The
Clausura 2018 Liga MX
The Liga MX, officially known as the Liga BBVA MX for sponsorship reasons, is the top professional football division in Mexico, holding 2 tournaments per year.
The league is considered the strongest in North America, and among the strongest in a ...
championship stage commonly known as ''Liguilla'' (playoffs) was played from 2 May 2018 to 20 May 2018.
A total of eight teams competed in the championship stage to decide the champions of the Clausura 2018 Liga MX season. Both finalists qualified to the
2019 CONCACAF Champions League
The 2019 CONCACAF Champions League (officially the 2019 Scotiabank CONCACAF Champions League) was the 11th edition of the CONCACAF Champions League under its current name, and overall the 54th edition of the premier football club competition orga ...
.
Qualified teams
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
2019 CONCACAF Champions League
The 2019 CONCACAF Champions League (officially the 2019 Scotiabank CONCACAF Champions League) was the 11th edition of the CONCACAF Champions League under its current name, and overall the 54th edition of the premier football club competition orga ...
(in Pot 3).
Bracket
Quarterfinals
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First leg
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Second leg
''América won 6–2 on aggregate''
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''Tijuana won 3–2 on aggregate''
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''4–4 on aggregate and tied on away goals. Toluca advanced for being the higher seed in the classification table.''
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''2–2 on aggregate and tied on away goals. Santos Laguna advanced for being the higher seed in the classification table.''
Semifinals
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First leg
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Second leg
''Toluca won 5–3 on aggregate''
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''Santos Laguna won 6–3 on aggregate''
Finals
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First leg
Second leg
''Santos Laguna won 3–2 on aggregate''
Goalscorers
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* Fernando Uribe
Fernando Uribe Hincapié (born 1 January 1988) is a Colombian Association football, footballer who plays as a Forward (association football)#Striker, striker.
Club career Early career
Born in Pereira, Colombia, Pereira, Uribe was an Atlético H ...
(Toluca
Toluca , officially Toluca de Lerdo , is the States of Mexico, state capital of the State of Mexico as well as the seat of the Municipality of Toluca. With a population of 910,608 as of the 2020 census, Toluca is the fifth most populous city in M ...
)
;4 goals
* Julio Furch (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 ...
)
;3 goals
* Juan Martín Lucero (Tijuana
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* Mateus Uribe
Andrés Mateus Uribe Villa (born 21 March 1991) is a Colombian professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Portuguese club Porto and the Colombia national team.
After coming through the ranks of Envigado's youth academy, Urib ...
( América)
;2 goals
* Pablo Barrientos
Pablo Cesar Barrientos (born 17 January 1985) is an Argentine former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder.
Club career
San Lorenzo
Barrientos was born in Comodoro Rivadavia, Argentina. He began his professional career ...
(Toluca
Toluca , officially Toluca de Lerdo , is the States of Mexico, state capital of the State of Mexico as well as the seat of the Municipality of Toluca. With a population of 910,608 as of the 2020 census, Toluca is the fifth most populous city in M ...
)
* Cecilio Domínguez
Cecilio Andrés Domínguez Ruiz (born 11 August 1994) is a Paraguayan professional footballer who plays as a winger for Liga MX club Santos Laguna and the Paraguay national team.
Club career Sol de América
Born in Asunción, Domínguez was ...
( América)
* Emanuel Loeschbor (Morelia
Morelia (; from 1545 to 1828 known as Valladolid) is a city and municipal seat of the municipality of Morelia in the north-central part of the state of Michoacán in central Mexico. The city is in the Guayangareo Valley and is the capital and larg ...
)
* Osvaldo Martínez
Osvaldo David Martínez Arce (born 8 April 1986) is a Paraguayan professional footballer who plays as a midfielder. He is a naturalized Mexican citizen.
Career Club Libertad
Osvaldo Martínez began his career with Club Libertad in 2003, playin ...
(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 ...
)
* Jérémy Ménez
Jérémy Ménez (born 7 May 1987) is a French professional footballer who plays as a forward for Italian Serie B club Reggina. Ménez has been described as an ambipedal, technically skilled, pacy playmaker.
Ménez began his career spending t ...
( América)
* 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 ...
(Monterrey
Monterrey ( , ) is the capital and largest city of the northeastern state of Nuevo León, Mexico, and the third largest city in Mexico behind Guadalajara and Mexico City. Located at the foothills of the Sierra Madre Oriental, the city is anchor ...
