2016–17 Tercera División de México season explained

Competition:	Liga TDP
Season:	2016–17
Promoted:	Tecos
Prevseason:	2015–16
Nextseason:	2017–18
Dates:	19 August 2016 – 11 June 2017
Extra Information:	Stats are from the regular season only

The 2016–17 Tercera División season is the fourth-tier football league of Mexico. The tournament began on 16 August 2016 and finished on 11 June 2017.

Competition format

The Tercera División (Third Division) is divided into 14 groups. For the 2009/2010 season, the format of the tournament has been reorganized to a home and away format, which all teams will play in their respective group. The 14 groups consist of teams who are eligible to play in the liguilla de ascenso for one promotion spot, teams who are affiliated with teams in the Liga MX, Ascenso MX and Liga Premier, which are not eligible for promotion but will play that who the better filial team in an eight team filial playoff tournament for the entire season.

The league format allows participating franchises to rent their place to another team, so some clubs compete with a different name than the one registered with the FMF.

Group 1

Group with 14 teams from Campeche, Quintana Roo and Yucatán.^[1]

Teams

Team	City	Home ground	Capacity	Affiliate
		Coliseo Maya	2,000	Atlético Madrid
		Municipal de Homún	1,000	–
		Rush Cancún	1,000	–
		La Muralla de Kin-Ha	500	—
			15,087	Venados
			5,000	—
			4,000	—
		Unidad Deportiva Bicentenario	1,000	–
		Alonso Diego Molina	2,500	—
		Sindicato de Taxistas	1,000	–
		Unidad Deportiva Claudio Alcocer	1,000	–
			7,500	Inter Playa del Carmen
			6,390	Pioneros de Cancún
		Unidad Deportiva Colonia Pescadores	1,200	Yalmakán

Final stage

First round

Third round

• Group champion: Cantera Venados. Advance to Inter-groups stage.

Group 2

Group with 11 teams from Chiapas, Oaxaca, Tabasco and Veracruz.

Teams

Team	City	Home ground	Capacity	Affiliate	Official Name
		Unidad Deportiva Vicente Obregón	1,000	—	—
		Unidad Deportiva Hugo Sánchez	2,500	—	–
		Brena Torres	1,000	—	–
		Campo Ayuntamiento	1,000	—	–
		Ernesto Jácome Pérez	1,000	—	–
		Antonio M. Quirasco	3,000	—	Ciudad Valles
		Cruz Azul	1,000		–
		UGM Nogales	1,500	—	—
			12,000	—	Real Victoria
		Unidad Deportiva Hugo Sánchez	1,500	—	–
		Sergio Lira Gallardo	600	—

Final stage

Second round

Third round

• Group champion: Cruz Azul Lagunas. Advance to Inter-groups stage.

Group 3

Group with 18 teams from Hidalgo, Oaxaca, Puebla, San Luis Potosí and Veracruz.

Teams

Team	City	Home ground	Capacity	Affiliate	Official Name
		Universitario UGM Orizaba	1,500	—	—
		UGM Nogales	1,500		—
		Anlesjeroka	500	—	—
		Nido Águila Huauchinango	300	–	–
		Rafael Murillo Vidal	3,800	—
		Unidad Deportiva Ixmiquilpan	1,000	–	Plateados de Cerro Azul
		Corona	1,000	–	Héroes de Veracruz
		Campo Deportivo Atoyac	1,000	–	Santos Córdoba
		El Cañizo	3,000	–	–
		Ex Hacienda San José Maravillas	500	—	—
			10,000	—	—
		Santa Isabel Cholula	600		–
		Preparatoria Benito Juárez	1,000	—	—
		Centro Estatal del Deporte Mario Vázquez Raña	800	—	—
		San José del Agua	500	—	—
		Deportivo Solidaridad	1,650	—	—
		Polideportivo La Huizachera	1,000	—	—
		Campo Independiente MRCI	3,000		–

League table

First round

Third round

• Group champion: Albinegros de Orizaba. Advance to Inter-groups stage.

Group 4

Group with 18 teams from Greater Mexico City and Puebla.

