Apertura 2015 Liga MX championship stage

The Apertura 2015 Liga MX championship stage commonly known as liguilla (mini league) was played from November 25, 2015 to December 13, 2015. A total of eight teams competed in the championship stage to decide the champions of the Apertura 2015 Liga MX season. Both finalists qualified to the 2016–17 CONCACAF Champions League.

Qualified teams

The qualified teams were seeded 1–8 in the championship stage according to their results during the regular season.


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	UNAM !UNAM	17	11	2	4	37	20	+17	35
2	Toluca !Toluca	17	10	2	5	33	24	+9	32
3	León !León	17	10	0	7	32	31	+1	30
4	Chiapas !Chiapas	17	8	5	4	31	27	+4	29
5	UANL !UANL	17	8	4	5	26	16	+10	28
6	América !América	17	9	1	7	30	21	+9	28
7	Puebla !Puebla	17	8	3	6	22	20	+2	27
8	Veracruz !Veracruz	17	8	3	6	23	27	−4	27

Updated to games played on 22 November 2015.
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
(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	UNAM (s)	0	1	1
8	Veracruz	1	0	1
8	Veracruz	1	0	1	1	UNAM	3	1	4
					1	UNAM	3	1	4
					6	América	0	3	3
3	León	1	2	3	6	América	0	3	3
3	León	1	2	3
6	América	4	1	5
6	América	4	1	5						1	UNAM	0	4	4 (2)
										1	UNAM	0	4	4 (2)
										5	UANL (p)	3	1	4 (4)
2	Toluca	2	1	3						5	UANL (p)	3	1	4 (4)
2	Toluca	2	1	3
7	Puebla	2	0	2
7	Puebla	2	0	2	2	Toluca	0	0	0
					2	Toluca	0	0	0
					5	UANL	0	2	2
4	Chiapas	1	0	1	5	UANL	0	2	2
4	Chiapas	1	0	1
5	UANL	2	1	3

Quarterfinals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Veracruz	1–1 (s)	UNAM	1–0	0–1
Puebla	2–3	Toluca	2–2	0–1
América	5–3	León	4–1	1–2
UANL	3–1	Chiapas	2–1	1–0

All times are UTC−6

First leg

América v León

25 November
19:00

América	4–1	León
Goltz 24' Pau. Aguilar 36' Benedetto 44' (pen.) Arroyo 74'	Report	J. I. González 12'

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City
Attendance: 32,073
Referee: César Ramos (Sinaloa)

UANL v Chiapas

25 November
21:00

UANL	2–1	Chiapas
Gignac 21' Álvarez 84'	Report	Insaurralde 65'

Estadio Universitario, San Nicolás de los Garza
Attendance: 40,561^[2]
Referee: Erick Miranda (Guanajuato)

Veracruz v UNAM

26 November
19:00

Veracruz	1–0	UNAM
Villalva 7'	Report

Estadio Luis "Pirata" Fuente, Boca del Río
Attendance: 28,530
Referee: Fernando Guerrero (Distrito Federal)

Puebla v Toluca

26 November
21:00

Puebla	2–2	Toluca
Rey 51' Herrera 87'	Report	Arellano 15' Uribe 45'

Estadio Cuauhtémoc, Puebla
Attendance: 50,700
Referee: Luis Santander (Guanajuato)

Second leg

Chiapas v UANL

28 November
18:00

Chiapas	0–1	UANL
	Report	Gignac 21'

Estadio Víctor Manuel Reyna, Tuxtla Gutiérrez
Attendance: 27,584
Referee: Jorge Isaac Rojas (Distrito Federal)

UANL won 3–1 on aggregate

León v América

28 November
20:06

León	2–1	América
Burbano 44' Hernández 83'	Report	Benedetto 78'

Estadio León, León
Attendance: 24,065
Referee: José Alfredo Peñaloza (Distrito Federal)

América won 5–3 on aggregate

UNAM v Veracruz

29 November
12:00

UNAM	1–0	Veracruz
Martínez 9'	Report

Estadio Olímpico Universitario, Mexico City
Attendance: 34,820
Referee: Roberto García (Distrito Federal)

1–1 on aggregate, UNAM advanced for being the higher seed in the classification table

Toluca v Puebla

29 November
17:00

Toluca	1–0	Puebla
Uribe 83'	Report

Estadio Nemesio Díez, Toluca
Attendance: 13,281
Referee: Francisco Chacón (Michoacán)

Toluca won 3–2 on aggregate

Semifinals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
América	3–4	UNAM	0–3	3–1
UANL	2–0	Toluca	0–0	2–0

All times are UTC−6

First leg

América v UNAM

3 December
19:00

América	0–3	UNAM
	Report	Sosa 62' Alcoba 74' Herrera 78'

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City
Attendance: 73,286
Referee: Fernando Guerrero (Distrito Federal)

UANL v Toluca

3 December
21:00

UANL	0–0	Toluca
	Report

Estadio Universitario, San Nicolás de los Garza
Attendance: 41,335
Referee: Luis Santander (Guanajuato)

Second leg

UNAM v América

6 December
12:00

UNAM	1–3	América
Cortés 84'	Report	Qunitero 9', 26' Andrade 87'

Estadio Olímpico Universitario, Mexico City
Attendance: 46,731
Referee: Jorge Isaac Rojas (Distrito Federal)

UNAM won 4–3 on aggregate

Toluca v UANL

6 December
18:00

Toluca	0–2	UANL
	Report	Aquino 69' Álvarez 83'

Estadio Nemesio Díez, Toluca
Attendance: 17,165
Referee: José Alfredo Peñaloza (Distrito Federal)

UANL won 2–0 on aggregate

Finals

Main article: Apertura 2015 Liga MX Finals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
UANL	4–4 (4–2 p)	UNAM	3–0	1–4 (a.e.t.)

All times are UTC−6

First leg

UANL v UNAM

10 December
21:00

UANL	3–0	UNAM
Gignac 15' (pen.) Aquino 29' Sóbis 60'	Report

Estadio Universitario, San Nicolás de los Garza
Attendance: 40,607
Referee: José Alfredo Peñaloza (Distrito Federal)

Second leg

UNAM v UANL

13 December
20:30

UNAM	4–1 (a.e.t.)	UANL
Herrera 45' Britos 55' Torales 87' Alcoba 119'	Report	Gignac 103'
	Penalties
Martínez Sosa Fuentes Cortés	2–4	Gignac Juninho Rivas Jiménez

Estadio Olímpico Universitario, Mexico City
Attendance: 45,310
Referee: Fernando Guerrero (Distrito Federal)

4–4 on aggregate. UANL won 4–2 on penalty kicks

Apertura 2015 winners:
UANL 4th Title

Goalscorers

4 goals

André-Pierre Gignac (UANL)

2 goals

1 goal

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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