# Clausura 2023 Liga MX final phase

The Clausura 2023 Liga MX final phase was played between 6 May and 28 May 2023. A total of twelve teams competed in the final phase to decide the champions of the Clausura 2023 Liga MX season. For the sixth straight season, an additional qualifying round, the reclassification or repechaje, was employed, which expanded the number of final phase spots to twelve. The winners of the reclassification matches advanced to the quarter-finals of the liguilla (mini league).
UANL defeated Guadalajara 3–2 on aggregate to win their eighth league title. As winners, UANL faced Pachuca in the 2023 Campeón de Campeones.

## Qualified teams

The following teams qualified for the final phase.
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 (4 teams) :
| Seed | Team | Points (GD) | Date of qualification | Appearance | Last appearance | Previous best |
| 1 | Monterrey | 40 | 17 March 2023 (REC) 15 April 2023 (QF) | 28th | Apertura 2022 | Champions (4 times) |
| 2 | América | 34 (+15) | 9 April 2023 28 April 2023 (QF) | 38th | Apertura 2022 | Champions (5 times) |
| 3 | Guadalajara | 34 (+10) | 9 April 2023 29 April 2023 (QF) | 30th | Apertura 2022 | Champions (3 times) |
| 4 | Toluca | 32 | 7 April 2023 30 April 2023 (QF) | 37th | Apertura 2022 | Champions (7 times) |
Qualified to Reclassification round (8 teams) :
| Seed | Team | Points (GD) | Date of qualification | Appearance | Last appearance | Previous best |
| 5 | Pachuca | 31 | 10 April 2023 | 39th | Apertura 2022 | Champions (6 times) |
| 6 | León | 30 | 9 April 2023 | 16th | Apertura 2022 | Champions (3 times) |
| 7 | UANL | 25 | 20 April 2023 | 31st | Apertura 2022 | Champions (5 times) |
| 8 | Cruz Azul | 24 | 21 April 2023 | 34th | Apertura 2022 | Champions (2 times) |
| 9 | Atlas | 21 | 29 April 2023 | 25th | Clausura 2022 | Champions (2 times) |
| 11 | Puebla | 20 | 29 April 2023 | 13th | Apertura 2022 | Semi-finals (3 times) |
| 12 | Atlético San Luis | 19 (−5) | 29 April 2023 | 3rd | Clausura 2022 | Quarter-finals (Clausura 2022) |
| 13 | Santos Laguna | 19 (−14) | 29 April 2023 | 35th | Apertura 2022 | Champions (6 times) |

## Format
### Reclassification

* All rounds were played in a single match hosted by the higher seed
* If a match ended in a draw, it proceeded directly to a penalty shoot-out.

### Liguilla

* Teams were re-seeded after each round.
* The winners of the reclassification matches were seeded based on their ranking in the classification table.
* Team with more goals on aggregate after two matches advanced.
* No away goals rule was applied in either round; if the two teams were tied on aggregate, 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 penalty shoot-out.
* Both finalists qualified for the 2024 CONCACAF Champions Cup.

## Reclassification
### Summary

Matches took place on 6–7 May 2023.
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Pachuca | 4–4 (2–4 p) | Santos Laguna |
| León | 1–3 | Atlético San Luis |
| UANL | 1–0 | Puebla |
| Cruz Azul | 0–1 | Atlas |

### Matches
## Seeding

The following is the final seeding for the final phase. The winners of the Reclassification matches were seeded based on their position in the classification table.
| Seed | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Host |
| 1 | Monterrey | 17 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 35 | 14 | +21 | 40 | Hosts second leg |
| 2 | América | 17 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 36 | 21 | +15 | 34 | Hosts second leg |
| 3 | Guadalajara | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 28 | 18 | +10 | 34 | Hosts second leg |
| 4 | Toluca | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 34 | 19 | +15 | 32 | Hosts second leg |
| 5 | UANL | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 17 | +3 | 25 | Hosts first leg |
| 6 | Atlas | 17 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 27 | 22 | +5 | 21 | Hosts first leg |
| 7 | Atlético San Luis | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 21 | −5 | 19 | Hosts first leg |
| 8 | Santos Laguna | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 23 | 37 | −14 | 19 | Hosts first leg |

