# 2011 Primera División de México Apertura Liguilla Final

The 2011 Apertura Liguilla Final is a two-legged football match-up to determine the 2011 Apertura champion.
After 17 matches on the regular season, and 2 two-legged rounds of Liguilla, Tigres UANL and Santos Laguna have reached the final.
This final was the third of Santos Laguna in 4 tournaments, the other two where in the Bicentenario 2010 losing against Toluca on a penalty shoot-out and the Apertura 2010 losing against Monterrey with the score of 5 - 3.
This final was the first of Tigres UANL since 2003, when they lost 3 - 2 on aggregate against Pachuca. Also Tigres UANL hadn't won the league since the 1981–82 season when they became winners against Atlante on a penalty shoot-out.

## Final rules

Like other match-ups in the knockout round, the teams will play two games, one at each team's home stadium. As the highest seeded team determined at the beginning of the Liguilla, will have home-field advantage for the second leg.
However, the tiebreaking criteria used in previous rounds will not be the same in the final. If the teams remained tied after 90 minutes of play during the 2nd leg, extra time will be used, followed by a penalty shootout if necessary.

## Route to the final

| Tigres UANL | Tigres UANL | Round | Santos Laguna | Santos Laguna |
| Opponent | Result | Regular Season | Opponent | Result |
| Cruz Azul | 1 - 1 | Match 1 | Pachuca | 4 - 1 |
| Querétaro | 0 - 0 | Match 2 | Atlante | 3 - 0 |
| Toluca | 2 - 2 | Match 3 | Chiapas | 2 - 3 |
| Estudiantes Tecos | 1 - 0 | Match 4 | Tijuana | 1 - 3 |
| América | 2 - 2 | Match 5 | Pumas UNAM | 1 - 1 |
| San Luis | 1 - 0 | Match 6 | Morelia | 0 - 2 |
| Atlas | 1 - 0 | Match 7 | Monterrey | 0 - 2 |
| Pachuca | 5 - 0 | Match 8 | Guadalajara | 1 - 1 |
| Atlante | 0 - 1 | Match 9 | San Luis | 1 - 0 |
| Chiapas | 1 - 1 | Match 10 | Puebla | 2 - 1 |
| Tijuana | 1 - 1 | Match 11 | Cruz Azul | 1 - 0 |
| Pumas UNAM | 4 - 1 | Match 12 | Querétaro | 3 - 1 |
| Morelia | 0 - 2 | Match 13 | Toluca | 3 - 2 |
| Monterrey | 0 - 0 | Match 14 | Estudiantes Tecos | 2 - 5 |
| Guadalajara | 0 - 1 | Match 15 | América | 1 - 1 |
| Santos Laguna | 2 - 1 | Match 16 | Tigres UANL | 1 - 2 |
| Puebla | 1 - 0 | Match 17 | Atlas | 3 - 0 |
| Opponent | Result | Liguilla | Opponent | Result |
| Pachuca | 1 - 0 | Quarterfinals | Chiapas | 2 - 2 |
| Pachuca | 3 - 0 | Quarterfinals | Chiapas | 2 - 1 |
| Querétaro | 0 - 0 | Semifinals | Morelia | 1 - 2 |
| Querétaro | 1 - 0 | Semifinals | Morelia | 3 - 2 |

