2012 Ascenso MX Apertura Liguilla

April 2013 2012–13 Ascenso MX season#Torneo Apertura Ascenso MX 2012 Mexico 7 Clausura 2012 Clausura 2013 The Liguilla (en Playoffs) of the Apertura 2012 season was a final knockout tournament involving the top seven teams of the Ascenso MX league. The winner qualified to the playoff match against the Clausura 2013 winner. If the winner of both tournaments was the same team, the team would have been promoted to the 2013–14 Liga MX season without playing the Promotional Final. Teams The first team in the general table qualified for the semifinals. The six next best teams in the general table qualified to the quarterfinals. S Seeded positionTeamManagerCaptainPerformance at the 2012 Apertura Pld Played W Wins D Draws L Losts GF Goals for GA Goals against GD Goals difference Pts Points1Necaxa Mexico Jaime OrdialesMEX Víctor Lojero149413018+12312Neza ARG Carlos BustosMEX Diego Mejía146621914+5243Estudiantes Tecos URU Héctor Hugo EuguiMEX Diego Jiménez146531612+4234Lobos BUAP MEX Sergio OrduñaMEX Alex Diego147252017+3235Mérida ARG Ricardo ValiñoMEX Eder Patiño146531412+2236La Piedad MEX Cristóbal OrtegaMEX Luis Antonio Martínez146442116+5227Dorados MEX Francisco Javier Ramírez MEX Cuauhtémoc Blanco146442322+122 Bracket The six best teams after the first place played two games against each other on a home-and-away basis. The winner of each match up was determined by aggregate score. If the teams were tied, the Away goals rule applied. The teams were seeded one to seven in quarterfinals, and were re-seeded one to four in semifinals depending on their position in the general table. The higher seeded teams played on their home field during the second leg. 2 y Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals Neza 2 0 1 1 Dorados 7 1 2 3 3 Estudiantes Tecos 1 1 2 6 La Piedad 2 3 5 4 Lobos BUAP 0 4 4 5 Mérida 3 0 3 1 Necaxa 1 2 3 7 Dorados 1 2 3 6 La Piedad 1 2 3 4 Lobos BUAP 2 0 2 7 Dorados 1 1 2 6 La Piedad 0 (a.e.t.)3 3 If the two teams were tied after both legs, the away goals rule applied. If both teams still tied, higher seeded team advanced.As appears in as Ascenso MX competition rules 2012-2013 http://www.ligamx.net/home/download/ReglamentodeCompetenciaASCENSOMXT2012-2013.pdf Reglamento de competencia Ascenso MX 2012-2013, Article 22.2 Liga MX Los Clubes vencedores en los partidos de Cuartos de Final y Semifinal serán aquellos que en los dos juegos anote el mayor número de goles, criterio conocido como MARCADOR GLOBAL. De existir empate en el número de goles anotados, la posición se definirá a favor del Club con mayor cantidad de goles a favor cuando actué como visitante. 2012-08-01 dead 2012-11-06 https://web.archive.org/web/20140225181405/http://www.ligamx.net/home/download/ReglamentodeCompetenciaASCENSOMXT2012-2013.pdf 2014-02-25 Teams were re-seeded every round. The winner qualified to the playoff match vs the Clausura 2013 winner. However, if the winner was the same in both tournaments, they would have been the team promoted to the 2012–13 Mexican Primera División season without playing the Promotional Final Quarterfinals First leg La Piedad vs Estudiantes Tecos November 10, 2012 15:00 La Piedad 2 - 1 Report Estudiantes R. Murguía 51J. Cavallo 57 pen. E. Lillingston 45 pen. Estadio Juan N. López, La Piedad 3,958 León Vicente Barajas Anzures Mérida vs Lobos BUAP November 10, 2012 19:00 Mérida 3 - 0 Report Lobos BUAP G. España 12E. Alfaro 