Clausura 2022 Liga MX final phase

The Torneo Grita México Clausura 2022 (stylized as Grita... México C22) Liga MX final phase^[1] was played between 7 May and 29 May 2022.^[2] A total of twelve teams competed in the final phase to decide the champions of the Clausura 2022 Liga MX season. For the fourth straight season, an additional qualifying round, the reclassification or repechaje, was employed, which expanded the number of playoff spots to 12.^[3]

Clausura 2022 Liga MX final phase

Tournament details
Dates	7–29 May 2022
Teams	12
Tournament statistics
Matches played	18
Goals scored	57 (3.17 per match)
Attendance	596,379 (33,132 per match)
← Apertura 2021 Apertura 2022 →

Both finalists qualified to the 2023 CONCACAF Champions League.

Atlas defeated Pachuca 3–2 on aggregate to win their second straight title and third overall. As winners of both the Apertura 2021 and Clausura 2022 seasons, Atlas were automatically awarded the 2022 Campeón de Campeones.

Qualified teams

The following teams qualified for the championship stage.

In the following tables, 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).

Qualified directly to quarter-finals (4 teams)

Seed	Team	Points (GD)	Date of qualification	Appearance	Last appearance	Previous best	Ref.
1	Pachuca	38	7 April 2022 (REC) 16 April 2022 (QF)	37th	Guardianes 2021	Champions (5 times)	[4]
2	UANL	33	10 April 2022 (REC) 16 April 2022 (QF)	29th	Apertura 2021	Champions (5 times)	[5]
3	Atlas	27	19 April 2022(REC) 30 April 2022 (QF)	24th		Champions (Apertura 2021)	[6]
4	América	26 (+7)	23 April 2022 (REC) 1 May 2022 (QF)	37th		Champions (5 times)	[7]

Qualified to Reclassification round (8 teams)

Seed	Team	Points (GD)	Date of qualification	Appearance	Last appearance	Previous best	Ref.
5	Puebla	26 (+6)	16 April 2022	11th	Apertura 2021	Semifinals (3 times)	[8]
6	Guadalajara	26 (+4, 25 GF)	23 April 2022	29th		Champions (3 times)	[9]
7	Monterrey	26 (+4, 21 GF)	19 April 2022	27th		Champions (4 times)	[10]
8	Cruz Azul	25	21 April 2022	32nd		Champions (2 times)	[11]
9	Necaxa	23 (0)	22 April 2022	19th	Guardianes 2020	Champions (Invierno 1998)	[12]
10	Atlético San Luis	23 (–1)	24 April 2022	2nd	Apertura 2021	Reclassification (Apertura 2021)
11	UNAM	22	1 May 2022	25th		Champions (4 times)	[13]
12	Mazatlán	21	1 May 2022	1st	Debut	Debut

Format

Reclassification

• All rounds were played in a single game hosted by the higher seed
• If a game ended in a draw, it proceeded directly to a penalty shoot-out.

Liguilla

• Teams were re-seeded each round.
• The winners of the Reclassification matches were seeded based on their ranking in the classification table.
• Team with more goals on aggregate after two matches advanced.
• No away goals rule is applied in neither round; if the two teams were tied on aggregate, the higher-seeded team advanced.
• In the final, if the two teams were tied after both legs, the match would go to extra time and, if necessary, a shoot-out.
• Both finalists qualified to the 2023 CONCACAF Champions League.

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Reclassification

Summary

Matches took place on 7–8 May 2022.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Puebla	2–2 (3–1 p)	Mazatlán
Guadalajara	4–1	UNAM
Monterrey	2–2 (1–3 p)	Atlético San Luis
Cruz Azul	1–1 (3–1 p)	Necaxa

Matches

Cruz Azul	1–1	Necaxa
Escobar 56'	Report	Aguirre 88'
Penalties
Romero Aldrete Abram	3–1	Formiliano Araos Oliveros Palma

7 May 2022

17:45 CDT (UTC−5)

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City

Attendance: 29,073

Referee: Fernando Guerrero (Mexico City)

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Monterrey	2–2	Atlético San Luis
Janssen 18' Rodríguez 90+6'	Report	Waller 47' Murillo 53'
Penalties
Janssen Meza Ortiz Pizarro	1–3	Berterame Chávez Güémez Waller

7 May 2022

20:06 CDT (UTC−5)

Estadio BBVA, Guadalupe

Attendance: 38,614

Referee: Jorge Antonio Pérez (Veracruz)

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Puebla	2–2	Mazatlán
De Buen 4' Segovia 14'	Report	Rubio 37' Vidrio 90+1'
Penalties
Mancuello De Buen Corral Reyes	3–1	Padilla Sansores Díaz Fabián

8 May 2022

17:00 CDT (UTC−5)

Estadio Cuauhtémoc, Puebla

Attendance: 29,105

Referee: César Arturo Ramos (Sinaloa)

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Guadalajara	4–1	UNAM
Calderón 12' Beltrán 51' Macías 87' Vega 89'	Report	Diogo 19'

8 May 2022

19:15 CDT (UTC−5)

Estadio Akron, Zapopan

Attendance: 37,508

Referee: Marco Antonio Ortiz (Durango)

Seeding

The following is the final seeding for the final phase. The winners of the Reclassification matches were seeded based on their position in the classification table.

