Apertura 2017 Liga MX championship stage

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Apertura 2017 Liga MX final phase

The Apertura 2017 Liga MX championship stage commonly known as Liguilla (mini league) was played from 22 November to 10 December 2017. [1] A total of eight teams competed in the championship stage to decide the champions of the Apertura 2017 Liga MX season. Both finalists qualified to the 2019 CONCACAF Champions League.

Contents

Qualified teams

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1 Monterrey 1711422912+1737Advance to Liguilla
2 UANL 179532816+1232
3 América 179352318+530
4 Morelia 178542517+829
5 Toluca 178542421+329
6 Cruz Azul 177642222027
7 León 178272723+426
8 Atlas 177462319+425
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

Format

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Bracket

  Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
                     
1 Monterrey 246 
8 Atlas 112 
 1 Monterrey 145 
 4 Morelia 000 
4 Morelia (s)123
5 Toluca 213 
 1 Monterrey 112
 2 UANL 123
2 UANL (s)112 
7 León 112 
 2 UANL 134
 3 América 000 
3 América (s)000
6 Cruz Azul 000 

Quarterfinals

Team 1 Agg. Team 21st leg2nd 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

All times are UTC−6

First leg

Toluca 2–1 Morelia
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Barrientos Soccerball shade.svg90+4'		 Report Ruidíaz Soccerball shade.svg66' (pen.)
Estadio Nemesio Díez, Toluca
Attendance: 15,799
Referee: Jorge Antonio Pérez (Veracruz)
León 1–1 UANL
Boselli Soccerball shade.svg59' Report Vargas Soccerball shade.svg76'
Estadio León, León
Attendance: 15,005
Referee: Diego Montaño (Jalisco)
Cruz Azul 0–0 América
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Estadio Azul, Mexico City
Attendance: 22,889
Referee: Jorge Isaac Rojas (Mexico City)
Atlas 1–2 Monterrey
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Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara
Attendance: 36,334
Referee: Luis Enrique Santander (Guanajuato)

Second leg

UANL 1–1 León
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Estadio Universitario, San Nicolás de los Garza
Attendance: 41,159
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.

Morelia 2–1 Toluca
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Sepúlveda Soccerball shade.svg15'		 Report Uribe Soccerball shade.svg4'
Estadio Morelos, Morelia
Attendance: 26,094
Referee: Oscar Macías Romo (Aguascalientes)

3–3 on aggregate and tied on away goals. Morelia advanced for being the higher seed in the classification table.

Monterrey 4–1 Atlas
Funes Mori Soccerball shade.svg15'
C. Sánchez Soccerball shade.svg26'
Hurtado Soccerball shade.svg29', 40'		 Report Caraglio Soccerball shade.svg34' (pen.)
Estadio BBVA Bancomer, Guadalupe
Attendance: 45,253
Referee: Jorge Isaac Rojas (Mexico City)

Monterrey won 6–2 on aggregate

América 0–0 Cruz Azul
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Estadio Azteca, Mexico City
Attendance: 48,391
Referee: Fernando Guerrero (Mexico City)

0–0 on aggregate and tied on away goals. América advanced for being the higher seed in the classification table.

Semifinals

Team 1 Agg. Team 21st leg2nd leg
Morelia 0–5 Monterrey 0–1 0–4
América 0–4 UANL 0–1 0–3

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First leg

América 0–1 UANL
Report Juninho Soccerball shade.svg49' (pen.)
Estadio Azteca, Mexico City
Attendance: 31,566
Referee: Oscar Macías Romo (Aguascalientes)
Morelia 0–1 Monterrey
Report Hurtado Soccerball shade.svg38' (pen.)
Estadio Morelos, Morelia
Attendance: 30,473
Referee: Jorge Antonio Pérez (Veracruz)

Second leg

UANL 3–0 América
Valencia Soccerball shade.svg56', 72'
Gignac Soccerball shade.svg76' (pen.)		 Report
Estadio Universitario, San Nicolás de los Garza
Attendance: 41,580
Referee: Fernando Guerrero (Mexico City)

UANL won 4–0 on aggregate

Monterrey 4–0 Morelia
Funes Mori Soccerball shade.svg10', 29', 53'
C. Sánchez Soccerball shade.svg22' (pen.)		 Report
Estadio BBVA Bancomer, Guadalupe
Attendance: 50,544
Referee: Jorge Isaac Rojas (Mexico City)

