2013 Liga MX Clausura Liguilla

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.

Main article: 2012–13 Liga MX season
2013 Liga MX
Country Mexico
Teams8
ChampionsAmérica (11th title)
Runners-upCruz Azul
Matches played14
Goals scored35 (2.5 per match)
Top goal scorer(s) Christian Benítez (5 goals)
2013 Apertura →

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
1UANL Ricardo Ferretti Lucas Lobos1710523014+1635
2América Miguel Herrera Aquivaldo Mosquera17953419+1532
3Atlas Tomas Boy Leandro Cufre179532013+732
4Morelia Carlos Bustos Federico Vilar178632518+730
5Cruz Azul Guillermo Vázquez Gerardo Torrado178543519+1629
6Santos Laguna Pedro Caixinha Oswaldo Sánchez178542013+729
7UNAM Antonio Torres Servín Darío Verón178541914+529
8Querétaro Ignacio Ambríz Marco Jiménez176651820-2241
9Monterrey Victor Manuel Vucetich José María Basanta177282222023

Source: www.ligamx.net

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  
  • Away goals rule is applied in the play-off round.
  • If the two teams are tied after both legs and away goal rule applied, 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 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
May 8, 2013 Monterrey 1 – 0 UANL Estadio Tecnológico, Monterrey
19:00 H. Suazo  18' Report Attendance: 33,026
Referee: José Alfredo Peñaloza
May 8, 2013 UNAM 0 – 1 América Estadio Olímpico Universitario, Mexico City
21:00 Report  28' R. Jiménez Attendance: 44,927
Referee: Fernando Guerrero
May 9, 2013 Santos Laguna 0 – 0 Atlas Estadio Corona, Torreón
19:00 Report Attendance: 19,856
Referee: César Arturo Ramos
May 9, 2013 Cruz Azul 4 – 2 Morelia Estadio Azul, Mexico City
21:00 M. Pavone  23',  90+7'
T Gutiérrez  52'
Chaco G.  58'		 Report  1' H. Mancilla
 90+17' C. Ochoa		 Attendance: 25,570
Referee: Jorge Isaac Rojas

Second leg
May 11, 2013 América 2 – 1 UNAM Estadio Azteca, Mexico City
17:00 C. Benítez 56',  90+4' Report  21' R. Ramírez Attendance: 49,132
Referee: Marco Antonio Rodríguez
May 11, 2013 UANL 1 – 1 Monterrey Estadio Universitario, Monterrey
19:00 Danilinho  12' Report  33' (o.g.) Israel Jiménez Attendance: 40,435
Referee: Roberto García
May 12, 2013 Morelia 1 – 0 Cruz Azul Estadio Morelos, Morelia
18:00 R. Salinas  44' Report Attendance: 28,048
Referee: Paul Delgadillo
May 12, 2013 Atlas 1 – 3 Santos Laguna Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara
20:00 O. Bravo  5' Report  15' A. Rentería
 62',  89' C. Quintero		 Attendance: 43,250
Referee: Jorge Antonio Pérez

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
May 15, 2013 Monterrey 2 – 2 América Estadio Tecnológico, Monterrey
21:00 H. Suazo  29'
A. de Nigris  73'		 Report  50',  69' C. Benítez Attendance: 33,240
Referee: Jorge Pérez Durán
May 16, 2013 Santos Laguna 0 – 3 Cruz Azul Estadio Corona, Torreón
21:00 Report  2' G. Flores
 24' P. Barrera
 88' (o.g.) R. Figueroa		 Attendance: 28,957
Referee: César Arturo Ramos Palazuelos

Second leg
May 18, 2013 América 2 – 1 Monterrey Estadio Azteca, Mexico City
17:00 R. Jiménez 64' (pen.)
C. Benítez 82'		 Report  90+2' A. de Nigris Attendance: 71,236
Referee: Paul Delgadillo
May 19, 2013 Cruz Azul 2 – 1 Santos Laguna Estadio Azul, Mexico City
20:00 J. Orozco  7',  24' Report  36' A. Rentería Attendance: 31,875
Referee: Marco Antonio Rodríguez

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
May 23, 2013 Cruz Azul 1 – 0 América Estadio Azul, Mexico City
21:00 Chaco G.  19' Report Attendance: 30,203
Referee: Jorge Antonio Pérez Durán

Second leg
May 26, 2013 América 2 – 1
(4 - 2 p)		 Cruz Azul Estadio Azteca, Mexico City
20:00 A. Mosquera  88'
M. Muñoz  90+2'[2]		 Report  20' T. Gutiérrez Attendance: 124,459
Referee: Paul Enrique Delgadillo
Penalties
Jiménez
Benítez
Martínez
Layún 		Orozco
Castro
Chávez
Flores
Clausura 2013 winners:
Club América
11th Title

References
  1. Liga MX. "Página Principal de la Liga MX". Archived from the original on 2013-05-26. Retrieved 2013-05-12.
  2. Official, Match Report. "Liga MX". Official match report. Liga MX. Archived from the original on 26 May 2013. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
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