# Apertura 2024 Liga MX final phase

The Apertura 2024 Liga MX final phase will be played between 20 November and 15 December 2024. A total of ten teams will compete in the final phase to decide the champions of the Apertura 2024 Liga MX season.
For the third straight season, the number of clubs qualifying for the quarter-finals will be six while the teams qualifying for the reclassification is four. The four clubs qualified for the reclassification competed in the "play-in" round, a tournament modeled after the NBA play-in tournament.
América defeated Monterrey 3–2 on aggregate to win their third straight title and sixteenth overall. As winners, América will face the Clausura 2025 champion at the 2025 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 (6 teams) :
| Seed | Team | Points (GD) | Date of qualification | Appearance | Last appearance | Previous best (last) |
| 1 | Cruz Azul | 42 | 18 October 2024 (PLAY) 23 October 2024 (QF) | 36th | Clausura 2024 | Champions (Gua. 2021) |
| 2 | Toluca | 35 | 22 October 2024 (PLAY) 2 November 2024 (QF) | 39th | Clausura 2024 | Champions (Bic. 2010) |
| 3 | UANL | 34 | 26 October 2024 (PLAY) 6 November 2024 (QF) | 34th | Clausura 2024 | Champions (Cl. 2023) |
| 4 | UNAM | 31 | 2 November 2024 (PLAY) 8 November 2024 (QF) | 27th | Clausura 2024 | Champions (Cl. 2011) |
| 5 | Monterrey | 31 | 2 November 2024 (PLAY) 10 November 2024 (QF) | 30th | Clausura 2024 | Champions (Ap. 2019) |
| 6 | Atlético San Luis | 30 | 2 November 2024 (PLAY) 9 November 2024 (QF) | 5th | Apertura 2023 | Semi-finals (Ap. 2023) |
Qualified to play-in round (4 teams) :
| Seed | Team | Points (GD) | Date of qualification | Appearance | Last appearance | Previous best (last) |
| 7 | Tijuana | 29 | 2 November 2024 | 8th | Clausura 2019 | Champions (Ap. 2012) |
| 8 | América | 27 | 2 November 2024 | 40th | Clausura 2024 | Champions (Cl. 2024) |
| 9 | Guadalajara | 25 | 5 November 2024 | 33rd | Clausura 2024 | Champions (Cl. 2017) |
| 10 | Atlas | 21 | 10 November 2024 | 26th | Clausura 2023 | Champions (Cl. 2022) |

## Play-in round
### Format

The 9th place team hosts the 10th place team in an elimination game. The 7th hosts the 8th place team in the double-chance game, with the winner advancing as the 7-seed. The loser of this game then hosts the winner of the elimination game between the 9th and 10th place teams to determine the 8-seed.

### Bracket

| Play-in games | Play-in games | Play-in games | No. 8 seed game | No. 8 seed game | No. 8 seed game | Final seeds | Final seeds | Final seeds |
| Serie A | Serie A | Serie A | | | | | | |
| 7 | Tijuana | 2 (2) | | | | 8 | América | No. 7 seed |
| 8 | América | 2 (3) | | | | 7 | Tijuana | No. 8 seed |
| | | | 7 | Tijuana | 3 | | | |
| Serie B | Serie B | Serie B | 10 | Atlas | 0 | | | |
| 9 | Guadalajara | 1 | | | | | | |
| 10 | Atlas | 2 | | | | | | |

### Play-in matches

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Tijuana | 2–2 (2–3 p) | América |
| Guadalajara | 1–2 | Atlas |

#### Serie B
### No. 8 seed match

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Tijuana | 3–0 | Atlas |

## 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 |
| 4 | UNAM | 0 | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | Monterrey | 1 | 5 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | Monterrey | 1 | 5 | 6 | 5 | Monterrey | 1 | 5 | 6 | | | | | |
| | | | | | 6 | Atlético San Luis | 2 | 1 | 3 | | | | | |
| 3 | UANL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Atlético San Luis | 2 | 1 | 3 | | | | | |
| 6 | Atlético San Luis | 3 | 0 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | Atlético San Luis | 3 | 0 | 3 | | | | | | 5 | Monterrey | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| | | | | | | | | | | 7 | América | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | Cruz Azul (s) | 0 | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | 7 | América | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Tijuana | 3 | 0 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Tijuana | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | Cruz Azul | 0 | 3 | 3 | | | | | |
| | | | | | 7 | América | 0 | 4 | 4 | | | | | |
| 2 | Toluca | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | América | 0 | 4 | 4 | | | | | |
| 7 | América | 2 | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |

## Quarter-finals
### Summary

The first legs will be played on 27–28 November 2024, and the second legs will be played on 30 November–1 December 2024.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Tijuana | 3–3 (s) | Cruz Azul | 3–0 | 0–3 |
| América | 4–0 | Toluca | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| Atlético San Luis | 3–0 | UANL | 3–0 | 0–0 |
| Monterrey | 6–3 | UNAM | 1–0 | 5–3 |

### Matches

3–3 on aggregate. Cruz Azul advanced due to being the higher seeded team.
América won 4–0 on aggregate.
Atlético San Luis won 3–0 on aggregate.
Monterrey won 6–3 on aggregarate.

