2012 Liga MX Apertura Liguilla

The Liguilla (English: Little League) of the 2012 Liga MX Apertura was the final knockout tournament involving eight teams of the Liga MX. The tournament began on November 14, 2012 and ended on December 12, 2012. The winners and runners-up of the competition qualified for the 2013–14 CONCACAF Champions League.

Main article: 2012–13 Liga MX season § Torneo Clausura
2012 Liga MX
Country Mexico
Teams8
ChampionsTijuana
Runners-upToluca
Matches played14
Goals scored36 (2.57 per match)
Top goal scorer(s) Édgar Benítez
(3 goals)

Teams

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
1Toluca Enrique Meza Sinha1710432817+1134
2Tijuana Antonio Mohamed Javier Gandolfi179712315+834
3León Gustavo MatosasTBD1710343417+1733
4América Miguel Herrera Aquivaldo Mosquera178722815+1331
5Morelia Rubén Omar Romano Federico Vilar176922516+927
6Cruz Azul Guillermo Vázquez Gerardo Torrado176832215+726
7Monterrey Víctor Manuel Vucetich José María Basanta175842323023
8Guadalajara John van 't Schip Héctor Reynoso176561717023

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 Toluca 2 3 5  
8 Guadalajara 1 1 2  
  1 Toluca 2 1 3  
  4 América 0 2 2  
4 América 2 1 3
5 Morelia 0 2 2  
  1 Toluca 1 0 1
  2 Tijuana 2 2 4
2 Tijuana 1 1 2  
7 Monterrey 0 1 1  
  2 Tijuana 0 3 3
  3 León 2 0 2  
3 León 1 3 4
6 Cruz Azul 2 0 2  

Quarter-finals

The first legs of the quarterfinals were played on November 14 and 15. The second legs were played on November 17 and 18.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Guadalajara (8) 2 – 5 (1) Toluca 1 – 2 1 – 3
Monterrey (7) 1 – 2 (2) Tijuana 0 – 1 1 – 1
Cruz Azul (6) 2 – 4 (3) León 2 – 1 0 – 3
Morelia (5) 2 – 3 (4) América 0 – 2 2 – 1

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

First leg
November 14, 2012 Cruz Azul2 – 1LeónEstadio Azul, Mexico City
19:00 G. Flores  17'
M. Pavone  59'		 Report  56' N. Maz Referee: Ricardo Arellano
November 14, 2012 Morelia0 – 2AméricaEstadio Morelos, Morelia
21:00 M. Romero  82' Report  58'.  76' C. Benítez Referee: Jorge Pérez
November 15, 2012 Monterrey0 – 1TijuanaEstadio Tecnológico, Monterrey
19:00 Report  86' G. Garza Referee: Erim Ramírez
November 15, 2012 Guadalajara1 – 2TolucaEstadio Omnilife, Zapopan
21:00 R. Márquez Lugo  75' (pen) Report  26' A. Ríos
 30' Sinha		 Referee: Fernando Guerrero

Second leg
November 17, 2012 América1 – 2MoreliaEstadio Azteca, Mexico City
17:00 R. Jiménez  39' Report  2' J. Rojas
 42' M. Sabah		 Referee: Francisco Chacón
November 17, 2012 León3 – 0Cruz AzulEstadio León, León
19:00 M. Britos  10',  33'
L. Delgado  87'		 Report Referee: Marco Rodriquez
November 18, 2012 Toluca3 – 1GuadalajaraEstadio Nemesio Díez, Toluca
12:00 Wilson Mathías  56'
Lucas Silva  58'
J. Cacho  72'		 Report  82' E. Torres Referee: Jesús Morales
November 18, 2012 Tijuana1 – 1MonterreyEstadio Caliente, Tijuana
16:30 PST A. de Nigris  51' Report  90+3' P. Aguilar Referee: Roberto Garcia

Semi-finals

The first legs of the semifinals were played on November 22 and November 25. The second legs were played on December 3 and 4.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
América (4) 2 – 3 (1) Toluca 0 – 2 2 – 1
León (3) 2 – 3 (2) Tijuana 2 – 0 0 – 3

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

First leg
November 22, 2012 América0 – 2TolucaEstadio Azteca, Mexico City
19:00 Report  54' Lucas Silva
 90' É. Benítez		 Referee: Jorge Pérez
November 22, 2012 León2 – 0TijuanaEstadio León, León
21:00 O. Arce  56'
C. Peña  57'		 Report Referee: Francisco Chacón

Second leg
November 25, 2012 Toluca1 – 2AméricaEstadio Nemesio Díez, Toluca
12:00 É. Benítez  59' Report  16' M. Layún
 37' D. Montenegro
 90+5' J. Medina		 Referee: Roberto Garcia
November 25, 2012 Tijuana3 – 0LeónEstadio Caliente, Tijuana
16:30 PST F. Martínez  42'
D. Riascos  68'
R. Ruiz  90'		 Report Referee: Marco Rodriquez

Final

The first leg of the final was played on November 29, the second leg on December 2.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Tijuana (2) 4 – 1 (1) Toluca 2 – 1 2 – 0

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

First leg
November 29, 2012 Tijuana2 – 1TolucaEstadio Caliente, Tijuana
19:00 PST F. Martínez  24'
P. Aguilar  40'
C. Pellerano  41'
F. Arce  82'		 Report  26' É. Benítez

 41' Sinha
 80' A. Talavera		 Referee: Roberto Garcia

Second leg
December 2, 2012 Toluca0 – 2TijuanaEstadio Nemesio Díez, Toluca
18:00 C. Esquivel  7'
D. Novaretti  69'		 Report  69' R. Ruiz
 71' D. Riascos
 85' F. Martínez		 Referee: Francisco Chacón
Apertura 2012 winners:
Tijuana
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