# 2012 Primera División de México Clausura Liguilla

The Liguilla (English: Little League) of the 2012 Mexican Primera División Clausura season is a final knockout tournament involving eight teams of the Mexican Primera División. The tournament began on May 2, 2012 with the first matches of the quarterfinals and ended on May 20, 2012 with the second leg of the final. The winners and runners-up of the competition will qualify for the 2012–13 CONCACAF Champions League.

## Teams

In a change from previous seasons, the 18 teams in the 2012 Clausura were not divided into three groups of six teams each. Instead, the eight best teams in the general table qualified for the competition.
| S | Team | Manager | Captain | Performance at the 2012 Clausura | Performance at the 2012 Clausura | Performance at the 2012 Clausura | Performance at the 2012 Clausura | Performance at the 2012 Clausura | Performance at the 2012 Clausura | Performance at the 2012 Clausura | Performance at the 2012 Clausura |
| S | Team | Manager | Captain | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Santos Laguna | Benjamín Galindo | Oswaldo Sánchez | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 33 | 18 | +15 | 36 |
| 2 | Monterrey | Víctor Manuel Vucetich | Luis Ernesto Pérez | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 32 | 15 | +17 | 32 |
| 3 | América | Miguel Herrera | Daniel Montenegro | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 30 | 26 | +4 | 32 |
| 4 | Morelia | Tomás Boy | Federico Vilar | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 18 | +7 | 31 |
| 5 | UANL | Ricardo Ferretti | Lucas Lobos | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 16 | +6 | 31 |
| 6 | Pachuca | Efraín Flores | Leobardo López | 17 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 24 | 17 | +7 | 28 |
| 7 | Tijuana | Antonio Mohamed | Javier Gandolfi | 17 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 18 | 11 | +7 | 28 |
| 8 | Chiapas | José Guadalupe Cruz | Jackson Martínez | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 26 | 20 | +6 | 27 |

## Bracket

The eight qualified teams play two games against each other on a home-and-away basis. The winner of each match up is determined by aggregate score.
The teams were seeded one to eight in quarterfinals, and will be re-seeded one to four in semifinals, depending on their position in the general table. The higher seeded teams play on their home field during the second leg.
| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| 1 | Santos Laguna | 4 | 2 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Chiapas | 3 | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Chiapas | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | Santos Laguna | 1 | 2 | 3 | | | | | |
| | | | | | 5 | UANL | 1 | 2 | 3 | | | | | |
| 4 | Morelia | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | UANL | 1 | 2 | 3 | | | | | |
| 5 | UANL | 1 | 4 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | UANL | 1 | 4 | 5 | | | | | | 1 | Santos Laguna | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| | | | | | | | | | | 2 | Monterrey | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | Monterrey | 2 | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | Monterrey | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | Tijuana | 1 | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | Tijuana | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | Monterrey | 0 | 2 | 2 | | | | | |
| | | | | | 3 | América | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | |
| 3 | América | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | América | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | |
| 6 | Pachuca | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
* If the two teams are tied after both legs, the higher seeded team advances.
* Both finalists qualify to the 2012–13 CONCACAF Champions League Group Stage. Note that Santos are already qualified to 2012-13 Champions League as the runners-up of the Apertura, and as they win the Clausura final, they earn the spot given to the Clausura Champion and relinquish the spot for the Apertura Runner-up to Guadalajara, the best record of the 2011 Apertura not already qualified.

## Quarterfinals

The first legs of the quarterfinals were played on May 2 and 3. The second legs were played on May 5 and 6.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Chiapas (8) | 4 – 6 | (1) Santos Laguna | 3 – 4 | 1 – 2 |
| Tijuana (7) | 3 – 4 | (2) Monterrey | 1 – 2 | 2 – 2 |
| Pachuca (6) | 2 – 3 | (3) América | 1 – 3 | 1 – 0 |
| UANL (5) | 5 – 1 | (4) Morelia | 1 – 0 | 4 – 1 |
Kickoffs are given in local time (UTC-5 unless stated otherwise).

### Second leg
## Semi-finals

The first legs of the semifinals were played on May 9 and 10. The second legs were played on May 12 and 13.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| UANL (5) | 3 – 3 | (1) Santos Laguna | 1 – 1 | 2 – 2 |
| América (3) | 0 – 2 | (2) Monterrey | 0 – 0 | 0 – 2 |
Kickoffs are given in local time (UTC-5 unless stated otherwise).

### Second leg
## Final

The first leg of the final was played on May 17. The second leg was played on May 20.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| (2) Monterrey | 2 - 3 | (1) Santos Laguna | 1 - 1 | 1 - 2 |
Kickoffs are given in local time (UTC-5 unless stated otherwise).

### Second leg

* 2012 Clausura winners:
* Santos Laguna 4th Title