Clausura 2018 Liga MX final phase

The Clausura 2018 Liga MX championship stage commonly known as Liguilla (playoffs) was played from 2 May 2018 to 20 May 2018.^[1] A total of eight teams competed in the championship stage to decide the champions of the Clausura 2018 Liga MX season. Both finalists qualified to the 2019 CONCACAF Champions League.

Qualified teams

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Toluca	17	11	3	3	24	13	+11	36	Advance to Liguilla
2	América	17	7	8	2	24	14	+10	29
3	Monterrey	17	8	5	4	30	21	+9	29
4	Santos Laguna	17	9	2	6	29	20	+9	29
5	UANL	17	7	7	3	23	16	+7	28
6	Tijuana	17	6	7	4	18	12	+6	25
7	UNAM	17	6	6	5	24	24	0	24
8	Morelia	17	7	3	7	22	24	−2	24

Source: Liga MX
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results between tied teams; 5) Number of goals scored away; 6) Highest relegation coefficient; 7) Fair Play points

Format

Teams are re-seeded each round.
Team with more goals on aggregate after two matches advances.
Away goals rule is applied in the quarterfinals and semifinals, but not the final.
In the quarterfinals and semifinals, if the two teams are tied on aggregate and away goals, the higher seeded team advances.
In the final, if the two teams are tied after both legs, the match goes to extra time and, if necessary, a shoot-out.
Both finalists qualify to the 2019 CONCACAF Champions League (in Pot 3).

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Bracket

Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals

1	Toluca (s)	2	2	4

8	Morelia	2	2	4
					1	Toluca	1	4	5

					6	Tijuana	2	1	3
3	Monterrey	1	1	2

6	Tijuana	1	2	3
										1	Toluca	1	1	2

										4	Santos Laguna	2	1	3
2	América	4	2	6

7	UNAM	1	1	2
					2	América	1	2	3

					4	Santos Laguna	4	2	6
4	Santos Laguna (s)	0	2	2

5	UANL	2	0	2

Quarterfinals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Morelia	4–4	Toluca (s)	2–2	2–2
UNAM	2–6	América	1–4	1–2
Tijuana	3–2	Monterrey	1–1	2–1
UANL	2–2	Santos Laguna (s)	2–0	0–2

All times are UTC−5 except for the match in Tijuana (UTC−7)

First leg

2 May 2018

19:30

UNAM	1–4	América
N. Castillo 41' (pen.)	Report	Uribe 1', 38' Ménez 30' (pen.), 61' (pen.)

Estadio Olímpico Universitario, Mexico City

Attendance: 34,350

Referee: Luis Enrique Santander (Guanajuato)

2 May 2018

19:30

Tijuana	1–1	Monterrey
Rivero 53'	Report	Pabón 39'

Estadio Caliente, Tijuana

Attendance: 25,333

Referee: Adonai Escobedo (Aguascalientes)

3 May 2018

19:30

UANL	2–0	Santos Laguna
Ayala 22' Gignac 79' (pen.)	Report

Estadio Universitario, San Nicolás de los Garza

Attendance: 40,094

Referee: Diego Montaño (Jalisco)

3 May 2018

21:30

Morelia	2–2	Toluca
Osuna 56' Loeschbor 63'	Report	Barrientos 15' Uribe 79'

Estadio Morelos, Morelia

Attendance: 19,083

Referee: Jorge Antonio Pérez (Veracruz)

Second leg

5 May 2018

19:00

América	2–1	UNAM
Uribe 4' Ibargüen 80'	Report	Gallardo 44'

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City

Attendance: 41,598

Referee: Marco Antonio Ortiz (Durango)

América won 6–2 on aggregate

5 May 2018

21:00

Monterrey	1–2	Tijuana
Pabón 47'	Report	Bolaños 5' Lucero 23'

Estadio BBVA Bancomer, Guadalupe

Attendance: 33,790

Referee: Fernando Guerrero (Mexico City)

Tijuana won 3–2 on aggregate

6 May 2018

12:00

Toluca	2–2	Morelia
Borja 2' Sambueza 86'	Report	Loeschbor 90+2' Sansores 90+3'

Estadio Nemesio Díez, Toluca

Attendance: 23,045

Referee: César Arturo Ramos (Sinaloa)

4–4 on aggregate and tied on away goals. Toluca advanced for being the higher seed in the classification table.

6 May 2018

18:00

Santos Laguna	2–0	UANL
Martínez 17' Djaniny 73'	Report

Estadio Corona, Torreón

Attendance: 26,442

Referee: Jorge Isaac Rojas (Mexico City)

2–2 on aggregate and tied on away goals. Santos Laguna advanced for being the higher seed in the classification table.

