Club: | Santos Laguna |
Season: | 2012–13 |
Chairman: | Alejandro Irarragorri |
Manager: | Benjamín Galindo (until November 15, 2012) Pedro Caixinha (from November 20, 2012) |
Stadium: | Estadio Corona |
League: | Apertura 2012 |
League Result: | 9th |
League2: | Clausura 2013 |
League2 Result: | 6th Final phase semi-finals |
Cup1: | Champions League |
Cup1 Result: | Runners-up |
League Topscorer: | Apertura: Carlos Quintero (7) Clausura: Oribe Peralta (8) |
Season Topscorer: | Carlos Quintero (19) |
Highest Attendance: | Apertura: 25,990 vs Cruz Azul (November 2, 2012)[1] Clausura: 28,957 vs Cruz Azul (May 16, 2013)[2] |
Lowest Attendance: | Apertura: 20,075 vs Chiapas (September 22, 2012)[3] Clausura: 19,856 vs Atlas (May 9, 2013)[4] |
Prevseason: | 2011–12 |
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The 2012–13 Santos Laguna season was the 66th professional season of Mexico's top-flight football league. The season is split into two tournaments—the Torneo Apertura and the Torneo Clausura—each with identical formats and each contested by the same eighteen teams. Santos Laguna began their season on July 21, 2012 against San Luis, Santos Laguna played most their homes games on Saturdays at 7:00pm local time. Santos Laguna did not qualify to the final phase in the Apertura tournament and was eliminated in the semi-finals of the final phase by Cruz Azul in the Clausura tournament. Santos Laguna lost the 2012–13 CONCACAF Champions League final to Monterrey 4–2 on aggregate.
width=60 | Position | width=60 | Nation | width=150 | Name | width=100 | Goals scored |
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1. | Carlos Quintero | 7 | |||||
2. | Oribe Peralta | 5 | |||||
3. | Herculez Gómez | 4 | |||||
3. | Daniel Ludueña | 4 | |||||
5. | Cándido Ramírez | 1 | |||||
5. | Rodolfo Salinas | 1 | |||||
TOTAL | 22 |
Santos Laguna advanced 3–1 on aggregate
Cruz Azul advanced 5–1 on aggregate
width=60 | Position | width=60 | Nation | width=150 | Name | width=100 | Goals scored |
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1. | Oribe Peralta | 8 | |||||
2. | Herculez Gomez | 4 | |||||
2. | Carlos Quintero | 4 | |||||
4. | Rodolfo Salinas | 2 | |||||
5. | Felipe Baloy | 1 | |||||
5. | César Ibáñez | 1 | |||||
TOTAL | 20 |
Source:[6]
width=60 | Position | width=60 | Nation | width=150 | Name | width=100 | Goals scored |
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1. | Carlos Quintero | 2 | |||||
2. | Andrés Rentería | 2 | |||||
TOTAL | 4 |
Seeding was performed after the Group Stage. Santos was seed number two and faced Houston Dynamo the seventh seed in the quarterfinals. Santos won 3–1 on aggregate and advanced to the semis to face Seattle Sounders FC. Santos then advanced to the Finals defeating the Sounders 2–1 on aggregate. In the finals they will face their league rival Monterrey.[7]
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See main article: article and 2013 CONCACAF Champions League Finals.
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