2016-17 Liga MX season
| Season | 2016–17 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Apertura: UANL (5th title) |
| Relegated | Chiapas |
| Champions League |
UANL Guadalajara América Tijuana |
| Matches played | 306 |
| Goals scored | 806 (2.63 per match) |
| Top goalscorer |
Apertura: Dayro Moreno Raúl Ruidíaz (11 goals) Clausura: Raúl Ruidíaz (9 goals) |
| Biggest home win |
Apertura: Pachuca 5–1 León (July 16, 2016) Tijuana 4–0 Guadalajara (July 29, 2016) Clausura: Tijuana 6–2 Puebla (January 13, 2017) León 4–0 Veracruz (April 8, 2017) UANL 4–0 UNAM (April 15, 2017) Morelia 4–0 UNAM (April 29, 2017) |
| Biggest away win |
Apertura: Morelia 1–5 Pachuca (September 20, 2016) Clausura: Querétaro 1–5 UANL (May 6, 2017) |
| Highest scoring |
Apertura: UNAM 5–3 Monterrey (August 21, 2016) Cruz Azul 5–3 Veracruz (October 1, 2016) Clausura: Tijuana 6–2 Puebla (January 13, 2017) |
| Longest winning run |
Apertura: 3 Guadalajara León Necaxa Pachuca Tijuana Toluca UANL Clausura: 4 Tijuana |
| Longest unbeaten run |
Apertura: 11 UANL Clausura: 8 Santos Laguna (twice) |
| Longest winless run |
Apertura: 13 Chiapas Clausura: 8 Chiapas León |
| Longest losing run |
Apertura: 8 Veracruz Clausura: 5 Veracruz |
| Highest attendance |
Apertura: 61,561 América 0–3 Guadalajara (August 27, 2016) Clausura: 53,219 Atlas 1–2 Guadalajara (February 11, 2017) |
| Lowest attendance |
Apertura: 8,672 Chiapas 1–2 Querétaro (October 29, 2016) Clausura: 0 Veracruz 3–1 Cruz Azul (March 31, 2017) |
| Total attendance |
Apertura: 4,069,808 Clausura: 4,249,473 |
| Average attendance |
Apertura: 26,600 Clausura: 27,774 |
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The 2016–17 Liga MX season is the 70th professional season of the top-flight football league in Mexico. The season is split into two championships—the Torneo Apertura and the Torneo Clausura—each in an identical format and each contested by the same eighteen teams. The fixtures were announced on 9 June 2016.
The following eighteen teams are competing this season. Sinaloa was relegated to the Ascenso MX after accumulating the lowest coefficient last season. Sinaloa will be replaced by the 2016 Clausura Ascenso MX champion Necaxa, who won promotion after defeating the Apertura 2015 winner Juárez in a promotion play-off.
The Apertura 2016 is the first championship of the season. The regular season began on July 15, 2016 and ended on December 25, 2016.Pachuca are the defending champions, having won their 6th title.
Updated to games played on 20 November 2016.
Source: LigaMX.net
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results between tied teams; 5) Number of goals scored away; 6) Highest relegation coefficient; 7) Fair Play points
1 The first 8 places in the table qualify for the Playoffs.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included in the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for matchday 13, but then postponed and played between days 16 and 17, it will be added to the standings for day 16.
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