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Apertura 2023 Liga MX final phase

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]

Apertura 2023 Liga MX final phase
Tournament details
Dates23 November – 17 December 2023
Teams10
Tournament statistics
Matches played17
Goals scored48 (2.82 per match)
Attendance625,312 (36,783 per match)

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 edit

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)
Seed Team Points (GD) Date of qualification Appearance Last appearance Previous best (last) Ref.
1 América 40 24 October 2023 (PLAY)
28 October 2023 (QF) 		39th Clausura 2023 Champions (Ap. 2018) [4]
2 Monterrey 33 1 November 2023 (PLAY)
3 November 2023 (QF) 		29th Champions (Ap. 2019) [5]
3 UANL 30 29 October 2023 (PLAY)
31 October 2023 (QF) 		32nd Champions (Cl. 2023) [6]
4 UNAM 28 3 November 2023 (PLAY)
11 November 2023 (QF) 		26th Champions (Cl. 2011) [7]
5 Guadalajara 27 3 November 2023 (PLAY)
4 November 2023 (QF) 		31st Champions (Cl. 2017) [8]
6 Puebla 25 12 November 2023 (PLAY)
12 November 2023 (QF) 		14th Semi-finals (Gua. 2021) [9]
Qualified to the play-in round (4 teams)
Seed Team Points (GD) Date of qualification Appearance Last appearance Previous best Ref.
7 Atlético San Luis 23 (+5) 10 November 2023 4th Clausura 2023 Quarter-finals (Cl. 2023) [10]
8 León 23 (+1) 12 November 2023 17th Champions (Gua. 2020) [11]
9 Santos Laguna 23 (–3) 11 November 2023 36th Apertura 2022 Champions (Cl. 2018) [12]
10 Mazatlán 22 10 November 2023 2nd Clausura 2022 Reclassification (Cl. 2022)

Play-in round edit

Format edit

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 edit

Play-in matchesNo. 8 seed matchFinal seeds
Serie A
7Atlético San Luis37Atlético San LuisNo. 7 seed
8León28LeónNo. 8 seed
8León3
Serie B9Santos Laguna2
9Santos Laguna2
10Mazatlán1


Play-in matches edit

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Atlético San Luis 3–2 León
Santos Laguna 2–1 Mazatlán

Serie A edit

Atlético San Luis3–2León
 Report
Attendance: 11,295
Referee: Adonai Escobedo (Aguascalientes)

Serie B edit

Santos Laguna2–1Mazatlán
 Report
Attendance: 10,101

No. 8 seed match edit

Team 1  Score  Team 2
León 3–2 Santos Laguna
León3–2Santos Laguna
 Report
Attendance: 25,672[13]

Seeding edit

The following is the current seeding for the final phase.

Seed Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Host
1 América 17 12 4 1 37 14 +23 40 Hosts second leg
2 Monterrey 17 10 3 4 27 15 +12 33
3 UANL 17 8 6 3 32 18 +14 30
4 UNAM 17 8 4 5 27 18 +9 28
5 Guadalajara 17 8 3 6 22 22 0 27 Hosts first leg
6 Puebla 17 7 4 6 24 25 −1 25
7 Atlético San Luis 17 7 2 8 31 26 +5 23
8 León 17 6 5 6 23 22 +1 23
Source: Liga MX
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Away goals scored; 5) Drawing of lots.

Bracket edit

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Finals
               
1 América 2 2 4
8 León 2 0 2
1 América 5 0 5
7 Atlético San Luis 0 2 2
2 Monterrey 0 1 1
7 Atlético San Luis 1 1 2
1 América (a.e.t.) 1 3 4
3 UANL 1 0 1
3 UANL 2 3 5
6 Puebla 2 0 2
3 UANL 1 1 2
4 UNAM 0 1 1
4 UNAM 0 3 3
5 Guadalajara 1 0 1


Quarter-finals edit

Summary edit

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

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
León 2–4 América 2–2 0–2
Atlético San Luis 2–1 Monterrey 1–0 1–1
Puebla 2–5 UANL 2–2 0–3
Guadalajara 1–3 UNAM 1–0 0–3

Matches edit

León2–2América
 Report
Attendance: 25,823[14]
Referee: Marco Antonio Ortiz (Durango)
América2–0León
 Report
Attendance: 61,823

América won 4–2 on aggregate.

