Apertura 2023 Liga MX final phase
Tournament details
Dates23 November – 17 December 2023
Teams10
Tournament statistics
Matches played11
Goals scored33 (3 per match)
Attendance337,299 (30,664 per match)

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

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 will compete in the "play-in" round, a tournament modeled after the NBA play-in tournament.[3]

Both finalists will qualify 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 (REC)
28 October 2023 (QF)		 39th Clausura 2023 Champions (Ap. 2018) [4]
2 Monterrey 33 1 November 2023 (REC)
3 November 2023 (QF)		 29th Champions (Ap. 2019) [5]
3 UANL 30 29 October 2023 (REC)
31 October 2023 (QF)		 32nd Champions (Cl. 2023) [6]
4 UNAM 28 3 November 2023 (REC)
11 November 2023 (QF)		 26th Champions (Cl. 2011) [7]
5 Guadalajara 27 3 November 2023 (REC)
4 November 2023 (QF)		 31st Champions (Cl. 2017) [8]
6 Puebla 25 12 November 2023 (REC)
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
7 Atlético San Luis
2 Monterrey 0 1 1
7 Atlético San Luis 1 1 2
 
 
3 UANL 2 3 5
6 Puebla 2 0 2
3 UANL
4 UNAM
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[17]
Referee: Fernando Hernández Gómez (Mexico City)
UNAM3–0Guadalajara
 Report
Attendance: 46,659

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 SF1 América 6 Dec. 9 Dec.
UNAM SF2 UANL 7 Dec. 10 Dec.

Matches

Finals

Summary

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

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
TBD TBD

Matches

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Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 33 goals scored in 11 matches, for an average of 3 goals per match. Players highlighted in bold are still active in the competition.

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Assists

2 assists

1 assist

References

  1. ↑ "Calendario Apertura 2023" (PDF). Liga MX. Retrieved 9 October 2023.
  2. 1 2 "Liga MX: Repechaje continuará en Apertura 2023 con nuevo formato". ESPN Deportes. 9 October 2023. Retrieved 9 October 2023.
  3. 1 2 "Por unanimidad, la Asamblea de Clubes designa a Juan Carlos Rodríguez". Liga MX. Retrieved 9 October 2023.
  4. ↑ "América History". 24 October 2023. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
  5. ↑ "Monterrey History". 1 November 2023. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
  6. ↑ "Tigres UANL History". 29 October 2023. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
  7. ↑ "UNAM History". 5 November 2023. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
  8. ↑ "Guadalajara History". 3 November 2023. Retrieved 3 November 2023.
  9. ↑ "Puebla History". 10 November 2023. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
  10. ↑ "Atlético San Luis History". 5 November 2023. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
  11. ↑ "León History". 9 April 2023. Retrieved 9 April 2023.
  12. ↑ "Santos Laguna History". 11 November 2023. Retrieved 11 November 2023.
  13. ↑ "León-Santos Laguna report". LigaMX.net. 26 November 2023. Retrieved 27 November 2023.
  14. ↑ "León-América report". LigaMX.net. 29 November 2023. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
  15. ↑ "Atlético San Luis-Monterrey report". LigaMX.net. 29 November 2023. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
  16. ↑ "UANL-Puebla report". LigaMX.net. 3 December 2023. Retrieved 3 December 2023.
  17. ↑ "UNAM-Guadalajara report". LigaMX.net. 3 December 2023. Retrieved 3 December 2023.
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