2010 Primera División de México Apertura Liguilla

2010 Primera División de México

Country	Mexico
Teams	8
Champions	Monterrey
Runners-up	Santos Laguna
Matches played	14
Goals scored	40 (2.86 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Humberto Suazo (5 goals)
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The Liguilla (English: Mini League) of the 2010 Primera División de México Apertura was a final knockout tournament involving eight teams of the Primera División de México. The tournament began on November 17, 2010 and concluded on December 5, 2010 with Monterrey beating Santos Laguna 5 – 3 on aggregate over two legs.^[1]

Teams[]

The 18 teams that participated in the 2010 Apertura were divided into three groups of six teams. The top two in each group qualify automatically. The two best teams in the general table not already qualified, regardless of group, qualify as well.

S	Team	Manager	Captain	Performance at the Apertura 2010
				Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	P	Qualified as
1	Cruz Azul	Enrique Meza	Gerardo Torrado	17	12	3	2	33	13	+20	39	1st	First place Group 3
2	Monterrey	Víctor Vucetich	Luis Ernesto Pérez	17	9	5	3	29	20	+9	32	2nd	First place Group 1
3	Santos Laguna	Rubén Omar Romano	Oswaldo Sánchez	17	9	3	5	29	19	+11	30	3rd	Runner-up Group 1
4	América	Manuel Lapuente	Pável Pardo	17	7	6	4	22	16	+6	27	4th	First place Group 2
5	San Luis	Ignacio Ambríz	Ignacio Torres	17	8	2	7	21	19	+2	26	5th	Runner-up Group 2
6	Chiapas	Jose Guadalupe Cruz	Christian Valdéz	17	6	7	4	21	14	+7	25	6th	Runner-up Group 3
7	Pachuca	Pablo Marini	Miguel Calero	17	7	4	6	27	28	−1	25	7th	Third place Group 2
8	UNAM	Guillermo Vázquez	Sergio Bernal	17	7	4	6	23	24	−1	25	8th	Third place Group 3

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	Cruz Azul	2	0	2
	8	UNAM	1	2	3
								2	Monterrey	0	2	2
								8	UNAM	0	0	0
	2	Monterrey	1	3	4
	7	Pachuca	1	3	4
															2	Monterrey	2	3	5
														3	Santos Laguna	3	0	3
	3	Santos Laguna	1	1	2
	6	Chiapas	1	0	1
								3	Santos Laguna	2	3	5
								4	América	1	3	4
	4	América	0	4	4
	5	San Luis	0	1	1

• If the two teams are tied after both legs, the higher seeded team advances.
• Both finalist qualify to the 2011–12 CONCACAF Champions League. The champion qualifies directly to the Group Stage, while the runner-up qualifies to the Preliminary Round.

Quarter-finals[]

The first legs of the quarterfinals were played on November 17 and 18. The second legs were played on November 20 and 21.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Cruz Azul (1)	2–3	(8) UNAM	2–1	0–2
Monterrey (2)	4–4	(7) Pachuca	1–1	3–3
Santos Laguna (3)	2–1	(6) Chiapas	1–1	1–0
América (4)	4–1	(5) San Luis	0–0	4–1

Kickoffs are given in local time (UTC-6).

First leg[]

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Second leg[]

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Semi-finals[]

The first legs of the semifinals were played on November 25. The second legs were played on November 28.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Monterrey (2)	2–0	(8) UNAM	0–0	2–0
Santos Laguna (3)	5–4	(4) América	2–1	3–3

Kickoffs are given in local time (UTC-6).

First leg[]

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Second leg[]

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Final[]

The first leg of the final was played on December 2. The second leg was played on December 5.

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

Kickoffs are given in local time (UTC-6).

First leg[]

Second leg[]

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