2011–12 Monarcas Morelia season

Morelia

2011–12 season

Chairman

Álvaro Dávila

Manager

Tomás Boy

Stadium

Estadio Morelos

Apertura 2011

7th
Final Phase Quarter-finals

Champions League

Quarter-finals

Home colours

Away colours

Third colours

← 2010–11

The 2011–12 Morelia season is the 65th professional season of Mexico's top-flight football league. The season is split into two tournaments—the Torneo Apertura and the Torneo Clausura—each with identical formats and each contested by the same eighteen teams. Morelia began their season on July 24, 2011 against Tijuana, Morelia play their homes games on Fridays at 8:10pm local time.

Torneo Apertura

Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Carlos Felipe Rodríguez
2	DF	Enrique Pérez
3	GK	Federico Vilar (captain)
5	DF	Mauricio Romero
7	FW	Rafael Márquez Lugo
8	MF	Jorge Gastélum
9	FW	Miguel Sabah
10	FW	Joao Rojas (on loan from Independiente)
11	FW	Luis Alonso Sandoval
13	FW	Miguel Sansores
14	MF	Luis Miguel Noriega
15	DF	Felipe Ayala

No.	Position	Player
16	DF	Adrián Aldrete
17	MF	Yasser Corona
18	MF	Damián Manso (on loan from Chiapas)
19	MF	Manuel Pérez (on loan from Monterrey)
20	FW	Ángel Sepúlveda
21	MF	Jaime Lozano (on loan from Cruz Azul)
22	DF	Diego Jiménez (on loan from Tecos)
23	MF	Édgar Lugo
24	DF	Marvin Cabrera
28	MF	Aldo Ramírez
33	DF	Joel Huiqui

Regular season

Win Draw Loss

Apertura 2011 results

Round 1 July 23, 2011	Tijuana	1 – 2	Morelia	Estadio Caliente, Tijuana
17:00	Leandro 26' Corona 44' Arce 90+3'	Report	Sandoval 13', 38' Cabrera 43' Rojas 80' Sabah 84' (pen.)	Referee: Miguel Ángel Chacón

Round 2 July 31, 2011	Morelia	0 – 1	UNAM	Estadio Morelos, Morelia
12:00	Gsstélum 59'	Report	Fuentes 17' M. Palacios 14' Castro 77'	Referee: José Alfredo Peñaloza

Round 3 September 4, 2011^{[nb 1]}	San Luis	2 – 3	Morelia	Estadio Alfonso Lastras, San Luis Potosí
12:00	Arroyo 17', 31' (pen.) Blanco 90+4'	Report	Huiqui 29' Lozano 39', 77' (pen.) Silva 56' (was sent off warming up) Rojas 40' Gastelúm 69' Cabrera 87'	Referee: Fabricio Morales

Round 4 August 6, 2011	Monterrey	2 – 0	Morelia	Estadio Tecnológico, Monterrey
21:00	Pérez 52' Suazo 85' Carreño 90'	Report	Huiqui 17' Ramírez 32'	Referee: Fernando Guerrero

Round 5 August 12, 2011	Morelia	1 – 2	Guadalajara	Estadio Morelos, Morelia
20:10	E. Pérez 43' Manso 53', 84' Aldrete 83'	Report	Esparza 28' Corona 50' (o.g.) Magallón 56' Araujo 70' Reynoso 75' Gallardo 79' de Luna 90+2'	Referee: Juan Genaro Medrano

Round 6 November 1, 2011^{[nb 2]}^[1]	Santos Laguna	0 – 2^{[nb 3]}	Morelia	Estadio Corona, Torreón
20:30^{[nb 4]}		Report	Corona 59' Márquez 89'	Referee: Francisco Chacón

Round 7 August 28, 2011	Morelia	0 – 0	Puebla	Estadio Morelos, Morelia
18:00	Gastelúm 77'	Report	Juárez 26' Álvarez 90'	Referee: Roberto García Orozco

Round 8 September 10, 2011	Cruz Azul	0 – 1	Morelia	Estadio Azul, Mexico City
17:00		Report	Gastélum 61' Rojas 90+2'	Referee: Jorge Antonio Pérez

