Clausura 2019 Liga MX final phase

Clausura 2019 Liga MX final phase

The Clausura 2019 Liga MX championship stage commonly known as Liguilla (mini league) was played from 8 May 2019 to 26 May 2019.[1] A total of eight teams competed in the championship stage to decide the champions of the Clausura 2019 Liga MX season. Both finalists qualified to the 2020 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 Ref.
León 1 41 10th Apertura 2017 Champions
(2 times) 		[2]
UANL 2 37 24th Apertura 2018 Champions
(4 times) 		[3]
Monterrey 3 30 (+14) 22nd Champions
(3 times) 		[4]
Cruz Azul 4 30 (+9) 28th Champions
(Invierno 1997) 		[5]
América 5 29 (+9) 32nd Champions
(5 times) 		[6]
Necaxa 6 29 (+8) 16th Apertura 2016 Champions
(Invierno 1998) 		[7]
Pachuca 7 28 (+6) 21st Champions
(6 times) 		[8]
Tijuana 8 28 (+5) 7th Clausura 2018 Champions
(Apertura 2012) 		[9]

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 2020 CONCACAF Champions League.

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Bracket

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Finals
               
1 León 3 2 5
8 Tijuana 1 1 2
1 León (s) 1 0 1
5 América 0 1 1
4 Cruz Azul 1 1 2
5 América 3 0 3
1 León 0 0 0
2 UANL 1 0 1
2 UANL (s) 1 1 2
7 Pachuca 1 1 2
2 UANL (s) 0 1 1
3 Monterrey 1 0 1
3 Monterrey (s) 0 1 1
6 Necaxa 1 0 1


Quarter-finals

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Tijuana 2–5 León 1–3 1–2
Pachuca 2–2 (s) UANL 1–1 1–1
Necaxa 1–1 (s) Monterrey 1–0 0–1
América 3–2 Cruz Azul 3–1 0–1

First leg

Pachuca1–1UANL
  • Rodríguez 19' (o.g.)
 Report
Attendance: 21,298
Referee: Eduardo Galván (Mexico City)
Tijuana1–3León
 Report
Attendance: 25,333
Necaxa1–0Monterrey
 Report
Attendance: 14,627
Referee: Diego Montaño Robles (Jalisco)
América3–1Cruz Azul
 Report
Attendance: 31,450
Referee: Jorge Isaac Rojas (Mexico City)

Second leg

UANL1–1Pachuca
 Report
Attendance: 41,615
Referee: Jorge Antonio Pérez (Veracruz)

2–2 on aggregate and tied on away goals. UANL advanced for being the higher seed in the classification table.

León2–1Tijuana
 Report
Attendance: 23,291

León won 5–2 on aggregate.

Cruz Azul1–0América
Rodríguez 48' Report
Attendance: 34,779

América won 3–2 on aggregate.

Monterrey1–0Necaxa
 Report
Attendance: 33,884

1–1 on aggregate. Monterrey advanced for being the higher seed in the classification table.

Semi-finals

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
América 1–1 (s) León 0–1 1–0
Monterrey 1–1 (s) UANL 1–0 0–1

First leg

Monterrey1–0UANL
 Report
Attendance: 48,269
Referee: Jorge Isaac Rojas (Mexico City)
América0–1León
Report
Attendance: 27,228
Referee: Jorge Antonio Pérez (Veracruz)

Second leg

UANL1–0Monterrey
 Report
Attendance: 41,615
Referee: Marco Antonio Ortiz (Durango)

1–1 on aggregate. UANL advanced for being the higher seed in the classification table.

León0–1América
Report
Attendance: 26,721

1–1 on aggregate. León advanced for being the higher seed in the classification table.

Finals

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
UANL 1–0 León 1–0 0–0

First leg

UANL1–0León
 Report
Attendance: 41,615
Referee: Marco Antonio Ortiz (Durango)

Details
GK 1 Nahuel Guzmán
DF 6 Jorge Torres Nilo
DF 21 Francisco Meza  70'
DF 4 Hugo Ayala
DF 28 Luis Rodríguez
MF 19 Guido Pizarro (c)  90+3'
MF 5 Rafael Carioca
MF 20 Javier Aquino  78'
MF 9 Eduardo Vargas  60'
MF 26 Luis Quiñones  85'  83'
FW 10 André-Pierre Gignac
Substitutions:
GK 22 Lalo Fernández
DF 14 Juan José Sánchez
DF 15 Francisco Venegas
MF 36 Eduardo Tercero
MF 8 Lucas Zelarayán  85'
MF 25 Jürgen Damm  78'
FW 13 Enner Valencia  60'
Manager:
Ricardo Ferretti
GK 30 Rodolfo Cota
DF 6 William Tesillo  22'
DF 23 Ramiro González
DF 4 Andrés Mosquera
DF 5 Fernando Navarro  90'
MF 16 Jean Meneses  78'
MF 10 Luis Montes (c)
MF 12 Iván Rodríguez
MF 13 Ángel Mena
FW 33 Vinicio Angulo
FW 8 Joel Campbell  87'
Substitutions:
GK 25 William Yarbrough
DF 22 Miguel Herrera
DF 32 Dilan Zúñiga
MF 11 Yairo Moreno  78'
MF 15 Iván Ochoa
MF 19 Jorge Díaz
FW 27 Juan José Calero
Manager:
Ignacio Ambríz

