2018–19 Liga MX season

Liga MX
Season2018–19
ChampionsApertura:
América (13th title)
Clausura:
UANL (7th title)
RelegatedVeracruz
Champions LeagueAmérica
Cruz Azul
UANL
León
Matches played306
Goals scored834 (2.73 per match)
Apertura:
408 (2.67 per match)
Clausura:
426 (2.78 per match)
Top goalscorerApertura:
André-Pierre Gignac
(14 goals)
Clausura:
Ángel Mena
(14 goals)
Biggest home winApertura:
UANL 6–1 Puebla
(10 November 2018)
Clausura:
Pachuca 9–2 Veracruz
(13 April 2019)
Biggest away winApertura:
Veracruz 0–4 León
(28 September 2018)
León 0–4 Puebla
(28 October 2018)
Clausura:
Querétaro 0–4 León
(27 January 2019)
BUAP 0–4 Puebla
(31 March 2019)
Highest scoringApertura:
UNAM 5–3 Necaxa
(29 July 2018)
Pachuca 6–2 Necaxa
(3 November 2018) Clausura:
Pachuca 9–2 Veracruz
(13 April 2019)
Longest winning runApertura: 3 matches
List

Clausura: 12 matches
León
Longest unbeaten runApertura: 11 matches
América
Clausura: 12 matches
León
Longest winless runApertura: 10 matches
Atlas
Necaxa
Clausura: 17 matches
Veracruz
Longest losing runApertura: 6 matches
Atlas
Clausura: 7 matches
Querétaro
Veracruz
Highest attendanceApertura: 69,486
América vs Guadalajara
(30 September 2018)
Clausura: 51,027
Monterrey vs UANL
(9 March 2019)
Lowest attendanceApertura: 5,845
BUAP vs Veracruz
(29 July 2018)
Clausura: 6,350
BUAP vs Santos Laguna
(6 January 2019)
Total attendanceApertura: 3,503,135
Clausura: 3,470,006
Average attendanceApertura: 22,896
Clausura: 22,680
Stats are from the regular season only
Source: Liga MX (Apertura)
Liga MX (Clausura)

The 2018–19 Liga MX season (known as the Liga BBVA Bancomer MX for sponsorship reasons) was the 72nd professional season of the top-flight football league in Mexico. The season was split into two championships—the Torneo Apertura and the Torneo Clausura—each in an identical format and each contested by the same eighteen teams.

Teams, stadiums, and personnel

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The following eighteen teams competed this season. Lobos BUAP was initially relegated to the Ascenso MX after accumulating the lowest point coefficient last season, but instead they will continue to compete in the Liga MX after the 2017–18 Ascenso MX champion, Cafetaleros de Tapachula, who won promotion after defeating Alebrijes de Oaxaca, was not certified to be promoted. Lobos BUAP paid MXN$120 million to be disbursed to Cafetaleros de Tapachula and remain in Liga MX.[1][2]

Stadiums and locations

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América & Cruz Azul Atlas BUAP Guadalajara León Monterrey
Estadio Azteca Estadio Jalisco Estadio Universitario BUAP Estadio Akron Estadio León Estadio BBVA Bancomer
Capacity: 87,000 Capacity: 55,110 Capacity: 19,283 Capacity: 45,364 Capacity: 31,297 Capacity: 53,500
Barra 51
Morelia Necaxa Pachuca Puebla Querétaro Santos Laguna
Estadio Morelos Estadio Victoria Estadio Hidalgo Estadio Cuauhtémoc Estadio Corregidora Estadio Corona
Capacity: 34,795 Capacity: 23,851 Capacity: 27,512 Capacity: 51,726 Capacity: 33,162 Capacity: 29,237
Tijuana Toluca UANL UNAM Veracruz
Estadio Caliente Estadio Nemesio Díez Estadio Universitario Estadio Olímpico Universitario Estadio Luis "Pirata" Fuente
Capacity: 27,333 Capacity: 31,000 Capacity: 41,886 Capacity: 48,297 Capacity: 28,703
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Location of the 2018–19 Liga MX teams

