Apertura 2023 Liga MX final phase

The Apertura 2023 Liga MX final phase[1] was played between 22 November and 17 December 2023.[2] A total of ten teams competed in the final phase to decide the champions of the Apertura 2023 Liga MX season.[2]

Apertura 2023 Liga MX final phase
Tournament details
Dates23 November – 17 December 2023
Teams10
Tournament statistics
Matches played17
Goals scored48 (2.82 per match)
Attendance625,312 (36,783 per match)

On 22 May 2023, a modification for the final phase was announced at the owners assembly in Toluca; reducing the clubs from twelve to ten.[3] The number of clubs qualifying for the quarter-finals was increased from four to six while the teams qualifying for the reclassification was reduced from six to four. The four clubs qualified for the reclassification competed in the "play-in" round, a tournament modeled after the NBA play-in tournament.[3]

América defeated UANL 3–0 on aggregate to win their fourteenth league title. As winners, América will face the Clasura 2024 champion in the 2024 Campeón de Campeones. Both finalists qualified for the 2025 CONCACAF Champions Cup.

Qualified teams

The following teams qualified for the championship stage.

In the following tables, 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).

Qualified directly to quarter-finals (6 teams)
Seed Team Points (GD) Date of qualification Appearance Last appearance Previous best (last) Ref.
1 América 40 24 October 2023 (PLAY)
28 October 2023 (QF)		 39th Clausura 2023 Champions (Ap. 2018) [4]
2 Monterrey 33 1 November 2023 (PLAY)
3 November 2023 (QF)		 29th Champions (Ap. 2019) [5]
3 UANL 30 29 October 2023 (PLAY)
31 October 2023 (QF)		 32nd Champions (Cl. 2023) [6]
4 UNAM 28 3 November 2023 (PLAY)
11 November 2023 (QF)		 26th Champions (Cl. 2011) [7]
5 Guadalajara 27 3 November 2023 (PLAY)
4 November 2023 (QF)		 31st Champions (Cl. 2017) [8]
6 Puebla 25 12 November 2023 (PLAY)
12 November 2023 (QF)		 14th Semi-finals (Gua. 2021) [9]
Qualified to the play-in round (4 teams)
Seed Team Points (GD) Date of qualification Appearance Last appearance Previous best Ref.
7 Atlético San Luis 23 (+5) 10 November 2023 4th Clausura 2023 Quarter-finals (Cl. 2023) [10]
8 León 23 (+1) 12 November 2023 17th Champions (Gua. 2020) [11]
9 Santos Laguna 23 (–3) 11 November 2023 36th Apertura 2022 Champions (Cl. 2018) [12]
10 Mazatlán 22 10 November 2023 2nd Clausura 2022 Reclassification (Cl. 2022)

Play-in round

Format

The 9th place team hosts the 10th place team in an elimination game. The 7th hosts the 8th place team in the double-chance game, with the winner advancing as the 7-seed. The loser of this game then hosts the winner of the elimination game between the 9th and 10th place teams to determine the 8-seed.

Bracket

Play-in matchesNo. 8 seed matchFinal seeds
Serie A
7Atlético San Luis37Atlético San LuisNo. 7 seed
8León28LeónNo. 8 seed
8León3
Serie B9Santos Laguna2
9Santos Laguna2
10Mazatlán1

Play-in matches

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Atlético San Luis 3–2 León
Santos Laguna 2–1 Mazatlán

Serie A
Atlético San Luis3–2León
 Report
Attendance: 11,295
Referee: Adonai Escobedo (Aguascalientes)

Serie B
Santos Laguna2–1Mazatlán
 Report
Attendance: 10,101

No. 8 seed match

Team 1  Score  Team 2
León 3–2 Santos Laguna
León3–2Santos Laguna
 Report
Attendance: 25,672[13]

Seeding

The following is the current seeding for the final phase.

Seed Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Host
1 América 17 12 4 1 37 14 +23 40 Hosts second leg
2 Monterrey 17 10 3 4 27 15 +12 33
3 UANL 17 8 6 3 32 18 +14 30
4 UNAM 17 8 4 5 27 18 +9 28
5 Guadalajara 17 8 3 6 22 22 0 27 Hosts first leg
6 Puebla 17 7 4 6 24 25 −1 25
7 Atlético San Luis 17 7 2 8 31 26 +5 23
8 León 17 6 5 6 23 22 +1 23
Source: Liga MX
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Away goals scored; 5) Drawing of lots.

