Liga MX 2018/19
The 2018/19 season of the Mexican soccer league MX started on Friday, July 20, 2018 with the match between the Tiburones Rojos Veracruz and the UNAM Pumas , which the guest from the capital won 2-0. The goals for the Pumas were scored by Felipe Mora and Pablo Barrera .
Moved up and down
The Lobos de la BUAP, who were relegated to sport at the end of the preseason , were allowed to keep the class after paying a fee of 6 million US dollars because the second division champion of the previous season , Cafetaleros de Tapachula, as an uncertified team, achieved promotion to the top division in sporting terms was not allowed to perceive. So there were no changes compared to the previous season.
Liguillas of the Apertura 2018
Quarter finals
As the only club outside of Mexico City, the CF Monterrey managed to qualify for the semi-finals.
| total | First leg | Return leg | ||
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| Querétaro FC | 1: 3 | Cruz Azul | 0: 2 | 1: 1 |
| CF Monterrey | 3-0 | Santos Laguna | 1-0 | 2-0 |
| Deportivo Toluca | 4: 5 | Club America | 2: 2 | 2: 3 |
| UANL Tigres | 3: 4 | UNAM Pumas | 2: 1 | 1: 3 |
Semifinals
Cruz Azul prevails due to the better place in the table in the league round.
| total | First leg | Return leg | ||
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| CF Monterrey | 1: 1 | Cruz Azul | 1-0 | 0: 1 |
| UNAM Pumas | 2: 7 | Club America | 1: 1 | 1: 6 |
final
For the fourth time (after 1971/72, 1988/89 and the Clausura 2013) there was a Clásico Joven in the final . Cruz Azul could only prevail in the first comparison in 1972. In the other three confrontations, the Club America always had the upper hand.
| total | First leg | Return leg | ||
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| Club America | 2-0 | Cruz Azul | 0-0 | 2-0 |
Liguillas of the Clausura 2019
Quarter finals
The UANL Tigres and the CF Monterrey prevail due to the better place in the table in the league round. In addition, there will be a new edition of the final of the Apertura 2018 in the quarter-finals and again the Club America prevailed in this Clásico Joven .
| total | First leg | Return leg | ||
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| CF Pachuca | 2: 2 | UANL Tigres | 1: 1 | 1: 1 |
| Club Tijuana | 2: 5 | Club León | 1: 3 | 1: 2 |
| Club Necaxa | 1: 1 | CF Monterrey | 1-0 | 0: 1 |
| Club America | 3: 2 | Cruz Azul | 3: 1 | 0: 1 |
Semifinals
In both matches, later finalists only prevail because of the better place in the table in the league round. In addition, in the semifinals there will be a new edition of the final pairing from the Apertura 2017 and again the Tigres prevail in this Clásico Regiomontano .
| total | First leg | Return leg | ||
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| CF Monterrey | 1: 1 | UANL Tigres | 1-0 | 0: 1 |
| Club America | 1: 1 | Club León | 0: 1 | 1-0 |
final
The UANL Tigres have won their fourth championship title in the last four years.
| total | First leg | Return leg | ||
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| UANL Tigres | 1-0 | Club León | 1-0 | 0-0 |
Tables
Final table of the Apertura 2018
For the first time in 12 years ( Apertura 2006 ), the three clubs from the capital occupy the top three places in the table.