Personnel and kits

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Team Chairman Head Coach Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor(s)
América Santiago Baños Mexico Miguel Herrera Mexico Oribe Peralta Nike AT&T
Atlas Gustavo Guzmán Argentina Leandro Cufré Mexico Juan Pablo Vigón Adidas Linio
BUAP Juan Carlos Bozikián Mexico Francisco Palencia Mexico Francisco Javier Rodríguez Pirma Zurich
Cruz Azul Guillermo Álvarez Cuevas Portugal Pedro Caixinha Mexico José de Jesús Corona Under Armour[a] / Joma[b] Cemento Cruz Azul
Guadalajara Jorge Vergara Mexico Tomás Boy Mexico Jair Pereira Puma
León Jesús Martínez Murguia Mexico Ignacio Ambriz Argentina Mauro Boselli Pirma Cementos Fortaleza
Monterrey Duilio Davino Uruguay Diego Alonso Argentina José María Basanta Puma AT&T
Morelia Álvaro Dávila Argentina Javier Torrente Ecuador Gabriel Achilier Pirma Caliente
Necaxa Ernesto Tinajero Flores Mexico Guillermo Vázquez United States Ventura Alvarado Charly Rolcar
Pachuca Jesús Martínez Patiño Argentina Martín Palermo Mexico Jorge Hernández Charly Cementos Fortaleza
Puebla Manuel Jiménez García Mexico José Luis Sánchez Solá Mexico José Daniel Guerrero Li-Ning AT&T
Querétaro Jaime Ordiales Mexico Víctor Manuel Vucetich Argentina Miguel Martínez Puma Banco Multiva
Santos Laguna Alejandro Irarragorri Uruguay Guillermo Almada Mexico José Abella Charly Soriana
Tijuana Jorge Hank Inzunsa Colombia Óscar Pareja Mexico Juan Carlos Valenzuela Charly Caliente
Toluca Francisco Suinaga Argentina Ricardo La Volpe Mexico Antonio Ríos Under Armour Banamex
Tigres Miguel Ángel Garza Brazil Ricardo Ferretti Brazil Juninho Adidas Cemex
UNAM Rodrigo Ares de Parga Argentina Bruno Marioni Mexico Pablo Barrera Nike DHL Express
Veracruz Fidel Kuri Mustieles Uruguay Robert Siboldi Peru Pedro Gallese Charly Winpot
  1. ^ Apertura 2018
  2. ^ Clausura 2019

Managerial changes

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Team Outgoing manager Manner of
departure 		Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment Position
in table 		Ref.
Pre-Apertura changes
Pachuca Uruguay Diego Alonso End of contract May 4, 2018 Spain Pako Ayestarán June 11, 2018 Preseason [3][4]
Querétaro Mexico Luis Fernando Tena Mutual agreement May 6, 2018 Mexico Rafael Puente Jr. May 7, 2018 [5][6]
Monterrey Argentina Antonio Mohamed Mutual agreement May 7, 2018 Uruguay Diego Alonso May 18, 2018 [7][8]
Necaxa Mexico Ignacio Ambríz Mutual agreement May 8, 2018 Mexico Marcelo Michel Leaño May 11, 2018 [9][10]
Lobos BUAP Mexico Daniel Alcántar (interim) End of tenure as caretaker May 31, 2018 Mexico Francisco Palencia June 1, 2018 [11]
Guadalajara Argentina Matías Almeyda Resigned June 11, 2018 Paraguay José Cardozo June 12, 2018 [12][13]
Apertura changes
Santos Laguna Uruguay Robert Siboldi Resigned August 8, 2018 Mexico Salvador Reyes August 8, 2018 6th [14][15]
Veracruz Mexico Guillermo Vázquez Resigned August 14, 2018 Mexico Hugo Chávez (interim) August 14, 2018 13th [16]
Veracruz Mexico Hugo Chávez (interim) End of tenure as caretaker [note 1] Chile Juvenal Olmos August 15, 2018[note 1] 13th [19]
Atlas Mexico Gerardo Espinoza Sacked September 3, 2018 Argentina Ángel Guillermo Hoyos September 11, 2018 18th [20][21]
León Uruguay Gustavo Díaz Sacked September 17, 2018 Mexico Ignacio Ambriz September 18, 2018 15th [22][23]
Necaxa Mexico Marcelo Michel Leaño Sacked October 21, 2018 Mexico Jorge Martínez Merino (interim) October 23, 2018 15th [24][25]
Veracruz Chile Juvenal Olmos Sacked October 27, 2018 Mexico Hugo Chávez (interim) October 27, 2018 18th [26]
Tijuana Argentina Diego Cocca Mutual agreement October 30, 2018 Colombia Frankie Oviedo (interim) October 31, 2018 14th
Pre-Clausura changes
Tijuana Colombia Frankie Oviedo (interim) End of tenure as caretaker November 27, 2018 Colombia Óscar Pareja November 27, 2018 Preseason
Necaxa Mexico Jorge Martínez Merino (interim) End of tenure as caretaker November 29, 2018 Mexico Guillermo Vázquez November 29, 2018
Veracruz Mexico Hugo Chávez (interim) End of tenure as caretaker December 5, 2018 Uruguay Robert Siboldi December 5, 2018
Clausura changes
Pachuca Spain Pako Ayestarán Sacked January 19, 2019 Argentina Martín Palermo January 21, 2019 12th [27][28]
UNAM Mexico David Patiño Sacked January 27, 2019 Argentina Bruno Marioni January 27, 2019 16th [29][30]
Puebla Mexico Enrique Meza Sacked February 3, 2019 Mexico José Luis Sánchez Solá February 6, 2019 14th [31][32]
Querétaro Mexico Rafael Puente Jr. Sacked February 17, 2019 Mexico Víctor Manuel Vucetich February 18, 2019 18th [33][34]
Morelia Mexico Roberto Hernández Sacked February 24, 2019 Mexico Gastón Obledo (interim) February 24, 2019 16th [35][36]
Toluca Argentina Hernán Cristante Sacked February 25, 2019 Mexico José Luis Real (interim) February 25, 2019 15th [37][38]
Morelia Mexico Gastón Obledo (interim) End of tenure as caretaker [note 2] Argentina Javier Torrente February 28, 2019[note 2] 16th [41][42]
Toluca Mexico José Luis Real (interim) End of tenure as caretaker March 4, 2019 Argentina Ricardo La Volpe March 4, 2019 14th [43][44]
Atlas Argentina Guillermo Hoyos Sacked March 9, 2019 Argentina Leandro Cufré March 11, 2019 15th [45][46]
Guadalajara Paraguay José Cardozo Sacked March 31, 2019 Mexico Alberto Coyote (interim) April 1, 2019 11th [47][48]
Santos Laguna Mexico Salvador Reyes Sacked April 4, 2019 Mexico Rubén Duarte (interim) April 4, 2019 12th [49][50]
Guadalajara Mexico Alberto Coyote (interim) End of tenure as caretaker April 9, 2019 Mexico Tomás Boy April 9, 2019 14th [51][52]
Santos Laguna Mexico Rubén Duarte (interim) End of tenure as caretaker April 11, 2019 Uruguay Guillermo Almada April 11, 2019 12th
Veracruz Uruguay Robert Siboldi Resigned April 15, 2019 Mexico José Luis González China April 15, 2019 18th [53][54]

