| Competition: | Ascenso MX |
| Winners: | Apertura: La Piedad Clausura: Neza |
| Promoted: | La Piedad |
| Relegated: | Pumas Morelos (dissolved after relegation) |
| Season: | 2012–13 |
| Prevseason: | 2011–12 |
| Nextseason: | 2013–14 |
The 2012–13 Ascenso MX season took place from 20 July 2012 to 11 May 2013 and was divided into two tournaments named Apertura 2012 and Clausura 2013. The Ascenso MX is the second-tier football league of Mexico.
The Apertura 2012 winner La Piedad defeated the Clausura 2013 winner Neza in a promotional final and won the ascension to the 2013–14 Liga MX season.
The following 15 clubs competed in the Liga de Ascenso during the 2012–2013 season:[1]
| Club | City | Stadium | Capacity | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Altamira | Estadio Altamira | 9,581 | ||
| Celaya | 23,182 | |||
| Correcaminos | Estadio Marte R. Gómez | 10,520 | ||
| Cruz Azul Hidalgo | Estadio 10 de Diciembre | 14,500 | ||
| Dorados de Sinaloa | Culiacán | Estadio Banorte | 17,898 | |
| Tecos | Estadio Tres de Marzo | 18,779 | ||
| Irapuato | Estadio Sergio León Chávez | 25,000 | ||
| La Piedad | 13,356 | |||
| Lobos BUAP | Estadio Olímpico de C.U. | 19,283 | ||
| Mérida | Estadio Carlos Iturralde | 15,087 | ||
| Necaxa | Estadio Victoria | 23,851 | ||
| Neza | 20,000 | |||
| Pumas Morelos | Cuernavaca | 14,800 | ||
| U. de G. | Estadio Jalisco | 55,020 | ||
| Veracruz | 28,703 |
The 2012 Apertura was the first championship of the season. It began on 20 July 2012 and ended on 1 December 2012.
| Competition: | Ascenso MX |
| Season: | 2012–13[2] |
| Winners: | La Piedad |
| Matches: | 117 |
| Total Goals: | 294 |
| League Topscorer: | Apertura: Víctor Lojero (11 goals) Rodrigo Prieto (11 goals) |
| Biggest Home Win: | Apertura: La Piedad 5-0 Dorados (4 November 2012) |
| Biggest Away Win: | Apertura: La Piedad 1-4 Necaxa (20 October 2012) |
| Highest Scoring: | Apertura: Necaxa 6-4 Irapuato (17 August 2012) |
See main article: 2012 Ascenso MX Apertura Liguilla. The six best teams after the first place play two games against each other on a home-and-away basis. The winner of each match up is determined by aggregate score. If the teams were tied, the Away goals rule appliesd.
The teams were seeded one to seven in quarterfinals, and were re-seeded one to four in semifinals, depending on their position in the general table. The higher seeded teams played on their home field during the second leg.
Last updated on 4 November 2012.
Players sorted first by goals scored, then by goal frequency (Minutes played/Goals scored).
