Apertura 2012 Copa MX
Football tournament season
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The Copa 2012 MX Apertura was the 68th staging of the Copa MX football tournament, the 41st staging in the professional era and the first played since the 1996–97 edition.[3]
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Country | Mexico |
| Teams | 28 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Dorados de Sinaloa (1st title) (1st title) |
| Runners-up | Correcaminos |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 92 |
| Goals scored | 246 (2.67 per match) |
| Top goal scorer | Juan de Dios Hernández (7 goals) |
The tournament started on July 24, 2012, and concluded on October 31, 2012.[4] In the final, Dorados de Sinaloa won the cup over Correcaminos 5–4 on penalties, after a 2–2 draw.
Participants Apertura 2012
This tournament will feature all the clubs from the Liga MX, excluding those that will participate in the 2012–13 CONCACAF Champions League (Santos, Tigres, Monterrey and Guadalajara) and 14 from the Ascenso MX (everyone except Cruz Azul Hidalgo).[1]
Tiebreakers
If two or more clubs are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria are applied to determine the rankings:[5]
- superior goal difference;
- higher number of goals scored;
- scores of the group matches played among the clubs in question;
- higher number of goals scored away in the group matches played among the clubs in question;
- best position in the Relegation table;
- fair play ranking;
- drawing of lots.
Group stage
Every group is composed by four clubs, two from Liga MX and two from Ascenso MX. Instead of a traditional robin-round schedule, the clubs will play in three two-legged "rounds", the last one been contested by clubs of the same league.[4]
Each win gives a club 3 points, each draw gives 1 point. An extra point is awarded for every round won; a round is won by aggregated score, and if it is a tie, the tiebreakers should be used.[5]
| Key to colours in group tables |
|---|
| Group winners advance to the Championship stage |
| Best runner-up also advances to the Championship stage |
All times are UTC−05:00
Group 1
Clubs from Liga MX: León and Morelia
Clubs from Ascenso MX: Dorados and Estudiantes
Channel: TVC Deportes
Round 1
| Morelia | 1 - 1 | Estudiantes |
|---|---|---|
Ochoa  55' (pen.) |
Report | Lillingston 57' |
| Estudiantes | 0 - 3 | Morelia |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Sepúlveda 5' Pedroza 72', 84' |
Morelia won the round 4-1 on aggregated score
| León | 4 - 0 | Dorados |
|---|---|---|
| J. J. Calderón 17' J. J. Vázquez 70'González 80'Nieves 87' |
Report |
León won the round 5-2 on aggregated score
Round 2
| León | 1 - 1 | Estudiantes |
|---|---|---|
| A. Ortíz 14' |
Report | Martiñones 32' |
| Estudiantes | 0 - 3 | León |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Arce 21', 54' Pacheco 75' |
León won the round 4-1 on aggregated score
Morelia won the round 8-3 on aggregated score
Round 3
| Dorados | 2 - 0 | Estudiantes |
|---|---|---|
| J. D. Hernández 11' H. Velázquez 71' |
Report |
| Estudiantes | 0 - 3 | Dorados |
|---|---|---|
| Report | J. D. Hernández 4', 62' D. Mena 90' |
Dorados won the round 5-0 on aggregated score
