2011–12 Mexican Primera División season

The 2011–12 Primera División Profesional season was the 65th professional top-flight football league season in Mexico. The season was split into two tournaments: the Torneo Apertura and the Torneo Clausura; each of identical format and contested by the same eighteen teams.

Primera División de México
Season2011–12
ChampionsApertura:
Tigres (3rd title)
Clausura:
Santos Laguna (4th title)
RelegatedTecos
Champions LeagueTigres
Santos Laguna
Guadalajara
Monterrey
Copa LibertadoresGuadalajara
Cruz Azul
UANL
Matches played306
Goals scored805 (2.63 per match)
Top goalscorerApertura:
Iván Alonso
(11 goals)
Clausura:
Iván Alonso
Christian Benítez
(14 goals)
Biggest home winApertura:
Tigres 5–0 Pachuca
(September 10, 2011)
Clausura:
Monterrey 4-0 Tecos
(March 24, 2012)
Biggest away winApertura:
Pachuca 1–4 Santos Laguna
(July 23, 2011)
Chiapas 1–4 Monterrey
(July 24, 2011)
Guadalajara 1-4 Puebla
(September 17, 2011)
Monterrey 0-3 América
(October 15, 2011)
UNAM 1-4 Atlas
(October 16, 2011)
Clausura:
Atlante 0-4 América
(February 25, 2012)
Highest scoringApertura:
Chiapas 5-3 América
(September 17, 2011)
Atlante 4-4 Morelia
(October 29, 2011)
Clausura:
Toluca 3-4 Pachuca
(February 5, 2012)
Cruz Azul 4-3 Monterrey
(March 3, 2012)
Santos Laguna 5-2 San Luis
(March 3, 2012)
Cruz Azul 5-2 Tecos
(April 21, 2012)

Changes from 2010–11

On May 16, 2011, the General Assembly of the Primera División announced a format change to begin with the 2011 Apertura. The first change was the elimination of groups in the First Stage. The top eight teams at the end of the First Stage would advance to the next round. The other change would affect the playoffs. Instead of a two-legged, single elimination tournament culminating in the finals, the eight teams in the next round would be placed into two groups of four. The four teams in each group will play against other in a double round-robin format. The top team in each group will advance to the Finals.[1] However, on June 6, 2011, the Primera División Profesional's Operations Committee announced that the format change would only affect the elimination of groups in the First Stage, and that the playoffs would remain as they were. Therefore, the top eight teams at the end of the First Stage would advance to a two-legged elimination bracket.[2]

Clubs
Jaguares
Puebla
Santos Laguna
UANL
Atlas, Estudiantes Tecos, Guadalajara
Locations of the 2011–12 Primera División teams

The following eighteen teams participated in the season. Necaxa was relegated to the Liga de Ascenso after accumulating the lowest coefficient during the immediate past three seasons, ending its one-year stay in the league. Tijuana was promoted, the winner of the 2010–11 Liga de Ascenso season. This is Tijuana's inaugural season in the Primera División.

Club Home City Stadium Capacity
América Mexico City Azteca 105,000
Atlante Cancún Andrés Quintana Roo 20,000
Atlas Guadalajara Jalisco 56,700
Cruz Azul Mexico City Estadio Azul 35,000
Estudiantes Tecos Zapopan 3 de Marzo 30,000
Guadalajara Guadalajara Omnilife 49,850
Chiapas Tuxtla Gutiérrez Víctor Manuel Reyna 31,500
Monterrey Monterrey Tecnológico 38,000
Morelia Morelia Morelos 41,500
Pachuca Pachuca, Hidalgo Hidalgo 30,000
Puebla Puebla Cuauhtémoc 48,650
Querétaro Querétaro La Corregidora 40,785
San Luis San Luis Potosí Alfonso Lastras Ramírez 24,000
Santos Laguna Torreón Corona 30,000
Tijuana Tijuana Caliente 33,333
Toluca Toluca Nemesio Díez 27,000
Tigres San Nicolás Universitario 45,000
UNAM Mexico City Olímpico Universitario 63,000