| rank | society | Sp. | S. | U | N | Gates | Diff. | Pt. |
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| 1. | CD Cruz Azul | 17th | 11 | 3 | 3 | 26:13 | +13 | 36 |
| 2. | Club America | 17th | 9 | 6th | 2 | 33:17 | +16 | 33 |
| 3. | UNAM Pumas | 17th | 8th | 6th | 3 | 29:19 | +10 | 30th |
| 4th | Santos Laguna | 17th | 8th | 6th | 3 | 27:18 | + 9 | 30th |
| 5. | CF Monterrey | 17th | 9 | 3 | 5 | 25:19 | + 6 | 30th |
| 6th | UANL Tigres | 17th | 8th | 5 | 4th | 32:18 | +14 | 29 |
| 7th | Deportivo Toluca | 17th | 8th | 2 | 7th | 27:22 | + 5 | 26th |
| 8th. | Querétaro FC | 17th | 7th | 5 | 5 | 19:20 | - 1 | 26th |
| 9. | Monarcas Morelia | 17th | 7th | 4th | 6th | 23:26 | - 3 | 25th |
| 10. | CF Pachuca | 17th | 6th | 6th | 5 | 26:18 | + 8 | 24 |
| 11. | Chivas Guadalajara | 17th | 5 | 5 | 7th | 21:22 | - 1 | 20th |
| 12. | Puebla FC | 17th | 5 | 5 | 7th | 23:30 | - 7th | 20th |
| 13. | Lobos BUAP | 17th | 5 | 4th | 8th | 21:25 | - 4th | 19th |
| 14th | Club León | 17th | 5 | 3 | 9 | 18:23 | - 5th | 18th |
| 15th | Club Tijuana | 17th | 4th | 5 | 8th | 13:24 | –11 | 17th |
| 16. | Club Necaxa | 17th | 3 | 5 | 9 | 19:29 | -10 | 14th |
| 17th | CF Atlas | 17th | 2 | 5 | 10 | 11:27 | -16 | 11 |
| 18th | TR Veracruz | 17th | 2 | 4th | 11 | 17:40 | -23 | 10 |
Final table of the Clausura 2019
| rank | society | Sp. | S. | U | N | Gates | Diff. | Pt. |
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| 1. | Club León | 17th | 13 | 2 | 2 | 41:14 | +27 | 41 |
| 2. | UANL Tigres | 17th | 11 | 4th | 2 | 33:16 | +17 | 37 |
| 3. | CF Monterrey | 17th | 8th | 6th | 3 | 33:21 | +12 | 30th |
| 4th | CD Cruz Azul | 17th | 8th | 6th | 3 | 26:15 | +11 | 30th |
| 5. | Club America | 17th | 9 | 2 | 6th | 28:19 | + 9 | 29 |
| 6th | Club Necaxa | 17th | 8th | 5 | 4th | 32:24 | + 8 | 29 |
| 7th | CF Pachuca | 17th | 8th | 4th | 5 | 32:26 | + 6 | 28 |
| 8th. | Club Tijuana | 17th | 9 | 1 | 7th | 25:20 | + 5 | 28 |
| 9. | Deportivo Toluca | 17th | 7th | 4th | 6th | 28:23 | + 3 | 25th |
| 10. | Puebla FC | 17th | 6th | 6th | 5 | 18:21 | - 3 | 24 |
| 11. | Santos Laguna | 17th | 6th | 4th | 7th | 21:23 | - 2nd | 22nd |
| 12. | Lobos BUAP | 17th | 6th | 2 | 9 | 17:34 | -17 | 20th |
| 13. | CF Atlas | 17th | 6th | 1 | 10 | 19:28 | - 9 | 19th |
| 14th | Chivas Guadalajara | 17th | 5 | 3 | 9 | 16:21 | - 5th | 18th |
| 15th | UNAM Pumas | 17th | 4th | 5 | 8th | 19:26 | - 7th | 17th |
| 16. | Monarcas Morelia | 17th | 2 | 7th | 8th | 20:31 | –11 | 13 |
| 17th | Querétaro FC | 17th | 3 | 2 | 12 | 11:30 | -19 | 11 |
| 18th | TR Veracruz | 17th | 0 | 4th | 13 | 7:34 | -27 | 0 1 |
1 Because Veracruz only scored 4 points and 6 points were deducted, the Tiburones Rojos finished the tournament without points.
Cross table 2018/19
The cross table shows the results of all games this season. The name of the home team is listed in the left column, the logo of the visiting team in the top row.
