Clausura 2023 Liga MX final phase

Clausura 2023 Liga MX final phase

Tournament details
Dates	6–28 May 2023
Teams	12
Tournament statistics
Matches played	18
Goals scored	47 (2.61 per match)
Attendance	664,423 (36,912 per match)
←  Apertura 2022 Apertura 2023  →

The Clausura 2023 Liga MX final phase ^[1] was played between 6 May and 28 May 2023. ^[1] A total of twelve teams competed in the final phase to decide the champions of the Clausura 2023 Liga MX season. ^[1] For the sixth straight season, an additional qualifying round, the reclassification or repechaje, was employed, which expanded the number of final phase spots to twelve. The winners of the reclassification matches advanced to the quarter-finals of the liguilla (mini league).

UANL defeated Guadalajara 3–2 on aggregate to win their eighth league title. As winners, UANL faced Pachuca in the 2023 Campeón de Campeones.

Qualified teams

The following teams qualified for the final phase.

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 (4 teams)

Seed	Team	Points (GD)	Date of qualification	Appearance	Last appearance	Previous best	Ref.
1	Monterrey	40	17 March 2023 (REC) 15 April 2023 (QF)	28th	Apertura 2022	Champions (4 times)	[2]
2	América	34 (+15)	9 April 2023 28 April 2023 (QF)	38th		Champions (5 times)	[3]
3	Guadalajara	34 (+10)	9 April 2023 29 April 2023 (QF)	30th		Champions (3 times)	[4]
4	Toluca	32	7 April 2023 30 April 2023 (QF)	37th		Champions (7 times)	[5]

Qualified to Reclassification round (8 teams)

Seed	Team	Points (GD)	Date of qualification	Appearance	Last appearance	Previous best	Ref.
5	Pachuca	31	10 April 2023	39th	Apertura 2022	Champions (6 times)	[6]
6	León	30	9 April 2023	16th		Champions (3 times)	[7]
7	UANL	25	20 April 2023	31st		Champions (5 times)	[8]
8	Cruz Azul	24	21 April 2023	34th		Champions (2 times)	[9]
9	Atlas	21	29 April 2023	25th	Clausura 2022	Champions (2 times)	[10]
11	Puebla	20	29 April 2023	13th	Apertura 2022	Semi-finals (3 times)	[11]
12	Atlético San Luis	19 (−5)	29 April 2023	3rd	Clausura 2022	Quarter-finals (Clausura 2022)	[12]
13	Santos Laguna	19 (−14)	29 April 2023	35th	Apertura 2022	Champions (6 times)	[13]

Format

Reclassification

• All rounds were played in a single match hosted by the higher seed
• If a match ended in a draw, it proceeded directly to a penalty shoot-out.

Liguilla

• Teams were re-seeded after each round.
• The winners of the reclassification matches were seeded based on their ranking in the classification table.
• Team with more goals on aggregate after two matches advanced.
• No away goals rule was applied in either round; if the two teams were tied on aggregate, 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 penalty shoot-out.
• Both finalists qualified for the 2024 CONCACAF Champions Cup.

Reclassification

Summary

Matches took place on 6–7 May 2023.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Pachuca	4–4 (2–4 p)	Santos Laguna
León	1–3	Atlético San Luis
UANL	1–0	Puebla
Cruz Azul	0–1	Atlas

Matches

6 May 2023

17:00 CST (UTC−6)

Cruz Azul	0–1	Atlas
	Report	Lozano 2'

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City

Attendance: 49,826 ^[14]

Referee: César Arturo Ramos (Sinaloa)

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6 May 2023

19:10 CST (UTC−6)

Pachuca	4–4	Santos Laguna
Arango 7' de la Rosa 14' Ibarra 43' Sánchez 90+3'	Report	Preciado 11' Torres 26' López 52' Dória 90+5'
Penalties
Cabral Chávez López Paulino	2–4	Brunetta Correa Dória Lozano

Estadio Hidalgo, Pachuca

Attendance: 12,142 ^[15]

Referee: Adonai Escobedo (Aguascalientes)

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7 May 2023

19:06 CST (UTC−6)

León	1–3	Atlético San Luis
Dávila 3'	Report	Bonatini 6' Güémez 33' Vitinho 45+1'

Estadio León, León

Attendance: 22,335 ^[16]

Referee: Víctor Alfonso Cáceres (Chiapas)

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7 May 2023

21:10 CST (UTC−6)

UANL	1–0	Puebla
Córdova 56'	Report

Estadio Universitario, San Nicolás de los Garza

Attendance: 31,233 ^[17]

Referee: Marco Antonio Ortiz (Durango)

Seeding

The following is the final seeding for the final phase. The winners of the Reclassification matches were seeded based on their position in the classification table.

