2012–13 Club América season

The 2012–13 América season was the 66th professional season of Mexico's top-flight football league. The season is split into two tournaments—the Torneo Apertura and the Torneo Clausura—each with identical formats and each contested by the same eighteen teams. América began their season on July 21, 2012 against Monterrey, América played most of their homes games on Saturdays at 5:00pm local time.

América

2012–13 season
Chairman	Ricardo Peláez
Manager	Miguel Herrera
Stadium	Estadio Azteca
Apertura 2012	4th Final phase Semi-finals
Clausura 2013	2nd Winners
Copa MX (Apertura)	Group Stage
Copa MX (Clausura)	Semi-final
Top goalscorer	League: Apertura: Christian Benítez (13) Clausura: Christian Benítez (17) All: Christian Benítez (30)
Highest home attendance	Apertura: 85,515 vs Toluca (November 22, 2012)[1] Clausura: 85,170 vs Cruz Azul (May 26, 2013)[2]
Lowest home attendance	Apertura: 16,305 vs Morelia (September 22, 2012)[3] Clausura: 22,254 vs San Luis (March 16, 2013)[4]
Home colours Away colours

On May 26, 2013, América won the eleventh league title in their history by defeating Cruz Azul 4–2 on penalty kicks after a comeback from a 0–1 first leg loss to tie 2–2 on aggregate. With this, América become the most successful club, along with Guadalajara, in Mexico.[5][6][7][8][9]

Torneo Apertura

Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  MEX Hugo González 2 DF  MEX Érik Pimentel 3 DF  COL Aquivaldo Mosquera (vice captain) 4 DF  MEX Efraín Juárez 5 MF  MEX Jesús Molina 6 DF  MEX Juan Carlos Valenzuela 7 MF  MEX José María Cárdenas 8 MF  BRA Rosinei 9 FW  MEX Raúl Jiménez 10 MF  ARG Daniel Montenegro (Captain) 11 FW  ECU Christian Benítez 12 GK  MEX Carlos López 13 DF  MEX Diego Reyes 14 MF  ARG Rubens Sambueza 15 MF  MEX Pedro García

No. Pos. Nation Player 16 DF  MEX Adrián Aldrete 17 FW  MEX Antonio López 18 MF  MEX Christian Bermúdez 19 DF  MEX Miguel Layún 20 DF  MEX Jorge Reyes 21 DF  USA Ventura Alvarado 22 DF  MEX Paul Aguilar 23 GK  MEX Moisés Muñoz 25 MF  MEX Jorge Alberto Urías 26 MF  MEX Juan Carlos Medina 27 DF  MEX Daniel Acosta 28 FW  MEX Martín Eduardo Zúñiga 29 DF  MEX Ademar Rodríguez 33 FW  MEX Patricio Treviño

Out on loan

No. Pos. Nation Player - GK  MEX Armando Navarrete (at Necaxa) - GK  MEX Leonín Pineda (at La Piedad) - DF  MEX Óscar Rojas (at Pachuca) - MF  MEX José Joaquín Martínez (at Necaxa) - MF  MEX Lampros Kontogiannis (at UAT) - MF  MEX Renato Michell González (at Mérida)

No. Pos. Nation Player - FW  USA Isaac Acuña (at Mérida) - FW  MEX *Lugiani Gallardo (at Necaxa) - FW  MEX *Daniel Marquez (at Necaxa) - FW  MEX Luis Olascoaga (at Necaxa) - FW  URU Tabaré Viudez (at Nacional)

Regular season

  Win   Draw   Loss

Apertura 2012 results

Monterrey v América

July 21, 2012 Round 1	Monterrey	0 – 0	América	Monterrey, Nuevo León
19:00		Report	Juárez  63'	Stadium: Estadio Tecnológico Referee: Jorge Isaac Rojas

América v Chiapas

July 28, 2012 Round 2	América	4 – 2	Chiapas	Mexico City
17:00	Sambueza  26' Benítez  43', 90' Medina  49' Molina  63' A. López  79'	Report	Esqueda  1' Rey  31' Bedolla  51'	Stadium: Estadio Azteca Referee: Jorge Antonio Pérez

