# 2012–13 Monarcas Morelia season

The 2012–13 Morelia 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. Morelia began their season on July 21, 2012, against Cruz Azul, Morelia played most of their homes games on Fridays at 9:30 local time. Morelia was eliminated in the quarter-finals by América and Cruz Azul in the Apertura and Clausura tournaments respectively.

## 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) |
| 4 | MF | MEX | Uriel Álvarez (on loan from Santos Laguna) |
| 5 | DF | ARG | Mauricio Romero |
| 6 | DF | MEX | Joel Huiqui |
| 7 | FW | ECU | Jefferson Montero |
| 8 | MF | COL | Aldo Ramírez |
| 9 | FW | MEX | Miguel Sabah |
| 10 | FW | ECU | Joao Rojas |
| 11 | FW | MEX | Carlos Ochoa (on loan from Santos Laguna) |
| 12 | GK | MEX | Higinio Bucio |
| 13 | DF | MEX | Fernando Salazar |
| 14 | DF | MEX | Luis Fernando Silva |
| 15 | DF | MEX | Óscar Razo (on loan from Chiapas) |
| 16 | MF | MEX | Victor Martínez |
| 17 | DF | MEX | Hibert Ruiz |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | FW | MEX | Edson Juárez |
| 19 | DF | MEX | José Antonio Olvera |
| 20 | FW | MEX | Ángel Sepúlveda |
| 22 | MF | MEX | Francisco Torres (on loan from Santos Laguna) |
| 23 | MF | MEX | Daniel Silva |
| 24 | MF | MEX | Luis Romero |
| 26 | MF | MEX | Christian Valdéz (on loan from Chiapas) |
| 27 | FW | MEX | Antonio Pedroza (on loan from Crystal Palace) |
| 28 | MF | MEX | Carlos Adrián Morales |
| 29 | MF | MEX | Rodrigo Salinas (on loan from Puebla) |
| 70 | DF | MEX | Carlos Guzmán |
| 76 | DF | MEX | Rodrigo Godinez |
| 77 | FW | MEX | Humberto Guzmán |
| 80 | MF | MEX | Alejandro Barrera |
| 83 | GK | MEX | Guillermo Pozos |
| 84 | FW | MEX | Jesús Rivera |
| 87 | DF | MEX | Daniel Torres |

### Regular season

Win  Draw  Loss

#### Final phase

América 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | D | W | D | D | W | W | L | L | D | D | D | D | W | W | D | D | W |
| Position | 9 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 5 |

## Apertura 2012 Copa MX
### Group stage

Win  Draw  Loss

#### Apertura results
### Goalscorers

| Position | Name | Goals scored |
| 1. | Jefferson Montero | 4 |
| 1. | Antonio Pedroza | 4 |
| 3. | Carlos Ochoa | 2 |
| 3. | Joao Rojas | 2 |
| 3. | Ángel Sepúlveda | 2 |
| TOTAL | | 14 |

### Results
#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| Ground | H | A | A | H | A | H |
| Result | D | W | L | W | D | D |
| Position | 2 | 1 | 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 | Carlos Felipe Rodríguez |
| 2 | DF | MEX | Enrique Pérez |
| 3 | GK | ARG | Federico Vilar (captain) |
| 4 | DF | MEX | Uriel Álvarez (on loan from Santos Laguna) |
| 6 | DF | MEX | Joel Huiqui |
| 7 | FW | ECU | Jefferson Montero |
| 8 | MF | COL | Aldo Ramírez |
| 9 | FW | CHI | Héctor Mancilla |
| 10 | FW | ECU | Joao Rojas |
| 11 | FW | MEX | Carlos Ochoa (on loan from Santos Laguna) |
| 12 | GK | MEX | Higinio Bucio |
| 13 | DF | MEX | Fernando Salazar |
| 14 | DF | MEX | Luis Fernando Silva |
| 15 | MF | MEX | Fernando Morales |
| 16 | MF | MEX | Victor Martínez |
| 17 | MF | MEX | Hibert Ruiz |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | FW | MEX | Edson Juárez |
| 19 | DF | MEX | José Antonio Olvera |
| 20 | MF | MEX | José María Cárdenas (on loan from América) |
| 21 | FW | MEX | Sergio Santana |
| 22 | MF | MEX | Francisco Torres (on loan from Santos Laguna) |
| 23 | MF | MEX | Daniel Silva |
| 24 | MF | MEX | Luis Romero |
| 26 | MF | MEX | Christian Valdéz |
| 27 | FW | MEX | Antonio Pedroza |
| 28 | MF | MEX | Carlos Adrián Morales |
| 29 | MF | MEX | Rodrigo Salinas (on loan from Puebla) |
| 72 | MF | MEX | Alejandro Barrera |
| 76 | DF | MEX | Rodrigo Godinez |
| 77 | FW | MEX | Humberto Guzmán |
| 87 | DF | MEX | Gerardo Torres |

### Regular season

Win  Draw  Loss

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

Cruz Azul advanced 4–3 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: 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | D | L | W | D | L | W | L | W | D | D | D | W | D | W | W | W | W |
| Position | 6 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 |

## Clausura 2013 Copa MX
### Group stage

Win  Draw  Loss

#### Clausura results
### Goalscorers

| Position | Name | Goals scored |
| 1. | Héctor Mancilla | 1 |
| 1. | Hibert Ruiz | 1 |
| 1. | Reiji Sato | 1 |
| 1. | Francisco Javier Torres | 1 |
| 1. | Christian Valdez | 1 |
| TOTAL | | 5 |

### Results
#### Results by round

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