# Apertura 2019 Liga MX final phase

The Apertura 2019 Liga MX championship stage commonly known as Liguilla (mini league) was played from 27 November 2019 to 29 December 2019. Due to finalist Monterrey participating in the 2019 FIFA Club World Cup, the final was postponed to 29 December from 15 December. A total of eight teams competed in the championship stage to decide the champions of the Apertura 2019 Liga MX season. Both finalists qualified to the 2021 CONCACAF Champions League.

## Qualified teams

The following 8 teams qualified for the championship stage.
In the following table, 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).
| Team | Seed | Points | Appearance | Last appearance | Previous best |
| Santos Laguna | 1 | 37 | 30th | Apertura 2018 | Champions (6 times) |
| León | 2 | 33 | 11th | Clausura 2019 | Champions (2 times) |
| UANL | 3 | 32 | 25th | Clausura 2019 | Champions (5 times) |
| Querétaro | 4 | 31 (+12) | 11th | Apertura 2018 | Runners-up (Clausura 2015) |
| Necaxa | 5 | 31 (+10, GF 33) | 17th | Clausura 2019 | Champions (Invierno 1998) |
| América | 6 | 31 (+10, GF 32) | 33rd | Clausura 2019 | Champions (5 times) |
| Morelia | 7 | 27 (+5) | 25th | Clausura 2018 | Champions (Invierno 2000) |
| Monterrey | 8 | 27 (+4) | 23rd | Clausura 2019 | Champions (3 times) |

## Format

* Teams were re-seeded each round.
* Team with more goals on aggregate after two matches advanced.
* Away goals rule was applied in the quarter-finals and semi-finals, but not the final.
* In the quarter-finals and semi-finals, if the two teams were tied on aggregate and away goals, the higher seeded team advanced.
* In the final, if the two teams were tied after both legs, the match went to extra time and, if necessary, a shoot-out.
* Both finalists qualified to the 2021 CONCACAF Champions League.

## 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 |
| 3 | UANL | 2 | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | América | 1 | 4 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | América | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | América (s) | 0 | 2 | 2 | | | | | |
| | | | | | 7 | Morelia | 2 | 0 | 2 | | | | | |
| 2 | León | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | Morelia | 2 | 0 | 2 | | | | | |
| 7 | Morelia | 3 | 2 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | Morelia | 3 | 2 | 5 | | | | | | 6 | América | 1 | 2 | 3 (2) |
| | | | | | | | | | | 8 | Monterrey (p) | 2 | 1 | 3 (4) |
| 4 | Querétaro | 0 | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | 8 | Monterrey (p) | 2 | 1 | 3 (4) |
| 5 | Necaxa | 3 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | Necaxa | 3 | 3 | 6 | 5 | Necaxa | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | | |
| | | | | | 8 | Monterrey | 2 | 1 | 3 | | | | | |
| 1 | Santos Laguna | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | Monterrey | 2 | 1 | 3 | | | | | |
| 8 | Monterrey | 5 | 1 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |

## Quarter-finals

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Monterrey | 6–3 | Santos Laguna | 5–2 | 1–1 |
| Morelia | 5–4 | León | 3–3 | 2–1 |
| América | 5–4 | UANL | 1–2 | 4–2 |
| Necaxa | 6–2 | Querétaro | 3–0 | 3–2 |

### Second leg

Morelia won 5–4 on aggregate
Necaxa won 6–2 on aggregate
Monterrey won 6–3 on aggregate
América won 5–4 on aggregate

## Semi-finals

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Monterrey | 3–1 | Necaxa | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| Morelia | 2–2 (s) | América | 2–0 | 0–2 |

### Second leg

Monterrey won 3–1 on aggregate
2–2 on aggregate and tied on away goals. América advanced due to being the higher seed in the classification table

## Finals

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Monterrey | 3–3 (4–2 p) | América | 2–1 | 1–2 (a.e.t.) |

