Apertura 2019 Liga MX final phase

The Apertura 2019 Liga MX championship stage commonly known as Liguilla (mini league) was played from 27 November 2019 to 29 December 2019.^[1] Due to finalist Monterrey participating in the 2019 FIFA Club World Cup, the final was postponed to 29 December from 15 December.^[2] A total of eight teams competed in the championship stage to decide the champions of the Apertura 2019 Liga MX season. Both finalists qualified to the 2021 CONCACAF Champions League.

Apertura 2019 Liga MX final phase

Tournament details
Dates	27 November 2019 – 29 December 2019
Teams	8
Tournament statistics
Matches played	14
Goals scored	48 (3.43 per match)
Attendance	524,537 (37,467 per match)
← Clausura 2019 Guardianes 2020 →

Qualified teams

The following 8 teams qualified for the championship stage.

In the following table, the number of appearances, last appearance, and previous best result count only those in the short tournament era starting from Invierno 1996 (not counting those in the long tournament era from 1943–44 to 1995–96).

Team	Seed	Points	Appearance	Last appearance	Previous best	Ref.
Santos Laguna	1	37	30th	Apertura 2018	Champions (6 times)	[3]
León	2	33	11th	Clausura 2019	Champions (2 times)	[4]
UANL	3	32	25th		Champions (5 times)	[5]
Querétaro	4	31 (+12)	11th[note 1]	Apertura 2018	Runners-up (Clausura 2015)	[6][7]
Necaxa	5	31 (+10, GF 33)	17th	Clausura 2019	Champions (Invierno 1998)	[8]
América	6	31 (+10, GF 32)	33rd		Champions (5 times)	[9]
Morelia	7	27 (+5)	25th	Clausura 2018	Champions (Invierno 2000)	[10]
Monterrey	8	27 (+4)	23rd	Clausura 2019	Champions (3 times)	[11]

Format

• Teams were re-seeded each round.
• Team with more goals on aggregate after two matches advanced.
• Away goals rule was applied in the quarter-finals and semi-finals, but not the final.
• In the quarter-finals and semi-finals, if the two teams were tied on aggregate and away goals, the higher seeded team advanced.
• In the final, if the two teams were tied after both legs, the match went to extra time and, if necessary, a shoot-out.
• Both finalists qualified to the 2021 CONCACAF Champions League.

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Bracket

	Quarter-finals							Semi-finals							Finals
	3	UANL	2	2	4
	6	América	1	4	5
								6	América (s)	0	2	2
								7	Morelia	2	0	2
	2	León	3	1	4
	7	Morelia	3	2	5
															6	América	1	2	3 (2)
															8	Monterrey (p)	2	1	3 (4)
	4	Querétaro	0	2	2
	5	Necaxa	3	3	6
								5	Necaxa	1	0	1
								8	Monterrey	2	1	3
	1	Santos Laguna	2	1	3
	8	Monterrey	5	1	6

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Monterrey	6–3	Santos Laguna	5–2	1–1
Morelia	5–4	León	3–3	2–1
América	5–4	UANL	1–2	4–2
Necaxa	6–2	Querétaro	3–0	3–2

First leg

Morelia	3–3	León
Flores 10', 32' Mendoza 90+6'	Report	Macías 8' (pen.) Mena 18' Navarro 48'

27 November 2019

19:00

Estadio Morelos, Morelia

Attendance: 30,182^[13]

Referee: José Alfredo Peñaloza (Mexico City)

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Necaxa	3–0	Querétaro
Calderón 52' Gallegos 82' Herrera 90+1'	Report

27 November 2019

21:00

Estadio Victoria, Aguascalientes

Attendance: 13,705

Referee: Diego Montaño Robles (Jalisco)

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Monterrey	5–2	Santos Laguna
Pabón 2', 85' Sánchez 8' Arteaga 54' (o.g.) Janssen 70' (pen.)	Report	Furch 23' Castillo 45'

28 November 2019

19:06

Estadio BBVA, Guadalupe

Attendance: 33,635

Referee: Jorge Isaac Rojas (Mexico City)

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América	1–2	UANL
R. Sánchez 40'	Report	Pizarro 51' Gignac 67' (pen.)

28 November 2019

21:05

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City

Attendance: 45,005

Referee: Fernando Guerrero (Mexico City)

Second leg

León	1–2	Morelia
Sosa 52'	Report	Sansores 67' Flores 72'

30 November 2019

19:00

Estadio León, León

Attendance: 22,872

Referee: Marco Antonio Ortiz (Durango)

Morelia won 5–4 on aggregate

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Querétaro	2–3	Necaxa
M. Ruiz 4' Lucumí 17'	Report	Calderón 79' Gallegos 86' Salas 90'

30 November 2019

21:05

Estadio Corregidora, Querétaro

Attendance: 23,827

Referee: Fernando Hernández (Mexico City)

Necaxa won 6–2 on aggregate

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Santos Laguna	1–1	Monterrey
B. Lozano 20'	Report	Janssen 57'

1 December 2019

19:00

Estadio Corona, Torreón

Attendance: 25,642

Referee: Luis Enrique Santander (Guanajuato)

Monterrey won 6–3 on aggregate

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UANL	2–4	América
Aquino 57' Gignac 71'	Report	Viñas 21' Rodríguez 31' Dos Santos 45' Aguilera 80' (pen.)