## Semi-finals
### Summary

The first legs will be played on 4–5 December 2024, and the second legs will be played on 7–8 December 2024.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| América | 4–3 | Cruz Azul | 0–0 | 4–3 |
| Atlético San Luis | 3–6 | Monterrey | 2–1 | 1–5 |

### Matches

América won 4–3 on aggregate.
Monterrey won 6–3 on aggregate.

## Finals
### Summary

The first leg was played on 12 December 2024, and the second leg was played on 15 December 2024.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| América | 3–2 | Monterrey | 2–1 | 1–1 |

### First leg
#### Details

| América | Monterrey |
| GK | 1 | Luis Malagón |
| DF | 5 | Kevin Álvarez |
| DF | 3 | Israel Reyes |
| DF | 29 | Ramón Juárez | 81' |
| DF | 4 | Sebastián Cáceres | | 85' |
| DF | 26 | Cristian Borja | | 78' |
| MF | 6 | Jonathan dos Santos | 59' | 64' |
| MF | 8 | Álvaro Fidalgo |
| MF | 11 | Víctor Dávila | | 64' |
| MF | 17 | Alejandro Zendejas |
| FW | 21 | Henry Martín (c) | | 78' |
| Substitutions: ||
| GK | 30 | Rodolfo Cota |
| DF | 14 | Néstor Araujo | | 85' |
| DF | 18 | Cristian Calderón | | 78' |
| MF | 7 | Brian Rodríguez | | 78' |
| MF | 10 | Diego Valdés | | 64' |
| MF | 13 | Alan Cervantes | | 64' |
| MF | 20 | Richard Sánchez |
| MF | 28 | Érick Sánchez |
| FW | 19 | Illian Hernández |
| FW | 24 | Javairô Dilrosun |
| Manager: ||
| André Jardine ||
| GK | 22 | Luis Cárdenas |
| DF | 33 | Stefan Medina |
| DF | 4 | Víctor Guzmán | | 51' |
| DF | 15 | Héctor Moreno (c) | | 66' |
| DF | 3 | Gerardo Arteaga |
| MF | 30 | Jorge Rodríguez |
| MF | 204 | Iker Fimbres |
| MF | 8 | Óliver Torres | 73' |
| MF | 10 | Sergio Canales | | 65' |
| MF | 29 | Lucas Ocampos | | 4' |
| FW | 7 | Germán Berterame |
| Substitutions: ||
| GK | 24 | César Ramos |
| DF | 6 | Edson Gutiérrez |
| DF | 20 | Sebastián Vegas | | 66' |
| MF | 5 | Fidel Ambríz |
| MF | 14 | Érick Aguirre | | 51' |
| MF | 16 | Johan Rojas |
| MF | 17 | Jesús Corona | | 65' |
| MF | 190 | César Garza |
| FW | 9 | Brandon Vázquez | | 66' |
| FW | 31 | Roberto de la Rosa | | 4' 66' |
| Manager: ||
| Martín Demichelis ||
* Assistant referees:
* Enríque Isaac Bustos (Guerrero)
* Enedina Caudillo Gómez (Michoacán)
* Fourth official:
* Daniel Quintero Huitrón (Jalisco)
* Video assistant referee:
* Óscar Macías Romo (Aguascalientes)
* Assistant video assistant referee:
* Jorge Abraham Camacho (Jalisco)

#### Statistics

| Statistic | América | Monterrey |
| Goals scored | 2 | 1 |
| Total shots | 13 | 6 |
| Shots on target | 6 | 1 |
| Saves | 0 | 4 |
| Ball possession | 47% | 53% |
| Corner kicks | 8 | 5 |
| Fouls committed | 7 | 9 |
| Offsides | 4 | 0 |
| Yellow cards | 2 | 1 |
| Red cards | 0 | 0 |

### Second leg

América won 3–2 on aggregate.

