The 2017–18 Ascenso MX season is a two-part competition: Apertura 2017 and Clausura 2018. Ascenso MX is the second-tier football league of Mexico. Apertura began on 21 July 2017, and Clausura began on 5 January 2018.^[3]

Six teams meet the requirements to be promoted to the Liga MX for the 2018–2019 season. Those teams are Atlético San Luis, Atlante, Celaya, Juárez, Sinaloa, and UdeG. The remaining teams were awarded MXN$120 million for winning the promotion playoff, which should be utilized to fulfill necessary requirements for promotion within the next season, and remain in Ascenso MX.^[4][5] If a team wins promotion but does not meet requirements for Liga MX, the relegated Liga MX team of the 2017–18 season will be obligated to pay the prize money to that team, and the relegated Liga MX team will remain in first division. If the relegated Liga MX team cannot distribute the prize money to the promoted Ascenso MX team, both teams will lose their right to play in Liga MX and must play in Ascenso MX the following season.^[6]: 16

16 clubs participated in this season:

• Lobos BUAP were promoted to Liga MX.^[7]
• Chiapas was relegated from Liga MX;^[8] however, the club dissolved due to debts and will attempt to reform in the Segunda División.^[9]
• UdeC was relegated to the Segunda División.^[10]
• Tlaxcala were promoted from the Segunda División but will not compete this season due to a failure to meet stadium requirements. Their spot in Ascenso MX will be reserved for the 2018–19 season.^[11]
• Atlético San Luis returned after a one-year hiatus due to an investment by Atlético Madrid.^[12]
• Coras FC were sold and relocated to Morelos to become Club Atlético Zacatepec, replacing dissolved Zacatepec Siglo XXI.^[13]

Atlante

Atl. San Luis

Celaya

Juárez

Murciélagos

Alebrijes

Dorados

Cimarrones

Tampico Madero

Cafetaleros

UdeG

UAEM

UAT

Venados

Mineros

Zacatepec

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Location of teams in the 2017–18 Ascenso MX

Team	Chairman	Head Coach	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor(s)
Alebrijes de Oaxaca	Santiago San Román	Irving Rubirosa	Édgar Hernández	Keuka	Ópticas América, Electrolit2
Atlante	José Gabriel Gutiérrez Lavín	Sergio Bueno	Gerardo Ruíz	Kappa	Riviera Maya
Atlético de San Luis	Alberto Marrero	Alfonso Sosa	Alejandro Palacios	Nike	Canel's, Hilton, Mobil Super, Coca-Cola2
Cafetaleros de Tapachula	Gabriel Orantes Constanzo	Gabriel Caballero	Edy Brambila	Silver Sport	Cafetaleros de Corazón, Electrolit2
Celaya	Alan Achar	Ricardo Valiño	Alfredo Moreno	Keuka	Bachoco, Caja Popular Mexicana
Cimarrones de Sonora	Servando Carbajal	Mario García	José Saavedra	Romed	Súper del Norte, Acer, Megacable3, Coca-Cola3
Correcaminos UAT	Rafael Flores Alcocer	Ricardo Rayas	Daniel Cisneros	Pirma	Aeromar
Dorados de Sinaloa	José Antonio Núñez	Paco Ramírez	Cristian Campestrini	Charly	Coppel, Electrolit, SuKarne, Caliente
Juárez	Juan Carlos Talavera	Tomás Campos (Interim)	Leandro Carrijó	Carrara	S-Mart, Coca-Cola2
Leones Negros UdeG	José Alberto Castellanos Gutiérrez	Jorge Dávalos	Ismael Valadéz	Charly	Electrolit, Coca-Cola2
Mineros de Zacatecas	Armando Martínez Patiño	Andrés Carevic	Fernando Madrigal	Pirma	Telcel, Mobil Super, Zacatecas ¡Deslumbrante!, Red Gasislo, Office Depot
Murciélagos	Miguel Favela Galindo	Lorenzo López	Édgar Mejía	Keuka	Meprosa, Agro-Operadora, Coca-Cola, TDN
Potros UAEM	Alfredo Barrera Baca	Héctor Hugo Eugui	Alfonso Rippa	Kappa	Holiday Inn Express, Electrolit, Volaris2
Tampico Madero	Luis Miguel Pérez Amarante	Eduardo Fentanes	Humberto Hernández	Charly	B Hermanos, Chevrolet Tampico Sales, Electrolit2
Venados	Rodolfo Rosas Cantillo	Bruno Marioni	Aldo Polo	U-Sports	Tony Roma's, Coca-Cola2
Zacatepec	Víctor Manuel Arana	Marcelo Michel Leaño	Juan Neira	Yire	Akron, Itromep Omeprazol

1. ^ On the back of shirt.

2. ^ On the sleeves.

3. ^ On the shorts.

