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Liga MX
Season	2012–13
Champions	Apertura:; Tijuana (1st title); Clausura:; América (11th title)
Relegated	Querétaro
Champions League	Tijuana; Toluca; Cruz Azul; América
Copa Libertadores	Toluca; Tijuana; León
Matches played	326
Goals scored	804 (2.47 per match)
Top goalscorer	Apertura:; Christian Benítez; Esteban Paredes; (11 goals); Clausura:; Christian Benítez; (12 goals)
Biggest home win	Apertura:; Tigres 5–0 UNAM; (October 20, 2012); Clausura:; Cruz Azul 5–0 Tijuana; (April 13, 2013)
Biggest away win	Apertura:; Chiapas 0–4 Tigres; (July 20, 2012); Querétaro 0–4 América; (August 18, 2012); Clausura:; Monterrey 1–5 Cruz Azul; (May 4, 2013)
Highest scoring	Apertura:; América 4–2 Chiapas; (July 28, 2012); Morelia 3–3 San Luis; (August 3, 2012); Clausura:; Atlante 4–3 Chiapas; (January 27, 2013)
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The 2012–13 Liga MX season was the 66th professional season of the top-flight football league in Mexico, and the first under the league's current identity as "Liga MX". The season was split into two championships—the Torneo Apertura and the Torneo Clausura—each in an identical format and each contested by the same eighteen teams.

Clubs

Following is the list of the eighteen teams participating this season. Estudiantes Tecos was relegated to the Liga de Ascenso after accumulating the lowest coefficient over the past three seasons, ending its 36-year stay in the league. They were replaced by León, the winner of the 2011–12 Liga de Ascenso season. This was León's first season in the Mexican top flight after 10 years from being last relegated.

Cruz Azul
América
UNAM

Location of teams in the 2012–13 Liga MX

Club	Home City	Stadium	Capacity
América	Mexico City	Azteca	105,000
Atlante	Cancún	Andrés Quintana Roo	20,000
Atlas	Guadalajara	Jalisco	63,200
Chiapas	Tuxtla Gutiérrez	Víctor Manuel Reyna	31,500
Cruz Azul	Mexico City	Estadio Azul	35,000
Guadalajara	Guadalajara	Omnilife	49,850
León	León, Guanajuato	León	33,943
Monterrey	Monterrey	Tecnológico	38,000
Morelia	Morelia	Morelos	35,000
Pachuca	Pachuca, Hidalgo	Hidalgo	30,000
Puebla	Puebla	Cuauhtémoc	48,650
Querétaro	Querétaro	La Corregidora	36,500
San Luis	San Luis Potosí	Alfonso Lastras Ramírez	24,000
Santos Laguna	Torreón	Corona	30,000
Tijuana	Tijuana	Caliente	21,000
Toluca	Toluca	Nemesio Díez	27,000
UANL	San Nicolás	Universitario	42,000
UNAM	Mexico City	Olímpico Universitario	63,000

