Clausura 2023 Liga MX final phase explained

Liga MX final phase
Year:Clausura 2023
Num Teams:12
Matches:18
Goals:47
Prev Season:Apertura 2022
Next Season:Apertura 2023

The Clausura 2023 Liga MX final phase[1] was played between 6 May and 28 May 2023.[1] A total of twelve teams competed in the final phase to decide the champions of the Clausura 2023 Liga MX season.[1] For the sixth straight season, an additional qualifying round, the reclassification or repechaje, was employed, which expanded the number of final phase spots to twelve. The winners of the reclassification matches advanced to the quarter-finals of the liguilla (mini league).

UANL defeated Guadalajara 3–2 on aggregate to win their eighth league title. As winners, UANL faced Pachuca in the 2023 Campeón de Campeones.

Qualified teams

The following teams qualified for the final phase.

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 (4 teams)
SeedTeamPoints Date of qualificationAppearanceLast appearancePrevious bestRef.
1Monterrey4017 March 2023
15 April 2023 		28thApertura 2022Champions
[2]
2América34 (+15)9 April 2023
28 April 2023 		38thChampions
[3]
3Guadalajara34 (+10)9 April 2023
29 April 2023 		30thChampions
[4]
4Toluca327 April 2023
30 April 2023 		37thChampions
[5]
Qualified to Reclassification round (8 teams)
SeedTeamPoints Date of qualificationAppearanceLast appearancePrevious bestRef.
5Pachuca3110 April 202339thApertura 2022Champions
[6]
6León309 April 202316thChampions
[7]
7UANL2520 April 202331stChampions
[8]
8Cruz Azul2421 April 202334thChampions
[9]
9Atlas2129 April 202325thClausura 2022Champions
[10]
112029 April 202313thApertura 2022Semi-finals
[11]
12Atlético San Luis19 (−5)29 April 20233rdClausura 2022Quarter-finals
[12]
13Santos Laguna19 (−14)29 April 202335thApertura 2022Champions
[13]

Format

Reclassification

Liguilla

Reclassification

Summary

Matches took place on 6–7 May 2023.

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Matches

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Seeding

The following is the final seeding for the final phase. The winners of the Reclassification matches were seeded based on their position in the classification table.

Bracket

Quarter-finals

Summary

The first legs were played on 10–11 May, and the second legs were played on 13–14 May.

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First leg

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Second leg

Monterrey won 2–0 on aggregate.

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América won 4–3 on aggregate.

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UANL won 5–4 on aggregate.

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1–1 on aggregate. Guadalajara advanced due to being the higher seeded team in the table.

Semi-finals

Summary

The first legs were played on 17–18 May, and the second legs were played on 20–21 May.

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First leg

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Second leg

UANL won 2–1 on aggregate.

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Guadalajara won 3–2 on aggregate.

Final

Summary

The first leg was played on 25 May, and the second leg was played on 28 May.

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First leg

Details

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GK 1 Nahuel Guzmán
DF 20
DF 19 Guido Pizarro (c)
DF 13 Diego Reyes
DF 27 Jesús Angulo
MF 8
MF 5 Rafael Carioca
MF 23 Luis Quiñones
MF 17
MF 16 Diego Lainez
FW 10 André-Pierre Gignac
Substitutions:
GK 182 Arturo Delgado
DF 2 Igor Lichnovsky
DF 3 Samir
DF 184 Fernando Ordóñez
MF 6
MF 14 Jesús Garza
MF 22 Raymundo Fulgencio
MF 201 Sebastián Fierro
FW 9 Nicolás Ibáñez
FW 11 Nicolás López
Manager:
Robert Dante Siboldi
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GK 23
DF 2 Alan Mozo
DF 4 Antonio Briseño
DF 3 Gilberto Sepúlveda
DF 13 Jesús Orozco
MF 20 Fernando Beltrán
MF 28 Fernando González
MF 25 Roberto Alvarado
MF 11 Isaác Brizuela
MF 5 Víctor Guzmán (c)
MF 10 Alexis Vega
Substitutions:
GK 27 Raúl Rangel
DF 17 Jesús Sánchez
DF 19
MF 26 Cristian Calderón
MF 45
MF 6 Pável Pérez
MF 29 Alan Torres
MF 30 Sergio Flores
MF 33 Zahid Muñoz
FW 18 Ronaldo Cisneros
Manager:
Veljko Paunović
Assistant referees