Teams

Team	City	Home ground	Capacity	Affiliate	Official Name
		Municipal Acolman	1,000	–	–
			500	–	–
			3,000		–
			3,000	–	–
			6,000	–	–
			3,500		–
		Deportivo Francisco Zarco	500		–
		Deportivo Francisco I. Madero	2,000	–	–
		Ana Gabriel Guevara	1,500	–	–
		Deportivo Carmen Serdán	1,000	–	–
			19,283		–
			5,000	–	–
			500	–	–
			500	–	–
		Arreola	2,500	–	–
		Deportivo Plutarco Elías Calles	1,000	–	–
			3,500		–
		Deportivo Casa Popular	1,000	–	–

Final stage

First round

Third round

• Group champion: Sporting Canamy. Advance to Inter-groups stage.

Group 5

Group with 13 teams from Mexico City and State of Mexico.

Teams

Team	City	Home ground	Capacity	Affiliate	Official Name
		Nuevo Territorio Azulgrana	500		–
		Campos Fragoso	500	–	–
		La Hortaliza	1,000	–	Grupo Sherwood
		La Capilla	1,000	–	–
		Ignacio Pichardo Pagaza	2,000	–	–
		Municipal de Ixtlahuaca	2,000	–	–
		Unidad Deportiva Rayón	1,500	Real Halcones	–
		Unidad Deportiva San Antonio la Isla	1,000	–	–
		Rubén Chávez Chávez	2,000	–	–
		Cancha Arqueros FC	1,000	–	–
			32,603		–
		Unidad Deportiva Tejupilco	1,000	–	–
			5,000	–	–

Final stage

Second round

Third round

• Group champion: Histeria. Advance to Inter-groups stage.

Group 6

Group with 12 teams from Guerrero, Morelos, Puebla and State of Mexico.

Teams

Team	City	Home ground	Capacity	Affiliate
		Hugo Sánchez	6,000	–
		Andrés Figueroa	2,000	–
		Club Alpha 3	3,000	–
			5,000	Cuautla
			16,000	–
Chilpancingo		Polideportivo Chilpancingo	1,000	–
		Unidad Deportiva Iguala	1,000	–
		La Era	1,000	–
		Unidad Deportiva Tlayacapan	1,000	–
		Unidad Deportiva Tepalcingo	1,000	–
		Unidad Deportiva Silverio Pérez	1,500	–
		Armando Gómez Landeros	1,000	–

Final stage

Second round

Third round

• Group champion: Alpha. Advance to Inter-groups stage.

Group 7

Group with 19 teams from Hidalgo and Greater Mexico City.

Teams

Team	City	Home ground	Capacity	Affiliate	Official Name
		Deportivo Municipal Papalotla	500	–	–
		Deportivo Hacienda	1,000	–	–
		Unidad Deportiva La Antorcha	2,300		–
			5,000	–	–
			300	–	–
		Unidad Deportiva Tizayuca	1,000	–	–
		Deportivo Los Galeana	1,000	–	–
		Club Hidalguense	600	–	–
			5,000	–	–
		Leandro Valle	1,500	–	–
		Leandro Valle	1,500	–	–
		Deportivo Venustiano Carranza	500	–	–
		Deportivo La Laguna	2,000		–
		La Cantera	2,000		–
			5,000	–	–
		Unidad Deportiva Conrado Muntane	1,000	–	–
		Universidad del Fútbol	1,000		–
		San Carlos Tepexpan	1,200	–	–
		Universidad del Fútbol	1,000		–

Final stage

First round

Second round

Third round

• Group champion: Pachuca. Advance to Inter-groups stage.

Group 8

14 teams from Guanajuato, Guerrero, Michoacán and Querétaro.