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Replaced by	Date of appointment	Position in table
Pre-Apertura changes
Guadalajara	Alberto Coyote	End of tenure as caretaker	April 23, 2012	John Van't Schip	April 23, 2012	15th
San Luis	Sergio Bueno	Resigned	April 29, 2012	José Luis Trejo	May 23, 2012	16th
UNAM	Guillermo Vázquez	Mutual consent	May 9, 2012	Joaquín del Olmo	May 25, 2012	13th
Pachuca	Efraín Flores	Mutual consent	May 9, 2012	Hugo Sánchez	May 15, 2012	6th
Morelia	Tomás Boy	Mutual consent	May 15, 2012	Rubén Omar Romano	May 21, 2012	4th
Cruz Azul	Enrique Meza	Mutual consent	May 15, 2012	Guillermo Vázquez	May 24, 2012	9th
Atlante	José Luis González China	End of tenure as caretaker	May 16, 2012	Ricardo La Volpe	May 16, 2012	14th
Toluca	Wilson Graniolatti	Sacked	May 17, 2012	Enrique Meza	May 18, 2012	10th
Querétaro	Ángel Comizzo	Sacked	May 21, 2012	Carlos de los Cobos	May 21, 2012	17th
Apertura changes
Puebla	Daniel Bartolotta	Sacked	August 17, 2012	Carlos Muñoz Cobo	August 17, 2012	17th
Puebla	Carlos Muñoz Cobo	End of tenure as caretaker	August 21, 2012	Daniel Guzmán	August 22, 2012	17th
Atlas	Juan Carlos Chávez	Mutual consent	August 27, 2012	Rubén Duarte	August 27, 2012	11th
San Luis	José Luis Trejo	Sacked	August 27, 2012	Alex Aguinaga	August 27, 2012	17th
UNAM	Joaquín del Olmo	Sacked	August 28, 2012	Juan Antonio Torres	August 28, 2012	12th
Atlas	Rubén Duarte	End of tenure as caretaker	August 30, 2012	Tomás Boy	August 30, 2012	11th
UNAM	Juan Antonio Torres	End of tenure as caretaker	August 31, 2012	Mario Carrillo	September 1, 2012	9th
Querétaro	Carlos de los Cobos	Sacked	September 4, 2012	Sergio Bueno	September 4, 2012	18th
UNAM	Mario Carrillo	Sacked	October 28, 2012	Juan Antonio Torres	October 30, 2012	11th
Puebla	Daniel Guzmán	Resigned	October 30, 2012	Carlos Poblete	October 30, 2012	16th
Pre-Clausura changes
Pachuca	Hugo Sánchez	Sacked	November 15, 2012	Gabriel Caballero	November 15, 2012	13th
Santos Laguna	Benjamín Galindo	Sacked	November 15, 2012	Pedro Caixinha	November 20, 2012	9th
San Luis	Alex Aguinaga	Sacked	November 15, 2012	Eduardo Fentanes	November 20, 2012	15th
Puebla	Carlos Poblete	End of tenure as caretaker	December 7, 2012	Manuel Lapuente	December 7, 2012	16th
Guadalajara	John Van't Schip	Sacked	January 2, 2013	Benjamín Galindo	January 2, 2013	9th
Clausura changes
Atlante	Ricardo La Volpe	Left due to health issues	January 28, 2013	Daniel Guzmán	January 29, 2013	15th
Querétaro	Sergio Bueno	Sacked	February 4, 2013	Ignacio Ambriz	February 4, 2013	14th
Morelia	Rubén Omar Romano	Sacked	February 18, 2013	Carlos Bustos	February 18, 2013	11th
San Luis	Eduardo Fentanes	Sacked	February 18, 2013	Carlos María Morales	February 18, 2013	18th
San Luis	Carlos María Morales	Resigned	March 12, 2013	Gerardo Silva	March 12, 2013	18th

Torneo Apertura

The 2012 Apertura was the first championship of the season. The Regular Season began on July 20, 2012 and ended on November 11, 2012. The Liguilla tournament began on November 14, 2012 and ended on December 2, 2012. Santos Laguna were the defending champion, having won their fourth title last season.

Regular season

Standings

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Results

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Liguilla – Apertura

Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals

1	Toluca	2	3	5

8	Guadalajara	1	1	2
					1	Toluca	2	1	3

					4	América	0	2	2
4	América	2	1	3

5	Morelia	0	2	2
										1	Toluca	1	0	1

										2	Tijuana	2	2	4
2	Tijuana	1	1	2

7	Monterrey	0	1	1
					2	Tijuana	0	3	3

					3	León	2	0	2
3	León	1	3	4

6	Cruz Azul	2	0	2

If the two teams are tied after both legs, the higher seeded team advances.
Both finalists qualify to the 2013–14 CONCACAF Champions League (champion in Pot A, runner-up in Pot B).

Apertura 2012 winners:
Tijuana 1st Title

Top goalscorers

Players sorted first by goals scored, then by last name.

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Christian Benítez	América	11
1	Esteban Paredes	Atlante	11
3	Nelson Sebastián Maz	León	8
	Luis Gabriel Rey	Chiapas	8
	Duvier Riascos	Tijuana	8
	Miguel Sabah	Morelia	8
7	Mariano Pavone	Cruz Azul	7
7	Carlos Quintero	Santos Laguna	7
9	Matías Britos	León	6
	Alfredo Moreno	Tijuana	6
	Héctor Mancilla	Atlas	6
	Rafael Marquez Lugo	Guadalajara	6
	Carlos Peña	León	6
	Humberto Suazo	Monterrey	6
	Luis Tejada	Toluca	6

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Alberto Acosta	UANL	UNAM	5–0	October 20, 2012
Christian Benítez	América	Pachuca	4–0	November 3, 2012

Torneo Clausura

The 2013 Clausura is the second and final championship of the season. The Regular Season began on January 4, 2013. Tijuana are the defending champions, having won their first title last season.