15D Jiménez 18 Estadio Carlos Iturralde, Mérida Baruch Absalón Castellanos Dorados vs Neza November 11, 2012 19:00 MST/20:00 CST Dorados 1 - 0 Report Neza C. Blanco 32 pen. Estadio Carlos González, Culiacán Roberto Ríos Jácome Second leg Lobos BUAP vs Mérida November 17, 2012 16:00 Lobos BUAP 4 - 0 Report Mérida A. Lima 4 D. Souza Gama 26 87A. Sánchez 45 Estadio Olímpico de C.U., Puebla 9,551 Oscar Bernardo Villagómez Estudiantes Tecos vs La Piedad November 17, 2012 20:00 Estudiantes 1 - 3 Report La Piedad D. Martiñones 16 J. Cavallo 54O. Rojas 74R. Murguía 93 pen. Estadio Tres de Marzo, Zapopan 6,669 Erik Yair Miranda Galindo Neza vs Dorados November 18, 2012 12:00 Neza 1 - 2 Report Dorados E. Guzmán 4 M. Osuna 14G. Rojas 67 Estadio Neza 86, Ciudad Nezahualcóyotl >8,000http://nezafc.com/equipo/Noticia.aspx?id=44556c516c624f667234343d Neza FC - LUCHAN HASTA EL FINAL 2012-11-26 https://archive.today/20130130014427/http://nezafc.com/equipo/Noticia.aspx?id=44556c516c624f667234343d 2013-01-30 dead Carlos Manuel Martínez Soto All game schedules are expressed in CST time, except where indicated. https://archive.today/20130221234620/http://www.ligamx.net/home/noticia.html?id=1617 Official schedules of Ascenso MX playoffs Quarter-finals Semifinals First leg Dorados vs Necaxa November 21, 2012 20:30 MST/21:30 CST Dorados 1 - 1 Report Necaxa G. Rojas 4 D. Santoya 17 Estadio Carlos González, Culiacán 16,924 Erick Yair Miranda Galindo La Piedad vs Lobos BUAP November 22, 2012 15:00 La Piedad 1 - 2 Report Lobos BUAP J. Cavallo 12 H. Alférez 55D. Souza Gama 78 Estadio Juan N. López, La Piedad 4,109 Roberto Ríos Jácome Second leg Necaxa vs Dorados November 24, 2012 20:00 Necaxa 2 - 2 Report Dorados M. García 51D. Santoya 72M. de la Cruz 75 o.g. G. Rojas 4 Estadio Victoria, Aguascalientes 15,500 Oscar Bernardo Villagómez Round tied 3-3. Dorados advance to Final by the away goal rule Lobos BUAP vs La Piedad November 25, 2012 16:10 Lobos BUAP 0 - 2 Report La Piedad B. Godínez 29F. Sinecio 92 Estadio Olímpico de C.U., Puebla 19,845 Carlos Manuel Martínez Soto All game schedules are in CST time, except where indicated. Final First leg Dorados vs La Piedad November 28, 2012 20:30 MST/21:30 CST Dorados 1 - 0 Report La Piedad L. Ramírez 61 Estadio Carlos González, Culiacán 21,163 Roberto Ríos Jácome Second leg La Piedad vs Dorados December 1, 2012 15:00 La Piedad 3 - 1 yes Report Dorados E. García 2J. Cavallo 41L. Martínez García 90+3 G. Ramírez 50 Estadio Juan N. López, La Piedad Carlos Manuel Martínez Soto Apertura 2012 winner:La Piedad2nd Title Top goalscorers - Liguilla (Playoffs) Last Updated on December 2, 2012. Players sorted first by goals scored, then by goal frequency (Minutes played/Goals scored). Rank Player Club Goals Goal freq.1PAR Gustavo A. RamírezDorados482.752ARG Juan Manuel CavalloLa Piedad4113.003COL Danny SantoyaNecaxa284.004BRA C. E. de SouzaLobos BUAP2154.505MEX Rafael MurguíaLa Piedad2241.506URU Diego MartiñonesTecos190.007CRC Ever AlfaroMérida1101.008MEX Fernando Sinecio GonzálezLa Piedad1132.009BRA Aparecido LimaLobos BUAP1143.0010MEX Gabriel EspañaMérida1161.0011MEX Ever GuzmánNeza1163.0012MEX Michel GarcíaNecaxa1168.0013MEX Diego JiménezMérida1180.0014MEX Eduardo LillingstonTecos1180.0015MEX Hebert AlférezLobos BUAP1266.00 Source: Ascenso MX - Apertura 2012 Liguilla goalscorers official page References External links Liga MX and Ascenso MX Official Website Category:Ascenso MX