Seed	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Pachuca	17	12	2	3	30	15	+15	38
2	UANL	17	10	3	4	30	20	+10	33
3	Atlas	17	7	6	4	21	15	+6	27
4	América	17	7	5	5	24	17	+7	26
5	Puebla	17	7	5	5	25	19	+6	26
6	Guadalajara	17	7	5	5	25	21	+4	26
7	Cruz Azul	17	7	4	6	20	17	+3	25
8	Atlético San Luis	17	7	2	8	21	22	−1	23

Source: Liga MX
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Away goals scored; 5) Drawing of lots.

Bracket

	Quarter-finals							Semi-finals							Finals
	1	Pachuca	2	3	5
	8	Atlético San Luis	2	2	4
								1	Pachuca	1	3	4
								4	América	1	0	1
	4	América	1	3	4
	5	Puebla	1	2	3
															1	Pachuca	0	2	2
															3	Atlas	2	1	3
	2	UANL (s)	1	0	1
	7	Cruz Azul	0	1	1
								2	UANL	0	0	0
								3	Atlas	3	2	5
	3	Atlas	2	1	3
	6	Guadalajara	1	1	2

Quarter-finals

The first legs were played on 11–12 May, and the second legs were played on 14–15 May.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Atlético San Luis	4–5	Pachuca	2–2	2–3
Cruz Azul	1–1 (s)	UANL	0–1	1–0
Guadalajara	2–3	Atlas	1–2	1–1
Puebla	3–4	América	1–1	2–3

First leg

Atlético San Luis	2–2	Pachuca
Berterame 25' (pen.) Sanabria 90+4'	Report	Ibáñez 5', 77'

11 May 2022

19:00 CDT (UTC−5)

Estadio Alfonso Lastras, San Luis Potosí

Attendance: 16,605

Referee: Óscar Mejía García (Mexico City)

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Puebla	1–1	América
Aristeguieta 55'	Report	Cáceres 80'

11 May 2022

21:05 CDT (UTC−5)

Estadio Cuauhtémoc, Puebla

Attendance: 43,921

Referee: Luis Enrique Santander (Guanajuato)

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Cruz Azul	0–1	UANL
	Report	Dueñas 44'

12 May 2022

19:00 CDT (UTC−5)

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City

Attendance: 28,974

Referee: Fernando Hernández Gómez (Mexico City)

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Guadalajara	1–2	Atlas
Calderón 54'	Report	Márquez 28', 44'

12 May 2022

21:05 CDT (UTC−5)

Estadio Akron, Zapopan

Attendance: 34,780

Referee: Jorge Antonio Pérez (Veracruz)

Second leg

América	3–2	Puebla
Martín 42' Valdés 58' (pen.) Zendejas 73'	Report	Reyes 45+2' Aristeguieta 90+7' (pen.)

14 May 2022

18:00 CDT (UTC−5)

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City

Attendance: 51,186

Referee: Fernando Guerrero (Mexico City)

América won 4–3 on aggregate.

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Pachuca	3–2	Atlético San Luis
Ibáñez 47', 90+6' Cabral 67'	Report	Chávez 52' Hernández 90+3'

14 May 2022

20:05 CDT (UTC−5)

Estadio Hidalgo, Pachuca

Attendance: 9,565

Referee: Marco Antonio Ortiz (Durango)

Pachuca won 5–4 on aggregate.

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Atlas	1–1	Guadalajara
Chalá 45+5'	Report	Macías 89'

15 May 2022

18:00 CDT (UTC−5)

Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara

Attendance: 32,746

Referee: Fernando Hernández Gómez (Mexico City)

Atlas won 3–2 on aggregate.

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UANL	0–1	Cruz Azul
	Report	Tabó 19'

15 May 2022

20:05 CDT (UTC−5)

Estadio Universitario, San Nicolás de los Garza

Attendance: 40,161

Referee: César Arturo Ramos (Sinaloa)

1–1 on aggregate. UANL advanced due to being the higher seeded team in the classification table.

Semi-finals

The first legs were played on 18–19 May, and the second legs were played on 21–22 May.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
América	1–4	Pachuca	1–1	0–3
Atlas	5–0	UANL	3–0	2–0

First leg

Atlas	3–0	UANL
Furch 40' Reyes 60' Quiñones 90'	Report

18 May 2022

21:00 CDT (UTC−5)

Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara

Attendance: 20,684

Referee: Jorge Antonio Pérez (Veracruz)

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América	1–1	Pachuca
Valdés 54'	Report	Ibáñez 82' (pen.)

