2012 Liga MX Apertura Liguilla

2012 Liga MX
Country Mexico Mexico
Teams 8
Champions Tijuana
Runners-up Toluca
Matches played 14
Goals scored 36 (2.57 per match)
Top goal scorer(s) Paraguay Édgar Benítez
(3 goals)
← 2012 Clausura 2013 Clausura →

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.

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. 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

Second leg

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

Second leg

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

Second leg

Apertura 2012 winners:
Tijuana
1st Title

References

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