Bracket

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Finals
               
1 América 2 2 4
8 León 2 0 2
1 América 5 0 5
7 Atlético San Luis 0 2 2
2 Monterrey 0 1 1
7 Atlético San Luis 1 1 2
1 América (a.e.t.) 1 3 4
3 UANL 1 0 1
3 UANL 2 3 5
6 Puebla 2 0 2
3 UANL 1 1 2
4 UNAM 0 1 1
4 UNAM 0 3 3
5 Guadalajara 1 0 1

Quarter-finals

Summary

The first legs will be played on 29–30 November, and the second legs will be played on 2–3 December 2023.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
León 2–4 América 2–2 0–2
Atlético San Luis 2–1 Monterrey 1–0 1–1
Puebla 2–5 UANL 2–2 0–3
Guadalajara 1–3 UNAM 1–0 0–3

Matches
León2–2América
 Report
Attendance: 25,823[14]
Referee: Marco Antonio Ortiz (Durango)
América2–0León
 Report
Attendance: 61,823

América won 4–2 on aggregate.

Atlético San Luis1–0Monterrey
 Report
Attendance: 17,216[15]
Referee: Daniel Quintero Huitrón (Jalisco)
Monterrey1–1Atlético San Luis
 Report
  • Vitinho 49'
Attendance: 36,907
Referee: Víctor Alfonso Cáceres (Chiapas)

Atlético San Luis won 2–1 on aggregate.

Puebla2–2UANL
 Report
Attendance: 28,984
Referee: Oscar Mejía García (Mexico City)
UANL3–0Puebla
 Report
Attendance: 39,381[16]
Referee: Adonai Escobedo (Aguascalientes)

UANL won 5–2 on aggregate.

Guadalajara1–0UNAM
 Report
Attendance: 33,438
Referee: Fernando Hernández Gómez (Mexico City)

UNAM won 3–1 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

Summary

The first legs will be played on 6–7 December, and the second legs will be played on 9–10 December 2023.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Atlético San Luis 2–5 América 0–5 2–0
UNAM 1–2 UANL 0–1 1–1

Matches
Atlético San Luis0–5América
Report
Attendance: 22,589[18]
Referee: Adonai Escobedo (Aguascalientes)
América0–2Atlético San Luis
Report
Attendance: 57,964

América won 5–2 on aggregate.

UNAM0–1UANL
Report
Attendance: 44,276
Referee: Marco Antonio Ortiz (Durango)

UANL won 2–1 on aggregate.

Finals

Summary

The first leg was played on 14 December, and the second leg was played on 17 December 2023.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
UANL 1–4 América 1–1 0–3 (a.e.t.)

First leg

UANL1–1América
 Report
Attendance: 41,615
Referee: Marco Antonio Ortiz (Durango)

Details
América[20][21]
GK1 Nahuel Guzmán
DF20 Javier Aquino
DF19 Guido Pizarro (c)
DF3 Samir 45+4'
DF27 Jesús Angulo
MF5 Rafael Carioca 2'
MF8 Fernando Gorriarán 69'
MF17 Sebastián Córdova 83'
MF6 Juan Pablo Vigón 61'
MF16 Diego Lainez 61'
FW10 André-Pierre Gignac
Substitutions:
GK25 Carlos Felipe Rodríguez
DF13 Diego Reyes 45+4'
DF15 Eduardo Tercero
DF28 Fernando Ordóñez
DF32 Vladimir Loroña
MF22 Raymundo Fulgencio 61'
MF24 Marcelo Flores
MF26 Sebastián Fierro
FW9 Nicolás Ibáñez 69'
FW29 Ozziel Herrera 61'
Manager:
Robert Dante Siboldi
GK1 Luis Malagón
DF19 Miguel Layún
DF31 Igor Lichnovsky 8'
DF4 Sebastián Cáceres
DF2 Luis Fuentes
MF8 Álvaro Fidalgo
MF6 Jonathan dos Santos 84'
MF33 Julián Quiñones 90+1'
MF17 Alejandro Zendejas 90+1'
MF10 Diego Valdés 84'
FW21 Henry Martín (c)
Substitutions:
GK27 Óscar Jiménez
DF3 Israel Reyes
DF5 Kevin Álvarez 90+1'
DF29 Ramón Juárez
MF7 Brian Rodríguez
MF16 Santiago Naveda
MF20 Richard Sánchez 84'
MF26 Salvador Reyes 90+1'
MF32 Leonardo Suárez
FW11 Jonathan Rodríguez 84'
Manager:
André Jardine