19 May 2022

20:00 CDT (UTC−5)

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City

Attendance: 62,633

Referee: Marco Antonio Ortiz (Durango)

Second leg

UANL	0–2	Atlas
	Report	Quiñones 45' Rocha 90+10' (pen.)

21 May 2022

20:00 CDT (UTC−5)

Estadio Universitario, San Nicolás de los Garza

Attendance: 41,635

Referee: César Arturo Ramos (Sinaloa)

Atlas won 5–0 on aggregate. UANL originally won the second leg 4–2, however, the club had nine foreign players on the field (clubs are only allowed a maximum of eight), thus, UANL's four goals were annulled.

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Pachuca	3–0	América
Ibarra 13', 66' Sánchez 44'	Report

22 May 2022

20:06 CDT (UTC−5)

Estadio Hidalgo, Pachuca

Attendance: 19,310

Referee: Fernando Hernández Gómez (Mexico City)

Pachuca won 4–1 on aggregate.

Finals

The first leg was played on 26 May, and the second leg was played on 29 May.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Atlas	3–2	Pachuca	2–0	1–2

First leg

Atlas	2–0	Pachuca
Reyes 26' Quiñones 90+3'	Report

26 May 2022

21:00 CDT (UTC−5)

Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara

Attendance: 37,841

Referee: Marco Antonio Ortiz (Durango)

Details

Atlas[14][15]

Pachuca[14][15]

GK 12 Camilo Vargas DF 5 Anderson Santamaría  75' DF 2 Hugo Nervo DF 15 Emanuel Aguilera  69' MF 4 José Abella MF 6 Édgar Zaldívar MF 26 Aldo Rocha (c)  70' MF 14 Luis Reyes MF 21 Aníbal Chalá  58' FW 9 Julio Furch  76'  81' FW 33 Julián Quiñones Substitutions: GK 1 José Hernández DF 13 Gaddi Aguirre  75' DF 15 Diego Barbosa  69' MF 11 Brayan Garnica MF 18 Jeremy Márquez  81' MF 19 Edyairth Ortega MF 32 Lucas Rodríguez FW 22 Franco Troyansky FW 28 Christopher Trejo FW 199 Jonathan Herrera Manager: Diego Cocca

GK 5 Oscar Ustari (c) DF 3 Kevin Álvarez DF 22 Gustavo Cabral  70' DF 4 Miguel Tapias DF 195 Daniel Aceves MF 28 Érick Sánchez  90+5' MF 24 Luis Chávez MF 11 Avilés Hurtado  79' MF 6 Víctor Guzmán  89' MF 30 Romario Ibarra  46' FW 7 Nicolás Ibáñez Substitutions: GK 25 Carlos Moreno DF 12 Geisson Perea DF 19 Fernando Navarro  46' DF 23 Óscar Murillo DF 33 José Castillo MF 21 Jesús Trindade MF 35 Bryan González MF 226 Pedro Pedraza FW 9 Roberto de la Rosa  79' FW 190 Jesús Hernández  89' Manager: Guillermo Almada

Assistant referees:[16] Miguel Ángel Hernández (Puebla) Enedina Caudillo Gómez (Michoacán) Fourth official:[16] Luis Enrique Santander (Guanajuato) Video assistant referee:[16] Erick Yair Miranda (Guanajuato) Assistant video assistant referee:[16] Juan Joel Rangel (Mexico City)

Statistics

Statistic[17]	Atlas	Pachuca
Goals scored	2	0
Total shots	13	18
Shots on target	4	5
Saves	5	2
Ball possession	40%	60%
Corner kicks	4	7
Fouls committed	15	10
Offsides	2	0
Yellow cards	3	2
Red cards	0	0

Second leg

Pachuca	2–1	Atlas
Ibarra 8' Ibáñez 45+9'	Report	Furch 45' (pen.)

29 May 2022

20:10 CDT (UTC−5)

Estadio Hidalgo, Pachuca

Attendance: 22,038

Referee: Fernando Hernández Gómez (Mexico City)

Atlas won 3–2 on aggregate.

