Clausura 2024 Liga MX final phase

The Clausura 2024 Liga MX final phase[1] was played between 2 May 2024 and 26 May 2024.[2] A total of ten teams competed in the final phase to decide the champions of the Clausura 2024 Liga MX season.[2]

Clausura 2024 Liga MX final phase
Tournament details
Dates2 May – 26 May 2024
Teams10
Tournament statistics
Matches played17
Goals scored29 (1.71 per match)
Attendance633,159 (37,245 per match)

For the second straight season, the number of clubs qualifying for the quarter-finals will be six while the teams qualifying for the reclassification is four.[3] 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 Cruz Azul 2–1 on aggregate to win their second straight title and fiftheenth overall. As winners of both the Apertura 2023 and Clausura 2024 seasons, América were automatically awarded the 2024 Campeón de Campeones.

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 35 6 April 2024 (PLAY)
13 April 2024 (QF)		 40th Apertura 2023 Champions (Ap. 2023) [4]
2 Cruz Azul 33 12 April 2024 (PLAY)
27 April 2024 (QF)		 35th Clausura 2023 Champions (Gua. 2021) [5]
3 Toluca 32 (+15) 7 April 2024 (PLAY)
19 April 2024 (QF)		 38th Clausura 2023 Champions (Bic. 2010) [6]
4 Monterrey 32 (+13) 6 April 2024 (PLAY)
28 April 2024 (QF)		 30th Apertura 2023 Champions (Ap. 2019) [7]
5 UANL 31 (+11) 20 April 2024 (PLAY)
27 April 2024 (QF)		 33rd Champions (Cl. 2023) [8]
6 Guadalajara 31 (+7) 20 April 2024 (PLAY)
27 April 2024 (QF)		 32nd Champions (Cl. 2017) [9]


Qualified to the play-in round (4 teams)
Seed Team Points (GD) Date of qualification Appearance Last appearance Previous best (last) Ref.
7 Pachuca 29 20 April 2024 40th Clausura 2023 Champions (Ap. 2022) [10]
8 UNAM 27 (+5) 26 April 2024 27th Apertura 2023 Champions (Cl. 2011) [11]
9 Necaxa 27 (+1) 12 April 2024 21st Apertura 2022 Champions (Inv. 1998) [12]
10 Querétaro 24 27 April 2024 6th Guardianes 2021 Runners-up (Cl. 2015) [13]

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 gamesNo. 8 seed gameFinal seeds
Serie A
7Pachuca0 (3)8UNAMNo. 7 seed
8UNAM (p)0 (5)7PachucaNo. 8 seed
7Pachuca2
Serie B9Necaxa1
9Necaxa (p)1 (3)
10Querétaro1 (2)

Play-in matches

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Pachuca 0–0 (3–5 p) UNAM
Necaxa 1–1 (3–2 p) Querétaro

Serie A
Pachuca0–0UNAM
Report
Penalties
 3–5
Attendance: 12,168
Referee: Adonai Escobedo González (Aguascalientes)

Serie B
Necaxa1–1Querétaro
  • Cambindo 56'
 Report
Penalties
 3–2
Attendance: 13,435
Referee: Daniel Quintero Huitrón (Jalisco)

No. 8 seed match

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Pachuca 2–1 Necaxa
Pachuca2–1Necaxa
 Report
Attendance: 20,102
Referee: Fernando Hernández Gómez (Mexico City)

Final seeding

The following is the final seeding for the final phase after the play-in round matches

Seed Team
1 América
2 Cruz Azul
3 Toluca
4 Monterrey
5 UANL
6 Guadalajara
7 UNAM
8 Pachuca

Bracket

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Finals
               
1 América (s) 1 1 2
8 Pachuca 1 1 2
1 América 0 1 1
6 Guadalajara 0 0 0
3 Toluca 0 0 0
6 Guadalajara 1 0 1
1 América 1 1 2
2 Cruz Azul 1 0 1
2 Cruz Azul 2 2 4
7 UNAM 0 2 2
2 Cruz Azul (s) 1 1 2
4 Monterrey 0 2 2
4 Monterrey 2 1 3
5 UANL 1 1 2

Quarter-finals

Summary

The first legs will be played on 8–9 May 2024, and the second legs will be played on 11–12 May 2024.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Pachuca 2–2 América (s) 1–1 1–1
UNAM 2–4 Cruz Azul 0–2 2–2
Guadalajara 1–0 Toluca 1–0 0–0
UANL 2–3 Monterrey 1–2 1–1

Matches
Pachuca1–1América
 Report
Attendance: 18,043
América1–1Pachuca
 Report
Attendance: 46,570
Referee: Víctor Alfonso Cáceres (Chiapas)

2–2 on aggregate. América advanced due to being the higher seeded team.

Cruz Azul2–2UNAM
 Report
Attendance: 27,228
Referee: Daniel Quintero Huitrón (Jalisco)

Cruz Azul won 4–2 on aggregate.

Guadalajara1–0Toluca
 Report
Attendance: 40,458
Referee: Oscar Mejía García (Mexico City)
Toluca0–0Guadalajara
Report
Attendance: 27,273

Guadalajara won 1–0 on aggregate.

UANL1–2Monterrey
 Report
Attendance: 41,615
Referee: Marco Antonio Ortiz (Durango)
Monterrey1–1UANL
 Report
Attendance: 51,095
Referee: Fernando Hernández Gómez (Mexico City)

Monterrey won 3–2 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

Summary

The first legs will be played on 15–16 May 2024, and the second legs will be played on 18–19 May 2024.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Guadalajara 0–1 América 0–0 0–1
Monterrey 2–2 (s) Cruz Azul 0–1 2–1
Guadalajara0–0América
Report
Attendance: 43,628
Referee: Óscar Mejía García (Mexico City)
América1–0Guadalajara
 Report
Attendance: 70,187

América won 1–0 on aggregate.