Managerial changes
Team Outgoing manager Manner of
departure		 Date of
vacancy		 Replaced by Date of
appointment		 Position
in table
Pre-Apertura changes
Puebla Héctor Hugo Eugui Resigned May 6, 2011 Sergio Bueno May 13, 2011 14th
Toluca Sergio Lugo Sacked May 12, 2011 Héctor Hugo Eugui May 17, 2011 12th
Atlas Benjamín Galindo End of contract May 23, 2011 Ruben Omar Romano June 2, 2011 10th
Apertura changes
Estudiantes Tecos José Luis Sánchez Solá Sacked August 8, 2011 José Luis Salgado August 8, 2011 16th
Estudiantes Tecos José Luis Salgado End of tenure as caretaker August 14, 2011 Raul Arias August 15, 2011 9th
Querétaro Gustavo Matosas Sacked August 16, 2011 José Saturnino Cardozo August 16, 2011 8th
Santos Laguna Diego Cocca Sacked September 4, 2011 Eduardo Rergis September 4, 2011 14th
Santos Laguna Eduardo Rergis End of tenure as caretaker September 14, 2011 Benjamín Galindo September 14, 2011 15th
Atlas Ruben Omar Romano Resigned September 17, 2011 Juan Carlos Chávez September 18, 2011 18th
América Carlos Reinoso Resigned September 18, 2011 Alfredo Tena September 19, 2011 16th
Tijuana Joaquin del Olmo Sacked September 19, 2011 Antonio Mohamed September 19, 2011 17th
Guadalajara Jose Luis Real Sacked October 3, 2011 Fernando Quirarte October 3, 2011 5th
Estudiantes Tecos Raul Arias Sacked November 2, 2011 José Luis Salgado November 2, 2011 13th
Pre-Clausura changes
Puebla Sergio Bueno Sacked November 7, 2011 Juan Carlos Osorio November 14, 2011 12th
América Alfredo Tena Sacked November 10, 2011 Miguel Herrera November 15, 2011 17th
San Luis Ignacio Ambríz Sacked November 10, 2011 René Isidoro García November 10, 2011 10th
Toluca Héctor Hugo Eugui Sacked November 10, 2011 Wilson Graniolatti November 14, 2011 13th
Atlante Miguel Herrera Contract Termination November 15, 2011 Mario García November 29, 2011 15th
Clausura changes
Estudiantes Tecos José Luis Salgado Resigned January 14, 2012 Gilberto Adame January 14, 2012 18th
Guadalajara Fernando Quirarte Resigned January 21, 2012 Ignacio Ambríz January 26, 2012 18th
Estudiantes Tecos Gilberto Adame End of tenure as caretaker January 30, 2012 Héctor Hugo Eugui January 30, 2012 17th
San Luis René Isidoro García Resigned February 25, 2012 Sergio Bueno February 28, 2012 15th
Querétaro José Saturnino Cardozo Resigned March 3, 2012 Ángel Comizzo March 5, 2012 18th
Puebla Juan Carlos Osorio Resigned March 21, 2012 Daniel Bartolotta March 21, 2012 16th
Atlante Mario García Sacked April 15, 2012 José Luis González China April 15, 2012 15th
Guadalajara Ignacio Ambriz Resigned April 18, 2012 Alberto Coyote April 18, 2012 14th

Torneo Apertura

The 2011 Apertura was the first competition of the season. The Regular Season began on July 22, 2011 and ended on November 6, 2011. The playoffs began on November 19, 2011 and ended on December 11, 2011. The team known as Pumas UNAM were the defending champion.

