Apertura 2017 Copa MX

The Apertura 2017 Copa MX (officially the Apertura 2017 Copa Corona MX for sponsorship reasons) was the 78th staging of the Copa MX, the 50th staging in the professional era and is the eleventh tournament played since the 1996–97 edition.

Apertura 2017 Copa MX
Apertura 2017 Copa Corona MX
CountryMexico
Teams27
ChampionsMonterrey (2nd title)
Runners-upPachuca
Matches played69
Goals scored165 (2.39 per match)
Attendance1,025,826 (14,867 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)Carlos Sánchez
(4 goals)

This tournament began on 25 July 2017 and was originally scheduled to end on 1 November 2017.[1] Due to the 2017 Puebla earthquake, the tournament was postponed in the Round of 16 phase, pushing the end of the tournament to 21 December 2017.[2][3]

The final was held at Estadio BBVA Bancomer in the Monterrey suburb of Guadalupe with the home team Monterrey defeating Pachuca 1–0 to win their second title.

As winners, Monterrey earned a spot to face the winners of the Clausura 2018 edition, in the 2018 Supercopa MX.

Participants

The tournament will feature all Liga MX clubs (excluding recently promoted Lobos BUAP) as well as ten Ascenso MX clubs.[4]

Due to the new format of the CONCACAF Champions League, Mexican clubs do not begin their participation until February, thus the teams qualified to 2017–18 CONCACAF Champions League (América, Guadalajara, Tijuana, UANL) will participate in this season's Copa MX.[4]

Location of the participating teams.
Red: Liga MX clubs; Blue: Ascenso MX clubs

Draw

The draw for the tournament took place on June 6, 2017 in Cancún, Quintana Roo, Mexico.[5] 27 teams were drawn into nine groups of three, with each group containing one team from each of the three pots.[6]

Clubs in Pot 1 were drawn to be the seed of each group according to the order of their drawing. That is, the first club that was drawn is seed of Group 1, the second drawn is seed of Group 2 and so on and so on.[7] The Liga MX teams in Pot 1 are the teams who ended 1–5 in the 2016–17 Liga MX Aggregate table[6] The Ascenso MX teams in Pot 1 are the four best possible teams in the 2016–17 Ascenso MX Aggregate table.[6] Zacatepec Siglo XXI who ended fourth, were replaced by Oaxaca, who ended fifth, due to the club's disappearance.[8]

Pot 2 contained Liga MX clubs who ended 6–9 in the Aggregate table and Ascenso MX clubs who ended 6–10 in the Aggregate table.[6] Coras, who ended tenth in the Aggregate table, moved to Zacatepec, Morelos and became the new Zacatepec franchise.[8]

Pot 3 contained Liga MX clubs who ended 10–17 in the Aggregate table.[6] UDG, who ended twelfth in the Ascenso MX Aggregate table, replaced recently promoted Lobos BUAP.[6]

Teams

Pot 1
Guadalajara (LMX) Monterrey (LMX) Oaxaca (AMX)
Pachuca (LMX) Sinaloa (AMX) Tijuana (LMX)
UAEM (AMX) UANL (LMX) Zacatecas (AMX)
Pot 2
América (LMX) Atlante (AMX) Zacatepec (AMX)
Celaya (AMX) Juárez (AMX) León (LMX)
Necaxa (LMX) Sonora (AMX) Toluca (LMX)
Pot 3
Atlas (LMX) Cruz Azul (LMX) Morelia (LMX)
Puebla (LMX) Querétaro (LMX) Santos Laguna (LMX)
UdeG (AMX) UNAM (LMX) Veracruz (LMX)

Tiebreakers

If two or more clubs are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria are applied to determine the rankings:

  1. superior goal difference;
  2. higher number of goals scored;
  3. scores of the group matches played among the clubs in question;
  4. higher number of goals scored away in the group matches played among the clubs in question;
  5. fair play ranking;
  6. drawing of lots.