1 December 2019

21:00

Estadio Universitario, San Nicolás de los Garza

Attendance: 41,615

Referee: César Ramos (Sinaloa)

América won 5–4 on aggregate

Semi-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Monterrey	3–1	Necaxa	2–1	1–0
Morelia	2–2 (s)	América	2–0	0–2

First leg

Monterrey	2–1	Necaxa
Gallardo 10' Janssen 73'	Report	Quiroga 64'

4 December 2019

21:06

Estadio BBVA, Guadalupe

Attendance: 42,092

Referee: Fernando Hernández (Mexico City)

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Morelia	2–0	América
Aristeguieta 16' Rocha 51'	Report

5 December 2019

20:30

Estadio Morelos, Morelia

Attendance: 33,200

Referee: Jorge Isaac Rojas (Mexico City)

Second leg

Necaxa	0–1	Monterrey
	Report	Funes Mori 90+5'

7 December 2019

20:30

Estadio Victoria, Aguascalientes

Attendance: 23,851

Referee: César Ramos (Sinaloa)

Monterrey won 3–1 on aggregate

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América	2–0	Morelia
Ibarra 37' Viñas 44'	Report

8 December 2019

18:30

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City

Attendance: 63,263

Referee: Luis Enrique Santander (Guanajuato)

2–2 on aggregate and tied on away goals. América advanced due to being the higher seed in the classification table

Finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Monterrey	3–3 (4–2 p)	América	2–1	1–2 (a.e.t.)

First leg

Monterrey	2–1	América
Medina 45+1' Funes Mori 90+3'	Report	C. Rodríguez 45' (o.g.)

26 December 2019

20:36

Estadio BBVA, Guadalupe

Attendance: 52,929

Referee: Luis Enrique Santander (Guanajuato)

Details

Monterrey[14][15]

América[14][15]

GK 1 Marcelo Barovero DF 11 Leonel Vangioni  69' DF 4 Nicolás Sánchez DF 3 César Montes  69' DF 33 Stefan Medina MF 16 Celso Ortiz MF 29 Carlos Rodríguez MF 17 Jesús Gallardo MF 20 Rodolfo Pizarro  80' MF 8 Dorlan Pabón (c)  65' FW 7 Rogelio Funes Mori Substitutions: GK 22 Luis Cárdenas DF 19 Miguel Layún  69' DF 23 Johan Vásquez MF 21 Alfonso González MF 25 Jonathan González MF 32 Maximiliano Meza  80' FW 9 Vincent Janssen  69'  90+6' Manager: Antonio Mohamed

GK 6 Guillermo Ochoa DF 3 Jorge Sánchez  90+5' DF 19 Emanuel Aguilera DF 18 Bruno Valdez DF 22 Paul Aguilar (c) MF 5 Guido Rodríguez  90+2' MF 20 Richard Sánchez MF 11 Andrés Ibargüen  40' MF 17 Sebastián Córdova  53' FW 24 Federico Viñas  81' FW 21 Henry Martín  58' Substitutions: GK 27 Óscar Jiménez DF 2 Carlos Vargas MF 14 Nicolás Benedetti  81'  90+6' MF 25 Rubén González  58' FW 9 Roger Martínez  40' FW 10 Giovani dos Santos FW 15 Nicolás Castillo Manager: Miguel Herrera

Assistant referees:[16] Christian Espinosa Zavala (Mexico City) César Cerritos García (Guanajuato) Fourth official:[16] Fernando Hernández Gómez (Veracruz) Video assistant referee:[16] Quetzalli Alvarado (Mexico City) Assistant video assistant referee:[16] Igor Itzsvan Flores (Oaxaca)

Statistics

Statistic[17]	Monterrey	América
Goals scored	2	1
Total shots	19	8
Shots on target	6	2
Saves	1	4
Ball possession	64%	36%
Corner kicks	5	3
Fouls committed	13	17
Offsides	0	2
Yellow cards	2	3
Red cards	0	1

Second leg

Details

América	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Monterrey
Viñas 6' R. Sánchez 41'	Report	Funes Mori 75'
Penalties
Castillo Aguilera G. Rodríguez Dos Santos	2–4	Janssen Medina Funes Mori N. Sánchez Vangioni

29 December 2019

20:15

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City

Attendance: 72,719

Referee: César Ramos (Sinaloa)

3–3 on aggregate. Monterrey won 4–2 on penalties

América[18][19]

Monterrey[18][19]

