5	22	15	+7	24
4	Zacatepec	15	6	6	3	19	12	+7	24
5	Alebrijes de Oaxaca (C)	15	7	3	5	19	18	+1	24
6	Mineros de Zacatecas	15	6	5	4	21	14	+7	23
7	Venados	15	6	5	4	18	15	+3	23
8	Correcaminos UAT	15	6	4	5	22	20	+2	22
9	Cimarrones de Sonora	15	6	4	5	20	19	+1	22
10	Cafetaleros de Tapachula	15	6	3	6	24	23	+1	21
11	Atlético San Luis	15	5	6	4	15	15	0	21
12	Dorados de Sinaloa	15	6	2	7	16	21	−5	20
13	Murciélagos	15	4	2	9	15	19	−4	14	Team is last in relegation table
14	Leones Negros UdeG	15	3	4	8	11	19	−8	13	Eliminated from Clausura 2018 Copa MX
15	Potros UAEM	15	3	4	8	15	24	−9	13
16	Atlante	15	3	2	10	11	25	−14	11

Updated to match(es) played on 11 November 2017. Source: Ascenso MX
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions

Positions by round[edit]

	Leader and qualification to playoffs
	Qualification to playoffs
	Last place in table

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
Team ╲ Round
Celaya	7	12	14	10	12	9	8	5	1	1	3	4	3	1	1
Juárez	8	14	9	6	3	3	4	1	4	3	2	2	1	2	2
Tampico Madero	10	13	10	14	10	13	9	11	13	14	12	11	8	7	3
Zacatepec	9	3	6	3	6	7	10	12	9	9	9	6	5	5	4
Alebrijes de Oaxaca	4	2	2	2	2	2	3	7	3	2	1	1	2	3	5
Mineros de Zacatecas	3	11	3	4	7	4	5	8	8	6	6	3	4	4	6
Venados	13	9	13	12	13	12	12	13	10	10	10	10	6	6	7
Correcaminos UAT	6	8	12	8	5	6	2	3	5	7	7	9	7	11	8
Cimarrones de Sonora	15	7	8	11	9	10	6	2	2	4	4	5	11	9	9
Cafetaleros de Tapachula	16	16	16	15	14	15	15	16	14	15	13	12	9	8	10
Atlético San Luis	12	4	7	5	8	5	7	4	6	8	8	7	10	12	11
Dorados de Sinaloa	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	6	7	5	5	8	12	10	12
Murciélagos	5	10	4	7	4	8	11	9	11	11	14	14	14	14	13
Leones Negros UdeG	14	15	15	16	16	16	16	15	15	13	11	13	13	13	14
Potros UAEM	11	5	11	13	15	11	14	14	16	16	16	16	16	16	15
Atlante	1	6	5	9	11	14	13	10	12	12	15	15	15	15	16

Updated to match(es) played on 11 November 2017. Source: Ascenso MX

Results[edit]

Home \ Away	ATE	ATL	CEL	JUA	MUR	OAX	SIN	SON	TAM	TAP	UDG	UAM	UAT	VEN	ZAS	ZAC
Atlante			1–0	0–1				0–1		4–1	1–1		0–1		0–0
Atlético San Luis	2–0			2–0	1–0						2–1		1–1	1–1	0–0	1–0
Celaya		3–1				2–0	1–0	3–1	1–1	2–1		0–0		1–0
Juárez			1–1					2–2	1–0	1–2	1–1		1–0		2–1
Murciélagos	4–0		1–0	0–2						3–0	0–1		2–3	0–1	1–1
Oaxaca	2–1	2–1		1–2	4–0		0–0					1–0				0–2
Sinaloa	0–2	3–1		1–1	1–0						2–1	3–2				0–1
Sonora		3–1			0–1	1–2	1–0		1–2			3–1		1–1		0–0
Tampico Madero	4–1	1–1			3–2	2–3	4–0					1–0				0–0
Tapachula		0–0				4–1	2–1	1–2	0–1			5–0		1–1		2–1
U. de G.			0–1			1–1		2–0	1–0	1–2			0–1		0–4
UAEM	2–0	0–0		1–2	1–1						2–1				2–1	2–2
Correcaminos UAT			1–1			1–2	4–0	2–2	2–0			2–1		0–2
Venados	3–1			3–1		1–0	0–2		0–2	3–3	0–0	2–1			1–2
Zacatecas			1–0			0–0	1–3	1–2	2–1	2–0			3–0
Zacatepec	3–0		0–1	1–1	1–0						2–0		2–1	2–2	2–2