Group stage

Every group is composed of three clubs, each group has at least one club from Liga MX and Ascenso MX

Group 1

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Toluca 4 4 0 0 11 1 +10 12 Advance to knockout stage
2 UdeG 4 2 0 2 5 6 1 6
3 Sinaloa 4 0 0 4 1 10 9 0
Source: Copa MX
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Sinaloa0–2UdeG
Report Vázquez  44' (pen.), 48'
Attendance: 3,103
Referee: Edgar Ulises Rangel

Toluca3–0Sinaloa
Triverio  28', 79'
Esquivel  90+1'
Report
Attendance: 15,027
Referee: Miguel Ángel Chacón

UdeG0–2Toluca
Abundiz  16'
Delgadillo  90+5'
Attendance: 4,040
Referee: Saul Fernando Orozco

Sinaloa1–2Toluca
Monreal  49' Report Canelo  34'
Sambueza  54'
Attendance: 3,223
Referee: Edgar Allan Morales

Toluca4–0UdeG
Barrientos  9'
Abundiz  41'
Velarde  77'
Canelo  80'
Report
Attendance: 14,096
Referee: José Luis Báez

UdeG3–0[note 1]Sinaloa
Report
Attendance: 901
Referee: Ángel Monroy Bello

Group 2

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Monterrey 4 3 1 0 8 2 +6 10 Advance to knockout stage
2 UNAM 4 1 2 1 4 5 1 5
3 Celaya 4 0 1 3 1 6 5 1
Source: Copa MX
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Monterrey3–0Celaya
A. González  52'
Funes Mori  78'
C. Sánchez  83'
Report
Attendance: 23,673
Referee: Roberto Rios Jácome

Celaya1–1UNAM
De la Tejera  66' Report Quintana  78'
Attendance: 13,400
Referee: Victor Cáceres

UNAM1–1Monterrey
Gallardo  90+2' Report Benítez  28'
Attendance: 9,248
Referee: Adonai Escobedo González

Celaya0–1Monterrey
Report Funes Mori  72'
Attendance: 7,718
Referee: Saúl Alfredo Silva

UNAM1–0Celaya
Guerrón  64' Report
Attendance: 6,030
Referee: Miguel Ángel Chacón

Monterrey3–1UNAM
Hurtado  21'
Juárez  26'
Benítez  63'
Report Formica  36'
Attendance: 31,257
Referee: Adonai Escobedo

Group 3

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 América 4 3 0 1 7 4 +3 9 Advance to knockout stage
2 Atlas 4 3 0 1 5 4 +1 9
3 UAEM 4 0 0 4 5 9 4 0
Source: Copa MX
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Atlas2–1UAEM
Tabó  48' (pen.)
Vargas  55' (o.g.)
Report Gama  67'
Attendance: 12,375
Referee: Arturo Cruz Hurtado

América0–1Atlas
Report Barraza  68'
Attendance: 21,796
Referee: Adonaí Escobedo

América2–1UAEM
Romero  34' (pen.), 80' Report Morales  19'
Attendance: 19,264
Referee: Miguel Ángel Chacón

UAEM2–3América
Hipólito  8'
Morales  20'
Report Pab. Aguilar  39', 90+1'
Romero  77'
Attendance: 30,898
Referee: Ángel Monroy Bello

Atlas0–2América
Report William  23'
Quintero  83' (pen.)
Attendance: 26,966
Referee: Diego Montaño

UAEM1–2Atlas
Ustari  54' (o.g.) Report Barraza  34'
Martínez  90+15'
Attendance: 3,568
Referee: Aldo Cano Martínez

Group 4

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Tijuana 4 1 3 0 3 2 +1 6 Advance to knockout stage
2 Atlante 4 1 2 1 3 2 +1 5
3 Puebla 4 1 1 2 2 4 2 4
Source: Copa MX
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Puebla1–0Atlante
Salom  43' Report
Attendance: 5,156
Referee: Eduardo Galvan Basulto

Tijuana1–0Puebla
Arriola  7' Report
Attendance: 27,333

Atlante1–1Tijuana
Cauich  90+5' Report Lucero  26'
Attendance: 1,425
Referee: Adalid Maganda Villalva

Puebla1–1Tijuana
Míguez  43' Report Núñez  44'
Attendance: 2,616
Referee: León Vicente Barajas

Tijuana0–0Atlante
Report
Attendance: 24,333
Referee: Arturo Cruz Hirtado

Atlante2–0Puebla
F. Uscanga  35' (pen.)
Cardozo  37'
Report
Attendance: 1,409
Referee: Jesús Bisguerra Mendiola

Group 5

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Cruz Azul 4 2 2 0 5 3 +2 8 Advance to knockout stage
2 Zacatepec 4 2 1 1 6 4 +2 7
3 UANL 4 0 1 3 4 8 4 1
Source: Copa MX
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Zacatepec1–1Cruz Azul
Zendejas  51' Report Zúñiga  23'
Attendance: 21,863
Referee: Oscar Mejia Garcia

UANL1–1Cruz Azul
Sosa  76' Report Mora  80'
Attendance: 37,322
Referee: Roberto Ríos