In blue, the goal scoring champion(s) of Apertura 2012
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals | Goal freq. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| bgcolor=#C1D8FF rowspan= | 1 | Víctor Lojero | Necaxa | 11 | 91.36 |
| bgcolor=#C1D8FF rowspan= | 2 | Rodrigo Prieto | Neza | 11 | 109.73 |
| rowspan= | 3 |  Danny Santoya | Necaxa | 9 | 104.00 |
| rowspan= | 4 |  Juan Manuel Cavallo | La Piedad | 9 | 126.56 |
| rowspan= | 5 | Roberto Nurse | Correcaminos | 8 | 141.25 |
| rowspan= | 6 | Eduardo Lillingston | Tecos | 8 | 146.88 |
| rowspan= | 7 | Julio Pardini | Celaya | 7 | 119.14 |
| rowspan= | 8 | Cuauhtémoc Blanco | Dorados de Sinaloa | 6 | 195.00 |
| rowspan= | 9 |  Aparecido Lima | Lobos BUAP | 5 | 184.80 |
| rowspan= | 10 | Ariel González | Irapuato | 5 | 208.60 |
| rowspan= | 11 | Omar Tejeda | Lobos BUAP | 5 | 209.60 |
| rowspan= | 12 |  Sonny Guadarrama | Mérida | 4 | 148.25 |
| rowspan= | 13 | Diego Campos | U. de G. | 4 | 200.00 |
| rowspan= | 14 | Ismael Valadéz | Cruz Azul Hidalgo | 4 | 225.75 |
| rowspan= | 15 | Juan de Dios Hernández | Dorados de Sinaloa | 4 | 241.00 |
Source: Ascenso MX goalscorers official page
The 2013 Clausura was the second championship of the season. It began on 4 January 2013 and ended on 11 May 2013.
| Competition: | Ascenso MX |
| Season: | 2012–13 |
| Winners: | Neza |
| League Topscorer: | Clausura: Víctor Lojero (12 goals) |
| Biggest Home Win: | Clausura: U. de G. 3-0 Pumas Morelos (6 January 2013) Pumas Morelos 3-0 Irapuato (12 January 2013) Lobos BUAP 3-0 Dorados de Sinaloa (18 January 2013) |
| Biggest Away Win: | Clausura: Altamira 1-3 Neza (5 January 2013) |
| Highest Scoring: | Clausura: Cruz Azul Hidalgo 3-4 Celaya (20 January 2013) |
The eight qualified teams played two games against each other on a home-and-away basis. The winner of each match was determined by aggregate score.
The teams were seeded one to eight in the quarterfinals, and were re-seeded one to four in the semifinals, depending on their position in the general table. The higher seeded teams played on their home field during the second leg.
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Last Updated on 21 January 2012.
Players sorted first by goals scored, then by goal frequency (Minutes played/Goals scored).
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals | Goal freq. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| rowspan= | 1 | Víctor Lojero | Necaxa | 12 | 101.00 |
| rowspan= | 2 | Pablo Torres | Veracruz | 11 | 111.64 |
| rowspan= | 3 | Eial Strahman | U. de G. | 9 | 102.78 |
| rowspan= | 4 | Danny Santoya | Necaxa | 7 | 139.14 |
| rowspan= | 5 | Diego Mejía | Neza | 6 | 185.50 |
| rowspan= | 6 | Diego Martiñones | Tecos | 5 | 184.80 |
| rowspan= | 7 | Oscar Fernández | Altamira | 5 | 190.40 |
| rowspan= | 8 | Sonny Guadarrama | Mérida | 5 | 234.60 |
| rowspan= | 9 | Jorge Ocampo | Celaya | 5 | 244.00 |
| rowspan= | 10 | Hebert Alférez | Lobos BUAP | 4 | 119.25 |
Source: Ascenso MX goalscorers official page - Clausura 2013
The relegated team had the lowest ratio by adding the points scored in the following tournaments: Apertura 2010, Bicentenario 2011, Apertura 2011 and Clausura 2012 and Apertura 2012 and Clausura 2013.
| Rank | Team | Points | Games | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| rowspan= | 9 | Dorados de Sinaloa | 105 | 84 | 1.2500 |
| rowspan= | 10 | Mérida | 103 | 84 | 1.2262 |
| rowspan= | 11 | Celaya | 62 | 52 | 1.1923 |
| rowspan= | 12 | Altamira | 100 | 84 | 1.1905 |
| rowspan= | 13 | U. de G. | 101 | 85 | 1.1882 |
| rowspan= | 14 | Cruz Azul Hidalgo | 93 | 84 | 1.1071 |
| rowspan= | 15 | Pumas Morelos | 92 | 85 | 1.0824 |
Source: Ascenso MX relegation table - Clausura 2013