# Clausura 2019 Liga MX final phase

The Clausura 2019 Liga MX championship stage commonly known as Liguilla (mini league) was played from 8 May 2019 to 26 May 2019. A total of eight teams competed in the championship stage to decide the champions of the Clausura 2019 Liga MX season. Both finalists qualified to the 2020 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 |
| León | 1 | 41 | 10th | Apertura 2017 | Champions (2 times) |
| UANL | 2 | 37 | 24th | Apertura 2018 | Champions (4 times) |
| Monterrey | 3 | 30 (+14) | 22nd | Apertura 2018 | Champions (3 times) |
| Cruz Azul | 4 | 30 (+9) | 28th | Apertura 2018 | Champions (Invierno 1997) |
| América | 5 | 29 (+9) | 32nd | Apertura 2018 | Champions (5 times) |
| Necaxa | 6 | 29 (+8) | 16th | Apertura 2016 | Champions (Invierno 1998) |
| Pachuca | 7 | 28 (+6) | 21st | Apertura 2016 | Champions (6 times) |
| Tijuana | 8 | 28 (+5) | 7th | Clausura 2018 | Champions (Apertura 2012) |

## 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 2020 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 |
| 1 | León | 3 | 2 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Tijuana | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Tijuana | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | León (s) | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | | |
| | | | | | 5 | América | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | | | |
| 4 | Cruz Azul | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | América | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | | | |
| 5 | América | 3 | 0 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | América | 3 | 0 | 3 | | | | | | 1 | León | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | | | | | | | | | | 2 | UANL | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | UANL (s) | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | UANL | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Pachuca | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | Pachuca | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | UANL (s) | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | | | |
| | | | | | 3 | Monterrey | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | | |
| 3 | Monterrey (s) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | Monterrey | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | | |
| 6 | Necaxa | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |

## Quarter-finals

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Tijuana | 2–5 | León | 1–3 | 1–2 |
| Pachuca | 2–2 (s) | UANL | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Necaxa | 1–1 (s) | Monterrey | 1–0 | 0–1 |
| América | 3–2 | Cruz Azul | 3–1 | 0–1 |

### Second leg

2–2 on aggregate and tied on away goals. UANL advanced for being the higher seed in the classification table.
León won 5–2 on aggregate.
América won 3–2 on aggregate.
1–1 on aggregate. Monterrey advanced for being the higher seed in the classification table.

## Semi-finals

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| América | 1–1 (s) | León | 0–1 | 1–0 |
| Monterrey | 1–1 (s) | UANL | 1–0 | 0–1 |

### Second leg

1–1 on aggregate. UANL advanced for being the higher seed in the classification table.
1–1 on aggregate. León advanced for being the higher seed in the classification table.

## Finals

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| UANL | 1–0 | León | 1–0 | 0–0 |

### First leg
#### Details

| UANL | León |
| GK | 1 | Nahuel Guzmán |
| DF | 6 | Jorge Torres Nilo |
| DF | 21 | Francisco Meza | | 70' |
| DF | 4 | Hugo Ayala |
| DF | 28 | Luis Rodríguez |
| MF | 19 | Guido Pizarro (c) | | 90+3' |
| MF | 5 | Rafael Carioca |
| MF | 20 | Javier Aquino | 78' |
| MF | 9 | Eduardo Vargas | 60' |
| MF | 26 | Luis Quiñones | 85' | 83' |
| FW | 10 | André-Pierre Gignac |
| Substitutions: ||
| GK | 22 | Lalo Fernández |
| DF | 14 | Juan José Sánchez |
| DF | 15 | Francisco Venegas |
| MF | 36 | Eduardo Tercero |
| MF | 8 | Lucas Zelarayán | 85' |
| MF | 25 | Jürgen Damm | 78' |
| FW | 13 | Enner Valencia | 60' |
| Manager: ||
| Ricardo Ferretti ||
| GK | 30 | Rodolfo Cota |
| DF | 6 | William Tesillo | | 22' |
| DF | 23 | Ramiro González |
| DF | 4 | Andrés Mosquera |
| DF | 5 | Fernando Navarro | | 90' |
| MF | 16 | Jean Meneses | 78' |
| MF | 10 | Luis Montes (c) |
| MF | 12 | Iván Rodríguez |
| MF | 13 | Ángel Mena |
| FW | 33 | Vinicio Angulo |
| FW | 8 | Joel Campbell | | 87' |
| Substitutions: ||
| GK | 25 | William Yarbrough |
| DF | 22 | Miguel Herrera |
| DF | 32 | Dilan Zúñiga |
| MF | 11 | Yairo Moreno | 78' |
| MF | 15 | Iván Ochoa |
| MF | 19 | Jorge Díaz |
| FW | 27 | Juan José Calero |
| Manager: ||
| Ignacio Ambríz ||
* Assistant referees:
* Alberto Morin Méndez (Chihuahua)
* Enríque Isaac Bustos (Guerrero)
* Fourth official:
* Jorge Antonio Pérez (Veracruz)
* Video assistant referee:
* Quetzalli Alvarado (Mexico City)

#### Statistics

| Statistic | UANL | León |
| Goals scored | 1 | 0 |
| Total shots | 20 | 9 |
| Shots on target | 6 | 4 |
| Saves | 4 | 5 |
| Ball possession | 54% | 46% |
| Corner kicks | 9 | 3 |
| Fouls committed | 16 | 13 |
| Offsides | 1 | 0 |
| Yellow cards | 3 | 3 |
| Red cards | 0 | 0 |

### Second leg

UANL won 1–0 on aggregate.

