2017–18 Liga MX season

The 2017–18 Liga MX season (known as the Liga BBVA Bancomer MX for sponsorship reasons) was the 71st professional season of the top-flight football league in Mexico. The season is split into two championships—the Torneo Apertura and the Torneo Clausura—each in an identical format and each contested by the same eighteen teams.

Liga MX

Season	2017–18
Champions	Apertura: UANL (6th title) Clausura: Santos Laguna (6th title)
Relegated	None[a]
Champions League	UANL Monterrey Santos Laguna Toluca
Matches played	306
Goals scored	775 (2.53 per match) Apertura: 388 (2.54 per match) Clausura: 387 (2.53 per match)
Top goalscorer	Apertura: Mauro Boselli Avilés Hurtado (11 goals) Clausura: Djaniny (14 goals)
Biggest home win	Apertura: UANL 5–0 Puebla (July 22, 2017) Necaxa 5–0 BUAP (October 28, 2017) Clausura: BUAP 5–0 Veracruz (February 24, 2018) Cruz Azul 5–0 Pachuca (March 10, 2018)
Biggest away win	Apertura: Querétaro 0–4 BUAP (July 29, 2017) Clausura: León 0–4 Necaxa (January 27, 2018) Puebla 2–6 Pachuca (April 6, 2018)
Highest scoring	Apertura: León 6–2 Veracruz (October 28, 2017) Clausura: Puebla 2–6 Pachuca (April 6, 2018)
Longest winning run	Apertura: 5 matches León Monterrey Clausura: 9 matches Toluca
Longest unbeaten run	Apertura: 11 matches Monterrey Clausura: 11 matches América
Longest winless run	Apertura: 12 matches Querétaro Clausura: 8 matches BUAP Cruz Azul UNAM
Longest losing run	Apertura: 5 matches Veracruz Clausura: 5 matches BUAP Puebla
Highest attendance	Apertura: 51,507 Monterrey vs América (October 28, 2017) Clausura: 51,307 America vs Cruz Azul (March 31, 2018)
Lowest attendance	Apertura: 4,651 BUAP vs Tijuana (October 17, 2017) Clausura: 7,183 BUAP vs Atlas (February 10, 2018)
Total attendance	Apertura: 3,571,757 Clausura: 3,881,277 Overall: 7,453,034
Average attendance	Apertura: 23,345 Clausura: 25,368
← 2016–17 2018–19 → Stats are from the regular season only Source: ESPN FC

Clubs

These are the eighteen teams that competed in the 2017-18 season. Chiapas was relegated to the Ascenso MX after accumulating the lowest coefficient last season, and were replaced by the Ascenso MX Clausura 2017 champion Lobos BUAP, who won promotion after defeating the Ascenso MX Apertura 2016 champion Dorados de Sinaloa in the 2016–17 Ascenso MX Promotion Final.

Stadiums and locations

América	Atlas	BUAP	Cruz Azul	Guadalajara	León
Estadio Azteca	Estadio Jalisco	Estadio Universitario BUAP	Estadio Azul	Estadio Akron	Estadio León
Capacity: 87,000	Capacity: 55,110	Capacity: 19,283	Capacity: 33,000	Capacity: 45,364	Capacity: 31,297
Monterrey	Morelia	Necaxa	Pachuca	Puebla	Querétaro
Estadio BBVA Bancomer	Estadio Morelos	Estadio Victoria	Estadio Hidalgo	Estadio Cuauhtémoc	Estadio Corregidora
Capacity: 51,348	Capacity: 34,795	Capacity: 23,851	Capacity: 27,512	Capacity: 51,726	Capacity: 33,162
Santos Laguna	Tijuana	Toluca	UANL	UNAM	Veracruz
Estadio Corona	Estadio Caliente	Estadio Nemesio Díez	Estadio Universitario	Estadio Olímpico Universitario	Estadio Luis "Pirata" Fuente
Capacity: 29,237	Capacity: 27,333	Capacity: 31,000	Capacity: 41,886	Capacity: 48,297	Capacity: 28,703