Regular season

Standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Guadalajara 17 8 6 3 24 18 +6 30[lower-alpha 1] 2012 Copa Libertadores Second Stage[lower-alpha 2]
2 Cruz Azul 17 8 5 4 21 14 +7 29[lower-alpha 1]
3 UANL 17 7 7 3 22 13 +9 28[lower-alpha 1] 2012 Copa Libertadores First Stage[lower-alpha 2]
4 Santos Laguna 17 8 3 6 29 25 +4 27[lower-alpha 1] Cannot qualify for South American competitions[lower-alpha 3]
5 Chiapas 17 7 5 5 28 23 +5 26[lower-alpha 1] Advance to the Final Phase
6 Pachuca 17 7 5 5 28 25 +3 26[lower-alpha 1]
7 Morelia 17 7 5 5 25 22 +3 26[lower-alpha 1] Cannot qualify for South American competitions[lower-alpha 3]
8 Querétaro 17 8 2 7 24 21 +3 26[lower-alpha 1] Advance to the Final Phase
9 UNAM 17 7 4 6 19 25 −6 25 Cannot qualify for South American competitions[lower-alpha 3]
10 San Luis 17 6 6 5 23 20 +3 24
11 Monterrey 17 7 3 7 27 26 +1 24 Cannot qualify for South American competitions[lower-alpha 3]
12 Puebla 17 6 4 7 26 29 −3 22
13 Toluca 17 4 8 5 19 27 −8 20
14 Atlante 17 5 4 8 24 28 −4 19
15 Tijuana 17 3 9 5 21 23 −2 18
16 Estudiantes Tecos 17 6 0 11 24 30 −6 18
17 América 17 3 6 8 26 31 −5 15
18 Atlas 17 2 6 9 20 30 −10 12
Source: FeMexFut
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
  1. The top 8 score results qualify for the Playoffs.
  2. All 3 teams who qualify for Copa Libertadores will also participate in the Playoffs of this competition.
  3. Monterrey, Morelia, Santos Laguna and UNAM cannot qualify for the 2012 Copa Libertadores because they are participating in the 2011-12 CONCACAF Champions League competition.

Results
Home \ Away AMÉ ATE ATL CRU EST GUA CHI MON MOR PAC PUE QUE SLU SLA TIJ TOL UNL UNM
América 0–1 5–2 1–2 1–3 1–1 2–3 2–1 2–2 1–1
Atlante 2–1 0–2 4–4 0–1 5–1 1–3 1–1 1–1 1–0
Atlas 2–3 0–2 1–1 1–1 0–1 3–0 1–1 2–2 0–1
Cruz Azul 3–1 2–1 2–1 1–1 0–1 2–0 2–1 0–0
Estudiantes Tecos 0–2 0–2 2–3 2–1 5–2 1–2 0–1 1–2
Guadalajara 5–2 2–1 2–1 2–2 1–4 0–1 1–0 0–0
Chiapas 5–3 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–4 3–1 3–2 1–1 4–0
Monterrey 0–3 3–2 2–0 1–2 2–0 2–0 4–2 0–0
Morelia 0–2 1–2 1–0 2–2 0–0 4–2 2–0 0–1
Pachuca 2–0 4–2 1–0 1–0 4–0 1–1 1–4 3–0 0–0
Puebla 2–1 1–2 3–3 2–2 1–0 1–2 0–1 2–1
Querétaro 1–0 3–0 1–2 2–1 2–1 1–3 0–0 4–0
San Luis 1–1 2–1 2–0 1–0 2–3 2–1 2–1 0–1 5–1
Santos Laguna 1–1 3–0 3–0 1–0 1–1 0–2 1–3 3–2
Tijuana 0–2 0–1 2–0 1–2 3–2 1–1 1–1 0–0 1–1
Toluca 1–1 2–1 0–0 0–0 2–1 4–3 0–1 1–1
UANL 2–2 1–1 1–1 0–0 5–0 1–0 2–1 2–2 4–1
UNAM 1–0 1–0 1–4 1–2 2–1 2–0 1–1 1–1 4–1
Source: FeMexFut (in Spanish)
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Liguilla
  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 0 1 1
2 Cruz Azul 1 1 2  
7 Morelia 2 2 4  
  7 Morelia 2 2 4
  4 Santos 1 3 4  
4 Santos 2 2 4
5 Chiapas 2 1 3  
 Apertura 2011 winners 
UANL
3rd title

Top goalscorers

Players ranked by goals scored, then alphabetically by last name.

