# 2012–13 Club América season

The 2012–13 América 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. América began their season on July 21, 2012 against Monterrey, América played most of their homes games on Saturdays at 5:00pm local time.
On May 26, 2013, América won the eleventh league title in their history by defeating Cruz Azul 4–2 on penalty kicks after a comeback from a 0–1 first leg loss to tie 2–2 on aggregate. With this, América become the most successful club, along with Guadalajara, in Mexico.

## 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 | Hugo González |
| 2 | DF | MEX | Érik Pimentel |
| 3 | DF | COL | Aquivaldo Mosquera (vice captain) |
| 4 | DF | MEX | Efraín Juárez |
| 5 | MF | MEX | Jesús Molina |
| 6 | DF | MEX | Juan Carlos Valenzuela |
| 7 | MF | MEX | José María Cárdenas |
| 8 | MF | BRA | Rosinei |
| 9 | FW | MEX | Raúl Jiménez |
| 10 | MF | ARG | Daniel Montenegro (Captain) |
| 11 | FW | ECU | Christian Benítez |
| 12 | GK | MEX | Carlos López |
| 13 | DF | MEX | Diego Reyes |
| 14 | MF | ARG | Rubens Sambueza |
| 15 | MF | MEX | Pedro García |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 16 | DF | MEX | Adrián Aldrete |
| 17 | FW | MEX | Antonio López |
| 18 | MF | MEX | Christian Bermúdez |
| 19 | DF | MEX | Miguel Layún |
| 20 | DF | MEX | Jorge Reyes |
| 21 | DF | USA | Ventura Alvarado |
| 22 | DF | MEX | Paul Aguilar |
| 23 | GK | MEX | Moisés Muñoz |
| 25 | MF | MEX | Jorge Alberto Urías |
| 26 | MF | MEX | Juan Carlos Medina |
| 27 | DF | MEX | Daniel Acosta |
| 28 | FW | MEX | Martín Eduardo Zúñiga |
| 29 | DF | MEX | Ademar Rodríguez |
| 33 | FW | MEX | Patricio Treviño |

### Out on loan

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| - | GK | MEX | Armando Navarrete (at Necaxa) |
| - | GK | MEX | Leonín Pineda (at La Piedad) |
| - | DF | MEX | Óscar Rojas (at Pachuca) |
| - | MF | MEX | José Joaquín Martínez (at Necaxa) |
| - | MF | MEX | Lampros Kontogiannis (at UAT) |
| - | MF | MEX | Renato Michell González (at Mérida) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| - | FW | USA | Isaac Acuña (at Mérida) |
| - | FW | MEX | *Lugiani Gallardo (at Necaxa) |
| - | FW | MEX | *Daniel Marquez (at Necaxa) |
| - | FW | MEX | Luis Olascoaga (at Necaxa) |
| - | FW | URU | Tabaré Viudez (at Nacional) |

### Regular season

Win  Draw  Loss

#### Final phase

América advanced 3–2 on aggregate
Toluca 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | D | W | D | D | W | L | D | W | D | D | W | L | W | W | W | W | D |
| Position | 11 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 |

## Apertura 2012 Copa MX
### Group stage

Win  Draw  Loss

#### Apertura results
### Goalscorers

| Position | Name | Goals scored |
| 1. | Martín Eduardo Zúñiga | 5 |
| 2. | Antonio López | 3 |
| 3. | José María Cárdenas | 2 |
| 3. | Miguel Layún | 2 |
| 3. | Daniel Montenegro | 2 |
| 6. | Juan Carlos Medina | 1 |
| 6. | Erik Pimentel | 1 |
| 6. | Rosinei | 1 |
| TOTAL | | 18 |

### Results
#### Results by round

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

## 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 | Hugo González |
| 2 | DF | MEX | Francisco Javier Rodríguez |
| 3 | DF | COL | Aquivaldo Mosquera (captain) |
| 4 | MF | MEX | Efraín Juárez |
| 5 | MF | MEX | Jesús Molina |
| 6 | DF | MEX | Juan Carlos Valenzuela |
| 7 | FW | ECU | Narciso Mina |
| 9 | FW | MEX | Raúl Jiménez |
| 10 | MF | PAR | Osvaldo Martínez |
| 11 | FW | ECU | Christian Benítez |
| 12 | GK | MEX | Carlos López |
| 13 | DF | MEX | Diego Reyes (vice-captain) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 14 | MF | ARG | Rubens Sambueza |
| 16 | DF | MEX | Adrián Aldrete |
| 17 | FW | MEX | Antonio López |
| 18 | MF | MEX | Christian Bermúdez |
| 19 | DF | MEX | Miguel Layún |
| 21 | DF | MEX | Ventura Alvarado |
| 22 | DF | MEX | Paul Aguilar |
| 23 | GK | MEX | Moisés Muñoz |
| 25 | MF | MEX | Jorge Urias |
| 26 | MF | MEX | Juan Carlos Medina |
| 28 | FW | MEX | Martin Zúñiga |
| 29 | MF | MEX | Ademar Rodríguez |

### Regular season

Win  Draw  Loss

#### Clausura 2013 results
### Final phase

América advanced 3–1 on aggregate
América advanced 4–3 on aggregate
América won 4–2 on penalties

### 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | W | W | L | W | W | D | L | W | D | D | W | D | D | W | W | L |
| Position | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 |

## Clausura 2013 Copa MX
### Group stage

Win  Draw  Loss

#### Clausura results
### Goalscorers

| Position | Name | Goals scored |
| 1. | Narciso Mina | 7 |
| 2. | Antonio López | 3 |
| 3. | Ventura Alvarado | 1 |
| 3. | Gil Cordero | 1 |
| 3. | Miguel Layún | 1 |
| 3. | Osvaldo Martínez | 1 |
| 3. | Rubens Sambueza | 1 |
| 3. | Jorge Urias | 1 |
| 3. | Martín Eduardo Zúñiga | 1 |
| 3. | Own Goals | 1 |
| TOTAL | | 18 |

### Results
#### Results by round

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