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| America | 3-0 | 0-0 | 1: 1 | 0: 3 | 3-0 | 3-0 | 2: 1 | 1: 3 | 3-0 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 3-0 | 1: 1 | 3-0 | 2: 2 | 4: 1 | |
| Atlas | 1: 2 | 0: 2 | 0: 1 | 0-0 | 3: 1 | 2-0 | 0: 1 | 1: 2 | 0-0 | 1: 2 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 0: 1 | 2-0 | 0: 1 | 0: 3 | 4: 3 | |
| Cruz Azul | 0-0 | 2-0 | 0: 1 | 3-0 | 2: 1 | 2: 1 | 1: 1 | 2: 1 | 4: 1 | 3-0 | 3-0 | 1: 2 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 2: 1 | 4: 1 | |
| Guadalajara | 0: 2 | 3-0 | 0: 1 | 2: 1 | 0: 1 | 0: 2 | 1: 2 | 1-0 | 1: 3 | 1: 3 | 1: 1 | 1: 2 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 0: 1 | 1: 2 | 0-0 | |
| Leon | 2-0 | 5: 2 | 2-0 | 0: 1 | 0: 1 | 0: 2 | 1: 2 | 2: 1 | 2: 1 | 0: 4 | 4-0 | 3-0 | 0: 1 | 3-0 | 2: 2 | 1: 2 | 2-0 | |
| Lobos | 0: 2 | 0-0 | 1: 4 | 1: 1 | 0: 1 | 1: 2 | 3: 1 | 2: 3 | 1: 1 | 0: 4 | 3: 1 | 2-0 | 3: 1 | 2-0 | 0: 3 | 2: 1 | 2-0 | |
| Monterrey | 3: 2 | 3: 1 | 2: 2 | 2: 4 | 2: 2 | 4-0 | 2: 2 | 2: 2 | 5-0 | 0-0 | 2: 1 | 4-0 | 3-0 | 2: 1 | 1: 1 | 1-0 | 2-0 | |
| Morelia | 2: 2 | 1: 2 | 0: 2 | 1-0 | 2: 3 | 1: 1 | 2: 3 | 2: 1 | 1: 1 | 2-0 | 1: 4 | 3: 1 | 1: 4 | 1: 3 | 0: 2 | 0-0 | 2-0 | |
| Necaxa | 2: 1 | 2: 2 | 2-0 | 3: 3 | 0: 2 | 1-0 | 1: 1 | 0-0 | 2: 2 | 2: 2 | 1-0 | 0: 1 | 1: 2 | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | 2: 1 | 2-0 | |
| Pachuca | 1: 3 | 1-0 | 3: 1 | 3: 1 | 1: 1 | 3-0 | 0: 1 | 2-0 | 6: 2 | 2-0 | 3-0 | 1: 1 | 4-0 | 3: 2 | 1: 1 | 1-0 | 9: 2 | |
| Puebla | 2: 3 | 2-0 | 1: 1 | 2: 2 | 0: 3 | 2: 2 | 2: 1 | 1: 1 | 1: 4 | 1: 1 | 1-0 | 1: 1 | 0-0 | 2: 1 | 1: 1 | 1-0 | 1: 2 | |
| Querétaro | 1: 1 | 1: 2 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 0: 4 | 2-0 | 1: 2 | 3-0 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 0: 1 | 2: 1 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0: 2 | 0: 2 | 2: 1 | |
| Santos Laguna | 1: 1 | 3: 1 | 1: 1 | 1-0 | 3-0 | 2: 1 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 1: 2 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 2: 1 | 1: 1 | 4-0 | 3: 1 | 5: 2 | 1: 1 | |
| Tijuana | 3: 2 | 3: 1 | 1: 1 | 2: 1 | 1: 1 | 1: 2 | 1-0 | 2: 3 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 4-0 | 1: 1 | 2: 2 | 2-0 | 0: 3 | 0: 1 | 3-0 | |
| Toluca | 3: 2 | 2-0 | 1: 1 | 2: 2 | 1: 2 | 4-0 | 5: 1 | 2-0 | 3: 2 | 2: 1 | 2-0 | 4-0 | 2: 1 | 3-0 | 0: 1 | 0: 1 | 3: 1 | |
| UANL | 2: 3 | 3: 1 | 0: 1 | 2: 1 | 2-0 | 2: 2 | 0-0 | 3: 3 | 3: 2 | 3-0 | 6: 1 | 4: 1 | 2: 1 | 1-0 | 1: 2 | 2-0 | 4-0 | |
| UNAM | 1-0 | 2: 2 | 1: 2 | 2: 1 | 1: 3 | 4: 2 | 1: 1 | 2: 2 | 5: 3 | 0-0 | 2: 2 | 0: 1 | 1: 1 | 1-0 | 2: 2 | 3: 3 | 0-0 | |
| Veracruz | 0: 2 | 0: 1 | 1: 1 | 0: 2 | 0: 4 | 0: 1 | 0: 1 | 2: 2 | 0-0 | 2: 3 | 0: 1 | 2: 2 | 2: 2 | 1-0 | 2: 3 | 0: 2 | 0: 2 |
Individual evidence
- ↑ TR de Veracruz vs Pumas UNAM 0-2 at de.soccerway.com
- ↑ The Mexican season 2017/18 on RSSSF (English)
- ↑ Mexico City clubs roar back in Apertura after Monterrey dominance at Goal.com (English; article from November 2, 2018)
- ↑ The Mexican season 2006/07 on RSSSF (English)
- ↑ Daniel Karell (yahoo): Veracruz docked points by FIFA, down to zero in Liga MX standings (English; article from April 16, 2019)