### First leg
#### Details

| Monterrey | América |
| GK | 1 | Marcelo Barovero |
| DF | 11 | Leonel Vangioni | 69' |
| DF | 4 | Nicolás Sánchez |
| DF | 3 | César Montes | 69' |
| DF | 33 | Stefan Medina |
| MF | 16 | Celso Ortiz |
| MF | 29 | Carlos Rodríguez |
| MF | 17 | Jesús Gallardo |
| MF | 20 | Rodolfo Pizarro | 80' |
| MF | 8 | Dorlan Pabón (c) | | 65' |
| FW | 7 | Rogelio Funes Mori |
| Substitutions: ||
| GK | 22 | Luis Cárdenas |
| DF | 19 | Miguel Layún | 69' |
| DF | 23 | Johan Vásquez |
| MF | 21 | Alfonso González |
| MF | 25 | Jonathan González |
| MF | 32 | Maximiliano Meza | 80' |
| FW | 9 | Vincent Janssen | 69' | 90+6' |
| Manager: ||
| Antonio Mohamed ||
| GK | 6 | Guillermo Ochoa |
| DF | 3 | Jorge Sánchez | | 90+5' |
| DF | 19 | Emanuel Aguilera |
| DF | 18 | Bruno Valdez |
| DF | 22 | Paul Aguilar (c) |
| MF | 5 | Guido Rodríguez | | 90+2' |
| MF | 20 | Richard Sánchez |
| MF | 11 | Andrés Ibargüen | 40' |
| MF | 17 | Sebastián Córdova | | 53' |
| FW | 24 | Federico Viñas | 81' |
| FW | 21 | Henry Martín | 58' |
| Substitutions: ||
| GK | 27 | Óscar Jiménez |
| DF | 2 | Carlos Vargas |
| MF | 14 | Nicolás Benedetti | 81' | 90+6' |
| MF | 25 | Rubén González | 58' |
| FW | 9 | Roger Martínez | 40' |
| FW | 10 | Giovani dos Santos |
| FW | 15 | Nicolás Castillo |
| Manager: ||
| Miguel Herrera ||
* Assistant referees:
* Christian Espinosa Zavala (Mexico City)
* César Cerritos García (Guanajuato)
* Fourth official:
* Fernando Hernández Gómez (Veracruz)
* Video assistant referee:
* Quetzalli Alvarado (Mexico City)
* Assistant video assistant referee:
* Igor Itzsvan Flores (Oaxaca)

#### Statistics

| Statistic | Monterrey | América |
| Goals scored | 2 | 1 |
| Total shots | 19 | 8 |
| Shots on target | 6 | 2 |
| Saves | 1 | 4 |
| Ball possession | 64% | 36% |
| Corner kicks | 5 | 3 |
| Fouls committed | 13 | 17 |
| Offsides | 0 | 2 |
| Yellow cards | 2 | 3 |
| Red cards | 0 | 1 |

### Second leg
#### Details

3–3 on aggregate. Monterrey won 4–2 on penalties
| América | Monterrey |
| GK | 6 | Guillermo Ochoa |
| DF | 3 | Jorge Sánchez |
| DF | 19 | Emanuel Aguilera |
| DF | 18 | Bruno Valdez |
| DF | 22 | Paul Aguilar (c) |
| MF | 5 | Guido Rodríguez | | 20' |
| MF | 30 | Renato Ibarra | 28' |
| MF | 20 | Richard Sánchez | 68' |
| FW | 24 | Federico Viñas | | 97' |
| FW | 21 | Henry Martín | 96' |
| FW | 9 | Roger Martínez | 88' |
| Substitutions: ||
| GK | 27 | Óscar Jiménez |
| DF | 2 | Carlos Vargas |
| MF | 14 | Nicolás Benedetti | 28' | 56' |
| MF | 23 | Antonio López |
| MF | 25 | Rubén González | 68' |
| FW | 10 | Giovani dos Santos | 88' |
| FW | 15 | Nicolás Castillo | 96' |
| Manager: ||
| Miguel Herrera ||
| GK | 1 | Marcelo Barovero |
| DF | 11 | Leonel Vangioni | | 90+1' |
| DF | 4 | Nicolás Sánchez |
| DF | 33 | Stefan Medina | | 80' |
| DF | 19 | Miguel Layún | 57' |
| MF | 16 | Celso Ortiz |
| MF | 29 | Carlos Rodríguez |
| MF | 17 | Jesús Gallardo | 71' |
| MF | 20 | Rodolfo Pizarro | 46' | 30' |
| MF | 8 | Dorlan Pabón (c) | 108' |
| FW | 7 | Rogelio Funes Mori |
| Substitutions: ||
| GK | 22 | Luis Cárdenas |
| DF | 3 | César Montes | 57' |
| DF | 23 | Johan Vásquez |
| MF | 21 | Alfonso González | 108' |
| MF | 25 | Jonathan González |
| MF | 32 | Maximiliano Meza | 71' |
| FW | 9 | Vincent Janssen | 46' |
| Manager: ||
| Antonio Mohamed ||
* Assistant referees:
* Alberto Morin Méndez (Chihuahua)
* Andrés Hernández Delgado (Mexico City)
* Fourth official:
* Jorge Isaac Rojas (Mexico City)
* Video assistant referee:
* Miguel Ángel Chacón (Guerrero)
* Assistant video assistant referee:
* Miguel Ángel Reynoso (Nayarit)

