2014–15 Liga MX season
The 2014–15 Liga MX season was the 68th professional top-flight football league season in Mexico. The season was split into two competitions: the [|Torneo Apertura] and the [|Torneo Clausura]; each of identical format and contested by the same eighteen teams.
Teams, stadiums, and personnel
Eighteen teams competed that season. Atlante was relegated to the Ascenso MX after accumulating the lowest coefficient over the past three seasons. Atlante was relegated and replaced by the Apertura 2013 Ascenso MX champion Leones Negros, after defeating in a promotional play-off the Clausura 2014 title defenders Estudiantes Tecos.Stadiums and locations
Monterrey | Morelia | Pachuca | Puebla | Querétaro | Santos Laguna |
Estadio Tecnológico | Estadio Morelos | Estadio Hidalgo | Estadio Cuauhtémoc | Estadio Corregidora | Estadio Corona |
Capacity: 36,485 | Capacity: 35,000 | Capacity: 30,000 | Capacity: 53,000 | Capacity: 33,277 | Capacity: 30,000 |
Tijuana | Toluca | U. de G. | UANL | UNAM | Veracruz |
Estadio Caliente | Estadio Nemesio Díez | Estadio Jalisco | Estadio Universitario | Estadio Olímpico Universitario | Estadio Luis "Pirata" Fuente |
Capacity: 27,333 | Capacity: 27,000 | Capacity: 56,713 | Capacity: 42,000 | Capacity: 68,954 | Capacity: 30,000 |
Stadium changes
Personnel and kits
Managerial changes
Torneo Apertura
The Apertura 2014 was the opening competition of the season. The regular season began on July 18, 2014, and ended on November 23, 2014. León were the defending champions, having won the 2013 Apertura and 2014 Clausura tournaments.Regular season
Standings
Liguilla - Apertura
- Teams are re-seeded each round.
- Team with more goals on aggregate after two matches advances.
- "Away goals rule" was applied in the play-off round, but not the final.
- In the quarterfinals and semifinals, if the two teams were tied on aggregate and away goals, the higher seeded team advanced.
- In the final, if the two teams were tied after both legs, the match went to extra-time and, if necessary, a shootout.
- Both finalists qualified to the 2015–16 CONCACAF Champions League.
Top goalscorers
Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
1 | Mauro Boselli | León | 12 |
1 | Camilo Sanvezzo | Querétaro | 12 |
3 | Dorlan Pabón | Monterrey | 11 |
4 | Ariel Nahuelpan | Pachuca | 9 |
4 | Darío Benedetto | Tijuana | 9 |
6 | Pablo Velázquez | Toluca | 8 |
6 | Eduardo Herrera | UNAM | 8 |
6 | Oribe Peralta | América | 8 |
Source:
Top assists
Source:Hat-tricks
* Scored 4 goalsTorneo Clausura
The Clausura 2015 was the second competition of the season. The regular phase of the tournament began on January 9, and ended on May 10. América successfully defended their title when they won the Apertura tournament for a record 12th title, but they were eliminated in the Liguilla quarterfinals.Regular season
Standings
Liguilla - Clausura
- Teams were re-seeded each round.
- Team with more goals on aggregate after two matches advances.
- Away goals rule was applied in the quarterfinals and semifinals, but not in the final.
- In the quarterfinals and semifinals, if the two teams were tied on aggregate and away goals, the higher seeded team advances.
- In the final, if the two teams were tied after both legs, the match went to extra-time and, if necessary, a shootout.
- Both finalists qualified to the 2015–16 CONCACAF Champions League.
Top goalscorers
Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
1 | Dorlan Pabón | Monterrey | 10 |
2 | Matías Alustiza | Puebla | 9 |
2 | Julio Furch | Veracruz | 9 |
4 | Dayro Moreno | Tijuana | 8 |
5 | Avilés Hurtado | Chiapas | 7 |
5 | Rafael Sóbis | UANL | 7 |
5 | Ismael Sosa | UNAM | 7 |
8 | Juan Arango | Tijuana | 6 |
8 | Néstor Calderón | Santos Laguna | 6 |
8 | Edwin Cardona | Monterrey | 6 |
8 | Leiton Jiménez | Veracruz | 6 |
8 | Fidel Martínez | U. de G. | 6 |