Cruz Azul
América
UNAM

Atlas
Guadalajara

León

Monterrey

Morelia

Necaxa

Pachuca

Puebla
BUAP

Querétaro

Santos Laguna

Tijuana

Toluca

Tigres UANL

Veracruz

Locations of clubs for the 2016–17 Liga MX season

Personnel and kits

Team	Chairman	Head Coach	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor(s)
América	Santiago Baños	Miguel Herrera	Oribe Peralta	Nike	Huawei
Atlas	Gustavo Guzmán	Gerardo Espinoza (Interim)	Rafael Márquez	Adidas	Wibe
BUAP	Rafael Cañedo Carrión	Daniel Alcántar (Interim)	Francisco Javier Rodríguez	Keuka	Zurich
Cruz Azul	Guillermo Álvarez Cuevas	Pedro Caixinha	José de Jesús Corona	Under Armour	Cemento Cruz Azul
Guadalajara	Jorge Vergara	Matías Almeyda	Carlos Salcido	Puma	None
León	Jesús Martínez Murguia	Gustavo Díaz	Mauro Boselli	Pirma	Cementos Fortaleza
Monterrey	Duilio Davino	Antonio Mohamed	José María Basanta	Puma	AT&T
Morelia	Álvaro Dávila	Roberto Hernández	Gabriel Achilier	Pirma	Caliente
Necaxa	Ernesto Tinajero Flores	Ignacio Ambríz	Marcelo Barovero	Charly	Rolcar
Pachuca	Jesús Martínez Patiño	Diego Alonso	Erick Gutiérrez	Nike	Cementos Fortaleza
Puebla	Manuel Jiménez García	Enrique Meza	Óscar Rojas	Charly	Caliente
Querétaro	Jaime Ordiales	Luis Fernando Tena	Miguel Martínez	Puma	Banco Multiva
Santos Laguna	Alejandro Irarragorri	Robert Siboldi	Carlos Izquierdoz	Puma	Soriana
Tijuana	Jorge Hank Inzunsa	Diego Cocca	Ignacio Malcorra	Charly	Caliente
Toluca	Francisco Suinaga	Hernán Cristante	Antonio Rios	Under Armour	Citibanamex
UANL	Alejandro Rodríguez Michelsen	Ricardo Ferretti	Juninho	Adidas	Cemex
UNAM	Rodrigo Ares de Parga	David Patiño	Pablo Barrera	Nike	DHL
Veracruz	Fidel Kuri Mustieles	Guillermo Vázquez	Pedro Gallese	Charly	Winpot Casino

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Replaced by	Date of appointment	Position in table	Ref.
Pre-Apertura changes
América	Ricardo La Volpe	End of contract	May 7, 2017	Miguel Herrera	May 26, 2017	Preseason	[1]
Tijuana	Miguel Herrera	Mutual agreement	May 26, 2017	Eduardo Coudet	May 26, 2017	Preseason	[2]
Apertura changes
UNAM	Francisco Palencia	Sacked	August 23, 2017	Sergio Egea (interim)	August 23, 2017	15th	[3]
León	Javier Torrente	Sacked	August 26, 2017	Rubén Ayala (Interim)	August 27, 2017	14th	[4]
León	Rubén Ayala (Interim)	End of tenure as caretaker	August 27, 2017	Gustavo Díaz	August 30, 2017	14th	[5]
Santos Laguna	José Manuel de la Torre	Sacked	September 18, 2017	Robert Siboldi (Interim)	September 18, 2017	15th	[6]
Veracruz	Juan Antonio Luna	Sacked	September 23, 2017	José Cardozo	September 23, 2017	11th	[7]
Puebla	Rafael García	Sacked	September 26, 2017	Ignacio Sánchez (Interim)	September 26, 2017	18th	[8]
Puebla	Ignacio Sánchez (Interim)	End of tenure as caretaker	October 3, 2017	Enrique Meza	October 3, 2017	17th	[9]
UNAM	Sergio Egea (Interim)	Resigned	October 3, 2017	David Patiño (Interim)	October 3, 2017	18th	[10]
Querétaro	Jaime Lozano	Sacked	October 22, 2017	Luis Fernando Tena	October 22, 2017	18th	[11]
Tijuana	Eduardo Coudet	Mutual agreement	October 30, 2017	Diego Torres Ortíz (Interim)	October 31, 2017	11th	[12]
Pre-Clausura changes
Veracruz	José Cardozo	Sacked	November 23, 2017	Guillermo Vázquez	December 1, 2017	Preseason	[13]
Cruz Azul	Paco Jémez	Mutual agreement	November 27, 2017	Pedro Caixinha	December 5, 2017	Preseason	[14]
Tijuana	Diego Torres Ortíz (Interim)	End of tenure as caretaker	December 7, 2017	Diego Cocca	December 7, 2017	Preseason
Clausura changes
Atlas	José Guadalupe Cruz	Sacked	January 15, 2018	Gerardo Espinoza (Interim)	January 15, 2018	17th	[15]
Atlas	Gerardo Espinoza (Interim)	End of tenure as caretaker	January 25, 2018	Rubén Omar Romano	January 25, 2018	17th	[16]
Atlas	Rubén Omar Romano	Sacked	March 19, 2018	Gerardo Espinoza (Interim)	March 19, 2018	18th	[17]
BUAP	Rafael Puente Jr.	Sacked	April 2, 2018	Daniel Alcántar (Interim)	April 2, 2018	18th	[18]

Torneo Apertura

The Apertura 2017 is the first championship of the season.

