Copa MX | |
Year: | Apertura 2014 |
Country: | Mexico |
Num Teams: | 28 |
Winners: | Santos Laguna (1st title) |
Second: | Puebla |
Matches: | 91 |
Goals: | 249 |
Scoring Leader: | Andrés Rentería (6 goals) |
Prev Season: | Clausura 2014 |
Next Season: | Clausura 2015 |
The Apertura 2014 Copa MX was the 72nd staging of the Copa MX, the 45th staging in the professional era and the fifth tournament played since the 1996–97 edition.
This tournament started on July 29, 2014, and concluded in November 2014.[1]
Santos Laguna won their first title after defeating Puebla 4–2 on penalty kicks.
This tournament featured the clubs from the Liga MX who did not participate in the 2014-15 CONCACAF Champions League (América, Cruz Azul, León and Pachuca)[2] All 14 Ascenso MX teams also participated in the tournament.
If two or more clubs are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria are applied to determine the rankings:[1]
Every group is composed by four clubs, two from Liga MX and two from Ascenso MX. Instead of a traditional robin-round schedule, the clubs will play in three two-legged "rounds", the last one being contested by clubs of the same league.
Each win gives a club 3 points, each draw gives 1 point. An extra point is awarded for every round won; a round is won by aggregated score, and if it is a tie, the extra point will be awarded to the team with higher number of goals scored away.[1]
Key to colours in group tables |
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Group winners advance to the Championship Stage |
The best second-placed team also advance to the Championship Stage |
Querétaro won the round 4−3 on aggregate
Tigres UANL won the round 5–3 on aggregate
UANL won the round 3−2 on aggregate
Querétaro won the round 3−2 on aggregate
Atlamira won the round 3−1 on aggregate
UANL won the round 2−0 on aggregate
Monterrey won the round 5–2 on aggregate
San Luis won the round 3–1 on aggregate
Santos Laguna won the round 6–2 on aggregate
Monterrey won the round 2–1 on aggregate
Santos Laguna won the round 5–3 on aggregate
San Luis won the round 7–3 on aggregate
Guadalajara and Tepic drew 4−4 on aggregate and both teams drew on away goals, thus neither team received the extra point
Tijuana won the round 4–3 on aggregate
Teams drew 1–1 on aggregate, Tepic won the round on away goals
Guadalajara won the round 4–1 on aggregate
The first leg originally ended 2–0 but Guadalajara was later awarded a 3–0 win after Tijuana only had 6 registered Liga MX players available for the leg instead of the mandatory 8.
Guadalajara won the round 3–1 on aggregate
Tepic won the round 4–0 on aggregate
Zacatecas and U. de G. drew 0−0 on aggregate and tied on away goals, thus both teams did not receive the extra point
Atlas won the round 6−4 on aggregate
Atlas won the round 3−1 on aggregate
U. de G. won the round 3−2 on aggregate
Sinaloa and Zacatecas drew 3−3 on aggregate and drew on away goals, thus neither team received the extra point
U. de G. won the round 4−2 on aggregate
Morelia and Necaxa drew 1–1 on aggregate and tied on away goals, thus neither team received the extra point
Puebla won the round 3–0 on aggregate
Morelia won the round 5–2 on aggregate
Puebla won the round 1–0 on aggregate
Morelia won the round 4–2 on aggregate
Necaxa won the round 4–1 on aggregate
Mérida won the round 3–2 on aggregate
UNAM won the round 4–3 on aggregate
Toluca won the round 6–2 on aggregate
Mérida won the round 4–2 on aggregate
Mérida won the round 2–1 on aggregate
Toluca won the round 4–3 on aggregate
Lobos BUAP won the round 4−2 on aggregate
Veracruz and Oaxaca drew 4−4 on aggregate, Veracruz won the round on away goals
Oaxaca won the round 2−0 on aggregate
Teams drew 1−1 on aggregate, Veracruz won the round on away goals
BUAP won the round 4−3 on aggregate
Chiapas won the round 4−3 on aggregate
The best runner-up advances to the Championship Stage.[1] If two or more teams are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria are applied to determine the rankings:
The eight clubs that advance to this stage will be ranked and seeded 1 to 8. In case of ties, the same tiebreakers used to rank the runners-up will be used.
In this stage, all the rounds will be a one-off match. If the game ends in a tie, there will proceed to penalty shootouts directly.
The venue will be determined as follows:
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See main article: Apertura 2014 Copa MX Final.
Players and teams in bold are still active in the competition
Source: LigaMX.net