2009 Primera División de México Apertura Liguilla

Main article: Primera División de México Apertura 2009
Primera División de México Apertura 2009 Liguilla
Country Mexico
Teams 8
Champions Monterrey
Runner-up Cruz Azul
Matches played 14
Goals scored 41 (2.93 per match)
Top goal scorer(s) Aldo de Nigris (Monterrey)
Humberto Suazo (Monterrey)
4 goals
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The Liguilla (English: Mini League) of the Primera División de México Apertura 2009 was a final mini-tournament involving eight teams of the Primera División de México, in a elimination two-legs playoff.

The final of the Liguilla was on Sunday December 13, between Cruz Azulagainst Monterrey. As the winner, Monterreywas rosed as the Apertura 2009 Champion. Also, both finalist got a berth for the 2010–11 CONCACAF Champions League (Monterreyqualified directly to the Group Stage, while Cruz Azulqualified to the Preliminary Round).

Defending champions UNAM, were not able to defend their past championship, as they did not qualify to the Liguilla.

Contents

Teams

See also: Group standings of the Apertura 2009

As the 18 teams of the Apertura 2009 were divided in three groups of six teams, it was determined that the two top of each group advanced to the Liguilla, even though having had a low performance at the general table. Alongside those six teams, the two best teams at the general table of the remaining 12, regardless of their group, advanced to the Liguilla.

After having finished last at their group and 17th at the general table, the defending champions, UNAM, did not qualified to this Liguilla

S Team Manager Captain Performance at the Apertura 2009
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts P Qualified as
1 Toluca José de la Torre Zinha 17 11 2 4 32 19 +13 35 1st First place Group 1
2 Cruz Azul Enrique Meza Enriquez Gerardo Torrado 17 11 0 6 35 19 +16 33 2nd First place Group 3
3 Morelia Tomás Boy Mauricio Romero 17 10 3 4 31 15 +16 33 3rd First place Group 2
4 América Jesús Ramírez Pável Pardo 17 8 6 3 29 16 +13 30 4th Runner-up Group 2
5 Monterrey Víctor Vucetich Luis Ernesto Pérez 17 9 3 5 27 16 +11 30 5th Third place Group 21
6 Santos Laguna Sergio Bueno Oswaldo Sánchez 17 7 6 4 29 24 +5 27 6th Runner-up Group 3
7 Puebla José Luis Sánchez Solá Luis Miguel Noriega 17 6 8 3 19 19 0 26 7th Fourth place Group 21
8 San Luis Miguel Ángel López Braulio Luna 17 5 6 6 21 24 −3 21 11th2 Runner-up Group 1
1.^ Best ranked out of the two top of each group.
2.^ Although having been 11th, as having been runner-up of Group 1, San Luisadvanced.
Locations of the Apertura 2009 Liguilla teams

Tie-breaking criteria

The Liguilla has a particular tie-breaking criteria: In case of a tie in the aggregate score, the higher seeded team will advance.

The exception for this tie-breaking criteria is the final, where the higher seeded team rule is not used. In this case, if the teams remained tied after 90 minutes of play during the second leg of the finals, extra time will be used, followed by a penalty shootout if necessary.

Bracket

The Liguilla hade those teams play two games against each other on a home-and-away basis. The winner of each match up was determined by aggregate score.

The teams were seeded one to eight in quarterfinals, and re-seeded one to four in semifinals, depending on their position at the general table of the season. Higher seeded teams play on their home field during the second leg.

Also, the highest seeded can choose when, if Saturday or Sunday, they want to play the second leg. As the rules mention that one half of the matches must be on Wednesday/Saturday, and the other in Thursday/Sunday, the rest of the teams must suit on that choice. The only exception is the final, as it was set to be played at Thursday December 10 the first leg, and Sunday December 13 the second.

  Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
                                         
2  Cruz Azul 4 3 7  
7  Puebla 4 2 6  
  2  Cruz Azul 0 2 2  
  3  Morelia 0 1 1  
3  Morelia 1 3 4
6  Santos Laguna 2 0 2  
  1  Cruz Azul 3 1 4
  2  Monterrey 4 2 6
1  Toluca1 0 1 1  
8  San Luis 1 0 1  
  1  Toluca 0 1 1
  4  Monterrey 2 1 3  
4  América 0 1 1
5  Monterrey 1 1 2  
1.^ Advanced by best position on the general table.

Quarter-finals

The quarterfinals are scheduled to be played on November 21 or 22 (first leg) and November 28 or 29 (second leg).

Team 1   Agg.   Team 2   1st leg     2nd leg  
Toluca1 (1) 1–1 (8) San Luis 0–1 1–0
Cruz Azul (2) 7–6 (7) Puebla 4–4 3–2
Morelia (3) 4–2 (6) Santos Laguna 1–2 3–0
América (4) 1–2 (5) Monterrey 0–1 1–1
1.^ Advanced by best position on the general table.

Kickoffs are given in local time (UTC-6).