Regular phase

The season began on 21 July 2017 and ended on 19 November 2017.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Monterrey	17	11	4	2	29	12	+17	37	Advance to Liguilla[b]
2	UANL (C)	17	9	5	3	28	16	+12	32
3	América	17	9	3	5	23	18	+5	30
4	Morelia	17	8	5	4	25	17	+8	29
5	Toluca	17	8	5	4	24	21	+3	29
6	Cruz Azul	17	7	6	4	22	22	0	27
7	León	17	8	2	7	27	23	+4	26
8	Atlas	17	7	4	6	23	19	+4	25
9	Necaxa	17	6	6	5	19	15	+4	24
10	BUAP	17	7	2	8	26	31	−5	23
11	Tijuana	17	6	3	8	17	23	−6	21
12	Pachuca	17	5	4	8	23	25	−2	19
13	Guadalajara	17	4	6	7	21	23	−2	18
14	Santos Laguna	17	3	9	5	20	23	−3	18
15	Puebla	17	3	7	7	14	20	−6	16
16	Querétaro	17	3	7	7	19	27	−8	16
17	Veracruz	17	4	2	11	14	28	−14	14	Team is last in Relegation table
18	UNAM	17	3	4	10	14	25	−11	13

Source: Liga MX
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results between tied teams; 5) Number of goals scored away; 6) Highest relegation coefficient; 7) Fair Play points
(C) Champions
Notes:

1. BUAP was supposed to be relegated but Tapachula were not certified to be promoted prior to the beginning of the season.
2. The first 8 places in the table qualify for the Liguilla.

Positions by round

The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included in the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for matchday 13, but then postponed and played between days 16 and 17, it will be added to the standings for day 16.

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17
Monterrey	9	7	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
UANL	1	3	7	11	5	4	3	5	6	4	3	5	4	3	2	2	2
América	14	8	6	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	5	3	3
Morelia	12	13	12	14	16	14	9	6	7	10	8	6	5	4	3	4	4
Toluca	10	5	3	3	4	6	4	4	3	2	5	4	3	6	7	6	5
Cruz Azul	4	6	8	8	3	3	6	7	4	7	6	7	7	8	8	9	6
León	17	18	15	12	14	11	15	9	8	5	4	3	6	5	4	5	7
Atlas	2	1	5	7	10	10	13	16	16	13	11	9	10	9	9	8	8
Necaxa	3	2	4	5	6	7	5	8	9	6	7	8	8	7	6	7	9
BUAP	8	4	1	4	8	8	12	13	10	8	9	11	12	12	12	11	10
Tijuana	15	16	18	18	15	12	7	3	5	9	10	10	9	10	11	10	11
Pachuca	13	15	17	15	12	5	10	11	13	12	12	13	11	11	10	12	12
Guadalajara	11	12	11	16	18	18	17	15	12	14	16	16	18	15	14	15	13
Santos Laguna	7	11	10	13	17	17	14	14	15	16	15	15	14	13	13	13	14
Puebla	18	14	16	17	13	16	18	18	18	18	17	17	15	16	15	14	15
Querétaro	5	10	9	6	7	9	11	12	14	15	14	14	17	18	17	16	16
Veracruz	16	17	14	10	9	13	8	10	11	11	13	12	13	14	16	17	17
UNAM	6	9	13	9	11	15	16	17	17	17	18	18	16	17	18	18	18

	Leader and qualification to playoffs
	Qualification to playoffs
	Last place in table

Source: Liga MX

Results

Home \ Away	AMÉ	ATL	BUP	CAZ	GUA	LEÓ	MON	MOR	NEC	PAC	PUE	QUE	SLA	TIJ	TOL	UNL	UNM	VER
América					2–1				0–1		1–1	0–1				2–2	2–1	2–0
Atlas	0–1		1–1					0–1		1–1				1–0		1–1	2–1	2–0
BUAP	2–3			3–0		0–3	2–1	1–3		3–2			2–2	1–2
Cruz Azul	1–3	2–1			1–1		1–1						2–1		0–0	1–2		1–0
Guadalajara		1–2	1–2					1–2	2–2		0–1	0–0		3–1	0–0		1–1
León	2–1	0–3		2–2	0–2		1–2			3–1			1–2			1–0		6–2
Monterrey	2–0	2–1			4–1				1–0	2–0			1–1		4–1	2–0		1–0
Morelia	2–0			1–2		0–0	0–0			1–2			1–1	3–0		3–3
Necaxa		2–1	5–0	1–1		0–3		1–2			1–1	1–0		1–0			0–0
Pachuca	0–2			4–0	1–3				0–0		1–0	0–1			2–2	2–1		4–1
Puebla		1–2	0–1	0–0		0–1	2–0	1–1				2–2		1–1			0–3
Querétaro		2–2	0–4	1–2		1–2	2–2	2–1					1–2	1–3			1–1
Santos Laguna	0–1	0–1			1–1				3–2	2–2	0–0				0–0	1–1		2–3
Tijuana	1–1			0–2		2–1	0–3			2–1			2–0			0–1		0–0
Toluca	1–2	3–2	3–1			3–1		0–1	0–0		2–1	3–2		3–1			2–1
UANL			3–2		1–0				1–0		5–0	1–1			3–0		2–0	1–0
UNAM			2–0	1–4		2–0	0–1	1–2		1–0			2–2	0–2
Veracruz			0–1		2–3			2–1	0–2		2–0	1–1			0–1		1–0