Torneo Apertura

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Regular season

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The Apertura 2018 was the first championship of the season. The regular season began on 20 July 2018 and ended on 25 November 2018.[55] The defending champions were Santos Laguna, having won their sixth title.

Standings

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Cruz Azul 17 11 3 3 26 13 +13 36 Advance to Liguilla[a]
2 América (C) 17 9 6 2 33 17 +16 33
3 UNAM 17 8 6 3 29 19 +10 30
4 Santos Laguna 17 8 6 3 27 18 +9 30
5 Monterrey 17 9 3 5 25 19 +6 30
6 UANL 17 8 5 4 32 18 +14 29
7 Toluca 17 8 2 7 27 22 +5 26
8 Querétaro 17 7 5 5 19 20 −1 26
9 Morelia 17 7 4 6 23 26 −3 25
10 Pachuca 17 6 6 5 26 18 +8 24
11 Guadalajara 17 5 5 7 21 22 −1 20
12 Puebla 17 5 5 7 23 30 −7 20
13 BUAP 17 5 4 8 21 25 −4 19
14 León 17 5 3 9 18 23 −5 18
15 Tijuana 17 4 5 8 13 24 −11 17
16 Necaxa 17 3 5 9 19 29 −10 14
17 Atlas 17 2 5 10 11 27 −16 11
18 Veracruz 17 2 4 11 17 40 −23 10 Team is last in Relegation table
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
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ The first 8 places in the table qualified for the Liguilla. The last ranked team in the relegation table could qualify for the Liguilla in the Apertura tournament.

Positions by round

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The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches were not included in the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match was scheduled for matchday 13, but then postponed and played between days 16 and 17, it was added to the standings for day 16.

Team ╲ Round1234567891011121314151617
Cruz Azul12221111111123111
América116434553322211222
UNAM21115664245444433
Santos Laguna712642335453332344
Monterrey83353222664656655
UANL44589897777778766
Toluca37866788536565577
Querétaro951114119768810881010108
Morelia159977449121114997989
Pachuca141618181315121011138111098910
Guadalajara12151417121010129109121112121111
Puebla1813131516131413101212131411111212
BUAP138121215161717171716161616141413
León1617161114111111141513141213131314
Tijuana51010101014161413911101314151515
Necaxa611798121315141415151515161616
Atlas1014171618181818181818181817171717
Veracruz1718151317171516161617171718181818
Leader and qualification to playoffs
Qualification to playoffs
Last place in table
Source: Liga MX