Round 9 September 18, 2011	Morelia	4 – 2	Querétaro	Estadio Morelos, Morelia
18:00	Sanah 17', 42', 90', 90' Lozano 27' Gastélum 47' Ramírez 71'	Report	Bueno 18', 32' (pen.) Mena 63' Niell 79' Mondragón 85'	Referee: Miguel Ángel Flores

Round 10 September 25, 2011	Toluca	2 – 1	Morelia	Estadio Nemesio Díez, Toluca
12:00	Alonso 37', 79' Atalavera 90+3'	Report	Huiqui 19' Sandoval 49' E. Pérez 89'	Referee: Marco Antonio Rodríguez

Round 11 October 1, 2011	Morelia	0 – 2	Estudiantes Tecos	Estadio Morelos, Morelia
17:00	Huiqui 52'	Report	Leaño 36', 58' Lillinston 64' Sambueza 56' Zamogliny 82' Medina 87'	Referee: Paul Delgadillo

Round 12 October 9, 2011	América	1 – 1	Morelia	Estadio Azteca, Mexico City
17:00	Valenzuela 84'	Report	Sabah 11' Gastélum 18' Cabrera 50', 90+1' Noriega 80', 83'	Referee: Francisco Chacón

Round 13 October 14, 2011	Morelia	2 – 0	UANL	Estadio Morelos, Morelia
18:00	Vilar 44' Sabah 79' M. Pérez 84' Lozano 88' (pen.)	Report	Juninho 54' Viniegra 71' Torres Nilo 74' Salcido 75'	Referee: Miguel Ángel Ortega

Round 14 October 22, 2011	Atlas	1 – 1	Morelia	Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara
20:45	Barraza 49', 55' Pinto 64'	Report	Ramírez 7' E. Pérez 51' Márquez 64', 82' Noriega 64' Lozano 67' Jiménez 77'	Referee: Erim Ramírez

Round 15 October 25, 2011	Morelia	2 – 2	Pachuca	Estadio Morelos, Morelia
18:30	Lugo 6' Huiqui 11' Corona 34' Sepúldeva 80'	Report	Borja 34' Hernández 60' Herrera 89'	Referee: Roberto García Orozco

Round 16 October 29, 2011	Atlante	4 – 4	Morelia	Estadio Neza 86, Ciudad Nezahualcóyotl^{[nb 5]}
16:00	Venegas 5', 90+1' Cuevas 33' Luna 71' Martínez 75', 85' (pen.) Bermúdez 82'	Report	Huiqui 14' Márquez 18', 80' Lugo 31' Ramírez 52' Venegas 69' (o.g.) Cabrera 84' Lozano 90+2'	Referee: Marco Antonio Rodríguez

Round 17 November 4, 2011	Morelia	1 – 0	Chiapas	Estadio Morelos, Morelia
20:10	Huiqui 29', 90+1' Márquez 60' Sabah 65'	Report	M. Martínez 24', 53' Arizala 28' Razo 34'	Referee: Paul Delgadillo

Final phase

Quarter-finals November 19, 2011	Morelia	2 – 1	Cruz Azul	Estadio Morelos, Morelia
19:00	Gastélum 21' Márquez 78', 85' Lozano 82' Lugo 87'	Report	Orozco 32' Corona 53' Pinto 70' A. Castro 72' Aquino 78' Torrado 81'	Referee: Erim Ramírez

Quarter-finals November 26, 2011	Cruz Azul	1 – 2	Morelia	Estadio Azul, Mexico City
17:00	Vela 36' Torrado 40', 71' Giménez 89'	Report	Huiqui 1' Sabah 16', 23' Lugo 21' Lozano 23' Aldrete 64' Gastélum 90+2'	Referee: Marco Antonio Rodríguez

Morelia advanced 4–2 on aggregate

Semi-finals November 30, 2011	Morelia	2 – 1	Santos Laguna	Estadio Morelos, Morelia
20:30	Lozano 13' Lugo 25' Gastélum 50'	Report	Rodríguez 60' Peralta 83' Mares 57', 87'	Referee: Paul Delgadillo