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Liga MX
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Players sorted first by goals scored, then by last name.

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Mauro Boselli	León	11
	Avilés Hurtado	Monterrey
3	Julio Furch	Santos Laguna	9
	Julián Quiñones	BUAP
	Raúl Ruidíaz	Morelia
	Enner Valencia	UANL
7	Víctor Guzmán	Pachuca	8
	Felipe Mora	Cruz Azul
	Camilo Sanvezzo	Querétaro
	Fernando Uribe	Toluca

Source: Liga MX

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Enner Valencia	UANL	Puebla	5–0	22 July 2017

Clean sheets Rank Player Club Clean sheets Avg. 1 Hugo González Monterrey 8 0.63 Marcelo Barovero Necaxa 0.88 3 Nahuel Guzmán UANL 7 0.94 4 Sebastián Sosa Morelia 6 1.00 5 Moisés Muñoz Puebla 4 0.93 Agustín Marchesín América 1.06 Luis Manuel García Toluca 1.31 Alfredo Saldívar UNAM 1.47 9 Óscar Ustari Atlas 3 0.71 Gibrán Lajud Tijuana 1.35 José de Jesús Corona Cruz Azul 1.38 William Yarbrough León 1.42 Tiago Volpi Querétaro 1.59 Source: Fox Sports

Saves Rank Player Club Saves 1 Sebastián Sosa Morelia 75 2 Marcelo Barovero Necaxa 67 2 Rodolfo Cota Guadalajara 67 4 Tiago Volpi Querétaro 63 5 Nahuel Guzmán UANL 58 5 Agustín Marchesín América 58 7 Jonathan Orozco Santos Laguna 57 8 Alfredo Saldívar UNAM 55 8 Gibrán Lajud Tijuana 55 10 Luis Manuel García Toluca 54 10 William Yarbrough León 54 Source: Fox Sports

Attendance

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Monterrey	432,157	51,507	42,953	48,017	−1.9%†
2	UANL	330,501	41,427	41,210	41,313	0.0%†
3	Atlas	264,985	49,579	22,294	33,123	−11.1%†
4	América	212,385	47,532	19,081	30,341	−3.3%†
5	Guadalajara	261,754	35,888	20,707	29,084	−18.8%†
6	Tijuana	211,764	27,333	25,333	26,471	+1.1%†
7	Morelia	198,285	31,134	18,099	24,786	−16.9%†
8	Cruz Azul	180,684	27,649	17,254	22,586	+7.9%†
9	Pachuca	196,344	25,138	15,345	21,816	−14.2%†
10	León	190,271	25,450	16,400	21,141	+1.8%†
11	Santos Laguna	181,766	27,849	11,956	20,196	−20.4%†
12	Toluca	194,267	27,480	12,584	19,427	−15.1%†
13	Querétaro	164,902	21,952	13,789	18,322	−20.4%†
14	UNAM	141,606	27,200	10,100	17,701	−41.6%2
15	Veracruz	115,762	18,929	11,375	14,470	−18.8%†
16	Necaxa	121,418	17,750	7,225	13,491	−20.2%†
17	Puebla	117,591	45,527	4,802	13,066	−46.3%†
18	BUAP	83,164	19,283	4,651	10,396	+391.3%1
	League total	3,571,757	51,507	4,651	23,345	−15.9%†

Source: Liga MX
Notes:
Only regular season listed
1: Team played in Ascenso MX last season.
2: UNAM played one home match at Estadio Corregidora

