2022–23 Serie B de México season

Serie B de México
Season	2022–23
Champions	Apertura:; Calor (1st title); Clausura:; Alebrijes de Oaxaca (1st title)
Promoted	Chilpancingo
Matches played	110
Goals scored	313 (2.85 per match)
Top goalscorer	Apertura:; Antonio López; Daniel Rodríguez (7 goals); Clausura:; Saúl Ramírez (11 goals)
Biggest home win	Apertura:; Cañoneros 3–0 Ciervos; (10 September 2022); Ciervos 6–3 Atlético Angelópolis; (28 September 2022); Clausura:; Alebrijes de Oaxaca 10–0 Cañoneros; (14 January 2023)
Biggest away win	Apertura:; Ciervos 1–6 Pioneros de Cancún; (8 October 2022); Clausura:; Atlético Angelópolis 0–6 Ciervos; (17 February 2023)
Highest scoring	Apertura:; Ciervos 6–3 Atlético Angelópolis; (28 September 2022); Clausura:; Alebrijes de Oaxaca 10–0 Cañoneros; (14 January 2023)
Longest winning run	Apertura:; 4 matches; Mazorqueros; Clausura:; 5 matches; Calor
Longest unbeaten run	Apertura:; 10 matches; Calor; Clausura:; 7 matches; T'hó Mayas
Longest winless run	Apertura:; 10 matches; Atlético Angelópolis; Clausura:; 7 matches; Cañoneros
Longest losing run	Apertura:; 8 matches; Atlético Angelópolis; Clausura:; 4 matches; Cañoneros
Highest attendance	Apertura:; 2,000; Mazorqueros 2–1 Huracanes Izcalli; (27 August 2022); Clausura:; 700; Chilpancingo 0–1 Pioneros de Cancún; (14 January 2023); Chilpancingo 2–0 Cañoneros; (18 February 2023)
Lowest attendance	Apertura:; 40; Atlético Angelópolis 2–3 Calor; (1 October 2022); Clausura:; 40; Huracanes Izcalli 1–1 Zitácuaro; (21 January 2023)
Total attendance	Apertura:; 13,122; Clausura:; 9,680
Average attendance	Apertura:; 252; Clausura:; 179
	← 2021–22 2023–24 → Stats are from the regular season only

The 2022–23 Serie B de México season is part of the third-tier football league of Mexico. The tournament began on 26 August 2022 and finished on 7 May 2023.

Offseason changes

On May 21, 2022 Aguacateros CDU was promoted to Serie A de México.^[1]
On June 1, 2022 Chilpancingo was promoted from Liga TDP.^[2]
On July 1, 2022 Cañoneros and Mazorqueros were relocated from Serie A de México.^[3]
On July 1, 2022 Pioneros de Cancún and Zitácuaro joined the league after one–year hiatus.^[3]
On July 1, 2022 Atlético Angelópolis and T'hó Mayas joined the league as expansion teams.^[3]
On August 10, 2022 Lobos Huerta F.C. declined their Liga Premier participation for 2022–23 season to participate in the Liga de Balompié Mexicano.
C.D. Cuautla and Guerreros de Xico were put on hiatus.

Teams information

Teams

CDMX

Greater Mexico City teams
Cañoneros

Ciervos

Huracanes Izcalli

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Location of teams in the 2022–23 Serie B

Club	Manager	City	Stadium	Capacity	Affiliate
Alebrijes de Oaxaca	Humberto Martínez	Oaxaca City, Oaxaca	Tecnológico de Oaxaca	14,598	Alebrijes de Oaxaca
Atlético Angelópolis^[4]	Romeo Quiroz	Puebla City, Puebla	Unidad Deportiva Mario Vázquez Raña	800	–
Calor	Víctor Manuel Morales	Monclova, Coahuila	Ciudad Deportiva Nora Leticia Rocha	5,000^[5]	–
Cañoneros	Edgar Jiménez	Milpa Alta, Mexico City	Momoxco	3,500	–
Chilpancingo	Arturo Juárez	Chilpancingo, Guerrero	Polideportivo Chilpancingo	5,000	–
Ciervos	Jesús Téllez	Chalco de Díaz Covarrubias, State of Mexico	Arreola	3,217^[6]	–
Huracanes Izcalli	Antonio Gutiérrez	Cuautitlán Izcalli, State of Mexico	Hugo Sánchez Márquez^[a]	3,500	–
Mazorqueros	Benny Ferreyra	Ciudad Guzmán, Jalisco	Municipal Santa Rosa^[b]	4,000	La Paz
Pioneros de Cancún	Enrique Vela	Cancún, Quintana Roo	Andrés Quintana Roo	17,289	Cancún^[8]
T'hó Mayas	David Patiño	Homún, Yucatán	Hipólito Tzab	600^[9]	–
Zitácuaro	Mario Alberto Trejo	Zitácuaro, Michoacán	Ignacio López Rayón	10,000	–