## Bracket

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 2 | América | 3 | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | Atlético San Luis | 1 | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | Atlético San Luis | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | América | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | | |
| | | | | | 3 | Guadalajara | 0 | 3 | 3 | | | | | |
| 3 | Guadalajara (s) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | Guadalajara | 0 | 3 | 3 | | | | | |
| 6 | Atlas | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | Atlas | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | | | 3 | Guadalajara | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| | | | | | | | | | | 5 | UANL (a.e.t.) | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 1 | Monterrey | 0 | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | 5 | UANL (a.e.t.) | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 8 | Santos Laguna | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Santos Laguna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Monterrey | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | | |
| | | | | | 5 | UANL | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | | |
| 4 | Toluca | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | UANL | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | | |
| 5 | UANL | 4 | 1 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |

## Quarter-finals
### Summary

The first legs were played on 10–11 May, and the second legs were played on 13–14 May.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Santos Laguna | 0–2 | Monterrey | 0–0 | 2–0 |
| Atlético San Luis | 3–4 | América | 1–3 | 2–1 |
| Atlas | 1–1 (s) | Guadalajara | 1–0 | 0–1 |
| UANL | 5–4 | Toluca | 4–1 | 1–3 |

### Second leg

Monterrey won 2–0 on aggregate.
América won 4–3 on aggregate.
UANL won 5–4 on aggregate.
1–1 on aggregate. Guadalajara advanced due to being the higher seeded team in the table.

## Semi-finals
### Summary

The first legs were played on 17–18 May, and the second legs were played on 20–21 May.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| UANL | 2–1 | Monterrey | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Guadalajara | 3–2 | América | 0–1 | 3–1 |

### Second leg

UANL won 2–1 on aggregate.
Guadalajara won 3–2 on aggregate.

## Final
### Summary

The first leg was played on 25 May, and the second leg was played on 28 May.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| UANL | 3–2 | Guadalajara | 0–0 | 3–2 (a.e.t.) |

### First leg
#### Details

| UANL | Guadalajara |
| GK | 1 | Nahuel Guzmán |
| DF | 20 | Javier Aquino | 4' | 55' |
| DF | 19 | Guido Pizarro (c) |
| DF | 13 | Diego Reyes |
| DF | 27 | Jesús Angulo |
| MF | 8 | Fernando Gorriarán | 52' | 54' |
| MF | 5 | Rafael Carioca |
| MF | 23 | Luis Quiñones | | 89' |
| MF | 17 | Sebastián Córdova | 67' |
| MF | 16 | Diego Lainez | | 68' |
| FW | 10 | André-Pierre Gignac | | 68' |
| Substitutions: ||
| GK | 182 | Arturo Delgado |
| DF | 2 | Igor Lichnovsky |
| DF | 3 | Samir |
| DF | 184 | Fernando Ordóñez |
| MF | 6 | Juan Pablo Vigón | | 54' |
| MF | 14 | Jesús Garza | | 55' |
| MF | 22 | Raymundo Fulgencio | | 89' |
| MF | 201 | Sebastián Fierro |
| FW | 9 | Nicolás Ibáñez | | 68' |
| FW | 11 | Nicolás López | | 68' |
| Manager: ||
| Robert Dante Siboldi ||
| GK | 23 | Miguel Jiménez |
| DF | 2 | Alan Mozo |
| DF | 4 | Antonio Briseño | 4' |
| DF | 3 | Gilberto Sepúlveda |
| DF | 13 | Jesús Orozco | 69' |
| MF | 20 | Fernando Beltrán |
| MF | 28 | Fernando González | 58' | 65' |
| MF | 25 | Roberto Alvarado | | 75' |
| MF | 11 | Isaác Brizuela | | 58' |
| MF | 5 | Víctor Guzmán (c) | | 75' |
| MF | 10 | Alexis Vega | | 58' |
| Substitutions: ||
| GK | 27 | Raúl Rangel |
| DF | 17 | Jesús Sánchez |
| DF | 19 | Alejandro Mayorga | 82' | 75' |
| MF | 26 | Cristian Calderón | | 75' |
| MF | 45 | Raúl Martínez |
| MF | 6 | Pável Pérez | | 58' |
| MF | 29 | Alan Torres | | 65' |
| MF | 30 | Sergio Flores |
| MF | 33 | Zahid Muñoz |
| FW | 18 | Ronaldo Cisneros | | 58' |
| Manager: ||
| Veljko Paunović ||
* Assistant referees:
* Pablo Israel Hernández (Mexico City)
* Leonardo Javier Castillo (Estado de México)
* Fourth official:
* Daniel Quintero Huitrón (Jalisco)
* Video assistant referee:
* Jorge Antonio Pérez (Veracruz)
* Assistant video assistant referee:
* Guillermo Pacheco Larios (Sonora)

