Apertura 2014 Copa MX

Apertura 2014 Copa MX
Country Mexico
Teams 28
Defending champions Tigres UANL
Champions Santos Laguna (1st title)
Runners-up Puebla
Matches played 91
Goals scored 249 (2.74 per match)
Top goal scorer(s) Andrés Rentería (6 goals)
← Clausura 2014 Clausura 2015 →

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.

Participants Apertura 2014

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.

Tiebreakers

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.

Group stage

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)

Group 1

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

Round 1

Querétaro won the round 4−3 on aggregate


Tigres UANL won the round 5–3 on aggregate

Round 2

UANL won the round 3−2 on aggregate

Querétaro won the round 3−2 on aggregate

Round 3

Atlamira won the round 3−1 on aggregate

UANL won the round 2−0 on aggregate

Group 2

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

Round 1

Monterrey won the round 5–2 on aggregate


San Luis won the round 3–1 on aggregate

Round 2

Santos Laguna won the round 6–2 on aggregate

Monterrey won the round 2–1 on aggregate

Round 3

Santos Laguna won the round 5–3 on aggregate

San Luis won the round 7–3 on aggregate

Group 3

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

Round 1

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

Round 2

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

Guadalajara won the round 4–1 on aggregate

Round 3

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

Group 4

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

Round 1

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

Round 2

Atlas won the round 3−1 on aggregate

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

Round 3

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

Group 5

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

Round 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

Round 2

Morelia won the round 5–2 on aggregate

Puebla won the round 1–0 on aggregate

Round 3

Morelia won the round 4–2 on aggregate

Necaxa won the round 4–1 on aggregate

Group 6

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

Round 1

Mérida won the round 3–2 on aggregate

UNAM won the round 4–3 on aggregate

Round 2

Toluca won the round 6–2 on aggregate

Mérida won the round 4–2 on aggregate

Round 3

Mérida won the round 2–1 on aggregate

Toluca won the round 4–3 on aggregate

Group 7

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

Round 1

Lobos BUAP won the round 4−2 on aggregate


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

Round 2

Oaxaca won the round 2−0 on aggregate

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

Round 3

BUAP won the round 4−3 on aggregate

Chiapas won the round 4−3 on aggregate

Ranking of runners-up clubs

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.
Group Club Pld W D L RW GF GA GD Pts
6 Toluca 6 3 2 1 2 12 8 +4 13
3 Tepic 6 3 2 1 2 9 5 +4 13
5 Morelia 6 2 3 1 2 11 6 +5 11
2 San Luis 6 2 3 1 2 11 6 +5 11
4 U. de G. 6 2 3 1 2 7 4 +3 11
7 Oaxaca 6 2 2 2 1 9 8 +1 9
1 Querétaro 6 2 1 3 2 7 7 0 9

Championship stage

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:

Seeding

Seed Club 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

Bracket

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

Quarterfinals

21 October 2014
19:00
Mérida 1−3 BUAP
Morales  61' Report Tejada  71'
Guzmán  81'
Jiménez  90' (pen.)
Estadio Carlos Iturralde,
Mérida, Yucatán
Attendance: 1,417
Referee: Ángel Monroy Bello

21 October 2014
21:15
Santos Laguna 5−0 Guadalajara
Orozco  5', 13'
Rodríguez  20' (pen.)
Djaniny  78'
Calderón  90+2'		 Report
Estadio Corona,
Torreón, Coahuila
Attendance: 10,859
Referee: Luis Santander

22 October 2014
19:00
Atlas 0−0 Puebla
Report
  Penalties  
Millar
Esqueda
Vilar
González
Maikon Leite
Ponce 		3−4 Pajoy
Esqueda
de Luna
Loroña
Blanco
Frausto
Estadio Jalisco,
Guadalajara, Jalisco
Attendance: 12,812
Referee: Erick Miranda

22 October 2014
21:15
UANL 2−0 Toluca
Torres  56'
Arévalo Ríos  60'		 Report

Semifinals

28 October 2014
21:00
Puebla 1−1 BUAP
Loroña  76' Report Tejada  31'
  Penalties  
Pajoy
de luna
Torres
Loroña
Blanco 		5−4 Tejada
Ibarra
Jiménez
Guzmán
Vázquez
Estadio Cuauhtémoc,
Puebla, Puebla
Attendance: 19,366
Referee: César Arturo Ramos

29 October 2014
21:00
UANL 2−4 Santos Laguna
Álvarez  9'
Orozco  12' (o.g.)		 Report Djaniny  35'
Rentería  41'
Alanís  60'
Orozco  65'
Estadio Universitario,
San Nicolás de los Garza, Nuevo León
Attendance: 41,203
Referee: Fernando Guerrero

Final

4 November 2014
21:00
Santos Laguna 2–2 Puebla
Rentería  35'
Calderón  76'		 Report Pajoy  71'
Noriega  89'
  Penalties  
Rodríguez
Alanís
Calderón
Djaniny 		4−2 Pajoy
Pérez
Acosta
Torres
Estadio Corona,
Torreón, Coahuila
Attendance: 21,154
Referee: César Ramos

Top goalscorers

Players and teams in bold are still active in the competition

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

Source: LigaMX.net

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Reglamento de competencia 2014–15, articulo 2" [Apertuta 2014 Copa MX Competition rules, Article 2] (PDF) (in Spanish). Liga MX. 29 July 2014.
  2. ↑ "Bienvenida la COPA MX Apertura 2014" (in Spanish). Liga MX official site. 28 July 2014.

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