Results

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Home \ Away AMÉ ATL BUP CAZ GUA LEÓ MON MOR NEC PAC PUE QUE SLA TIJ TOL UNL UNM VER
América 3–0 1–1 3–0 2–1 3–0 1–1 2–2 4–1
Atlas 0–1 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–1 2–0 0–3 4–3
BUAP 0–2 0–0 1–1 1–2 3–1 3–1 2–0 2–0
Cruz Azul 0–0 2–0 2–1 3–0 2–1 3–0 1–0 1–0 4–1
Guadalajara 0–1 1–2 1–0 1–3 1–1 1–2 0–1 1–2
León 2–0 0–1 0–1 0–2 1–2 0–4 4–0 1–2
Monterrey 3–1 2–4 2–2 2–1 3–0 2–1 1–0 2–0
Morelia 0–2 2–1 1–1 2–0 1–4 3–1 0–2 0–0
Necaxa 2–1 2–2 1–0 2–0 0–2 1–1 2–2 0–1 1–1
Pachuca 1–3 3–0 3–1 1–1 0–1 6–2 2–0 1–1 1–1
Puebla 2–3 2–0 2–2 2–2 2–1 0–0 2–1 1–2
Querétaro 1–1 2–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 0–1 2–1 0–2
Santos Laguna 1–1 3–1 2–1 1–1 3–0 1–0 2–0 3–1 1–1
Tijuana 1–1 2–1 1–1 2–3 1–0 1–0 1–1 2–2 0–1
Toluca 2–2 1–2 2–0 3–2 2–1 2–1 3–0 0–1
UANL 2–3 3–1 2–2 2–0 0–0 6–1 1–0 2–1 4–0
UNAM 4–2 1–2 5–3 0–0 2–2 0–1 1–1 3–3
Veracruz 0–2 0–4 2–2 0–0 2–3 2–2 1–0 2–3 0–2
Source: Liga MX
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Regular season statistics

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Top goalscorers

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

Rank Player Club Goals
1 France André-Pierre Gignac UANL 14
2 Argentina Julio Furch Santos Laguna 12
3 Mexico Víctor Guzmán Pachuca 9
Argentina Franco Jara Pachuca
Uruguay Jonathan Rodríguez Santos Laguna
6 Argentina Leonardo Ramos BUAP 8
Brazil Camilo Sanvezzo Querétaro
8 Paraguay Carlos González UNAM 7
Chile Felipe Mora UNAM
10 Argentina Mauro Boselli León 6
Canada Lucas Cavallini Puebla
Chile Víctor Dávila Necaxa
Argentina Cristian Menéndez Veracruz
Argentina Nicolás Sánchez Monterrey
Chile Eduardo Vargas UANL
Mexico Ángel Zaldívar Guadalajara

Source: Liga MX

Hat-tricks

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Player For Against Result Date
Paraguay Carlos González UNAM UANL 3–3 21 October 2018
Mexico Víctor Guzmán4 Pachuca Necaxa 6–2 3 November 2018
France André-Pierre Gignac4 UANL Puebla 6–1 10 November 2018

4 Player scored four goals


Attendance

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Per team

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Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 UANL 368,957 41,615 38,141 40,995 −0.9%†
2 Cruz Azul 323,992 62,003 18,541 35,999 +96.8%1
3 Monterrey 282,778 42,288 28,482 35,347 −17.5%†
4 América 245,208 69,486 13,005 30,651 +11.8%2
5 Tijuana 238,197 27,333 25,333 26,466 −0.6%†
6 Guadalajara 202,924 37,412 18,210 25,366 −20.9%†
7 UNAM 196,272 42,717 10,420 24,534 −19.3%†
8 Atlas 214,171 40,207 14,216 23,797 −22.5%†
9 Santos Laguna 214,094 28,479 20,854 23,788 +1.5%†
10 Pachuca 195,177 27,512 15,976 21,686 −9.9%†
11 Morelia 159,801 28,076 14,584 19,975 −7.0%†
12 Querétaro 155,753 29,348 12,594 19,469 −14.0%†
13 Toluca 164,063 30,000 15,308 18,229 −22.9%†
14 León 139,131 25,175 12,356 17,391 +2.5%†
15 Puebla 111,701 23,234 6,628 13,963 −29.1%†
16 Necaxa 122,188 22,578 8,389 13,576 −31.1%†
17 Veracruz 93,113 16,981 7,523 10,346 −51.2%†
18 BUAP 75,615 18,619 5,845 9,452 −28.8%†
League total 3,503,135 69,486 5,845 22,896 −9.7%†

Source: Liga MX
Notes:
Only regular season listed
1: Played in Estadio Azul last season.
2: Played one match at Estadio Nemesio Díez .