Atlante v América

August 5, 2012 Round 3	Atlante	2 – 2	América	Cancún, Quintana Roo
18:00	Paredes  14' Martínez  40' Guerrero  48' Villalpando  56' Venegas  59'	Report	Aldrete  21' Pimentel  38' Sambueza  48' Benítez  66',  66' Mosquera  90+1'	Stadium: Estadio Andrés Quintana Roo Referee: Fabricio Morales

América v Atlas

August 11, 2012 Round 4	América	1 – 1	Atlas	Mexico City
17:00	Medina  53' Sambueza  71',  74'	Report	Rodríguez  45+' Telles  46' Cufré  86'	Stadium: Estadio Azteca Attendance: 27,900[10] Referee: Miguel Ángel Ayala

Querétaro v América

August 18, 2012 Round 5	Querétaro	0 – 4	América	Querétaro, Querétaro
17:00	Bueno  26'	Report	Benítez  10',  11' Montenegro  23' Sambueza  30',  48' Aguilar  68' Bermúdez  86'	Stadium: Estadio Corregidora Attendance: 22,700[11] Referee: Marco Antonio Rodríguez

América v Tijuana

August 25, 2012 Round 6	América	0 – 1	Tijuana	Mexico City
17:00	Montenegro  4' Aguilar  36'  74' Jiménez  88'	Report	Aguilar  3' Pellerano  40',  75' Castillo  74' Núñez  90+3' Mohamed  90+4' (manager)	Stadium: Estadio Azteca Referee: Mauricio Morales

Toluca v América

September 2, 2012 Round 7	Toluca	1 – 1	América	Toluca, Estado de México
12:00	Novaretti  32' Rodríguez  71' (pen.)	Report	Molina  37' Sambueza  67' Mosquera  69' Medina  69' Aldrete  72'	Stadium: Estadio Nemesio Díez Attendance: 20,818[12] Referee: José Alfredo Peñaloza

América v Santos Laguna

September 15, 2012 Round 8	América	2 – 0	Santos Laguna	Mexico City
17:00	Jiménez  48' Benítez  74' Urias  90+4'	Report	Ramírez  60' Salinas  83'	Stadium: Estadio Azteca Attendance: 18,844[13] Referee: Luis Enrique Santander

Cruz Azul v América

September 22, 2012 Round 9	Cruz Azul	1 – 1	América	Mexico City
17:00	Aquino  7',  47' Torrado  72'	Report	Benítez  18' Medina  41' Sambueza  88'	Stadium: Estadio Azul Attendance: 29,115[14] Referee: Ricardo Arellano

América v Morelia

September 29, 2012 Round 10	América	1 – 1	Morelia	Mexico City
17:00	Mosquera  29' Sambueza  39' Jiménez  74'	Report	Morales  67' Salinas  82'  89'	Stadium: Estadio Azteca Attendance: 16,305[15] Referee: Francisco Chacón

San Luis v América

October 2, 2012 Round 11	San Luis	1 – 2	América	San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí
20:30	Mendoza  70'	Report	Montenegro  22',  61' Jiménez  74' Medina  85' Benítez  88' Bermúdez  90+3'	Stadium: Estadio Alfonso Lastras Referee: Erim Ramírez

América v Guadalajara

October 6, 2012 Round 12	América	1 – 3	Guadalajara	Mexico City
17:00	Medina  40' Aldrete  70'	Report	Fabián  35',  37' Márquez  59', 67'	Stadium: Estadio Azteca Attendance: 73,870[16] Referee: Jorge Antonio Pérez

Puebla v América

October 25, 2012[17] Round 13	Puebla	0 – 1	América	Puebla, Puebla
21:00	de Buen  85' Martínez  88' Chávez  90+4'	Report	Molina  34',  65' Reyes  55' Aldrete  90+1'	Stadium: Estadio Cuauhtémoc Attendance: 22,288[18] Referee: Fernando Guerrero

América v León

October 20, 2012 Round 14	América	2 – 1	León	Mexico City
17:00	Molina  39' Aldrete  52' Montenegro  75' Bermúdez  77' Medina  84' Benítez  86'	Report	Maz  47' Peña  84'	Stadium: Estadio Azteca Attendance: 41,346[19] Referee: Marco Antonio Rodríguez

UNAM v América

October 28, 2012 Round 15	UNAM	0 – 1	América	Mexico City
12:00		Report	Montenegro  26' Mosquera  79'	Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Universitario Attendance: 41,031[20] Referee: Roberto García Orozco