Round tied 2-2. Morelia won the extra point by the away goal rule
Group 2
Clubs from Liga MX: Atlas and Cruz Azul
Clubs from Ascenso MX: Altamira and Neza
Channel: ESPN Deportes
Round 1
Altamira won the round 4-3 on aggregated score
Cruz Azul won the round 4-2 on aggregated score
Round 2
Cruz Azul won the round 1-0 on aggregated score
Neza won the round 3-2 on aggregated score
Round 3
| Altamira | 1 - 0 | Neza |
|---|---|---|
| O. Fernández 83' |
Report |
Round tied 2-2. Altamira won the extra point by the away goal rule
| Atlas | 1 - 0 | Cruz Azul |
|---|---|---|
| J. Barraza 5' |
Report |
| Cruz Azul | 1 - 1 | Atlas |
|---|---|---|
| J. Orozco 12' |
Report | S. Santana 28' (Pen.) |
Atlas won the round 2-1 on aggregated score
Group 3
Clubs from Liga MX: Atlante and Pachuca
Clubs from Ascenso MX: La Piedad and Universidad de Guadalajara
Channel: TVC Deportes
Round 1
| Universidad de Guadalajara | 1 - 0 | Pachuca |
|---|---|---|
| Gómez 71' (pen.) |
Report |
| Pachuca | 3 - 0 | Universidad de Guadalajara |
|---|---|---|
| Borja 11', 66' L.A. Sanchez 48' |
Report |
Pachuca won the round 3-1 on aggregated score
Round tied 1-1. La Piedad won the extra point by the away goal rule
Round 2
| Atlante | 1 - 0 | Universidad de Guadalajara |
|---|---|---|
| L. Rodríguez 86' |
Report |
| Universidad de Guadalajara | 1 - 1 | Atlante |
|---|---|---|
| N. Díaz 72' |
Report | L. Rodríguez 90+3' |
Atlante won the round 2-1 on aggregated score
Pachuca won the round 4-1 on aggregated score
Round 3
| La Piedad | 4 - 0 | Universidad de Guadalajara |
|---|---|---|
| J. M. Cavallo 34', 35', 72' (pen.) R. Murguía 88' |
Report |
| Universidad de Guadalajara | 1 - 2 | La Piedad |
|---|---|---|
| J. Hurtado 75' |
Report | O. Rojas 51' F. Sinecio 59' |
La Piedad won the round 6-1 on aggregated score
Pachuca won the round 2-0 on aggregated score
Group 4
Clubs from Liga MX: Chiapas and San Luis
Clubs from Ascenso MX: Necaxa and Pumas Morelos
Channel: Fox Deportes
Round 1
Necaxa won the round 3-1 on aggregated score
| San Luis | 2 - 0 | Pumas Morelos |
|---|---|---|
| Tréllez 61' Fernández 65' |
Report |
San Luis won the round 4-1 on aggregated score
Round 2
| Pumas Morelos | 2 - 0 | Chiapas |
|---|---|---|
| C. Campos 36' V. Rosales 50' |
Report |
| Chiapas | 1 - 1 | Pumas Morelos |
|---|---|---|
| Trujillo 44' |
Report | Garay 45+2' |
Pumas Morelos won the round 3-1 on aggregated score
Necaxa won the round 2-1 on aggregated score
Round 3
| Necaxa | 2 - 0 | Pumas Morelos |
|---|---|---|
| Márquez 42', 69' |
Report |
| Pumas Morelos | 2 - 2 | Necaxa |
|---|---|---|
| D. Izazola 77', 78' |
Report | H. Cervantes 28' J. Isijara 45' |
Necaxa won the round 4-2 on aggregated score
| Chiapas | 1 - 1 | San Luis |
|---|---|---|
| Y. Corona 54' |
Report | C. Villaluz 90+3' |
Group 5
Clubs from Liga MX: América and Querétaro
Clubs from Ascenso MX: Correcaminos and Veracruz
Channel: TDN
Round 1
| Querétaro | 1 - 2 | Correcaminos |
|---|---|---|
| Landín 80' |
Report | I. Vázquez 49' Nurse 65' |
Correcaminos won the round 4-3 on aggregated score
América won the round 4-3 on aggregated score
Round 2
Querétaro won the round 5-2 on aggregated score
| América | 6 - 0 | Correcaminos |
|---|---|---|
| Montenegro 51' Cárdenas 54', 74'Zúñiga 59', 76', 90' |