#### Statistics

| Statistic | UANL | Guadalajara |
| Goals scored | 0 | 0 |
| Total shots | 14 | 7 |
| Shots on target | 1 | 1 |
| Saves | 1 | 1 |
| Ball possession | 67% | 33% |
| Corner kicks | 2 | 2 |
| Fouls committed | 13 | 12 |
| Offsides | 0 | 1 |
| Yellow cards | 3 | 4 |
| Red cards | 0 | 0 |

### Second leg

UANL won 3–2 on aggregate.

#### Details

| Guadalajara | UANL |
| GK | 23 | Miguel Jiménez |
| DF | 2 | Alan Mozo | | 101' |
| DF | 4 | Antonio Briseño | 63' |
| DF | 3 | Gilberto Sepúlveda | 120+2' 120+3' |
| DF | 13 | Jesús Orozco | 29' |
| MF | 20 | Fernando Beltrán |
| MF | 28 | Fernando González | | 101' |
| MF | 25 | Roberto Alvarado |
| MF | 5 | Víctor Guzmán (c) | 95' |
| MF | 10 | Alexis Vega | 45+1' | 61' |
| FW | 18 | Ronaldo Cisneros | | 61' |
| Substitutions: ||
| GK | 27 | Raúl Rangel |
| DF | 17 | Jesús Sánchez | | 101' |
| DF | 19 | Alejandro Mayorga |
| DF | 26 | Cristian Calderón |
| DF | 45 | Raúl Martínez |
| MF | 6 | Pável Pérez | | 61' 101' |
| MF | 11 | Isaác Brizuela | | 61' |
| MF | 29 | Alan Torres | | 101' |
| MF | 30 | Sergio Flores |
| FW | 9 | Daniel Ríos | | 101' |
| Manager: ||
| Veljko Paunović ||
| GK | 1 | Nahuel Guzmán | 108' |
| DF | 20 | Javier Aquino |
| DF | 19 | Guido Pizarro (c) |
| DF | 13 | Diego Reyes |
| DF | 14 | Jesús Garza | | 63' |
| MF | 6 | Juan Pablo Vigón | | 46' |
| MF | 5 | Rafael Carioca | | 90' |
| MF | 23 | Luis Quiñones | 37' |
| MF | 17 | Sebastián Córdova | 68' 117' |
| MF | 16 | Diego Lainez | | 46' |
| FW | 10 | André-Pierre Gignac |
| Substitutions: ||
| GK | 182 | Arturo Delgado |
| DF | 2 | Igor Lichnovsky |
| DF | 3 | Samir | | 90' |
| DF | 32 | Vladimir Loroña |
| DF | 184 | Fernando Ordóñez |
| MF | 8 | Fernando Gorriarán | | 46' |
| MF | 22 | Raymundo Fulgencio |
| MF | 201 | Sebastián Fierro |
| FW | 9 | Nicolás Ibáñez | | 63' |
| FW | 11 | Nicolás López | | 46' |
| Manager: ||
| Robert Dante Siboldi ||
* Assistant referees:
* Christian Kiabek Espinosa (Mexico City)
* Marco Antonio Bisguerra (Guanajuato)
* Fourth official:
* Víctor Alfonso Cáceres (Chiapas)
* Video assistant referee:
* Érick Yair Miranda (Guanajuato)
* Assistant video assistant referee:
* Alberto Morín Méndez (Chihuahua)

