The Apertura 2016 Copa MX (officially the Apertura 2016 Copa Corona MX for sponsorship reasons) was the 76th staging of the Copa MX, the 49th staging in the professional era and is the ninth tournament played since the 1996–97 edition.

Apertura 2016 Copa MX
Apertura 2016 Copa Corona MX
Tournament details
CountryMexico
Teams24
Final positions
ChampionsQuerétaro (1st title)
Runner-upGuadalajara
Tournament statistics
Matches played63
Goals scored181 (2.87 per match)
Attendance711,483 (11,293 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)Fernando Uribe
(6 goals)

This tournament began on 19 July 2016 and ended on 2 November 2016.[1] As winners, Querétaro will face the winner of the Clausura 2017 edition in the 2017 Supercopa MX.[2]

Querétaro won their first title after defeating Guadalajara 3–2 on penalty kicks in the final.

Format changes edit

A different format was used starting with this edition of the tournament.

  • In previous editions of the tournament there was no draw. Starting with this edition, a draw was held to determine the groups.[1]
  • Only the top 12 teams in the 2015–16 Liga MX season Aggregate table (the sum of points of both the Apertura and Clausura tournaments) not qualified to the 2016–17 CONCACAF Champions League will participate in the tournament.[1]
  • 24 teams were drawn into eight groups of three instead of seven (Apertura) or six (Clausura) groups of four.[1]
  • Each group will consist of at least one team from each league, no group can have three teams from the same league.[1]
  • The two best teams of each group will advance to the Knockout stage instead of just the group winners and the best second place team.[3]
  • There is no more extra point for winning a round since there are no more rounds.[3]
  • This is the first time the tournament has a Round of 16.[3]

Participants edit

This tournament will feature clubs from Liga MX who will not participate in the 2016–17 CONCACAF Champions League (UANL, UNAM, Pachuca and Monterrey).[4] Atlas will not participate in the tournament after being the worst non-relegated team in the 2015–16 Liga MX season Aggregate table.[5] Necaxa will not participate in the tournament due to being recently promoted to Liga MX.[6]

The tournament will also feature the top 12 Ascenso MX teams of the Clausura 2016 classification table, excluding Correcaminos UAT who were replaced by Dorados de Sinaloa in the tournament.[1][7]

Draw edit

The draw for the tournament took place on June 7, 2016, at the Iberostar Cancún in Cancún, Quintana Roo, Mexico.[1] 24 teams were drawn into eight groups of three, with each group containing one team from each of the three pots.[1]

Clubs in Pot 1 were drawn to be the seed of each group according to the order of their drawing. That is, the first club that was drawn is seed of Group 1, the second drawn is seed of Group 2 and so on and so on.[1] The Liga MX teams in Pot 1 are the best four teams in the Aggregate table who are not participating in the 2016–17 CONCACAF Champions League.[1] The Ascenso MX teams in Pot 1 are the three best teams in the Clausura 2016 classification table along with the team relegated from Liga MX (Dorados de Sinaloa).[1]

Pot 2 contained Liga MX and Ascenso MX clubs who ended 5–8 in the Aggregate table and Clausura 2016 classification table respectively.[1]

Pot 3 contained Liga MX and Ascenso MX clubs who ended 9–12 in the Aggregate table and Clausura 2016 classification table respectively.[1]

Pot 1
América (LMX) León (LMX) Morelia (LMX) Toluca (LMX)
Juárez (AMX) Sinaloa (AMX) Tapachula (AMX) UDG (AMX)
Pot 2
Cruz Azul (LMX) Guadalajara (LMX) Puebla (LMX) Santos Laguna (LMX)
Atlante (AMX) BUAP (AMX) Oaxaca (AMX) Zacatecas (AMX)
Pot 3
Chiapas (LMX) Querétaro (LMX) Tijuana (LMX) Veracruz (LMX)
Celaya (AMX) Coras (AMX) Murciélagos (AMX) Venados (AMX)

Tiebreakers edit

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. 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 edit

Every group is composed of three clubs, each group has at least one club from Liga MX and Ascenso MX.