Assistant referees:
Alberto Morin Méndez (Chihuahua)
Enríque Isaac Bustos (Guerrero)
Fourth official:
Jorge Antonio Pérez (Veracruz)
Video assistant referee:
Quetzalli Alvarado (Mexico City)

Statistics

Statistic[15] UANL León
Goals scored 1 0
Total shots 20 9
Shots on target 6 4
Saves 4 5
Ball possession 54% 46%
Corner kicks 9 3
Fouls committed 16 13
Offsides 1 0
Yellow cards 3 3
Red cards 0 0

Second leg

León0–0UANL
Report
Attendance: 26,131

UANL won 1–0 on aggregate.

Details
GK 30 Rodolfo Cota
DF 6 William Tesillo
DF 23 Ramiro González  64'
DF 4 Andrés Mosquera  88'  90+3'
DF 5 Fernando Navarro
MF 12 Iván Rodríguez  71'
MF 10 Luis Montes (c)
MF 11 Yairo Moreno
MF 14 Rubens Sambueza
MF 13 Ángel Mena  32'
FW 8 Joel Campbell
Substitutions:
GK 25 William Yarbrough
DF 22 Miguel Herrera
MF 15 Iván Ochoa
MF 16 Jean Meneses  32'
MF 19 Jorge Díaz
FW 27 Juan José Calero
FW 33 Vinicio Angulo  64'
Manager:
Ignacio Ambríz
GK 1 Nahuel Guzmán  81'
DF 6 Jorge Torres Nilo
DF 21 Francisco Meza
DF 4 Hugo Ayala
DF 28 Luis Rodríguez
MF 19 Guido Pizarro (c)  90+1'
MF 5 Rafael Carioca  77'  77'
MF 20 Javier Aquino  46'
MF 9 Eduardo Vargas  62'
MF 26 Luis Quiñones  64'
FW 10 André-Pierre Gignac
Substitutions:
GK 30 Miguel Ortega
DF 3 Carlos Salcedo  77'
MF 29 Jesús Dueñas  46'
MF 36 Eduardo Tercero
MF 8 Lucas Zelarayán
MF 25 Jürgen Damm
FW 13 Enner Valencia  62'
Manager:
Ricardo Ferretti

Assistant referees:
Miguel Ángel Hernández (Puebla)
Christian Kiabek Espinosa (Mexico City)
Fourth official:
Jorge Isaac Rojas (Mexico City)
Video assistant referee:
León Vicente Barajas (Mexico City)

Statistics

Statistic[18] León UANL
Goals scored 0 0
Total shots 14 9
Shots on target 5 3
Saves 3 5
Ball possession 57% 43%
Corner kicks 8 1
Fouls committed 13 15
Offsides 2 0
Yellow cards 2 4
Red cards 1 0

Statistics

Goalscorers

2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal

Assists

2 assists
1 assist

Notes

  1. ^ a b The América v León match was originally scheduled for 15 May but was postponed due to poor air quality around Mexico City. As a result, the second leg was also postponed one day.[11]
  2. ^ The match was originally scheduled to take place at Estadio Azteca, despite the poor air quality, but was later moved to Querétaro. [12]

References

  1. ^ "El Clausura 2019 inicia el 4 de enero y no habrá jornadas dobles". Claro.com. 10 December 2018. Retrieved 2018-12-10.
  2. ^ "León History". 5 May 2019. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
  3. ^ "Tigres UANL History". 5 May 2019. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
  4. ^ "Monterrey History". 5 May 2019. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
  5. ^ "Cruz Azul History". 5 May 2019. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
  6. ^ "América History". 5 May 2019. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
  7. ^ "Necaxa History". 5 May 2019. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
  8. ^ "Pachuca History". 5 May 2019. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
  9. ^ "Tijuana History". 5 May 2019. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
  10. ^ "Reglamento de Competencia 2018–19" (PDF). ligamx.net. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
  11. ^ "Mexico City declares pollution alert, postpones football semi-final".
  12. ^ "Club America-Leon semifinals match moved from Mexico City due to pollution concerns". 15 May 2019.
  13. ^ a b "UANL vs. León - 23 May 2019 - Soccerway". soccerway.com.
  14. ^ a b MX, LIGA MX / ASCENSO. "Minuto a Minuto". ligamx.net.
  15. ^ "UANL vs León stats – ESPNFC". ESPN. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
  16. ^ a b "León vs. UANL - 26 May 2019 - Soccerway". soccerway.com.
  17. ^ a b MX, LIGA MX / ASCENSO. "Minuto a Minuto". ligamx.net.
  18. ^ "León vs UANL stats – ESPNFC". ESPN. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
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