Apertura 2016 Liga MX final phase

The Apertura 2016 Liga MX championship stage commonly known as liguilla (mini league) was being played from November 23 to December 25. A total of eight teams were competing in the championship stage to decide the champions of the Apertura 2016 Liga MX season. Both finalists qualified to the 2018 CONCACAF Champions League.

Qualified teams

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Tijuana	17	10	3	4	25	13	+12	33
2	Pachuca	17	9	4	4	36	21	+15	31
3	UANL	17	8	6	3	22	13	+9	30
4	Guadalajara	17	8	4	5	21	17	+4	28
5	América	17	7	7	3	29	26	+3	28
6	UNAM	17	8	3	6	28	22	+6	27
7	Necaxa	17	6	8	3	24	18	+6	26
8	León	17	7	5	5	25	25	0	26

Source: LigaMX.net
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

Format

Teams are re-seeded each round.
Team with more goals on aggregate after two matches advancef.
Away goals rule is applied in the quarterfinals and semifinals, but not the final.
In the quarterfinals and semifinals, 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 2018 CONCACAF Champions League (in Pot 3).

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Bracket

Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals

3	UANL	2	5	7

6	UNAM	2	0	2
					3	UANL	1	2	3

					8	León	0	1	1
1	Tijuana	0	3	3

8	León	3	2	5
										3	UANL (p)	1	1	2 (3)

										5	América	1	1	2 (0)
4	Guadalajara	1	0	1

5	América	1	1	2
					5	América	1	2	3

					7	Necaxa	1	0	1
2	Pachuca	1	0	1

7	Necaxa	2	0	2

Quarterfinals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
León	5–3	Tijuana	3–0	2–3
UNAM	2–7	UANL	2–2	0–5
Necaxa	2–1	Pachuca	2–1	0–0
América	2–1	Guadalajara	1–1	1–0

All times are UTC−6 except for match in Tijuana

First leg

23 November

19:30

León	3–0	Tijuana
Boselli 12' Navarro 17' Cano 62'	Report

Estadio León, León

Attendance: 18,004

Referee: Oscar Macías Romo (Aguascalientes)

23 November

21:30

UNAM	2–2	UANL
Barrera 36' (pen.) Martínez 66'	Report	Sosa 8' Damm 48'

Estadio Olímpico Universitario, Mexico City

Attendance: 34,835

Referee: Jorge Isaac Rojas (Mexico City)

24 November

19:30

Necaxa	2–1	Pachuca
Gallegos 33' Riano 85'	Report	Guzmán 66'

Estadio Victoria, Aguascalientes

Attendance: 15,270

Referee: Erick Yair Miranda (Guanajuato)

24 November

21:30

América	1–1	Guadalajara
William 24'	Report	Salcido 45+7' (pen.)

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City

Attendance: 55,662

Referee: Paul Delgadillo (Jalisco)

Second leg

26 November

19:00

UANL	5–0	UNAM
Gignac 4', 75', 79' Verón 26' (o.g.) Delort 89'	Report

Estadio Universitario, San Nicolás de los Garza

Attendance: 41,469

Referee: Fernando Guerrero (Mexico City)

UANL won 7–2 on aggregate.

26 November

19:00 (UTC–8)

Tijuana	3–2	León
D. Moreno 13' Corona 41' Rodríguez 43'	Report	Boselli 81' Montes 84'

Estadio Caliente, Tijuana

Attendance: 26,733

Referee: Luis Enrique Santander (Guanajuato)

León won 5–3 on aggregate.

27 November

18:06

Guadalajara	0–1	América
	Report	Peralta 55'

Estadio Chivas, Zapopan

Attendance: 41,566

Referee: Roberto García Orozco (Mexico City)

América won 2–1 on aggregate.

27 November

20:06

Pachuca	0–0	Necaxa
	Report

Estadio Hidalgo, Pachuca

Attendance: 25,385

Referee: César Arturo Ramos (Sinaloa)

Necaxa won 2–1 on aggregate.

Semifinals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
León	1–3	UANL	0–1	1–2
Necaxa	1–3	América	1–1	0–2

All times are UTC−6

First leg

30 November

20:36

León	0–1	UANL
	Report	Gignac 56'

Estadio León, León

Attendance: 26,553

Referee: Paul Delgadillo (Jalisco)

1 December

21:00

Necaxa	1–1	América
Gallegos 63'	Report	William 68'

Estadio Victoria, Aguascalientes

Attendance: 22,746

Referee: Jorge Isaac Rojas (Mexico City)

Second leg

3 December

19:00

UANL	2–1	León
Gignac 45+2' Zelarrayán 78'	Report	Montes 17'

Estadio Universitario, San Nicolás de los Garza

Attendance: 41,523

Referee: César Arturo Ramos (Sinaloa)

UANL won 3–1 on aggregate.

4 December

20:00

América	2–0	Necaxa
William 75' Peralta 84'	Report

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City

Attendance: 68,534

Referee: Fernando Guerrero (Mexico City)

América won 3–1 on aggregate.

Finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
América	2–2 (0–3 p)	UANL	1–1	1–1 (a.e.t.)

All times are UTC−6

First leg

22 December

21:00

América	1–1	UANL
Valdez 68'	Report	Gignac 45'

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City

Attendance: 71,780

Referee: Paul Delgadillo (Jalisco)


GK	1	Nahuel Guzmán
DF	6	Jorge Torres Nilo
DF	3	Juninho (c)
DF	4	Hugo Ayala		9'
DF	29	Jesús Dueñas
MF	8	Lucas Zelarrayán		65'
MF	19	Guido Pizarro
MF	20	Javier Aquino
MF	18	Ismael Sosa		90+2'
MF	25	Jürgen Damm
FW	10	André-Pierre Gignac		76'
Substitutions:
GK	22	Enrique Palos
DF	14	Jorge Iván Estrada	82'	65'
DF	24	José Rivas		90+2'
MF	11	Damián Álvarez
MF	17	José Francisco Torres
MF	27	Alberto Acosta
FW	9	Andy Delort		76'
Manager:
Ricardo Ferretti

Assistant referees:
Marvin Torrentera (Mexico City)
Andres Hernández Delgado (Mexico City)
Fourth official:
Erick Yair Miranda (Guanajuato)

Second leg

25 December

18:30

UANL	1–1 (a.e.t.)	América
Dueñas 119'	Report	Álvarez 95'
Penalties
Gignac Juninho Pizarro	3–0	William Romero Güémez

Estadio Universitario, San Nicolás de los Garza

Attendance: 41,615

Referee: Jorge Isaac Rojas (Mexico City)

2–2 on aggregate. UANL won 3–0 on penalty kicks.


GK	23	Moisés Muñoz
DF	6	Miguel Samudio	118'
DF	2	Paolo Goltz	105+4'
DF	12	Pablo Aguilar	92'
DF	18	Bruno Valdez	35'
MF	21	José Guerrero		85'
MF	7	William
MF	14	Rubens Sambueza (c)	52' 102'
MF	30	Renato Ibarra
MF	11	Michael Arroyo	60'	108'
FW	24	Oribe Peralta		79'
Substitutions:
GK	1	Hugo González
DF	15	Osmar Mares
DF	17	Ventura Alvarado	105+4'
DF	282	Edson Álvarez		85'
MF	5	Javier Güémez		108'
FW	9	Silvio Romero	101'	79'
FW	31	Darwin Quintero	105'
Manager:
Ricardo La Volpe