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Iván Alonso Toluca 11
2 Carlos Bueno Querétaro 10
Oribe Peralta Santos Laguna 10
4 Christian Benítez América 8
Enrique Esqueda Pachuca 8
Marco Fabián Guadalajara 8
Jackson Martínez Chiapas 8
8 Luis García Puebla 7
Herculez Gomez Estudiantes Tecos 7
Héctor Mancilla Tigres 7
Alfredo Moreno San Luis 7
Luis Gabriel Rey Chiapas 7
Miguel Sabah Morelia 7

Hat-tricks
PlayerForAgainstResultDate
Oribe PeraltaSantos LagunaPachuca4–1July 23, 2011
Christian BenítezAméricaAtlas5–2August 21, 2011
Carlos BuenoQuerétaroUNAM4–0September 10, 2011
Héctor MancillaTigresPachuca5–0September 10, 2011
Miguel SabahMoreliaQuerétaro4–2September 18, 2011
Marco FabiánGuadalajaraEstudiantes Tecos5–2October 15, 2011
Iván AlonsoTolucaPuebla4–3October 23, 2011

Torneo Clausura

The 2012 Clausura is the second and final competition of the season. The regular season began on January 6, 2012 and ended on April 29, 2012. The team known as Tigres UANL were the defending champions.

Regular season

Standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Santos Laguna 17 11 3 3 33 18 +15 36 Advances to the Playoffs
2 Monterrey 17 9 5 3 32 15 +17 32
3 América 17 9 5 3 30 18 +12 32
4 Morelia 17 9 4 4 25 18 +7 31
5 UANL 17 9 4 4 22 16 +6 31
6 Pachuca 17 7 7 3 24 17 +7 28
7 Tijuana 17 7 7 3 18 11 +7 28
8 Chiapas 17 8 3 6 26 20 +6 27
9 Cruz Azul 17 6 7 4 29 21 +8 25
10 Toluca 17 6 4 7 24 27 −3 22
11 Atlas 17 4 8 5 7 13 −6 20
12 Puebla 17 5 4 8 19 23 −4 19
13 Atlante 17 4 4 9 20 31 −11 16
14 UNAM 17 3 7 7 13 18 −5 16
15 Guadalajara 17 4 3 10 12 21 −9 15
16 San Luis 17 3 3 11 15 30 −15 12
17 Querétaro 17 2 6 9 14 30 −16 12
18 Estudiantes Tecos 17 2 6 9 12 28 −16 12
Updated to match(es) played on April 29, 2012. Source: MedioTiempo.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Results
Home \ Away AMÉ ATE ATL CRU EST GUA CHI MON MOR PAC PUE QUE SLU SLA TIJ TOL UNL UNM
América 2–2 2–0 2–3 1–0 3–1 1–1 0–1 2–1
Atlante 0–4 0–0 2–2 2–2 0–3 1–2 0–2 1–2
Atlas 1–1 0–2 0–3 1–0 0–0 1–3 1–0 0–0
Cruz Azul 5–2 2–0 4–3 1–1 1–2 3–1 0–1 1–1 1–1
Estudiantes Tecos 1–1 2–1 0–0 1–0 1–2 1–1 1–1 0–2 0–2
Guadalajara 0–1 0–1 0–1 2–1 1–2 0–0 2–1 0–2 2–0
Chiapas 1–0 3–1 1–0 3–2 0–1 3–0 0–0 2–2
Monterrey 4–0 2–0 2–1 1–1 2–1 4–1 3–0 2–0 1–1
Morelia 3–1 1–1 0–0 2–0 0–0 2–0 3–1 1–1 1–2
Pachuca 3–2 2–0 3–1 1–2 3–1 1–1 1–0 1–1
Puebla 2–3 1–2 0–0 1–1 1–2 1–2 0–1 1–1 2–1
Querétaro 0–2 2–3 2–1 0–0 0–3 0–1 2–2 0–2 2–2
San Luis 1–3 2–3 0–1 2–3 0–0 0–1 0–2 1–0
Santos Laguna 1–1 1–0 1–1 0–0 3–1 2–0 5–2 3–0 2–1
Tijuana 1–1 2–1 2–0 0–0 1–0 1–3 1–1 1–1
Toluca 0–3 3–1 3–1 1–1 3–4 2–1 1–3 2–1 0–2
UANL 1–0 0–0 2–1 2–1 4–1 1–2 1–0 1–0
UNAM 0–0 0–0 0–3 3–0 0–1 0–2 1–1 0–2
Updated to match(es) played on April 29, 2012. Source: FeMexFut (in Spanish)
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Liguilla
Main article: 2012 Primera División de México Clausura Liguilla
  Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
                                         