#### Details

| Monterrey | América |
| GK | 22 | Luis Cárdenas |
| DF | 33 | Stefan Medina |
| DF | 15 | Héctor Moreno (c) | | 46' |
| DF | 3 | Gerardo Arteaga | 85' |
| MF | 30 | Jorge Rodríguez |
| MF | 204 | Iker Fimbres |
| MF | 8 | Óliver Torres | | 71' |
| MF | 10 | Sergio Canales |
| MF | 14 | Érick Aguirre | | 46' |
| FW | 7 | Germán Berterame |
| FW | 9 | Brandon Vázquez | | 71' |
| Substitutions: ||
| GK | 24 | César Ramos |
| DF | 6 | Edson Gutiérrez |
| DF | 20 | Sebastián Vegas | | 46' |
| DF | 32 | Tony Leone |
| MF | 5 | Fidel Ambríz |
| MF | 16 | Johan Rojas | | 46' |
| MF | 17 | Jesús Corona | | 71' |
| MF | 190 | César Garza |
| MF | 235 | Óscar Soto |
| FW | 31 | Roberto de la Rosa | | 71' |
| Manager: ||
| Martín Demichelis ||
| GK | 1 | Luis Malagón |
| DF | 5 | Kevin Álvarez |
| DF | 3 | Israel Reyes |
| DF | 29 | Ramón Juárez |
| DF | 4 | Sebastián Cáceres |
| DF | 18 | Cristian Calderón | | 90' |
| MF | 20 | Richard Sánchez | | 71' |
| MF | 8 | Álvaro Fidalgo |
| MF | 13 | Alan Cervantes |
| MF | 17 | Alejandro Zendejas | 89' |
| FW | 21 | Henry Martín (c) | | 42' |
| Substitutions: ||
| GK | 30 | Rodolfo Cota |
| DF | 14 | Néstor Araujo |
| DF | 26 | Cristian Borja | | 90' |
| MF | 6 | Jonathan dos Santos | | 71' |
| MF | 7 | Brian Rodríguez |
| MF | 10 | Diego Valdés |
| MF | 11 | Víctor Dávila |
| MF | 28 | Érick Sánchez |
| FW | 24 | Javairô Dilrosun |
| FW | 27 | Rodrigo Aguirre | | 42' |
| Manager: ||
| André Jardine ||
* Assistant referees:
* José Ibrahim Martínez (Mexico City)
* Jonathan Maximiliano Gómez (Nuevo León)
* Fourth official:
* Óscar Mejía García (Mexico City)
* Video assistant referee:
* Guillermo Pacheco Larios (Sonora)
* Assistant video assistant referee:
* Vicente Jassiel Reynoso (Nayarit)

#### Statistics

| Statistic | Monterrey | América |
| Goals scored | 1 | 1 |
| Total shots | 21 | 4 |
| Shots on target | 6 | 3 |
| Saves | 2 | 6 |
| Ball possession | 71% | 29% |
| Corner kicks | 8 | 5 |
| Fouls committed | 10 | 8 |
| Offsides | 0 | 2 |
| Yellow cards | 1 | 1 |
| Red cards | 0 | 0 |

## Statistics
### Goalscorers

There were 53 goals scored in 17 matches, for an average of 3.12 goals per match.
4 goals
* Germán Berterame (Monterrey)
* Raúl Zúñiga (Tijuana)
3 goals
* Rodrigo Aguirre (América)
* Óliver Torres (Monterrey)
2 goals
* Léo Bonatini (Atlético San Luis)
* Sergio Canales (Monterrey)
* Guillermo Martínez (UNAM)
* Ignacio Rivero (Cruz Azul)
* Richard Sánchez (América)
* Alejandro Zendejas (América)
1 goal
* Efraín Álvarez (Tijuana)
* Kevin Álvarez (América)
* Gerardo Arteaga (Monterrey)
* Unai Bilbao (Tijuana)
* Cristian Borja (América)
* Kevin Castañeda (Tijuana)
* Ricardo Chávez (Atlético San Luis)
* Gabriel Fernández (Cruz Azul)
* Vitinho (Atlético San Luis)
* Giorgos Giakoumakis (Cruz Azul)
* Víctor Guzmán (Guadalajara)
* Ramón Juárez (América)
* Henry Martín (América)
* Amaury Morales (Cruz Azul)
* Lucas Ocampos (Monterrey)
* Ignacio Pussetto (UNAM)
* Emanuel Reynoso (Tijuana)
* Aldo Rocha (Atlas)
* Brian Rodríguez (América)
* Johan Rojas (Monterrey)
* Sébastien Salles-Lamonge (Atlético San Luis)
* Ángel Sepúlveda (Cruz Azul)
* Brandon Vázquez (Monterrey)
1 own goal
* José Castillo (against Atlas)
* Daniel Guillén (against Monterrey)
* Joaquim (against Atlético San Luis)
* Marcel Ruiz (against América)

### Assists

3 assists
* Sergio Canales (Monterrey)
* Álvaro Fidalgo (América)
* Alejandro Zendejas (América)
2 assists
* Brian Rodríguez (América)
1 assist
* Érick Aguirre (Monterrey)
* Efraín Álvarez (Tijuana)
* Diego Barbosa (Tijuana)
* Léo Bonatini (Atlético San Luis)
* Gabriel Fernández (Cruz Azul)
* Vitinho (Atlético San Luis)
* Alejandro Gómez (Tijuana)
* Javier Güémez (Atlético San Luis)
* César Huerta (UNAM)
* Aarón Mejía (Tijuana)
* Gonzalo Piovi (Cruz Azul)
* Christian Rivera (Tijuana)
* Jorge Sánchez (Cruz Azul)
* Richard Sánchez (América)
* Ángel Sepúlveda (Cruz Azul)