#### Statistics

| Statistic | América | Monterrey |
| Goals scored | 2 | 1 |
| Total shots | 22 | 16 |
| Shots on target | 7 | 6 |
| Saves | 5 | 5 |
| Ball possession | 48% | 52% |
| Corner kicks | 7 | 8 |
| Fouls committed | 18 | 23 |
| Offsides | 1 | 0 |
| Yellow cards | 3 | 3 |
| Red cards | 0 | 0 |

## Statistics
### Goalscorers

There were 48 goals scored in 14 matches, for an average of 3.43 goals per match.
3 goals
* Edison Flores (Morelia)
* Rogelio Funes Mori (Monterrey)
* Vincent Janssen (Monterrey)
* Federico Viñas (América)
2 goals
* Cristian Calderón (Necaxa)
* Felipe Gallegos (Necaxa)
* André-Pierre Gignac (UANL)
* Dorlan Pabón (Monterrey)
* Richard Sánchez (América)
1 goal
* Emanuel Aguilera (América)
* Javier Aquino (UANL)
* Fernando Aristeguieta (Morelia)
* Erick Castillo (Santos Laguna)
* Giovani dos Santos (América)
* Julio Furch (Santos Laguna)
* Jesús Gallardo (Monterrey)
* Eduardo Herrera (Necaxa)
* Renato Ibarra (América)
* Brian Lozano (Santos Laguna)
* Jeison Lucumí (Querétaro)
* José Juan Macías (León)
* Stefan Medina (Monterrey)
* Ángel Mena (León)
* Fernando Navarro (León)
* Guido Pizarro (UANL)
* Mauro Quiroga (Necaxa)
* Aldo Rocha (Morelia)
* Guido Rodríguez (América)
* Marcel Ruiz (Querétaro)
* Maximiliano Salas (Necaxa)
* Nicolás Sánchez (Monterrey)
* Miguel Sansores (Morelia)
* Ismael Sosa (León)
1 own goal
* Gerardo Arteaga (against Monterrey)
* Carlos Rodríguez (against América)

### Assists
#### 3 assists

* Jesús Angulo (Necaxa)

#### 2 assists

* Jesús Gallardo (Monterrey)
* Luis Ángel Mendoza (Morelia)
* Rodrigo Millar (Morelia)
* Dorlan Pabón (Monterrey)
* Carlos Rodríguez (Monterrey)

#### 1 assist

* Paul Aguilar (América)
* Ayron del Valle (Querétaro)
* Jesús Dueñas (UANL)
* Julio Furch (Santos Laguna)
* André-Pierre Gignac (UANL)
* Andrés Ibargüen (América)
* Renato Ibarra (América)
* Vincent Janssen (Monterrey)
* Henry Martín (América)
* José Martínez (Morelia)
* Roger Martínez (América)
* Kevin Mercado (Necaxa)
* Fernando Navarro (León)
* Iván Ochoa (León)
* Rodolfo Pizarro (Monterrey)
* Hugo Isaác Rodríguez (Santos Laguna)
* Richard Sánchez (América)
* Diego Valdés (Santos Laguna)
* Efraín Velarde (Morelia)