Semi-finals December 3, 2011	Santos Laguna	3 – 2	Morelia	Estadio Corona, Torreón
19:00	Rodríguez 34' (pen.) Baloy 41' Suárez 52', 64' Hoyos 57' Salinas 67' Figueroa 76'	Report	Gastélum 14' Huiqui 33' Vilar 37' Sandoval 65' Sepúlveda 74', 87' Leão 90+1'	Referee: Marco Antonio Rodríguez

4–4 on aggregate, Santos Laguna advanced due to being the higher seed in the classification phase

Goalscorers

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Position	Name	Goals scored
1.	Miguel Sabah	8
2.	Rafael Márquez Lugo	6
3.	Jaime Lozano	5
4.	Édgar Lugo	4
5.	Ángel Sepúlveda	3
6.	Joao Rojas	2
6.	Luis Alonso Sandoval	2
8.	Yasser Corona	1
8.	Damián Manso	1
8.	Own Goals	1
TOTAL		33

Results

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
17	7	5	5	25	22	+3	26	3	2	3	10	9	+1	4	3	2	15	13	+2

Last updated: 5 November 2011
Source: Apertura 2011 results

Results by round

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Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17
Ground	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	L	W	L	L	W	D	W	W	L	L	D	W	D	D	D	W
Position	6	9	12	17	17	17	17	10	7	12	15	14	9	12	12	8	7

Last updated: 6 November 2011.
Source: Apertura 2011 results
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Lose; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Transfers

In

Pos	Player	Age	From	Date	Notes
MF	Christian Valdéz	27	Jaguares	December 12, 2011	^[4]
DF	Óscar Razo	27	Jaguares	December 12, 2011	^[5]
MF	Diego Mejía	28	Neza	December 14, 2011	^[6]
FW	Víctor Guajardo	21	Neza	December 14, 2011	^[7]

Out

#	Pos	Player	Age	To	Date	Notes
19	MF	Manuel Pérez	31	TBD	November 10, 2011	Sacked^[8]
22	DF	Diego Jiménez	25	TBD	November 10, 2011	Sacked^[9]
14	MF	Luis Miguel Noriega	26	Jaguares	December 12, 2011	^[10]
17	DF	Yasser Corona	24	Jaguares	December 12, 2011	^[11]

Torneo Clausura

Regular season

Win Draw Loss

Apertura 2011 results

Round 1 January 6, 2012	Morelia	v	Tijuana	Estadio Morelos, Morelia
20:10

Round 2 January 15, 2012	UNAM	v	Morelia	Estadio Olímpico Universitario, Mexico City
12:00

Round 3 January 20, 2012	Morelia	v	San Luis	Estadio Morelos, Morelia
20:10

Round 4 January 27, 2012	Morelia	v	Monterrey	Estadio Morelos, Morelia
20:10

Round 5 February 4, 2012	Guadalajara	v	Morelia	Estadio Omnilife, Zapopan
19:00

Round 6 February 10, 2012	Morelia	v	Santos Laguna	Estadio Morelos, Morelia

Round 7 February 19, 2012	Puebla	v	Morelia	Estadio Cuauhtémoc, Puebla
12:00

Round 8 TBD	Morelia	v	Cruz Azul	Estadio Morelos, Morelia
TBD

Round 9 March 3, 2012	Querétaro	v	Morelia	Estadio Corregidora, Querétaro
20:10

Round 10 March 10, 2012	Toluca	v	Morelia	Estadio Morelos, Morelia
20:10

Round 11 March 16, 2012	Estudiantes Tecos	v	Morelia	Estadio Tres de Marzo, Zapopan
20:10

Round 12 March 23, 2012	Morelia	v	América	Estadio Morelos, Morelia
20:10

Round 13 March 31, 2012	UANL	v	Morelia	Estadio Universitario, San Nicolás
20:10

Round 14 April 6, 2012	Morelia	v	Atlas	Estadio Morelos, Morelia
20:10

Round 15 April 14, 2012	Pachuca	v	Morelia	Estadio Hidalgo, Pachuca
19:00

Round 16 April 20, 2012	Morelia	v	Atlante	Estadio Morelos, Morelia
20:10

Round 17 April 28, 2012	Chiapas	v	Morelia	Estadio Victor Manuel Reyna, Tuxtla Gutiérrez
17:00

Results

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Source: Clausura 2012 results

^[12]

Results by round

^[13]

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17
Ground	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result
Position

Source: Clausura 2012 results
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Lose; W = Win; P = Postponed.