Atlético San Luis1–0Monterrey
 Report
Attendance: 17,216[15]
Referee: Daniel Quintero Huitrón (Jalisco)
Monterrey1–1Atlético San Luis
 Report
Attendance: 36,907
Referee: Víctor Alfonso Cáceres (Chiapas)

Atlético San Luis won 2–1 on aggregate.

Puebla2–2UANL
 Report
Attendance: 28,984
Referee: Oscar Mejía García (Mexico City)
UANL3–0Puebla
 Report
Attendance: 39,381[16]
Referee: Adonai Escobedo (Aguascalientes)

UANL won 5–2 on aggregate.

Guadalajara1–0UNAM
 Report
Attendance: 33,438
Referee: Fernando Hernández Gómez (Mexico City)
UNAM3–0Guadalajara
 Report
Attendance: 46,659[17]

UNAM won 3–1 on aggregate.

Semi-finals edit

Summary edit

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

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Atlético San Luis 2–5 América 0–5 2–0
UNAM 1–2 UANL 0–1 1–1

Matches edit

Atlético San Luis0–5América
Report
Attendance: 22,589[18]
Referee: Adonai Escobedo (Aguascalientes)
América0–2Atlético San Luis
Report
Attendance: 57,964

América won 5–2 on aggregate.

UNAM0–1UANL
Report
Attendance: 44,276
Referee: Marco Antonio Ortiz (Durango)
UANL1–1UNAM
 Report
Attendance: 41,615[19]

UANL won 2–1 on aggregate.

Finals edit

Summary edit

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

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
UANL 1–4 América 1–1 0–3 (a.e.t.)


First leg edit

UANL1–1América
 Report
Attendance: 41,615
Referee: Marco Antonio Ortiz (Durango)


Details edit

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
América[20][21]
GK 1   Nahuel Guzmán
DF 20   Javier Aquino
DF 19   Guido Pizarro (c)
DF 3   Samir   45+4'
DF 27   Jesús Angulo
MF 5   Rafael Carioca   2'
MF 8   Fernando Gorriarán   69'
MF 17   Sebastián Córdova   83'
MF 6   Juan Pablo Vigón   61'
MF 16   Diego Lainez   61'
FW 10   André-Pierre Gignac
Substitutions:
GK 25   Carlos Felipe Rodríguez
DF 13   Diego Reyes   45+4'
DF 15   Eduardo Tercero
DF 28   Fernando Ordóñez
DF 32   Vladimir Loroña
MF 22   Raymundo Fulgencio   61'
MF 24   Marcelo Flores
MF 26   Sebastián Fierro
FW 9   Nicolás Ibáñez   69'
FW 29   Ozziel Herrera   61'
Manager:
  Robert Dante Siboldi
GK 1   Luis Malagón
DF 19   Miguel Layún
DF 31   Igor Lichnovsky   8'
DF 4   Sebastián Cáceres
DF 2   Luis Fuentes
MF 8   Álvaro Fidalgo
MF 6   Jonathan dos Santos   84'
MF 33   Julián Quiñones   90+1'
MF 17   Alejandro Zendejas   90+1'
MF 10   Diego Valdés   84'
FW 21   Henry Martín (c)
Substitutions:
GK 27   Óscar Jiménez
DF 3   Israel Reyes
DF 5   Kevin Álvarez   90+1'
DF 29   Ramón Juárez
MF 7   Brian Rodríguez
MF 16   Santiago Naveda
MF 20   Richard Sánchez   84'
MF 26   Salvador Reyes   90+1'
MF 32   Leonardo Suárez
FW 11   Jonathan Rodríguez   84'
Manager:
  André Jardine

