Clausura 2023 Liga MX final phase

The Clausura 2023 Liga MX final phase[1] will be played between 6 May and 28 May 2023.[1] A total of twelve teams will be competing in the final phase to decide the champions of the Clausura 2023 Liga MX season.[1] For the sixth straight season, an additional qualifying round, the reclassification or repechaje, will be employed, which expanded the number of final phase spots to twelve. The winners of the reclassification matches will advance to the quarterfinals of the liguilla (mini league).

Clausura 2023 Liga MX final phase
Dates6 May – 28 May 2023
Teams12
Matches played14
Goals scored37 (2.64 per match)
Attendance460,286 (32,878 per match)
Apertura 2023 →

Qualified teams

The following teams qualified for the final phase.

In the following tables, the number of appearances, last appearance, and previous best result count only those in the short tournament era starting from Invierno 1996 (not counting those in the long tournament era from 1943–44 to 1995–96).

Qualified directly to Quarter-finals (4 teams)
Seed Team Points (GD) Date of qualification Appearance Last appearance Previous best Ref.
1 Monterrey 40 17 March 2023 (REC)
15 April 2023 (QF)		 28th Apertura 2022 Champions
(4 times)		 [2]
2 América 34 (+15) 9 April 2023
28 April 2023 (QF)		 38th Champions
(5 times)		 [3]
3 Guadalajara 34 (+10) 9 April 2023
29 April 2023 (QF)		 30th Champions
(3 times)		 [4]
4 Toluca 32 7 April 2023
30 April 2023 (QF)		 37th Champions
(7 times)		 [5]
Qualified to Reclassification round (8 teams)
Seed Team Points (GD) Date of qualification Appearance Last appearance Previous best Ref.
5 Pachuca 31 10 April 2023 39th Apertura 2022 Champions
(6 times)		 [6]
6 León 30 9 April 2023 16th Champions
(3 times)		 [7]
7 UANL 25 20 April 2023 31st Champions
(5 times)		 [8]
8 Cruz Azul 24 21 April 2023 34th Champions
(2 times)		 [9]
9 Atlas 21 29 April 2023 25th Clausura 2022 Champions
(2 times)		 [10]
11 Puebla 20 29 April 2023 13th Apertura 2022 Semifinals
(3 times)		 [11]
12 Atlético San Luis 19 (−5) 29 April 2023 3rd Clausura 2022 Quarter-finals
(Clausura 2022)		 [12]
13 Santos Laguna 19 (−14) 29 April 2023 35th Apertura 2022 Champions
(6 times)		 [13]

Format

Reclassification
  • All rounds will be played in a single game hosted by the higher seed
  • If a game ends in a draw, it will proceed directly to a penalty shoot-out.

Liguilla
  • Teams will be re-seeded after each round.
  • The winners of the Reclassification matches will be seeded based on their ranking in the classification table.
  • Team with more goals on aggregate after two matches will advance.
  • No away goals rule will be applied in either round, if the two teams are tied on aggregate, the higher-seeded team advances.
  • In the final, if the two teams are tied after both legs, the match will go to extra time and, if necessary, a shoot-out.
  • Both finalists will qualify to the 2024 CONCACAF Champions League.

Reclassification

Summary

Matches took place on 6–7 May 2023.

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Pachuca 4–4 (2–4 p) Santos Laguna
León 1–3 Atlético San Luis
UANL 1–0 Puebla
Cruz Azul 0–1 Atlas

Matches
Cruz Azul0–1Atlas
Report
  • Lozano 2'
Attendance: 49,826[14]
Pachuca4–4Santos Laguna
 Report
Penalties
 2–4
Attendance: 12,142[15]
Referee: Adonai Escobedo (Aguascalientes)
León1–3Atlético San Luis
 Report
Attendance: 22,335[16]
Referee: Víctor Alfonso Cáceres (Chiapas)
UANL1–0Puebla
 Report
Attendance: 31,233[17]
Referee: Marco Antonio Ortiz (Durango)

Seeding

The following is the final seeding for the final phase. The winners of the Reclassification matches were seeded based on their position in the classification table.

Seed Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Host
1 Monterrey 17 13 1 3 35 14 +21 40 Hosts second leg
2 América 17 9 7 1 36 21 +15 34
3 Guadalajara 17 10 4 3 28 18 +10 34
4 Toluca 17 9 5 3 34 19 +15 32
5 UANL 17 7 4 6 20 17 +3 25 Hosts first leg
6 Atlas 17 4 9 4 27 22 +5 21
7 Atlético San Luis 17 5 4 8 16 21 −5 19
8 Santos Laguna 17 5 4 8 23 37 −14 19
Source: Liga MX
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Away goals scored; 5) Drawing of lots.