Zacatepec2–1UANL
A. González  18'
Márquez  29' (pen.)
Report Álvarez  79'
Attendance: 20,659
Referee: Mario Humberto Vargas

Cruz Azul1–0Zacatepec
Cauteruccio  42' Report
Attendance: 8,021
Referee: Aldo Cano

Cruz Azul2–1UANL
Cauteruccio  81'
Mora  90+2'
Report Gignac  24'
Attendance: 9,301
Referee: Eduardo Galván Basulto

UANL1–3Zacatepec
Gignac  88' Report Márquez  1', 87'
Ivanobski  60'
Attendance: 33,790
Referee: Diego Montaño Robles

Group 6

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 León 4 4 0 0 8 3 +5 12 Advance to knockout stage
2 Veracruz 4 1 0 3 4 6 2 3
3 Oaxaca 4 1 0 3 4 7 3 3
Source: Copa MX
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
León3–2Oaxaca
Pereyra Díaz  52', 69'
Boselli  79'
Report Zúñiga  6'
Guarch  10'
Attendance: 7,440
Referee: Alejandro Funk Villafañe

Oaxaca1–0Veracruz
Noya  34' Report
Attendance: 5,847
Referee: José Luis Báez

Veracruz1–2León
Díaz  45' Report Ramos  32'
Andrade  63'
Attendance: 1,901
Referee: Diego Montaño Robles

León2–0Veracruz
Ramos  4'
Cerato  19'
Report
Attendance: 6,826
Referee: Eduardo Galván

Oaxaca0–1León
Report C. González  73'
Attendance: 6,127
Referee: Christian Ramírez

Veracruz3–1Oaxaca
Holgado  16', 41', 53' Report Castellanos  39'
Attendance: 1,072
Referee: Miguel Ángel Chacón

Group 7

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Santos Laguna 4 3 0 1 7 1 +6 9 Advance to knockout stage
2 Guadalajara 4 3 0 1 6 4 +2 9
3 Juárez 4 0 0 4 2 10 8 0
Source: Copa MX
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Santos Laguna2–0Guadalajara
Rodríguez  67' (pen.)
Furch  70' (pen.)
Report
Attendance: 17,373
Referee: Fernando Hernandez Gomez

Guadalajara4–2Juárez
Marín  19'
Beltrán  45+3'
Benítez  51'
Pineda  74' (pen.)
Report Prieto  33'
Lucas  38'
Attendance: 20,154
Referee: León Vicente Barajas

Juárez0–1Guadalajara
Macías  12'
Attendance: 19,583
Referee: Uriel Olvera Rios

Santos Laguna2–0Juárez
Armenteros  45'
Lozano  65'
Report
Attendance: 12,810
Referee: Arturo Cruz Hurtado

Guadalajara1–0Santos Laguna
Zaldívar  85' Report
Attendance: 12,591
Referee: Jonathan Hernández

Juárez0–3Santos Laguna
Report Cisneros  14', 17', 62'
Attendance: 9,747
Referee: Oscar Mejía García

Group 8

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Pachuca 4 3 1 0 4 1 +3 10 Advance to knockout stage
2 Querétaro 4 1 2 1 4 3 +1 5
3 Sonora 4 0 1 3 3 7 4 1
Source: Copa MX
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Querétaro2–0Sonora
Candelo  53'
Camilo  80'
Report
Attendance: 11,073
Referee: Eduardo Galvan Basulto

Sonora0–1Pachuca
Report Cano  60'
Attendance: 9,175
Referee: Juan Ramírez

Pachuca0–0Querétaro
Report
Attendance: 12,739
Referee: Marco Antonio Ortiz

Querétaro0–1Pachuca
Report Peña  90+3'
Attendance: 19,032
Referee: Diego Montaño Robles

Sonora2–2Querétaro
Ramírez  69'
Villa  90'
Report Esqueda  40' (pen.)
Yrizar  74'
Attendance: 5,387
Referee: Brian Omar González

Pachuca2–1Sonora
Cano  16'
González  69'
Report Guajardo  15' (pen.)
Attendance: 7,458
Referee: León Vicente Barajas

Group 9

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Morelia 4 3 1 0 7 4 +3 10 Advance to knockout stage
2 Necaxa 4 2 1 1 8 4 +4 7
3 Zacatecas 4 0 0 4 3 10 7 0
Source: Copa MX
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Morelia2–1Zacatecas
López Villarreal  4' (o.g.)
Ortiz  73'
Report Hernández  12'
Attendance: 8,976
Referee: Adonai Escobedo Gonzalez

