2011 Liga de Ascenso Apertura Liguilla

2011 Liga de Ascenso
Tournament details
Country	Mexico
Teams	7
Final positions
Champions	Correcaminos (2nd title)
Runner-up	La Piedad
Tournament statistics
Matches played	12
Goals scored	34 (2.83 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Eder Pacheco (4)
	← 2011 Clausura 2012 Clausura →

The Liguilla (English: Little League) of the 2011–12 Liga de Ascenso season is a final knockout tournament involving seven teams of the Liga de Ascenso. The winner will qualify to the playoff match vs the Clausura 2011 winner. However, if the winner of both tournaments is the same team, the team would be promoted to the 2012–13 Mexican Primera División season without playing the Promotional Final.

Teams edit

The first team in the general table qualified for the semi-finals. The six next best teams in the general table qualified to the quarter-finals.

S	Team	Manager	Captain	Performance at the 2011 Apertura
S	Team	Manager	Captain	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	La Piedad	Cristóbal Ortega	Jorge Campos	15	10	1	4	26	17	+9	31
2	Correcaminos	Ignacio Rodríguez	Diego Olsina	15	7	6	2	33	21	+12	27
3	Neza	David Patiño	Carlos Cariño	15	7	5	3	27	22	+5	26
4	León	Pedro Muñoz	Alejandro Corona	15	5	8	2	26	16	+10	23
5	Irapuato	Omar Arellano	Cuauhtémoc Blanco	15	7	2	6	24	17	+7	23
6	Necaxa	Luis Francisco García	Pablo Quatrocchi	15	6	5	4	15	14	+1	23
7	Altamira	Mario Alberto García	Eduardo García	15	6	4	5	22	22	0	22

Bracket edit

The six best teams after the first place play two games against each other on a home-and-away basis. The winner of each match up is determined by aggregate score.

The teams were seeded one to seven in quarterfinals, and will be re-seeded one to four in semifinals, depending on their position in the general table. The higher seeded teams play on their home field during the second leg.

Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals

					1	La Piedad	5	1	6

					4	León	3	2	5
4	León	1	2	3

5	Irapuato	0	0	0
										1	La Piedad	1	0	1

										2	Correcaminos	3	1	4
2	Correcaminos	1	1	2

7	Altamira	2	0	2
					2	Correcaminos	1	2	3

					3	Neza	2	1	3
3	Neza	1	2	3

6	Necaxa	0	2	2

If the two teams are tied after both legs, the higher seeded team advances.
Teams are re-seeded every round.
The winner will qualify to the playoff match vs the Clausura 2011 winner. However, if the winner is the same in both tournaments, they would be the team promoted to the 2012–13 Mexican Primera División season without playing the Promotional Final

Quarter-finals edit

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Correcaminos (2)	2 – 2	(7) Altamira	1 – 2	1 – 0
Neza (3)	3 – 2	(6) Necaxa	1 – 0	2 – 2
León (4)	3 – 0	(5) Irapuato	1 – 0	2 – 0

Kickoffs are given in local time (UTC-6 unless stated otherwise).

First leg edit

November 23, 2011	Irapuato	0 – 1	León	Irapuato, Guanajuato
20:45		Report	69' Pacheco	Stadium: Estadio Sergio León Chavez Referee: Gerardo García Acevedo

November 24, 2011	Altamira	2 – 1	Correcaminos	Altamira, Tamaulipas
18:00	Rojas 62' Vázquez 80' Collazo 84' 89'	Report	24' Torres	Stadium: Estadio Altamira Referee: Víctor Bisguerra Mendiola

November 24, 2011	Necaxa	0 – 1	Neza	Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes
20:00		Report	42' Luciano Emílio 60' Mejía	Stadium: Estadio Victoria Referee: Eduardo Galván Basulto

Second leg edit

November 26, 2011	León	2 – 0	Irapuato	León, Guanajuato
21:00	Pacheco 7', 13'	Report	60' Hernández	Stadium: Estadio Nou Camp Referee: Obed Eliud Gómez

León advanced 3 – 0 on aggregate

November 27, 2011	Neza	2 – 2	Necaxa	Ciudad Nezahualcóyotl, Mexico State
12:00	Prieto 29' Luciano Emílio 78'	Report	5' Isijara 42' Lojero 85' 90+4' Castillo	Stadium: Estadio Neza 86 Referee: Baruch Absalón Castellanos

Neza advanced 3 – 2 on aggregate

November 27, 2011	Correcaminos	1 – 0	Altamira	Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas
18:00	Menghi 88'	Report	37' 84' Cuevas	Stadium: Estadio Marte R. Gomez Referee: Ángel Monroy Bello

Correcaminos advanced because of their better position on the league table

Semi-finals edit

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
La Piedad (1)	6 – 5	(4) León	5 – 3	1 – 2
Correcaminos (2)	3 – 3	(3) Neza	1 – 2	2 – 1

Kickoffs are given in local time (UTC-6 unless stated otherwise).

First leg edit

December 1, 2011	Neza	2 – 1	Correcaminos	Ciudad Nezahualcóyotl, Mexico State
15:30	Prieto 75', 88' Rojas 45' 57'	Report	87' Menghi	Stadium: Estadio Neza 86 Referee: Obed Eliud Gómez

December 1, 2011	León	3 – 5	La Piedad	León, Guanajuato
21:00	Torres 58' Maz 81', 82'	Report	29' Nurse 41', 47' Padilla 87', 90' Mendoza	Stadium: Estadio Nou Camp Referee: León Vicente Barajas

Second leg edit

December 4, 2011	La Piedad	1 – 2	León	La Piedad, Michoacán
12:00	J. Sánchez 81'	Report	32' Pacheco 44' Peña 15' 79' González	Stadium: Estadio Juan N. López Referee: Baruch Absalón Castellanos

December 4, 2011	Correcaminos	2 – 1	Neza	Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas
18:00	Saucedo 66' Sánchez 70'	Report	38' Luciano Emílio	Stadium: Estadio Marte R. Gomez Referee: Víctor Bisguerra Mendiola

Final edit

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
La Piedad (1)	1 – 4	(2) Correcaminos	1 – 3	0 – 1

Kickoffs are given in local time (UTC-6 unless stated otherwise).

First leg edit

December 7, 2011	Correcaminos	3 – 1	La Piedad	Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas
20:30	Olsina 52' González 76', 86'	Report	38' Nurse	Stadium: Estadio Marte R. Gomez Referee: Baruch Absalón Castellanos

Second leg edit

December 10, 2011	La Piedad	0 – 1	Correcaminos	La Piedad, Michoacán
15:00		Report	84' Domínguez	Stadium: Estadio Juan N. López Referee: Víctor Bisguerra Mendiola