América v Pachuca

November 3, 2012 Round 16	América	4 – 0	Pachuca	Mexico City
19:00	Benítez  22', 81', 88' Jiménez  53' Molina  83'	Report	Vidrio  2' Rojas  17'	Stadium: Estadio Azteca Attendance: 24,022[21] Referee: Ricardo Arellano

UANL v América

November 10, 2012 Round 17	UANL	1 – 1	América	San Nicolás de los Garza, Nuevo León
19:00	Juninho  40' Rivas  90+1'	Report	Reyes  55' Aguilar  67' Bermúdez  90'	Stadium: Estadio Universitario Attendance: 40,150[22] Referee: Fabricio Morales

Final phase

Morelia v América

November 14, 2012 Quarter-finals	Morelia	0 – 2	América	Morelia, Michoacán
21:00	Álvarez  62' Romero  81'	Report	Cárdenas  53' Benítez  57', 75'	Stadium: Estadio Morelos Attendance: 27,614[23] Referee: Jorge Antonio Pérez

América v Morelia

November 17, 2012 Quarter-finals	América	1 – 2	Morelia	Coyoacán, Mexico City
17:00	Jiménez  38' Benítez  61' Valenzuela  82'	Report	Rojas  1' Sabah  41' Valdéz  44' Ramírez  55'	Stadium: Estadio Azteca Attendance: 40,633[24] Referee: Francisco Chacón

América advanced 3–2 on aggregate

América v Toluca

November 22, 2012 Semi-finals	América	0 – 2	Toluca	Coyoacán, Mexico City
19:00	Mosquera  25' Medina  49' Reyes  54'	Report	Sinha  9' Tejada  17' Lucas Silva  54' Ríos  56' Rodríguez  86' Benítez  90'	Stadium: Estadio Azteca Attendance: 85,515[25] Referee: Jorge Antonio Pérez

Toluca v América

November 25, 2012 Semi-finals	Toluca	1 – 2	América	Toluca, Estado de México
12:00	Benítez  59',  71' Talavera  61' Tejada  90+5'	Report	Layún  15' Sambueza  30' Montenegro  36' Aguilar  46' Medina  90+5'	Stadium: Estadio Nemesio Díez Attendance: 19,539[26] Referee: Roberto García Orozco

Toluca advanced 3–2 on aggregate

Goalscorers

Regular season Position Nation Name Goals scored 1. Christian Benítez 11 2. Rubens Sambueza 4 3. Raúl Jiménez 3 3. Daniel Montenegro 3 5. Christian Bermúdez 2 5. Juan Carlos Medina 2 7. Paul Aguilar 1 7. Antonio López 1 7. Jesús Molina 1 TOTAL 28 Source:[27]

Final phase Position Nation Name Goals scored 1. Christian Benítez 2 2. Raúl Jiménez 1 2. Miguel Layún 1 2. Daniel Montenegro 1 TOTAL 5

Results

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
17	8	7	2	28	15	+13	31	4	2	2	15	9	+6	4	5	0	13	6	+7

Last updated: 10 November 2012.
Source: Apertura 2012 results

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	D	W	D	D	W	L	D	W	D	D	W	L	W	W	W	W	D
Position	11	7	7	8	4	6	8	4	5	5	4	5	7	5	4	3	4

Updated to match(es) played on 11 November 2012. Source: Apertura 2012 results and mediotiempo.com[28]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Apertura 2012 Copa MX

Group stage

  Win   Draw   Loss

Apertura results

Veracruz v América

July 25, 2012 1	Veracruz	2 – 1	América	Veracruz, Veracruz
21:00	Toledo  45+' Torres  65' Miramontes  73' Orozco  85' Urbina  90'	Report	López  51'	Stadium: Estadio Luis Pirata Fuente Referee: Erick Miranda

América v Veracruz

August 2, 2012 2	América	3 – 1	Veracruz	Mexico City
19:00	Adrete  27' Rosinei  39' Zúniga  57' Layún  59'	Report	Ruelas  30' Miramontes  31' Pineda  45+' Toledo  67' Berber  71' Arellano  76'	Stadium: Estadio Azteca Referee: Miguel Ángel Ayala