Zacatecas1–2Necaxa
Nurse  61' Report Ponce  45'
Velázquez  79'
Attendance: 5,643
Referee: Christian Adrián Ramírez

Necaxa1–1Morelia
D. Hernández  18' Report F. Pérez  71'
Attendance: 6,565
Referee: Fernando Hernández Gómez

Necaxa4–0Zacatecas
Barragán  4', 9' (pen.)
Dávila  66'
Villalpando  76'
Report
Attendance: 2,780
Referee: Roberto Ríos

Zacatecas1–2Morelia
Martínez  62' Report J. P. Rodríguez  4'
Sepúlveda  13'
Attendance: 624
Referee: Juan Andrés Esquivel

Morelia2–1Necaxa
Cuero  15'
Sepúlveda  74'
Report Barragán  75'
Attendance: 11,647
Referee: Marco Antonio Ortiz

Ranking of second-placed teams

Pos Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 7 Guadalajara 4 3 0 1 6 4 +2 9 Advance to knockout stage
2 3 Atlas 4 3 0 1 5 4 +1 9
3 9 Necaxa 4 2 1 1 8 4 +4 7
4 5 Zacatepec 4 2 1 1 6 4 +2 7
5 1 UdeG 4 2 0 2 5 6 1 6
6 8 Querétaro 4 1 2 1 4 3 +1 5
7 4 Atlante 4 1 2 1 3 2 +1 5
8 2 UNAM 4 1 2 1 4 5 1 5
9 6 Veracruz 4 1 0 3 4 6 2 3
Source: Copa MX
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Knockout stage

  • The clubs that advance to this stage will be ranked and seeded 1 to 16 based on performance in the group stage. In case of ties, the same tiebreakers used to rank the runners-up will be used.[10]
  • All rounds are played in a single game. If a game ends in a draw, it will proceed directly to a penalty shoot-out. The highest seeded club will host each match, regardless of which division each club belongs.[10]
  • The winners of the groups and the seven best second place teams of each group will advance to the Knockout stage.

Qualified teams

The nine group winners and the seven best runners-up from the group stage qualify for the final stage.

Group Winners Runners-up
1 Toluca UdeG
2 Monterrey
3 América Atlas
4 Tijuana Atlante
5 Cruz Azul Zacatepec
6 León
7 Santos Laguna Guadalajara
8 Pachuca Querétaro
9 Morelia Necaxa

Seeding

Seed Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 1 Toluca 4 4 0 0 11 1 +10 12
2 6 León 4 4 0 0 8 3 +5 12
3 2 Monterrey 4 3 1 0 8 2 +6 10
4 9 Morelia 4 3 1 0 7 4 +3 10
5 8 Pachuca 4 3 1 0 4 1 +3 10
6 7 Santos Laguna 4 3 0 1 7 1 +6 9
7 3 América 4 3 0 1 7 4 +3 9
8 7 Guadalajara 4 3 0 1 6 4 +2 9
9 3 Atlas 4 3 0 1 5 4 +1 9
10 5 Cruz Azul 4 2 2 0 5 3 +2 8
11 9 Necaxa 4 2 1 1 8 4 +4 7
12 5 Zacatepec 4 2 1 1 6 4 +2 7
13 4 Tijuana 4 1 3 0 3 2 +1 6
14 1 UdeG 4 2 0 2 5 6 1 6
15 8 Querétaro 4 1 2 1 4 3 +1 5
16 4 Atlante 4 1 2 1 3 2 +1 5
Source: Copa MX
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Away goals scored; 5) Drawing of lots.

Bracket

Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
            
3 Monterrey (pen.) 2 (4)
14 UdeG 2 (3)
3 Monterrey 4
6 Santos Laguna 1
6 Santos Laguna 2
11 Necaxa 0
3 Monterrey (pen.) 0 (3)
7 América 0 (0)
7 América 1
10 Cruz Azul 0
7 América (pen.) 1 (2)
15 Querétaro 1 (0)
2 León 1 (2)
15 Querétaro (pen.) 1 (4)
3 Monterrey 1
5 Pachuca 0
5 Pachuca 5
12 Zacatepec 0
5 Pachuca 4
13 Tijuana 0
4 Morelia 2 (2)
13 Tijuana (pen.) 2 (4)
5 Pachuca 2
16 Atlante 0
8 Guadalajara 1
9 Atlas 0
8 Guadalajara 1 (3)
16 Atlante (pen.) 1 (5)
1 Toluca 1 (3)
16 Atlante (pen.) 1 (5)