Report |
América won the round 9-4 on aggregated score
Round 3
| Veracruz | 1 - 1 | Correcaminos |
|---|---|---|
| M. Romero 87' |
Report | Saucedo 51' |
| Correcaminos | 3 - 0 | Veracruz |
|---|---|---|
| N. Olivera 20' R. Nurse 52', 67' |
Report |
Correcaminos won the round 4-1 on aggregated score
| América | 4 - 1 | Querétaro |
|---|---|---|
| A. López 1' D. Montenegro 38' (pen.)M. Zúñiga 83'J. Medina 91' |
Report | D. Guastavino 57' |
| Querétaro | 1 - 0 | América |
|---|---|---|
| D. Guastavino 57' |
Report |
América won the round 4-2 on aggregated score
Group 6
Clubs from Liga MX: Tijuana and UNAM
Clubs from Ascenso MX: Celaya and Mérida
Channel: TDN
Round 1
Tijuana won the round 1-0 on aggregated score
Round tied 0-0. As both scores were the same, no extra point will be awarded[8]
Round 2
Mérida won the round 3-2 on aggregated score
Round tied 3-3. As both scores were the same, no extra point will be awarded
Round 3
| Celaya | 1 - 2 | Mérida |
|---|---|---|
| J. C. Meza 74' |
Report | Guadarrama 85' E. Alfaro 87' |
| Mérida | 3 - 0 | Celaya |
|---|---|---|
| M. Gómez 27' S. Guadarrama 39'A. Reyes 80' |
Report |
Mérida won the round 5-1 on aggregated score
Tijuana won the round 4-3 on aggregated score
Group 7
Clubs from Liga MX: Puebla and Toluca
Clubs from Ascenso MX: Irapuato and Lobos BUAP
Channel: SKY
Round 1
| Toluca | 1 - 3 | Lobos BUAP |
|---|---|---|
| É. Benítez 27' |
Report | Lima 41', 54', 64' |
Lobos BUAP won the round 5-3 on aggregated score
Irapuato won the round 5-2 on aggregated score
Round 2
| Puebla | 2 - 0 | Lobos BUAP |
|---|---|---|
| Miranda 34' Abelairas 47' |
Report |
| Lobos BUAP | 0 - 2 | Puebla |
|---|---|---|
| Report | García 27' B. Martinez 30' |
Puebla won the round 4-0 on aggregated score
| Irapuato | 0 - 1 | Toluca |
|---|---|---|
| Report | É. Benítez 43' B. Martinez 30' |
| Toluca | 4 - 1 | Irapuato |
|---|---|---|
| E. Brambila 43' É. Benítez 45', 78', 81' |
Report[permanent dead link] | Valadéz 54' |
Toluca won the round 5-1 on aggregated score
Round 3
| Lobos BUAP | 4 - 0 | Irapuato |
|---|---|---|
| A. Lima 14', 70' Gutiérrez 59', 76' |
Report |
| Irapuato | 2 - 1 | Lobos BUAP |
|---|---|---|
| J. Perea 53' A. Ávalos 88' |
Report | I. Íñiguez 43' |
Lobos BUAP won the round 5-2 on aggregated score
Toluca won the round 2-1 on aggregated score
Ranking of runners-up clubs
The best runner-up advances to the Championship stage.[5] If two or more teams are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria are applied to determine the rankings:
- superior goal difference;
- higher number of goals scored;
- higher number of goals scored away;
- best position in the Relegation table;
- fair play ranking;
- drawing of lots.
Championship stage
The eight clubs that advance to this stage will be ranked and seeded 1 to 8.[5] In case of ties, the same tiebreakers used to rank the runners-up will be used.
In this stage, all the rounds will be one-off game. If the game ends in a tie, there will proceed to penalty shootouts directly. The venue will be determined as follows:[5]
- If both clubs are from the same league, the highest seeded club will host the match.
- If both clubs are from different leagues, the club from Ascenso MX will host the match.
