2011 Mexican Primera División Championship Round (Apertura)

The Liguilla (English: Little League) of the 2011 Primera División de México Apertura is a final knockout tournament involving eight teams of the Primera División de México. The tournament will begin on November 19, 2011 and will end on December 11, 2011. The winners and runners-up of the competition will qualify for the 2012–13 CONCACAF Champions League.

2011 Primera División de México
Country Mexico
Teams8
ChampionsUANL
Runners-upSantos Laguna
Matches played14
Goals scored34 (2.43 per match)
Top goal scorer(s) Oribe Peralta (3)

Teams

In a change from previous seasons, the 18 teams in the 2011 Apertura were not divided into three groups of six teams each. Instead, the eight best teams in the general table qualified for the competition.

S Team Manager Captain Performance at the 2011 Apertura
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1Guadalajara Fernando Quirarte Héctor Reynoso178632418+630
2Cruz Azul Enrique Meza Gerardo Torrado178542114+729
3UANL Ricardo Ferretti Lucas Lobos177732213+928
4Santos Laguna Benjamín Galindo Oswaldo Sánchez178362925+427
5Chiapas José Guadalupe Cruz Ismael Fuentes177552823+526
6Pachuca Efraín Flores Leobardo López177552825+326
7Morelia Tomás Boy Federico Vilar177552522+326
8Querétaro José Cardozo Carlos Bueno178272321+226

Bracket

The eight qualified teams play two games against each other on a home-and-away basis. The winner of each match up is determined by aggregate score.

The teams were seeded one to eight in quarterfinals, and will be re-seeded one to four in semifinals, depending on their position in the general table. The higher seeded teams play on their home field during the second leg.

  Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
                                         
1 Guadalajara 1 0 1  
8 Querétaro 2 0 2  
  8 Querétaro 0 0 0  
  3 UANL 0 1 1  
3 UANL 1 3 4
6 Pachuca 0 0 0  
  3 UANL 1 3 4
  4 Santos Laguna 0 1 1
2 Cruz Azul 1 1 2  
7 Morelia 2 2 4  
  7 Morelia 2 2 4
  4 Santos Laguna 1 3 4  
4 Santos Laguna 2 2 4
5 Chiapas 2 1 3  

Quarter-finals

The first legs of the quarterfinals were played on November 19 and 20. The second legs were played on November 26 and 27.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Querétaro (8) 2 – 1 (1) Guadalajara 2 – 1 0 – 0
Morelia (7) 4 – 2 (2) Cruz Azul 2 – 1 2 – 1
Pachuca (6) 0 – 4 (3) UANL 0 – 1 0 – 3
Chiapas (5) 3 – 4 (4) Santos Laguna 2 – 2 1 – 2

Kickoffs are given in local time (UTC-6 unless stated otherwise).

First leg
November 19, 2011 Morelia2 – 1Cruz AzulEstadio Morelos, Morelia
19:00
Márquez  78', 85'		 Report  32' Orozco
 70' Pinto		 Referee: Erim Ramírez
November 19, 2011 Querétaro2 – 1GuadalajaraEstadio Corregidora, Querétaro
17:00 Bueno  9', 70' Report  90+2' Enríquez Referee: Fernando Guerrero
November 20, 2011 Chiapas2 – 2Santos LagunaEstadio Víctor Manuel Reyna, Tuxtla Gutiérrez
16:00 J. Martínez  84'
Arizala  92'		 Report  4' Baloy
 32' Peralta
 71' Cárdenas		 Referee: Ricardo Arellano
November 20, 2011 Pachuca0 – 1UANLEstadio Hidalgo, Pachuca
18:00 Report  26' Mancilla
 62' Salcido		 Referee: Paul Delgadillo

Second leg
November 26, 2011 Cruz Azul1 – 2MoreliaEstadio Azul, Mexico City
17:00 Vela  37'
Torrado  71' 		 Report  17' Sabah
 22' Lugo		 Referee: Marco Antonio Rodriguez
November 26, 2011 Guadalajara0 – 0QuerétaroEstadio Omnilife, Zapopan
19:00 Report Referee: Mauricio Morales
November 27, 2011 Santos Laguna2 – 1ChiapasEstadio Corona, Torreón
17:00 Quintero  41'
Ludueña  73'		 Report  66' J. Martínez Referee: Roberto García Orozco
November 27, 2011 UANL3 – 0PachucaEstadio Universitario, San Nicolás
19:00 Viniegra  11'
Lobos  26'
Álvarez  36'		 Report  28'  61' Herrera Referee: Francisco Chacón

Semi-finals

The first legs of the semifinals were played on November 30 and December 1. The second legs were played on December 3 and 4.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Querétaro (8) 0 – 1 (3) UANL 0 – 0 0 – 1
Morelia (7) 4 – 4 (4) Santos Laguna 2 – 1 2 – 3

Kickoffs are given in local time (UTC-6 unless stated otherwise).

First leg
November 30, 2011 Morelia2 – 1Santos LagunaEstadio Morelos, Morelia
20:30 Lozano  13'
Lugo  25'		 Report  83' Peralta
 57'  87' Mares		 Referee: Paul Delgadillo
December 1, 2011 Querétaro0 – 0UANLEstadio Corregidora, Querétaro
19:00 Report Referee: Roberto García Orozco

Second leg
December 3, 2011 Santos Laguna3 – 2MoreliaEstadio Corona, Torreón
19:00 Rodríguez  34' (pen.)
Suárez  52', 64'		 Report  33' Huiqui
 74', 87' Sepúlveda
 90+1' Leão		 Referee: Marco Antonio Rodríguez Moreno
December 4, 2011 UANL1 – 0QuerétaroEstadio Universitario, San Nicolás
18:00 López Mondragón  44' (o.g.) Report  90+3' Vázquez Referee: Francisco Chacón

Final
Main article: 2011 Primera División de México Apertura Liguilla Final

The first leg of the final will be played on December 8, the second leg on December 11.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
UANL (3) 4 – 1 (4) Santos Laguna 1 – 0 3 – 1

Kickoffs are given in local time (UTC-6 unless stated otherwise).

First leg
December 8, 2011 Santos Laguna0 – 1UANLEstadio Corona, Torreón
20:30 Sánchez  23'
Rodríguez  23'
Estrada  29'
Morales  59'
Baloy  81'		 Report  7' Álvarez Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Paul Delgadillo

Second leg
December 11, 2011 UANL3 – 1Santos LagunaEstadio Universitario, San Nicolás
18:00 Torres  36'
Lobos  38'
Mancilla  52'
Mancilla  56'
Danilinho  63'
Jiménez  69'
Pulido  87'		 Report  12' Sánchez
 19' Salinas
 30' Peralta
 66' Morales
 69' Baloy
 70' Quintero		 Attendance: 43,000[1]
Referee: Marco Antonio Rodríguez
Apertura 2011 winners:
Tigres UANL
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References
  1. "Campeones Otra Vez" (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 December 2011.
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