# 2012–13 Club Santos Laguna season

The 2012–13 Santos Laguna 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. Santos Laguna began their season on July 21, 2012 against San Luis, Santos Laguna played most their homes games on Saturdays at 7:00pm local time. Santos Laguna did not qualify to the final phase in the Apertura tournament and was eliminated in the semi-finals of the final phase by Cruz Azul in the Clausura tournament. Santos Laguna lost the 2012–13 CONCACAF Champions League final to Monterrey 4–2 on aggregate.

## 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 | Oswaldo Sánchez (captain) |
| 2 | DF | MEX | Oswaldo Alanís |
| 3 | FW | COL | Carlos Darwin Quintero |
| 4 | DF | MEX | Jorge Iván Estrada |
| 5 | DF | MEX | Aarón Galindo |
| 6 | MF | ESP | Marc Crosas |
| 7 | MF | MEX | Édgar Lugo |
| 8 | MF | MEX | Juan Pablo Rodríguez (vice-captain) |
| 10 | MF | ARG | Daniel Ludueña |
| 13 | FW | ECU | Christian Suárez |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 14 | DF | MEX | César Ibáñez |
| 16 | FW | USA | Herculez Gomez |
| 17 | MF | MEX | Rodolfo Salinas |
| 18 | DF | ARG | Santiago Hoyos |
| 19 | DF | MEX | Rafael Figueroa |
| 20 | DF | MEX | Osmar Mares |
| 23 | DF | PAN | Felipe Baloy |
| 24 | FW | MEX | Oribe Peralta |
| 25 | GK | MEX | Miguel Becerra |
| 37 | MF | MEX | Cándido Ramírez |

### Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | GK | MEX | Milton Aguilar (to Alacranes) |
| — | DF | URU | Jonathan Lacerda (to Puebla) |
| — | DF | MEX | Jorge Barrera (to Correcaminos) |
| — | DF | MEX | Juan Pablo Santiago (to Tijuana) |
| — | DF | MEX | Uriel Álvarez (to Morelia) |
| — | DF | MEX | José Antonio Olvera (to Morelia) |
| — | MF | MEX | Francisco Javier Torres (to Morelia) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | MEX | Miguel Zepeda (to U de G) |
| — | FW | MEX | Agustín Enrique Herrera (to Veracruz) |
| — | FW | USA | Gustavo Ruelas (to Chiapas) |
| — | FW | MEX | Joaquín Reyes (to Celaya) |
| — | FW | MEX | José Rodolfo Reyes (to Estudiantes Tecos) |
| — | FW | MEX | Carlos Ochoa (to Morelia) |

### Regular season

Win  Draw  Loss

#### Apertura 2012 results
### Goalscorers

| Position | Name | Goals scored |
| 1. | Carlos Quintero | 7 |
| 2. | Oribe Peralta | 5 |
| 3. | Herculez Gómez | 4 |
| 3. | Daniel Ludueña | 4 |
| 5. | Cándido Ramírez | 1 |
| 5. | Rodolfo Salinas | 1 |
| TOTAL | | 22 |

### 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A |
| Result | W | W | D | L | L | D | W | L | D | W | W | D | D | L | L | W | L |
| Position | 4 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 9 |

## 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 | Oswaldo Sánchez (captain) |
| 2 | DF | MEX | Oswaldo Alanís |
| 3 | FW | COL | Carlos Darwin Quintero |
| 4 | DF | MEX | Jorge Iván Estrada |
| 5 | DF | MEX | Aarón Galindo |
| 6 | MF | ESP | Marc Crosas |
| 7 | MF | MEX | Édgar Lugo |
| 8 | MF | MEX | Juan Pablo Rodríguez (vice-captain) |
| 9 | FW | COL | Andrés Rentería |
| 10 | MF | ARG | Mauro Cejas |
| 11 | MF | MEX | Néstor Calderón |
| 16 | FW | USA | Hérculez Gómez |
| 17 | MF | MEX | Rodolfo Salinas |
| 19 | DF | MEX | Rafael Figueroa |
| 20 | DF | MEX | Osmar Mares |
| 23 | DF | PAN | Felipe Baloy |
| 24 | FW | MEX | Oribe Peralta |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 32 | GK | MEX | Julio González |
| 36 | FW | MEX | Alejandro González |
| 37 | MF | MEX | Cándido Ramírez |
| 38 | DF | MEX | César Ibáñez |
| 40 | GK | MEX | Luis Rubio |
| 43 | FW | ECU | Ely Esterilla |
| 44 | FW | MEX | Edgar Martínez |
| 49 | FW | MEX | Carlos Parra |
| 53 | MF | MEX | Eduardo Palacios |
| 54 | MF | USA | Benji Joya |
| 55 | FW | USA | Daniel Cuevas |
| 57 | DF | MEX | Kenyi Adachi |
| 64 | FW | MEX | Mario Cárdenas |
| 66 | DF | MEX | José Abella |
| 67 | DF | MEX | Carlos Torres |
| 69 | DF | MEX | Luis Alberto García |

### Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | DF | URU | Jonathan Lacerda (to Puebla) |
| — | DF | MEX | Juan Pablo Santiago (to Tijuana) |
| — | DF | MEX | Uriel Álvarez (to Morelia) |
| — | MF | MEX | Francisco Javier Torres (to Morelia) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | MEX | Agustín Enrique Herrera (to Estudiantes de Altamira) |
| — | FW | MEX | José Rodolfo Reyes (to Toros Neza) |
| — | FW | MEX | Carlos Ochoa (to Morelia) |

### Regular season

Win  Draw  Loss

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

Santos Laguna advanced 3–1 on aggregate
Cruz Azul 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: 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H |
| Result | D | W | L | W | D | L | D | W | W | W | W | D | D | W | W | L | L |
| Position | 9 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 |

## CONCACAF Champions League
### Group stage
#### Group 1

| Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | SAN | TOR | ÁGU |
| Santos Laguna | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | +12 | 12 | | 1–0 | 5–0 |
| Toronto FC | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 6 | 1–3 | | 5–1 |
| Águila | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 17 | −16 | 0 | 0–4 | 0–3 | |

### Championship round

Seeding was performed after the Group Stage. Santos was seed number two and faced Houston Dynamo the seventh seed in the quarterfinals. Santos won 3–1 on aggregate and advanced to the semis to face Seattle Sounders FC. Santos then advanced to the Finals defeating the Sounders 2–1 on aggregate. In the finals they will face their league rival Monterrey.

#### Semifinals
### Finals

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Santos Laguna | 2–4 | Monterrey | 0–0 | 2–4 |