2011 Mexican Primera División Championship Round (Apertura)

2011 Primera División de México

Country	Mexico
Teams	8
Champions	UANL
Runners-up	Santos Laguna
Matches played	14
Goals scored	34 (2.43 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Oribe Peralta (3)
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The Liguilla (English: Little League) of the 2011 Primera División de México Apertura is a final knockout tournament involving eight teams of the Primera División de México. The tournament will begin on November 19, 2011 and will end on December 11, 2011. The winners and runners-up of the competition will qualify for the 2012–13 CONCACAF Champions League.

Teams[]

In a change from previous seasons, the 18 teams in the 2011 Apertura were not divided into three groups of six teams each. Instead, 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
1	Guadalajara	Fernando Quirarte	Héctor Reynoso	17	8	6	3	24	18	+6	30
2	Cruz Azul	Enrique Meza	Gerardo Torrado	17	8	5	4	21	14	+7	29
3	UANL	Ricardo Ferretti	Lucas Lobos	17	7	7	3	22	13	+9	28
4	Santos Laguna	Benjamín Galindo	Oswaldo Sánchez	17	8	3	6	29	25	+4	27
5	Chiapas	José Guadalupe Cruz	Ismael Fuentes	17	7	5	5	28	23	+5	26
6	Pachuca	Efraín Flores	Leobardo López	17	7	5	5	28	25	+3	26
7	Morelia	Tomás Boy	Federico Vilar	17	7	5	5	25	22	+3	26
8	Querétaro	José Cardozo	Carlos Bueno	17	8	2	7	23	21	+2	26

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	Guadalajara	1	0	1
	8	Querétaro	2	0	2
								8	Querétaro	0	0	0
								3	UANL	0	1	1
	3	UANL	1	3	4
	6	Pachuca	0	0	0
															3	UANL	1	3	4
														4	Santos Laguna	0	1	1
	2	Cruz Azul	1	1	2
	7	Morelia	2	2	4
								7	Morelia	2	2	4
								4	Santos Laguna	1	3	4
	4	Santos Laguna	2	2	4
	5	Chiapas	2	1	3

• If the two teams are tied after both legs, the higher seeded team advances.
• Both finalist qualify to the 2012–13 CONCACAF Champions League Group Stage.

Quarter-finals[]

The first legs of the quarterfinals were played on November 19 and 20. The second legs were played on November 26 and 27.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Querétaro (8)	2 – 1	(1) Guadalajara	2 – 1	0 – 0
Morelia (7)	4 – 2	(2) Cruz Azul	2 – 1	2 – 1
Pachuca (6)	0 – 4	(3) UANL	0 – 1	0 – 3
Chiapas (5)	3 – 4	(4) Santos Laguna	2 – 2	1 – 2

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 30 and December 1. The second legs were played on December 3 and 4.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Querétaro (8)	0 – 1	(3) UANL	0 – 0	0 – 1
Morelia (7)	4 – 4	(4) Santos Laguna	2 – 1	2 – 3

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

First leg[]

Second leg[]

Final[]

The first leg of the final will be played on December 8, the second leg on December 11.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
UANL (3)	4 – 1	(4) Santos Laguna	1 – 0	3 – 1

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

First leg[]

Second leg[]

Apertura 2011 winners:
Tigres UANL 3rd Title

References[]