# 2012–13 Club Tijuana season

The 2012–13 Tijuana 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. Tijuana began their season on July 20, 2012 against Puebla, Tijuana played most of their homes games on Fridays at 5:30pm local time in the Apertura season and at 5PM local time in the Clausura season. On December 2, 2012, Tijuana defeated Toluca 2–0 (4–1 on aggregate) to win their first Liga MX title. Tijuana did not qualify to the final phase in the Clausura tournament and were eliminated by Atlético Mineiro in the quarter-finals of the Copa Libertadores.

## 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 |
| 2 | DF | USA | Édgar Castillo |
| 3 | DF | ARG | Javier Gandolfi (Captain) |
| 4 | DF | MEX | Miguel Almazán (on loan from Toluca) |
| 5 | DF | MEX | Joshua Abrego |
| 6 | DF | PAR | Pablo Aguilar (on loan from San Luis) |
| 7 | MF | MEX | Leandro Augusto |
| 8 | MF | MEX | Fernando Arce (vice-captain) |
| 9 | FW | ARG | Alfredo Moreno (on loan from San Luis) |
| 10 | FW | MEX | Raúl Enríquez |
| 11 | MF | ECU | Fidel Martínez |
| 12 | GK | MEX | Sergio Vega |
| 13 | GK | MEX | Cirilo Saucedo |
| 14 | DF | MEX | Alfredo González Tahuilán (on loan from UANL) |
| 15 | MF | USA | Joe Corona |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 16 | MF | ARG | Cristian Pellerano |
| 17 | MF | MEX | Jorge Hernández (on loan from Atlante) |
| 18 | MF | MEX | Luis Ángel García (on loan from UANL) |
| 19 | GK | MEX | Adrián Zermeño |
| 20 | FW | COL | Duvier Riascos |
| 21 | DF | MEX | Juan Pablo Santiago |
| 22 | DF | MEX | Juan Carlos Núñez |
| 23 | MF | MEX | Richard Ruíz |
| 24 | DF | USA | Greg Garza |
| 26 | FW | ARG | Diego Olsina |
| 27 | MF | MEX | José Madueña |
| 29 | FW | MEX | Raúl Nava (on loan from Toluca) |
| 30 | GK | MEX | Jesús Miguel García (on loan from Dorados) |

### Regular season

Win  Draw  Loss

#### Final phase

Tijuana advanced 2–1 on aggregate
Tijuana advanced 3–2 on aggregate
Tijuana won 4–1 on aggregate
Tijuana won their first title in history

### 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: 11 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | L | W | D | W | W | W | W | D | W | D | W | D | D | D | D | W |
| Position | 2 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 |

## Copa MX
### Group stage

Win  Draw  Loss

#### Apertura results
### Goalscorers

| Position | Name | Goals scored |
| 1. | Raúl Enríquez | 3 |
| 1. | Raúl Nava | 3 |
| 3. | Fidel Martínez | 2 |
| 3. | Alfredo González Tahuilán | 2 |
| 5. | Pablo Aguilar | 1 |
| 5. | Adolfo Domínguez | 1 |
| 5. | Richard Ruíz | 1 |
| TOTAL | | 13 |

### Results
#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| Ground | H | A | A | H | A | H |
| Result | D | W | L | W | D | W |
| Position | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |

## 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 |
| 2 | DF | USA | Édgar Castillo |
| 3 | DF | ARG | Javier Gandolfi (Captain) |
| 4 | DF | MEX | Miguel Almazán |
| 5 | DF | MEX | Joshua Abrego |
| 6 | DF | PAR | Pablo Aguilar |
| 7 | MF | MEX | Leandro Augusto |
| 8 | MF | MEX | Fernando Arce (vice-captain) |
| 9 | FW | ARG | Alfredo Moreno |
| 10 | FW | MEX | Raúl Enríquez |
| 11 | MF | ECU | Fidel Martínez |
| 12 | GK | MEX | Sergio Vega |
| 13 | GK | MEX | Cirilo Saucedo |
| 14 | DF | MEX | Alfredo González Tahuilán |
| 15 | MF | USA | Joe Corona |
| 16 | MF | ARG | Cristian Pellerano |
| 17 | MF | MEX | Jorge Hernández |
| 18 | MF | MEX | Luis Ángel García |
| 19 | GK | MEX | Adrián Zermeño |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | FW | COL | Duvier Riascos |
| 21 | DF | MEX | Juan Pablo Santiago |
| 22 | DF | MEX | Juan Carlos Núñez |
| 23 | MF | MEX | Richard Ruíz |
| 24 | DF | USA | Greg Garza |
| 25 | MF | USA | Alejandro Guido |
| 26 | FW | MEX | Diego Olsina |
| 27 | DF | MEX | José Madueña |
| 28 | DF | MEX | Carlos Rubio |
| 29 | FW | MEX | Raúl Nava |
| 30 | GK | MEX | Jesús García |
| 31 | DF | MEX | Luis Trujillo |
| 32 | MF | USA | Esteban Rodríguez |
| 33 | FW | MEX | Bruno Piceno |
| 34 | MF | MEX | Noé Maya |
| 35 | FW | MEX | Daniel Márquez |
| 36 | MF | ARG | Franco Amoroso |
| 37 | DF | MEX | Édgar Villegas |

### Regular season

Win  Draw  Loss

#### Clausura 2013 results

Tijuana did not qualify to the Final Phase

### Goalscorers

| Position | Name | Goals scored |
| 1. | Duvier Riascos | 5 |
| 2. | Alfredo Moreno | 3 |
| 3. | Raúl Enríquez | 2 |
| 3. | Fidel Martínez | 2 |
| 3. | Richard Ruiz | 2 |
| 6. | Pablo Aguilar | 1 |
| 6. | Fernando Arce | 1 |
| 6. | Daniel Márquez | 1 |
| 6. | Cristian Pellerano | 1 |
| 6. | Bruno Piceno | 1 |
| TOTAL | | 19 |

### 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | W | W | W | D | L | L | W | L | L | D | L | D | L | L | L | W |
| Position | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 10 |

## Copa Libertadores
### Group 5

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | COR | TIJ | SJO | MIL |
| 1 | Corinthians | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 2 | +8 | 13 | | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 |
| 2 | Tijuana | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 13 | 1–0 | | 4–0 | 1–0 |
| 3 | San José | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | −6 | 5 | 1–1 | 1–1 | | 2–0 |
| 4 | Millonarios | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 3 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | |

### Second stage

Win  Draw  Loss

#### Copa Libertadores results
### Knockout stage

Tijuana won on points 4–1.
Tied on points 2–2, Atlético Mineiro won on away goals.

### Goalscorers

| Position | Name | Goals scored |
| 1. | Fidel Martínez | 4 |
| 2. | Duvier Riascos | 3 |
| 3. | Pablo Aguilar | 1 |
| 3. | Fernando Arce | 1 |
| 3. | Edgar Castillo | 1 |
| 3. | Joe Corona | 1 |
| 3. | Javier Gandolfi | 1 |
| 3. | Richard Ruiz | 1 |
| TOTAL | | 13 |

### 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: 2 May 2013. Source: Copa Libertadores results

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| Ground | A | H | H | A | A | H |
| Result | W | W | W | L | D | W |
| Position | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |