2012 Liga MX Apertura Liguilla

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2012 Liga MX

Country	Mexico
Teams	8
Champions	Tijuana
Runners-up	Toluca
Matches played	14
Goals scored	36 (2.57 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	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
1	Toluca	Enrique Meza	Sinha	17	10	4	3	28	17	+11	34
2	Tijuana	Antonio Mohamed	Javier Gandolfi	17	9	7	1	23	15	+8	34
3	León	Gustavo Matosas	TBD	17	10	3	4	34	17	+17	33
4	América	Miguel Herrera	Aquivaldo Mosquera	17	8	7	2	28	15	+13	31
5	Morelia	Rubén Omar Romano	Federico Vilar	17	6	9	2	25	16	+9	27
6	Cruz Azul	Guillermo Vázquez	Gerardo Torrado	17	6	8	3	22	15	+7	26
7	Monterrey	Víctor Manuel Vucetich	José María Basanta	17	5	8	4	23	23	0	23
8	Guadalajara	John van 't Schip	Héctor Reynoso	17	6	5	6	17	17	0	23

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

• If the two teams are tied after both legs, the higher seeded team advances.
• Both finalist qualify to the 2013–14 CONCACAF Champions League Group Stage.

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

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