^ Although the club registered the Estadio Hugo Sánchez Márquez as its official field, the team played some matches at the Estadio Arreola.
^ Although the club started the season at the Estadio Municipal Santa Rosa, on 21 September 2022 the team moved to the Centro Deportivo Zapotlán because their stadium was damaged after the 2022 Michoacán earthquake.^[7] The team returned to its stadium until the play-offs of the Torneo Apertura.

Torneo Apertura

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	BP	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Mazorqueros	10	7	1	2	16	7	+9	1	23	Qualification to semi-finals and Copa Conecta
2	Alebrijes de Oaxaca	10	6	2	2	19	11	+8	3	23	Qualification to Reclassification and Copa Conecta
3	Pioneros de Cancún	10	5	2	3	15	10	+5	1	18
4	Calor (C)	10	4	6	0	13	8	+5	0	18
5	Chilpancingo	10	4	5	1	13	10	+3	1	18
6	Zitácuaro	10	5	1	4	11	10	+1	0	16
7	T'hó Mayas	10	4	2	4	15	12	+3	1	15
8	Cañoneros	10	3	2	5	16	16	0	2	13
9	Huracanes Izcalli	10	3	2	5	12	15	−3	0	11
10	Ciervos	10	2	0	8	12	27	−15	0	6
11	Atlético Angelópolis	10	0	1	9	9	25	−16	0	1

Updated to match(es) played on 22 October 2022. Source: Liga Premier FMF
(C) Champions

Positions by round

	Qualification to semi-finals
	Qualification to reclassification
	Last place in table

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
Team ╲ Round
Mazorqueros	2	5	1	1	2	3	4†	2	4	2	1
Alebrijes de Oaxaca	4	1	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	1†	2
Pioneros de Cancún	6	3	2	4	3	2	3	5†	2	4	3
Calor	5	7†	6	5	5	5	6	4	5	5	4
Chilpancingo	7	2	5	6†	4	4	2	3	3	3	5
Zitácuaro	3	6	7	8	7	6	7	7	7†	7	6
T'hó Mayas	1	4	4	3	6	7	5	6	6	6	7†
Cañoneros	10	11	10†	7	8	8	9	8	8	8	8
Huracanes Izcalli	9	9	8	9	9†	9	8	9	9	9	9
Ciervos	8†	8	9	10	11	11	10	10	10	10	10
Atlético Angelópolis	11	10	11	11	10	10†	11	11	11	11	11

Updated to match(es) played on 22 October 2022. Source: Liga Premier FMF
Notes: † indicates team rested that round

Results

Home \ Away	ALE	ANG	CAL	CAÑ	CHI	CIE	HUR	MAZ	PIO	THM	ZIT
Alebrijes de Oaxaca	—	2–1	1–1	—	2–2	—	—	—	3–0	—	—
Atlético Angelópolis	—	—	2–3	—	1–1	—	—	0–1	—	—	0–1
Calor	—	—	—	2–0	—	—	0–0	0–0	—	2–2	0–0
Cañoneros	1–3	3–0	—	—	0–1	3–0	—	—	2–2	3–2	—
Chilpancingo	—	—	0–0	—	—	—	2–1	0–2	—	1–1	3–2
Ciervos	2–1	6–3	2–3	—	1–3	—	—	—	1–6	0–1	—
Huracanes Izcalli	1–3	4–2	—	2–2	—	1–0	—	—	0–1	—	—
Mazorqueros	1–2	—	—	3–2	—	4–0	2–1	—	1–0	—	—
Pioneros de Cancún	—	2–0	1–2	—	0–0	—	—	—	—	—	1–0
T'hó Mayas	0–1	2–0	—	—	—	—	3–1	0–1	1–2	—	3–1
Zitácuaro	2–1	—	—	1–0	—	2–0	0–1	2–1	—	—	—

Updated to match(es) played on 22 October 2022. Source: Liga Premier FMF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Regular season statistics

Top goalscorers

Players sorted first by goals scored, then by last name.