Updated to match(es) played on 11 November 2017. Source: Ascenso MX
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics[edit]

Top goalscorers[edit]

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

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Luis Madrigal	Alebrijes de Oaxaca	12
2	Javier Orozco	Tampico Madero	10
3	Luciano Nequecaur	Venados	8
4	Juan Neira	Zacatepec	6
	Dante Osorio	Potros UAEM
	Pedro Rentería	Murciélagos
	Hernán Rivero	Correcaminos UAT
	Oscar Villa	Cimarrones de Sonora
9	Vinicio Angulo	Dorados de Sinaloa	5
	Christian Bermúdez	Cafetaleros de Tapachula
	Leandro Carrijó	Juárez
	Éder Cruz	Mineros de Zacatecas
	Adolfo Domínguez	Cafetaleros de Tapachula
	Pablo Olivera	Atlético San Luis

Source: Ascenso MX

Hat-tricks[edit]

Player	For	Against	Result	Date	Round	Reference
Víctor Guajardo	Sonora	Atlético San Luis	3–1 (H)	18 August 2017	5	[1]
Luciano Nequecaur	Venados	Atlante	3–1 (H)	27 October 2017	13	[2]

(H) – Home ; (A) – Away

Attendance[edit]

Per team[edit]

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Atlético San Luis	122,429	22,230	11,634	15,304	n/a¹
2	Tapachula	76,262	21,000	4,125	9,533	−3.2%^†
3	Tampico Madero	53,792	10,583	5,190	7,685	−44.3%^†
4	Oaxaca	41,750	13,337	2,190	5,964	+8.2%^†
5	Sonora	45,787	8,873	3,275	5,723	−20.4%^†
6	Sinaloa	39,071	7,103	4,223	5,582	−33.0%^†
7	Celaya	44,614	7,328	3,695	5,577	+51.9%^†
8	Juárez	38,612	7,151	4,578	5,516	−17.6%^†
9	UAT	40,249	9,511	3,101	5,031	−4.8%^†
10	Venados	34,432	5,378	3,467	4,304	−20.6%^†
11	U. de G.	28,036	5,179	2,260	4,005	−46.3%^†
12	Zacatecas	27,422	5,262	2,656	3,917	−22.7%^†
13	Zacatepec	30,038	5,782	1,349	3,847	−20.9%^†
14	Atlante	17,936	3,396	550	2,562	−12.7%^†
15	UAEM	17,760	4,573	1,084	2,537	−43.5%^†
16	Murciélagos	16,351	3,864	0^{[note 1]}	2,044	−23.6%^†
	League total	675,280	22,230	0	5,627	+1.3%^†

Updated to games played on 11 November 2017
Source: Ascenso MX
Notes:
Only regular season listed
1: Team did not play last season.

Highest and lowest[edit]