Highest and lowest

Highest attendance					Lowest attendance
Week	Home	Score	Away	Attendance	Home	Score	Away	Attendance
1	UANL	5–0	Puebla	41,269	BUAP	2–2	Santos Laguna	5,815
2	Monterrey	1–0	Veracruz	46,130	Puebla	1–1	Morelia	12,067
3	América	2–1	UNAM	45,256	BUAP	3–2	Pachuca	8,764
4	Atlas	0–1	América	49,313	Puebla	1–1	Tijuana	8,124
5	UANL	2–0	UNAM	41,427	Veracruz	1–1	Querétaro	14,436
6	Monterrey	4–1	Toluca	46,496	Puebla	0–1	León	6,232
7	UANL	3–2	BUAP	41,329	Toluca	2–1	Puebla	12,584
8	Monterrey	1–0	Necaxa	50,721	BUAP	1–3	Morelia	12,623
9	Monterrey	2–1	Atlas	47,106	Necaxa	1–1	Puebla	8,456
10	América	2–1	Guadalajara	47,532	BUAP	1–2	Tijuana	4,651
11	Monterrey	1–1	Santos Laguna	42,953	Puebla	1–2	Atlas	5,127
12	UANL	1–0	Guadalajara	41,322	BUAP	0–3	León	9,464
13	Monterrey	2–0	Pachuca	46,888	Puebla	2–2	Querétaro	4,802
14	UANL	3–0	Toluca	41,405	BUAP	3–0	Cruz Azul	14,230
15	Monterrey	2–0	América	51,348	Puebla	3–0	UNAM	12,481
16	UANL	1–0	Necaxa	41,210	BUAP	2–1	Monterrey	8,334
17	Monterrey	2–0	UANL	51,127	Necaxa	1–2	Morelia	17,750

Source: Liga MX

Final phase

Main article: Apertura 2017 Liga MX final phase

Bracket

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Finals
	1	Monterrey	2	4	6
	8	Atlas	1	1	2
								1	Monterrey	1	4	5
								4	Morelia	0	0	0
	4	Morelia (s)	1	2	3
	5	Toluca	2	1	3
															1	Monterrey	1	1	2
															2	UANL	1	2	3
	2	UANL (s)	1	1	2
	7	León	1	1	2
								2	UANL	1	3	4
								3	América	0	0	0
	3	América (s)	0	0	0
	6	Cruz Azul	0	0	0

• Teams are re-seeded each round.
• Team with more goals on aggregate after two matches advances.
• Away goals rule is applied in the quarterfinals and semifinals, but not the final.
• In the quarterfinals and semifinals, if the two teams are tied on aggregate and away goals, the higher seeded team advances.
• In the final, if the two teams are tied after both legs, the match goes to extra-time and, if necessary, a shootout.
• Both finalists qualify to the 2019 CONCACAF Champions League (champions as MEX1, runners-up as MEX3).

Quarterfinals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Atlas	2–6	Monterrey	1–2	1–4
León	2–2	UANL (s)	1–1	1–1
Cruz Azul	0–0	América (s)	0–0	0–0
Toluca	3–3	Morelia (s)	2–1	1–2

Semifinals

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

Finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
UANL	3–2	Monterrey	1–1	2–1

Champions
UANL 6th title

Torneo Clausura

The Clausura 2018 is the second championship of the season. The regular phase of the tournament began in January 2018.

Regular phase

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Toluca	17	11	3	3	24	13	+11	36	Advance to Liguilla[a]
2	América	17	7	8	2	24	14	+10	29
3	Monterrey	17	8	5	4	30	21	+9	29
4	Santos Laguna (C)	17	9	2	6	29	20	+9	29
5	UANL	17	7	7	3	23	16	+7	28
6	Tijuana	17	6	7	4	18	12	+6	25
7	UNAM	17	6	6	5	24	24	0	24
8	Morelia	17	7	3	7	22	24	−2	24
9	Pachuca	17	6	5	6	29	27	+2	23
10	Puebla	17	7	2	8	23	24	−1	23
11	Necaxa	17	4	10	3	20	14	+6	22
12	Cruz Azul	17	5	7	5	22	18	+4	22
13	León	17	6	4	7	24	33	−9	22
14	Querétaro	17	4	6	7	13	18	−5	18
15	Atlas	17	5	3	9	17	26	−9	18
16	Veracruz	17	5	3	9	12	25	−13	18
17	Guadalajara	17	3	6	8	14	24	−10	15
18	BUAP (R)	17	2	3	12	18	33	−15	9	Relegated to Ascenso MX

Source: Liga MX
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Number of goals scored away; 5) Head-to-head results between tied teams; 6) Highest relegation coefficient; 7) Fair Play points
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. The first 8 places in the table qualify for the Liguilla, if team last in Relegation table is in the top eight, the ninth placed team qualifies.

Positions by round

The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included in the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for matchday 13, but then postponed and played between days 16 and 17, it will be added to the standings for day 16.

