Liga de Ascenso
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| Country | Mexico |
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| Confederation | CONCACAF |
| Founded | 1994 |
| Number of teams | 18 |
| Level on pyramid | 2 |
| Promotion to | Liga MX |
| Relegation to |
Liga Premier de Ascenso Segunda División |
| Domestic cup(s) |
Copa MX SuperCopa MX |
| Current champions |
Sinaloa (Apertura 2016) |
| Most championships |
León Irapuato Necaxa Dorados (4 titles) |
| TV partners |
Televisa TVC Deportes Fox Sports Claro Sports Multimedios Televisión Canal 44 Telemax |
| Website | Official site |
 2016–17 season
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The Ascenso MX is the second professional level of the Mexican football league system. The champion of the competition is promoted to Liga MX (top-flight division). The bottom team gets relegated to Segunda División de México (the third tier). It is currently sponsored by BBVA through its Mexican subsidiary BBVA Bancomer, and thus officially known as Ascenso BBVA Bancomer.
Formerly known as Primera División A (First Division A) the league changed its name and competition format in 2009 to Liga de Ascenso. It was rebranded as Ascenso MX in 2012. The main changes are that clubs now do not need a FMF certification to get promoted and that the competition doesn't use group stages.
In 1994, in order to create a premier league, the Mexican Football Federation decided to upgrade the Second Division to "Primera División A" (First Division A) to bring closer together the level of play in the two tiers, Primera and Primera A. The project was under the direction of José Antonio García Rodríguez, president of the top-tier Primera Division at the time. He envisioned the new division to be joined by the best teams of the Segunda and include teams from the United States (Los Angeles Salsa and San Jose Black Hawks expressed desire to join). Upon review, FIFA did not authorize such integration. As a result, the new league was created instead with the best Second Division teams. The 1994-1995 season began with 15 teams: Acapulco, Atlético Celaya, Atlético San Francisco, Atlético Yucatán, Caimanes de Tabasco, Coras, Gallos de Aguascalientes, Halcones de Querétaro, Inter Tijuana, Irapuato, La Piedad, Marte, Pachuca, San Luis and Zacatepec. Cobras de Ciudad Juárez, which would have been the sixteenth team, declined to participate due to financial problems.
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