1 Santos 4 2 6  
8 Chiapas 3 1 4  
  1 Santos 1 2 3  
  5 Tigres 1 2 3  
4 Morelia 0 1 1
5 Tigres 1 4 5  
  1 Santos 1 2 3
  2 Monterrey 1 1 2
2 Monterrey 2 2 4  
7 Tijuana 1 2 3  
  2 Monterrey 0 2 2
  3 América 0 0 0  
3 América 3 0 3
6 Pachuca 1 1 2  
 2012 Clausura winners 
Santos Laguna
4th title
  • If the two teams are tied after both legs, the higher seeded team advances.
  • Both finalists qualify to the 2012–13 CONCACAF Champions League Group Stage. Note: Santos were already qualified to 2012-13 Champions competition as the runners-up of the Apertura, and as they are Clausura Champions, their spot was relinquished as Apertura Runner-up to Guadalajara, the best record of the 2011 Apertura not already qualified.

Top goalscorers

Players ranked by goals scored, then alphabetically by last name.

Pos Player Club Goals
1 Iván Alonso Toluca 14
Christian Benítez América 14
3 Aldo de Nigris Monterrey 9
Oribe Peralta Santos Laguna 9
Miguel Sabah Morelia 9
6 Lucas Lobos UANL 8
Luis Gabriel Rey Chiapas 8
Jackson Martínez Chiapas 8
Emanuel Villa Cruz Azul 8
10 José Sand Tijuana 7
Humberto Suazo Monterrey 7

Hat-tricks
PlayerForAgainstResultDate
Oribe Peralta 4Santos LagunaSan Luis5–2March 3, 2012
Mauro CejasPachucaAtlante3–2March 17, 2012
  • 4 Player scored 4 goals

Relegation
Pos
 Team '09 A
Pts		 '10 C
Pts		 '10 A
Pts		 '11 C
Pts		 '11 A
Pts		 '12 C
Pts		 Total
Pts		 Total
Pld		 Avg
 Relegation
1 Monterrey 3036322624321801921.7647
2 Cruz Azul 3325392628251771021.7353
3 Santos Laguna 2728302327361711021.6765
4 Morelia 3325213126311671021.6373
5 UANL Tigres 2219243528311591021.5588
6 América 3025272615321551021.5196
7 Toluca 3530222120221501021.4706
8 Pachuca 2425251826281461021.4314
UNAM 1728253525161461021.4314
10 Guadalajara 1932222530151431021.402
11 Tijuana 0000182846341.3529
12 Chiapas 1919251426271301021.2745
13 Puebla 2619191822191231021.2059
14 San Luis 2114262124121181021.1569
15 Atlante 2316162719161171021.1471
16 Querétaro 1821191626121121021.098
17 Atlas 1824132312201101021.0784
18 Estudiantes (R) 2019151718121011020.9902 Relegation

Updated to games played on April 29, 2012
Source:

References
  1. "Mexican league to change format, playoffs". CONCACAF. Archived from the original on May 22, 2011. Retrieved May 22, 2011.
  2. "Decisiones del Comité de Operaciones de la Primera División Profesional" [Decisions of the Primera División Profesional's Operations Committee] (in Spanish). Femexfut. June 6, 2011. Archived from the original on April 6, 2012. Retrieved June 10, 2011.
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