Apertura 2023 Liga MX final phase explained

Liga MX final phase
Year:Apertura 2023
Num Teams:10
Matches:17
Goals:48
Prev Season:Clausura 2023
Next Season:Clausura 2024

The Apertura 2023 Liga MX final phase[1] was played between 22 November and 17 December 2023.[2] A total of ten teams competed in the final phase to decide the champions of the Apertura 2023 Liga MX season.[2]

On 22 May 2023, a modification for the final phase was announced at the owners assembly in Toluca; reducing the clubs from twelve to ten.[3] The number of clubs qualifying for the quarter-finals was increased from four to six while the teams qualifying for the reclassification was reduced from six to four. The four clubs qualified for the reclassification competed in the "play-in" round, a tournament modeled after the NBA play-in tournament.[3]

América defeated UANL 3–0 on aggregate to win their fourteenth league title. As winners, América will face the Clasura 2024 champion in the 2024 Campeón de Campeones. Both finalists qualified for the 2025 CONCACAF Champions Cup.

Qualified teams

The following teams qualified for the championship stage.

In the following tables, 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).

Qualified directly to quarter-finals (6 teams)
SeedTeamPoints Date of qualificationAppearanceLast appearancePrevious best Ref.
1América4024 October 2023
28 October 2023 		39thClausura 2023Champions [4]
2Monterrey331 November 2023
3 November 2023 		29thChampions [5]
3UANL3029 October 2023
31 October 2023 		32ndChampions [6]
4UNAM283 November 2023
11 November 2023 		26thChampions [7]
5Guadalajara273 November 2023
4 November 2023 		31stChampions [8]
62512 November 2023
12 November 2023 		14thSemi-finals [9]
Qualified to the play-in round (4 teams)
SeedTeamPoints Date of qualificationAppearanceLast appearancePrevious bestRef.
7Atlético San Luis23 (+5)10 November 20234thClausura 2023Quarter-finals [10]
8León23 (+1)12 November 202317thChampions [11]
9Santos Laguna23 (–3)11 November 202336thApertura 2022Champions [12]
10Mazatlán2210 November 20232ndClausura 2022Reclassification

Play-in round

Format

The 9th place team hosts the 10th place team in an elimination game. The 7th hosts the 8th place team in the double-chance game, with the winner advancing as the 7-seed. The loser of this game then hosts the winner of the elimination game between the 9th and 10th place teams to determine the 8-seed.

Bracket

Play-in matches

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Serie B

No. 8 seed match

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Seeding

The following is the current seeding for the final phase.

Bracket

Quarter-finals

Summary

The first legs will be played on 29–30 November, and the second legs will be played on 2–3 December 2023.

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Matches

América won 4–2 on aggregate.

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Atlético San Luis won 2–1 on aggregate.

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UANL won 5–2 on aggregate.

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UNAM won 3–1 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

Summary

The first legs will be played on 6–7 December, and the second legs will be played on 9–10 December 2023.

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Matches

América won 5–2 on aggregate.

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UANL won 2–1 on aggregate.

Finals

Summary

The first leg was played on 14 December, and the second leg was played on 17 December 2023.

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First leg

Details

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GK 1 Nahuel Guzmán
DF 20 Javier Aquino
DF 19 Guido Pizarro (c)
DF 3 Samir
DF 27 Jesús Angulo
MF 5
MF 8 Fernando Gorriarán
MF 17
MF 6 Juan Pablo Vigón
MF 16 Diego Lainez
FW 10 André-Pierre Gignac
Substitutions:
GK 25 Carlos Felipe Rodríguez
DF 13 Diego Reyes
DF 15 Eduardo Tercero
DF 28 Fernando Ordóñez
DF 32 Vladimir Loroña
MF 22 Raymundo Fulgencio
MF 24 Marcelo Flores
MF 26 Sebastián Fierro
FW 9 Nicolás Ibáñez
FW 29 Ozziel Herrera
Manager:
Robert Dante Siboldi
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GK 1
DF 19 Miguel Layún
DF 31 Igor Lichnovsky
DF 4 Sebastián Cáceres
DF 2 Luis Fuentes
MF 8 Álvaro Fidalgo
MF 6 Jonathan dos Santos
MF 33 Julián Quiñones
MF 17 Alejandro Zendejas
MF 10 Diego Valdés
FW 21 Henry Martín (c)
Substitutions:
GK 27 Óscar Jiménez
DF 3 Israel Reyes
DF 5 Kevin Álvarez
DF 29 Ramón Juárez
MF 7
MF 16 Santiago Naveda
MF 20 Richard Sánchez
MF 26 Salvador Reyes
MF 32 Leonardo Suárez
FW 11 Jonathan Rodríguez
Manager:
André Jardine
Assistant referees

