2012 Mexican Primera División
Tournament details
CountryMexico Mexico
Teams8
Final positions
ChampionsSantos
Runner-upMonterrey
Tournament statistics
Matches played14
Goals scored41 (2.93 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)Oribe Peralta
(6 goals)

The Liguilla (English: Little League) of the 2012 Mexican Primera División Clausura season is a final knockout tournament involving eight teams of the Mexican Primera División. The tournament began on May 2, 2012 with the first matches of the quarterfinals and ended on May 20, 2012 with the second leg of the final. The winners and runners-up of the competition will qualify for the 2012–13 CONCACAF Champions League.

Teams

In a change from previous seasons, the 18 teams in the 2012 Clausura were not divided into three groups of six teams each. Instead, the eight best teams in the general table qualified for the competition.

S Team Manager Captain Performance at the 2012 Clausura
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1Santos LagunaMexico Benjamín GalindoMexico Oswaldo Sánchez1711333318+1536
2MonterreyMexico Víctor Manuel VucetichMexico Luis Ernesto Pérez179533215+1732
3AméricaMexico Miguel HerreraArgentina Daniel Montenegro179533026+432
4MoreliaMexico Tomás BoyArgentina Federico Vilar179442518+731
5UANLBrazil Ricardo FerrettiArgentina Lucas Lobos179442216+631
6PachucaMexico Efraín FloresMexico Leobardo López177732417+728
7TijuanaArgentina Antonio MohamedArgentina Javier Gandolfi177731811+728
8ChiapasMexico José Guadalupe CruzColombia Jackson Martínez178362620+627

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 Santos Laguna 4 2 6
8 Chiapas 3 1 4
1 Santos Laguna 1 2 3
5 UANL 1 2 3
4 Morelia 0 1 1
5 UANL 1 4 5
1 Santos Laguna 1 2 3
2 Monterrey 1 1 2
2 Monterrey 2 2 4
7 Tijuana 1 2 3
2 Monterrey 0 2 2
3 América 0 0 0
3 América 3 0 3
6 Pachuca 1 1 2
  • If the two teams are tied after both legs, the higher seeded team advances.
  • Both finalists qualify to the 2012–13 CONCACAF Champions League Group Stage. Note that Santos are already qualified to 2012-13 Champions League as the runners-up of the Apertura, and as they win the Clausura final, they earn the spot given to the Clausura Champion and relinquish the spot for the Apertura Runner-up to Guadalajara, the best record of the 2011 Apertura not already qualified.

Quarterfinals

The first legs of the quarterfinals were played on May 2 and 3. The second legs were played on May 5 and 6.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Chiapas (8) 4 – 6 (1) Santos Laguna 3 – 4 1 – 2
Tijuana (7) 3 – 4 (2) Monterrey 1 – 2 2 – 2
Pachuca (6) 2 – 3 (3) América 1 – 3 1 – 0
UANL (5) 5 – 1 (4) Morelia 1 – 0 4 – 1

Kickoffs are given in local time (UTC-5 unless stated otherwise).

First leg

May 2, 2012 Pachuca 1 – 3 América Pachuca, Hidalgo
20:30 López 77' (pen.) Report Molina 38'
Bermúdez 42', 59'
Stadium: Estadio Hidalgo
Referee: Erim Ramírez
May 2, 2012 Tijuana 1 – 2 Monterrey Tijuana, Baja California
20:30 PDT Enríquez 88' Report Zavala 31'
Reyna 49'
Stadium: Estadio Caliente
Referee: Jorge Pérez
May 3, 2012 Chiapas 3 – 4 Santos Laguna Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas
19:00 Rey 29'
Martínez 32', 74'
Report Ludueña 25', 60'
Peralta 39'
Quintero 90+6'
Stadium: Estadio Víctor Manuel Reyna
Referee: José Peñaloza
May 3, 2012 UANL 1 – 0 Morelia San Nicolás de los Garza, Nuevo León
21:00 Mancilla 23' Report Stadium: Estadio Universitario
Referee: Jorge Rojas

Second leg

May 5, 2012 América 0 – 1 Pachuca Santa Ursula, Mexico City
18:00 Report Herrera 36' Stadium: Estadio Azteca
Referee: Marco Rodríguez
May 5, 2012 Monterrey 2 – 2 Tijuana Monterrey, Nuevo León
20:00 Delgado 44'
Basanta 65'
Reyna Yellow card 27' Yellow-red card 31'
Report Arévalo 9', 61' (pen)
Almazán Red card 51'
Pulido Red card 73'
Stadium: Estadio Tecnológico
Referee: Ricardo Arellano
May 6, 2012 Santos Laguna 2 – 1 Chiapas Torreón, Coahuila
18:00 Quintero 15'
Peralta 37'
Report Zamorano 7' Stadium: Estadio TSM Corona
Referee: Roberto García
May 6, 2012 Morelia 1 – 4 UANL Morelia, Michoacán
20:00 Sabah 86' Report Ayala 64'
Lobos 74'
Edno 76'
Hernández 90+1'
Stadium: Estadio Morelos
Referee: Mauricio Morales

Semi-finals

The first legs of the semifinals were played on May 9 and 10. The second legs were played on May 12 and 13.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
UANL (5) 3 – 3 (1) Santos Laguna 1 – 1 2 – 2
América (3) 0 – 2 (2) Monterrey 0 – 0 0 – 2

Kickoffs are given in local time (UTC-5 unless stated otherwise).

First leg

May 9, 2012 América 0 – 0 Monterrey Santa Ursula, Mexico City
21:00 Aguilar Yellow card 42' Yellow-red card 83' Report Stadium: Estadio Azteca
Referee: Mauricio Morales
May 10, 2012 UANL 1 – 1 Santos Laguna San Nicolás de los Garza, Nuevo León
20:00 Lobos 69' Report Estrada 62' Stadium: Estadio Universitario
Referee: Francisco Chacón

Second leg

May 12, 2012 Monterrey 2 – 0 América Monterrey, Nuevo León
21:00 Basanta 9'
de Nigris 52'
Report Stadium: Estadio Tecnológico
Referee: Roberto García
May 13, 2012 Santos Laguna 2 – 2 UANL Torreón, Coahuila
20:00 Peralta 87', 90' Report Mancilla 6', 27' Stadium: Estadio TSM Corona
Referee: Marco Rodríguez

Final

The first leg of the final was played on May 17. The second leg was played on May 20.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
(2) Monterrey 2 - 3 (1) Santos Laguna 1 - 1 1 - 2

Kickoffs are given in local time (UTC-5 unless stated otherwise).

First leg

May 17, 2012 Monterrey 1 – 1 Santos Laguna Monterrey, Nuevo León
21:00 Suazo 90+4' (pen) Report Peralta 70' Stadium: Estadio Tecnológico
Referee: Mauricio Morales

Second leg

May 20, 2012 Santos Laguna 2 – 1 Monterrey Torreón, Coahuila
20:00 Ludueña 6'
Peralta 65'
Report de Nigris 79' Stadium: Estadio TSM Corona
Referee: Roberto García
2012 Clausura winners:
Santos Laguna
4th Title

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