#### Details

| León | UANL |
| GK | 30 | Rodolfo Cota |
| DF | 6 | William Tesillo |
| DF | 23 | Ramiro González | 64' |
| DF | 4 | Andrés Mosquera | | 88' 90+3' |
| DF | 5 | Fernando Navarro |
| MF | 12 | Iván Rodríguez | | 71' |
| MF | 10 | Luis Montes (c) |
| MF | 11 | Yairo Moreno |
| MF | 14 | Rubens Sambueza |
| MF | 13 | Ángel Mena | 32' |
| FW | 8 | Joel Campbell |
| Substitutions: ||
| GK | 25 | William Yarbrough |
| DF | 22 | Miguel Herrera |
| MF | 15 | Iván Ochoa |
| MF | 16 | Jean Meneses | 32' |
| MF | 19 | Jorge Díaz |
| FW | 27 | Juan José Calero |
| FW | 33 | Vinicio Angulo | 64' |
| Manager: ||
| Ignacio Ambríz ||
| GK | 1 | Nahuel Guzmán | | 81' |
| DF | 6 | Jorge Torres Nilo |
| DF | 21 | Francisco Meza |
| DF | 4 | Hugo Ayala |
| DF | 28 | Luis Rodríguez |
| MF | 19 | Guido Pizarro (c) | | 90+1' |
| MF | 5 | Rafael Carioca | 77' | 77' |
| MF | 20 | Javier Aquino | 46' |
| MF | 9 | Eduardo Vargas | 62' |
| MF | 26 | Luis Quiñones | | 64' |
| FW | 10 | André-Pierre Gignac |
| Substitutions: ||
| GK | 30 | Miguel Ortega |
| DF | 3 | Carlos Salcedo | 77' |
| MF | 29 | Jesús Dueñas | 46' |
| MF | 36 | Eduardo Tercero |
| MF | 8 | Lucas Zelarayán |
| MF | 25 | Jürgen Damm |
| FW | 13 | Enner Valencia | 62' |
| Manager: ||
| Ricardo Ferretti ||
* Assistant referees:
* Miguel Ángel Hernández (Puebla)
* Christian Kiabek Espinosa (Mexico City)
* Fourth official:
* Jorge Isaac Rojas (Mexico City)
* Video assistant referee:
* León Vicente Barajas (Mexico City)

#### Statistics

| Statistic | León | UANL |
| Goals scored | 0 | 0 |
| Total shots | 14 | 9 |
| Shots on target | 5 | 3 |
| Saves | 3 | 5 |
| Ball possession | 57% | 43% |
| Corner kicks | 8 | 1 |
| Fouls committed | 13 | 15 |
| Offsides | 2 | 0 |
| Yellow cards | 2 | 4 |
| Red cards | 1 | 0 |

## Statistics
### Goalscorers
#### 2 goals

* Gustavo Bou (Tijuana)
* Joel Campbell (León)
* André-Pierre Gignac (UANL)
* José Juan Macías (León)
* Roger Martínez (América)

#### 1 goal

* Javier Aquino (UANL)
* Cristian Calderón (Necaxa)
* Milton Caraglio (Cruz Azul)
* Dorlan Pabón (Monterrey)
* Guido Pizarro (UANL)
* Rodolfo Pizarro (Monterrey)
* Jonathan Rodríguez (Cruz Azul)
* Ángelo Sagal (Pachuca)
* Rubens Sambueza (León)
* Bruno Valdez (América)

#### 1 own goal

* Diego Braghieri (against León)
* Igor Lichnovsky (against América)
* Luis Rodríguez (against Pachuca)

### Assists
#### 2 assists

* Rafael Carioca (UANL)
* Andrés Ibargüen (América)
* Ángel Mena (León)

#### 1 assist

* Roberto Alvarado (Cruz Azul)
* Daniel Álvarez (Necaxa)
* Miller Bolaños (Tijuana)
* Edwin Cardona (Pachuca)
* Andrés Ibargüen (América)
* Renato Ibarra (América)
* Miguel Layún (Monterrey)
* Luis Montes (León)
* Ariel Nahuelpán (Tijuana)
* Rubens Sambueza (León)
* William Tesillo (León)
* Eduardo Vargas (UANL)