Should the group winners be tied on points, the order of the teams will be determined in the following manner:[9]
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Liguilla bracket
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Pachuca | 1(3) | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Neza (pen.) | 1(4) | ||||||||||||
| SF1 | Neza | 1(3) | ||||||||||||
| SF4 | Correcaminos (pen.) | 1(4) | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Tijuana | 5(6) | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Correcaminos (pen.) | 5(7) | ||||||||||||
| F1 | Correcaminos | 2(4) | ||||||||||||
| F2 | Dorados | 2(5) | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Necaxa (pen.) | 1(5) | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Toluca | 1(3) | ||||||||||||
| SF2 | Necaxa | 1 | ||||||||||||
| SF3 | Dorados | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | San Luis | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Dorados | 3 | ||||||||||||
Quarterfinals
| Neza | 1 - 1 | Pachuca |
|---|---|---|
| J. Rosas 65' |
Report | R. Meráz 63' |
| Penalties | ||
J. Rosas  L. Arroyo J. Atilano D. Mejía |
4–3 | M. Cejas Ó. Rojas J. Hernández N. Castillo  H. Herrera |
| Correcaminos | 5 – 5 | Tijuana |
|---|---|---|
| L. Kontogiannis 41' S. Rosas 66', 82'N. Olivera 69'R. Nurse 90+2' |
Report | R. Nava 2', 42' F. Martínez 29'R. Enríquez 51'A. Tahuilán 90+6' |
| Penalties | ||
| R. Nurse E. Pacheco S. Silva L. Kontogiannis N. Olivera I. Vázquez R. Espinoza R. Jiménez |
7 – 6 | J. Corona J. Hernández J. Gandolfi F. Martínez E. Vázquez R. Ruiz J. Abrego A. Domínguez |
Semifinals
| Necaxa | 1 - 2 | Dorados |
|---|---|---|
| V. Lojero 79' |
Report | G. Ramírez 75' J. Hernández 83' |
| Correcaminos | 1 - 1 | Neza |
|---|---|---|
| R. Sena 60' |
Report | J. Atilano 35' |
| Penalties | ||
| R. Nurse E. Pacheco R. Jiménez R. Espinoza N. Olivera I. Vázquez |
4 – 3 | I. Pineda F. Doráme R. Prieto J. Reyes D. Mejía C. Guzmán |
Final
| Correcaminos | 2 – 2 | Dorados |
|---|---|---|
| R. Espinoza 43' R. Nurse 81' |
Report | L. Ramírez 4' A. Frausto 90' |
| Penalties | ||
| R. Nurse J. Silva R. Jiménez R. Espinoza F. Ayala |
4 – 5 | C. Blanco F. Ruíz J. Güemez E. Escudero A. Frausto |
| Copa MX Apertura 2012 Winners |
|---|
Goalscorers
- 6 goals
- 5 goals
- 4 goals
- 3 goals
- 2 goals
Alberto Medina (Pachuca)- Alfonso Nieto (Pumas)
- Ángel Sepúlveda (Morelia)
Ariel González (Irapuato)- Carlos Alberto Campos (Pumas Morelos)
- Carlos Ochoa (Morelia)
- Daniel Montenegro (América)
- David Izazola (Pumas Morelos)
Diego Guastavino (Querétaro)- Diego Mejía (Neza)
- Diego Ordaz (San Luis)
- Eduardo Herrera Aguirre (Pumas)
Félix Borja (Pachuca)- Fidel Martinez (Tijuana)
Gustavo Ramirez (Dorados)- Joao Rojas (Morelia)
- Jorge Mora (Correcaminos)
- Jose Maria Cardenas (América)
- Julio Cesar Pardini (Celaya)
- Luis Eduardo Rodríguez Chávez (Atlante)
- Marco Gómez (Mérida)
- Matías Britos (León)
- Miguel Layún (América)
- Oscar Fernández (Altamira)
- Roberto Nicolás Saucedo (Correcaminos)
Santiago Tréllez (San Luis)- Sergio Rosas (Correcaminos)
Sonny Guadarrama (Mérida)- Alfredo González Tahuilán (Tijuana)
- 1 goal
- Abraham Avalos (Irapuato)
- Addiel Reyes (Mérida)
- Adolfo Domínguez (Tijuana)