Semifinals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Tijuana	3–5	Toluca	2–1	1–4
Santos Laguna	6–3	América	4–1	2–2

All times are UTC−5 except for the match in Tijuana (UTC−7)

First leg

10 May 2018

19:30

Santos Laguna	4–1	América
Martínez 15' Furch 38', 54' Cetré 79'	Report	Domínguez 32'

Estadio Corona, Torreón

Attendance: 29,097

Referee: César Arturo Ramos (Sinaloa)

10 May 2018

19:30

Tijuana	2–1	Toluca
Lucero 27', 50'	Report	Uribe 90+4'

Estadio Caliente, Tijuana

Attendance: 27,333

Referee: Jorge Isaac Rojas (Mexico City)

Second leg

13 May 2018

12:00

Toluca	4–1	Tijuana
Uribe 9', 31', 86' Barrientos 88'	Report	Chávez 66'

Estadio Nemesio Díez, Toluca

Attendance: 27,480

Referee: Fernando Guerrero (Mexico City)

Toluca won 5–3 on aggregate

13 May 2018

19:00

América	2–2	Santos Laguna
Domínguez 11' (pen.) Valdez 23'	Report	Rodríguez 41' Isijara 85'

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City

Attendance: 53,218

Referee: Jorge Antonio Pérez (Veracruz)

Santos Laguna won 6–3 on aggregate

Finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Santos Laguna	3–2	Toluca	2–1	1–1

All times are UTC−5

First leg

17 May 2018

20:00

Santos Laguna	2–1	Toluca
Djaniny 71' Furch 89'	Report	Quiñónes 53'

Estadio Corona, Torreón

Attendance: 29,215

Referee: Fernando Guerrero (Mexico City)

Santos Laguna^[3]^[4]

Toluca^[3]^[4]


GK	1	Jonathan Orozco
DF	2	José Abella
DF	24	Carlos Izquierdoz (c)
DF	3	Gerardo Alcoba
DF	98	Jesús Angulo	68'
MF	10	Osvaldo Martínez
MF	23	José Vázquez
MF	15	Brian Lozano
FW	13	Jonathan Rodríguez		64'
FW	9	Julio Furch
FW	21	Djaniny		81'
Substitutions:
GK	28	Carlos Acevedo
DF	4	Jorge Sánchez
DF	19	Jorge Villafaña
MF	6	Diego de Buen
MF	7	Jesús Isijara		64'
MF	27	Javier Cortés
FW	12	Edwin Cetré	90+3'	81'
Manager:
Robert Siboldi


GK	1	Alfredo Talavera
DF	29	Rodrigo Salinas
DF	5	Osvaldo González
DF	3	Santiago García	90+3'
DF	26	Cristian Borja
MF	15	Antonio Ríos
MF	17	Leonel López
MF	24	Pablo Barrientos
MF	14	Rubens Sambueza (c)
FW	23	Luis Quiñones	68'
FW	20	Fernando Uribe
Substitutions:
GK	22	Luis Manuel García
DF	4	Maximiliano Perg
DF	33	Carlos Calvo
MF	28	Jorge Sartiaguin
FW	7	Gabriel Hauche
FW	10	Ángel Reyna
FW	31	Martín Abundis
Manager:
Hernán Cristante

Assistant referees:
Alberto Morin Méndez (Chihuahua)
Pablo Israel Hernández (Mexico City)
Fourth official:
Adonai Escobedo González (Aguascalientes)

Second leg

20 May 2018

19:00

Toluca	1–1	Santos Laguna
Hauche 82'	Report	Furch 10'

Estadio Nemesio Díez, Toluca

Attendance: 31,000

Referee: César Arturo Ramos (Sinaloa)

Santos Laguna won 3–2 on aggregate

Toluca^[5]^[6]

Santos Laguna^[5]^[6]


GK	1	Alfredo Talavera
DF	29	Rodrigo Salinas
DF	5	Osvaldo González
DF	3	Santiago García		69'
DF	26	Cristian Borja
MF	15	Antonio Ríos
MF	17	Leonel López		46'
MF	14	Rubens Sambueza (c)	84'
MF	24	Pablo Barrientos		30'
FW	23	Luis Quiñones	74'
FW	20	Fernando Uribe	34'
Substitutions:
GK	22	Luis Manuel García
DF	33	Carlos Calvo
DF	35	Juan Delgadillo
MF	28	Jorge Sartiaguin
FW	7	Gabriel Hauche	90+5'	69'
FW	10	Ángel Reyna		46'
FW	25	Alexis Canelo		30'
Manager:
Hernán Cristante


GK	1	Jonathan Orozco	85'
DF	2	José Abella
DF	24	Carlos Izquierdoz (c)
DF	3	Gerardo Alcoba
DF	98	Jesús Angulo	77'
MF	10	Osvaldo Martínez	42'	55'
MF	23	José Vázquez
MF	15	Brian Lozano
MF	27	Javier Cortés		55'
FW	9	Julio Furch
FW	21	Djaniny		60'
Substitutions:
GK	28	Carlos Acevedo
DF	19	Jorge Villafaña		55'
MF	6	Diego de Buen		55'
MF	7	Jesús Isijara
MF	16	Ulíses Rivas
FW	12	Edwin Cetré
FW	13	Jonathan Rodríguez	73'	66'
Manager:
Robert Siboldi

Assistant referees:
José Luis Camargo (State of Mexico)
Miguel Ángel Hernández (Puebla)
Fourth official:
Jorge Isaac Rojas (Mexico City)

Goalscorers

5 goals

Fernando Uribe (Toluca)

4 goals

Julio Furch (Santos Laguna)

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

References

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Clausura 2018 Liga MX final phase

Contents

Qualified teams

Format

Bracket

Quarterfinals

First leg

Second leg

Semifinals

First leg

Second leg

Finals

First leg

Second leg

Goalscorers

References