Highest attendance					Lowest attendance
Week	Home	Score	Away	Attendance	Home	Score	Away	Attendance
1	Tampico Madero	0–0	Zacatepec	9,125	Atlante	4–1	Tapachula	3,250
2	Atlético San Luis	2–0	Juárez	14,514	Murciélagos	0–1	Venados	0^{[note 1]}
3	Tampico Madero	1–1	Atlético San Luis	10,583	Murciélagos	1–0	Cafetaleros de Tapachula	2,276
4	Atlético San Luis	2–0	Atlante	16,595	Potros UAEM	1–2	Juárez	3,324
5	Cafetaleros de Tapachula	2–1	Zacatepec	10,453	Atlante	0–1	Correcaminos UAT	2,561
6	Atlético San Luis	1–0	Murciélagos	14,280	Mineros de Zacatecas	2–1	Tampico Madero	3,008
7	Cafetaleros de Tapachula	0–0	Atlético San Luis	9,875	Murciélagos	2–3	Correcaminos UAT	1,853
8	Atlético San Luis	1–0	Zacatepec	15,717	Potros UAEM	1–1	Murciélagos	1,600
9	Cimarrones de Sonora	1–0	Dorados de Sinaloa	7,419	Atlante	1–1	Leones Negros UdeG	550
10	Alebrijes de Oaxaca	2–1	Atlante	13,337	Potros UAEM	2–2	Zacatepec	1,837
11	Atlético San Luis	1–1	Correcaminos UAT	22,230	Zacatepec	2–2	Mineros de Zacatecas	1,349
12	Juárez	2–2	Cimarrones de Sonora	6,307	Potros UAEM	0–0	Atlético San Luis	1,084
13	Atlético San Luis	0–0	Mineros de Zacatecas	12,416	Murciélagos	0–2	Juárez	2,456
14	Tampico Madero	3–2	Murciélagos	10,252	Leones Negros UdeG	0–1	Celaya	3,003
15	Cafetaleros de Tapachula	0–1	Tampico Madero	21,000	Murciélagos	4–0	Atlante	1,932

Source: Ascenso MX

Liguilla (Playoffs)[edit]

The eight best teams play two games against each other on a home-and-away basis. The higher seeded teams play on their home field during the second leg. The winner of each match up is determined by aggregate score. If the teams are tied, the away goals rule applies. 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 penalty shoot-out.

Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final

2	Juárez	2	1	3

7	Venados	0	0	0
					2	Juárez	2	3	5

					3	Tampico Madero	2	2	4
3	Tampico Madero	0	3	3

6	Mineros de Zacatecas	1	1	2
										2	Juárez	0	2	2 (2)

										5	Alebrijes de Oaxaca (pen.)	1	1	2 (4)
1	Celaya (a)	3	2	5

8	Correcaminos UAT	4	1	5
					1	Celaya	0	2	2

					5	Alebrijes de Oaxaca (a)	1	1	2
4	Zacatepec	1	0	1

5	Alebrijes de Oaxaca	3	0	3

Quarterfinals[edit]

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Celaya	5–5 (a)	Correcaminos UAT	4–3	2–1
Juárez	3–0	Venados	0–2	1–0
Zacatepec	1–3	Alebrijes de Oaxaca	3–1	0–0
Tampico Madero	3–2	Mineros de Zacatecas	1–0	3–1

All times are UTC−6 except for matches in Ciudad Juárez.

First leg[edit]

15 November 2017	Venados	0–2	Juárez	Mérida
19:30		Report	Prieto 35' Gómez 81'	Stadium: Estadio Carlos Iturralde Attendance: 7,228 Referee: Edgar Allan Morales Olvera

15 November 2017	Correcaminos UAT	4–3	Celaya	Ciudad Victoria
21:30	Rivero 10', 65' Ramírez 18' Sánchez 83'	Report	Juárez 5' Murguía 87' López 90+1'	Stadium: Estadio Marte R. Gómez Attendance: 9,051 Referee: Jesús Bisguerra Mendiola

16 November 2017	Alebrijes de Oaxaca	3–1	Zacatepec	Oaxaca City
19:30	Tehuitzil 42' Madrigal 48', 65'	Report	A. González 23'	Stadium: Estadio Tecnológico de Oaxaca Attendance: 4,727 Referee: Aldo Cano Martínez

16 November 2017	Mineros de Zacatecas	1–0	Tampico Madero	Zacatecas City
21:30	Martínez 79'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Francisco Villa Attendance: 5,987 Referee: Juan Andrés Esquivel González

Second leg[edit]

