Apertura 2024 Liga MX final phase
Tournament details | |
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Dates | 20 November – 15 December 2024 |
Teams | 10 |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 17 |
Goals scored | 53 (3.12 per match) |
Attendance | 548,382 (32,258 per match) |
The Apertura 2024 Liga MX final phase[1] will be played between 20 November and 15 December 2024.[2] A total of ten teams will compete in the final phase to decide the champions of the Apertura 2024 Liga MX season.[2]
For the third 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 Monterrey 3–2 on aggregate to win their third straight title and sixteenth overall. As winners, América will face the Clausura 2025 champion at the 2025 Campeón de Campeones.
Qualified teams
[edit]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).
Seed | Team | Points (GD) | Date of qualification | Appearance | Last appearance | Previous best (last) | Ref. |
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1 | Cruz Azul | 42 | 18 October 2024 (PLAY) 23 October 2024 (QF) | 36th | Clausura 2024 | Champions (Gua. 2021) | [4] |
2 | Toluca | 35 | 22 October 2024 (PLAY) 2 November 2024 (QF) | 39th | Champions (Bic. 2010) | [5] | |
3 | UANL | 34 | 26 October 2024 (PLAY) 6 November 2024 (QF) | 34th | Champions (Cl. 2023) | [6] | |
4 | UNAM | 31 | 2 November 2024 (PLAY) 8 November 2024 (QF) | 27th | Champions (Cl. 2011) | [7] | |
5 | Monterrey | 31 | 2 November 2024 (PLAY) 10 November 2024 (QF) | 30th | Champions (Ap. 2019) | [8] | |
6 | Atlético San Luis | 30 | 2 November 2024 (PLAY) 9 November 2024 (QF) | 5th | Apertura 2023 | Semi-finals (Ap. 2023) | [9] |
Seed | Team | Points (GD) | Date of qualification | Appearance | Last appearance | Previous best (last) | Ref |
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7 | Tijuana | 29 | 2 November 2024 | 8th | Clausura 2019 | Champions (Ap. 2012) | [10] |
8 | América | 27 | 2 November 2024 | 40th | Clausura 2024 | Champions (Cl. 2024) | [11] |
9 | Guadalajara | 25 | 5 November 2024 | 33rd | Champions (Cl. 2017) | [12] | |
10 | Atlas | 21 | 10 November 2024 | 26th | Clausura 2023 | Champions (Cl. 2022) | [13] |
Play-in round
[edit]Format
[edit]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
[edit]Play-in games | No. 8 seed game | Final seeds | |||||||||||
Serie A | |||||||||||||
7 | Tijuana | 2 (2) | 8 | América | No. 7 seed | ||||||||
8 | América | 2 (3) | 7 | Tijuana | No. 8 seed | ||||||||
7 | Tijuana | 3 | |||||||||||
Serie B | 10 | Atlas | 0 | ||||||||||
9 | Guadalajara | 1 | |||||||||||
10 | Atlas | 2 | |||||||||||
Play-in matches
[edit]Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
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Tijuana | 2–2 (2–3 p) | América |
Guadalajara | 1–2 | Atlas |
Serie A
[edit]Serie B
[edit]Guadalajara | 1–2 | Atlas |
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| Report |
No. 8 seed match
[edit]Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
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Tijuana | 3–0 | Atlas |
Bracket
[edit]Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Finals | ||||||||||||||||||
4 | UNAM | 0 | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
5 | Monterrey | 1 | 5 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||
5 | Monterrey | 1 | 5 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||
6 | Atlético San Luis | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
3 | UANL | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
6 | Atlético San Luis | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
5 | Monterrey | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
7 | América | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
1 | Cruz Azul (s) | 0 | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
8 | Tijuana | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
1 | Cruz Azul | 0 | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
7 | América | 0 | 4 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
2 | Toluca | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
7 | América | 2 | 2 | 4 |
Quarter-finals
[edit]Summary
[edit]The first legs will be played on 27–28 November 2024, and the second legs will be played on 30 November–1 December 2024.
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Tijuana | 3–3 (s) | Cruz Azul | 3–0 | 0–3 |
América | 4–0 | Toluca | 2–0 | 2–0 |
Atlético San Luis | 3–0 | UANL | 3–0 | 0–0 |
Monterrey | 6–3 | UNAM | 1–0 | 5–3 |
Matches
[edit]Cruz Azul | 3–0 | Tijuana |
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| Report |
3–3 on aggregate. Cruz Azul advanced due to being the higher seeded team.
América | 2–0 | Toluca |
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| Report |
América won 4–0 on aggregate.
UANL | 0–0 | Atlético San Luis |
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Report |
Atlético San Luis won 3–0 on aggregate.
Monterrey won 6–3 on aggregarate.
Semi-finals
[edit]Summary
[edit]The first legs will be played on 4–5 December 2024, and the second legs will be played on 7–8 December 2024.
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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América | 4–3 | Cruz Azul | 0–0 | 4–3 |
Atlético San Luis | 3–6 | Monterrey | 2–1 | 1–5 |
Matches
[edit]América | 0–0 | Cruz Azul |
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Report |
Cruz Azul | 3–4 | América |
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Report |
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América won 4–3 on aggregate.