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Pablo Israel Hernández (Mexico City)
Leonardo Javier Castillo (Estado de México)
Fourth official


Daniel Quintero Huitrón (Jalisco)
Video assistant referee


Jorge Antonio Pérez (Veracruz)
Assistant video assistant referee


Guillermo Pacheco Larios (Sonora)

Statistics

Statistic[15] UANLGuadalajara
scope=rowGoals scored00
scope=rowTotal shots147
scope=rowShots on target11
scope=rowSaves11
scope=rowBall possession67%33%
scope=rowCorner kicks22
scope=rowFouls committed1312
scope=rowOffsides01
scope=rowYellow cards34
scope=rowRed cards00

Second leg

UANL won 3–2 on aggregate.

Details

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GK 23
DF 2 Alan Mozo
DF 4 Antonio Briseño
DF 3 Gilberto Sepúlveda
DF 13 Jesús Orozco
MF 20 Fernando Beltrán
MF 28 Fernando González
MF 25 Roberto Alvarado
MF 5 Víctor Guzmán (c)
MF 10
FW 18
Substitutions:
GK 27 Raúl Rangel
DF 17 Jesús Sánchez
DF 19 Alejandro Mayorga
DF 26 Cristian Calderón
DF 45
MF 6
MF 11
MF 29 Alan Torres
MF 30 Sergio Flores
FW 9 Daniel Ríos
Manager:
Veljko Paunović
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GK 1
DF 20 Javier Aquino
DF 19 Guido Pizarro (c)
DF 13 Diego Reyes
DF 14 Jesús Garza
MF 6 Juan Pablo Vigón
MF 5 Rafael Carioca
MF 23 Luis Quiñones
MF 17 Sebastián Córdova
MF 16 Diego Lainez
FW 10 André-Pierre Gignac
Substitutions:
GK 182 Arturo Delgado
DF 2 Igor Lichnovsky
DF 3 Samir
DF 32 Vladimir Loroña
DF 184 Fernando Ordóñez
MF 8 Fernando Gorriarán
MF 22 Raymundo Fulgencio
MF 201 Sebastián Fierro
FW 9 Nicolás Ibáñez
FW 11 Nicolás López
Manager:
Robert Dante Siboldi
Assistant referees

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


Víctor Alfonso Cáceres (Chiapas)
Video assistant referee


Érick Yair Miranda (Guanajuato)
Assistant video assistant referee


Alberto Morín Méndez (Chihuahua)

Statistics

Statistic[17] GuadalajaraUANL
scope=rowGoals scored23
scope=rowTotal shots1024
scope=rowShots on target79
scope=rowSaves55
scope=rowBall possession36%64%
scope=rowCorner kicks512
scope=rowFouls committed2310
scope=rowOffsides12
scope=rowYellow cards42
scope=rowRed cards11

Statistics

Assists

Notes and References

  1. Web site: ¿Cuándo empieza el Torneo Clausura 2023 del futbol mexicano? . Dallas News. 22 December 2022 . 20 March 2023.
  2. Web site: Monterrey History. 20 March 2023. 20 March 2023.
  3. Web site: América History. 9 April 2023. 9 April 2023.
  4. Web site: Guadalajara History. 9 April 2023. 9 April 2023.
  5. Web site: Toluca History. 7 April 2023. 7 April 2023.
  6. Web site: Pachuca History. 9 April 2023. 9 April 2023.
  7. Web site: León History. 9 April 2023. 9 April 2023.
  8. Web site: Tigres UANL History. 20 April 2023. 20 April 2023.
  9. Web site: Cruz Azul History. 21 April 2023.
  10. Web site: Atlas History. 29 April 2023. 29 April 2023.
  11. Web site: Puebla History. 29 April 2023. 29 April 2023.
  12. Web site: Atlético San Luis History. 12 May 2023. 12 May 2023.
  13. Web site: Santos Laguna History. 29 April 2023. 29 April 2023.
  14. Web site: Designaciones Arbitrales.
  15. Web site: UANL vs Guadalajara stats – ESPNFC . . 30 October 2022.
  16. Web site: Designaciones Arbitrales.
  17. Web site: Guadalajara vs UANL stats – ESPNFC . . 30 October 2022.

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