Highest and lowest

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Highest attendance Lowest attendance
Week Home Score Away Attendance Home Score Away Attendance
1 Cruz Azul 3–0 Puebla 45,385 Necaxa 2–1 América 16,450
2 UANL 1–0 Tijuana 41,052 BUAP 2–0 Veracruz 5,845
3 Cruz Azul 1–0 UANL 55,571 Veracruz 2–2 Morelia 7,523
4 UANL 1–2 Toluca 41,379 BUAP 0–0 Atlas 7,346
5 Monterrey 1–0 UNAM 40,268 Necaxa 2–2 Puebla 8,389
6[a] UANL 4–0 Veracruz 40,874 BUAP 1–2 Monterrey 7,836
7 Monterrey 2–2 Morelia 40,129 Veracruz 1–0 Tijuana 7,693
8 UANL 3–1 Atlas 41,363 Puebla 2–1 Monterrey 9,550
9 Monterrey 2–4 Guadalajara 37,812 Veracruz 2–3 Toluca 8,897
10 UANL 0–0 Monterrey 41,615 Toluca 3–2 Necaxa 15,705
11 América 1–1 Guadalajara 69,486 Veracruz 0–4 León 7,711
12 UANL 2–3 América 41,596 Veracruz 0–0 Necaxa 7,589
13 Monterrey 2–1 Toluca 29,444 Necaxa 0–2 León 10,049
14 Cruz Azul 0–0 América 62,003 Veracruz 2–3 Pachuca 8,684
15 UNAM 1–2 Cruz Azul 42,717 BUAP 3–1 Tijuana 6,223
16 UANL 6–1 Puebla 38,141 Necaxa 1–1 Monterrey 11,534
17 Monterrey 3–1 Atlas 31,758 Puebla 0–0 Tijuana 6,628

Source: Liga MX

  1. ^ Round scheduled for midweek.

Liguilla – Apertura

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Main article: Apertura 2018 Liga MX championship stage

Bracket

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Quarter-finals Semi-finals Finals
               
1 Cruz Azul 2 1 3
8 Querétaro 0 1 1
1 Cruz Azul (s) 0 1 1
5 Monterrey 1 0 1
4 Santos Laguna 0 0 0
5 Monterrey 1 2 3
1 Cruz Azul 0 0 0
2 América 0 2 2
2 América 2 3 5
7 Toluca 2 2 4
2 América 1 6 7
3 UNAM 1 1 2
3 UNAM 1 3 4
6 UANL 2 1 3


  • Teams were re-seeded each round.
  • Team with more goals on aggregate after two matches advanced.
  • Away goals rule was applied in the quarter-finals and semi-finals, but not the final.
  • In the quarter-finals and semi-finals, if the two teams were tied on aggregate and away goals, the higher seeded team advanced.
  • In the final, if the two teams were tied after both legs, the match went to extra time and, if necessary, a shoot-out.
  • Both finalists qualified to the 2020 CONCACAF Champions League (champions as MEX1, runners-up as MEX3).

Quarter-finals

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Querétaro 1–3 Cruz Azul 0–2 1–1
Toluca 4–5 América 2–2 2–3
UANL 3–4 UNAM 2–1 1–3
Monterrey 3–0 Santos Laguna 1–0 2–0

Semi-finals

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Monterrey 1–1 (s) Cruz Azul 1–0 0–1
UNAM 2–7 América 1–1 1–6

Finals

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
América 2–0 Cruz Azul 0–0 2–0
 Apertura 2018 winners: 
América
13th title

Torneo Clausura

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The Clausura 2019 was the second championship of the season. The tournament began on 4 January 2019 ended on 26 May 2019.[55] América were the defending champions, having won their 13th league title the previous tournament.

Regular season

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Standings

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 León 17 13 2 2 41 14 +27 41 Advance to Liguilla[a]
2 UANL (C) 17 11 4 2 33 16 +17 37
3 Monterrey 17 8 6 3 33 21 +12 30
4 Cruz Azul 17 8 6 3 26 15 +11 30
5 América 17 9 2 6 28 19 +9 29
6 Necaxa 17 8 5 4 32 24 +8 29
7 Pachuca 17 8 4 5 32 26 +6 28
8 Tijuana 17 9 1 7 25 20 +5 28
9 Toluca 17 7 4 6 28 23 +5 25
10 Puebla 17 6 6 5 18 21 −3 24
11 Santos Laguna 17 6 4 7 21 23 −2 22
12 BUAP 17 6 2 9 17 34 −17 20
13 Atlas 17 6 1 10 19 28 −9 19
14 Guadalajara 17 5 3 9 16 21 −5 18
15 UNAM 17 4 5 8 19 26 −7 17
16 Morelia 17 2 7 8 20 31 −11 13
17 Querétaro 17 3 2 12 11 30 −19 11
18 Veracruz[b] (R) 17 0 4 13 7 34 −27 0 Relegated to Ascenso MX[c]
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
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ The first 8 places in the table qualified for the Liguilla.
  2. ^ Veracruz were docked 6 points, at the request of FIFA, over a failure to pay training compensation fees to Uruguayan club Montevideo Wanderers for Matías Santos.[56]
  3. ^ Relegated teams were ineligible for the Liguilla, regardless of their place in the table.