Teams

Team	City	Home ground	Capacity	Affiliate	Official Name
			22,000	–	Generales de Navojoa
		Instituto Tecnológico Celaya	1,000		–
Delfines de Abasolo		Municipal de Abasolo	2,500	–	–
		Municipal Zacapu	2,500	–	Monarcas Zacapu
		Unidad Deportiva Zihuatanejo	1,000	–	–
		Unidad Deportiva Zihuatanejo	1,000	–	–
		Unidad Deportiva Municipal	1,000	–	–
			5,000	–	–
		Parque Bicentenario	1,000		–
		Peña Madridista Emilio Butragueño	1,000	–	Limoneros de Apatzingán
		El Molinito	2,500	–	–
		Unidad Deportiva Norte	1,000	–	–
			22,000	–	–
			5,000	–	–

Final stage

Second round

Third round

• Group champion: Atlético Valladolid. Advance to Inter-groups stage.

Group 9

Group with 18 teams from Aguascalientes, Guanajuato, Jalisco, Michoacán and Zacatecas.

Teams

Team	City	Home ground	Capacity	Affiliate	Official Name
			13,000	–	–
		Unidad Deportiva Independencia	2,000	–	–
		Lalo Gutiérrez	1,000	–	–
		Unidad Deportiva Domingo Alba	1,000	–	–
		Domingo Velázquez	3,500	–	–
		Lalo Gutiérrez	1,000	–	–
		Unidad Deportiva Jerez	1,000	–	Frailes Homape
		Unidad Deportiva Juan José Torres Landa	1,000	–	–
			13,356	–	–
			6,000		–
		Unidad Deportiva Guadalupe	500		–
		Centro Deportivo Ferrocarrilero Tres Centurias	1,000	–	–
		Salvador Reyes	2,000	–	–
		Unidad Deportiva Colotlán	1,000	–	–
		Casa Club Necaxa	1,000	–	Atlético La Mina
		Pablo Herrera	1,000	–	–
		Universitario Unidad Deportiva Norte	5,000		–
		Club Empress	500	–	–

Final stage

First round

Third round

• Group champion: Mineros de Fresnillo. Advance to Inter-groups stage.

Group 10

Group with 20 teams from Colima, Jalisco and Michoacán.

Teams

Team	City	Home ground	Capacity	Affiliate	Official Name
		Club Juárez	1,500	–	–
		Víctor Eduardo Sevilla Torres	2,000	–	–
		Corredor Industrial	1,200	–	–
		Municipal Juan Rayo	1,000	–	–
		Antonio R. Márquez	1,000		Real San Cosme
		Chivas San Rafael	500		–
		De los Mamuts	1,000	–	–
		Municipal Santa Rosa	3,500	–	–
		Municipal Benito Juárez	1,500		–
		Unidad Deportiva Ángel "Zapopan" Romero	3,000	–	–
		Colima / Carlos Septién	12,000 / 1,000	–	Deportivo Colegio Guanajuato
		Adolfo López Mateos	1,000	–	–
		Juanito Chávez	1,500	–	–
		Gustavo Díaz Ordaz	1,000	–	–
		Unidad Deportiva Municipal	1,500		–
			12,500		–
		Deportivo Diablos Tesistán	1,000	–	–
		San Andrés	2,500	–	Atlético Cocula
		Club Vaqueros Ixtlán	1,000	–	–
		Country Club Manzanillo	1,000	–	–

Final stage

First round

Third round

• Group champion: Charales de Chapala. Advance to Inter-groups stage.

Group 11

Group with 18 teams from Jalisco, Nayarit and Sinaloa.

Teams

Team	City	Home ground	Capacity	Affiliate	Official Name
	San José del Valle, Nayarit	Ciudad Deportiva Bahía de Banderas	4,000	–	–
		Cancha Morumbí	500	–	–
			4,000	–	–
		Perla Camaronera	1,000	–	–
		CEFUT	1,000	–	–
		Club Deportivo La Primavera	3,000	–	–
			4,000		–
		Futcenter Tlajomulco	500	–	–
		Deportivo Sindicato de Telefonistas	1,000	–	–
		Club Juanacatlán	500	–
		Verde Valle	800		–
		Club Maracaná	1,000	–	–
		Club Deportivo La Primavera	3,000		–
		Metrogol Parque Metropolitano	800	–	–
		Club Sufacen Libramiento	500	–	–
		Deportivo Sindicato de Telefonistas	1,000	–	–
			18,779	–	–
		Unidad Deportiva Landereñas	500	–	–

Final stage

First round

Third round

• Group champion: Tecos. Advance to Inter-groups stage.