UAT v América

August 14, 2012 3	UAT	4 – 3	América	Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas
21:00	Pacheco  27' Mora  35' Olivera  45+',  55' Nurse  61' Saucedo  83',  84'	Report	Pimentel  22',  59' Layún  26' A. López  33'	Stadium: Estadio Marte R. Gómez Referee: Baruch Absalón

América v UAT

August 22, 2012 4	América	6 – 0	UAT	Mexico City
21:00	Montenegro  51' Cárdenas  54', 74' Zuñiga  59', 76', 90'	Report	de la Barrera  16'  25'	Stadium: Estadio Azteca Attendance: 5,150 Referee: Miguel Ángel Chacón

América v Querétaro

August 29, 2012 5	América	4 – 1	Querétaro	Mexico City
21:00	A. López  2' Reyes  26' Montenegro  38' (pen.) Zúñiga  83' Medina  90+1'	Report	Escalante  42' Pineda  49' Vera  53'  88' Guastavino  57' García Arías  71'  71'	Stadium: Estadio Azteca Referee: Miguel Ángel Flores

Querétaro v América

September 19, 2012 6	Querétaro	1 – 0	América	Querétaro, Querétaro
19:00	Stringel  47' Escoto  62' Guastavino  65' Escalante  65' Oviedo  76'  77'	Report	Valenzuela  26' Layún  26' Medina  86'  87'	Stadium: Estadio Corregidora Attendance: 14,700 Referee: Miguel Ángel Ortega

Goalscorers

[29]

Position	Nation	Name	Goals scored
1.		Martín Eduardo Zúñiga	5
2.		Antonio López	3
3.		José María Cárdenas	2
3.		Miguel Layún	2
3.		Daniel Montenegro	2
6.		Juan Carlos Medina	1
6.		Erik Pimentel	1
6.		Rosinei	1
TOTAL			18

Results

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6
Ground	A	H	A	H	H	A
Result	L	W	L	W	W	L
Position	4	2	3	1	1	2

Updated to match(es) played on 19 September 2012. Source: Apertura results and mediotiempo.com[30]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Torneo Clausura

Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  MEX Hugo González 2 DF  MEX Francisco Javier Rodríguez 3 DF  COL Aquivaldo Mosquera (captain) 4 MF  MEX Efraín Juárez 5 MF  MEX Jesús Molina 6 DF  MEX Juan Carlos Valenzuela 7 FW  ECU Narciso Mina 9 FW  MEX Raúl Jiménez 10 MF  PAR Osvaldo Martínez 11 FW  ECU Christian Benítez 12 GK  MEX Carlos López 13 DF  MEX Diego Reyes (vice-captain)

No. Pos. Nation Player 14 MF  ARG Rubens Sambueza 16 DF  MEX Adrián Aldrete 17 FW  MEX Antonio López 18 MF  MEX Christian Bermúdez 19 DF  MEX Miguel Layún 21 DF  MEX Ventura Alvarado 22 DF  MEX Paul Aguilar 23 GK  MEX Moisés Muñoz 25 MF  MEX Jorge Urias 26 MF  MEX Juan Carlos Medina 28 FW  MEX Martin Zúñiga 29 MF  MEX Ademar Rodríguez

Regular season

  Win   Draw   Loss

Clausura 2013 results

América v Monterrey

January 5, 2013 Round 1	América	2 – 1	Monterrey	Coyoacán, Mexico City
17:00	Herrera  28' (manager) Molina  39' Sambueza  90+4' (pen.)	Report	Ayoví  15' (pen.) Basanta  29' Cardozo  30' Meza  71'	Stadium: Estadio Azteca Attendance: 26,835[31] Referee: Ricardo Arellano

Chiapas v América

January 11, 2013 Round 2	Chiapas	0 – 2	América	Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas
19:30	Martínez  63' Esqueda  78' Arizala  89'	Report	Sambueza  58' Mosquera  72' Benítez  67' Mina  80'	Stadium: Estadio Victor Manuel Reyna Attendance: 24,500[32] Referee: Jorge Antonio Pérez

América v Atlante

January 19, 2013 Round 3	América	4 – 0	Atlante	Coyoacán, Mexico City
17:00	Molina  10' Sambueza  18' Jiménez  30', 37' F. Rodríguez  70' Benítez  80'	Report	Venegas  18' Guerrero  25' Larrivey  42'	Stadium: Estadio Azteca Attendance: 41,095[33] Referee: Fernando Guerrero