#### Statistics

| Statistic | Guadalajara | UANL |
| Goals scored | 2 | 3 |
| Total shots | 10 | 24 |
| Shots on target | 7 | 9 |
| Saves | 5 | 5 |
| Ball possession | 36% | 64% |
| Corner kicks | 5 | 12 |
| Fouls committed | 23 | 10 |
| Offsides | 1 | 2 |
| Yellow cards | 4 | 2 |
| Red cards | 1 | 1 |

## Statistics
### Goalscorers

There were 47 goals scored in 18 matches, for an average of 2.61 goals per match.
6 goals
* Sebastián Córdova (UANL)
3 goals
* Léo Bonatini (Atlético San Luis)
2 goals
* André-Pierre Gignac (UANL)
* Édgar López (Toluca)
* Maximiliano Meza (Monterrey)
* Diego Valdés (América)
1 goal
* Roberto Alvarado (Guadalajara)
* Cristian Arango (Pachuca)
* Unai Bilbao (Atlético San Luis)
* Ronaldo Cisneros (Guadalajara)
* Víctor Dávila (León)
* Roberto de la Rosa (Pachuca)
* Dória (Santos Laguna)
* Leonardo Fernández (Toluca)
* Vitinho (Atlético San Luis)
* Rogelio Funes Mori (Monterrey)
* Javier Güémez (Atlético San Luis)
* Víctor Guzmán (Guadalajara)
* Romario Ibarra (Pachuca)
* Nicolás López (UANL)
* Raúl López (Santos Laguna)
* Brian Lozano (Atlas)
* Alan Mozo (Guadalajara)
* Jesús Orozco (Guadalajara)
* Guido Pizarro (UANL)
* Harold Preciado (Santos Laguna)
* Julián Quiñones (Atlas)
* Brian Rodríguez (América)
* Jonathan Rodríguez (América)
* Marcel Ruiz (Toluca)
* Érick Sánchez (Pachuca)
* Gilberto Sepúlveda (Guadalajara)
* Leonardo Suárez (América)
* Félix Torres (Santos Laguna)
* Juan Pablo Vigón (UANL)
* Alejandro Zendejas (América)

### Assists

3 assists
* Roberto Alvarado (Guadalajara)
2 assists
* Javier Aquino (UANL)
* Ricardo Chávez (Atlético San Luis)
* Álvaro Fidalgo (América)
* Carlos González (Toluca)
* Diego Lainez (UANL)
* Diego Medina (Santos Laguna)
* Juan Sanabria (Atlético San Luis)
* Diego Valdés (América)
* Alexis Vega (Guadalajara)
1 assist
* Alfonso Alvarado (León)
* Brayan Angulo (Toluca)
* Fernando Beltrán (Guadalajara)
* Juan Brunetta (Santos Laguna)
* Vitinho (Atlético San Luis)
* Julio Furch (Atlas)
* André-Pierre Gignac (UANL)
* Omar Govea (Monterrey)
* Avilés Hurtado (Pachuca)
* Romario Ibarra (Pachuca)
* Miguel Layún (América)
* Julián Quiñones (Atlas)
* Luis Quiñones (UANL)