Apertura 2019 Liga MX championship stage


The Apertura 2019 Liga MX championship stage commonly known as Liguilla was played from 27 November 2019 to 29 December 2019. Due to finalist Monterrey participating in the 2019 FIFA Club World Cup, the final was postponed to 29 December from 15 December. A total of eight teams will compete in the championship stage to decide the champions of the Apertura 2019 Liga MX season. Both finalists qualified to the 2021 CONCACAF Champions League.

Qualified teams

The following 8 teams qualified for the championship stage.
In the following table, the number of appearances, last appearance, and previous best result count only those in the short tournament era starting from Invierno 1996.
TeamSeedPointsAppearanceLast appearancePrevious bestRef.
Santos Laguna13730thApertura 2018Champions
León23311thClausura 2019Champions
UANL33225thClausura 2019Champions
Querétaro431 11thApertura 2018Runners-up
Necaxa531 17thClausura 2019Champions
América631 33rdClausura 2019Champions
Morelia727 25thClausura 2018Champions
Monterrey827 23rdClausura 2019Champions

Format


Quarterfinals

First leg

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Second leg

Morelia won 5–4 on aggregate
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Necaxa won 6–2 on aggregate
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Monterrey won 6–3 on aggregate
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América won 5–4 on aggregate

Semifinals

First leg

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Second leg

Monterrey won 3–1 on aggregate
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2–2 on aggregate. América advanced due to being the higher seed in the classification table

Finals

First leg

Details

Statistics

Second leg

Details

3–3 on aggregate. Monterrey won 4–2 on penalty kicks

Statistics

Statistics

Goalscorers

Assists

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