2012 Ascenso MX Apertura Liguilla

2012 Ascenso MX
Country Mexico Mexico
Teams 7

The Liguilla (English: Playoffs) of the Apertura 2012 season is a final knockout tournament involving the top seven teams of the Ascenso MX league. The winner will qualify to the playoff match vs the Clausura 2013 winner. However, if the winner of both tournaments is the same team, the team would be promoted to the 2013–14 Liga MX season without playing the Promotional Final.

Teams

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 2012 Apertura
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1NecaxaMexico Jaime OrdialesMexico Víctor Lojero149413018+1231
2NezaArgentina Carlos BustosMexico Diego Mejía146621914+524
3Estudiantes TecosUruguay Héctor Hugo EuguiMexico Diego Jiménez146531612+423
4Lobos BUAPMexico Sergio OrduñaMexico Alex Diego147252017+323
5MéridaArgentina Ricardo ValiñoMexico Eder Patiño146531412+223
6La PiedadMexico Cristóbal OrtegaMexico Luis Antonio Martínez146442116+522
7DoradosMexico Francisco Javier RamírezMexico Cuauhtémoc Blanco146442322+122

Bracket

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.If the teams are tied, the Away goals rule applies.

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
                                       
  2 Neza 0 1 1    
  7 Dorados 1 2 3    
      1 Necaxa 1 2 3  
    7 Dorados 1 2 3    
     
      7 Dorados 1 1 2
  3 Estudiantes Tecos 1 1 2         6 La Piedad 0 (a.e.t.)3 3
  6 La Piedad 2 3 5          
      6 La Piedad 1 2 3    
      4 Lobos BUAP 2 0 2  
  4 Lobos BUAP 0 4 4    
  5 Mérida 3 0 3  
  • If the two teams are tied after both legs, the away goals rule applies. If both teams still tied, higher seeded team advances.[1]
  • Teams are re-seeded every round.
  • The winner will qualify to the playoff match vs the Clausura 2013 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

First leg

La Piedad 2 - 1 Estudiantes
R. Murguía  51'
J. Cavallo  57' (pen.)		 Report E. Lillingston  45' (pen.)
Attendance: 3,958
Referee: León Vicente Barajas Anzures
Mérida 3 - 0 Lobos BUAP
G. España  12'
E. Alfaro  15'
D Jiménez  18'		 Report
Referee: Baruch Absalón Castellanos
Dorados 1 - 0 Neza
C. Blanco  32' (pen.) Report
Referee: Roberto Ríos Jácome

Second leg

Lobos BUAP 4 - 0 Mérida
A. Lima  4'
D. Souza Gama  26', 87'
A. Sánchez  45'		 Report
Attendance: 9,551
Referee: Oscar Bernardo Villagómez
Estudiantes 1 - 3 La Piedad
D. Martiñones  16' Report J. Cavallo  54'
O. Rojas  74'
R. Murguía  93' (pen.)
Attendance: 6,669
Referee: Erik Yair Miranda Galindo
Neza 1 - 2 Dorados
E. Guzmán  4' Report M. Osuna  14'
G. Rojas  67'
Attendance: >8,000[2]
Referee: Carlos Manuel Martínez Soto

All game schedules are expressed in CST time, except where indicated.
Official schedules of Ascenso MX playoffs Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

First leg

Dorados 1 - 1 Necaxa
G. Rojas  4' Report D. Santoya  17'
Attendance: 16,924
Referee: Erick Yair Miranda Galindo
La Piedad 1 - 2 Lobos BUAP
J. Cavallo  12' Report H. Alférez  55'
D. Souza Gama  78'
Attendance: 4,109
Referee: Roberto Ríos Jácome

Second leg

Necaxa 2 - 2 Dorados
M. García  51'
D. Santoya  72'
M. de la Cruz  75' (o.g.)		 Report G. Rojas  4'
Attendance: 15,500
Referee: Oscar Bernardo Villagómez

Round tied 3-3. Dorados advance to Final by the away goal rule

Lobos BUAP 0 - 2 La Piedad
Report B. Godínez  29'
F. Sinecio  92'
Attendance: 19,845
Referee: Carlos Manuel Martínez Soto

All game schedules are expressed in CST time, except where indicated.

Final

First leg

Dorados 1 - 0 La Piedad
L. Ramírez  61' Report
Attendance: 21,163
Referee: Roberto Ríos Jácome

Second leg

La Piedad 3 - 1 (a.e.t.) Dorados
E. García  2'
J. Cavallo  41'
L. Martínez García  90+3'		 Report G. Ramírez  50'
Referee: Carlos Manuel Martínez Soto
Apertura 2012 winner:
La Piedad
2nd Title

Top goalscorers - Liguilla (Playoffs)

Last Updated on December 2, 2012.
Players sorted first by goals scored, then by goal frequency (Minutes played/Goals scored).

Rank Player Club Goals Goal freq.
1 Paraguay Gustavo A. Ramírez Dorados 4 82.75
2 Argentina Juan Manuel Cavallo La Piedad 4 113.00
3 Colombia Danny Santoya Necaxa 2 84.00
4 Brazil C. E. de Souza Lobos BUAP 2 154.50
5 Mexico Rafael Murguía La Piedad 2 241.50
6 Uruguay Diego Martiñones Tecos 1 90.00
7 Costa Rica Ever Alfaro Mérida 1 101.00
8 Mexico Fernando Sinecio González La Piedad 1 132.00
9 Brazil Aparecido Lima Lobos BUAP 1 143.00
10 Mexico Gabriel España Mérida 1 161.00
11 Mexico Ever Guzmán Neza 1 163.00
12 Mexico Michel García Necaxa 1 168.00
13 Mexico Diego Jiménez Mérida 1 180.00
14 Mexico Eduardo Lillingston Tecos 1 180.00
15 Mexico Hebert Alférez Lobos BUAP 1 266.00

Source: Ascenso MX - Apertura 2012 Liguilla goalscorers official page

References

  1. ↑ As appears in as Ascenso MX competition rules 2012-2013 "Reglamento de competencia Ascenso MX 2012-2013, Article 22.2" (PDF). Liga MX. 2012-08-01. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-02-25. Retrieved 2012-11-06. Los Clubes vencedores en los partidos de Cuartos de Final y Semifinal serán aquellos que en los dos juegos anote el mayor número de goles, criterio conocido como MARCADOR GLOBAL. De existir empate en el número de goles anotados, la posición se definirá a favor del Club con mayor cantidad de goles a favor cuando actué como visitante.
  2. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-01-30. Retrieved 2012-11-26.
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