Atlético San Luis | 2–1 | Monterrey |
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Report |
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Monterrey won 6–3 on aggregate.
Finals
[edit]Summary
[edit]The first leg will be played on 12 December 2024, and the second leg will be played on 15 December 2024.
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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América | 3–2 | Monterrey | 2–1 | 1–1 |
First leg
[edit]
Details
[edit] Assistant referees:[16] |
Statistics
[edit]Statistic[17] | América | Monterrey |
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Goals scored | 2 | 1 |
Total shots | 13 | 6 |
Shots on target | 6 | 1 |
Saves | 0 | 4 |
Ball possession | 47% | 53% |
Corner kicks | 8 | 5 |
Fouls committed | 7 | 9 |
Offsides | 4 | 0 |
Yellow cards | 2 | 1 |
Red cards | 0 | 0 |
Second leg
[edit]Monterrey | 1–1 | América |
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| Report |
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América won 3–2 on aggregate.
Details
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Assistant referees:[16] |
Statistics
[edit]Statistic[20] | Monterrey | América |
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Goals scored | 1 | 1 |
Total shots | 21 | 4 |
Shots on target | 6 | 3 |
Saves | 2 | 6 |
Ball possession | 71% | 29% |
Corner kicks | 8 | 5 |
Fouls committed | 10 | 8 |
Offsides | 0 | 2 |
Yellow cards | 1 | 1 |
Red cards | 0 | 0 |
Statistics
[edit]Goalscorers
[edit]There were 53 goals scored in 17 matches, for an average of 3.12 goals per match.
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
- Efraín Álvarez (Tijuana)
- Kevin Álvarez (América)
- Gerardo Arteaga (Monterrey)
- Unai Bilbao (Tijuana)
- Cristian Borja (América)
- Kevin Castañeda (Tijuana)
- Ricardo Chávez (Atlético San Luis)
- Gabriel Fernández (Cruz Azul)
- Vitinho (Atlético San Luis)
- Giorgos Giakoumakis (Cruz Azul)
- Víctor Guzmán (Guadalajara)
- Ramón Juárez (América)
- Henry Martín (América)
- Amaury Morales (Cruz Azul)
- Lucas Ocampos (Monterrey)
- Ignacio Pussetto (UNAM)
- Emanuel Reynoso (Tijuana)
- Aldo Rocha (Atlas)
- Brian Rodríguez (América)
- Johan Rojas (Monterrey)
- Sébastien Salles-Lamonge (Atlético San Luis)
- Ángel Sepúlveda (Cruz Azul)
- Brandon Vázquez (Monterrey)
1 own goal
- José Castillo (against Atlas)
- Daniel Guillén (against Monterrey)
- Joaquim (against Atlético San Luis)
- Marcel Ruiz (against América)
Assists
[edit]3 assists
2 assists
1 assist
- Érick Aguirre (Monterrey)
- Efraín Álvarez (Tijuana)
- Diego Barbosa (Tijuana)
- Léo Bonatini (Atlético San Luis)
- Gabriel Fernández (Cruz Azul)
- Vitinho (Atlético San Luis)
- Alejandro Gómez (Tijuana)
- Javier Güémez (Atlético San Luis)
- César Huerta (UNAM)
- Aarón Mejía (Tijuana)
- Gonzalo Piovi (Cruz Azul)
- Christian Rivera (Tijuana)
- Jorge Sánchez (Cruz Azul)
- Richard Sánchez (América)
- Ángel Sepúlveda (Cruz Azul)
References
[edit]- ^ "Calendario Apertura 2024" (PDF). Liga MX. Retrieved 27 October 2024.
- ^ a b "Liga MX: ¿Qué debes saber del calendario Apertura 2024?". ESPN Deportes. 10 June 2024. Retrieved 27 October 2024.
- ^ a b "Por unanimidad, la Asamblea de Clubes designa a Juan Carlos Rodríguez". Liga MX. Retrieved 9 October 2023.
- ^ "Cruz Azul History". Retrieved 12 April 2024.
- ^ "Toluca History". 7 April 2024. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
- ^ "Tigres UANL History". 2 November 2024. Retrieved 2 November 2024.
- ^ "UNAM History". 2 November 2024. Retrieved 2 November 2024.
- ^ "Monterrey History". 2 November 2024. Retrieved 2 November 2024.
- ^ "Atlético San Luis History". 2 November 2024. Retrieved 2 November 2024.
- ^ "Tijuana History". 2 November 2024. Retrieved 2 November 2024.
- ^ "América History". 2 November 2024. Retrieved 2 November 2024.
- ^ "Guadalajara History". 5 November 2024. Retrieved 5 November 2024.
- ^ "Atlas History". 10 November 2024. Retrieved 10 November 2024.
- ^ a b "América vs. Monterrey - 12 December 2024 - Soccerway". soccerway.com.
- ^ a b MX, LIGA MX / ASCENSO. "Minuto a Minuto". ligamx.net.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Designaciones Arbitrales".
- ^ "América vs Monterrey stats – ESPNFC". ESPN. Retrieved 12 December 2024.
- ^ a b "Monterrey vs. América - 15 December 2024 - Soccerway". soccerway.com.
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