Seed	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Host
1	Monterrey	17	13	1	3	35	14	+21	40	Hosts second leg
2	América	17	9	7	1	36	21	+15	34
3	Guadalajara	17	10	4	3	28	18	+10	34
4	Toluca	17	9	5	3	34	19	+15	32
5	UANL	17	7	4	6	20	17	+3	25	Hosts first leg
6	Atlas	17	4	9	4	27	22	+5	21
7	Atlético San Luis	17	5	4	8	16	21	−5	19
8	Santos Laguna	17	5	4	8	23	37	−14	19

Source: Liga MX
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Away goals scored; 5) Drawing of lots.

Bracket

	Quarter-finals							Semi-finals							Final
	2	América	3	1	4
	7	Atlético San Luis	1	2	3
								2	América	1	1	2
								3	Guadalajara	0	3	3
	3	Guadalajara (s)	0	1	1
	6	Atlas	1	0	1
															3	Guadalajara	0	2	2
															5	UANL (a.e.t.)	0	3	3
	1	Monterrey	0	2	2
	8	Santos Laguna	0	0	0
								1	Monterrey	1	0	1
								5	UANL	1	1	2
	4	Toluca	1	3	4
	5	UANL	4	1	5

Quarter-finals

Summary

The first legs were played on 10–11 May, and the second legs were played on 13–14 May.

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Santos Laguna	0–2	Monterrey	0–0	2–0
Atlético San Luis	3–4	América	1–3	2–1
Atlas	1–1 (s)	Guadalajara	1–0	0–1
UANL	5–4	Toluca	4–1	1–3

First leg

10 May 2023

19:00 CST (UTC−6)

Santos Laguna	0–0	Monterrey
	Report

Estadio Corona, Torreón

Attendance: 17,818 ^[18]

Referee: Luis Enrique Santander (Guanajuato)

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10 May 2023

21:10 CST (UTC−6)

Atlético San Luis	1–3	América
Bonatini 24'	Report	J. Rodríguez 10' Valdés 20' Suárez 35'

Estadio Alfonso Lastras, San Luis Potosí

Attendance: 21,823 ^[19]

Referee: Fernando Guerrero (Mexico City)

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11 May 2023

19:00 CST (UTC−6)

Atlas	1–0	Guadalajara
Quiñones 42'	Report

Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara

Attendance: 25,592 ^[20]

Referee: Marco Antonio Ortiz (Durango)

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11 May 2023

21:10 CST (UTC−6)

UANL	4–1	Toluca
Córdova 14' Gignac 31' (pen.) Vigón 45+5' López 72'	Report	Fernández 8'

Estadio Universitario, San Nicolás de los Garza

Attendance: 34,490 ^[21]

Referee: Adonai Escobedo (Aguascalientes)

Second leg

13 May 2023

19:06 CST (UTC−6)

Monterrey	2–0	Santos Laguna
Funes Mori 3' Meza 68'	Report

Estadio BBVA, Guadalupe

Attendance: 45,322 ^[22]

Referee: Oscar Macías Romo (Aguascalientes)

Monterrey won 2–0 on aggregate.

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13 May 2023

21:16 CST (UTC−6)

América	1–2	Atlético San Luis
B. Rodríguez 88'	Report	Bilbao 18' Bonatini 31'

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City

Attendance: 47,686 ^[23]

Referee: Daniel Quintero Huitrón (Jalisco)

América won 4–3 on aggregate.

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14 May 2023

12:00 CST (UTC−6)

Toluca	3–1	UANL
López 26', 53' Ruiz 45+3'	Report	Córdova 71'

Estadio Nemesio Díez, Toluca

Attendance: 27,253 ^[24]

Referee: César Arturo Ramos (Sinaloa)

UANL won 5–4 on aggregate.

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14 May 2023

19:05 CST (UTC−6)

Guadalajara	1–0	Atlas
Sepúlveda 60'	Report

Estadio Akron, Zapopan

Attendance: 40,956 ^[25]

Referee: Victor Alfonso Caceres (Chiapas)

1–1 on aggregate. Guadalajara advanced due to being the higher seeded team in the table.

Semi-finals

Summary

The first legs were played on 17–18 May, and the second legs were played on 20–21 May.