CONCACAF Champions League

Main article: 2011–12 CONCACAF Champions League

Preliminary Round

1 July 28, 2011	Morelia	5 – 0	Tempête	Estadio Morelos, Morelia
20:00	Huiqui 15' Sabah 63' (pen) Rojas 67' Sepúlveda 70' Lozano 76'	Report		Attendance: 6,954 Referee: Héctor Rodríguez (Honduras)

2 August 3, 2011	Tempête	0 – 2	Morelia	Estadio Morelos, Morelia
20:00		report	Sepúlveda 30' Sansores 78'	Referee: Javier Santos (Puerto Rico)

Notes

Note 1: Tempête of Haiti will play both of its Preliminary Round matches in the CONCACAF Champions League against Morelia in Mexico due to incomplete renovations to Stade Sylvio Cator in Port-au-Prince.^[14]

Monarcas Morelia won 7–0 on aggregate.

Group Standings

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Los Angeles Galaxy	6	4	2	8	4	+4	12
Morelia	6	4	2	11	5	+6	12
Alajuelense	6	4	2	8	6	+2	12
Motagua	6	0	6	2	14	−12	0

Tiebreakers

Los Angeles Galaxy and Morelia qualified by their head-to-head records: Los Angeles Galaxy (6 pts, +1 GD), Morelia (6 pts, 0 GD), Alajuelense (6 pts, −1 GD).

Champions League results

Group 1 August 16, 2011	Alajuelense	1 – 0	Morelia	Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto, Alajuela
22:00	McDonald 76'	Report		Referee: Roberto Moreno (Panama)

Group 2 August 25, 2011	Morelia	4 – 0	Motagua	Estadio Morelos, Morelia
22:00	Márquez 2' Rojas 50' Jiménez 70' Lugo 72'	Report		Referee: Elmer Bonilla (El Salvador)

Group 3 September 13, 2011	Morelia	2 – 1	Los Angeles Galaxy	Estadio Morelos, Morelia
20:00	Aldrete 83' Sabah 90+2' 90+3'	Report	Keane 52'	Attendance: 16,000 Referee: José Pineda (Honduras)

Group 4 September 22, 2011	Motagua	0 – 2	Morelia	Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino, Tegucigalpa
22:00		Report	Corona 55' Manso 58'	Attendance: 1,752 Referee: Javier Santos (Puerto Rico)

Group 5 September 28, 2011	Los Angeles Galaxy	2 – 1	Morelia	The Home Depot Center, Carson
22:00	Magee 21' Juninho 90+1'	Report	Márquez Lugo 59'	Attendance: 7,500 Referee: Joel Aguilar (El Salvador)

Group 6 October 18, 2011	Morelia	2 – 1	Alajuelense	Estadio Morelos, Morelia
20:00	Rojas 56' Sabah 59'	Report	Gabas 36'	Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Roberto Moreno (Panama)

Quarter-finals

Quarter-final March 6, 2012	Morelia	v	Monterrey	Estadio Morelos, Morelia
22:00		Report

Quarter-final March 13, 2012	Monterrey	v	Morelia	Estadio Tecnológico, Monterrey
22:00		Report

Goalscorers

^[15]

Position	Name	Goals scored
1.	Joao Rojas	3
1.	Miguel Sabah	3
2.	Rafael Márquez Lugo	2
2.	Ángel Sepúlveda	2
3.	Adrián Aldrete	1
3.	Yasser Corona	1
3.	Joel Huiqui	1
3.	Diego Jiménez	1
3.	Jaime Lozano	1
3.	Edgar Gerardo Lugo	1
3.	Damián Manso	1
3.	Miguel Sansores	1
TOTAL		20