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Christian Kiabek Espinosa (Mexico City)
Marco Antonio Bisguerra (Guanajuato)
Fourth official


Víctor Alfonso Cáceres (Chiapas)
Video assistant referee


Fernando Hernández Gómez (Mexico City)
Assistant video assistant referee


Erick Yair Miranda (Guanajuato)

Statistics

Statistic[14] UANLAmérica
scope=rowGoals scored11
scope=rowTotal shots1012
scope=rowShots on target52
scope=rowSaves14
scope=rowBall possession54%46%
scope=rowCorner kicks92
scope=rowFouls committed1517
scope=rowOffsides21
scope=rowYellow cards21
scope=rowRed cards00

Second leg

América won 4–1 on aggregate.

Details

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GK 1
DF 19 Miguel Layún
DF 31
DF 4 Sebastián Cáceres
DF 2 Luis Fuentes
MF 6 Jonathan dos Santos
MF 8 Álvaro Fidalgo
MF 33 Julián Quiñones
MF 17 Alejandro Zendejas
MF 10 Diego Valdés
FW 21 Henry Martín (c)
Substitutions:
GK 27 Óscar Jiménez
DF 3 Israel Reyes
DF 5 Kevin Álvarez
DF 29 Ramón Juárez
MF 7
MF 16 Santiago Naveda
MF 20 Richard Sánchez
MF 26 Salvador Reyes
MF 32 Leonardo Suárez
FW 11 Jonathan Rodríguez
Manager:
André Jardine
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GK 1 Nahuel Guzmán
DF 20 Javier Aquino
DF 19 Guido Pizarro (c)
DF 13 Diego Reyes
DF 27 Jesús Angulo
MF 5 Rafael Carioca
MF 8
MF 16 Diego Lainez
MF 17
MF 29 Ozziel Herrera
FW 10 André-Pierre Gignac
Substitutions:
GK 25
DF 15 Eduardo Tercero
DF 28 Fernando Ordóñez
DF 32 Vladimir Loroña
MF 6 Juan Pablo Vigón
MF 22 Raymundo Fulgencio
MF 24 Marcelo Flores
MF 26 Sebastián Fierro
FW 9 Nicolás Ibáñez
FW 23 Luis Quiñones
Manager:
Robert Dante Siboldi
Assistant referees

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Alberto Morín Méndez (Chihuahua)
Michel Ricardo Espinoza (Mexico City)
Fourth official


Fernando Guerrero (Mexico City)
Video assistant referee


Jorge Antonio Pérez (Veracruz)
Assistant video assistant referee


Óscar Macías Romo (Aguascalientes)

Statistics

Statistic[16] AméricaUANL
scope=rowGoals scored30
scope=rowTotal shots189
scope=rowShots on target73
scope=rowSaves34
scope=rowBall possession60%40%
scope=rowCorner kicks41
scope=rowFouls committed1823
scope=rowOffsides10
scope=rowYellow cards22
scope=rowRed cards02

Statistics

Assists

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Calendario Apertura 2023. Liga MX. 9 October 2023.
  2. Web site: Liga MX: Repechaje continuará en Apertura 2023 con nuevo formato. ESPN Deportes. 9 October 2023. 9 October 2023.
  3. Web site: Por unanimidad, la Asamblea de Clubes designa a Juan Carlos Rodríguez. Liga MX. 9 October 2023.
  4. Web site: América History. 24 October 2023. 24 October 2023.
  5. Web site: Monterrey History. 1 November 2023. 1 November 2023.
  6. Web site: Tigres UANL History. 29 October 2023. 29 October 2023.
  7. Web site: UNAM History. 5 November 2023. 5 November 2023.
  8. Web site: Guadalajara History. 3 November 2023. 3 November 2023.
  9. Web site: Puebla History. 10 November 2023. 10 November 2023.
  10. Web site: Atlético San Luis History. 5 November 2023. 5 November 2023.
  11. Web site: León History. 9 April 2023. 9 April 2023.
  12. Web site: Santos Laguna History. 11 November 2023. 11 November 2023.
  13. Web site: Designaciones Arbitrales.
  14. Web site: UANL vs América stats – ESPNFC . . 14 December 2023.
  15. Web site: Designaciones Arbitrales.
  16. Web site: América vs UANL stats – ESPNFC . . 17 December 2023.

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