# Clausura 2022 Liga MX final phase

The Torneo Grita México Clausura 2022 (stylized as Grita... México C22) Liga MX final phase was played between 7 May and 29 May 2022. A total of twelve teams competed in the final phase to decide the champions of the Clausura 2022 Liga MX season. For the fourth straight season, an additional qualifying round, the reclassification or repechaje, was employed, which expanded the number of playoff spots to 12.
Both finalists qualified to the 2023 CONCACAF Champions League.
Atlas defeated Pachuca 3–2 on aggregate to win their second straight title and third overall. As winners of both the Apertura 2021 and Clausura 2022 seasons, Atlas were automatically awarded the 2022 Campeón de Campeones.

## Qualified teams

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 (4 teams) :
| Seed | Team | Points (GD) | Date of qualification | Appearance | Last appearance | Previous best |
| 1 | Pachuca | 38 | 7 April 2022 (REC) 16 April 2022 (QF) | 37th | Guardianes 2021 | Champions (5 times) |
| 2 | UANL | 33 | 10 April 2022 (REC) 16 April 2022 (QF) | 29th | Apertura 2021 | Champions (5 times) |
| 3 | Atlas | 27 | 19 April 2022(REC) 30 April 2022 (QF) | 24th | Apertura 2021 | Champions (Apertura 2021) |
| 4 | América | 26 (+7) | 23 April 2022 (REC) 1 May 2022 (QF) | 37th | Apertura 2021 | Champions (5 times) |
Qualified to Reclassification round (8 teams) :
| Seed | Team | Points (GD) | Date of qualification | Appearance | Last appearance | Previous best |
| 5 | Puebla | 26 (+6) | 16 April 2022 | 11th | Apertura 2021 | Semifinals (3 times) |
| 6 | Guadalajara | 26 (+4, 25 GF) | 23 April 2022 | 29th | Apertura 2021 | Champions (3 times) |
| 7 | Monterrey | 26 (+4, 21 GF) | 19 April 2022 | 27th | Apertura 2021 | Champions (4 times) |
| 8 | Cruz Azul | 25 | 21 April 2022 | 32nd | Apertura 2021 | Champions (2 times) |
| 9 | Necaxa | 23 (0) | 22 April 2022 | 19th | Guardianes 2020 | Champions (Invierno 1998) |
| 10 | Atlético San Luis | 23 (–1) | 24 April 2022 | 2nd | Apertura 2021 | Reclassification (Apertura 2021) |
| 11 | UNAM | 22 | 1 May 2022 | 25th | Apertura 2021 | Champions (4 times) |
| 12 | Mazatlán | 21 | 1 May 2022 | 1st | Debut | Debut |

## Format
### Reclassification

* All rounds were played in a single game hosted by the higher seed
* If a game ended in a draw, it proceeded directly to a penalty shoot-out.

### Liguilla

* Teams were re-seeded each round.
* The winners of the Reclassification matches were seeded based on their ranking in the classification table.
* Team with more goals on aggregate after two matches advanced.
* No away goals rule is applied in neither round; if the two teams were tied on aggregate, the higher-seeded team advanced.
* In the final, if the two teams were tied after both legs, the match would go to extra time and, if necessary, a shoot-out.
* Both finalists qualified to the 2023 CONCACAF Champions League.

## Reclassification
### Summary

Matches took place on 7–8 May 2022.
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Puebla | 2–2 (3–1 p) | Mazatlán |
| Guadalajara | 4–1 | UNAM |
| Monterrey | 2–2 (1–3 p) | Atlético San Luis |
| Cruz Azul | 1–1 (3–1 p) | Necaxa |

### Matches
## 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.
| Seed | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Pachuca | 17 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 30 | 15 | +15 | 38 |
| 2 | UANL | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 30 | 20 | +10 | 33 |
| 3 | Atlas | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 21 | 15 | +6 | 27 |
| 4 | América | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 24 | 17 | +7 | 26 |
| 5 | Puebla | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 25 | 19 | +6 | 26 |
| 6 | Guadalajara | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 25 | 21 | +4 | 26 |
| 7 | Cruz Azul | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 17 | +3 | 25 |
| 8 | Atlético San Luis | 17 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 21 | 22 | −1 | 23 |

## Bracket

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| 1 | Pachuca | 2 | 3 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Atlético San Luis | 2 | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Atlético San Luis | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | Pachuca | 1 | 3 | 4 | | | | | |
| | | | | | 4 | América | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | | |
| 4 | América | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | América | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | | |
| 5 | Puebla | 1 | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | Puebla | 1 | 2 | 3 | | | | | | 1 | Pachuca | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| | | | | | | | | | | 3 | Atlas | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | UANL (s) | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | Atlas | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Cruz Azul | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | Cruz Azul | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | UANL | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | |
| | | | | | 3 | Atlas | 3 | 2 | 5 | | | | | |
| 3 | Atlas | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | Atlas | 3 | 2 | 5 | | | | | |
| 6 | Guadalajara | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |

