# 2012–13 Club León season

The 2012–13 León 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 21, 2012 against Querétaro, León played their most home games on Saturday at 8:06pm local time. This was León first season in Mexican top-flight league since the Verano 2002 after defeating Correcaminos UAT in the promotion final. León qualified third to the final phase and was eliminated by Tijuana in the semi-finals, León did not qualify to the final phase in the Clausura tournament.

## Torneo Apertura
### Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | MF | COL | Hernán Burbano |
| 3 | DF | ARG | Javier Muñoz Mustafá |
| 4 | DF | MEX | Óscar Mascorro |
| 5 | DF | MEX | Juan Carlos Pineda |
| 7 | DF | MEX | Edwin Hernández |
| 8 | MF | MEX | Édgar Mejía |
| 9 | FW | URU | Matías Britos |
| 10 | MF | MEX | Luis Montes |
| 11 | FW | MEX | Luis Nieves |
| 12 | MF | MEX | Juan Carlos Rojas |
| 15 | MF | MEX | Edwin Santibáñez |
| 16 | GK | MEX | Christian Martínez |
| 17 | DF | MEX | Saúl Villalobos |
| 18 | FW | MEX | José Fernando Torres |
| 19 | DF | MEX | Jonny Magallón |
| 20 | MF | COL | Eisner Loboa |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 21 | DF | MEX | Luis Antonio Delgado |
| 22 | FW | URU | Nelson Sebastián Maz |
| 23 | MF | MEX | Juan Vázquez |
| 24 | MF | MEX | José de Jesús Pozos |
| 25 | GK | MEX | William Yarbrough |
| 26 | MF | MEX | Julio Ceja |
| 27 | MF | MEX | Carlos Peña |
| 28 | MF | MEX | Juan José Calderón |
| 29 | MF | MEX | Aldo Rocha |
| 30 | MF | MEX | Édgar Pacheco |
| 31 | GK | MEX | Édgar Hernández |
| 32 | MF | MEX | Raúl Maldonado |
| 33 | FW | MEX | Othoniel Arce |
| 34 | DF | MEX | Arturo Ortiz |
| 35 | DF | MEX | Ignacio González |

### Regular season

Win  Draw  Loss

#### Final phase

León advanced 4–2 on aggregate
Tijuana advanced 3–2 on aggregate

### 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: 10 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | W | L | W | D | L | W | L | D | W | W | D | W | L | W | W | W |
| Position | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 |

## Copa MX
### Group stage

Win  Draw  Loss

#### Apertura results
### Goalscorers

| Position | Name | Goals scored |
| 1. | Othoniel Arce | 3 |
| 2. | Matías Britos | 2 |
| 2. | José Juan Vázquez | 2 |
| 4. | Juan José Calderón | 1 |
| 4. | Arturo Ortíz Martínez | 1 |
| 4. | Luis Humberto Nieves | 1 |
| 4. | Edgar Iván Pacheco | 1 |
| TOTAL | | 11 |

### Results
#### Results by round

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

## Torneo Clausura
### Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | MF | COL | Hernán Burbano |
| 3 | DF | MEX | Rafael Márquez |
| 4 | DF | MEX | Óscar Mascorro |
| 5 | DF | MEX | Iván Pineda |
| 7 | DF | MEX | Edwin Hernández |
| 8 | FW | MEX | Nery Castillo |
| 9 | FW | URU | Matías Britos |
| 10 | MF | MEX | Luis Montes (vice-captain) |
| 11 | MF | MEX | Jorge Zataraín |
| 12 | DF | MEX | Juan Carlos Rojas |
| 14 | FW | COL | Yovanny Arrechea |
| 15 | MF | MEX | Edwin Santibáñez |
| 16 | GK | MEX | Christian Martínez |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 19 | DF | MEX | Jonny Magallón |
| 20 | MF | COL | Eisner Loboa |
| 21 | DF | MEX | Luis Antonio Delgado |
| 22 | FW | URU | Nelson Sebastián Maz (captain) |
| 23 | MF | MEX | José Juan Vázquez |
| 25 | GK | MEX | William Yarbrough |
| 27 | MF | MEX | Carlos Peña |
| 28 | MF | MEX | Édgar Pacheco |
| 30 | MF | MEX | Juan José Calderón |
| 31 | GK | MEX | Édgar Hernández |
| 32 | MF | MEX | Raúl Maldonado |
| 33 | FW | MEX | Othoniel Arce |
| 35 | DF | MEX | Ignacio González |

### Regular season

Win  Draw  Loss

#### Clausura 2013 results

León did not qualify to the Final Phase

### Goalscorers

| Position | Name | Goals scored |
| 1. | Matías Britos | 6 |
| 2. | Edwin William Hernández | 3 |
| 3. | Yovanny Arrechea | 1 |
| 3. | Juan Ignacio González | 1 |
| 3. | Luis Montes | 1 |
| 3. | Edgar Iván Pacheco | 1 |
| 3. | Carlos Peña | 1 |
| TOTAL | | 14 |

### 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | D | L | L | L | D | L | W | L | L | L | D | D | D | D | D | W | W |
| Position | 8 | 12 | 14 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 15 |

## Copa Libertadores

Win  Draw  Loss

### First stage

Iquique advanced on penalties.

### Goalscorers

| Position | Name | Goals scored |
| 1. | Yovanny Arrechea | 1 |
| 1. | Nelson Sebastián Maz | 1 |
| TOTAL | | 2 |