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

Group 1 edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Atlante 4 1 2 1 6 5 +1 5 Knockout stage
2 León 4 1 2 1 4 5 −1 5
3 Celaya 4 0 4 0 5 5 0 4
Source: [8]
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
León1–1Celaya
Burdisso   90' Report Alvarado   68'
Attendance: 17,010
Referee: Miguel Ángel Chacón

Atlante0–1León
Report Boselli   43'
Attendance: 6,268
Referee: Aldo Cano

Celaya1–1Atlante
López   7' Report Cauich   81'
Attendance: 4,505
Referee: Uriel Olvera

Celaya1–1León
Moreno   66' Report Hernández   73'
Attendance: 16,700
Referee: Adalid Maganda

León1–3Atlante
Cano   85' Report Cauich   8', 51'
Uscanga   49'
Attendance: 14,464
Referee: Diego Montaño Robles

Atlante2–2Celaya
Tun   76'
Uscanga   90+3' (pen.)
Report Reyna   13' (pen.), 39' (pen.)
Attendance: 1,752
Referee: Aldo Cano

Group 2 edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Chiapas 4 1 3 0 8 5 +3 6 Knockout stage
2 Guadalajara 4 1 2 1 4 6 −2 5
3 Tapachula 4 0 3 1 2 3 −1 3
Source: [8]
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Chiapas1–1Tapachula
Ayoví   36' Report Carreño   70'
Attendance: 8,778
Referee: León Vicente Barajas Anzures

Guadalajara1–4Chiapas
Torres   38' Report Ayoví   40'
Villalpando   72'
Zúñiga   82', 85'
Attendance: 14,986
Referee: Marco Ortiz

Tapachula0–0Guadalajara
Report
Attendance: 10,225
Referee: Jonathan Hernandez Juarez

Tapachula1–1Chiapas
Sánchez   34' Report Zúñiga   90+1'
Attendance: 9,200
Referee: Arturo Cruz

Guadalajara1–0Tapachula
Brizuela   45' Report
Attendance: 4,992
Referee: Miguel Ángel Chacón

Chiapas2–2Guadalajara
Escoboza   19' (pen.), 74' Report Salcido   33'
Pulido   36' (pen.)
Attendance: 21,562
Referee: Roberto Ríos

Group 3 edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Cruz Azul 4 3 1 0 11 4 +7 10 Knockout stage
2 UDG 4 1 1 2 8 6 +2 4
3 Coras 4 1 0 3 2 11 −9 3
Source: [8]
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Cruz Azul2–0Coras
Rojas   61'
Cristaldo   68' (pen.)
Report
Attendance: 7,373
Referee: Roberto Ríos Jácome

UDG2–2Cruz Azul
Mora   7'
Amador   90+1'
Report Rojas   30', 70'
Attendance: 14,068
Referee: Edgar Allan Morales

Coras1–0UDG
Guzmán   76' (pen.) Report
Attendance: 3,022
Referee: Jesus Leopoldo Guerrero

Coras1–4Cruz Azul
Granados   14' Report Cristaldo   12', 30'
Silva   90' (pen.)
León   90+3' (o.g.)
Attendance: 8,256
Referee: Angel Monroy

Cruz Azul3–1UDG
Giménez   42' (pen.)
Guerrón   51', 60'
Report Vázquez   13'
Attendance: 6,095
Referee: Miguel Ángel Flores

UDG5–0Coras
Estrada   8'
Valadéz   16'
Villalobos   43'
Vázquez   49'
Becerra   86'
Report
Attendance: 2,042
Referee: Jonathan Hernández

Group 4 edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Morelia 4 2 1 1 9 3 +6 7 Knockout stage
2 Oaxaca 4 1 2 1 2 4 −2 5
3 Murciélagos 4 0 3 1 1 5 −4 3
Source: [8]
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Oaxaca0–0Murciélagos
Report
Attendance: 3,252
Referee: Juan Esquivel

Morelia3–0Oaxaca
Cuero   25'
Sansores   75'
Valdés   76'
Report
Attendance: 8,933
Referee: Adonai Escobedo

Murciélagos1–1Morelia
Williams   44' Report Cabrera   50'
Attendance: 3,658
Referee: Oscar Mejía

