The 2016–17 Liga MX season was 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.
Teams, stadiums, and personnel
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.
Stadiums and locations
Stadium Changes
Personnel and kits
Managerial changes
Torneo Apertura
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.
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.
The Clausura 2017 is the second championship of the season. The regular phase of the tournament began on January 6, 2017. Games scheduled for Round 10 were suspended due to a strike called by the Asociación Mexicana de Árbitros.
Regular season
Standings
Positions by round
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. Matches scheduled for Round 10 were postponed due to a strike called by the Asociación Mexicana de Árbitros. Round 10 matches which were scheduled to take place between March 10 and March 12 were rescheduled to take place between April 11 and April 13.
Results
Regular season statistics
Top goalscorers
Players sorted first by goals scored, then by last name.
Rank
Player
Club
Goals
1
Raúl Ruidíaz
Morelia
9
2
Matías Alustiza
Atlas
8
2
Nicolás Castillo
UNAM
8
2
André-Pierre Gignac
UANL
8
2
Avilés Hurtado
Tijuana
8
2
Oribe Peralta
América
8
7
Mauro Boselli
León
7
8
Edwin Cardona
Monterrey
6
8
Dorlan Pabón
Monterrey
6
8
Edson Puch
Necaxa
6
8
Jonathan Rodríguez
Santos Laguna
6
8
Camilo Sanvezzo
Querétaro
6
Source:
Top assists
Players sorted first by assists, then by last name.
Rank
Player
Club
Assists
1
Neri Cardozo
Querétaro
7
1
Jonathan Urretaviscaya
Pachuca
7
3
Carlos Sánchez
Monterrey
6
4
Andrés Andrade
León
5
4
Avilés Hurtado
Tijuana
5
4
Gael Sandoval
Santos Laguna
5
7
Alexis Canelo
Puebla
4
7
Ignacio Malcorra
Tijuana
4
7
Ángel Mena
Cruz Azul
4
7
Alan Mendoza
UNAM
4
7
Ismael Sosa
UANL
4
7
Djaniny
Santos Laguna
4
Source:
Hat-tricks
Clean sheets
Source:
Saves
Source:
Attendances
Liguilla - Clausura
Bracket
Teams are re-seeded each round.
Team with more goals on aggregate after two matches advances.
Away goals rule is applied in the quarterfinals and semifinals, but not the final.
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 shootout.
Last update: 7 May 2017 Rules for relegation: 1) Relegation coefficient; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results between tied teams; 5) Number of goals scored away; 6) Fair Play points R = Relegated. Chiapas were relegated based on having a worse goal difference over the last three years than Veracruz. Source:
Aggregate table
The aggregate table will be used to determine the participants of the Apertura 2017 Copa MX. This table also displays teams that have qualified for the 2018 CONCACAF Champions League.
Dayro Moreno
Raúl Ruidíaz
Mauro Boselli
Edson Puch
Hirving Lozano
Camilo Sanvezzo
André-Pierre Gignac
Jonathan Rodríguez
Ángel Mena
Djaniny