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
CountryMexico Mexico
Teams8
ChampionsTijuana
Runners-upToluca
Matches played14
Goals scored36 (2.57 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)Paraguay 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
1TolucaMexico Enrique MezaMexico Sinha1710432817+1134
2TijuanaArgentina Antonio MohamedArgentina Javier Gandolfi179712315+834
3LeónUruguay Gustavo MatosasTBD1710343417+1733
4AméricaMexico Miguel HerreraColombia Aquivaldo Mosquera178722815+1331
5MoreliaArgentina Rubén Omar RomanoArgentina Federico Vilar176922516+927
6Cruz AzulMexico Guillermo VázquezMexico Gerardo Torrado176832215+726
7MonterreyMexico Víctor Manuel VucetichArgentina José María Basanta175842323023
8GuadalajaraNetherlands John van 't SchipMexico 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.Tooltip Aggregate score 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 Azul 2–1 León Estadio Azul, Mexico City
19:00 G. Flores 17'
M. Pavone 59'		 Report 56' N. Maz Referee: Ricardo Arellano
November 14, 2012 Morelia 0–2 América Estadio Morelos, Morelia
21:00 M. Romero Red card 82' Report 58'. 76' C. Benítez Referee: Jorge Pérez
November 15, 2012 Monterrey 0–1 Tijuana Estadio Tecnológico, Monterrey
19:00 Report 86' G. Garza Referee: Erim Ramírez
November 15, 2012 Guadalajara 1–2 Toluca Estadio Omnilife, Zapopan
21:00 R. Márquez Lugo 75' (pen) Report 26' A. Ríos
30' Sinha		 Referee: Fernando Guerrero

Second leg
November 17, 2012 América 1–2 Morelia Estadio Azteca, Mexico City
17:00 R. Jiménez 39' Report 2' J. Rojas
42' M. Sabah		 Referee: Francisco Chacón
November 17, 2012 León 3–0 Cruz Azul Estadio León, León
19:00 M. Britos 10', 33'
L. Delgado 87'		 Report Referee: Marco Rodriquez
November 18, 2012 Toluca 3–1 Guadalajara Estadio Nemesio Díez, Toluca
12:00 Wilson Mathías 56'
Lucas Silva 58'
J. Cacho 72'		 Report 82' E. Torres Referee: Jesús Morales
November 18, 2012 Tijuana 1–1 Monterrey Estadio 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.Tooltip Aggregate score 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 América 0–2 Toluca Estadio Azteca, Mexico City
19:00 Report 54' Lucas Silva
90' É. Benítez		 Referee: Jorge Pérez
November 22, 2012 León 2–0 Tijuana Estadio León, León
21:00 O. Arce 56'
C. Peña 57'		 Report Referee: Francisco Chacón

Second leg
November 25, 2012 Toluca 1–2 América Estadio Nemesio Díez, Toluca
12:00 É. Benítez 59' Report 16' M. Layún
37' D. Montenegro
Red card 90+5' J. Medina		 Referee: Roberto Garcia
November 25, 2012 Tijuana 3–0 León Estadio 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.Tooltip Aggregate score 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 Tijuana 2–1 Toluca Estadio Caliente, Tijuana
19:00 PST F. Martínez 24'
P. Aguilar 40'
C. Pellerano Yellow card 41'
F. Arce Yellow card 82'		 Report 26' É. Benítez

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

Second leg
December 2, 2012 Toluca 0–2 Tijuana Estadio Nemesio Díez, Toluca
18:00 C. Esquivel Yellow card 7'
D. Novaretti Yellow card 69'		 Report 69' R. Ruiz
Yellow card 71' D. Riascos
Yellow card 85' F. Martínez		 Referee: Francisco Chacón
Apertura 2012 winners:
Tijuana
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