2012 Primera División de México Clausura Liguilla

The Liguilla (English: Little League) of the 2012 Mexican Primera División Clausura season is a final knockout tournament involving eight teams of the Mexican Primera División. The tournament began on May 2, 2012 with the first matches of the quarterfinals and ended on May 20, 2012 with the second leg of the final. The winners and runners-up of the competition will qualify for the 2012–13 CONCACAF Champions League.

Main article: 2011–12 Mexican Primera División season § Torneo Clausura
2012 Mexican Primera División
Country Mexico
Teams8
ChampionsSantos
Runners-upMonterrey
Matches played14
Goals scored41 (2.93 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)Oribe Peralta
(6 goals)
← 2011 Apertura

Teams

In a change from previous seasons, the 18 teams in the 2012 Clausura 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 2012 Clausura
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1Santos Laguna Benjamín Galindo Oswaldo Sánchez1711333318+1536
2Monterrey Víctor Manuel Vucetich Luis Ernesto Pérez179533215+1732
3América Miguel Herrera Daniel Montenegro179533026+432
4Morelia Tomás Boy Federico Vilar179442518+731
5UANL Ricardo Ferretti Lucas Lobos179442216+631
6Pachuca Efraín Flores Leobardo López177732417+728
7Tijuana Antonio Mohamed Javier Gandolfi177731811+728
8Chiapas José Guadalupe Cruz Jackson Martínez178362620+627

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 Santos Laguna 4 2 6  
8 Chiapas 3 1 4  
  1 Santos Laguna 1 2 3  
  5 UANL 1 2 3  
4 Morelia 0 1 1
5 UANL 1 4 5  
  1 Santos Laguna 1 2 3
  2 Monterrey 1 1 2
2 Monterrey 2 2 4  
7 Tijuana 1 2 3  
  2 Monterrey 0 2 2
  3 América 0 0 0  
3 América 3 0 3
6 Pachuca 1 1 2  
  • If the two teams are tied after both legs, the higher seeded team advances.
  • Both finalists qualify to the 2012–13 CONCACAF Champions League Group Stage. Note that Santos are already qualified to 2012-13 Champions League as the runners-up of the Apertura, and as they win the Clausura final, they earn the spot given to the Clausura Champion and relinquish the spot for the Apertura Runner-up to Guadalajara, the best record of the 2011 Apertura not already qualified.

Quarterfinals

The first legs of the quarterfinals were played on May 2 and 3. The second legs were played on May 5 and 6.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Chiapas (8) 4 – 6 (1) Santos Laguna 3 – 4 1 – 2
Tijuana (7) 3 – 4 (2) Monterrey 1 – 2 2 – 2
Pachuca (6) 2 – 3 (3) América 1 – 3 1 – 0
UANL (5) 5 – 1 (4) Morelia 1 – 0 4 – 1

Kickoffs are given in local time (UTC-5 unless stated otherwise).

First leg
May 2, 2012 Pachuca1 – 3AméricaPachuca, Hidalgo
20:30 López  77' (pen.) Report Molina  38'
Bermúdez  42', 59'		 Stadium: Estadio Hidalgo
Referee: Erim Ramírez
May 2, 2012 Tijuana1 – 2MonterreyTijuana, Baja California
20:30 PDT Enríquez  88' Report Zavala  31'
Reyna  49'		 Stadium: Estadio Caliente
Referee: Jorge Pérez
May 3, 2012 Chiapas3 – 4Santos LagunaTuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas
19:00 Rey  29'
Martínez  32', 74'		 Report Ludueña  25', 60'
Peralta  39'
Quintero  90+6'		 Stadium: Estadio Víctor Manuel Reyna
Referee: José Peñaloza
May 3, 2012 UANL1 – 0MoreliaSan Nicolás de los Garza, Nuevo León
21:00 Mancilla  23' Report Stadium: Estadio Universitario
Referee: Jorge Rojas

Second leg
May 5, 2012 América0 – 1PachucaSanta Ursula, Mexico City
18:00 Report Herrera  36' Stadium: Estadio Azteca
Referee: Marco Rodríguez
May 5, 2012 Monterrey2 – 2TijuanaMonterrey, Nuevo León
20:00 Delgado  44'
Basanta  65'
Reyna  27'  31'		 Report Arévalo  9', 61' (pen)
Almazán  51'
Pulido  73'		 Stadium: Estadio Tecnológico
Referee: Ricardo Arellano
May 6, 2012 Santos Laguna2 – 1ChiapasTorreón, Coahuila
18:00 Quintero  15'
Peralta  37'		 Report Zamorano  7' Stadium: Estadio TSM Corona
Referee: Roberto García
May 6, 2012 Morelia1 – 4UANLMorelia, Michoacán
20:00 Sabah  86' Report Ayala  64'
Lobos  74'
Edno  76'
Hernández  90+1'		 Stadium: Estadio Morelos
Referee: Mauricio Morales

Semi-finals

The first legs of the semifinals were played on May 9 and 10. The second legs were played on May 12 and 13.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
UANL (5) 3 – 3 (1) Santos Laguna 1 – 1 2 – 2
América (3) 0 – 2 (2) Monterrey 0 – 0 0 – 2

Kickoffs are given in local time (UTC-5 unless stated otherwise).

First leg
May 9, 2012 América0 – 0MonterreySanta Ursula, Mexico City
21:00 Aguilar  42'  83' Report Stadium: Estadio Azteca
Referee: Mauricio Morales
May 10, 2012 UANL1 – 1Santos LagunaSan Nicolás de los Garza, Nuevo León
20:00 Lobos  69' Report Estrada  62' Stadium: Estadio Universitario
Referee: Francisco Chacón

Second leg
May 12, 2012 Monterrey2 – 0AméricaMonterrey, Nuevo León
21:00 Basanta  9'
de Nigris  52'		 Report Stadium: Estadio Tecnológico
Referee: Roberto García
May 13, 2012 Santos Laguna2 – 2UANLTorreón, Coahuila
20:00 Peralta  87', 90' Report Mancilla  6', 27' Stadium: Estadio TSM Corona
Referee: Marco Rodríguez

Final

The first leg of the final was played on May 17. The second leg was played on May 20.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
(2) Monterrey 2 - 3 (1) Santos Laguna 1 - 1 1 - 2

Kickoffs are given in local time (UTC-5 unless stated otherwise).

First leg
May 17, 2012 Monterrey1 – 1Santos LagunaMonterrey, Nuevo León
21:00 Suazo  90+4' (pen) Report Peralta  70' Stadium: Estadio Tecnológico
Referee: Mauricio Morales

Second leg
May 20, 2012 Santos Laguna2 – 1MonterreyTorreón, Coahuila
20:00 Ludueña  6'
Peralta  65'		 Report de Nigris  79' Stadium: Estadio TSM Corona
Referee: Roberto García
2012 Clausura winners:
Santos Laguna
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