2011 Mexican Primera División Championship Round (Apertura)

The Liguilla (English: Little League) of the 2011 Primera División de México Apertura is a final knockout tournament involving eight teams of the Primera División de México. The tournament will begin on November 19, 2011, and will end on December 11, 2011. The winners and runners-up of the competition will qualify for the 2012–13 CONCACAF Champions League.

2011 Primera División de México
Tournament details
CountryMexico
Teams8
Final positions
ChampionsUANL
Runner-upSantos Laguna
Tournament statistics
Matches played14
Goals scored34 (2.43 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)Mexico Oribe Peralta (3)

Teams

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In a change from previous seasons, the 18 teams in the 2011 Apertura were not divided into three groups of six teams each. Instead, the eight best teams in the general table qualified for the competition.

S Team Manager Captain Performance at the 2011 Apertura
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Guadalajara   Fernando Quirarte   Héctor Reynoso 17 8 6 3 24 18 +6 30
2 Cruz Azul   Enrique Meza   Gerardo Torrado 17 8 5 4 21 14 +7 29
3 UANL   Ricardo Ferretti   Lucas Lobos 17 7 7 3 22 13 +9 28
4 Santos Laguna   Benjamín Galindo   Oswaldo Sánchez 17 8 3 6 29 25 +4 27
5 Chiapas   José Guadalupe Cruz   Ismael Fuentes 17 7 5 5 28 23 +5 26
6 Pachuca   Efraín Flores   Leobardo López 17 7 5 5 28 25 +3 26
7 Morelia   Tomás Boy   Federico Vilar 17 7 5 5 25 22 +3 26
8 Querétaro   José Cardozo   Carlos Bueno 17 8 2 7 23 21 +2 26

Bracket

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The eight qualified teams 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 eight 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 Guadalajara 1 0 1
8 Querétaro 2 0 2
8 Querétaro 0 0 0
3 UANL 0 1 1
3 UANL 1 3 4
6 Pachuca 0 0 0
3 UANL 1 3 4
4 Santos Laguna 0 1 1
2 Cruz Azul 1 1 2
7 Morelia 2 2 4
7 Morelia 2 2 4
4 Santos Laguna 1 3 4
4 Santos Laguna 2 2 4
5 Chiapas 2 1 3

Quarter-finals

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The first legs of the quarterfinals were played on November 19 and 20. The second legs were played on November 26 and 27.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Querétaro (8) 2 – 1 (1) Guadalajara 2 – 1 0 – 0
Morelia (7) 4 – 2 (2) Cruz Azul 2 – 1 2 – 1
Pachuca (6) 0 – 4 (3) UANL 0 – 1 0 – 3
Chiapas (5) 3 – 4 (4) Santos Laguna 2 – 2 1 – 2

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

First leg

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November 19, 2011 Morelia 2 – 1 Cruz Azul Estadio Morelos, Morelia
19:00
Márquez   78', 85'
Report   32' Orozco
  70' Pinto
Referee: Erim Ramírez
November 19, 2011 Querétaro 2 – 1 Guadalajara Estadio Corregidora, Querétaro
17:00 Bueno   9', 70' Report   90+2' Enríquez Referee: Fernando Guerrero
November 20, 2011 Chiapas 2 – 2 Santos Laguna Estadio Víctor Manuel Reyna, Tuxtla Gutiérrez
16:00 J. Martínez   84'
Arizala   92'
Report   4' Baloy
  32' Peralta
  71' Cárdenas
Referee: Ricardo Arellano
November 20, 2011 Pachuca 0 – 1 UANL Estadio Hidalgo, Pachuca
18:00 Report   26' Mancilla
  62' Salcido
Referee: Paul Delgadillo

Second leg

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November 26, 2011 Cruz Azul 1 – 2 Morelia Estadio Azul, Mexico City
17:00 Vela   37'
Torrado   71'  
Report   17' Sabah
  22' Lugo
Referee: Marco Antonio Rodriguez
November 26, 2011 Guadalajara 0 – 0 Querétaro Estadio Omnilife, Zapopan
19:00 Report Referee: Mauricio Morales
November 27, 2011 Santos Laguna 2 – 1 Chiapas Estadio Corona, Torreón
17:00 Quintero   41'
Ludueña   73'
Report   66' J. Martínez Referee: Roberto García Orozco
November 27, 2011 UANL 3 – 0 Pachuca Estadio Universitario, San Nicolás
19:00 Viniegra   11'
Lobos   26'
Álvarez   36'
Report   28'   61' Herrera Referee: Francisco Chacón

Semi-finals

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The first legs of the semifinals were played on November 30 and December 1. The second legs were played on December 3 and 4.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Querétaro (8) 0 – 1 (3) UANL 0 – 0 0 – 1
Morelia (7) 4 – 4 (4) Santos Laguna 2 – 1 2 – 3

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

First leg

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November 30, 2011 Morelia 2 – 1 Santos Laguna Estadio Morelos, Morelia
20:30 Lozano   13'
Lugo   25'
Report   83' Peralta
  57'   87' Mares
Referee: Paul Delgadillo
December 1, 2011 Querétaro 0 – 0 UANL Estadio Corregidora, Querétaro
19:00 Report Referee: Roberto García Orozco

Second leg

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December 3, 2011 Santos Laguna 3 – 2 Morelia Estadio Corona, Torreón
19:00 Rodríguez   34' (pen.)
Suárez   52', 64'
Report   33' Huiqui
  74', 87' Sepúlveda
  90+1' Leão
Referee: Marco Antonio Rodríguez Moreno
December 4, 2011 UANL 1 – 0 Querétaro Estadio Universitario, San Nicolás
18:00 López Mondragón   44' (o.g.) Report   90+3' Vázquez Referee: Francisco Chacón

Final

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The first leg of the final will be played on December 8, the second leg on December 11.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
UANL (3) 4 – 1 (4) Santos Laguna 1 – 0 3 – 1

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

First leg

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December 8, 2011 Santos Laguna 0 – 1 UANL Estadio Corona, Torreón
20:30 Sánchez   23'
Rodríguez   23'
Estrada   29'
Morales   59'
Baloy   81'
Report   7' Álvarez Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Paul Delgadillo

Second leg

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December 11, 2011 UANL 3 – 1 Santos Laguna Estadio Universitario, San Nicolás
18:00 Torres   36'
Lobos   38'
Mancilla   52'
Mancilla   56'
Danilinho   63'
Jiménez   69'
Pulido   87'
Report   12' Sánchez
  19' Salinas
  30' Peralta
  66' Morales
  69' Baloy
  70' Quintero
Attendance: 43,000[1]
Referee: Marco Antonio Rodríguez
Apertura 2011 winners:
 
Tigres UANL
3rd Title

References

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  1. ^ "Campeones Otra Vez" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 5 June 2016. Retrieved 12 December 2011.