Clausura 2024 Liga MX final phase

Clausura 2024 Liga MX final phase
Tournament details
Dates2 May – 26 May 2024
Teams10
Tournament statistics
Matches played17
Goals scored29 (1.71 per match)
Attendance633,159 (37,245 per match)

The Clausura 2024 Liga MX final phase[1] was played between 2 May 2024 and 26 May 2024.[2] A total of ten teams competed in the final phase to decide the champions of the Clausura 2024 Liga MX season.[2]

For the second straight season, the number of clubs qualifying for the quarter-finals will be six while the teams qualifying for the reclassification is four.[3] The four clubs qualified for the reclassification competed in the "play-in" round, a tournament modeled after the NBA play-in tournament.[3]

América defeated Cruz Azul 2–1 on aggregate to win their second straight title and fifteenth overall. As winners of both the Apertura 2023 and Clausura 2024 seasons, América were automatically awarded the 2024 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 (6 teams)
Seed Team Points (GD) Date of qualification Appearance Last appearance Previous best (last) Ref.
1 América 35 6 April 2024 (PLAY)
13 April 2024 (QF) 		40th Apertura 2023 Champions (Ap. 2023) [4]
2 Cruz Azul 33 12 April 2024 (PLAY)
27 April 2024 (QF) 		35th Clausura 2023 Champions (Gua. 2021) [5]
3 Toluca 32 (+15) 7 April 2024 (PLAY)
19 April 2024 (QF) 		38th Clausura 2023 Champions (Bic. 2010) [6]
4 Monterrey 32 (+13) 6 April 2024 (PLAY)
28 April 2024 (QF) 		30th Apertura 2023 Champions (Ap. 2019) [7]
5 UANL 31 (+11) 20 April 2024 (PLAY)
27 April 2024 (QF) 		33rd Champions (Cl. 2023) [8]
6 Guadalajara 31 (+7) 20 April 2024 (PLAY)
27 April 2024 (QF) 		32nd Champions (Cl. 2017) [9]


Qualified to the play-in round (4 teams)
Seed Team Points (GD) Date of qualification Appearance Last appearance Previous best (last) Ref.
7 Pachuca 29 20 April 2024 40th Clausura 2023 Champions (Ap. 2022) [10]
8 UNAM 27 (+5) 26 April 2024 27th Apertura 2023 Champions (Cl. 2011) [11]
9 Necaxa 27 (+1) 12 April 2024 21st Apertura 2022 Champions (Inv. 1998) [12]
10 Querétaro 24 27 April 2024 6th Guardianes 2021 Runners-up (Cl. 2015) [13]

Play-in round

Format

The 9th place team hosts the 10th place team in an elimination game. The 7th hosts the 8th place team in the double-chance game, with the winner advancing as the 7-seed. The loser of this game then hosts the winner of the elimination game between the 9th and 10th place teams to determine the 8-seed.

Bracket

Play-in gamesNo. 8 seed gameFinal seeds
Serie A
7Pachuca0 (3)8UNAMNo. 7 seed
8UNAM (p)0 (5)7PachucaNo. 8 seed
7Pachuca2
Serie B9Necaxa1
9Necaxa (p)1 (3)
10Querétaro1 (2)


Play-in matches

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Pachuca 0–0 (3–5 p) UNAM
Necaxa 1–1 (3–2 p) Querétaro

Serie A

Pachuca0–0UNAM
Report
Penalties
 3–5
Attendance: 12,168
Referee: Adonai Escobedo González (Aguascalientes)

Serie B

Necaxa1–1Querétaro
  • Cambindo 56'
 Report
Penalties
 3–2
Attendance: 13,435
Referee: Daniel Quintero Huitrón (Jalisco)

No. 8 seed match

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Pachuca 2–1 Necaxa
Pachuca2–1Necaxa
 Report
Attendance: 20,102
Referee: Fernando Hernández Gómez (Mexico City)

Final seeding

The following is the final seeding for the final phase after the play-in round matches

Seed Team
1 América
2 Cruz Azul
3 Toluca
4 Monterrey
5 UANL
6 Guadalajara
7 UNAM
8 Pachuca

Bracket

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Finals
               
1 América (s) 1 1 2
8 Pachuca 1 1 2
1 América 0 1 1
6 Guadalajara 0 0 0
3 Toluca 0 0 0
6 Guadalajara 1 0 1
1 América 1 1 2
2 Cruz Azul 1 0 1
2 Cruz Azul 2 2 4
7 UNAM 0 2 2
2 Cruz Azul (s) 1 1 2
4 Monterrey 0 2 2
4 Monterrey 2 1 3
5 UANL 1 1 2


Quarter-finals

Summary

The first legs will be played on 8–9 May 2024, and the second legs will be played on 11–12 May 2024.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Pachuca 2–2 América (s) 1–1 1–1
UNAM 2–4 Cruz Azul 0–2 2–2
Guadalajara 1–0 Toluca 1–0 0–0
UANL 2–3 Monterrey 1–2 1–1

Matches

Pachuca1–1América
 Report
Attendance: 18,043
América1–1Pachuca
 Report
Attendance: 46,570
Referee: Víctor Alfonso Cáceres (Chiapas)

2–2 on aggregate. América advanced due to being the higher seeded team.