## Quarter-finals

The first legs were played on 11–12 May, and the second legs were played on 14–15 May.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Atlético San Luis | 4–5 | Pachuca | 2–2 | 2–3 |
| Cruz Azul | 1–1 (s) | UANL | 0–1 | 1–0 |
| Guadalajara | 2–3 | Atlas | 1–2 | 1–1 |
| Puebla | 3–4 | América | 1–1 | 2–3 |

### Second leg

América won 4–3 on aggregate.
Pachuca won 5–4 on aggregate.
Atlas won 3–2 on aggregate.
1–1 on aggregate. UANL advanced due to being the higher seeded team in the classification table.

## Semi-finals

The first legs were played on 18–19 May, and the second legs were played on 21–22 May.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| América | 1–4 | Pachuca | 1–1 | 0–3 |
| Atlas | 5–0 | UANL | 3–0 | 2–0 |

### Second leg

Atlas won 5–0 on aggregate. UANL originally won the second leg 4–2, however, the club had nine foreign players on the field (clubs are only allowed a maximum of eight), thus, UANL's four goals were annulled.
Pachuca won 4–1 on aggregate.

## Finals

The first leg was played on 26 May, and the second leg was played on 29 May.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Atlas | 3–2 | Pachuca | 2–0 | 1–2 |

### First leg
#### Details

| Atlas | Pachuca |
| GK | 12 | Camilo Vargas |
| DF | 5 | Anderson Santamaría | | 75' |
| DF | 2 | Hugo Nervo |
| DF | 15 | Emanuel Aguilera | | 69' |
| MF | 4 | José Abella |
| MF | 6 | Édgar Zaldívar |
| MF | 26 | Aldo Rocha (c) | 70' |
| MF | 14 | Luis Reyes |
| MF | 21 | Aníbal Chalá | 58' |
| FW | 9 | Julio Furch | 76' | 81' |
| FW | 33 | Julián Quiñones |
| Substitutions: ||
| GK | 1 | José Hernández |
| DF | 13 | Gaddi Aguirre | | 75' |
| DF | 15 | Diego Barbosa | | 69' |
| MF | 11 | Brayan Garnica |
| MF | 18 | Jeremy Márquez | | 81' |
| MF | 19 | Edyairth Ortega |
| MF | 32 | Lucas Rodríguez |
| FW | 22 | Franco Troyansky |
| FW | 28 | Christopher Trejo |
| FW | 199 | Jonathan Herrera |
| Manager: ||
| Diego Cocca ||
| GK | 5 | Oscar Ustari (c) |
| DF | 3 | Kevin Álvarez |
| DF | 22 | Gustavo Cabral | 70' |
| DF | 4 | Miguel Tapias |
| DF | 195 | Daniel Aceves |
| MF | 28 | Érick Sánchez | 90+5' |
| MF | 24 | Luis Chávez |
| MF | 11 | Avilés Hurtado | | 79' |
| MF | 6 | Víctor Guzmán | | 89' |
| MF | 30 | Romario Ibarra | | 46' |
| FW | 7 | Nicolás Ibáñez |
| Substitutions: ||
| GK | 25 | Carlos Moreno |
| DF | 12 | Geisson Perea |
| DF | 19 | Fernando Navarro | | 46' |
| DF | 23 | Óscar Murillo |
| DF | 33 | José Castillo |
| MF | 21 | Jesús Trindade |
| MF | 35 | Bryan González |
| MF | 226 | Pedro Pedraza |
| FW | 9 | Roberto de la Rosa | | 79' |
| FW | 190 | Jesús Hernández | | 89' |
| Manager: ||
| Guillermo Almada ||
* Assistant referees:
* Miguel Ángel Hernández (Puebla)
* Enedina Caudillo Gómez (Michoacán)
* Fourth official:
* Luis Enrique Santander (Guanajuato)
* Video assistant referee:
* Erick Yair Miranda (Guanajuato)
* Assistant video assistant referee:
* Juan Joel Rangel (Mexico City)

#### Statistics

| Statistic | Atlas | Pachuca |
| Goals scored | 2 | 0 |
| Total shots | 13 | 18 |
| Shots on target | 4 | 5 |
| Saves | 5 | 2 |
| Ball possession | 40% | 60% |
| Corner kicks | 4 | 7 |
| Fouls committed | 15 | 10 |
| Offsides | 2 | 0 |
| Yellow cards | 3 | 2 |
| Red cards | 0 | 0 |

### Second leg

Atlas won 3–2 on aggregate.

