Apertura 2019 Liga MX final phase

Football tournament season

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 →

The Apertura 2019 Liga MX championship stage commonly known as Liguilla (mini league) was played from 27 November 2019 to 29 December 2019. Due to finalist Monterrey participating in the 2019 FIFA Club World Cup, the final was postponed to 29 December from 15 December. 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.

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
Santos Laguna	1	37	30th	Apertura 2018	Champions (6 times)
León	2	33	11th	Clausura 2019	Champions (2 times)
UANL	3	32	25th	Clausura 2019	Champions (5 times)
Querétaro	4	31 (+12)	11th	Apertura 2018	Runners-up (Clausura 2015)
Necaxa	5	31 (+10, GF 33)	17th	Clausura 2019	Champions (Invierno 1998)
América	6	31 (+10, GF 32)	33rd	Clausura 2019	Champions (5 times)
Morelia	7	27 (+5)	25th	Clausura 2018	Champions (Invierno 2000)
Monterrey	8	27 (+4)	23rd	Clausura 2019	Champions (3 times)

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.

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

27 November 201919:00

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

Estadio Morelos, MoreliaAttendance: 30,182Referee: José Alfredo Peñaloza (Mexico City)

27 November 201921:00

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

Estadio Victoria, AguascalientesAttendance: 13,705Referee: Diego Montaño Robles (Jalisco)

28 November 201919:06

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

Estadio BBVA, GuadalupeAttendance: 33,635Referee: Jorge Isaac Rojas (Mexico City)

28 November 201921:05

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

Estadio Azteca, Mexico CityAttendance: 45,005Referee: Fernando Guerrero (Mexico City)

Second leg

30 November 201919:00

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

Estadio León, LeónAttendance: 22,872Referee: Marco Antonio Ortiz (Durango)

Morelia won 5–4 on aggregate

30 November 201921:05

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

Estadio Corregidora, QuerétaroAttendance: 23,827Referee: Fernando Hernández (Mexico City)

Necaxa won 6–2 on aggregate

1 December 201919:00

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

Estadio Corona, TorreónAttendance: 25,642Referee: Luis Enrique Santander (Guanajuato)

Monterrey won 6–3 on aggregate

1 December 201921:00

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

Estadio Universitario, San Nicolás de los GarzaAttendance: 41,615Referee: 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

4 December 201921:06

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

Estadio BBVA, GuadalupeAttendance: 42,092Referee: Fernando Hernández (Mexico City)

5 December 201920:30

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

Estadio Morelos, MoreliaAttendance: 33,200Referee: Jorge Isaac Rojas (Mexico City)

Second leg

7 December 201920:30

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

Estadio Victoria, AguascalientesAttendance: 23,851Referee: César Ramos (Sinaloa)

Monterrey won 3–1 on aggregate

8 December 201918:30

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

Estadio Azteca, Mexico CityAttendance: 63,263Referee: 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

26 December 201920:36

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

Estadio BBVA, GuadalupeAttendance: 52,929Referee: Luis Enrique Santander (Guanajuato)

Details

Monterrey

América


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

Statistics

Statistic	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

29 December 201920:15

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

Estadio Azteca, Mexico CityAttendance: 72,719Referee: César Ramos (Sinaloa)

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

América

Monterrey


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

Statistics

Statistic	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

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

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

Assists

3 assists

Jesús Angulo (Necaxa)

2 assists

1 assist

Notes

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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