2013 Liga MX Clausura Liguilla

2013 Liga MX
Country Mexico Mexico
Teams 8
Champions América (11th title)
Runners-up Cruz Azul
Matches played 14
Goals scored 35 (2.5 per match)
Top goal scorer(s) Ecuador Christian Benítez (5 goals)
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The Liguilla (English: Mini League) of the 2013 Liga MX Clausura is the final knockout tournament involving eight teams of Liga MX. The tournament began on 8 May 2013 and will end on 26 May 2013. The winners and runners-up of the competition will qualify 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 2013 Clausura
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1UANLBrazil Ricardo FerrettiArgentina Lucas Lobos1710523014+1635
2AméricaMexico Miguel HerreraColombia Aquivaldo Mosquera179533015+1532
3AtlasMexico Tomas BoyArgentina Leandro Cufre179532013+732
4MoreliaArgentina Carlos BustosArgentina Federico Vilar178632518+730
5Cruz AzulMexico Guillermo VázquezMexico Gerardo Torrado178543519+1629
6Santos LagunaPortugal Pedro CaixinhaMexico Oswaldo Sánchez178542013+729
7UNAMMexico Antonio Torres ServínParaguay Darío Verón178541914+529
8QuerétaroMexico Ignacio AmbrízMexico Marco Jiménez176651820-2241
9MonterreyMexico Victor Manuel VucetichArgentina José María Basanta177282222023
1.^ Querétaro may remain in the top 8, but they can no longer qualify to the liguilla as they have been relegated to Ascenso MX next season. If they at least place 8th, then the team placing 9th will qualify to the liguilla[1]

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  UANL 0 1 1  
9  Monterrey 1 1 2  
  2  América 2 2 4  
  9  Monterrey 2 1 3  
2  América 1 2 3
7  UNAM 0 1 1  
  2  América 0 2 2 (4)
  5  Cruz Azul 1 1 2 (2)
3  Atlas 0 1 1  
6  Santos Laguna 0 3 3  
  5  Cruz Azul 3 2 5
  6  Santos Laguna 0 1 1  
4  Morelia 2 1 3
5  Cruz Azul 4 0 4  

Quarter-finals

The first legs of the quarterfinals were played on May 8 and 9. The second legs were played on May 11 and 12.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Monterrey (8) 2 – 1 (1) UANL 1 – 0 1 – 1
UNAM (7) 1 – 3 (2) América 0 – 1 1 – 2
Santos Laguna (6) 3 – 1 (3) Atlas 0 – 0 3 – 1
Cruz Azul (5) 4 – 3 (4) Morelia 4 – 2 0 – 1

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

First leg

Second leg

Semi-finals

The first legs of the semifinals will be played on May 15 and May 16. The second legs will be played on May 18 and 19.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Monterrey (4) 3 – 4 (1) América 2 – 2 1 – 2
Santos Laguna (3) 1 – 5 (2) Cruz Azul 0 – 3 1 – 2

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

First leg

Second leg

Final

The first leg of the final will be played on May 23, the second leg on May 26.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Cruz Azul (2) 2 (2) – 2 (4) (1) América 1 – 0 1 – 2

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

First leg

Second leg

Clausura 2013 winners:
Club América
11th Title

References

  1. ↑ Liga MX. "Página Principal de la Liga MX".
  2. ↑ Official, Match Report. "Liga MX". Official match report. Liga MX. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
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