# 2012–13 C.F. Monterrey season

The 2012–13 Monterrey season was the 66th professional season of Mexico's top-flight football league. The season is split into two tournaments—the Torneo Apertura and the Torneo Clausura—each with identical formats and each contested by the same eighteen teams. Monterrey began their season on July 21, 2012 against América, Monterrey play their homes games on Saturdays at 7:00pm local time. Monterrey reached the quarter-finals of the Final phase in the Apertura tournament and reached the semi-finals in the Clausura tournament. Monterrey won their third straight CONCACAF Champions League after defeating Santos Laguna 4–2 on aggregate and qualified to the 2013 FIFA Club World Cup. Monterrey ended up in third place at the 2012 FIFA Club World Cup after defeating Al Ahly of Egypt in the third place match.

## Torneo Apertura
### Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | MEX | Jonathan Orozco |
| 2 | DF | MEX | Severo Meza |
| 4 | DF | MEX | Ricardo Osorio |
| 5 | DF | MEX | Darvin Chávez |
| 6 | DF | MEX | Héctor Morales |
| 7 | MF | MEX | Édgar Solís |
| 9 | FW | MEX | Aldo de Nigris (Vice-captain) |
| 10 | FW | MEX | Ángel Reyna |
| 11 | MF | ECU | Walter Ayoví |
| 13 | FW | MEX | Abraham Darío Carreño |
| 14 | MF | MEX | Jesús Manuel Corona |
| 15 | DF | ARG | José María Basanta (Captain) |
| 16 | MF | MEX | César de la Peña |
| 17 | MF | MEX | Jesús Zavala |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | MF | ARG | Neri Cardozo |
| 19 | FW | ARG | César Delgado |
| 21 | DF | MEX | Hiram Mier |
| 23 | GK | MEX | Juan de Dios Ibarra |
| 24 | DF | MEX | Sergio Pérez |
| 26 | FW | CHI | Humberto Suazo |
| 27 | DF | MEX | Óscar Sebastián García |
| 32 | GK | MEX | Alejandro Dautt |
| 65 | FW | MEX | Marcelo Cazaubón |
| 69 | FW | MEX | Luis Madrigal |
| 73 | FW | MEX | Marcelo Gracia |

### Regular season
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 5 | Morelia | 17 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 25 | 16 | +9 | 27 | Advance to the Liguilla |
| 6 | Cruz Azul | 17 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 22 | 15 | +7 | 26 | Advance to the Liguilla |
| 7 | Monterrey | 17 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 23 | 23 | 0 | 23 | Advance to the Liguilla and cannot qualify for South American competitions |
| 8 | Guadalajara | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 23 | Advance to the Liguilla and cannot qualify for South American competitions |
| 9 | Santos Laguna | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 26 | −4 | 23 | Cannot qualify for South American competitions |
* 1 2 The first 8 places in the table qualify for the Playoffs.
* 1 2 Guadalajara, Monterrey, Santos Laguna and UANL cannot qualify for the 2013 Copa Libertadores because they are participating in the 2012–13 CONCACAF Champions League competition.

#### Results

Win  Draw  Loss

#### Final phase

Tijuana advanced 2–1 on aggregate

### Results
#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 10 November 2012. Source: Apertura 2012 results

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A |
| Result | D | L | W | D | D | W | D | W | W | L | D | L | D | D | W | L | D |
| Position | 10 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 7 |

## Torneo Clausura
### Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | MEX | Jonathan Orozco |
| 2 | DF | MEX | Severo Meza |
| 3 | DF | MEX | Leobardo López |
| 4 | DF | MEX | Ricardo Osorio |
| 5 | DF | MEX | Darvin Chávez |
| 6 | DF | MEX | Héctor Morales |
| 7 | MF | MEX | Édgar Solís |
| 8 | MF | MEX | Gerardo Moreno |
| 9 | FW | MEX | Aldo de Nigris (vice-captain) |
| 28 | FW | MEX | Luis Madrigal |
| 11 | MF | ECU | Walter Ayoví |
| 14 | MF | MEX | Jesús Manuel Corona |
| 15 | DF | ARG | José María Basanta (captain) |
| 16 | MF | MEX | César de la Peña |
| 17 | MF | MEX | Jesús Zavala |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | MF | ARG | Neri Cardozo |
| 19 | MF | ARG | César Delgado |
| 20 | DF | MEX | Óscar García |
| 21 | DF | MEX | Hiram Mier |
| 23 | GK | MEX | Juan de Dios Ibarra |
| 26 | FW | CHI | Humberto Suazo |
| 27 | FW | MEX | Omar Arellano |
| 32 | GK | MEX | Alejandro Dautt |
| 41 | DF | MEX | Luis López |
| 47 | MF | MEX | Félix Rodríguez |
| 49 | MF | MEX | Gael Acosta |
| 51 | FW | MEX | Marcelo Gracia |
| 58 | FW | MEX | Santiago Rivera |
| 59 | FW | MEX | Salvador Jasso |
| 82 | DF | MEX | Jorge Caballero |

### Regular season
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 7 | UNAM | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 14 | +5 | 29 | Advance to the Liguilla |
| 8 | Querétaro | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 20 | −2 | 24 | Disqualified from postseason competition |
| 9 | Monterrey | 17 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 22 | 22 | 0 | 23 | Advance to the Liguilla |
| 10 | Tijuana | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 19 | 21 | −2 | 21 | |
| 11 | Pachuca | 17 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 18 | 25 | −7 | 20 | |
* ↑ Querétaro relegated to Ascenso MX for the 2013–14 season. Monterrey, at 9th place, promoted to the liguilla.

#### Results

Win  Draw  Loss

### Final phase

Monterrey advanced 2–1 on aggregate
América advanced 4–3 on aggregate

### Results
#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 4 May 2013. Source: Clausura 2013 results

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H |
| Result | L | W | D | W | L | L | L | W | L | W | D | W | L | W | L | W | L |
| Position | 15 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 |

## CONCACAF Champions League
### Group stage

| Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | MON | MUN | CHO |
| Monterrey | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | +15 | 12 | | 3–0 | 5–0 |
| Municipal | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 6 | 0–1 | | 2–1 |
| Chorrillo | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 15 | −13 | 0 | 0–6 | 1–2 | |