# 2011–12 Monarcas Morelia season

The 2011–12 Morelia season was the 65th 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. Morelia began their season on July 24, 2011 against Tijuana, Morelia played their homes games on Fridays at 8:10pm local time.

## Torneo Apertura
### Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | MEX | Carlos Felipe Rodríguez |
| 2 | DF | MEX | Enrique Pérez |
| 3 | GK | ARG | Federico Vilar (captain) |
| 5 | DF | ARG | Mauricio Romero |
| 7 | FW | MEX | Rafael Márquez Lugo |
| 8 | MF | MEX | Jorge Gastélum |
| 9 | FW | MEX | Miguel Sabah |
| 10 | FW | ECU | Joao Rojas (on loan from Independiente) |
| 11 | FW | MEX | Luis Alonso Sandoval |
| 13 | FW | MEX | Miguel Sansores |
| 14 | MF | MEX | Luis Miguel Noriega |
| 15 | DF | MEX | Felipe Ayala |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 16 | DF | MEX | Adrián Aldrete |
| 17 | MF | MEX | Yasser Corona |
| 18 | MF | ARG | Damián Manso (on loan from Chiapas) |
| 19 | MF | MEX | Manuel Pérez (on loan from Monterrey) |
| 20 | FW | MEX | Ángel Sepúlveda |
| 21 | MF | MEX | Jaime Lozano (on loan from Cruz Azul) |
| 22 | DF | MEX | Diego Jiménez (on loan from Tecos) |
| 23 | MF | MEX | Édgar Lugo |
| 24 | DF | MEX | Marvin Cabrera |
| 28 | MF | COL | Aldo Ramírez |
| 33 | DF | MEX | Joel Huiqui |

### Regular season

Win  Draw  Loss

#### Apertura 2011 results
### Final phase

Morelia advanced 4–2 on aggregate
4–4 on aggregate, Santos Laguna advanced due to being the higher seed in the classification phase

### Goalscorers

| Position | Name | Goals scored |
| 1. | Miguel Sabah | 8 |
| 2. | Rafael Márquez Lugo | 6 |
| 3. | Jaime Lozano | 5 |
| 4. | Édgar Lugo | 4 |
| 5. | Ángel Sepúlveda | 3 |
| 6. | Joao Rojas | 2 |
| 6. | Luis Alonso Sandoval | 2 |
| 8. | Yasser Corona | 1 |
| 8. | Damián Manso | 1 |
| 8. | Own Goals | 1 |
| TOTAL | | 33 |

### 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: 5 November 2011. Source: Apertura 2011 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | L | W | L | L | W | D | W | W | L | L | D | W | D | D | D | W |
| Position | 6 | 9 | 12 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 12 | 15 | 14 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 7 |

## Transfers
### In

| Pos | Player | Age | From | Date |
| MF | Christian Valdéz | 27 | Jaguares | December 12, 2011 |
| DF | Óscar Razo | 27 | Jaguares | December 12, 2011 |
| MF | Diego Mejía | 28 | Neza | December 14, 2011 |
| FW | Víctor Guajardo | 21 | Neza | December 14, 2011 |

### Out

| # | Pos | Player | Age | To | Date | Notes |
| 19 | MF | Manuel Pérez | 31 | TBD | November 10, 2011 | Sacked |
| 22 | DF | Diego Jiménez | 25 | TBD | November 10, 2011 | Sacked |
| 14 | MF | Luis Miguel Noriega | 26 | Jaguares | December 12, 2011 | |
| 17 | DF | Yasser Corona | 24 | Jaguares | December 12, 2011 | |

## Torneo Clausura
### Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | MEX | Carlos Felipe Rodríguez |
| 2 | DF | MEX | Enrique Pérez |
| 3 | GK | ARG | Federico Vilar (captain) |
| 5 | DF | ARG | Mauricio Romero |
| 7 | FW | MEX | Rafael Márquez Lugo |
| 8 | MF | MEX | Jorge Gastélum |
| 9 | FW | MEX | Miguel Sabah |
| 10 | FW | ECU | Joao Rojas (on loan from Independiente) |
| 11 | FW | MEX | Luis Alonso Sandoval |
| 13 | FW | MEX | Miguel Sansores |
| 14 | FW | COL | Edison Toloza (on loan from Millonarios) |
| 15 | DF | MEX | Felipe Ayala |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 16 | MF | MEX | Adrián Aldrete |
| 19 | DF | MEX | Oscar Razo (on loan from Chiapas) |
| 20 | FW | MEX | Ángel Sepúlveda |
| 21 | MF | MEX | Jaime Lozano (on loan from Cruz Azul) |
| 22 | MF | MEX | Diego Mejía |
| 23 | MF | MEX | Édgar Lugo (on loan from Cruz Azul) |
| 24 | DF | MEX | Marvin Cabrera |
| 26 | MF | MEX | Christian Valdez (on loan from Chiapas) |
| 28 | MF | COL | Aldo Ramírez |
| 33 | DF | MEX | Joel Huiqui |
| — | MF | MEX | Víctor Guajardo |

### Regular season

Win  Draw  Loss

#### Clausura 2012 results
### Final phase

UANL advanced 5–1 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: 28 April 2012. Source: Clausura 2012 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | D | L | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | W | L | D | W | D | L |
| Position | 6 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 |

## CONCACAF Champions League
### Preliminary Round
#### Notes

* Note 1: Tempête of Haiti will play both of its Preliminary Round matches in the CONCACAF Champions League against Morelia in Mexico due to incomplete renovations to Stade Sylvio Cator in Port-au-Prince.
Monarcas Morelia won 7–0 on aggregate.

### Group Standings

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Los Angeles Galaxy | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 12 |
| Morelia | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 12 |
| Alajuelense | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 12 |
| Motagua | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 14 | −12 | 0 |

#### Tiebreakers

* Los Angeles Galaxy and Morelia qualified by their head-to-head records: Los Angeles Galaxy (6 pts, +1 GD), Morelia (6 pts, 0 GD), Alajuelense (6 pts, −1 GD).

### Quarter-finals

Monterrey won 7–2 on aggregate.

### Goalscorers

| Position | Name | Goals scored |
| 1. | Joao Rojas | 3 |
| 1. | Miguel Sabah | 3 |
| 1. | Ángel Sepúlveda | 3 |
| 4. | Joel Huiqui | 2 |
| 4. | Rafael Márquez Lugo | 2 |
| 6. | Adrián Aldrete | 1 |
| 6. | Yasser Corona | 1 |
| 6. | Diego Jiménez | 1 |
| 6. | Jaime Lozano | 1 |
| 6. | Edgar Gerardo Lugo | 1 |
| 6. | Damián Manso | 1 |
| 6. | Miguel Sansores | 1 |
| TOTAL | | 20 |