Monterrey won 5–0 on aggregate

Finals

Team 1 Agg. Team 21st leg2nd leg
UANL 3–2 Monterrey 1–1 2–1

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First leg

UANL 1–1 Monterrey
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Estadio Universitario, San Nicolás de los Garza
Attendance: 41,602
Referee: Jorge Isaac Rojas (Mexico City)
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UANL [3] [4]
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Monterrey [3] [4]
GK1 Flag of Argentina.svg Nahuel Guzmán Yellow card.svg 43'
DF6 Flag of Mexico.svg Jorge Torres Nilo
DF3 Flag of Brazil.svg Juninho (c)
DF4 Flag of Mexico.svg Hugo Ayala Yellow card.svg 85' Yellow-red card.svg 90+1'
DF28 Flag of Mexico.svg Luis Rodríguez Yellow card.svg 36'
MF29 Flag of Mexico.svg Jesús Dueñas Yellow card.svg 65'
MF5 Flag of Brazil.svg Rafael Carioca
MF20 Flag of Mexico.svg Javier Aquino
FW9 Flag of Chile.svg Eduardo Vargas Sub off.svg 80'
FW10 Flag of France.svg André-Pierre Gignac
FW13 Flag of Ecuador.svg Enner Valencia
Substitutions:
GK36 Flag of Mexico.svg Lalo Fernández
DF21 Flag of Colombia.svg Francisco Meza
MF17 Flag of the United States.svg Jose Francisco Torres
MF19 Flag of Colombia.svg Larry Vásquez
MF25 Flag of Mexico.svg Jürgen Damm
MF27 Flag of Mexico.svg Alberto Acosta
FW18 Flag of Argentina.svg Ismael Sosa Sub on.svg 80'
Manager:
Flag of Brazil.svg Ricardo Ferretti
GK1 Flag of Mexico.svg Hugo González
DF11 Flag of Argentina.svg Leonel Vangioni Yellow card.svg 74' Yellow-red card.svg 88'
DF15 Flag of Argentina.svg José María Basanta (c)Yellow card.svg 31'
DF4 Flag of Argentina.svg Nicolás Sánchez Sub off.svg 46'
DF33 Flag of Colombia.svg Stefan Medina Yellow card.svg 81'
MF25 Flag of the United States.svg Jonathan González
MF13 Flag of Uruguay.svg Carlos Sánchez Yellow card.svg 58'
MF16 Flag of Paraguay.svg Celso Ortiz Sub off.svg 86'
FW8 Flag of Colombia.svg Dorlan Pabón
FW18 Flag of Colombia.svg Avilés Hurtado Sub off.svg 69'
FW7 Flag of Argentina.svg Rogelio Funes Mori Yellow card.svg 26'
Substitutions:
GK24 Flag of Mexico.svg Édson Reséndez
DF3 Flag of Mexico.svg César Montes Sub on.svg 46'
DF5 Flag of Mexico.svg Luis Fuentes
DF6 Flag of Mexico.svg Efraín Juárez
MF14 Flag of Mexico.svg Alfonso González Sub on.svg 86'
MF21 Flag of Mexico.svg Jesús Molina Yellow card.svg 90+3'Sub on.svg 69'
FW29 Flag of Mexico.svg Marco Bueno
Manager:
Flag of Argentina.svg Antonio Mohamed

Assistant referees:
José Luis Camargo (State of Mexico)
Christian Kiabek Espinosa (Mexico City)
Fourth official:
Oscar Macías Romo (Aguascalientes)

Second leg

Monterrey 1–2 UANL
Pabón Soccerball shade.svg2' Report Vargas Soccerball shade.svg30'
Meza Soccerball shade.svg35'
Estadio BBVA Bancomer, Guadalupe
Attendance: 52,067
Referee: Fernando Guerrero (Mexico City)

UANL won 3–2 on aggregate

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Monterrey [5] [6]
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UANL [5] [6]
GK1 Flag of Mexico.svg Hugo González
DF15 Flag of Argentina.svg José María Basanta (c)Sub off.svg 46'
DF3 Flag of Mexico.svg César Montes
DF4 Flag of Argentina.svg Nicolás Sánchez
DF33 Flag of Colombia.svg Stefan Medina
MF25 Flag of the United States.svg Jonathan González Sub off.svg 80'
MF19 Flag of Argentina.svg Neri Cardozo Red card.svg 90+6'
MF13 Flag of Uruguay.svg Carlos Sánchez Sub off.svg 87'
FW18 Flag of Colombia.svg Avilés Hurtado
FW8 Flag of Colombia.svg Dorlan Pabón
FW7 Flag of Argentina.svg Rogelio Funes Mori
Substitutions:
GK24 Flag of Mexico.svg Édson Reséndez
DF5 Flag of Mexico.svg Luis Fuentes Sub on.svg 46'
DF6 Flag of Mexico.svg Efraín Juárez
MF14 Flag of Mexico.svg Alfonso González
MF17 Flag of Mexico.svg Jesús Zavala Sub on.svg 87'
MF21 Flag of Mexico.svg Jesús Molina
FW27 Flag of Paraguay.svg Jorge Benítez Sub on.svg 80'
Manager:
Flag of Argentina.svg Antonio Mohamed
GK1 Flag of Argentina.svg Nahuel Guzmán
DF6 Flag of Mexico.svg Jorge Torres Nilo
DF21 Flag of Colombia.svg Francisco Meza
DF3 Flag of Brazil.svg Juninho (c)
DF28 Flag of Mexico.svg Luis Rodríguez
MF29 Flag of Mexico.svg Jesús Dueñas Sub off.svg 81'
MF5 Flag of Brazil.svg Rafael Carioca
MF20 Flag of Mexico.svg Javier Aquino
FW9 Flag of Chile.svg Eduardo Vargas Sub off.svg 61'
FW10 Flag of France.svg André-Pierre Gignac
FW13 Flag of Ecuador.svg Enner Valencia Sub off.svg 76'
Substitutions:
GK36 Flag of Mexico.svg Lalo Fernández
DF14 Flag of Mexico.svg Jorge Iván Estrada
DF15 Flag of France.svg Timothée Kolodziejczak
MF17 Flag of the United States.svg Jose Francisco Torres
MF25 Flag of Mexico.svg Jürgen Damm Sub on.svg 61'
MF27 Flag of Mexico.svg Alberto Acosta Sub on.svg 81'
FW18 Flag of Argentina.svg Ismael Sosa Sub on.svg 76'
Manager:
Flag of Brazil.svg Ricardo Ferretti

Assistant referees:
Marcos Quintero (Jalisco)
Pablo Israel Hernández (Mexico City)
Fourth official:
Jorge Antonio Pérez (Veracruz)

Goalscorers

6 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal

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