Apertura 2015 Liga MX final phase

The Apertura 2015 Liga MX championship stage commonly known as liguilla (mini league) was played from November 25, 2015 to December 13, 2015. A total of eight teams competed in the championship stage to decide the champions of the Apertura 2015 Liga MX season. Both finalists qualified to the 2016–17 CONCACAF Champions League.

Apertura 2015 Liga MX final phase

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Qualified teams

The qualified teams were seeded 1–8 in the championship stage according to their results during the regular season.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	UNAM	17	11	2	4	37	20	+17	35
2	Toluca	17	10	2	5	33	24	+9	32
3	León	17	10	0	7	32	31	+1	30
4	Chiapas	17	8	5	4	31	27	+4	29
5	UANL	17	8	4	5	26	16	+10	28
6	América	17	9	1	7	30	21	+9	28
7	Puebla	17	8	3	6	22	20	+2	27
8	Veracruz	17	8	3	6	23	27	−4	27

Updated to match(es) played on 22 November 2015. Source: Medio Tiempo
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

Format

• 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 shoot-out.
• Both finalists qualify to the 2016–17 CONCACAF Champions League (in Pot 3).

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Bracket

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Finals
	1	UNAM (s)	0	1	1
	8	Veracruz	1	0	1
								1	UNAM	3	1	4
								6	América	0	3	3
	3	León	1	2	3
	6	América	4	1	5
															1	UNAM	0	4	4 (2)
															5	UANL (p)	3	1	4 (4)
	2	Toluca	2	1	3
	7	Puebla	2	0	2
								2	Toluca	0	0	0
								5	UANL	0	2	2
	4	Chiapas	1	0	1
	5	UANL	2	1	3

Quarterfinals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Veracruz	1–1 (s)	UNAM	1–0	0–1
Puebla	2–3	Toluca	2–2	0–1
América	5–3	León	4–1	1–2
UANL	3–1	Chiapas	2–1	1–0

All times are UTC−6

First leg

25 November 2015

19:00

América	4–1	León
Goltz 24' Pau. Aguilar 36' Benedetto 44' (pen.) Arroyo 74'	Report	J. I. González 12'

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City

Attendance: 32,073

Referee: César Ramos (Sinaloa)

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25 November 2015

21:00

UANL	2–1	Chiapas
Gignac 21' Álvarez 84'	Report	Insaurralde 65'

Estadio Universitario, San Nicolás de los Garza

Attendance: 40,561^[2]

Referee: Erick Miranda (Guanajuato)

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26 November 2015

19:00

Veracruz	1–0	UNAM
Villalva 7'	Report

Estadio Luis "Pirata" Fuente, Boca del Río

Attendance: 28,530

Referee: Fernando Guerrero (Mexico City)

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26 November 2015

21:00

Puebla	2–2	Toluca
Rey 51' Herrera 87'	Report	Arellano 15' Uribe 45'

Estadio Cuauhtémoc, Puebla

Attendance: 50,700

Referee: Luis Enrique Santander (Guanajuato)

Second leg

28 November 2015

18:00

Chiapas	0–1	UANL
	Report	Gignac 21'

Estadio Víctor Manuel Reyna, Tuxtla Gutiérrez

Attendance: 27,584

Referee: Jorge Isaac Rojas (Mexico City)

UANL won 3–1 on aggregate

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28 November 2015

20:06

León	2–1	América
Burbano 44' Hernández 83'	Report	Benedetto 78'

Estadio León, León

Attendance: 24,065

Referee: José Alfredo Peñaloza (Mexico City)

América won 5–3 on aggregate

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29 November 2015

12:00

UNAM	1–0	Veracruz
Martínez 9'	Report

Estadio Olímpico Universitario, Mexico City

Attendance: 34,820

Referee: Roberto García Orozco (Mexico City)

1–1 on aggregate and 0–0 on away goals, UNAM advanced for being the higher seed in the classification table

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29 November 2015

17:00

Toluca	1–0	Puebla
Uribe 83'	Report

Estadio Nemesio Díez, Toluca

Attendance: 13,281

Referee: Francisco Chacón (Guanajuato)

Toluca won 3–2 on aggregate

Semifinals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
América	3–4	UNAM	0–3	3–1
UANL	2–0	Toluca	0–0	2–0

All times are UTC−6

First leg

3 December 2015

19:00

América	0–3	UNAM
	Report	Sosa 62' Alcoba 74' Herrera 78'

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City

Attendance: 73,286

Referee: Fernando Guerrero (Mexico City)

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3 December 2015

21:00

UANL	0–0	Toluca
	Report

Estadio Universitario, San Nicolás de los Garza

Attendance: 41,335

Referee: Luis Enrique Santander (Guanajuato)

Second leg

6 December 2015

12:00

UNAM	1–3	América
Cortés 84'	Report	Qunitero 9', 26' Andrade 87'

Estadio Olímpico Universitario, Mexico City

Attendance: 46,731

Referee: Jorge Isaac Rojas (Mexico City)

UNAM won 4–3 on aggregate

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6 December 2015

18:00

Toluca	0–2	UANL
	Report	Aquino 69' Álvarez 83'

Estadio Nemesio Díez, Toluca

Attendance: 17,165

Referee: José Alfredo Peñaloza (Mexico City)

UANL won 2–0 on aggregate

Finals

Main article: Apertura 2015 Liga MX Finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
UANL	4–4 (4–2 p)	UNAM	3–0	1–4 (a.e.t.)

All times are UTC−6

First leg

10 December 2015

21:00

UANL	3–0	UNAM
Gignac 15' (pen.) Aquino 29' Sóbis 60'	Report

Estadio Universitario, San Nicolás de los Garza

Attendance: 40,607

Referee: José Alfredo Peñaloza (Mexico City)

Second leg

13 December 2015

20:30

UNAM	4–1 (a.e.t.)	UANL
Herrera 45' Britos 55' Torales 87' Alcoba 119'	Report	Gignac 103'
Penalties
Martínez Sosa Fuentes Cortés	2–4	Gignac Juninho Rivas Jiménez

Estadio Olímpico Universitario, Mexico City

Attendance: 45,310

Referee: Fernando Guerrero (Mexico City)

4–4 on aggregate. UANL won 4–2 on penalty kicks

Apertura 2015 winners
UANL 4th title

Goalscorers

4 goals

• André-Pierre Gignac (UANL)

2 goals

• Gerardo Alcoba (UNAM)
• Damián Álvarez (UANL)
• Javier Aquino (UANL)
• Darío Benedetto (América)
• Eduardo Herrera (UNAM)
• Darwin Quintero (América)
• Fernando Uribe (Toluca)

1 goal

• Paul Aguilar (América)
• Andrés Andrade (América)
• Omar Arellano (Toluca)
• Michael Arroyo (América)
• Matías Britos (UNAM)
• Hernán Burbano (León)
• Javier Cortés (UNAM)
• Paolo Goltz (América)
• Ignacio González (León)
• Elías Hernández (León)
• Robert Herrera (Puebla)
• Juan Manuel Insaurralde (Chiapas)
• Fidel Martínez (UNAM)
• Luis Gabriel Rey (Puebla)
• Rafael Sóbis (UANL)
• Ismael Sosa (UNAM)
• Silvio Torales (UNAM)
• Daniel Villalva (Veracruz)