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Antonio López	Pioneros de Cancún	7
1	Daniel Rodríguez	Huracanes Izcalli	7
3	Carlos González	T'hó Mayas	6
3	Pablo Romagnoli	Cañoneros	6
5	Jorge Salvatierra	Ciervos	5
5	Thomas Seay	Zitácuaro	5
7	Bryan García	Alebrijes de Oaxaca	4
	Kevin Loera	Alebrijes de Oaxaca
	Osvaldo Nava	Chilpancingo
10	Eduardo Díaz	Calor	3
	Óscar García	Mazorqueros
	Joel Robinson	Calor

Source:Liga Premier FMF

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date	Round	Reference
Jorge Salvatierra	Ciervos	Atlético Angelópolis	6 – 3 (H)	28 September 2022	7	[1]
Antonio López	Pioneros de Cancún	Ciervos	1 – 6 (A)	8 October 2022	9	[2]
Óscar García	Mazorqueros	Cañoneros	3 – 2 (H)	14 October 2022	10	[3]
Daniel Rodríguez	Huracanes Izcalli	Atlético Angelópolis	4 – 2 (H)	22 October 2022	11	[4]

(H) – Home ; (A) – Away

Attendance

Per team

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Chilpancingo	5,022	1,800	522	1,004	n/a²
2	Mazorqueros	2,600	2,000	100	520	+94.8%¹
3	Calor	950	250	200	190	−24.0%^†
4	Zitácuaro	950	300	50	190	n/a³
5	T'hó Mayas	1,100	300	50	183	n/a³
6	Pioneros de Cancún	720	350	70	180	n/a³
7	Ciervos	550	150	50	110	+37.5%^†
8	Huracanes Izcalli	430	100	50	86	+56.4%^†
9	Cañoneros	460	100	50	77	+20.3%¹
10	Alebrijes de Oaxaca	250	100	50	63	−6.0%^†
11	Atlético Angelópolis	90	50	40	45	n/a³
	League total	13,122	2,000	40	252	+75.0%^†

Source: Liga Premier FMF
Notes:
Only regular season listed
1: Team played Liga Premier – Serie A last season.
2: Team played Liga TDP last season.
3: Team did not play last season.

Highest and lowest

Highest attended					Lowest attended^[a]
Week	Home	Score	Away	Attendance	Home	Score	Away	Attendance
1	Mazorqueros	2–1	Huracanes Izcalli	2,000	Alebrijes de Oaxaca	1–1	Calor	100
2	Chilpancingo	3–2	Zitácuaro	1,800	Huracanes Izcalli	0–1	Pioneros de Cancún	50
3	Ciervos	2–3	Calor	150	Zitácuaro	0–1	Huracanes Izcalli	50
4	Calor	2–2	T'hó Mayas	250	Cañoneros	3–0	Ciervos	100
5	T'hó Mayas	1–2	Pioneros de Cancún	200	Alebrijes de Oaxaca	2–1	Atlético Angelópolis	50
6	Chilpancingo	0–0	Calor	800	Cañoneros	3–2	T'hó Mayas	60
7	Calor	0–0	Huracanes Izcalli	200	Cañoneros	0–1	Chilpancingo	50
8	Chilpancingo	1–1	T'hó Mayas	800	Atlético Angelópolis	2–3	Calor	40
9	Chilpancingo	2–1	Huracanes Izcalli	522	Ciervos	1–6	Pioneros de Cancún	50
10	Pioneros de Cancún	1–2	Calor	350	Atlético Angelópolis	1–1	Chilpancingo	50
11	Chilpancingo	0–2	Mazorqueros	1,100	Calor	0–0	Zitácuaro	100

Source: Liga Premier FMF

^
Does not include matches played behind closed doors.