Regular season

Standings

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Results

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Liguilla – Clausura

Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals

1	UANL	0	1	1

9	Monterrey	1	1	2
					9	Monterrey	2	1	3

					2	America	2	2	4
2	América	1	2	3

7	UNAM	0	1	1
										2	America (pen.)	0	2	2 (4)

										5	Cruz Azul	1	1	2 (2)
3	Atlas	0	1	1

6	Santos Laguna	0	3	3
					6	Santos Laguna	0	1	1

					5	Cruz Azul	3	2	5
4	Morelia	2	1	3

5	Cruz Azul	4	0	4

If the two teams are tied after both legs, the higher seeded team advances.
Away goals rule is applied in the play-off round.
Both finalists qualify to the 2013–14 CONCACAF Champions League (champion in Pot A, runner-up in Pot B).

Clausura 2013 winners:
Club América 11th Title

Top goalscorers

As of May 5, 2013. Source LigaMX.net – Estadística – Tabla de Goleo Individual
Players sorted first by goals scored, then by last name.

Pos	Player	Club	Goals
1	Christian Benítez	América	17
2	Héctor Mancilla	Morelia	12
3	Mariano Pavone	Cruz Azul	12
4	Raúl Jiménez	América	10
5	Emmanuel Villa	UANL	9
7	Lucas Lobos	UANL	8
7	Oribe Peralta	Santos Laguna	8
9	Félix Borja	Puebla	7
	Javier Cortés	UNAM	7
	Rafael Márquez Lugo	Guadalajara	7

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Emanuel Villa	UANL	Chiapas	3–0	January 5, 2013
Christian Benítez	América	Cruz Azul	3–0	March 2, 2013
Christian Benítez	América	Pachuca	4–2	April 27, 2013
Mariano Pavone	Cruz Azul	Monterrey	5–1	May 4, 2013

Relegation

Pos	Team	'10 A Pts	'11 C Pts	'11 A Pts	'12 C Pts	'12 A Pts	'13 C Pts	Total Pts	Total Pld	Avg	Relegation
1	Cruz Azul	39	26	29	25	26	29	174	102	1.7059
2	UANL	24	35	28	31	21	35	174	102	1.7059
3	Santos Laguna	30	23	27	36	23	29	168	102	1.6471
4	Morelia	21	31	26	31	27	30	166	102	1.6275
5	América	27	26	15	32	31	32	163	102	1.598
6	Monterrey	32	26	24	32	23	23	160	102	1.5686
7	UNAM	25	35	25	16	23	29	153	102	1.5
8	Tijuana	0	0	18	28	34	21	101	68	1.4853
9	León	0	0	0	0	33	16	49	34	1.4412
10	Pachuca	25	18	26	28	21	20	138	102	1.3529
11	Toluca	22	21	20	22	34	18	137	102	1.3431
12	Guadalajara	22	25	30	15	23	16	131	102	1.2843
13	Chiapas	25	14	26	27	22	17	131	102	1.2843
14	San Luis	26	21	24	12	15	16	114	102	1.1176
15	Atlas	13	23	12	20	12	32	112	102	1.098
16	Atlante	16	27	19	16	20	13	111	102	1.0882
17	Puebla	19	18	22	19	13	19	110	102	1.0784
18	Querétaro	19	16	26	12	7	24	104	102	1.0196	Relegation

Updated to games played on May 5, 2013
Source: LigaMX.net – Estadística – Tabla General de Cociente

References

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 The '''2012–13 [[Liga MX]] season''' was the 66th professional season of the top-flight football league in [[Mexico]], and the first under the league's current identity as "Liga MX". The season was split into two championships—the [[#Torneo Apertura|Torneo Apertura]] and the [[#Torneo Clausura|Torneo Clausura]]—each in an identical format and each contested by the same eighteen teams.
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