Positions by round

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The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches were not included in the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match was scheduled for matchday 13, but then postponed and played between days 16 and 17, it was added to the standings for day 16.

Team ╲ Round1234567891011121314151617
León71114127333311111111
UANL65733221122222222
Monterrey14211112233333333
Cruz Azul812961010141412107757444
América1263868118954446775
Necaxa137552459576574566
Pachuca1810131111776848685657
Tijuana16181215131387465968988
Toluca21491212151514131212101010109
Puebla91416131491311101198998910
Santos Laguna17910799657910101213121211
BUAP436108141012111213131111111112
Atlas588446910131515151314141513
Guadalajara321255446811111415151314
UNAM1113151616151213151414141512131415
Morelia1516111415161616161616161616161616
Querétaro1417181818181818181818171717171717
Veracruz1014171717171717171717181818181818
Leader and qualification to playoffs
Qualification to playoffs
Last place in table
Source: Liga MX

Results

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Home \ Away AMÉ ATL BUP CAZ GUA LEÓ MON MOR NEC PAC PUE QUE SLA TIJ TOL UNL UNM VER
América 3–0 0–0 0–3 1–3 3–0 1–0 2–0 1–0 3–0
Atlas 1–2 3–1 0–2 2–0 1–2 1–2 1–0 0–1
BUAP 1–4 0–1 2–3 1–1 0–4 3–1 2–0 0–3 2–1
Cruz Azul 0–1 1–1 2–1 4–1 3–0 1–2 1–0
Guadalajara 0–2 3–0 0–1 2–1 0–2 2–0 1–0 0–0
León 2–0 2–1 2–1 3–0 0–1 3–0 2–2 2–0
Monterrey 3–2 4–0 2–2 2–2 2–2 5–0 0–0 4–0 1–1
Morelia 2–2 1–2 1–1 1–0 2–3 2–3 1–4 1–3 2–0
Necaxa 3–3 0–0 1–0 1–2 1–1 2–1 2–0
Pachuca 1–0 3–1 2–0 3–0 4–0 3–2 1–0 9–2
Puebla 1–1 0–3 1–1 1–4 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–0
Querétaro 1–2 0–0 0–4 1–2 3–0 1–0 0–0 0–2 2–1
Santos Laguna 1–0 1–0 1–2 0–0 2–1 1–1 4–0
Tijuana 3–2 3–1 1–2 1–0 4–0 2–0 0–3 3–0
Toluca 3–2 2–0 4–0 1–1 5–1 2–0 0–1 3–1
UANL 0–1 2–1 3–2 3–0 4–1 2–1 2–0
UNAM 1–0 2–2 2–1 1–3 1–1 2–2 5–2 1–0 2–2 0–0
Veracruz 0–2 0–1 0–1 1–1 0–1 0–1 2–2 0–2
Source: Liga MX
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Regular season statistics

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Top goalscorers

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

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Ecuador Ángel Mena León 14
2 Argentina Brian Fernández Necaxa 12
3 Argentina Milton Caraglio Cruz Azul 11
Argentina Rogelio Funes Mori Monterrey
5 Argentina Gustavo Bou Tijuana 8
Mexico José Juan Macías León
Argentina Leonardo Ramos BUAP
8 Ecuador Miller Bolaños Tijuana 7
France André-Pierre Gignac UANL
Argentina Franco Jara Pachuca

Source: Liga MX

Hat-tricks

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Player For Against Result Date
Argentina Enrique Triverio Toluca Morelia 3–1 4 January 2019
Mexico Alexis Vega Guadalajara Atlas 3–0 16 February 2019
Argentina Leonardo Ulloa Pachuca Veracruz 9–2 13 April 2019
Argentina Rogelio Funes Mori Monterrey Santos Laguna 4–0 14 April 2019