Murciélagos0–0Oaxaca
Report
Attendance: 2,322
Referee: Jesús Bisguerra

Oaxaca2–1Morelia
Fernández   6' (pen.)
Calderón   42'
Report Vilchis   62'
Attendance: 5,260
Referee: Arturo Cruz

Morelia4–0Murciélagos
Sansores   21', 36'
Zárate   59'
Arredondo   81' (o.g.)
Report
Attendance: 6,696
Referee: Adonaí Escobedo González

Group 5 edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 América 4 4 0 0 11 1 +10 12 Knockout stage
2 Zacatecas 4 1 1 2 8 10 −2 4
3 Venados 4 0 1 3 4 12 −8 1
Source: [8]
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Venados0–3América
Report Martínez   12'
Quintero   35'
Rosel   87'
Attendance: 14,993
Referee: Adalid Maganda

América4–1Zacatecas
Valdez   8'
Ibarra   17'
Sambueza   61'
Romero   71'
Report G. Ramírez   41'
Attendance: 20,790
Referee: Eduardo Galván

Zacatecas3–0Venados
Gutiérrez   48', 69'
Neira   90+3'
Report
Attendance: 4,158
Referee: Alejandro Funk

América2–0Venados
Romero   65'
Pineda   81'
Report
Attendance: 12,678
Referee: Jorge Pérez Durán

Zacatecas0–2América
Report Arroyo   24'
Ibarra   83'
Attendance: 13,905
Referee: Oscar Mejía

Venados4–4Zacatecas
Ribas   75', 90'
Martín   77', 82'
Report Partida   51'
Gutiérrez   73'
Ortíz   81'
Madrigal   90+3'
Attendance: 4,391
Referee: Brian González

Group 6 edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Toluca 4 2 1 1 7 5 +2 7 Knockout stage
2 BUAP 4 1 2 1 6 6 0 5
3 Tijuana 4 1 1 2 5 7 −2 4
Source: [8]
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Tijuana3–0Toluca
Arriola   10'
A. Moreno   13'
Pérez   45+1'
Report
Attendance: 27,033
Referee: Jonathan Hernández

BUAP4–0Tijuana
Porozo   16'
Ibarra   51'
Clemens   57'
Jiménez   66'
Report
Attendance: 2,452
Referee: Brian Omar González

BUAP1–1Toluca
Chaurand   21' Report Uribe   3'
Attendance: 4,817
Referee: Saul Alfredo Silva

Tijuana1–1BUAP
A. Moreno   15' Report Pérez   9'
Attendance: 27,333
Referee: León Vicente Barajas

Toluca4–0BUAP
Triverio   27'
Sinha   78'
Uribe   90', 90+2'
Report
Attendance: 8,103
Referee: Adonaí Escobedo

Toluca2–1Tijuana
Pedroza   9'
Gama   83'
Report García   71' (o.g.)
Attendance: 8,536
Referee: Eduardo Galván Basulto

Group 7 edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Juárez 4 2 2 0 11 5 +6 8 Knockout stage
2 Veracruz 4 1 1 2 6 9 −3 4
3 Santos Laguna 4 0 3 1 6 9 −3 3
Source: [8]
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Juárez5–0Veracruz
Leandro Carrijó   42'
Sidnei   55'
Briseño   60', 67'
Enríquez   90+1'
Report
Attendance: 4,200
Referee: Juan Ramírez

Santos Laguna1–1Juárez
Rodríguez   19' (pen.) Report Leandro Carrijo   86'
Attendance: 15,068
Referee: Fernando Hernández

Veracruz4–1Santos Laguna
Furch   22', 34', 52'
Peñalba   45+1' (pen.)
Report Cisneros   27'
Attendance: 5,682
Referee: Adonai Escobedo Gonzalez

Veracruz1–2Juárez
Luna   45' Report Mejía   10'
Enríquez   18'
Attendance: 4,743
Referee: Eduardo Galván

Juárez3–3Santos Laguna
Enríquez   2'
Leandro Carrijo   54', 58'
Report Bravo   4', 33'
Dávila   19'
Attendance: 15,900
Referee: Jesús Guerrero