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Replaced by	Date of appointment	Position in table
Pre-Apertura changes
Atlante	Eduardo Fentanes	End of contract	April 21, 2017 [14]	Raúl Gutiérrez	June 6, 2017 [15]	Preseason
Celaya	Gerardo Reinoso (Interim)	End of tenure as caretaker	April 25, 2017	Ricardo Valiño	April 25, 2017 [16]	Preseason
Cimarrones de Sonora	Juan Carlos Chávez	End of contract	April 29, 2017 [17]	Mario García	May 29, 2017 [18]	Preseason
Tampico Madero	Daniel Guzmán	Mutual agreement	May 8, 2017 [19]	Eduardo Fentanes	May 23, 2017 [20]	Preseason
Leones Negros UdeG	Joel Sánchez	End of contract	May 9, 2017 [21]	Jorge Dávalos	May 25, 2017 [22]	Preseason
Mineros de Zacatecas	Ricardo Rayas	End of contract	May 11, 2017 [23]	Efraín Flores	May 30, 2017 [24]	Preseason
Correcaminos UAT	Jaime Ordiales	Sacked	May 12, 2017 [25]	Ricardo Rayas	May 23, 2017 [26]	Preseason
Dorados de Sinaloa	Gabriel Caballero	End of contract	May 26, 2017 [27]	Diego Ramírez	May 27, 2017 [28]	Preseason
Zacatepec	Carlos Gutiérrez	Team was rebranded[a]	May 31, 2017	Marcelo Michel Leaño	May 31, 2017	Preseason
Apertura changes
Cafetaleros de Tapachula	Paco Ramírez	Mutual agreement	August 7, 2017 [29]	Gabriel Caballero	August 8, 2017 [30]	16th
Murciélagos	Luis Mendoza	Mutual agreement	October 12, 2017	Oscar Gil	October 12, 2017	11th
Atlante	Raúl Gutiérrez	Sacked	October 22, 2017 [31]	Eduardo Rergis (Interim)	October 22, 2017	15th
Pre-Clausura changes
Potros UAEM	Omar Ramírez	Mutual agreement	November 12, 2017 [32]	Héctor Hugo Eugui	November 13, 2017 [33]	Preseason
Atlante	Eduardo Rergis (Interim)	End of tenure as caretaker	November 13, 2017	Sergio Bueno	November 13, 2017 [34]	Preseason
Atlético San Luis	Salvador Reyes Jr.	Sacked	November 13, 2017	José Francisco Molina	November 14, 2017 [35]	Preseason
Dorados de Sinaloa	Diego Ramírez	Mutual agreement	November 24, 2017 [36]	Paco Ramírez	November 29, 2017	Preseason
Mineros de Zacatecas	Efraín Flores	Resigned	November 30, 2017	Andrés Carevic	November 30, 2017	Preseason
Clausura changes
Murciélagos	Oscar Gil	Resigned	February 8, 2018	Alejandro Mercado (Interim)	February 8, 2018	15th
Murciélagos	Alejandro Mercado (Interim)	End of tenure as caretaker	February 12, 2018	Lorenzo López	February 12, 2018	15th
Atlético San Luis	José Francisco Molina	Sacked	February 18, 2018[37]	Alfonso Sosa	February 19, 2018[38]	16th
Juárez	Miguel Fuentes	Sacked	March 19, 2018[39]	Tomás Campos (Interim)	March 19, 2018	12th

• ^a Coras de Tepic was relocated and renamed Club Atlético Zacatepec. The board and management of Coras de Tepic took over the previous management of Zacatepec Siglo XXI.

The regular season began on 21 July 2017 and ended on 11 November 2017. Fixtures for the Apertura 2017 season were announced on 13 June 2017.^[40] The ninth round of the season, scheduled for 22 and 23 September 2017, was suspended after the 2017 Central Mexico earthquake on 19 September 2017.^[41] However, the ninth round was still the next round played, during the FIFA International break on 6,7, and 8 October 2017.^[42] The liguilla was played from 15 November to 2 December 2017. Oaxaca won their first title after defeating Juárez on penalties.^[43]

Top goalscorers [edit] Players sorted first by goals scored, then by last name. Rank Player Club Goals 1 Luis Madrigal Alebrijes de Oaxaca 12 2 Javier Orozco Tampico Madero 10 3 Luciano Nequecaur Venados 8 4 Juan Neira Zacatepec 6 Dante Osorio Potros UAEM Pedro Rentería Murciélagos Hernán Rivero Correcaminos UAT Oscar Villa Cimarrones de Sonora 9 Vinicio Angulo Dorados de Sinaloa 5 Christian Bermúdez Cafetaleros de Tapachula Leandro Carrijó Juárez Éder Cruz Mineros de Zacatecas Adolfo Domínguez Cafetaleros de Tapachula Pablo Olivera Atlético San Luis Source: Ascenso MX

Player	For	Against	Result	Date	Round	Reference
Víctor Guajardo	Sonora	Atlético San Luis	3–1 (H)	18 August 2017	5	[1]
Luciano Nequecaur	Venados	Atlante	3–1 (H)	27 October 2017	13	[2]

(H) – Home ; (A) – Away

Source: Ascenso MX

The eight best teams play two games against each other on a home-and-away basis. The higher seeded teams play on their home field during the second leg. The winner of each match up is determined by aggregate score. If the teams are tied, the away goals rule applies. 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 penalty shoot-out.

All times are UTC−6 except for matches in Ciudad Juárez.