First leg

November 21, 2009
17:00
 Monterrey 1 – 0 América Estadio Tecnológico
Monterrey, Nuevo León
Attendance: 36,000
Referee: Ricardo Arellano Nieves (Mexico) [1]
de Nigris  48' (Report)
November 21, 2009
19:00
 Puebla 4 – 4 Cruz Azul Estadio Cuauhtémoc
Puebla, Puebla
Attendance: 38,000
Referee: Erim Ramírez Ulloa (Mexico) [1]
Olivera  1'
Acosta  29'
Vigneri  33'
Borgetti  45'		 (Report) Brown  12'
Torrado  22'
Lozano  51' (pen.), 82'
November 22, 2009
12:00
 San Luis 1 – 0 Toluca Estadio Alfonso Lastras
San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Roberto García Orozco (Mexico) [1]
Aguilar  77' (Report)
November 22, 2009
17:00
 Santos Laguna 2 – 1 Morelia Estadio Corona
Torreón, Coahuila
Attendance: 28,000
Referee: Germán Valentín Arredondo Ramírez (Mexico) [1]
Ochoa  26', 62' (Report) Droguett  50'

Second leg

November 28, 2009
17:00
 Cruz Azul 3 – 2 Puebla Estadio Azul
Benito Juárez, Mexico City
Attendance: 33,000
Referee: José Alfredo Peñaloza (Mexico) [2]
Villaluz  19'
Domínguez  34'
Pinto  52'		 (Report) Olivera  30', 90+1'
November 28, 2009
21:00
 América 1 – 1 Monterrey Estadio Azteca
Coyoacán, Mexico City
Attendance: 55,000
Referee: Marco Antonio Rodríguez (Mexico) [2]
Cabañas  42' (pen.) (Report) Suazo  79'
November 29, 2009
12:00
 Toluca 1 – 0 San Luis Estadio Nemesio Díez
Toluca, State of Mexico
Attendance: 26,000
Referee: Benito Armando Archundia (Mexico) [2]
Mancilla  78' (Report)
November 29, 2009
17:00
 Morelia 3 – 0 Santos Laguna Estadio Morelos
Morelia, Michoacán
Attendance: 42,000
Referee: Mauricio Morales (Mexico) [2]
Tiago  7'
Sabah  39'
Romero  84'		 (Report)

Semi-finals

The semifinals are scheduled to be played on December 2 or 3 (first leg) and December 5 or 6 (second leg).

Team 1   Agg.   Team 2   1st leg     2nd leg  
Toluca (1) 1–3 (4) Monterrey 0–2 1–1
Cruz Azul (2) 2–1 (3) Morelia 0–0 2–1

Kickoffs are given in local time (UTC-6).

First leg

December 2, 2009
21:00
 Morelia 0 – 0 Cruz Azul Estadio Morelos
Morelia, Michoacán
Referee: Roberto García Orozco (Mexico) [3]
(Report)
December 3, 2009
21:00
 Monterrey 2 – 0 Toluca Estadio Tecnológico
Monterrey, Nuevo León
Referee: José Alfredo Peñaloza (Mexico) [3]
de Nigris  45', 66' (Report)

Second leg

December 5, 2009
17:00
 Cruz Azul 2 – 1 Morelia Estadio Azul
Benito Juárez, Mexico City
Referee: Paul Delgadillo Haro (Mexico) [4]
Orozco  58'
Villa  65'		 (Report) Sabah  49'
December 6, 2009
12:00
 Toluca 1 – 1 Monterrey Estadio Nemesio Díez
Toluca, State of Mexico
Referee: Jorge Eduardo Gasso (Mexico) [4]
Brizuela  80' (Report) Carreño  72'

Final

Main article: Primera División de México Apertura 2009 Liguilla Final

The first and second legs of the final are scheduled to be played on December 10 (first leg) and December 13 (second leg).

Team 1   Agg.   Team 2   1st leg     2nd leg  
Cruz Azul(1) 4–6 (2) Monterrey 3–4 1–2

Kickoffs are given in local time (UTC-6).

First leg

December 10, 2009
21:00
 Monterrey 4 – 3 Cruz Azul Estadio Tecnológico
Monterrey, Nuevo León
Referee: Jorge Eduardo Gasso (Mexico) [5]
Villa  3' (o.g.)
Suazo  47', 88'
Santana  70'		 (Report) Riveros 6', 17'
Villa  34'

Second leg

December 13, 2009
18:00
 Cruz Azul 1 – 2 Monterrey Estadio Azul
Benito Juárez, Mexico City
Referee: Marco Antonio Rodríguez (Mexico) [6]
Castro  77' (Report) de Nigris  54'
Suazo  90'

Goalscorers

4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Own goal

References

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  2. ^ a b c d "Designaciones Arbitrales Para los Cuartos de Final de Vuelta" (in Spanish) (Press release). Femexfut.com. 2008-11-25. http://www.femexfut.org.mx/portalv2/aspx/WEB_DetalleNoticia.aspx?pnIDNtca=23295. Retrieved 2009-11-27. 
  3. ^ a b "Designaciones Arbitrales Para las Semifinales de Ida" (in Spanish) (Press release). Femexfut.com. 2008-11-30. http://www.femexfut.org.mx/portalv2/aspx/WEB_DetalleNoticia.aspx?pnIDNtca=23377. Retrieved 2009-12-01. 
  4. ^ a b "Designaciones Arbitrales Para las Semifinales de Vuelta" (in Spanish) (Press release). Femexfut.com. 2008-12-04. http://www.femexfut.org.mx/portalv2/aspx/WEB_DetalleNoticia.aspx?pnIDNtca=23442. Retrieved 2009-12-04. 
  5. ^ "Jorge Gasso, Designado a la Final de Ida" (in Spanish) (Press release). Femexfut.com. 2008-12-08. http://www.femexfut.org.mx/portalv2/aspx/WEB_DetalleNoticia.aspx?pnIDNtca=23514. Retrieved 2009-12-09. 
  6. ^ "Marco Antonio Rodríguez, Árbitro Para la Final de Vuelta" (in Spanish) (Press release). Femexfut.com. 2008-12-11. http://www.femexfut.org.mx/portalv2/aspx/WEB_DetalleNoticia.aspx?pnIDNtca=23543. Retrieved 2009-12-11.