Santos Laguna1–1Veracruz
Izquierdoz   14' Report Rodríguez   90+2'
Attendance: 10,543
Referee: Diego Montaño Robles

Group 8 edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Puebla 4 3 1 0 6 3 +3 10 Knockout stage
2 Querétaro 4 2 1 1 6 4 +2 7
3 Sinaloa 4 0 0 4 2 7 −5 0
Source: [8]
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Querétaro1–2Puebla
Martínez   56' Report Alustiza   10'
Ceballos   54'
Attendance: 17,376
Referee: Óscar Mejía García

Sinaloa1–2Querétaro
Angulo   3' Report Camilo   25'
Escalante   89'
Attendance: 3,733
Referee: Adonai Escobedo

Puebla2–1Sinaloa
Amione   65'
Arizala   74'
Report Mendívil   34'
Attendance: 3,583
Referee: Leon Vicente Barajas

Querétaro2–0Sinaloa
Rubio   22'
Camilo   70'
Report
Attendance: 12,493
Referee: Fernando Hernández

Puebla1–1Querétaro
Amione   21' Report Zamorano   53'
Attendance: 3,240

Sinaloa0–1Puebla
Report Bermúdez   31'
Attendance: 3,333
Referee: Edgar Allan Morales Olvera
  1. ^
    Match was originally scheduled to be played at 18:30 but was delayed due to inclement weather.

Knockout stage edit

  • The clubs that advance to this stage will be ranked and seeded 1 to 16 based on performance in the group stage. In case of ties, the same tiebreakers used to rank the runners-up will be used.[9]
  • All rounds are played in a single game. If a game ends in a draw, it will proceed directly to a penalty shoot-out. The highest seeded club will host each match, regardless of which division each club belongs.[9]
  • The two best teams of each group will advance to the Knockout stage.[9]
  • This is the first time the tournament has a Round of 16.[3]
  • All match times are UTC−06:00 except for matches in Ciudad Juárez (UTC−07:00)

Qualified teams edit

The winners and runners-up of each of the eight groups in the group stage qualify for the final stages.

Group Winners Runners-up
1 Atlante León
2 Chiapas Guadalajara
3 Cruz Azul UDG
4 Morelia Oaxaca
5 América Zacatecas
6 Toluca BUAP
7 Juárez Veracruz
8 Puebla Querétaro

Seeding edit

Seed Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 5 América 4 4 0 0 11 1 +10 12
2 3 Cruz Azul 4 3 1 0 11 4 +7 10
3 8 Puebla 4 3 1 0 6 3 +3 10
4 7 Juárez 4 2 2 0 11 5 +6 8
5 4 Morelia 4 2 1 1 9 3 +6 7
6 6 Toluca 4 2 1 1 7 5 +2 7
7 8 Querétaro 4 2 1 1 6 4 +2 7
8 2 Chiapas 4 1 3 0 8 5 +3 6
9 1 Atlante 4 1 2 1 6 5 +1 5
10 6 BUAP 4 1 2 1 6 6 0 5
11 1 León 4 1 2 1 4 5 −1 5
12 2 Guadalajara 4 1 2 1 4 6 −2 5
13 4 Oaxaca 4 1 2 1 2 4 −2 5
14 3 UDG 4 1 1 2 8 6 +2 4
15 5 Zacatecas 4 1 1 2 8 10 −2 4
16 7 Veracruz 4 1 1 2 6 9 −3 4
Source: []
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Away goals scored; 5) Drawing of lots.

Bracket edit

Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
            
3 Puebla 3
14 UDG 2
3 Puebla 0
6 Toluca 2
6 Toluca 4
11 León 3
6 Toluca 0 (7)
7 Querétaro (p) 0 (8)
2 Cruz Azul 4
15 Zacatecas 0
2 Cruz Azul 1
7 Querétaro 3
7 Querétaro 3
10 BUAP 1
7 Querétaro (p) 0 (3)
12 Guadalajara 0 (2)
1 América 1
16 Veracruz 0
1 América 3
8 Chiapas 2
8 Chiapas 2
9 Atlante 1
1 América 1 (3)
12 Guadalajara (p) 1 (4)
5 Morelia 0
12 Guadalajara 1
12 Guadalajara 1
13 Oaxaca 0
4 Juárez 1 (3)
13 Oaxaca (p) 1 (5)