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

First leg

17 May 2023

21:00 CST (UTC−6)

UANL	1–1	Monterrey
Córdova 50'	Report	Meza 35'

Estadio Universitario, San Nicolás de los Garza

Attendance: 41,615 ^[26]

Referee: Fernando Guerrero (Mexico City)

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18 May 2023

20:10 CST (UTC−6)

Guadalajara	0–1	América
	Report	Zendejas 60'

Estadio Akron, Zapopan

Attendance: 42,195 ^[27]

Referee: César Arturo Ramos (Sinaloa)

Second leg

20 May 2023

19:06 CST (UTC−6)

Monterrey	0–1	UANL
	Report	Córdova 79'

Estadio BBVA, Guadalupe

Attendance: 52,839 ^[28]

Referee: Luis Enrique Santander (Guanajuato)

UANL won 2–1 on aggregate.

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21 May 2023

20:00 CST (UTC−6)

América	1–3	Guadalajara
Valdés 57'	Report	Cisneros 19' Mozo 76' Orozco 89'

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City

Attendance: 67,501 ^[29]

Referee: Victor Alfonso Caceres (Chiapas)

Guadalajara won 3–2 on aggregate.

Final

Summary

The first leg was played on 25 May, and the second leg was played on 28 May.

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

First leg

25 May 2023

20:00 CST (UTC−6)

UANL	0–0	Guadalajara
	Report

Estadio Universitario, San Nicolás de los Garza

Attendance: 41,615 ^[30]

Referee: Fernando Guerrero (Mexico City)

Details

UANL [31] [32]

Guadalajara [31] [32]

GK 1 Nahuel Guzmán DF 20 Javier Aquino  4'  55' DF 19 Guido Pizarro (c) DF 13 Diego Reyes DF 27 Jesús Angulo MF 8 Fernando Gorriarán  52'  54' MF 5 Rafael Carioca MF 23 Luis Quiñones  89' MF 17 Sebastián Córdova  67' MF 16 Diego Lainez  68' FW 10 André-Pierre Gignac  68' Substitutions: GK 182 Arturo Delgado DF 2 Igor Lichnovsky DF 3 Samir DF 184 Fernando Ordóñez MF 6 Juan Pablo Vigón  54' MF 14 Jesús Garza  55' MF 22 Raymundo Fulgencio  89' MF 201 Sebastián Fierro FW 9 Nicolás Ibáñez  68' FW 11 Nicolás López  68' Manager: Robert Dante Siboldi

GK 23 Miguel Jiménez DF 2 Alan Mozo DF 4 Antonio Briseño  4' DF 3 Gilberto Sepúlveda DF 13 Jesús Orozco  69' MF 20 Fernando Beltrán MF 28 Fernando González  58'  65' MF 25 Roberto Alvarado  75' MF 11 Isaác Brizuela  58' MF 5 Víctor Guzmán (c)  75' MF 10 Alexis Vega  58' Substitutions: GK 27 Raúl Rangel DF 17 Jesús Sánchez DF 19 Alejandro Mayorga  82'  75' MF 26 Cristian Calderón  75' MF 45 Raúl Martínez MF 6 Pável Pérez  58' MF 29 Alan Torres  65' MF 30 Sergio Flores MF 33 Zahid Muñoz FW 18 Ronaldo Cisneros  58' Manager: Veljko Paunović

Assistant referees: [33] Pablo Israel Hernández (Mexico City) Leonardo Javier Castillo (Estado de México) Fourth official: [33] Daniel Quintero Huitrón (Jalisco) Video assistant referee: [33] Jorge Antonio Pérez (Veracruz) Assistant video assistant referee: [33] Guillermo Pacheco Larios (Sonora)

Statistics

Statistic [34]	UANL	Guadalajara
Goals scored	0	0
Total shots	14	7
Shots on target	1	1
Saves	1	1
Ball possession	67%	33%
Corner kicks	2	2
Fouls committed	13	12
Offsides	0	1
Yellow cards	3	4
Red cards	0	0

Second leg

28 May 2023

19:35 CST (UTC−6)

Guadalajara	2–3 (a.e.t.)	UANL
Alvarado 11' Guzmán 20'	Report	Gignac 65' (pen.) Córdova 71' Pizarro 110'

Estadio Akron, Zapopan

Attendance: 42,182 ^[35]

Referee: César Arturo Ramos (Sinaloa)

UANL won 3–2 on aggregate.