Notes

^ Moved from August 3, 2011 due to a 2011–12 CONCACAF Champions League preliminary match by Morelia
^ Teams played the last 50 minutes of the match that was abandoned due to a shooting outside the stadium on August 20, 2011
^ Match was abandoned with the score 0–0
^ Match was originally played at 19:00 local time
^ Match was moved from Cancún to Ciudad Nezahualcóyotl due to Hurricane Rina

References

^ "Detonaciones detienen partido en Torreón". Medio Tiempo.com. http://www.mediotiempo.com/futbol/mexico/cronicas/2011/08/20/detonaciones-detienen-partido-en-torreon_35639. Retrieved 1 November 2011.
^ "Morelia stats". ESPN Deportes. http://espndeportes.espn.go.com/futbol/team/squad?id=221&season=2011&league=MEX.1&leagueId=22&cc=. Retrieved 23 July 2011.
^ "League Table". Medio Tiempo. http://www.mediotiempo.com/tabla_general.php?id_liga=1. Retrieved 19 July 2011.
^ Jaguares y Morelia Intercambian Valdéz por Noriega. MedioTiempo.
^ Jaguares y Morelia Intercambian Razo por Corona. MedioTiempo.
^ Mejía llega a Reforzar. Fuerza Monarca.
^ Guajardo llega a Reforzar. Fuerza Monarca.
^ "Tripa" Pérez y "Tepa" Jiménez, fuera. El Sol de Cuautla.
^ "Tripa" Pérez y "Tepa" Jiménez, fuera. El Sol de Cuautla.
^ Jaguares y Morelia Intercambian Valdéz por Noriega. MedioTiempo.
^ Jaguares y Morelia Intercambian Razo por Corona. MedioTiempo.
^ "League Table". Medio Tiempo. http://www.mediotiempo.com/tabla_general.php?id_liga=1. Retrieved 19 July 2011.
^ "League Table". Medio Tiempo. http://www.mediotiempo.com/tabla_general.php?id_liga=1. Retrieved 19 July 2011.
^ Tempete to play CCL home match in Mexico
^ "Goalscoring stats". CONCACAF. http://www.concacafchampions.com/page/CL/TeamRelatedLink/0,,12856~1464~2,00.html=. Retrieved 23 July 2011.

2011–12 in Mexican football

« 2010–11 2012–13 »

Domestic leagues	Primera División de México (Liguilla) · Liga de Ascenso (Liguilla) · Segunda División de México · Tercera División de México

CONCACAF competitions	Champions League (Preliminary round · Group stage · Championship round · Final)

Related to national team	José Manuel de la Torre · 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup · 2011 Copa América · Results

Club seasons

Primera División de México	América · Atlante · Atlas · Chiapas · Cruz Azul · Estudiantes Tecos · Guadalajara · Monterrey · Morelia · Pachuca · Puebla · Querétaro · San Luis · Santos Laguna · Tijuana · Toluca · UANL · UNAM

Liga de Ascenso	Altamira · Celaya · Correcaminos · Cruz Azul Hidalgo · Dorados · Indios · Irapuato · La Piedad · León · Leones Negros · Lobos BUAP · Necaxa · Neza · Mérida · Pumas Morelos · Veracruz

Summer 2011 transfers · Winter 2011 transfers

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
17	7	5	5	25	22	+3	26	3	2	3	10	9	+1	4	3	2	15	13	+2

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
17	7	5	5	25	22	+3	26	3	2	3	10	9	+1	4	3	2	15	13	+2

2011–12 Monarcas Morelia season

Contents

Torneo Apertura

Squad

Regular season

Apertura 2011 results

Final phase

Goalscorers

Results

Results summary

Results by round

Transfers

In

Out

Torneo Clausura

Regular season

Apertura 2011 results

Results

Results summary

Results by round

CONCACAF Champions League

Preliminary Round

Group Standings

Champions League results

Quarter-finals

Goalscorers

Notes

References

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
17	7	5	5	25	22	+3	26	3	2	3	10	9	+1	4	3	2	15	13	+2