Attendance

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Per team

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Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 Monterrey 382,543 51,027 38,371 42,505 +20.3%†
2 UANL 330,287 41,615 40,136 41,286 +0.7%†
3 Guadalajara 272,650 41,075 23,557 30,294 +19.4%†
4 Atlas 219,243 46,056 19,901 27,405 +15.2%†
5 América 229,694 47,407 14,241 25,522 −16.7%†
6 Tijuana 189,460 27,333 10,329 23,683 −10.5%†
7 Santos Laguna 180,901 27,919 18,778 22,613 −4.9%†
8 León 197,490 25,731 17,653 21,943 +26.2%†
9 UNAM 194,769 42,600 12,763 21,641 −11.8%†
10 Pachuca 165,445 27,293 17,303 20,681 −4.6%†
11 Morelia 185,459 30,125 15,021 20,607 +3.2%†
12 Puebla 174,065 25,127 12,129 19,341 +38.5%†
13 Cruz Azul 143,105 32,881 10,311 17,888 −50.3%†
14 Toluca 142,643 25,744 12,242 17,830 −2.2%†
15 Necaxa 131,263 24,296 13,923 16,408 +20.9%†
16 Querétaro 138,371 26,562 9,655 15,375 −21.0%†
17 Veracruz 111,829 26,550 7,744 13,979 +35.1%†
18 BUAP 80,789 14,275 6,350 8,977 −5.0%†
League total 3,470,006 51,027 6,350 22,680 −0.9%†

Source: Liga MX
Notes:
Only regular season listed

Highest and lowest

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Highest attendance Lowest attendance
Week Home Score Away Attendance Home Score Away Attendance
1 Monterrey 5–0 Pachuca 39,853 BUAP 2–0 Santos Laguna 6,350
2 Atlas 1–2 América 46,056 Veracruz 0–1 BUAP 10,712
3 UANL 0–1 Cruz Azul 41,615 BUAP 2–3 Necaxa 8,316
4 Monterrey 3–2 América 46,292 Cruz Azul 1–0 Tijuana 10,311
5 UANL 2–1 Santos Laguna 41,431 BUAP 1–1 Pachuca 6,850
6 Monterrey 4–0 BUAP 39,364 Veracruz 0–2 UANL 13,128
7 UNAM 1–0 América 42,600 BUAP 3–1 Querétaro 6,410
8 Monterrey 0–0 Puebla 43,219 Querétaro 3–0 Morelia 12,709
9 UANL 3–0 Pachuca 41,605 BUAP 2–1 UNAM 9,753
10 Monterrey 1–1 UANL 51,027 BUAP 0–1 León 7,148
11 UANL 4–1 Querétaro 41,137 Morelia 1–1 BUAP 15,021
12 Monterrey 2–2 Cruz Azul 41,771 Querétaro 1–0 Tijuana 9,655
13 UANL 2–0 UNAM 41,527 Veracruz 0–1 Atlas 7,744
14 América 0–0 Cruz Azul 47,407 BUAP 0–3 UANL 11,943
15 UANL 3–3 Morelia 40,136 Veracruz 0–1 Monterrey 15,400
16 Monterrey 2–2 Necaxa 38,371 BUAP 1–4 Cruz Azul 14,275
17 UANL 2–1 Guadalajara 41,221 Necaxa 1–0 Querétaro 15,866

Source: Liga MX

Liguilla – Clausura

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Main article: Clausura 2019 Liga MX championship stage

Bracket

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Quarter-finals Semi-finals Finals
               
1 León 3 2 5
8 Tijuana 1 1 2
1 León (s) 1 0 1
5 América 0 1 1
4 Cruz Azul 1 1 2
5 América 3 0 3
1 León 0 0 0
2 UANL 1 0 1
2 UANL (s) 1 1 2
7 Pachuca 1 1 2
2 UANL (s) 0 1 1
3 Monterrey 1 0 1
3 Monterrey (s) 0 1 1
6 Necaxa 1 0 1


  • Teams were re-seeded each round.
  • Team with more goals on aggregate after two matches advanced.
  • Away goals rule was applied in the quarter-finals and semi-finals, but not the final.
  • In the quarter-finals and semi-finals, if the two teams were tied on aggregate and away goals, the higher seeded team advanced.
  • In the final, if the two teams were tied after both legs, the match went to extra time and, if necessary, a shoot-out.
  • Both finalists qualified to the 2020 CONCACAF Champions League (champions as MEX2, runners-up as MEX4).