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17
Toluca	9	15	12	11	11	7	10	9	4	3	3	2	1	1	1	1	1
América	5	5	7	4	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	4	4	3	3	5	2
Monterrey	8	4	6	2	1	3	4	7	3	8	8	6	5	5	5	3	3
Santos Laguna	1	8	3	5	7	4	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	4
UANL	15	10	13	6	8	11	11	10	6	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	5
Tijuana	10	7	8	3	5	9	12	8	10	6	7	8	8	7	7	8	6
UNAM	2	1	1	1	3	1	3	3	5	9	9	9	9	12	10	6	7
Morelia	6	6	14	7	4	5	7	5	11	7	5	5	6	6	6	7	8
Pachuca	14	12	9	13	14	13	6	11	7	10	11	11	13	8	8	9	9
Puebla	4	11	4	10	6	8	5	4	8	5	6	7	7	11	13	11	10
Necaxa	12	13	15	12	12	10	9	6	9	12	10	10	10	10	9	10	11
Cruz Azul	13	3	5	9	10	14	15	15	15	15	14	14	16	14	14	12	12
León	3	2	2	8	9	6	8	12	12	11	12	12	15	16	12	13	13
Querétaro	17	9	10	14	15	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	11	13	15	15	14
Atlas	16	17	17	18	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	16	15
Veracruz	11	16	16	16	13	15	14	14	14	14	16	16	14	9	11	14	16
Guadalajara	7	14	11	15	16	16	16	16	17	16	15	15	12	15	16	17	17
BUAP	18	18	18	17	18	17	17	17	16	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	18

	Leader and qualification to playoffs
	Qualification to playoffs
	Last place in table

Source: Liga MX

Results

Home \ Away	AMÉ	ATL	BUP	CAZ	GUA	LEÓ	MON	MOR	NEC	PAC	PUE	QUE	SLA	TIJ	TOL	UNL	UNM	VER
América		1–0	5–1	2–1		2–0	0–0	4–1		2–2			1–0	0–0	1–2
Atlas				2–1	1–0	1–2	0–1		1–1		1–0	1–0	3–2		1–3
BUAP		3–1			0–1				0–1		0–1	0–2			1–2	0–0	1–1	5–0
Cruz Azul			1–0			0–0		2–0	0–2	5–0	1–1	0–1		0–0			1–1
Guadalajara	1–1			1–3		0–2	1–2			1–1			0–2			0–0		0–1
León			2–2					2–3	0–4		2–1	1–1		1–1	3–1		3–0
Monterrey			4–0	2–2		5–1		1–1			1–3	3–1		0–0			2–1
Morelia		2–1	2–1		1–2				2–2		1–0	1–0			0–1		1–2	2–0
Necaxa	1–1				1–3		3–0			1–1			1–2		0–0	1–1		0–0
Pachuca		0–0	3–1			2–1	1–2	2–3					3–1	2–0	2–1		2–3
Puebla	3–1				2–0				1–1	2–6			0–1		2–0	2–1		2–0
Querétaro	0–1				2–2				1–1	0–0	2–1				0–2	0–0		0–1
Santos Laguna			4–2	2–0		5–1	3–2	1–0				3–0		0–0			1–2
Tijuana		2–2	3–1		3–0			1–1	1–0		2–0	0–2			1–0		4–1
Toluca				1–1	1–1		2–1			2–1			2–0			1–0		3–0
UANL	1–1	2–0		2–2		4–1	2–2	2–1		3–2			2–1	1–0
UNAM	0–0	3–1			1–1						4–2	1–1			0–1	2–0		1–2
Veracruz	1–1	3–1		1–2		1–2	0–2			0–1			1–1	1–0		0–2

Updated to match(es) played on 29 April 2018. Source: Liga MX
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Players sorted first by goals scored, then by last name.

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Djaniny	Santos Laguna	14
2	Nicolás Castillo	UNAM	11
3	Mauro Boselli	León	9
	Lucas Cavallini	Puebla
	Carlos González	Necaxa
	André-Pierre Gignac	UANL
	Raúl Ruidíaz	Morelia
8	Milton Caraglio	Atlas	8
	Julián Quiñones	BUAP
10	Keisuke Honda	Pachuca	7
	Sebastián Palacios	Pachuca

Source: Liga MX

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Djaniny	Santos Laguna	BUAP	4–2	7 January 2018
Henry Martín	América	BUAP	5–1	3 February 2018
Djaniny	Santos Laguna	León	5–1	14 February 2018
Sebastián Palacios4	Pachuca	Puebla	6–2	6 April 2018
Raúl Ruidíaz	Morelia	León	3–2	7 April 2018
Nicolas Castillo	UNAM	Puebla	4–2	15 April 2018

⁴ Player scored four goals

Clean sheets Rank Player Club Clean sheets Avg. 1 Gibrán Lajud Tijuana 8 0.71 2 Agustín Marchesín América 7 0.82 3 Alfredo Talavera Toluca 6 0.50 Marcelo Barovero Necaxa 0.88 Nahuel Guzmán UANL 0.94 6 José de Jesús Corona Cruz Azul 5 1.06 Tiago Volpi Querétaro Jonathan Orozco Santos Laguna 1.18 9 Alfonso Blanco Pachuca 4 1.59 10 José Hernández Atlas 3 0.80 Hugo González Monterrey 1.21 Moisés Muñoz Puebla 1.36 Sebastián Sosa Morelia 1.41 William Yarbrough León 1.73 Source: Fox Sports