Monterrey0–1Cruz Azul
Report
Attendance: 51,708
Referee: Daniel Quintero Huitrón (Jalisco)

2–2 on aggregate. Cruz Azul advanced due to being the higher seeded team.

Finals

Summary

The first leg was played on 23 May 2024, and the second leg was played on 26 May 2024.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Cruz Azul 1–2 América 1–1 0–1

First leg

Cruz Azul1–1América
 Report
Attendance: 27,224
Referee: Fernando Hernández Gómez (Mexico City)

Details
Cruz Azul[14][15]
América[14][15]
GK23 Kevin Mier
DF29 Carlos Rotondi 76'
DF33 Gonzalo Piovi
DF3 Carlos Salcedo
DF4 Willer Ditta
DF18 Rodrigo Huescas
MF8 Lorenzo Faravelli 71'
MF19 Carlos Rodríguez
MF15 Ignacio Rivero (c)
MF14 Alexis Gutiérrez
FW7 Uriel Antuna 82'
Substitutions:
GK1 Andrés Gudiño
DF13 Camilo Cándido 82'
DF191 Raymundo Rubio
MF6 Érik Lira 76'
MF194 Amaury Morales
MF200 Jorge García
MF208 Louis Estrada Derbez
FW9 Ángel Sepúlveda 71'
FW210 Bryan Gamboa
FW268 Mateo Levy
Manager:
Martín Anselmi
GK1 Luis Malagón
DF18 Cristian Calderón
DF31 Igor Lichnovsky
DF29 Ramón Juárez
DF3 Israel Reyes
MF8 Álvaro Fidalgo 90+6'
MF6 Jonathan dos Santos
MF33 Julián Quiñones 86'
MF10 Diego Valdés 86'
MF17 Alejandro Zendejas
FW21 Henry Martín (c) 78'
Substitutions:
GK27 Óscar Jiménez
DF2 Luis Fuentes
DF14 Néstor Araujo
DF23 Emilio Lara
MF7 Brian Rodríguez 78'
MF16 Santiago Naveda
MF20 Richard Sánchez 86'
MF26 Salvador Reyes 90+6'
FW24 Javairô Dilrosun 86'
FW214 Patricio Salas
Manager:
André Jardine

Assistant referees:[16]
Michel Alejandro Morales (Mexico City)
Enedina Caudillo Gómez (Michoacán)
Fourth official:[16]
Luis Enrique Santander (Guanajuato)
Video assistant referee:[16]
Guillermo Pacheco Larios (Sonora)
Assistant video assistant referee:[16]
Oscar Mejía García (Mexico City)

Statistics
Statistic[17] Cruz Azul América
Goals scored 1 1
Total shots 7 7
Shots on target 3 4
Saves 1 2
Ball possession 64% 36%
Corner kicks 7 3
Fouls committed 7 8
Offsides 1 1
Yellow cards 0 0
Red cards 0 0

Second leg

América1–0Cruz Azul
 Report
Attendance: 73,604
Referee: Marco Antonio Ortiz (Durango)

América won 2–1 on aggregate.

Details
América[18][19]
Cruz Azul[18][19]
GK1 Luis Malagón
DF18 Cristian Calderón
DF31 Igor Lichnovsky
DF29 Ramón Juárez
DF3 Israel Reyes 59'
MF8 Álvaro Fidalgo
MF6 Jonathan dos Santos
MF33 Julián Quiñones 80'
MF10 Diego Valdés 88'
MF17 Alejandro Zendejas
FW21 Henry Martín (c) 79' 90+3'
Substitutions:
GK27 Óscar Jiménez
DF2 Luis Fuentes
DF4 Sebastián Cáceres
DF14 Néstor Araujo
DF23 Emilio Lara
MF7 Brian Rodríguez
MF16 Santiago Naveda
MF20 Richard Sánchez 88'
MF26 Salvador Reyes 90+3'
FW24 Javairô Dilrosun
Manager:
André Jardine
GK23 Kevin Mier
DF29 Carlos Rotondi 38' 88'
DF33 Gonzalo Piovi
DF3 Carlos Salcedo 84'
DF4 Willer Ditta
DF18 Rodrigo Huescas 90+5'
MF8 Lorenzo Faravelli 88'
MF19 Carlos Rodríguez
MF15 Ignacio Rivero (c)
MF7 Uriel Antuna
FW9 Ángel Sepúlveda
Substitutions:
GK1 Andrés Gudiño
DF13 Camilo Cándido 88'
DF191 Raymundo Rubio
MF6 Érik Lira
MF14 Alexis Gutiérrez 84'
MF194 Amaury Morales
MF200 Jorge García
MF208 Louis Estrada Derbez
FW210 Bryan Gamboa 90+5'
FW268 Mateo Levy 88'
Manager:
Martín Anselmi

Assistant referees:[20]
Michel Alejandro Morales (Mexico City)
Jorge Antonio Sánchez (State of Mexico)
Fourth official:[20]
Daniel Quintero Huitrón (Jalisco)
Video assistant referee:[20]
Erick Yair Miranda (Guanajuato)
Assistant video assistant referee:[20]
Christian Kiabek Espinosa (Mexico City)

Statistics
Statistic[21] América Cruz Azul
Goals scored 1 0
Total shots 11 13
Shots on target 5 5
Saves 5 4
Ball possession 47% 53%
Corner kicks 3 6
Fouls committed 7 10
Offsides 1 2
Yellow cards 3 1
Red cards 0 0

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 29 goals scored in 17 matches, for an average of 1.71 goals per match.

2 goals

1 goal

Assists

3 assists

1 assist

References
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