Clausura 2016 Liga MX championship stage

The Clausura 2016 Liga MX championship stage commonly known as liguilla (mini league) was being played from May 11, 2016 to May 29, 2016. A total of eight teams were competing in the championship stage to decide the champions of the Clausura 2016 Liga MX season. Both finalists qualified to the 2016–17 CONCACAF Champions League.

Qualified teams


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Monterrey !Monterrey	17	12	1	4	38	23	+15	37
2	Pachuca !Pachuca	17	8	6	3	31	16	+15	30
3	León !León	17	9	3	5	29	19	+10	30
4	América !América	17	8	5	4	34	22	+12	29
5	Guadalajara !Guadalajara	17	7	7	3	26	16	+10	28
6	Morelia !Morelia	17	8	4	5	25	24	+1	28
7	Santos Laguna !Santos Laguna	17	8	3	6	22	20	+2	27
8	UANL !UANL	17	6	6	5	29	19	+10	24

Source: Medio Tiempo
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
¹ The first 8 places in the table (excluding the last place team in the relegation table) qualify for the Liguilla.
² The team that is relegated from Liga MX after the Clausura tournament is ineligible for the Liguilla regardless of its position in the standings.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

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 2016–17 CONCACAF Champions League (in Pot 3).

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Bracket

Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals

1	Monterrey	3	1	4
8	UANL	1	2	3
8	UANL	1	2	3	1	Monterrey	0	4	4
					1	Monterrey	0	4	4
					4	América	1	2	3
4	América	0	2	2	4	América	1	2	3
4	América	0	2	2
5	Guadalajara	0	1	1
5	Guadalajara	0	1	1						1	Monterrey	0	1	1
										1	Monterrey	0	1	1
										2	Pachuca	1	1	2
2	Pachuca	1	3	4						2	Pachuca	1	1	2
2	Pachuca	1	3	4
7	Santos Laguna	1	2	3
7	Santos Laguna	1	2	3	2	Pachuca	1	2	3
					2	Pachuca	1	2	3
					3	León	1	1	2
3	León	1	4	5	3	León	1	1	2
3	León	1	4	5
6	Morelia	1	1	2

Quarterfinals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
UANL	3–4	Monterrey	1–3	2–1
Santos Laguna	3–4	Pachuca	1–1	2–3
Morelia	2–5	León	1–1	1–4
Guadalajara	1–2	América	0–0	1–2

All times are UTC−6

First leg

UANL v Monterrey

11 May 2016
19:00

UANL	1–3	Monterrey
Sóbis 19'	Report	Sánchez 16' Pabón 38' Funes Mori 84'

Estadio Universitario, San Nicolás de los Garza
Attendance: 41,562
Referee: Luis Enrique Santander (Guanajuato)

Morelia v León

11 May 2016
21:00

Morelia	1–1	León
Pellerano 61'	Report	Montes 50'

Estadio Morelos, Morelia
Attendance: 20,820
Referee: Fernando Hernández (Mexico City)

Santos Laguna v Pachuca

12 May 2016
19:00

Santos Laguna	1–1	Pachuca
González 66'	Report	Jara 42'

Estadio Corona, Torreón
Attendance: 20,357
Referee: Marco Antonio Ortiz (Durango)

Guadalajara v América

12 May 2016
21:00

Guadalajara	0–0	América
	Report

Estadio Chivas, Zapopan
Attendance: 42,311
Referee: César Ramos (Sinaloa)

Second leg

Monterrey v UANL

14 May 2016
19:00

Monterrey	1–2	UANL
Montes 70'	Report	Dueñas 11' Sóbis 27'

Estadio BBVA Bancomer, Guadalupe
Attendance: 50,302
Referee: Francisco Chacón (Michoacán)

Monterrey won 4–3 on aggregate

León v Morelia

14 May 2016
21:06

León	4–1	Morelia
Montes 34', 85' Boselli 46' Hernández 81'	Report	Millar 89'

Estadio León, León
Attendance: 17,450
Referee: Fernando Guerrero (Mexico City)

León won 5–2 on aggregate

América v Guadalajara

15 May 2016
18:00

América	2–1	Guadalajara
Martínez 27' (pen.) Peralta 64'	Report	Pineda 9'