Details

Guadalajara [36] [37]

UANL [36] [37]

GK 23 Miguel Jiménez DF 2 Alan Mozo  101' DF 4 Antonio Briseño  63' DF 3 Gilberto Sepúlveda  120+2'  120+3' DF 13 Jesús Orozco  29' MF 20 Fernando Beltrán MF 28 Fernando González  101' MF 25 Roberto Alvarado MF 5 Víctor Guzmán (c)  95' MF 10 Alexis Vega  45+1'  61' FW 18 Ronaldo Cisneros  61' Substitutions: GK 27 Raúl Rangel DF 17 Jesús Sánchez  101' DF 19 Alejandro Mayorga DF 26 Cristian Calderón DF 45 Raúl Martínez MF 6 Pável Pérez  61' 101' MF 11 Isaác Brizuela  61' MF 29 Alan Torres  101' MF 30 Sergio Flores FW 9 Daniel Ríos  101' Manager: Veljko Paunović

GK 1 Nahuel Guzmán  108' DF 20 Javier Aquino DF 19 Guido Pizarro (c) DF 13 Diego Reyes DF 14 Jesús Garza  63' MF 6 Juan Pablo Vigón  46' MF 5 Rafael Carioca  90' MF 23 Luis Quiñones  37' MF 17 Sebastián Córdova  68'  117' MF 16 Diego Lainez  46' FW 10 André-Pierre Gignac Substitutions: GK 182 Arturo Delgado DF 2 Igor Lichnovsky DF 3 Samir  90' DF 32 Vladimir Loroña DF 184 Fernando Ordóñez MF 8 Fernando Gorriarán  46' MF 22 Raymundo Fulgencio MF 201 Sebastián Fierro FW 9 Nicolás Ibáñez  63' FW 11 Nicolás López  46' Manager: Robert Dante Siboldi

Assistant referees: [38] Christian Kiabek Espinosa (Mexico City) Marco Antonio Bisguerra (Guanajuato) Fourth official: [38] Víctor Alfonso Cáceres (Chiapas) Video assistant referee: [38] Érick Yair Miranda (Guanajuato) Assistant video assistant referee: [38] Alberto Morín Méndez (Chihuahua)

Statistics

Statistic [39]	Guadalajara	UANL
Goals scored	2	3
Total shots	10	24
Shots on target	7	9
Saves	5	5
Ball possession	36%	64%
Corner kicks	5	12
Fouls committed	23	10
Offsides	1	2
Yellow cards	4	2
Red cards	1	1

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 47 goals scored in 18 matches, for an average of 2.61 goals per match.

6 goals

• Sebastián Córdova (UANL)

3 goals

• Léo Bonatini (Atlético San Luis)

2 goals

• André-Pierre Gignac (UANL)
• Édgar López (Toluca)
• Maximiliano Meza (Monterrey)
• Diego Valdés (América)

1 goal

• Roberto Alvarado (Guadalajara)
• Cristian Arango (Pachuca)
• Unai Bilbao (Atlético San Luis)
• Ronaldo Cisneros (Guadalajara)
• Víctor Dávila (León)
• Roberto de la Rosa (Pachuca)
• Dória (Santos Laguna)
• Leonardo Fernández (Toluca)
• Vitinho (Atlético San Luis)
• Rogelio Funes Mori (Monterrey)
• Javier Güémez (Atlético San Luis)
• Víctor Guzmán (Guadalajara)
• Romario Ibarra (Pachuca)
• Nicolás López (UANL)
• Raúl López (Santos Laguna)
• Brian Lozano (Atlas)
• Alan Mozo (Guadalajara)
• Jesús Orozco (Guadalajara)
• Guido Pizarro (UANL)
• Harold Preciado (Santos Laguna)
• Julián Quiñones (Atlas)
• Brian Rodríguez (América)
• Jonathan Rodríguez (América)
• Marcel Ruiz (Toluca)
• Érick Sánchez (Pachuca)
• Gilberto Sepúlveda (Guadalajara)
• Leonardo Suárez (América)
• Félix Torres (Santos Laguna)
• Juan Pablo Vigón (UANL)
• Alejandro Zendejas (América)

Assists

3 assists

• Roberto Alvarado (Guadalajara)

2 assists

• Javier Aquino (UANL)
• Ricardo Chávez (Atlético San Luis)
• Álvaro Fidalgo (América)
• Carlos González (Toluca)
• Diego Lainez (UANL)
• Diego Medina (Santos Laguna)
• Juan Sanabria (Atlético San Luis)
• Diego Valdés (América)
• Alexis Vega (Guadalajara)

1 assist

• Alfonso Alvarado (León)
• Brayan Angulo (Toluca)
• Fernando Beltrán (Guadalajara)
• Juan Brunetta (Santos Laguna)
• Vitinho (Atlético San Luis)
• Julio Furch (Atlas)
• André-Pierre Gignac (UANL)
• Omar Govea (Monterrey)
• Avilés Hurtado (Pachuca)
• Romario Ibarra (Pachuca)
• Miguel Layún (América)
• Julián Quiñones (Atlas)
• Luis Quiñones (UANL)

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