Round of 16 edit

Puebla3–2UDG
Canelo   20', 74'
Bermúdez   81'
Report Valadéz   29'
Romo   49'
Attendance: 6,232
Referee: Uriel Olvera Ríos

Chiapas2–1Atlante
Rodríguez   19' (pen.), 21' Report Cauich   85'
Attendance: 12,153
Referee: Miguel Ángel Flores

Morelia0–1Guadalajara
Report Calderón   30' (pen.)
Attendance: 23,323
Referee: Diego Montaño Robles

Cruz Azul4–0Zacatecas
Aldrete   17'
Benítez   27' (pen.)
Guerrón   63'
Rojas   90+1' (pen.)
Report
Attendance: 4,745
Referee: Oscar Mejía

Querétaro3–1BUAP
Camilo   24', 64'
Candelo   66'
Report Porozo   1'
Attendance: 15,010
Referee: Eduardo Galván

Toluca4–3León
Uribe   52', 69'
Esquivel   59'
Trejo   67'
Report Mejía   41'
Cano   63'
Boselli   85'
Attendance: 11,558
Referee: Miguel Ángel Chacón Viveros

Juárez1–1Oaxaca
Micolta   73' Report Fernández   63'
Penalties
Micolta  
Lucas Silva  
Leandro Carrijó  
Fernández  
3–5   Cortés
  Fernández
  Castellanos
  J. Sánchez
  Álvarez
Attendance: 4,718
Referee: Jonathan Hernández Juárez

América1–0Veracruz
Peralta   34' Report
Attendance: 10,268
Referee: Adonai Escobedo

Quarterfinals edit

América3–2Chiapas
Arroyo   7'
Sambueza   25'
Goltz   72'
Report Derley   56' (pen.)
Marín   75'
Attendance: 19,809
Referee: Eduardo Galván

Cruz Azul1–3Querétaro
Cota   32' Report Camilo   29' (pen.)
Fierro   56', 57'
Attendance: 10,102
Referee: Jorge Durán

Puebla0–2Toluca
Report Uribe   79'
Triverio   90+2'
Attendance: 16,460
Referee: Diego Montaño Robles

Guadalajara1–0Oaxaca
Calderón   32' (o.g.) Report
Attendance: 17,946
Referee: Oscar Macías Romo

Semifinals edit

Toluca0–0Querétaro
Report
Penalties
Ríos  
Barrientos  
Esquivel  
Uribe  
Trejo  
Flores  
González  
Talavera  
Gamboa  
7–8   Camilo
  Benítez
  Candelo
  Volpi
  Villa
  Rentería
  Noriega
  Forlín
  Martínez
Attendance: 18,517
Referee: Erik Yair Miranda

América1–1Guadalajara
Arroyo   20' Report Pulido   70'
Penalties
Goltz  
Ibarra  
Álvarez  
Sambueza  
Mares  
3–4   Pereira
  Alanís
  Cisneros
  Zaldívar
  Pulido
Attendance: 60,710
Referee: Luis Enrique Santander

Final edit

Querétaro0–0Guadalajara
Report
Penalties
Benítez  
Volpi  
Candelo  
Noriega  
3–2   Pereira
  Alanís
  Cisneros
  Pineda
  Pulido
Attendance: 33,193
Referee: Oscar Macías Romo

Top goalscorers edit

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

Rank Player Club Goals
1   Fernando Uribe Toluca 6
2   Camilo Sanvezzo Querétaro 5
3   Leandro Carrijo Juárez 4
  Carlos Cauich Atlante
  Joao Rojas Cruz Azul
6   Michael Arroyo América 3
  Jonatan Cristaldo Cruz Azul
  Raúl Enríquez Juárez
  Julio Furch Veracruz
  Joffre Guerrón Cruz Azul
  Agustín Gutiérrez Zacatecas
  Miguel Sansores Morelia
  Martín Zúñiga Chiapas

Source: LaCopaMX.net

References edit

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  4. ^ "Los clubes mexicanos que jugarán Concachampions".
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