Bracket

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Finals
               
1 Monterrey 0 2 2
8 Santos Laguna 0 0 0
1 Monterrey 1
5 UANL 1
4 Toluca 1 3 4
5 UANL 4 1 5
 
 
2 América 3 1 4
7 Atlético San Luis 1 2 3
2 América 1
3 Guadalajara 0
3 Guadalajara (s) 0 1 1
6 Atlas 1 0 1

Quarter-finals

Summary

The first legs will be played on 10–11 May, and the second legs will be played on 13–14 May.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Santos Laguna 0–2 Monterrey 0–0 2–0
Atlético San Luis 3–4 América 1–3 2–1
Atlas 1–1 (s) Guadalajara 1–0 0–1
UANL 5–4 Toluca 4–1 1–3

First leg
Atlético San Luis1–3América
 Report
Attendance: 21,823[19]
Referee: Fernando Guerrero (Mexico City)
Atlas1–0Guadalajara
 Report
Attendance: 25,592[20]
Referee: Marco Antonio Ortiz (Durango)
UANL4–1Toluca
 Report
Attendance: 34,490[21]
Referee: Adonai Escobedo (Aguascalientes)

Second leg
Monterrey2–0Santos Laguna
 Report
Attendance: 45,322[22]
Referee: Oscar Macías Romo (Aguascalientes)

Monterrey won 2–0 on aggregate.

América1–2Atlético San Luis
 Report
Attendance: 47,686[23]
Referee: Daniel Quintero Huitrón (Jalisco)

América won 4–3 on aggregate.

Toluca3–1UANL
 Report
Attendance: 27,253[24]

UANL won 5–4 on aggregate.

Guadalajara1–0Atlas
 Report
Attendance: 40,956[25]
Referee: Victor Alfonso Caceres (Chiapas)

1–1 on aggregate. Guadalajara advanced due to being the higher seeded team in the table.

Semi-finals

Summary

The first legs will be played on 17–18 May, and the second legs will be played on 20–21 May.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
UANL Monterrey 1–1 20 May
Guadalajara América 0–1 21 May

First leg
UANL1–1Monterrey
 Report
Attendance: 41,615[26]
Referee: Fernando Guerrero (Mexico City)
Guadalajara0–1América
Report
Attendance: 42,195[27]

Second leg

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 37 goals scored in 14 matches, for an average of 2.64 goals per match. Players highlighted in bold are still active in the competition.

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Assists

2 assists

1 assist

References
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  2. "Monterrey History". 20 March 2023. Retrieved 20 March 2023.
  3. "América History". 9 April 2023. Retrieved 9 April 2023.
  4. "Guadalajara History". 9 April 2023. Retrieved 9 April 2023.
  5. "Toluca History". 7 April 2023. Retrieved 7 April 2023.
  6. "Pachuca History". 9 April 2023. Retrieved 9 April 2023.
  7. "León History". 9 April 2023. Retrieved 9 April 2023.
  8. "Tigres UANL History". 20 April 2023. Retrieved 20 April 2023.
  9. "Cruz Azul History". Retrieved 21 April 2023.
  10. "Atlas History". 29 April 2023. Retrieved 29 April 2023.
  11. "Puebla History". 29 April 2023. Retrieved 29 April 2023.
  12. "Atlético San Luis History". 12 May 2023. Retrieved 12 May 2023.
  13. "Santos Laguna History". 29 April 2023. Retrieved 29 April 2023.
  14. "Cruz Azul-Atlas report". LigaMX.net. 6 May 2023. Retrieved 12 May 2023.
  15. "Pachuca-Santos Laguna report". LigaMX.net. 6 May 2023. Retrieved 12 May 2023.
  16. "León-Atlético San Luis report". LigaMX.net. 6 May 2023. Retrieved 12 May 2023.
  17. "UANL-Puwbla report". LigaMX.net. 6 May 2023. Retrieved 12 May 2023.
  18. "Santos Laguna-Monterrey report". LigaMX.net. 6 May 2023. Retrieved 12 May 2023.
  19. "Atlético San Luis-América report". LigaMX.net. 6 May 2023. Retrieved 12 May 2023.
  20. "Atlas-Guadalajara report". LigaMX.net. 6 May 2023. Retrieved 12 May 2023.
  21. "UANL-Toluca report". LigaMX.net. 6 May 2023. Retrieved 12 May 2023.
  22. "Monterrey-Santos Laguna report". LigaMX.net. 13 May 2023. Retrieved 13 May 2023.
  23. "América-Atlético San Luis report". LigaMX.net. 13 May 2023. Retrieved 13 May 2023.
  24. "Toluca-UANL report". LigaMX.net. 14 May 2023. Retrieved 14 May 2023.
  25. "Guadalajara-Atlas report". LigaMX.net. 14 May 2023. Retrieved 14 May 2023.
  26. "UANL-Monterrey report". LigaMX.net. 17 May 2023. Retrieved 17 May 2023.
  27. "Guadalajara-América report". LigaMX.net. 18 May 2023. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
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