The Clausura 2019

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championship stage commonly known as ''Liguilla'' (mini league) was played from 8 May 2019 to 26 May 2019. 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

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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

''2–2 on aggregate. UANL advanced for being the higher seed in the classification table.'' ---- ''León won 5–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''América won 3–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''1–1 on aggregate. Monterrey advanced for being the higher seed in the classification table.''

Semi-finals

First leg

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Second leg

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

Finals

First leg

Details

Statistics

Second leg

''UANL won 1–0 on aggregate.''

Details

Statistics

Goalscorers

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Gustavo Bou Gustavo Leonardo Bou ( , ; born 18 February 1990) is an Argentine professional football player who plays as a forward for the New England Revolution in Major League Soccer. Bou's professional career began in 2008 at the age of 18 with Rive ...

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Joel Campbell Joel Nathaniel Campbell Samuels (; born 26 June 1992) is a Costa Rican professional footballer who plays as a forward and winger for Liga MX club León and the Costa Rica national team. Campbell joined Arsenal in 2011 and was thereafter l ...

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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 ...

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José Juan Macías José Juan "JJ" Macías Guzmán (born 22 September 1999) is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a forward for Liga MX club Guadalajara. Club career Guadalajara In 2011, Macías joined C.D. Guadalajara's youth academy. Six years l ...

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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) ;1 goal *

Javier Aquino Javier Ignacio Aquino Carmona (, born 11 February 1990) is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a full-back for Liga MX club Tigres UANL. He is an Olympic gold medalist. Aquino made his debut with Cruz Azul in 2010, playing in over ...

( UANL) * Cristian Calderón (

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Milton Caraglio Milton Joel Caraglio Pérez (born 1 December 1988) is an Argentine professional Association football, footballer who plays as a Forward (association football)#Striker, striker for San Luis de Quillota in the Primera B de Chile. Club career Rosa ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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Guido Pizarro Guido Hernán Pizarro Demestri (born 26 February 1990) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Liga MX club Tigres UANL. He is nicknamed "Conde" (Spanish for Count), and is a naturalized Mexican citizen. ...

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Rodolfo Pizarro Rodolfo Gilbert Pizarro Thomas (born 15 February 1994) is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Major League Soccer club Inter Miami. Pizarro broke into the senior Pachuca team in 2012, remaining there unti ...

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Ángelo Sagal Ángelo Nicolás Sagal Tapia (; born 18 April 1993) is a Chileans, Chilean association football, footballer who plays as a Forward (association football), forward for Cypriot First Division side Apollon Limassol FC, Apollon Limassol. Career Fere ...

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Rubens Sambueza Rubens Oscar Sambueza (born 1 January 1984) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder. In October 2013, he became a naturalized Mexican citizen. His younger brother Fabián is also a professional footballer ...

( León) * Bruno Valdez ( América) ;1 own goal *

Diego Braghieri Diego Luis Braghieri (born 23 February 1987) is an Argentine football defender who plays for Argentinian club Lanús. Career Braghieri began playing in the Rosario Central youth development system. He made his debut for the first team in a Prim ...

(against León) * Igor Lichnovsky (against América) * Luis Rodríguez (against

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Assists

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Rafael Carioca Rafael de Souza Pereira (18 June 1989), known as Rafael Carioca, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Liga MX club Tigres UANL. Club career Grêmio Born in Rio de Janeiro, Rafael Carioca joined Grê ...

( UANL) * Andrés Ibargüen ( América) *

Ángel Mena Ángel Israel Mena Delgado (born 21 January 1988) is an Ecuadorian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Liga MX club León and the Ecuador national team. Club career Emelec Mena had extended his contract until 2017 with Club Sp ...

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Roberto Alvarado Roberto Carlos Alvarado Hernández (born 7 September 1998), also known as El Piojo, is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a winger for Liga MX club Guadalajara and the Mexico national team. He is the youngest player to ever play in ...

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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 ...

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Edwin Cardona Edwin Andrés Cardona Bedoya (; born 8 December 1992) is a Colombian professional footballer who plays for Argentine Primera Division club Racing Club and the Colombia national team. Club career Colombia Cardona made his professional deb ...

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Renato Ibarra Alex Renato Ibarra Mina (born 20 January 1991) is an Ecuadorian professional footballer who plays for Ecuadorian club LDU Quito, on loan from América, and the Ecuador national team. Club career El Nacional He had been playing throughout hi ...

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Miguel Layún Miguel Arturo Layún Prado (born 25 June 1988) is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Liga MX club América. Layún began his career in 2006 with Veracruz, and in 2009 signed for Italian club Atalanta, becoming the ...

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Luis Montes Luis Arturo Montes Jiménez (born 15 May 1986), also known as Chapito, is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Chilean Primera División club Everton. Club career Montes started his career playing for Pachuca's youth ...

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Ariel Nahuelpán Ariel Gerardo Nahuelpán Osten (born 15 October 1987), commonly known as Ariel Nahuelpán, is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a striker for Bolivian Primera División side Jorge Wilstermann. Career Born in Ciudad Evita, Na ...

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William Tesillo William José Tesillo Gutiérrez (born 2 February 1990) is a Colombian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Liga MX club León and the Colombia national team. He also plays as a left-back. Club career Early career Born in ...

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Eduardo Vargas Eduardo Jesús Vargas Rojas (; born 20 November 1989) is a Chilean professional footballer who plays as a forward for Brazilian Série A club Atlético Mineiro and the Chile national team. Emerging as a top talent at Cobreloa, Vargas moved t ...

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Notes

References

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