## Final
### First leg

| Santos Laguna | Tigres UANL |
Santos Laguna :
| GK | 1 | Oswaldo Sánchez (c) 23' |
| DF | 4 | Jorge Iván Estrada 28' 45' |
| DF | 18 | Santiago Hoyos |
| DF | 23 | Felipe Baloy 81' |
| DF | 14 | César Ibáñez |
| MF | 13 | Christian Suárez 61' |
| MF | 17 | Rodolfo Salinas |
| MF | 8 | Juan Pablo Rodríguez 23' |
| MF | 7 | José María Cárdenas |
| FW | 3 | Carlos Darwin Quintero 45' |
| FW | 24 | Oribe Peralta |
| Substitutes ||||
| DF | 5 | Aarón Galindo |
| FW | 9 | Carlos Ochoa |
| MF | 15 | Jaime Toledo 61' |
| DF | 20 | Osmar Mares 45' |
| GK | 25 | Miguel Becerra |
| DF | 28 | Carlos Adrián Morales 45' 58' |
| FW | 65 | Alonso Escoboza |
| Manager ||||
| Benjamín Galindo ||||
Tigres UANL :
| GK | 1 | Enrique Palos |
| DF | 2 | Israel Jiménez |
| DF | 3 | Juninho |
| DF | 4 | Hugo Ayala |
| DF | 6 | Jorge Torres Nilo |
| MF | 15 | Manuel Viniegra 88' |
| MF | 30 | Carlos Salcido |
| MF | 10 | Danilinho |
| MF | 16 | Lucas Lobos (c) |
| MF | 11 | Damián Álvarez |
| FW | 9 | Héctor Mancilla 72' |
| Substitutes ||||
| MF | 18 | Francisco Acuña |
| FW | 19 | Alan Pulido 72' |
| GK | 21 | Aarón Fernández |
| MF | 22 | Edgar Pacheco |
| DF | 24 | José Arturo Rivas |
| MF | 28 | Alberto Acosta |
| MF | 29 | Jesús Dueñas 88' |
| Manager ||||
| Ricardo Ferretti ||||

#### Paul Delgadillo Man of the Match

    Damián Álvarez

#### Assistant referees

    Salvador Rodríguez Carlos González

#### Fourth official

    Ricardo Arellano

### Second leg

| Tigres UANL | Santos Laguna |
Tigres UANL :
| GK | 1 | Enrique Palos |
| DF | 2 | Israel Jiménez 69' |
| DF | 3 | Juninho |
| DF | 4 | Hugo Ayala |
| DF | 6 | Jorge Torres Nilo 36' 88' |
| MF | 15 | Manuel Viniegra 88' |
| MF | 30 | Carlos Salcido |
| MF | 10 | Danilinho 63' |
| MF | 16 | Lucas Lobos (c) 38' |
| MF | 11 | Damián Álvarez |
| FW | 9 | Héctor Mancilla 56' 80' |
| Substitutes ||||
| MF | 17 | David Toledo 88' |
| FW | 19 | Alan Pulido 80' |
| GK | 21 | Aarón Fernández |
| MF | 22 | Edgar Pacheco |
| DF | 24 | José Arturo Rivas 88' |
| MF | 28 | Alberto Acosta |
| MF | 29 | Jesús Dueñas |
| Manager ||||
| Ricardo Ferretti ||||
Santos Laguna :
| GK | 1 | Oswaldo Sánchez (c) 12' |
| DF | 18 | Santiago Hoyos |
| DF | 20 | Osmar Mares |
| DF | 23 | Felipe Baloy 69' |
| DF | 28 | Carlos Adrián Morales 66' 66' |
| DF | 14 | César Ibáñez |
| MF | 13 | Christian Suárez |
| MF | 17 | Rodolfo Salinas 19' |
| MF | 7 | José María Cárdenas 66' |
| FW | 3 | Carlos Darwin Quintero 16' 70' |
| FW | 24 | Oribe Peralta |
| Substitutes ||||
| DF | 5 | Aarón Galindo |
| FW | 9 | Carlos Ochoa |
| MF | 10 | Daniel Ludueña 66' |
| MF | 15 | Jaime Toledo |
| GK | 25 | Miguel Becerra 16' |
| DF | 27 | José Antonio Olvera |
| FW | 37 | Saúl Ramírez 66' |
| Manager ||||
| Benjamín Galindo ||||

#### Marco Antonio Rodríguez Man of the Match

    Danilinho

#### Assistant referees

    Alberto Morín Juan Joel Rangel

#### Fourth official

    Mauricio Morales
* Apertura 2011 winners:
* Tigres UANL 3rd Title