Round of 16

Toluca1–1Atlante
Canelo  54' Report Cardozo  66'
Penalties
Velarde
Canelo
Gómez
Delgadillo
3–5 F. Uscanga
Tarragona
Cauich
Zamora
Reyes
Attendance: 15,185
Referee: Miguel Ángel Chacón

Morelia2–2Tijuana
Zárate  76', 84' Report Pérez  27'
Lucero  49' (pen.)
Penalties
J. P. Rodríguez
Sepúlveda
Guzmán
Vilchis
2–4 Pérez
Malcorra
Musto
Mendoza
Attendance: 11,608
Referee: Eduardo Galván Basulto

América1–0Cruz Azul
Pab. Aguilar  67' Report
Attendance: 52,480
Referee: Marco Antonio Ortiz

León1–1Querétaro
Boselli  74' Report Benítez  54'
Penalties
Hernández
Cornejo
Ramos
Andrade
2–4 Martínez
Everaldo
Güémez
Trejo
Volpi
Attendance: 12,287
Referee: Jorge Antonio Pérez

Santos Laguna2–0Necaxa
Rodríguez  80'
Rivas  85'
Report
Attendance: 10,035
Referee: Fernando Hernández Gómez

Pachuca5–0Zacatepec
Gutiérrez  17'
Honda  36', 44'
Sagal  55'
Cano  60'
Report
Attendance: 13,892
Referee: Roberto Rios Jácome

Monterrey2–2UdeG
A. González  10'
C. Sánchez  56'
Report Amador  31', 60'
Penalties
Pabón
Benítez
C. Sánchez
Hurtado
Juárez
A. González
4–3 Valadéz
Ruiz
Amador
Vázquez
Hernández
Padilla
Attendance: 34,521
Referee: León Vicente Barajas

Guadalajara1–0Atlas
Marín  24' Report
Attendance: 32,047
  • All Round of 16 matches, which were originally scheduled to be played between 19–21 September, were postponed due to the 2017 Puebla earthquake.[2][3]

Quarterfinals

Guadalajara1–1Atlante
Fierro  49' Report Tarragona  66'
Penalties
Salcido
Marín
Zaldívar
Pizarro
3–5 F. Uscanga
Ó. Uscanga
Cauich
Zamora
Reyes
Attendance: 17,016
Referee: Adonai Escobedo

Monterrey4–1Santos Laguna
Medina  17'
C. Sánchez  41', 90+2'
Benítez  75'
Report Rodríguez  13'
Attendance: 38,475
Referee: Jorge Antonio Pérez

América1–1Querétaro
Peralta  14' Report Güémez  67'
Penalties
Peralta
Domínguez
Romero
Quintero
2–0 M. Martínez
Benítez
Camilo
Everaldo
Attendance: 13,377
Referee: Miguel Ángel Chacón

Pachuca4–0Tijuana
Jara  15' (pen.)
Guzmán  36', 66'
Honda  42'
Report
Attendance: 15,691
Referee: Diego Montaño Robles

Semifinals

Monterrey0–0América
Report
Penalties
Pabón
Funes Mori
Vagioni
N. Sánchez
3–0 Domínguez
Díaz
Lainez
Attendance: 45,848
Referee: Oscar Macías Romo

Pachuca2–0Atlante
González  5'
Guzmán  21'
Report
Attendance: 15,325
Referee: Miguel Ángel Chacón

Final

Monterrey1–0Pachuca
Hurtado  57' Report
Attendance: 35,658
Referee: Jorge Antonio Pérez
Apertura 2017 winners:
Monterrey
2nd Title

Top goalscorers

Players sorted first by goals scored, then by last name.

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Carlos Sánchez Monterrey 4
2 Pablo Aguilar América 3
Martín Barragán Necaxa
Jorge Benítez Monterrey
Alexis Canelo Toluca
Germán Cano Pachuca
Ronaldo Cisneros Santos Laguna
Víctor Guzmán Pachuca
Rodrigo Holgado Veracruz
Keisuke Honda Pachuca
Luis Márquez Zacatepec
Jonathan Rodríguez Santos Laguna
Silvio Romero América

Source: Copa MX

Notes

  1. The UdeG v Sinaloa match resulted in a 2–1 victory for Sinaloa, but was later ruled a victory for UdeG due to Sinaloa missing a registered Ascenso MX player.[9]
  2. The UNAM v Celaya was originally scheduled for 31 August but was postponed due to torrential rain.

References

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