Cruz Azul2–2UNAM
 Report
Attendance: 27,228
Referee: Daniel Quintero Huitrón (Jalisco)

Cruz Azul won 4–2 on aggregate.

Guadalajara1–0Toluca
 Report
Attendance: 40,458
Referee: Oscar Mejía García (Mexico City)
Toluca0–0Guadalajara
Report
Attendance: 27,273

Guadalajara won 1–0 on aggregate.

UANL1–2Monterrey
 Report
Attendance: 41,615
Referee: Marco Antonio Ortiz (Durango)
Monterrey1–1UANL
 Report
Attendance: 51,095
Referee: Fernando Hernández Gómez (Mexico City)

Monterrey won 3–2 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

Summary

The first legs will be played on 15–16 May 2024, and the second legs will be played on 18–19 May 2024.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Guadalajara 0–1 América 0–0 0–1
Monterrey 2–2 (s) Cruz Azul 0–1 2–1
Guadalajara0–0América
Report
Attendance: 43,628
Referee: Óscar Mejía García (Mexico City)
América1–0Guadalajara
 Report
Attendance: 70,187

América won 1–0 on aggregate.

Monterrey0–1Cruz Azul
Report
Attendance: 51,708
Referee: Daniel Quintero Huitrón (Jalisco)

2–2 on aggregate. Cruz Azul advanced due to being the higher seeded team.

Finals

Summary

The first leg was played on 23 May 2024, and the second leg was played on 26 May 2024.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Cruz Azul 1–2 América 1–1 0–1


First leg

Cruz Azul1–1América
 Report
Attendance: 27,224
Referee: Fernando Hernández Gómez (Mexico City)


Details

Cruz Azul[14][15]
América[14][15]
GK 23 Kevin Mier
DF 29 Carlos Rotondi  76'
DF 33 Gonzalo Piovi
DF 3 Carlos Salcedo
DF 4 Willer Ditta
DF 18 Rodrigo Huescas
MF 8 Lorenzo Faravelli  71'
MF 19 Carlos Rodríguez
MF 15 Ignacio Rivero (c)
MF 14 Alexis Gutiérrez
FW 7 Uriel Antuna  82'
Substitutions:
GK 1 Andrés Gudiño
DF 13 Camilo Cándido  82'
DF 191 Raymundo Rubio
MF 6 Érik Lira  76'
MF 194 Amaury Morales
MF 200 Jorge García
MF 208 Louis Estrada Derbez
FW 9 Ángel Sepúlveda  71'
FW 210 Bryan Gamboa
FW 268 Mateo Levy
Manager:
Martín Anselmi
GK 1 Luis Malagón
DF 18 Cristian Calderón
DF 31 Igor Lichnovsky
DF 29 Ramón Juárez
DF 3 Israel Reyes
MF 8 Álvaro Fidalgo  90+6'
MF 6 Jonathan dos Santos
MF 33 Julián Quiñones  86'
MF 10 Diego Valdés  86'
MF 17 Alejandro Zendejas
FW 21 Henry Martín (c)  78'
Substitutions:
GK 27 Óscar Jiménez
DF 2 Luis Fuentes
DF 14 Néstor Araujo
DF 23 Emilio Lara
MF 7 Brian Rodríguez  78'
MF 16 Santiago Naveda
MF 20 Richard Sánchez  86'
MF 26 Salvador Reyes  90+6'
FW 24 Javairô Dilrosun  86'
FW 214 Patricio Salas
Manager:
André Jardine

Assistant referees:[16]
Michel Alejandro Morales (Mexico City)
Enedina Caudillo Gómez (Michoacán)
Fourth official:[16]
Luis Enrique Santander (Guanajuato)
Video assistant referee:[16]
Guillermo Pacheco Larios (Sonora)
Assistant video assistant referee:[16]
Oscar Mejía García (Mexico City)

Statistics

Statistic[17] Cruz Azul América
Goals scored 1 1
Total shots 7 7
Shots on target 3 4
Saves 1 2
Ball possession 64% 36%
Corner kicks 7 3
Fouls committed 7 8
Offsides 1 1
Yellow cards 0 0
Red cards 0 0

Second leg


América1–0Cruz Azul
 Report
Attendance: 73,604
Referee: Marco Antonio Ortiz (Durango)

América won 2–1 on aggregate.