Assistant referees:[22]
Christian Kiabek Espinosa (Mexico City)
Marco Antonio Bisguerra (Guanajuato)
Fourth official:[22]
Víctor Alfonso Cáceres (Chiapas)
Video assistant referee:[22]
Fernando Hernández Gómez (Mexico City)
Assistant video assistant referee:[22]
Erick Yair Miranda (Guanajuato)

Statistics
Statistic[23] UANL América
Goals scored 1 1
Total shots 10 12
Shots on target 5 2
Saves 1 4
Ball possession 54% 46%
Corner kicks 9 2
Fouls committed 15 17
Offsides 2 1
Yellow cards 2 1
Red cards 0 0

Second leg

América3–0 (a.e.t.)UANL
 Report
Attendance: 74,957
Referee: Adonai Escobedo (Aguascalientes)

América won 4–1 on aggregate.

Details
América[24][25]
GK1 Luis Malagón
DF19 Miguel Layún 26' 76'
DF31 Igor Lichnovsky 7' 108'
DF4 Sebastián Cáceres
DF2 Luis Fuentes 90+9'
MF6 Jonathan dos Santos 90+9'
MF8 Álvaro Fidalgo
MF33 Julián Quiñones 108'
MF17 Alejandro Zendejas 76'
MF10 Diego Valdés
FW21 Henry Martín (c)
Substitutions:
GK27 Óscar Jiménez
DF3 Israel Reyes 90+9'
DF5 Kevin Álvarez 76'
DF29 Ramón Juárez 108'
MF7 Brian Rodríguez
MF16 Santiago Naveda
MF20 Richard Sánchez 90+9'
MF26 Salvador Reyes
MF32 Leonardo Suárez 108'
FW11 Jonathan Rodríguez 76'
Manager:
André Jardine
GK1 Nahuel Guzmán 93'  95'
DF20 Javier Aquino 86'
DF19 Guido Pizarro (c)
DF13 Diego Reyes 32'
DF27 Jesús Angulo
MF5 Rafael Carioca 36'
MF8 Fernando Gorriarán 97'
MF16 Diego Lainez 75'
MF17 Sebastián Córdova 75'
MF29 Ozziel Herrera 62'
FW10 André-Pierre Gignac
Substitutions:
GK25 Carlos Felipe Rodríguez 97'
DF15 Eduardo Tercero
DF28 Fernando Ordóñez
DF32 Vladimir Loroña 86'
MF6 Juan Pablo Vigón 75'
MF22 Raymundo Fulgencio 80' 75'
MF24 Marcelo Flores
MF26 Sebastián Fierro
FW9 Nicolás Ibáñez
FW23 Luis Quiñones 62'
Manager:
Robert Dante Siboldi

Assistant referees:[26]
Alberto Morín Méndez (Chihuahua)
Michel Ricardo Espinoza (Mexico City)
Fourth official:[26]
Fernando Guerrero (Mexico City)
Video assistant referee:[26]
Jorge Antonio Pérez (Veracruz)
Assistant video assistant referee:[26]
Óscar Macías Romo (Aguascalientes)

Statistics
Statistic[27] América UANL
Goals scored 3 0
Total shots 18 9
Shots on target 7 3
Saves 3 4
Ball possession 60% 40%
Corner kicks 4 1
Fouls committed 18 23
Offsides 1 0
Yellow cards 2 2
Red cards 0 2

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 48 goals scored in 17 matches, for an average of 2.82 goals per match. Players highlighted in bold are still active in the competition.

5 goals

4 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Assists

3 assists

2 assists

1 assist

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