Assistant referees:[22]
Christian Kiabek Espinosa (Mexico City)
Marco Antonio Bisguerra (Guanajuato)
Fourth official:[22]
Víctor Alfonso Cáceres (Chiapas)
Video assistant referee:[22]
Fernando Hernández Gómez (Mexico City)
Assistant video assistant referee:[22]
Erick Yair Miranda (Guanajuato)

Statistics edit

Statistic[23] UANL América
Goals scored 1 1
Total shots 10 12
Shots on target 5 2
Saves 1 4
Ball possession 54% 46%
Corner kicks 9 2
Fouls committed 15 17
Offsides 2 1
Yellow cards 2 1
Red cards 0 0

Second leg edit

América3–0 (a.e.t.)UANL
 Report
Attendance: 79,954
Referee: Adonai Escobedo (Aguascalientes)

América won 4–1 on aggregate.


Details edit

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
América[24][25]
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
GK 1   Luis Malagón
DF 19   Miguel Layún   26'   76'
DF 31   Igor Lichnovsky   7'   108'
DF 4   Sebastián Cáceres
DF 2   Luis Fuentes   90+9'
MF 6   Jonathan dos Santos   90+9'
MF 8   Álvaro Fidalgo
MF 33   Julián Quiñones   108'
MF 17   Alejandro Zendejas   76'
MF 10   Diego Valdés
FW 21   Henry Martín (c)
Substitutions:
GK 27   Óscar Jiménez
DF 3   Israel Reyes   90+9'
DF 5   Kevin Álvarez   76'
DF 29   Ramón Juárez   108'
MF 7   Brian Rodríguez
MF 16   Santiago Naveda
MF 20   Richard Sánchez   90+9'
MF 26   Salvador Reyes
MF 32   Leonardo Suárez   108'
FW 11   Jonathan Rodríguez   76'
Manager:
  André Jardine
GK 1   Nahuel Guzmán   93'   95'
DF 20   Javier Aquino   86'
DF 19   Guido Pizarro (c)
DF 13   Diego Reyes   32'
DF 27   Jesús Angulo
MF 5   Rafael Carioca   36'
MF 8   Fernando Gorriarán   97'
MF 16   Diego Lainez   75'
MF 17   Sebastián Córdova   75'
MF 29   Ozziel Herrera   62'
FW 10   André-Pierre Gignac
Substitutions:
GK 25   Carlos Felipe Rodríguez   97'
DF 15   Eduardo Tercero
DF 28   Fernando Ordóñez
DF 32   Vladimir Loroña   86'
MF 6   Juan Pablo Vigón   75'
MF 22   Raymundo Fulgencio   80'   75'
MF 24   Marcelo Flores
MF 26   Sebastián Fierro
FW 9   Nicolás Ibáñez
FW 23   Luis Quiñones   62'
Manager:
  Robert Dante Siboldi

Assistant referees:[26]
Alberto Morín Méndez (Chihuahua)
Michel Ricardo Espinoza (Mexico City)
Fourth official:[26]
Fernando Guerrero (Mexico City)
Video assistant referee:[26]
Jorge Antonio Pérez (Veracruz)
Assistant video assistant referee:[26]
Óscar Macías Romo (Aguascalientes)

Statistics edit

Statistic[27] América UANL
Goals scored 3 0
Total shots 18 9
Shots on target 7 3
Saves 3 4
Ball possession 60% 40%
Corner kicks 4 1
Fouls committed 18 23
Offsides 1 0
Yellow cards 2 2
Red cards 0 2

Statistics edit

Goalscorers edit

There were 48 goals scored in 17 matches, for an average of 2.82 goals per match. Players highlighted in bold are still active in the competition.

5 goals

4 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Assists edit

3 assists

2 assists

1 assist

References edit

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  15. ^ "Atlético San Luis-Monterrey report". LigaMX.net. 29 November 2023. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
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  21. ^ a b MX, LIGA MX / ASCENSO. "Minuto a Minuto". ligamx.net.
  22. ^ a b c d "Designaciones Arbitrales".
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