Saves Rank Player Club Saves 1 Tiago Volpi Querétaro 82 2 Alfredo Saldívar UNAM 72 3 Sebastián Sosa Morelia 67 4 Gibrán Lajud Tijuana 66 5 Alfonso Blanco Pachuca 65 6 José de Jesús Corona Cruz Azul 56 7 William Yarbrough León 55 8 Rodolfo Cota Guadalajara 54 9 Nahuel Guzmán UANL 47 10 Marcelo Barovero Necaxa 46 10 Moisés Muñoz Puebla 46 Source: Fox Sports

Attendance

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Monterrey	342,717	44,819	40,197	42,840	−10.8%†
2	UANL	372,186	41,615	41,185	41,354	+0.1%†
3	Guadalajara	256,685	39,855	20,793	32,086	+10.3%†
4	Atlas	276,182	46,565	18,087	30,687	−7.4%†
5	UNAM	273,620	45,980	17,800	30,402	+71.8%†
6	América	274,232	51,307	17,840	27,423	−9.6%†
7	Tijuana	239,697	27,333	25,333	26,633	+0.6%†
8	Pachuca	192,600	27,402	15,194	24,075	+10.4%†
9	Toluca	165,556	27,480	17,285	23,651	+21.7%†
10	Santos Laguna	187,558	27,349	20,796	23,445	+16.1%†
11	Querétaro	181,206	31,432	16,446	22,651	+23.6%†
12	Morelia	193,329	28,952	15,199	21,481	−13.3%†
13	Veracruz	190,845	27,013	12,259	21,205	+46.5%†
14	Necaxa	157,574	23,165	12,535	19,697	+46.0%†
15	Puebla	157,448	37,499	13,025	19,681	+50.6%†
16	Cruz Azul	164,631	27,253	11,085	18,292	−19.0%†
17	León	135,798	19,228	13,074	16,975	−19.7%†
18	BUAP	119,413	19,145	7,183	13,268	+27.6%†
	League total	3,881,277	51,307	7,183	25,368	+8.7%†

Source: Liga MX
Notes:
Only regular season listed.

Highest and lowest

Highest attendance					Lowest attendance
Week	Home	Score	Away	Attendance	Home	Score	Away	Attendance
1	Monterrey	1–1	Morelia	42,948	Necaxa	0–0	Veracruz	12,535
2	UANL	2–1	Santos Laguna	41,396	BUAP	0–2	Querétaro	7,300
3	UNAM	0–0	América	45,980	Puebla	2–0	Veracruz	17,116
4	UANL	3–2	Pachuca	41,268	Veracruz	1–1	Santos Laguna	12,259
5	Monterrey	5–1	León	44,562	América	5–1	BUAP	18,282
6	UANL	1–1	América	41,478	BUAP	3–1	Atlas	7,183
7	Monterrey	2–2	Cruz Azul	40,197	BUAP	0–0	UANL	10,237
8	UANL	2–0	Atlas	41,185	Cruz Azul	1–1	Puebla	12,187
9	UNAM	1–1	Guadalajara	43,825	Puebla	1–1	Necaxa	17,717
10	Guadalajara	1–1	América	42,179	Cruz Azul	0–1	Querétaro	11,085
11	UANL	1–0	Tijuana	41,304	Querétaro	1–1	Necaxa	18,001
12	Monterrey	3–1	Querétaro	41,072	León	2–2	BUAP	13,175
13	América	2–1	Cruz Azul	51,307	BUAP	1–2	Toluca	10,826
14	Monterrey	2–1	UNAM	44,306	Puebla	2–6	Pachuca	13,646
15	UANL	2–2	Cruz Azul	41,228	UNAM	4–2	Puebla	17,800
16	Atlas	1–0	Guadalajara	46,565	Querétaro	0–0	Pachuca	16,446
17	UANL	2–2	Monterrey	41,615	BUAP	0–1	Puebla	10,876

Source: Liga MX

Final phase

Main article: Clausura 2018 Liga MX championship stage

Bracket

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Finals
	1	Toluca (s)	2	2	4
	8	Morelia	2	2	4
								1	Toluca	1	4	5
								6	Tijuana	2	1	3
	3	Monterrey	1	1	2
	6	Tijuana	1	2	3
															1	Toluca	1	1	2
															4	Santos Laguna	2	1	3
	2	América	4	2	6
	7	UNAM	1	1	2
								2	América	1	2	3
								4	Santos Laguna	4	2	6
	4	Santos Laguna (s)	0	2	2
	5	UANL	2	0	2

• Teams are re-seeded each round.
• Team with more goals on aggregate after two matches advances.
• Away goals rule is applied in the quarterfinals and semifinals, but not the final.
• In the quarterfinals and semifinals, if the two teams are tied on aggregate and away goals, the higher seeded team advances.
• In the final, if the two teams are tied after both legs, the match goes to extra-time and, if necessary, a shootout.
• Both finalists qualify to the 2019 CONCACAF Champions League (champions as MEX2, runners-up as MEX4).