Venados v Juárez

15 November 2017	Venados	0–2	Juárez	Mérida
19:30		Report	Prieto 35' Gómez 81'	Stadium: Estadio Carlos Iturralde Attendance: 7,228 Referee: Edgar Allan Morales Olvera

Correcaminos UAT v Celaya

15 November 2017	Correcaminos UAT	4–3	Celaya	Ciudad Victoria
21:30	Rivero 10', 65' Ramírez 18' Sánchez 83'	Report	Juárez 5' Murguía 87' López 90+1'	Stadium: Estadio Marte R. Gómez Attendance: 9,051 Referee: Jesús Bisguerra Mendiola

Alebrijes de Oaxaca v Zacatepec

16 November 2017	Alebrijes de Oaxaca	3–1	Zacatepec	Oaxaca City
19:30	Tehuitzil 42' Madrigal 48', 65'	Report	A. González 23'	Stadium: Estadio Tecnológico de Oaxaca Attendance: 4,727 Referee: Aldo Cano Martínez

Mineros de Zacatecas v Tampico Madero

16 November 2017	Mineros de Zacatecas	1–0	Tampico Madero	Zacatecas City
21:30	Martínez 79'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Francisco Villa Attendance: 5,987 Referee: Juan Andrés Esquivel González

Celaya (a) v Correcaminos UAT

18 November 2017	Celaya (a)	2–1 (5–5 agg.)	Correcaminos UAT	Celaya
19:00	Padilla 19' Toloza 50'	Report	Chalá 86'	Stadium: Estadio Miguel Alemán Valdés Attendance: 11,897 Referee: Arturo Cruz Hurtado

Juárez v Venados

18 November 2017	Juárez	1–0 (3–0 agg.)	Venados	Ciudad Juárez
20:00 UTC−7	Ávalos 62'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Benito Juárez Attendance: 8,239 Referee: Oscar Mejía García

Tampico Madero v Mineros de Zacatecas

19 November 2017	Tampico Madero	3–1 (3–2 agg.)	Mineros de Zacatecas	Tampico and Ciudad Madero
20:00	Martínez 3' Esparza 36' Rodríguez 51'		Nurse 76'	Stadium: Estadio Tamaulipas Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Jonathan Hernández Juárez

The first leg of the semifinals was played on 22 November 2017, and the second leg was played on 25 November 2017.

Tampico Madero v Juárez

22 November 2017	Tampico Madero	2–2	Juárez	Tampico and Ciudad Madero
19:30	Orozco 28' Rodríguez 73'	Report	Berber 65' Gómez 90+1'	Stadium: Estadio Tamaulipas Attendance: 13,800 Referee: Alejandro Funk Villafañe

Alebrijes de Oaxaca v Celaya

22 November 2017	Alebrijes de Oaxaca	1–0	Celaya	Oaxaca City
21:30	Noya 66'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Tecnológico de Oaxaca Attendance: 6,527 Referee: Juan Andrés Esquivel González

Celaya v Alebrijes de Oaxaca (a)

25 November 2017	Celaya	2–1 (2–2 agg.)	Alebrijes de Oaxaca (a)	Celaya
19:00	Salinas 17' Reyna 65'	Report	Madrigal 53'	Stadium: Estadio Miguel Alemán Valdés Attendance: 17,826 Referee: Jonathan Hernández Juárez

Juárez v Tampico Madero

25 November 2017	Juárez	3–2 (5–4 agg.)	Tampico Madero	Ciudad Juárez
20:00 UTC−7	Ortíz 46' Enríquez 81' da Silva 90'	Report	Martínez 54' Bonfigli 73'	Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Benito Juárez Attendance: 15,797 Referee: Arturo Cruz Hurtado

Alebrijes de Oaxaca v Juárez

29 November 2017	Alebrijes de Oaxaca	1–0	Juárez	Oaxaca City
19:00	Zúñiga 31'	Report Referee Report		Stadium: Estadio Tecnológico de Oaxaca Attendance: 14,227 Referee: Juan Andrés Esquivel González

Juárez v Alebrijes de Oaxaca

2 December 2017	Juárez	2–1 (a.e.t.) (2–2 agg.) (2–4 p)	Alebrijes de Oaxaca	Ciudad Juárez
20:00 UTC−7	Enríquez 90+4' Prieto 114'	Report Referee Report	Cervantes 116'	Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Benito Juárez Attendance: 19,703 Referee: Jonathan Hernández Juárez
	Penalties
	Berber Enríquez Ortiz Prieto		Madrigal Pineda Cervantes González

The regular season began on 5 January 2018 and ended on 1 April 2018. The liguilla began on 7 April 2018 and ended on 29 April 2018.^[44] Alebrijes de Oaxaca are the defending champions, having won their first title. Cafetaleros de Tapachula defeated Leones Negros UdeG 3–2 on aggregate to win their first 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 3, but then postponed and played between days 6 and 7, it will be added to the standings for day 6.

The eighth round was played on 13 and 14 February 2018. Due to a friendly between Atlético San Luis and New York City FC on 13 February 2018, the match between Zacatepec and Atlético San Luis was postponed until 20 February 2018, after the ninth round.