Atlas v América

January 26, 2013 Round 4	Atlas	2 – 1	América	Guadalajara, Jalisco
21:00	Cufré  40' Millar  46' Bravo  73' (pen.)	Report	F. Rodríguez  4' Reyes  42',  72' Mosquera  46'	Stadium: Estadio Jalisco Attendance: 34,041[34] Referee: Erim Ramírez

América v Querétaro

February 2, 2013 Round 5	América	3 – 0	Querétaro	Coyoacán, Mexico City
17:00	Jiménez  15', 70' Sambueza  75' Benítez  87'	Report	Osuna  39' de la Torre  73' Pineda  90+3'	Stadium: Estadio Azteca Attendance: 27,964[35] Referee: Roberto García Orozco

Tijuana v América

February 9, 2013 Round 6	Tijuana	1 – 2	América	Tijuana, Baja California
17:00	Pellerano  10' Arce  11' Aguilar  75' Gandolfi  84'	Report	Sambueza  1'  21' Martínez  12' (pen.),  18' F. Rodríguez  19' Mosquera  22'  38' Aguilar  53'	Stadium: Estadio Caliente Attendance: 23,133[36] Referee: Miguel Ángel Flores

América v Toluca

February 16, 2013 Round 7	América	2 – 2	Toluca	Coyoacán, Mexico City
17:00	Jiménez  34' Aguilar  51' Martínez  82' (pen.)	Report	Novaretti  18' Rodríguez  60',  90+5' Acosta  81'	Stadium: Estadio Azteca Attendance: 44,521[37] Referee: Francisco Chacón

Santos Laguna v América

February 22, 2013 Round 8	Santos Laguna	1 – 0	América	Torreón, Coahuila
21:30	Quintero  18',  31' Mares  45' Peralta  90+4'	Report	Molina  31' Medina  44' Jiménez  48' Aldrete  52'	Stadium: Estadio Corona Attendance: 28,232[38] Referee: Fernando Guerrero

América v Cruz Azul

March 2, 2013 Round 9	América	3 – 0	Cruz Azul	Coyoacán, Mexico City
17:00	F. Rodríguez  2' Benítez  23', 41', 69',  23' Mosquera  24' Aguilar  61' Sambueza  75'	Report	Barrera  31' I. Castro  37' Torrado  86'	Stadium: Estadio Azteca Attendance: 67,804[39] Referee: Marco Antonio Rodríguez

Morelia v América

March 8, 2013 Round 10	Morelia	1 – 1	América	Morelia, Michoacán
19:30	Mancilla  1' Vilar  35' Salinas  38' Ramírez  74'	Report	Benítez  29'	Stadium: Estadio Morelos Attendance: 30,762[40] Referee: Paul Delgadillo

América v San Luis

March 16, 2013 Round 11	América	1 – 1	San Luis	Coyoacán, Mexico City
17:00	Medina  40' Valenzuela  72' Muñoz  83' Reyes  90' Jiménez  90+3'	Report	Rodríguez  65' Velasco  66' Cuevas  90+1' (pen.)	Stadium: Estadio Azteca Attendance: 22,254[41] Referee: Roberto García Orozco

Guadalajara v América

March 31, 2012 Round 12	Guadalajara	0 – 2	América	Zapopan, Jalisco
20:00	S. Pérez  2'  35' Sánchez  28' L. Pérez  45'	Report	Martínez  23' Medina  28' Benítez  37' Jiménez  51', 75'	Stadium: Estadio Omnilife Attendance: 41,523[42] Referee: José Alfredo Peñaloza

América v Puebla

April 6, 2013 Round 13	América	1 – 1	Puebla	Coyoacán, Mexico City
17:00	Aguilar  17' F. Rodríguez  24' Layún  71'	Report	de Buen  17' Orozco  21' V. Hernández  55' Borja  61' Medina  85'	Stadium: Estadio Azteca Attendance: 22,948[43] Referee: Miguel Ángel Ortega

León v América

April 13, 2013 Round 14	León	1 – 1	América	León, Guanajuato
20:06	Britos  3' (pen.) Hernández  11' Magallón  34' Márquez  87'	Report	Mosquera  3' Benítez  9'	Stadium: Estadio León Attendance: 26,229[44] Referee: Jorge Antonio Pérez