Quarterfinals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Morelia	4–4	Toluca (s)	2–2	2–2
UNAM	2–6	América	1–4	1–2
Tijuana	3–2	Monterrey	1–1	2–1
UANL	2–2	Santos Laguna (s)	2–0	0–2

Semifinals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Tijuana	3–5	Toluca	2–1	1–4
Santos Laguna	6–3	América	4–1	2–2

Finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Santos Laguna	3–2	Toluca	2–1	1–1

Relegation table

Pos	Team	'15 A Pts	'16 C Pts	'16 A Pts	'17 C Pts	'17 A Pts	'18 C Pts	Total Pts	Total Pld	Avg	GD	Relegation
1	Monterrey	23	37	25	27	37	29	178	102	1.7451	+26	Safe for 2018–19 Season
2	Toluca	32	22	24	27	29	33	170	102	1.6667	+14
3	América	28	29	28	24	30	29	168	102	1.6471	+15
4	UANL	28	24	30	25	32	28	167	102	1.6373	+19
5	León	30	30	26	20	26	22	154	102	1.5098	–5
6	Morelia	23	28	20	24	29	24	148	102	1.4510	+6
7	Pachuca	21	30	31	24	19	23	148	102	1.4510	0
8	Tijuana	16	18	33	31	21	25	144	102	1.4118	0
9	Necaxa	Ascenso MX		26	21	24	22	93	68	1.3676	+10
10	UNAM	35	22	27	18	13	24	139	102	1.3627	–11
11	Guadalajara	21	28	28	27	18	15	137	102	1.3431	–12
12	Santos Laguna	17	27	16	26	18	29	133	102	1.3039	+6
13	Cruz Azul	20	22	19	21	27	22	131	102	1.2843	+4
14	Puebla	27	22	20	16	16	23	125	102	1.2157	–7
15	Atlas	17	14	19	26	25	18	119	102	1.1667	–5
16	Querétaro	22	19	20	19	16	18	114	102	1.1176	–13
17	Veracruz	27	14	12	21	14	18	106	102	1.0392	–27
18	BUAP (R)	Ascenso MX				23	9	32	34	0.9412	–20	Relegated to Ascenso MX

Rules for relegation: 1) Relegation coefficient; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results between tied teams; 5) Number of goals scored away; 6) Fair Play points
R = Relegated.
Source: LigaMX

Aggregate table

The aggregate table (the sum of points of both the Apertura and Clausura tournaments) will be used to determine the participants of the Apertura 2018 Copa MX. This table also displays teams that have qualified for the 2019 CONCACAF Champions League.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Monterrey	34	19	9	6	59	33	+26	66	Copa MX Pot 1 CONCACAF Champions League
2	Toluca	34	19	8	7	48	34	+14	65
3	UANL	34	16	12	6	51	32	+19	60
4	América	34	16	11	7	47	32	+15	59	Copa MX Pot 1
5	Morelia	34	15	8	11	47	41	+6	53	Copa MX Pot 2
6	Cruz Azul	34	12	13	9	44	40	+4	49
7	León	34	14	6	14	51	56	−5	48
8	Santos Laguna	34	12	11	11	49	43	+6	47	Copa MX Pot 2 CONCACAF Champions League
9	Necaxa[a]	34	10	16	8	39	29	+10	46	Copa MX Pot 1
10	Tijuana	34	12	10	12	35	35	0	46	Copa MX Pot 3
11	Atlas	34	12	7	15	40	45	−5	43
12	Pachuca	34	11	9	14	52	52	0	42
13	Puebla	34	10	9	15	37	44	−7	39
14	UNAM	34	9	10	15	38	49	−11	37
15	Querétaro	34	7	13	14	32	45	−13	34
16	Guadalajara	34	7	12	15	35	47	−12	33
17	BUAP[b]	34	9	5	20	44	64	−20	32
18	Veracruz	34	9	5	20	26	53	−27	32	Copa MX Pot 3

Source: Liga MX
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Number of goals scored away; 5) Head-to-head results between tied teams; 6) Highest relegation coefficient; 7) Fair Play points
Notes:

1. Necaxa is in Pot 1 due to winning the Clausura 2018 Copa MX
2. BUAP is ineligible for Copa MX

See also

• 2017–18 Liga MX Femenil season
• 2017–18 Ascenso MX season