# Clausura 2016 Liga MX final phase

The Clausura 2016 Liga MX championship stage commonly known as liguilla (mini league) was being played from May 11, 2016 to May 29, 2016. A total of eight teams were competing in the championship stage to decide the champions of the Clausura 2016 Liga MX season. Both finalists qualified to the 2016–17 CONCACAF Champions League.

## Qualified teams

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Monterrey | 17 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 38 | 23 | +15 | 37 |
| 2 | Pachuca | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 31 | 16 | +15 | 30 |
| 3 | León | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 29 | 19 | +10 | 30 |
| 4 | América | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 34 | 22 | +12 | 29 |
| 5 | Guadalajara | 17 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 26 | 16 | +10 | 28 |
| 6 | Morelia | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 25 | 24 | +1 | 28 |
| 7 | Santos Laguna | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 22 | 20 | +2 | 27 |
| 8 | UANL | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 29 | 19 | +10 | 24 |

## Format

* Teams are re-seeded each round.
* Team with more goals on aggregate after two matches advances.
* Away goals rule is applied in the quarterfinals and semifinals, but not the final.
* In the quarterfinals and semifinals, if the two teams are tied on aggregate and away goals, the higher seeded team advances.
* In the final, if the two teams are tied after both legs, the match goes to extra time and, if necessary, a shoot-out.
* Both finalists qualify to the 2016–17 CONCACAF Champions League (in Pot 3).

## Bracket

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| 1 | Monterrey | 3 | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | UANL | 1 | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | UANL | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | Monterrey | 0 | 4 | 4 | | | | | |
| | | | | | 4 | América | 1 | 2 | 3 | | | | | |
| 4 | América | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | América | 1 | 2 | 3 | | | | | |
| 5 | Guadalajara | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | Guadalajara | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | 1 | Monterrey | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| | | | | | | | | | | 2 | Pachuca | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | Pachuca | 1 | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | Pachuca | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | Santos Laguna | 1 | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | Santos Laguna | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | Pachuca | 1 | 2 | 3 | | | | | |
| | | | | | 3 | León | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | | |
| 3 | León | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | León | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | | |
| 6 | Morelia | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |

## Quarterfinals

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| UANL | 3–4 | Monterrey | 1–3 | 2–1 |
| Santos Laguna | 3–4 | Pachuca | 1–1 | 2–3 |
| Morelia | 2–5 | León | 1–1 | 1–4 |
| Guadalajara | 1–2 | América | 0–0 | 1–2 |
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### Second leg

Monterrey won 4–3 on aggregate
León won 5–2 on aggregate
América won 2–1 on aggregate
Pachuca won 4–3 on aggregate

## Semifinals

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| América | 3–4 | Monterrey | 1–0 | 2–4 |
| León | 2–3 | Pachuca | 1–1 | 1–2 |

### Second leg

Monterrey won 4–3 on aggregate
Pachuca won 3–2 on aggregate

## Final

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Pachuca | 2–1 | Monterrey | 1–0 | 1–1 |

### First leg

| Pachuca | Monterrey |
| GK | 21 | Óscar Pérez |
| DF | 33 | Stefan Medina |
| DF | 23 | Óscar Murillo | 46' |
| DF | 30 | Omar Gonzalez |
| DF | 12 | Emmanuel García |
| MF | 16 | Jorge Hernández |
| MF | 7 | Rodolfo Pizarro |
| MF | 15 | Erick Gutiérrez (c) | 81' |
| MF | 10 | Jonathan Urretaviscaya |
| FW | 8 | Hirving Lozano | 89' |
| FW | 29 | Franco Jara |
| Substitutions: ||
| GK | 16 | Alfonso Blanco |
| DF | 3 | Aquivaldo Mosquera | 46' |
| DF | 18 | Joaquín Martínez |
| MF | 5 | Víctor Guzmán | 81' |
| MF | 14 | Steven Almeida |
| FW | 9 | Ariel Nahuelpán | 89' |
| FW | 11 | Rubén Botta |
| Manager: ||
| Diego Alonso ||
| GK | 1 | Jonathan Orozco |
| DF | 21 | Hiram Mier | | 64' |
| DF | 286 | César Montes |
| DF | 30 | José María Basanta (c) |
| DF | 33 | Walter Ayoví |
| MF | 5 | Walter Gargano |
| MF | 18 | Neri Cardozo | 41' |
| MF | 6 | Efraín Juárez | 90+1' |
| MF | 10 | Edwin Cardona |
| FW | 8 | Dorlan Pabón | | 90' |
| FW | 7 | Rogelio Funes Mori | | 74' |
| Substitutions: ||
| GK | 23 | Juan de Dios Ibarra |
| DF | 4 | Ricardo Osorio |
| DF | 15 | Edgar Castillo |
| MF | 16 | Cándido Ramírez | | 64' |
| MF | 27 | Luis Ernesto Pérez |
| FW | 9 | Aldo de Nigris | | 74' |
| FW | 11 | Pablo Barrera | | 90' |
| Manager: ||
| Antonio Mohamed ||
* Assistant referees:
* Marvin Torrentera (Mexico City)
* Juan Joel Rangel (Mexico City)
* Fourth official:
* Marco Antonio Ortiz (Durango)