América v UNAM

April 20, 2013 Round 15	América	1 – 0	UNAM	Coyoacán, Mexico City
17:00	Beniítez  22' Sambueza  33' Molina  46'  67'	Report	Bravo  33' M. Palacios  50' Romagnoli  53' Verón  66'	Stadium: Estadio Azteca Referee: César Arturo Ramos

Pachuca v América

April 27, 2013 Round 16	Pachuca	2 – 4	América	Pachuca, Hidalgo
19:00	Reyna  12',  31' da Silva  41' Cavenaghi  49' Arreola H. Herrera  74'	Report	Jiménez  20',  68' (pen.) Mosquera  21' Sambueza  31' Aldrete  32' Benítez  60', 65', 77'	Stadium: Estadio Hidalgo Referee: Marco Antonio Rodríguez

América v UANL

May 4, 2013 Round 17	América	0 – 2	UANL	Coyoacán, Mexico City
17:00	Aguilar  42'	Report	Rivas  12' Jiménez  36' Torres  38' Danilinho  47' Lobos  58'	Stadium: Estadio Azteca Attendance: 34,831[45] Referee: Jorge Isaac Rojas

Final phase

UNAM v América

May 8, 2013 Quarter-finals	UNAM	0 – 1	América	Coyoacán, Mexico City
21:00	Van Rankin  38' Velarde  64' M. Palacios  77'	Report	Jiménez  28' Layún  79'	Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Universitario Attendance: 44,927[46] Referee: Fernando Guerrero

América v UNAM

May 11, 2013 Quarter-finals	América	2 – 1	UNAM	Coyoacán, Mexico City
17:00	Sambueza  53' Benítez  56', 90+4'	Report	Ramírez  21' M. Palacios  48'	Stadium: Estadio Azteca Referee: Marco Antonio Rodríguez

América advanced 3–1 on aggregate

Monterrey v América

May 15, 2013 Semi-finals	Monterrey	2 – 2	América	Monterrey, Nuevo León
21:00	Suazo  28' de Nigris  39',  73'	Report	Molina  27' Benítez  50', 70' Sambueza  68'	Stadium: Estadio Tecnológico Attendance: 33,420[47] Referee: Jorge Antonio Pérez

América v Monterrey

May 18, 2013 Semi-finals	América	2 – 1	Monterrey	Coyoacán, Mexico City
17:00	Jiménez  63',  86' Benítez  82' Molina  86'	Report	Meza  36' López  62' de Nigris  87',  90+2'	Stadium: Estadio Azteca Attendance: 71,236[48] Referee: Paul Delgadillo

América advanced 4–3 on aggregate

Cruz Azul v América

May 23, 2013 Final	Cruz Azul	1 – 0	América	Benito Juárez, Mexico City
21:00	Giménez  19',  41' A. Castro  49'	Report	Aldrete  14' Mosquera  60'	Stadium: Estadio Azul Attendance: 30,203[49] Referee: Jorge Antonio Pérez

América v Cruz Azul

May 26, 2013 Final	América	2 – 1 (4 – 2 p)	Cruz Azul	Coyoacán, Mexico City
20:00	Molina  13' Sambueza  53' Aguilar  62' Mosquera  88' Muñoz  90'	Report	A. Castro  3' I. Castro  18' T. Gutiérrez  20',  74' Barrera  51' Perea  57' Giménez  74' Corona  89' Pereira  118'	Stadium: Estadio Azteca Attendance: 85,170[50] Referee: Paul Delgadillo
	Penalties
	Jiménez Benítez Martínez Layún		Orozco A. Castro Chávez G. Flores

América won 4–2 on penalties

Goalscorers

Regular season Position Nation Name Goals scored 1. Christian Benítez 12 2. Raúl Jiménez 8 3. Osvaldo Martínez 2 3. Jesús Molina 2 3. Rubens Sambueza 2 6. Paul Aguilar 1 6. Miguel Layún 1 6. Juan Carlos Medina 1 6. Diego Reyes 1 TOTAL 30 Source:[51]

Final phase Position Nation Name Goals scored 1. Christian Benítez 5 2. Raúl Jiménez 2 3. Aquivaldo Mosquera 1 3. Moisés Muñoz 1 TOTAL 9

Results

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
17	9	5	3	30	15	+15	32	5	3	1	17	7	+10	4	2	2	13	8	+5

