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.

Clausura 2019 Liga MX final phase

← Apertura 2018 Apertura 2019 →

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

8 May 2019

19:00 CDT (UTC−6)

Pachuca	1–1	UANL
Rodríguez 19' (o.g.)	Report	Aquino 22'

Estadio Hidalgo, Pachuca

Attendance: 21,298

Referee: Eduardo Galván (Mexico City)

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8 May 2019

19:06 PDT (UTC−8)

Tijuana	1–3	León
Bou 47'	Report	Macías 32' Braghieri 65' (o.g.) Sambueza 71'

Estadio Caliente, Tijuana

Attendance: 25,333

Referee: Luis Enrique Santander (Guanajuato)

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9 May 2019

19:00 CDT (UTC−6)

Necaxa	1–0	Monterrey
Calderón 45+2'	Report

Estadio Victoria, Aguascalientes

Attendance: 14,627

Referee: Diego Montaño Robles (Jalisco)

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9 May 2019

21:00 CDT (UTC−6)

América	3–1	Cruz Azul
Lichnovsky 21' (o.g.) Martínez 45+1', 74'	Report	Caraglio 15' (pen.)

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City

Attendance: 31,450

Referee: Jorge Isaac Rojas (Mexico City)

Second leg

11 May 2019

19:00 CDT (UTC−6)

UANL	1–1	Pachuca
Gignac 84'	Report	Sagal 81'

Estadio Universitario, San Nicolás de los Garza

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.

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11 May 2019

19:00 CDT (UTC−6)

León	2–1	Tijuana
Campbell 9', 29'	Report	Bou 44'

Estadio León, León

Attendance: 23,291

Referee: Francisco Chacón (Guanajuato)

León won 5–2 on aggregate.

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12 May 2019

18:00 CDT (UTC−6)

Cruz Azul	1–0	América
Rodríguez 48'	Report

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City

Attendance: 34,779

Referee: Fernando Guerrero (Mexico City)

América won 3–2 on aggregate.

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12 May 2019

20:00 CDT (UTC−6)

Monterrey	1–0	Necaxa
Pizarro 42'	Report

Estadio BBVA Bancomer, Guadalupe

Attendance: 33,884

Referee: César Arturo Ramos (Sinaloa)

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

15 May 2019

21:06 CDT (UTC−6)

Monterrey	1–0	UANL
Pabón 13'	Report

Estadio BBVA Bancomer, Guadalupe

Attendance: 48,269

Referee: Jorge Isaac Rojas (Mexico City)

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16 May 2019^{[note 1]}

20:30 CDT (UTC−6)

América	0–1	León
	Report	Macías 70'

Estadio Corregidora, Querétaro^{[note 2]}

Attendance: 27,228

Referee: Jorge Antonio Pérez (Veracruz)

Second leg

18 May 2019

19:00 CDT (UTC−6)

UANL	1–0	Monterrey
Pizarro 42'	Report

Estadio Universitario, San Nicolás de los Garza

Attendance: 41,615

Referee: Marco Antonio Ortiz (Durango)

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

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19 May 2019^{[note 1]}

20:06 CDT (UTC−6)

León	0–1	América
	Report	Valdez 6'

Estadio León, León

Attendance: 26,721

Referee: César Arturo Ramos (Sinaloa)

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

23 May 2019

20:45 CDT (UTC−6)

UANL	1–0	León
Gignac 21'	Report

Estadio Universitario, San Nicolás de los Garza

Attendance: 41,615

Referee: Marco Antonio Ortiz (Durango)

Details

UANL[13][14]

León[13][14]

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

26 May 2019

20:06 CDT (UTC−6)

León	0–0	UANL
	Report

Estadio León, León

Attendance: 26,131

Referee: César Arturo Ramos (Sinaloa)

UANL won 1–0 on aggregate.

Details

León[16][17]

UANL[16][17]

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

• Gustavo Bou (Tijuana)
• Joel Campbell (León)
• André-Pierre Gignac (UANL)
• José Juan Macías (León)
• Roger Martínez (América)

1 goal

• Javier Aquino (UANL)
• Cristian Calderón (Necaxa)
• Milton Caraglio (Cruz Azul)
• Dorlan Pabón (Monterrey)
• Guido Pizarro (UANL)
• Rodolfo Pizarro (Monterrey)
• Jonathan Rodríguez (Cruz Azul)
• Ángelo Sagal (Pachuca)
• Rubens Sambueza (León)
• Bruno Valdez (América)

1 own goal

• Diego Braghieri (against León)
• Igor Lichnovsky (against América)
• Luis Rodríguez (against Pachuca)

Assists

2 assists

• Rafael Carioca (UANL)
• Andrés Ibargüen (América)
• Ángel Mena (León)

1 assist

• Roberto Alvarado (Cruz Azul)
• Daniel Álvarez (Necaxa)
• Miller Bolaños (Tijuana)
• Edwin Cardona (Pachuca)
• Andrés Ibargüen (América)
• Renato Ibarra (América)
• Miguel Layún (Monterrey)
• Luis Montes (León)
• Ariel Nahuelpán (Tijuana)
• Rubens Sambueza (León)
• William Tesillo (León)
• Eduardo Vargas (UANL)

Notes

1. 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]