GK 6 Guillermo Ochoa DF 3 Jorge Sánchez DF 19 Emanuel Aguilera DF 18 Bruno Valdez DF 22 Paul Aguilar (c) MF 5 Guido Rodríguez  20' MF 30 Renato Ibarra  28' MF 20 Richard Sánchez  68' FW 24 Federico Viñas  97' FW 21 Henry Martín  96' FW 9 Roger Martínez  88' Substitutions: GK 27 Óscar Jiménez DF 2 Carlos Vargas MF 14 Nicolás Benedetti  28'  56' MF 23 Antonio López MF 25 Rubén González  68' FW 10 Giovani dos Santos  88' FW 15 Nicolás Castillo  96' Manager: Miguel Herrera

GK 1 Marcelo Barovero DF 11 Leonel Vangioni  90+1' DF 4 Nicolás Sánchez DF 33 Stefan Medina  80' DF 19 Miguel Layún  57' MF 16 Celso Ortiz MF 29 Carlos Rodríguez MF 17 Jesús Gallardo  71' MF 20 Rodolfo Pizarro  46'  30' MF 8 Dorlan Pabón (c)  108' FW 7 Rogelio Funes Mori Substitutions: GK 22 Luis Cárdenas DF 3 César Montes  57' DF 23 Johan Vásquez MF 21 Alfonso González  108' MF 25 Jonathan González MF 32 Maximiliano Meza  71' FW 9 Vincent Janssen  46' Manager: Antonio Mohamed

Assistant referees:[16] Alberto Morin Méndez (Chihuahua) Andrés Hernández Delgado (Mexico City) Fourth official:[16] Jorge Isaac Rojas (Mexico City) Video assistant referee:[16] Miguel Ángel Chacón (Guerrero) Assistant video assistant referee:[16] Miguel Ángel Reynoso (Nayarit)

Statistics

Statistic[20]	América	Monterrey
Goals scored	2	1
Total shots	22	16
Shots on target	7	6
Saves	5	5
Ball possession	48%	52%
Corner kicks	7	8
Fouls committed	18	23
Offsides	1	0
Yellow cards	3	3
Red cards	0	0

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 48 goals scored in 14 matches, for an average of 3.43 goals per match.

3 goals

• Edison Flores (Morelia)
• Rogelio Funes Mori (Monterrey)
• Vincent Janssen (Monterrey)
• Federico Viñas (América)

2 goals

• Cristian Calderón (Necaxa)
• Felipe Gallegos (Necaxa)
• André-Pierre Gignac (UANL)
• Dorlan Pabón (Monterrey)
• Richard Sánchez (América)

1 goal

• Emanuel Aguilera (América)
• Javier Aquino (UANL)
• Fernando Aristeguieta (Morelia)
• Erick Castillo (Santos Laguna)
• Giovani dos Santos (América)
• Julio Furch (Santos Laguna)
• Jesús Gallardo (Monterrey)
• Eduardo Herrera (Necaxa)
• Renato Ibarra (América)
• Brian Lozano (Santos Laguna)
• Jeison Lucumí (Querétaro)
• José Juan Macías (León)
• Stefan Medina (Monterrey)
• Ángel Mena (León)
• Fernando Navarro (León)
• Guido Pizarro (UANL)
• Mauro Quiroga (Necaxa)
• Aldo Rocha (Morelia)
• Guido Rodríguez (América)
• Marcel Ruiz (Querétaro)
• Maximiliano Salas (Necaxa)
• Nicolás Sánchez (Monterrey)
• Miguel Sansores (Morelia)
• Ismael Sosa (León)

1 own goal

• Gerardo Arteaga (against Monterrey)
• Carlos Rodríguez (against América)

Assists

3 assists

• Jesús Angulo (Necaxa)

2 assists

• Jesús Gallardo (Monterrey)
• Luis Ángel Mendoza (Morelia)
• Rodrigo Millar (Morelia)
• Dorlan Pabón (Monterrey)
• Carlos Rodríguez (Monterrey)

1 assist

• Paul Aguilar (América)
• Ayron del Valle (Querétaro)
• Jesús Dueñas (UANL)
• Julio Furch (Santos Laguna)
• André-Pierre Gignac (UANL)
• Andrés Ibargüen (América)
• Renato Ibarra (América)
• Vincent Janssen (Monterrey)
• Henry Martín (América)
• José Martínez (Morelia)
• Roger Martínez (América)
• Kevin Mercado (Necaxa)
• Fernando Navarro (León)
• Iván Ochoa (León)
• Rodolfo Pizarro (Monterrey)
• Hugo Isaác Rodríguez (Santos Laguna)
• Richard Sánchez (América)
• Diego Valdés (Santos Laguna)
• Efraín Velarde (Morelia)

Notes

1. Includes the appearances of the original Jaguares de Chiapas franchise (2002–2013), which is how the franchise was previously known as.

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