The Apertura 2019

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championship stage commonly known as ''Liguilla'' (mini league) was played from 27 November 2019 to 29 December 2019. Due to finalist

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participating in the

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, the final was postponed to 29 December from 15 December. A total of eight teams competed in the championship stage to decide the champions of the Apertura 2019 Liga MX season. Both finalists qualified to the

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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).''

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

Bracket

Quarter-finals

First leg

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Second leg

''Morelia won 5–4 on aggregate'' ---- ''Necaxa won 6–2 on aggregate'' ---- ''Monterrey won 6–3 on aggregate'' ---- ''América won 5–4 on aggregate''

Semi-finals

First leg

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Second leg

''Monterrey won 3–1 on aggregate'' ---- ''2–2 on aggregate. América advanced due to being the higher seed in the classification table''

Finals

First leg

Details

Statistics

Second leg

Details

''3–3 on aggregate. Monterrey won 4–2 on penalties''

Statistics

Goalscorers

Assists

;3 assists * Jesús Angulo (

Necaxa Impulsora del Deportivo Necaxa S.A. de C.V. (); often simply known as Necaxa, is a Mexican professional football club in Liga MX based in the city of Aguascalientes. It plays in the Estadio Victoria. History Foundation (Light and Power Comp ...

) ;2 assists *

Jesús Gallardo Jesús Daniel Gallardo Vasconcelos (born 15 August 1994) is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Liga MX club Monterrey and the Mexico national team. Club career Youth Gallardo began his career at 15 years old with ...

(

) *

Luis Ángel Mendoza Luis Ángel Mendoza Escamilla (born 3 February 1990), also known as El Quick, is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a winger. Club career Mendoza made his debut with Tigres UANL on February 18, 2010, against Santos Laguna, coming ...

( Morelia) *

Rodrigo Millar Rodrigo Javier Millar Carvajal (born 3 November 1981) is a Chilean footballer who last played as a midfielder for Primera B de Chile club Coquimbo Unido. He played for Chile in the 2010 FIFA World Cup. He also holds Mexican citizenship. Clu ...

( Morelia) *

Dorlan Pabón Dorlan Mauricio Pabón Ríos (born 24 January 1988) is a Colombian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Atlético Nacional. He is nicknamed ''Memín'', after an old Mexican comic character named Memín Pinguín. Club career En ...

(

) * Carlos Rodríguez (

) ;1 assist *

Paul Aguilar Paul Nicolás Aguilar Rojas (born 6 March 1986) is a Mexican former professional footballer who played as a right-back. Aguilar represented Mexico at the 2010 and 2014 FIFA World Cup, as well as the 2011 and 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup, and the Copa ...

( América) *

Ayron del Valle Ayron del Valle Rodríguez (born January 27, 1989) is a Colombian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Malaysia Super League club Selangor Selangor (; ), also known by its Arabic honorific Darul Ehsan, or "Abode of Sincerity" ...

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Querétaro Querétaro (), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Querétaro ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Querétaro, links=no; Otomi language, Otomi: ''Hyodi Ndämxei''), is one of the Political divisions of Mexico, 32 federal entities of Mexico. I ...

) *

Jesús Dueñas Jesús Alberto Dueñas Manzo (born 16 March 1989), also known as Pollo, is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder. Club career Jesus Dueñas was from Petroleros de Salamanca but later moved to Tigres UANL, the tea ...

( UANL) *

Julio Furch Julio César Furch (born 29 July 1989) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a forward for Série A club Santos. Club career Early career Born in Winifreda, La Pampa, Furch started his career with hometown Club Social y Deportiv ...

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Santos Laguna Club Santos Laguna S.A. de C.V. (), commonly known as Santos Laguna or Santos, is a Mexican professional football club that competes in the Liga MX. It is located in northern Mexico and represents the urban area of La Comarca Lagunera, made up o ...

) *

André-Pierre Gignac André-Pierre Christian Gignac (born 5 December 1985) is a French professional footballer who plays as a striker for Liga MX club Tigres UANL. Gignac is described as a "powerful and dangerous" striker who is known for his "aerial presence". He i ...

( UANL) * Andrés Ibargüen ( América) * Renato Ibarra ( América) *

Vincent Janssen Vincent Petrus Anna Sebastiaan Janssen (born 15 June 1994) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a forward for Belgian First Division A club Antwerp and the Netherlands national team. Club career Early career Janssen started playing ...

(

) * Henry Martín ( América) * José Martínez ( Morelia) *

Roger Martínez Roger Beyker Martínez Tobinson (; born 23 June 1994) is a Colombian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Liga MX club América and the Colombia national team. Initial He began playing on November 11, Juventus and Expreso Roj ...

( América) * Kevin Mercado (

) * Fernando Navarro ( León) * Iván Ochoa ( León) * Rodolfo Pizarro (

) * Hugo Isaác Rodríguez (

) * Richard Sánchez ( América) * Diego Valdés (

) *

Efraín Velarde Efraín Velarde Calvillo (born 18 April 1986), also known as Chispa, is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a left-back. Velarde joined the Pumas youth system at the age of 13 and worked his way through the ranks to debut in 2004; h ...

( Morelia)

Notes

References

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