### Second leg

Pachuca won 2–1 on aggregate
| Monterrey | Pachuca |
| GK | 1 | Jonathan Orozco |
| DF | 6 | Efraín Juárez |
| DF | 286 | César Montes |
| DF | 30 | José María Basanta (c) |
| DF | 15 | Edgar Castillo |
| MF | 5 | Walter Gargano |
| MF | 18 | Neri Cardozo | | 83' |
| MF | 33 | Walter Ayoví |
| MF | 10 | Edwin Cardona | 13' |
| FW | 8 | Dorlan Pabón |
| FW | 7 | Rogelio Funes Mori |
| Substitutions: ||
| GK | 23 | Juan de Dios Ibarra |
| DF | 4 | Ricardo Osorio |
| DF | 34 | Miguel Herrera Equihua |
| MF | 27 | Luis Ernesto Pérez |
| FW | 9 | Aldo de Nigris | 88' | 83' |
| FW | 11 | Pablo Barrera |
| FW | 20 | Santiago Rivera |
| Manager: ||
| Antonio Mohamed ||
| GK | 21 | Óscar Pérez |
| DF | 33 | Stefan Medina |
| DF | 3 | Aquivaldo Mosquera (c) | 74' |
| DF | 30 | Omar Gonzalez |
| DF | 12 | Emmanuel García |
| MF | 15 | Erick Gutiérrez | | 66' |
| MF | 16 | Jorge Hernández |
| MF | 10 | Jonathan Urretaviscaya | | 77' |
| MF | 7 | Rodolfo Pizarro | 4' |
| FW | 8 | Hirving Lozano |
| FW | 29 | Franco Jara | 60' | 90+5' |
| Substitutions: ||
| GK | 16 | Alfonso Blanco |
| DF | 6 | Omar Esparza |
| DF | 18 | Joaquín Martínez | | 77' |
| MF | 5 | Víctor Guzmán | | 66' |
| MF | 14 | Steven Almeida |
| FW | 9 | Ariel Nahuelpán | | 90+5' |
| FW | 11 | Rubén Botta |
| Manager: ||
| Diego Alonso ||
* Assistant referees:
* Marcos Quintero (Jalisco)
* Mario Jesús López (Durango)
* Fourth official:
* Jorge Isaac Rojas (Mexico City)

## Goalscorers
### 3 goals

* Franco Jara (Pachuca)
* Luis Montes (León)

### 2 goals

* Michael Arroyo (América)
* Edwin Cardona (Monterrey)
* Rogelio Funes Mori (Monterrey)
* Diego González (Santos Laguna)
* Elías Hernández (León)
* Hirving Lozano (Pachuca)
* Osvaldo Martínez (América)
* Carlos Sánchez (Monterrey)
* Rafael Sóbis (UANL)
* Jonathan Urretaviscaya (Pachuca)

### 1 goal

* Mauro Boselli (León)
* Jesús Dueñas (UANL)
* Víctor Guzmán (Pachuca)
* Rodrigo Millar (Morelia)
* César Montes (Monterrey)
* Dorlan Pabón (Monterrey)
* Cristian Pellerano (Morelia)
* Oribe Peralta (América)
* Orbelín Pineda (Guadalajara)
* Andrés Rentería (Santos Laguna)
* Aldo Rocha (León)

### Own goals

* Diego Novaretti (against Pachuca)