2012 Ascenso MX Apertura Liguilla

The Liguilla (English: Playoffs) of the Apertura 2012 season was a final knockout tournament involving the top seven teams of the Ascenso MX league. The winner qualified to the playoff match against the Clausura 2013 winner. If the winner of both tournaments was the same team, the team would have been promoted to the 2013–14 Liga MX season without playing the Promotional Final.

Main article: 2012–13 Ascenso MX season § Torneo Apertura
2012 Ascenso MX
Country Mexico
Teams7

Teams

The first team in the general table qualified for the semifinals. The six next best teams in the general table qualified to the quarterfinals.

S Team Manager Captain Performance at the 2012 Apertura
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1Necaxa Jaime Ordiales Víctor Lojero149413018+1231
2Neza Carlos Bustos Diego Mejía146621914+524
3Estudiantes Tecos Héctor Hugo Eugui Diego Jiménez146531612+423
4Lobos BUAP Sergio Orduña Alex Diego147252017+323
5Mérida Ricardo Valiño Eder Patiño146531412+223
6La Piedad Cristóbal Ortega Luis Antonio Martínez146442116+522
7Dorados Francisco Javier Ramírez Cuauhtémoc Blanco146442322+122

Bracket

The six best teams after the first place played two games against each other on a home-and-away basis. The winner of each match up was determined by aggregate score. If the teams were tied, the Away goals rule applied.

The teams were seeded one to seven in quarterfinals, and were re-seeded one to four in semifinals depending on their position in the general table. The higher seeded teams played on their home field during the second leg.

  Quarterfinals     Semifinals     Finals
                                       
  2 Neza 0 1 1    
  7 Dorados 1 2 3    
      1 Necaxa 1 2 3  
    7 Dorados 1 2 3    
     
      7 Dorados 1 1 2
  3 Estudiantes Tecos 1 1 2         6 La Piedad 0 (a.e.t.)3 3
  6 La Piedad 2 3 5          
      6 La Piedad 1 2 3    
      4 Lobos BUAP 2 0 2  
  4 Lobos BUAP 0 4 4    
  5 Mérida 3 0 3  
  • If the two teams were tied after both legs, the away goals rule applied. If both teams still tied, higher seeded team advanced.[1]
  • Teams were re-seeded every round.
  • The winner qualified to the playoff match vs the Clausura 2013 winner. However, if the winner was the same in both tournaments, they would have been the team promoted to the 2012–13 Mexican Primera División season without playing the Promotional Final

Quarterfinals

First leg
La Piedad2 - 1Estudiantes
R. Murguía  51'
J. Cavallo  57' (pen.)		 Report E. Lillingston  45' (pen.)
Attendance: 3,958
Referee: León Vicente Barajas Anzures
Mérida3 - 0Lobos BUAP
G. España  12'
E. Alfaro  15'
D Jiménez  18'		 Report
Referee: Baruch Absalón Castellanos
Dorados1 - 0Neza
C. Blanco  32' (pen.) Report
Referee: Roberto Ríos Jácome

Second leg
Lobos BUAP4 - 0Mérida
A. Lima  4'
D. Souza Gama  26', 87'
A. Sánchez  45'		 Report
Attendance: 9,551
Referee: Oscar Bernardo Villagómez
Estudiantes1 - 3La Piedad
D. Martiñones  16' Report J. Cavallo  54'
O. Rojas  74'
R. Murguía  93' (pen.)
Attendance: 6,669
Referee: Erik Yair Miranda Galindo
Neza1 - 2Dorados
E. Guzmán  4' Report M. Osuna  14'
G. Rojas  67'
Attendance: >8,000[2]
Referee: Carlos Manuel Martínez Soto

All game schedules are expressed in CST time, except where indicated.
Official schedules of Ascenso MX playoffs Quarter-finals

Semifinals

First leg
Dorados1 - 1Necaxa
G. Rojas  4' Report D. Santoya  17'
Attendance: 16,924
Referee: Erick Yair Miranda Galindo
La Piedad1 - 2Lobos BUAP
J. Cavallo  12' Report H. Alférez  55'
D. Souza Gama  78'
Attendance: 4,109
Referee: Roberto Ríos Jácome

Second leg
Necaxa2 - 2Dorados
M. García  51'
D. Santoya  72'
M. de la Cruz  75' (o.g.)		 Report G. Rojas  4'
Attendance: 15,500
Referee: Oscar Bernardo Villagómez

Round tied 3-3. Dorados advance to Final by the away goal rule

Lobos BUAP0 - 2La Piedad
Report B. Godínez  29'
F. Sinecio  92'
Attendance: 19,845
Referee: Carlos Manuel Martínez Soto

All game schedules are in CST time, except where indicated.

Final

First leg
Dorados1 - 0La Piedad
L. Ramírez  61' Report
Attendance: 21,163
Referee: Roberto Ríos Jácome

Second leg
La Piedad3 - 1 (a.e.t.)Dorados
E. García  2'
J. Cavallo  41'
L. Martínez García  90+3'		 Report G. Ramírez  50'
Referee: Carlos Manuel Martínez Soto
Apertura 2012 winner:
La Piedad
2nd Title

Top goalscorers - Liguilla (Playoffs)

Last Updated on December 2, 2012.
Players sorted first by goals scored, then by goal frequency (Minutes played/Goals scored).

Rank Player Club Goals Goal freq.
1 Gustavo A. Ramírez Dorados 4 82.75
2 Juan Manuel Cavallo La Piedad 4 113.00
3 Danny Santoya Necaxa 2 84.00
4 C. E. de Souza Lobos BUAP 2 154.50
5 Rafael Murguía La Piedad 2 241.50
6 Diego Martiñones Tecos 1 90.00
7 Ever Alfaro Mérida 1 101.00
8 Fernando Sinecio González La Piedad 1 132.00
9 Aparecido Lima Lobos BUAP 1 143.00
10 Gabriel España Mérida 1 161.00
11 Ever Guzmán Neza 1 163.00
12 Michel García Necaxa 1 168.00
13 Diego Jiménez Mérida 1 180.00
14 Eduardo Lillingston Tecos 1 180.00
15 Hebert Alférez Lobos BUAP 1 266.00

Source: Ascenso MX - Apertura 2012 Liguilla goalscorers official page

References
  1. As appears in as Ascenso MX competition rules 2012-2013 "Reglamento de competencia Ascenso MX 2012-2013, Article 22.2" (PDF). Liga MX. 2012-08-01. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-02-25. Retrieved 2012-11-06. Los Clubes vencedores en los partidos de Cuartos de Final y Semifinal serán aquellos que en los dos juegos anote el mayor número de goles, criterio conocido como MARCADOR GLOBAL. De existir empate en el número de goles anotados, la posición se definirá a favor del Club con mayor cantidad de goles a favor cuando actué como visitante.
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-01-30. Retrieved 2012-11-26.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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