)
* Djaniny
Jorge Djaniny Tavares Semedo (born 21 March 1991), known as Djaniny, is a Cape Verdean professional footballer who plays for Turkish club Trabzonspor as a forward.
Club career União Leiria
Born in Santa Cruz, Djaniny arrived in Portugal at t ...
(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 ...
)
;1 goal
* Hugo Ayala
Hugo Ayala Castro (born 31 March 1987) is a Mexican former professional footballer who played as a centre-back.
Club career Atlas
Hugo Ayala started his professional career with Atlas. He made his official debut in 2006 as a starter against C ...
( UANL)
* Miller Bolaños
Miller Alejandro Bolaños Reasco (born 1 June 1990) is an Ecuadorian footballer who plays as a striker for Ecuadorian Serie A club Emelec.
Club career
LDU Quito
Bolaños was born in Esmeraldas, and began his career in the youth ranks of ...
(Tijuana
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)
* Cristian Borja (Toluca
Toluca , officially Toluca de Lerdo , is the States of Mexico, state capital of the State of Mexico as well as the seat of the Municipality of Toluca. With a population of 910,608 as of the 2020 census, Toluca is the fifth most populous city in M ...
)
* Nicolás Castillo (UNAM
The National Autonomous University of Mexico ( es, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, UNAM) is a public research university in Mexico. It is consistently ranked as one of the best universities in Latin America, where it's also the bigges ...
)
* Edwin Cetré (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 ...
)
* Luis Chávez (Tijuana
Tijuana ( ,["Tijuana"](_blank)
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* 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 ...
(UNAM
The National Autonomous University of Mexico ( es, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, UNAM) is a public research university in Mexico. It is consistently ranked as one of the best universities in Latin America, where it's also the bigges ...
)
* 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 ...
( UANL)
* Gabriel Hauche
Gabriel Agustín Hauche, nicknamed ''Demonio'' ( demon), (born 27 November 1986 in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a forward for Racing Club in the Argentine Primera División.
Career
Club career
Hauche sta ...
(Toluca
Toluca , officially Toluca de Lerdo , is the States of Mexico, state capital of the State of Mexico as well as the seat of the Municipality of Toluca. With a population of 910,608 as of the 2020 census, Toluca is the fifth most populous city in M ...
)
* Andrés Ibargüen ( América)
* Jesus Isijara (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 ...
)
* Mario Osuna
Mario Humberto Osuna Pereznúñez (born 20 August 1988), also known as El Mono, is a Mexican professional Association football, footballer who plays as a midfielder for Liga MX club FC Juárez, Juárez.
Club career
Osuna began his career with l ...
(Morelia
Morelia (; from 1545 to 1828 known as Valladolid) is a city and municipal seat of the municipality of Morelia in the north-central part of the state of Michoacán in central Mexico. The city is in the Guayangareo Valley and is the capital and larg ...
)
* 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 ...
(Monterrey
Monterrey ( , ) is the capital and largest city of the northeastern state of Nuevo León, Mexico, and the third largest city in Mexico behind Guadalajara and Mexico City. Located at the foothills of the Sierra Madre Oriental, the city is anchor ...
)
* Luis Quiñones (Toluca
Toluca , officially Toluca de Lerdo , is the States of Mexico, state capital of the State of Mexico as well as the seat of the Municipality of Toluca. With a population of 910,608 as of the 2020 census, Toluca is the fifth most populous city in M ...
)
* Ignacio Rivero
José Ignacio Rivero Segade (born 10 April 1992) is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a midfielder and right-back for Liga MX club Cruz Azul.
Honours
Cruz Azul
* Liga MX: Guardianes 2021
* Campeón de Campeones: 2021
* Superco ...
(Tijuana
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* Jonathan Rodríguez (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 ...
)
* Rubens Sambueza (Toluca
Toluca , officially Toluca de Lerdo , is the States of Mexico, state capital of the State of Mexico as well as the seat of the Municipality of Toluca. With a population of 910,608 as of the 2020 census, Toluca is the fifth most populous city in M ...
)
* Miguel Sansores (Morelia
Morelia (; from 1545 to 1828 known as Valladolid) is a city and municipal seat of the municipality of Morelia in the north-central part of the state of Michoacán in central Mexico. The city is in the Guayangareo Valley and is the capital and larg ...
)
* Bruno Valdez ( América)
References
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