Details

Pachuca[18][19]

Atlas[18][19]

GK 5 Oscar Ustari (c) DF 3 Kevin Álvarez  58' DF 23 Óscar Murillo DF 22 Gustavo Cabral DF 195 Daniel Aceves  37'  59' MF 28 Érick Sánchez  86' MF 24 Luis Chávez  90+5' MF 6 Víctor Guzmán MF 30 Romario Ibarra  78' MF 11 Avilés Hurtado  59' FW 7 Nicolás Ibáñez Substitutions: GK 25 Carlos Moreno DF 4 Miguel Tapias DF 12 Geisson Perea DF 19 Fernando Navarro  59' DF 33 José Castillo MF 21 Jesús Trindade MF 35 Bryan González  59' FW 9 Roberto de la Rosa  78' FW 190 Jesús Hernández  86' FW 229 Illian Hernández Manager: Guillermo Almada

GK 12 Camilo Vargas  45+8' DF 5 Anderson Santamaría  46' DF 2 Hugo Nervo DF 15 Emanuel Aguilera MF 4 José Abella MF 6 Édgar Zaldívar MF 26 Aldo Rocha (c)  40' MF 14 Luis Reyes  45+4' MF 21 Aníbal Chalá  83' FW 33 Julián Quiñones FW 9 Julio Furch  86' Substitutions: GK 1 José Hernández DF 13 Gaddi Aguirre  86' DF 15 Diego Barbosa  46' MF 11 Brayan Garnica MF 18 Jeremy Márquez MF 19 Edyairth Ortega MF 32 Lucas Rodríguez FW 22 Franco Troyansky FW 28 Christopher Trejo FW 199 Jonathan Herrera Manager: Diego Cocca

Assistant referees:[20] José Ibrahim Martínez (Mexico City) Enrique Isaac Bustos (Guerrero) Fourth official:[20] Fernando Guerrero (Mexico City) Video assistant referee:[20] Adonai Escobedo González (Aguascalientes) Assistant video assistant referee:[20] Guillermo Pacheco Larios (Sonora)

Statistics

Statistic[21]	Pachuca	Atlas
Goals scored	2	1
Total shots	21	11
Shots on target	6	2
Saves	0	4
Ball possession	66%	34%
Corner kicks	2	1
Fouls committed	16	8
Offsides	3	3
Yellow cards	4	3
Red cards	0	1

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 57 goals scored in 18 matches, for an average of 3.17 goals per match.

6 goals

• Nicolás Ibáñez (Pachuca)

3 goals

• André-Pierre Gignac (UANL)
• Romario Ibarra (Pachuca)
• Julián Quiñones (Atlas)

2 goals

• Fernando Aristeguieta (Puebla)
• Cristian Calderón (Guadalajara)
• Julio Furch (Atlas)
• José Juan Macías (Guadalajara)
• Jeremy Márquez (Atlas)
• Luis Reyes (Atlas)
• Diego Valdés (América)

1 goal

• Rodrigo Aguirre (Necaxa)
• Fernando Beltrán (Guadalajara)
• Germán Berterame (Atlético San Luis)
• Gustavo Cabral (Pachuca)
• Sebastián Cáceres (América)
• Aníbal Chalá (Atlas)
• Ricardo Chávez (Atlético San Luis)
• Diego de Buen (Puebla)
• Diogo (UNAM)
• Jesús Dueñas (UANL)
• Juan Escobar (Cruz Azul)
• Abel Hernández (Atlético San Luis)
• Vincent Janssen (Monterrey)
• Igor Lichnovsky (UANL)
• Henry Martín (América)
• Jhon Murillo (Atlético San Luis)
• Israel Reyes (Puebla)
• Aldo Rocha (Atlas)
• Michell Rodríguez (Monterrey)
• Brian Rubio (Mazatlán)
• Juan Manuel Sanabria (Atlético San Luis)
• Érick Sánchez (Pachuca)
• Juan Pablo Segovia (Puebla)
• Christian Tabó (Cruz Azul)
• Alexis Vega (Guadalajara)
• Néstor Vidrio (Mazatlán)
• Facundo Waller (Atlético San Luis)
• Alejandro Zendejas (América)

Assists

4 assists

• Víctor Guzmán (Pachuca)

2 assists

• Avilés Hurtado (Pachuca)
• Diego Valdés (América)

1 assist

• José Abella (Atlas)
• Daniel Aceves (Pachuca)
• Érick Aguirre (Monterrey)
• Kevin Álvarez (Pachuca)
• Jesús Angulo (UANL)
• Ángelo Araos (Necaxa)
• Germán Berterame (Atlético San Luis)
• Aníbal Chalá (Atlas)
• Álvaro Fidalgo (América)
• Sergio Flores (Guadalajara)
• Julio Furch (Atlas)
• Jhon Murillo (Atlético San Luis)
• Fernando Navarro (Pachuca)
• Jesús Orozco (Guadalajara)
• Arturo Ortiz (UNAM)
• Pablo Parra (Puebla)
• Pavel Pérez (Guadalajara)
• Guido Pizarro (UANL)
• Luis Quiñones (UANL)
• Luis Reyes (Atlas)
• Aldo Rocha (Atlas)
• Rubens Sambueza (Atlético San Luis)
• Alexis Vega (Guadalajara)
• Facundo Waller (Atlético San Luis)
• Ángel Zaldívar (Guadalajara)

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