Liguilla

The best team of the regular season qualifies directly to the semifinals and the teams placed between the second and the seventh place qualify for the reclassification round (Repechaje). In the reclassification round, a single game will be played in the field of the best seeded team, the winner will advance to the semifinals, if there is a tie between both teams at the end of regular time, a penalty shoot-out will be held to define the winner. In the semifinals, if the two teams are tied on aggregate 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.^[10]

Reclassification

The matches were played on 28 and 29 October

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Alebrijes de Oaxaca	1–0	T'hó Mayas
Pioneros de Cancún	3–0	Zitácuaro
Calor	1–1 (3–0 p)	Chilpancingo

All rounds are played in a single game hosted by a higher seed
If a game ends in a draw, it will proceed directly to a penalty shoot-out.

Matches

28 October 2022

18:45 CDT (UTC−5)

Alebrijes de Oaxaca	1–0	T'hó Mayas
Toledo 12'	Report

Estadio Tecnológico de Oaxaca, Oaxaca City, Oaxaca

Attendance: 800

Referee: Héctor Morales Leal

28 October 2022

20:00 CDT (UTC−5)

Calor	1–1	Chilpancingo
Ramírez 51'	Report	Arias 45'
Penalties
E. Díaz J. Martínez Robinson Arana	3–0	Chávez Mata Toledo

Ciudad Deportiva Nora Leticia Rocha, Monclova, Coahuila

Attendance: 200

Referee: Oscar Javier Ramírez Flores

29 October 2022

17:00 EST (UTC−5)

Pioneros de Cancún	3–0	Zitácuaro
López 15' Martínez 57' Carpio 66'	Report

Estadio Andrés Quintana Roo, Cancún, Quintana Roo

Attendance: 250

Referee: Brian Jair Jiménez Morales

Bracket

Semi–finals					Final

2	Alebrijes de Oaxaca	2	1	3

3	Pioneros de Cancún	1	0	1
					2	Alebrijes de Oaxaca	2	0	2

					4	Calor	1	2	3
1	Mazorqueros	0	0	0

4	Calor	1	2	3

Semi–finals

The first legs were on 2 November, and the second legs will be played on 5 November 2022.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Mazorqueros	0–3	Calor	0–1	0–2
Alebrijes de Oaxaca	3–1	Pioneros de Cancún	2–1	1–0

First leg

2 November 2022	Pioneros de Cancún	1–2	Alebrijes de Oaxaca	Cancún, Quintana Roo
19:00 EST (UTC−5)	Rivas 90+1'	Report	Corona 5' Toledo 73'	Stadium: Estadio Andrés Quintana Roo Attendance: 300 Referee: Alfredo Huerta López

2 November 2022	Calor	1–0	Mazorqueros	Monclova, Coahuila
19:00 CST (UTC−6)	Robinson 42'	Report		Stadium: Ciudad Deportiva Nora Leticia Rocha Attendance: 400 Referee: Héctor Morales Leal

Second leg

5 November 2022	Mazorqueros	0–2 (0–3 agg.)	Calor	Ciudad Guzmán, Jalisco
16:00 CST (UTC−6)		Report	Díaz 6' Robinson 90+3'	Stadium: Estadio Municipal Santa Rosa Attendance: 800 Referee: Oscar Yair Toledo Pineda

5 November 2022	Alebrijes de Oaxaca	1–0 (3–1 agg.)	Pioneros de Cancún	Oaxaca City, Oaxaca
18:00 CST (UTC−6)	Loera 58'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Tecnológico de Oaxaca Attendance: 960 Referee: Diego Gilberto Gurrea Mendoza

Final

The first leg was played on 9 November, and the second leg was played on 12 November 2022.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Alebrijes de Oaxaca	2–3	Calor	2–1	0–2

First leg

9 November 2022	Calor	1–2	Alebrijes de Oaxaca	Monclova, Coahuila
19:00 CST (UTC−6)	Robinson 86'	Report	Toledo 11' García 74'	Stadium: Ciudad Deportiva Nora Leticia Rocha Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Adrián Chafino García

Second leg

12 November 2022	Alebrijes de Oaxaca	0–2 (2–3 agg.)	Calor	Oaxaca City, Oaxaca
18:00 CST (UTC−6)		Report	Cortez 20' Robinson 25'	Stadium: Estadio Tecnológico de Oaxaca Attendance: 2,769 Referee: Diego Gilberto Gurrea Mendoza

Apertura 2022 winners
Calor 1st title