Details

América[18][19]
Cruz Azul[18][19]
GK 1 Luis Malagón
DF 18 Cristian Calderón
DF 31 Igor Lichnovsky
DF 29 Ramón Juárez
DF 3 Israel Reyes  59'
MF 8 Álvaro Fidalgo
MF 6 Jonathan dos Santos
MF 33 Julián Quiñones  80'
MF 10 Diego Valdés  88'
MF 17 Alejandro Zendejas
FW 21 Henry Martín (c)  79'  90+3'
Substitutions:
GK 27 Óscar Jiménez
DF 2 Luis Fuentes
DF 4 Sebastián Cáceres
DF 14 Néstor Araujo
DF 23 Emilio Lara
MF 7 Brian Rodríguez
MF 16 Santiago Naveda
MF 20 Richard Sánchez  88'
MF 26 Salvador Reyes  90+3'
FW 24 Javairô Dilrosun
Manager:
André Jardine
GK 23 Kevin Mier
DF 29 Carlos Rotondi  38'  88'
DF 33 Gonzalo Piovi
DF 3 Carlos Salcedo  84'
DF 4 Willer Ditta
DF 18 Rodrigo Huescas  90+5'
MF 8 Lorenzo Faravelli  88'
MF 19 Carlos Rodríguez
MF 15 Ignacio Rivero (c)
MF 7 Uriel Antuna
FW 9 Ángel Sepúlveda
Substitutions:
GK 1 Andrés Gudiño
DF 13 Camilo Cándido  88'
DF 191 Raymundo Rubio
MF 6 Érik Lira
MF 14 Alexis Gutiérrez  84'
MF 194 Amaury Morales
MF 200 Jorge García
MF 208 Louis Estrada Derbez
FW 210 Bryan Gamboa  90+5'
FW 268 Mateo Levy  88'
Manager:
Martín Anselmi

Assistant referees:[20]
Michel Alejandro Morales (Mexico City)
Jorge Antonio Sánchez (State of Mexico)
Fourth official:[20]
Daniel Quintero Huitrón (Jalisco)
Video assistant referee:[20]
Erick Yair Miranda (Guanajuato)
Assistant video assistant referee:[20]
Christian Kiabek Espinosa (Mexico City)

Statistics

Statistic[21] América Cruz Azul
Goals scored 1 0
Total shots 11 13
Shots on target 5 5
Saves 5 4
Ball possession 47% 53%
Corner kicks 3 6
Fouls committed 7 10
Offsides 1 2
Yellow cards 3 1
Red cards 0 0

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 29 goals scored in 17 matches, for an average of 1.71 goals per match.

2 goals

1 goal

Assists

3 assists

1 assist

References

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  2. ^ a b "Liga MX reveals the Clausura 2024 calendar: here are the dates". ESPN Deportes. 18 December 2023. Retrieved 5 April 2024.
  3. ^ a b "Por unanimidad, la Asamblea de Clubes designa a Juan Carlos Rodríguez". Liga MX. Retrieved 9 October 2023.
  4. ^ "América History". 6 April 2024. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
  5. ^ "Cruz Azul History". Retrieved 12 April 2024.
  6. ^ "Toluca History". 7 April 2024. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
  7. ^ "Monterrey History". 6 April 2024. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
  8. ^ "Tigres UANL History". 20 April 2024. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
  9. ^ "Guadalajara History". 20 April 2024. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
  10. ^ "Pachuca History". 9 April 2023. Retrieved 9 April 2023.
  11. ^ "UNAM History". 26 April 2024. Retrieved 26 April 2024.
  12. ^ "Necaxa History". 12 April 2024. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
  13. ^ "Querétaro History". 27 April 2024. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
  14. ^ a b "Cruz Azul vs. América- 23 May 2024 - Soccerway". soccerway.com.
  15. ^ a b MX, LIGA MX / ASCENSO. "Minuto a Minuto". ligamx.net.
  16. ^ a b c d "Designaciones Arbitrales".
  17. ^ "Cruz Azul vs América stats – ESPNFC". ESPN. Retrieved 23 May 2024.
  18. ^ a b "América vs. Cruz Azul - 26 May 2024 - Soccerway". soccerway.com.
  19. ^ a b MX, LIGA MX / ASCENSO. "Minuto a Minuto". ligamx.net.
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  21. ^ "América vs Cruz Azul stats – ESPNFC". ESPN. Retrieved 26 May 2024.
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