Group 12

Group with 18 teams from Coahuila, Nuevo León, San Luis Potosí and Tamaulipas. Atlético Linares, Cinco Estrellas and Tuneros de Matehuala did not participate in the second round and their matches were canceled.

Teams

Team	City	Home ground	Capacity	Affiliate	Official Name
		Instituto Tecnológico de Ébano	1,000	–	–
		Parque Bicentenario	1,000	–	–
		Lázaro Cárdenas	2,500	–	–
		Unidad Deportiva San Antonio	1,000	–	Leones de Huauchinango
			5,000	–	–
		Pedro Salazar Maldonado	3,000	–	–
		Unidad Deportiva Tampico	1,500	–	–
		Unidad Deportiva La Talaverna	5,000	–	–
		Universitario Eugenio Alvizo Porras	5,000		–
			22,000	–	Ho Gar H Matamoros
			7,000	–	San Isidro Laguna F.C.
		Alfonso Martínez Domínguez	1,000	–	–
		Unidad Deportiva La Talaverna	5,000	–	–
			7,000	–	–
		La Cueva de Zuazua	800		–
			7,000	–	Pato Baeza
			1,000	–	–
		Manuel Moreno Torres	2,000	–	–

Final stage

First round

Third round

• Group champion: Saltillo Soccer. Advance to Inter-groups stage.

Group 13

Group with 11 teams from Baja California Sur, Sinaloa and Sonora.

Teams

Team	City	Home ground	Capacity	Affiliate	Official Name
		Universitario UAS	3,500	–	–
		Antonio Rosales	2,000	–	–
			4,000		–
			9,000	–	–
		Unidad Deportiva Sagarpa	1,000		–
		Manuel "Piri" Sagasta	4,000	–	–
		Complejo Deportivo Don Koll	3,500	–	–
		Fidencio Hernández	3,000	–	–
		La Unidad	3,000	–	–
		Cancha Aarón Gamal Aguirre Fimbres	1,000		–
		Jesús Jegar García	2,000	–	–

Final stage

Third round

• Group champion: Águilas UAS. Advance to Inter-groups stage.

Group 14

Group with 8 teams from Chihuahua, Coahuila and Durango.

Teams

Team	City	Home ground	Capacity	Affiliate	Official Name
		Ciudad Deportiva Chihuahua	4,000	–	–
		20 de Noviembre	2,500	–	–
			4,000	–	–
			18,000	–	FC Toros
		20 de Noviembre	2,500	–	–
		Olímpico de Matamoros	3,000	–	–
		20 de Noviembre	2,500	–	–
			22,000		–

Final stage

Third round

• Group champion: Soles de Ciudad Juárez. Advance to Inter-groups stage.

Promotion play-offs

Inter-groups stage

Second leg

Championship stage

Final

Reserve Teams

Table

width=33	P	width=150	Team	width=33	Pts	width=33	G	width=60	Pts/G	width=33	GD
1	align=left		45	20		23
2	align=left		74	34		49
3	align=left		73	34		66
4	align=left		73	34		34
5	align=left		72	34		36
6	align=left		56	28	.00	21
7	align=left		70	36		53
8	align=left		69	36		52
9	align=left		26	14		10
10	align=left		63	36		16
11	align=left		39	24		10
12	align=left		40	26		0
13	align=left		50	34		8
14	align=left		55	38		0
15	align=left		54	38		3
16	align=left		38	28		–9
17	align=left		17	20		–10
18	align=left		14	20	0	–31

Last updated: April 30, 2017
Source: Liga TDP
P = Position; G = Games played; Pts = Points; Pts/G = Ratio of points to games played; GD = Goal difference

Play-offs

See also

• Tercera División de México

External links

• Official website of Liga TDP

Notes and References

1. Web site: Calendarios Tercera División 2016-17 . 21 October 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170520004201/http://www.3radivision.net/calendarios.html . 20 May 2017 . es.