Quarter-finals

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Tijuana 2–5 León 1–3 1–2
Pachuca 2–2 (s) UANL 1–1 1–1
Necaxa 1–1 (s) Monterrey 1–0 0–1
América 3–2 Cruz Azul 3–1 0–1

Semi-finals

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
América 1–1 (s) León 0–1 1–0
Monterrey 1–1 (s) UANL 1–0 0–1

Finals

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
UANL 1–0 León 1–0 0–0
 Clausura 2019 winners: 
UANL
7th title

Relegation table

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Pos
 Team '16 A
Pts 		'17 C
Pts 		'17 A
Pts 		'18 C
Pts 		'18 A
Pts 		'19 C
Pts 		Total
Pts 		Total
Pld 		Avg
 GD
 Relegation
1 UANL 30 25 32 28 29 37 181 102 1.7745 +73 Safe for 2019–20 Season
2 Monterrey 25 27 37 29 30 30 178 102 1.7451 +61
3 América 28 24 30 29 33 29 173 102 1.6961 +43
4 Toluca 24 27 29 36 26 25 167 102 1.6373 +26
5 Cruz Azul 19 21 27 22 36 30 155 102 1.5196 +29
6 Tijuana 33 31 21 25 17 28 155 102 1.5196 +14
7 León 26 20 26 22 18 41 153 102 1.5000 +15
8 Pachuca 31 24 19 23 24 28 149 102 1.4608 +29
9 Santos Laguna 16 26 18 29 30 22 141 102 1.3824 +7
10 Necaxa 26 21 24 22 14 29 136 102 1.3333 +9
11 Morelia 20 24 29 24 25 13 135 102 1.3235 –11
12 UNAM 27 18 13 24 30 17 129 102 1.2647 –11
13 Guadalajara 28 27 18 15 20 18 126 102 1.2353 –11
14 Puebla 20 16 16 23 19 24 119 102 1.1667 –29
15 Atlas 19 26 25 18 11 19 118 102 1.1569 –30
16 BUAP Ascenso MX 0[a] 0[a] 19 20 39 34 1.1471 –21
17 Querétaro 20 19 16 18 26 11 110 102 1.0784 –43
18 Veracruz (R) 12 21 14 18 10 0 73 102 0.7157 –99 Relegated to Ascenso MX

Last update: 5 May 2019
Rules for relegation: 1) Relegation coefficient; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results between tied teams; 5) Number of goals scored away; 6) Fair Play points
R = Relegated.
Source: LigaMX

  1. ^
    2017–18 accumulated points were not counted towards their relegation coefficient.[57]: 16 [58]

Aggregate table

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The aggregate table (the sum of points of both the Apertura and Clausura tournaments) was used to determine the participants of the 2019–20 Copa MX. This table also displays teams that qualified for the 2020 CONCACAF Champions League.

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 UANL[a] (C) 34 19 9 6 65 34 +31 66 2020 CONCACAF Champions League[b]
2 Cruz Azul 34 19 9 6 52 28 +24 66 2020 CONCACAF Champions League[c]
3 América[d] (C) 34 18 8 8 61 36 +25 62 2020 CONCACAF Champions League[e]
4 Monterrey 34 17 9 8 58 40 +18 60 2019–20 Copa MX Pot 1
5 León 34 18 5 11 59 37 +22 59 2020 CONCACAF Champions League[f]
6 Pachuca 34 14 10 10 58 44 +14 52 2019–20 Copa MX Pot 1
7 Santos Laguna 34 14 10 10 48 41 +7 52
8 Toluca 34 15 6 13 55 45 +10 51
9 UNAM 34 12 11 11 48 45 +3 47
10 Tijuana 34 13 6 15 38 44 −6 45 2019–20 Copa MX Pot 2
11 Puebla 34 11 11 12 41 51 −10 44
12 Necaxa 34 11 10 13 51 53 −2 43
13 BUAP[g] 34 11 6 17 38 59 −21 39
14 Guadalajara 34 10 8 16 37 43 −6 38 2019–20 Copa MX Pot 3
15 Morelia 34 9 11 14 43 57 −14 38
16 Querétaro 34 10 7 17 30 50 −20 37
17 Atlas 34 8 6 20 30 55 −25 30
18 Veracruz[h] (R) 34 2 8 24 24 74 −50 8 Relegated to Ascenso MX
2019–20 Copa MX Pot 3
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
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Clausura champion
  2. ^ As Clausura champions (MEX2)
  3. ^ As Apertura runners-up (MEX3)
  4. ^ Apertura champion
  5. ^ As Apertura champions (MEX1)
  6. ^ As Clausura runners-up (MEX4)
  7. ^ BUAP relocated to Ciudad Juárez and became FC Juárez, thus Juárez replaced them in the tournament
  8. ^ Veracruz were docked 6 points, at the request of FIFA, over a failure to pay training compensation fees to Uruguayan club Montevideo Wanderers for Matías Santos.[59]

Notes

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  1. ^ a b Although appointed on 15 August 2018, Olmos would not immediately take charge. Due to paperwork, his first match was delayed to 25 August 2018 vs Tijuana.[17][18]
  2. ^ a b Although appointed on 28 February 2019, Torrente would not immediately take charge. Due to the match calendar, his first match was delayed to 10 March 2019 vs UNAM.[39][40]

See also

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