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City
Attendance: 65,075^[2]
Referee: Roberto García Orozco (Mexico City)

América won 2–1 on aggreagate

Pachuca v Santos Laguna

15 May 2016
20:06

Pachuca	3–2	Santos Laguna
Urretaviscaya 10', 57' Jara 81'	Report	Rentería 15' González 85'

Estadio Hidalgo, Pachuca
Attendance: 26,577
Referee: Jorge Isaac Rojas (Mexico City)

Pachuca won 4–3 on aggregate

Semifinals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
América	3–4	Monterrey	1–0	2–4
León	2–3	Pachuca	1–1	1–2

First leg

América v Monterrey

18 May 2016
20:30

América	1–0	Monterrey
Martínez 47'	Report

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City
Attendance: 61,547
Referee: Fernando Guerrero (Mexico City)

León v Pachuca

19 May 2016
20:06

León	1–1	Pachuca
Rocha 23'	Report	Lozano 12'

Estadio León, León
Attendance: Luis Enrique Santander (Guanajuato)
Referee: 18,895

Second leg

Monterrey v América

21 May 2016
20:30

Monterrey	4–2	América
Cardona 27', 87' (pen.) Funes Mori 48' Sánchez 77'	Report	Arroyo 64', 81'

Estadio BBVA Bancomer, Guadalupe
Attendance: 52,867
Referee: Roberto García Orozco (Mexico City)

Monterrey won 4–3 on aggregate

Pachuca v León

22 May 2016
20:06

Pachuca	2–1	León
Novaretti 22' (o.g.) Lozano 90+3'	Report	Hernández 60'

Estadio Hidalgo, Pachuca
Attendance: 27,512^[3]
Referee: Jorge Isaac Rojas

Pachuca won 3–2 on aggregate

Final

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Pachuca	2–1	Monterrey	1–0	1–1

First leg

Pachuca v Monterrey

26 May 2016
20:06

Pachuca	1–0	Monterrey
Jara 61'	Report

Estadio Hidalgo, Pachuca
Attendance: 27,465^[4]
Referee: Luis Enrique Santander (Guanajuato)

Pachuca^[5]^[6]

Monterrey^[5]^[6]


GK	21	Óscar Pérez
DF	33	Stefan Medina
DF	23	Óscar Murillo	46'
DF	30	Omar Gonzalez
DF	12	Emmanuel García
MF	16	Jorge Hernández
MF	7	Rodolfo Pizarro
MF	15	Erick Gutiérrez (c)	81'
MF	10	Jonathan Urretaviscaya
FW	8	Hirving Lozano	89'
FW	29	Franco Jara
Substitutions:
GK	16	Alfonso Blanco
DF	3	Aquivaldo Mosquera	46'
DF	18	Joaquín Martínez
MF	5	Víctor Guzmán	81'
MF	14	Steven Almeida
FW	9	Ariel Nahuelpán	89'
FW	11	Rubén Botta
Manager:
Diego Alonso


GK	1	Jonathan Orozco
DF	21	Hiram Mier		64'
DF	286	César Montes
DF	30	José María Basanta (c)
DF	33	Walter Ayoví
MF	5	Walter Gargano
MF	18	Neri Cardozo	41'
MF	6	Efraín Juárez	90+1'
MF	10	Edwin Cardona
FW	8	Dorlan Pabón		90'
FW	7	Rogelio Funes Mori		74'
Substitutions:
GK	23	Juan de Dios Ibarra
DF	4	Ricardo Osorio
DF	15	Edgar Castillo
MF	16	Cándido Ramírez		64'
MF	27	Luis Ernesto Pérez
FW	9	Aldo de Nigris		74'
FW	11	Pablo Barrera		90'
Manager:
Antonio Mohamed

Assistant referees:
Marvin Torrentera (Mexico City)
Juan Joel Rangel (Mexico City)
Fourth official:
Marco Antonio Ortiz (Durango)

Second leg

Monterrey v Pachuca

29 May 2016
20:36

Monterrey	1–1	Pachuca
Pabón 39'	Report	Guzmán 90+3'

Estadio BBVA Bancomer, Guadalupe
Attendance: 50,302
Referee: Fernando Guerrero (Mexico City)