Adolfo Rosinei (América)- Adrián Ruelas (Veracruz)
- Alfredo Frausto (Dorados)
- Antonio Salazar (Chiapas)
- Armando Pulido (Querétaro)
- Arturo Ortiz (León)
- Brayan Martinez (Puebla)
- Carlos Balcázar (Irapuato)
- Carlos Esquivel (Toluca)
- César Morales (Altamira)
- César Villaluz (San Luis)
- Christian Giménez (Cruz Azul)
- Christián Lillo (Altamira)
- Cuauhtémoc Blanco (Dorados)
- Daniel Cervantes (Necaxa)
- Dante Garay (Pumas Morelos)
- Diego De Buen (Puebla)
- Diego Jiménez (Mérida)
- Diego Martiñones (Estudiantes Tecos)
- Eder Pacheco (Correcaminos)
- Edgar Ivan Pacheco (León)
- Eduardo Lillingston (Estudiantes Tecos)
- Edy German Brambila (Toluca)
- Emanuel Loeschbor (Neza)
- Emmanuel Cerda (San Luis)
- Emmanuel Sánchez Valdez (La Piedad)
- Erik Pimentel (América)
Ever Alfaro (Mérida)- Ever Guzman (Neza)
- Flavio Santos (Atlas)
- Fernando Sinecio González (La Piedad)
- Guillermo Rojas (San Luis)
- Héctor Acosta (Toluca)
- Héctor Miguel Gómez (Universidad de Guadalajara)
- Héctor Velázquez (Dorados)
- Herminio Miranda (Puebla)
- Horacio Cervantes (Necaxa)
Ignacio del Moral (Altamira)- Íñigo Rey (Irapuato)
- Ismael Íñiguez (Lobos BUAP)
- Ísrael Valadez (Irapuato)
- Iván Vázquez (Correcaminos)
- Jair Garcia (Puebla)
- Jesús Armando Sánchez (La Piedad)
- Jesús Isijara (Necaxa)
- Jesús Lara (Cruz Azul)
- Jesús Roberto Chávez (Puebla)
- Jorge García Carpizo (Querétaro)
- Jorge Zárate (Chiapas)
- José Antonio Rosas (Neza)
- José Francisco Torres (Pachuca)
- José Juan Vázquez (León)
- José Rodolfo Reyes (Neza)
- Josué Perea Aguilar (Irapuato)
- Jovanni Yazhin Hurtado Meza (Leones Negros)
- Juan Carlos Enriquez (Querétaro)
- Juan Carlos Medina (América)
- Juan Carlos Meza (Celaya)
- Juan Carlos Silva (San Luis)
- Juan Ignacio González (León)
- Juan José Calderón (León)
- Julio Atilano (Neza)
- Julio Gómez González (Pachuca)
- Lampros Kontogiannis (Correcaminos)
- Lorenzo Ramírez (Dorados)
- Luis Alberto Sánchez (Pachuca)
- Luis Ángel Landín (Querétaro)
- Luis Ángel Mendoza (San Luis)
- Luis Bolanos (Atlas)
- Luis Fernando Sánchez (Altamira)
- Luis Garcia Sanz (Pumas)
- Luis Nieves (León)
- Luis Orozco (Veracruz)
- Mariano Trujillo (Chiapas)
- Matías Abelairas (Puebla)
- Mauricio Romero Alvizu (Veracruz)
- Miguel Angel Herrera (Pachuca)
- Miguel Sansores (Neza)
- Nestor Diaz (Leones Negros)
- Omar Tejeda (Lobos BUAP)
- Óscar Emilio Rojas (La Piedad)
- Pablo César Aguilar (Tijuana)
- Rafael Iván Ortiz (Puebla)
- Rafael Murguía (La Piedad)
- Raúl Meráz (Pachuca)
- Richard Ruíz (Tijuana)
- Rodolfo Espinoza (Correcaminos)
- Rodrigo Noya (Mérida)
- Rodrigo Prieto (Neza)
- Rolando Sena (Correcaminos)
- Sebastián Fernández (San Luis)
- Sergio Javier Nápoles (Atlante)
- Sergio Santana (Atlas)
- Simón Steven Almeida Trinidad (Pachuca)
- Sinha (Toluca)
- Víctor Mañon (Pachuca)
- Victor Lojero (Necaxa)
- Victor Rosales (Pumas Morelos)
- Walter Jiménez (Irapuato)
- Yasser Corona (Chiapas)
- Own goals
Broadcast
Five television networks have the broadcasting rights. During the Group Stage, the networks will broadcast either one or two groups:[4]
- TVC Deportes: Groups 1 & 3.
- TDN: Groups 5 & 6.
- ESPN Deportes: Group 2.
- Fox Deportes: Group 4.
- SKY México: Group 7.
The broadcasting rights for the Championship Stage are shared between all the networks.