Clausura 2014 Copa MX Final

Clausura 2014 Copa MX Final

Event	Clausura 2014 Copa MX
UANL Oaxaca 3 0
Date	April 9, 2014
Venue	Estadio Universitario, San Nicolás de los Garza, Nuevo León
Referee	Jorge Isaac Rojas
Attendance	41,577

The Clausura 2014 Copa MX Final was the final of the Clausura 2014 Copa MX the fourth edition of the Copa MX under its current format and 71st overall organized by the Mexican Football Federation, the governing body of association football in Mexico.

The final is contested in a single leg format between a Liga MX club, UANL and an Ascenso MX club, Oaxaca, which is the first time a Liga MX and Ascenso MX team met in the final.^[1] The leg was hosted by UANL at Estadio Universitario in San Nicolás de los Garza, Nuevo León on April 9, 2014. The winner earned a spot to face the winner of the Apertura 2013 edition, Monarcas Morelia, in a playoff to qualify as Mexico 3 to the 2015 Copa Libertadores.^[2]

Venue

Due to the tournament's regulations the higher seed among both finalists during the group stage would host the final, thus Estadio Universitario hosted the final.^[3] The home venue of UANL since 1967, it has staged various Copa México and Liga MX finals, most recently the Apertura 2011 Liga MX final where UANL were victorious.^[4] Estadio Universitario has also hosted four matches of the 1986 FIFA World Cup, the stadium was the site where Mexico was eliminated in penalty kicks by West Germany.^[5] The stadium also staged eight matches of the 2011 FIFA U-17 World Cup, which included most of Group B matches and some knockout stage matches.^[6]

Background

Tigres UANL, who is a two time winner last won the tournament in 1996 while Oaxaca has never won the tournament in their one year of existence. UANL last reached a final of any kind back in 2011 when they defeated Santos Laguna 4–1 on aggregate to win the Liga MX title.^[7] Oaxaca, who played their first season during the Apertura 2013 Ascenso MX season has previously never reached any type of final. Oaxaca reached the semifinals in the Apertura 2013 edition but were eliminated by Club Atlas in penalty kicks.^[8] This was the first final in the Copa MX era that a Liga MX and an Ascenso MX club faced in the final.^[9]

UANL won four and drew two group stage matches and scored 20 goals during group stage, as they were seeded second, they eliminated Atlante in the quarterfinals and Veracruz in the semifinals.

Oaxaca won four, drew one and lost one group stage matches, as they were seeded second they eliminated Querétaro in the quarterfinals and Pachuca in the semifinals, both teams are from Liga MX.

Road to the finals

Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first.

UANL				Round	Oaxaca
Opponent	Result			Group stage	Opponent	Result
San Luis	1–0 (A)			Matchday 1	Chiapas	4–2 (A)
San Luis	6–1 (H)			Matchday 2	Chiapas	1–0 (H)
UAT	4–0 (H)			Matchday 3	Veracruz	0–0 (A)
UAT	1–1 (A)			Matchday 4	Veracruz	1–0 (H)
Puebla	8–0 (H)			Matchday 5	BUAP	0–1 (A)
Puebla	0–0 (A)			Matchday 6	BUAP	4–0 (H)
Group 2 winner Team Pld W D L RW GF GA GD Pts UANL 6 4 2 0 3 20 2 +18 17 Puebla 6 2 2 2 1 7 12 −5 9 UAT 6 1 2 3 1 5 8 −3 6 San Luis 6 1 2 3 1 2 12 −10 6				Final standings	Group 3 winner Team Pld W D L RW GF GA GD Pts Oaxaca 6 4 1 1 3 10 3 +7 16 Veracruz 6 3 2 1 2 9 2 +7 13 BUAP 6 2 1 3 0 3 11 −8 7 Chiapas 6 1 0 5 1 6 12 −6 4
Opponent	Result			Knockout stage	Opponent			Result
Atlante	6–0 (H)			Quarterfinals	Querétaro	2–1 (H)
Veracruz	3–0 (H)			Semifinals	Pachuca	3–2 (H)

Match

UANL v Oaxaca

April 9, 2014 21:00

UANL	3–0	Oaxaca
Juninho  36' (pen.) Pulido  66' Lobos  82'	Report

Estadio Universitario, San Nicolás de los Garza, Nuevo León Attendance: 41,577 Referee: Jorge Isaac Rojas

UANL

Oaxaca

GK 20 Sergio García DF 3 Juninho (c) DF 4 Hugo Ayala DF 6 Jorge Torres Nilo DF 29 Jesús Dueñas MF 30 Carlos Salcido MF 11 Damián Álvarez  84' MF 18 José Francisco Torres MF 10 Danilinho  87' FW 17 Alan Pulido FW 9 Emanuel Herrera  56' Substitutions: GK 1 Enrique Palos DF 2 Israel Jiménez DF 14 Jorge Iván Estrada DF 24 José Rivas MF 16 Lucas Lobos  56' MF 22 Edgar Pacheco  87' MF 23 Édgar Lugo  84' Manager: Ricardo Ferretti

GK 1 Sergio Arias DF 5 Braulio Godínez (c)  35' DF 4 Arturo Ledesma DF 28 Orlando Pineda DF 15 Diego Martínez  64' MF 21 Martín Castillo  47' MF 6 Fernando Madrigal MF 24 Mario Padilla MF 7 Raymundo Torres  78' FW 10 Danny Santoya  30' FW 11 Jesús Moreno Substitutions: GK 34 Sergio Rodríguez DF 25 Melchor Cerda MF 14 Fabián Cuellar MF 32 Eduardo Chávez MF 33 Alonso Granados MF 77 Santiago San Román  78' FW 14 Diego Calderón  64' Manager: Ricardo Rayas

Assistant referees: Carlos González Cervantes Christian Kiabek Espinosa Fourth official: Roberto Ríos

References

1. "Tigres contra Alebrijes, la Final de la Copa MX" (in Spanish). Record.com.mx. Retrieved 9 April 2014.
2. "Copa MX dará un boleto para Libertadores" (in Spanish). Record.com.mx. 2 June 2013. Retrieved 5 November 2013.
3. "Reglamento de competencia Copa MX Apertura 2013, articulo 2" [Apertura 2013 Copa MX Competition rules, Article 2] (PDF) (in Spanish). Liga MX. 5 November 2013.
4. "Tigres (4)3–1 Santos... Los felinos tocan el cielo" (in Spanish). MedioTiempo. 9 April 2013.
5. "West Germany - Mexico Boxscore" (in Spanish). MedioTiempo. 9 April 2013.
6. "Estadio Universitario" (in Spanish). tigres.com.mx. 9 April 2013.
7. "Tigres Santos Boxscore" (in Spanish). MedioTiempo. 9 April 2013.
8. "Atlas va a la Final de la Copa MX, dejó en el camino a Alebrijes" (in Spanish). MedioTiempo. 9 April 2013.
9. "Tigres goleó a Veracruz y obtuvo boleto a la Final de Copa" (in Spanish). MedioTiempo. 9 April 2013.