Pachuca won 2–1 on aggregate

Monterrey^[6]^[7]

Pachuca^[6]^[7]


GK	1	Jonathan Orozco
DF	6	Efraín Juárez
DF	286	César Montes
DF	30	José María Basanta (c)
DF	15	Edgar Castillo
MF	5	Walter Gargano
MF	18	Neri Cardozo		83'
MF	33	Walter Ayoví
MF	10	Edwin Cardona	13'
FW	8	Dorlan Pabón
FW	7	Rogelio Funes Mori
Substitutions:
GK	23	Juan de Dios Ibarra
DF	4	Ricardo Osorio
DF	34	Miguel Herrera Equihua
MF	27	Luis Ernesto Pérez
FW	9	Aldo de Nigris	88'	83'
FW	11	Pablo Barrera
FW	20	Santiago Rivera
Manager:
Antonio Mohamed


GK	21	Óscar Pérez
DF	33	Stefan Medina
DF	3	Aquivaldo Mosquera (c)	74'
DF	30	Omar Gonzalez
DF	12	Emmanuel García
MF	15	Erick Gutiérrez		66'
MF	16	Jorge Hernández
MF	10	Jonathan Urretaviscaya		77'
MF	7	Rodolfo Pizarro	4'
FW	8	Hirving Lozano
FW	29	Franco Jara	60'	90+5'
Substitutions:
GK	16	Alfonso Blanco
DF	6	Omar Esparza
DF	18	Joaquín Martínez		77'
MF	5	Víctor Guzmán		66'
MF	14	Steven Almeida
FW	9	Ariel Nahuelpán		90+5'
FW	11	Rubén Botta
Manager:
Diego Alonso

Assistant referees:
Marcos Quintero (Jalisco)
Mario Jesús López (Durango)
Fourth official:
Jorge Isaac Rojas (Mexico City)

Goalscorers

3 goals

Franco Jara (Pachuca)
Luis Montes (León)

2 goals

1 goal

Own goals

Diego Novaretti (against Pachuca)

References

External links

Liga MX website

2015–16 in Mexican football

« 2013–14 2016–17 »

Domestic leagues	Liga MX Ascenso MX Segunda División de México Tercera División de México

Championship stage (Liguilla)	Liga MX (Ap. 2015, Cl. 2016) Ascenso MX: (Ap. 2015, Cl. 2016) Segunda División de México Tercera División de México

Domestic cups	Apertura 2015 Copa MX (Final) Clausura 2016 Copa MX (Final)

Super cups	Campeón de Campeones Supercopa MX

CONCACAF competitions	Champions League (Group stage, Knockout stage, Finals)

Related to national team	Juan Carlos Osorio Results

Club seasons

Liga MX	América Atlas Chiapas Cruz Azul Guadalajara León Monterrey Morelia Pachuca Puebla Querétaro Santos Laguna Sinaloa Tijuana Toluca UANL UNAM Veracruz

Summer 2015 transfers Winter 2015-16 transfers

2015–16 in North and Central America and Caribbean association football (CONCACAF)

« 2014–15 Club tournaments in CONCACAF member countries between July 2015 and June 2016 2016–17 »

Domestic leagues	Anguilla Antigua and Barbuda Aruba Bahamas Barbados '15 '16 Belize Bermuda Bonaire British Virgin Islands Canada '15 '16 Cayman Islands Costa Rica Cuba '15 '16 Curaçao '15 '16 Dominica Dominican Republic '15 '16 El Salvador French Guiana Grenada '15 '16 Guadeloupe Guatemala Guyana Haiti '15 '16 Honduras Jamaica Martinique Mexico Nicaragua Panama Puerto Rico '15 '16 Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia '15 '16 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Suriname Trinidad and Tobago Turks and Caicos Islands '14–15 '16 United States '15 '16 United States Virgin Islands

Domestic cups	Canada '15 '16 Costa Rica Honduras Mexico '15 A (Final) '16 C (Final) Trinidad and Tobago United States '15 (Final) '16 (Final)

Supercups	Honduras Mexico (Campeón de Campeones, Supercopa MX)

CONCACAF competitions	Champions League (Group stage, Knockout stage, Finals) CFU Club Championship Supercopa Centroamericana

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