Last updated: 4 May 2013.
Source: Clausura 2013 results

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	W	W	L	W	W	D	L	W	D	D	W	D	D	W	W	L
Position	3	2	1	3	3	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	1	2

Updated to match(es) played on 4 May 2013. Source: Clausura 2013 results and mediotiempo.com[52]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Clausura 2013 Copa MX

Main article: Clausura 2013 Copa MX

Group stage

  Win   Draw   Loss

Clausura results

América v Altamira

January 16, 2013 1	América	2 – 0	Altamira	Coyoacán, Mexico City
21:00	Martínez  54',  74' Morandi  57' (o.g.) Zúñiga  90+1'	Report	Piñeyro  32' Palafox  54' Cuevas  57'  86' Morales  90+4'	Stadium: Estadio Azteca Attendance: 17,005 Referee: Miguel Ángel Flores

Altamira v América

January 22, 2013 2	Altamira	1 – 3	América	Altamira, Tamaulipas
21:00	Fernández  15' Palafox  27' Piñón  30' González  55' Salazar  90+1'	Report	Mina  11', 13' Alvarado  36' Bermúdez  63' Zúñiga  78'	Stadium: Estadio Altamira Referee: Fernando Hernández

Necaxa v América

February 13, 2013 3	Necaxa	1 – 4	América	Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes
21:00	García  55'	Report	Layún  31' A. López  35' Sambueza  64' Mina  74'	Stadium: Estadio Victoria Attendance: 21,380 Referee: Roberto Ríos

América v Necaxa

February 19, 2013 4	América	3 – 1	Necaxa	Coyoacán, Mexico City
21:00	Sambueza  36' Alvarado  63' López  66' Mina  72' Cordero  90+1'	Report	Cervantes  15' Hernández  22' Orozco  36'	Stadium: Estadio Azteca Referee: Miguel Ángel Ayala

Neza v América

February 27, 2013 5	Neza	3 – 5	América	Ciudad Nezahualcóyotl, Estado de México
15:00	Loeschbor  62' Arroyo  66', 90+2'	Report	Mina  20', 41', 84' López  39' Urias  49'	Stadium: Estadio Neza 86 Attendance: 9,360 Referee: León Vicente Barajas

América v Neza

March 5, 2013 6	América	0 – 1	Neza	Coyoacán, Mexico City
21:00	Cordero  46'	Report	Rimoldi  11' Rosas  35' Sepúlveda  39' Lucio  45' Fraga  82'	Stadium: Estadio Azteca Attendance: 7,546 Referee: Luis Santander

Knockout stage

Estudiantes Tecos v América

March 12, 2013 Quarter-finals	Estudiantes Tecos	1 – 1 (4 – 5 p)	América	Zapopan, Jalisco
21:15	Mejía  47' Bronzatti  50' Sánchez  53' Lillingston  85'	Report	Mina  53' González  72' F. Rodríguez  87' Aguilar  90+1'	Stadium: Estadio Tres de Marzo Attendance: 10,318 Referee: Ángel Monroy
	Penalties
	Lillingston Villalobos L. Sánchez C. Sánchez Ceja		Martínez Jiménez López Aldrete Mosquera

América v Cruz Azul

April 3, 2013 Semi-finals	América	1 – 1 (4 – 5 p)	Cruz Azul	Coyoacán, Mexico City
21:00	Aguilar  30' Medina  45+1' Mina  62'	Report	Torrado  19' Giménez  28' I. Castro  49'	Stadium: Estadio Azteca Attendance: 73,877 Referee: Jorge Isaac Rojas
	Penalties
	Martínez Jiménez Aldrete Layún Mosquera		T. Gutiérrez Orozco Chávez A. Castro Giménez

Goalscorers

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Position	Nation	Name	Goals scored
1.		Narciso Mina	7
2.		Antonio López	3
3.		Ventura Alvarado	1
3.		Gil Cordero	1
3.		Miguel Layún	1
3.		Osvaldo Martínez	1
3.		Rubens Sambueza	1
3.		Jorge Urias	1
3.		Martín Eduardo Zúñiga	1
3.		Own Goals	1
TOTAL			18

Results

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6
Ground	H	A	A	H	A	H
Result	W	W	W	W	W	L
Position	2	1	1	1	1	1

Updated to match(es) played on 5 March 2013. Source: Apertura results and mediotiempo.com[30]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

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