#### Details

| Pachuca | Atlas |
| GK | 5 | Oscar Ustari (c) |
| DF | 3 | Kevin Álvarez | 58' |
| DF | 23 | Óscar Murillo |
| DF | 22 | Gustavo Cabral |
| DF | 195 | Daniel Aceves | 37' | 59' |
| MF | 28 | Érick Sánchez | | 86' |
| MF | 24 | Luis Chávez | 90+5' |
| MF | 6 | Víctor Guzmán |
| MF | 30 | Romario Ibarra | | 78' |
| MF | 11 | Avilés Hurtado | | 59' |
| FW | 7 | Nicolás Ibáñez |
| Substitutions: ||
| GK | 25 | Carlos Moreno |
| DF | 4 | Miguel Tapias |
| DF | 12 | Geisson Perea |
| DF | 19 | Fernando Navarro | | 59' |
| DF | 33 | José Castillo |
| MF | 21 | Jesús Trindade |
| MF | 35 | Bryan González | | 59' |
| FW | 9 | Roberto de la Rosa | | 78' |
| FW | 190 | Jesús Hernández | | 86' |
| FW | 229 | Illian Hernández |
| Manager: ||
| Guillermo Almada ||
| GK | 12 | Camilo Vargas | 45+8' |
| DF | 5 | Anderson Santamaría | | 46' |
| DF | 2 | Hugo Nervo |
| DF | 15 | Emanuel Aguilera |
| MF | 4 | José Abella |
| MF | 6 | Édgar Zaldívar |
| MF | 26 | Aldo Rocha (c) | 40' |
| MF | 14 | Luis Reyes | 45+4' |
| MF | 21 | Aníbal Chalá | 83' |
| FW | 33 | Julián Quiñones |
| FW | 9 | Julio Furch | | 86' |
| Substitutions: ||
| GK | 1 | José Hernández |
| DF | 13 | Gaddi Aguirre | | 86' |
| DF | 15 | Diego Barbosa | | 46' |
| MF | 11 | Brayan Garnica |
| MF | 18 | Jeremy Márquez |
| MF | 19 | Edyairth Ortega |
| MF | 32 | Lucas Rodríguez |
| FW | 22 | Franco Troyansky |
| FW | 28 | Christopher Trejo |
| FW | 199 | Jonathan Herrera |
| Manager: ||
| Diego Cocca ||
* Assistant referees:
* José Ibrahim Martínez (Mexico City)
* Enrique Isaac Bustos (Guerrero)
* Fourth official:
* Fernando Guerrero (Mexico City)
* Video assistant referee:
* Adonai Escobedo González (Aguascalientes)
* Assistant video assistant referee:
* Guillermo Pacheco Larios (Sonora)

#### Statistics

| Statistic | Pachuca | Atlas |
| Goals scored | 2 | 1 |
| Total shots | 21 | 11 |
| Shots on target | 6 | 2 |
| Saves | 0 | 4 |
| Ball possession | 66% | 34% |
| Corner kicks | 2 | 1 |
| Fouls committed | 16 | 8 |
| Offsides | 3 | 3 |
| Yellow cards | 4 | 3 |
| Red cards | 0 | 1 |

## Statistics
### Goalscorers

There were 57 goals scored in 18 matches, for an average of 3.17 goals per match.
6 goals
* Nicolás Ibáñez (Pachuca)
3 goals
* André-Pierre Gignac (UANL)
* Romario Ibarra (Pachuca)
* Julián Quiñones (Atlas)
2 goals
* Fernando Aristeguieta (Puebla)
* Cristian Calderón (Guadalajara)
* Julio Furch (Atlas)
* José Juan Macías (Guadalajara)
* Jeremy Márquez (Atlas)
* Luis Reyes (Atlas)
* Diego Valdés (América)
1 goal
* Rodrigo Aguirre (Necaxa)
* Fernando Beltrán (Guadalajara)
* Germán Berterame (Atlético San Luis)
* Gustavo Cabral (Pachuca)
* Sebastián Cáceres (América)
* Aníbal Chalá (Atlas)
* Ricardo Chávez (Atlético San Luis)
* Diego de Buen (Puebla)
* Diogo (UNAM)
* Jesús Dueñas (UANL)
* Juan Escobar (Cruz Azul)
* Abel Hernández (Atlético San Luis)
* Vincent Janssen (Monterrey)
* Igor Lichnovsky (UANL)
* Henry Martín (América)
* Jhon Murillo (Atlético San Luis)
* Israel Reyes (Puebla)
* Aldo Rocha (Atlas)
* Michell Rodríguez (Monterrey)
* Brian Rubio (Mazatlán)
* Juan Manuel Sanabria (Atlético San Luis)
* Érick Sánchez (Pachuca)
* Juan Pablo Segovia (Puebla)
* Christian Tabó (Cruz Azul)
* Alexis Vega (Guadalajara)
* Néstor Vidrio (Mazatlán)
* Facundo Waller (Atlético San Luis)
* Alejandro Zendejas (América)

### Assists

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