18 November 2017	Celaya (a)	2–1 (5–5 agg.)	Correcaminos UAT	Celaya
19:00	Padilla 19' Toloza 50'	Report	Chalá 86'	Stadium: Estadio Miguel Alemán Valdés Attendance: 11,897 Referee: Arturo Cruz Hurtado

18 November 2017	Juárez	1–0 (3–0 agg.)	Venados	Ciudad Juárez
20:00 UTC−7	Ávalos 62'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Benito Juárez Attendance: 8,239 Referee: Oscar Mejía García

19 November 2017	Zacatepec	0–0 (1–3 agg.)	Alebrijes de Oaxaca	Zacatepec de Hidalgo
16:00		Report		Stadium: Estadio Agustín "Coruco" Díaz Attendance: 8,725 Referee: Alejandro Funk Villafañe

19 November 2017	Tampico Madero	3–1 (3–2 agg.)	Mineros de Zacatecas	Tampico and Ciudad Madero
20:00	Martínez 3' Esparza 36' Rodríguez 51'		Nurse 76'	Stadium: Estadio Tamaulipas Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Jonathan Hernández Juárez

Semifinals[edit]

The first leg of the semifinals was played on 22 November 2017, and the second leg was played on 25 November 2017.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Celaya	2–2 (a)	Alebrijes de Oaxaca	1–0	2–1
Juárez	5–4	Tampico Madero	2–2	3–2

First leg[edit]

22 November 2017	Tampico Madero	2–2	Juárez	Tampico and Ciudad Madero
19:30	Orozco 28' Rodríguez 73'	Report	Berber 65' Gómez 90+1'	Stadium: Estadio Tamaulipas Attendance: 13,800 Referee: Alejandro Funk Villafañe

22 November 2017	Alebrijes de Oaxaca	1–0	Celaya	Oaxaca City
21:30	Noya 66'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Tecnológico de Oaxaca Attendance: 6,527 Referee: Juan Andrés Esquivel González

Second leg[edit]

25 November 2017	Celaya	2–1 (2–2 agg.)	Alebrijes de Oaxaca (a)	Celaya
19:00	Salinas 17' Reyna 65'	Report	Madrigal 53'	Stadium: Estadio Miguel Alemán Valdés Attendance: 17,826 Referee: Jonathan Hernández Juárez

25 November 2017	Juárez	3–2 (5–4 agg.)	Tampico Madero	Ciudad Juárez
20:00 UTC−7	Ortíz 46' Enríquez 81' da Silva 90'	Report	Martínez 54' Bonfigli 73'	Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Benito Juárez Attendance: 15,797 Referee: Arturo Cruz Hurtado

Final[edit]

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Juárez	2–2 (2–4 p)	Alebrijes de Oaxaca	1–0	2–1 (a.e.t.)

First leg[edit]

29 November 2017	Alebrijes de Oaxaca	1–0	Juárez	Oaxaca City
19:00	Zúñiga 31'	Report Referee Report		Stadium: Estadio Tecnológico de Oaxaca Attendance: 14,227 Referee: Juan Andrés Esquivel González

Second leg[edit]

2 December 2017	Juárez	2–1 (a.e.t.) (2–2 agg.) (2–4 p)	Alebrijes de Oaxaca	Ciudad Juárez
20:00 UTC−7	Enríquez 90+4' Prieto 114'	Report Referee Report	Cervantes 116'	Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Benito Juárez Attendance: 19,703 Referee: Jonathan Hernández Juárez
	Penalties
	Berber Enríquez Ortiz Prieto		Madrigal Pineda Cervantes González

2–2 on aggregate. Alebrijes won 4–2 on penalties.

Apertura 2017 winners
Alebrijes de Oaxaca 1st title

Clausura 2018[edit]

The regular season began on 5 January 2018 and ended on 1 April 2018. The liguilla began on 7 April 2018 and ended on 29 April 2018.^[44] Alebrijes de Oaxaca are the defending champions, having won their first title. Cafetaleros de Tapachula defeated Leones Negros UdeG 3–2 on aggregate to win their first title.