The 2011–12 Monterrey season was the 65th professional season of Mexico's top-flight football league. The season is split into two tournaments—the Torneo Apertura and the Torneo Clausura—each with identical formats and each contested by the same eighteen teams. Monterrey began their season on July 23, 2011, against Chiapas, Monterrey play their homes games on Saturdays at 5:00pm local time.
In addition to the Primera División, Monterrey will play in the 2011–12 edition of the CONCACAF Champions League, in which they are the defending champions. Monterrey earned a direct berth into group stage by winning the 2010 Apertura. They opened their Champions League campaign on August 17, 2011, against Herediano of Costa Rica.
Monterrey won the CONCACAF Champions League for the second year and qualified to the 2012 FIFA Club World Cup when they defeated Santos Laguna in the final.
Torneo Apertura
Squad
Regular season
Apertura 2011 results
Monterrey did not qualify to the Final Phase
Goalscorers
PositionNationNameGoals scored 1. César Delgado 6 2. Luis Ernesto Pérez 5 2. Humberto Suazo 5 4. Neri Cardozo 3 5. Darío Carreño 2 5. Sergio Pérez 2 7. Walter Ayoví 1 7. Darío Carreño 1 7. Jesús Manuel Corona 1 7. Sergio Santana 1 7. Jesús Zavala 1TOTAL
Results
Results summary
Results by round
Transfers
In # PosNat PlayerAge From DateNotes FWOthoniel Arce22San LuisNovember 25, 2011Othoniel Arce es el primer refuerzo rayado. MedioTiempo.MFÁngel Reyna27AméricaDecember 21, 2011Rayados anuncia la llegada de Ángel Reyna. MedioTiempo.
Out #Pos Nat PlayerAge To Date Notes 22DFWilliam Paredes26San LuisNovember 25, 2011Paredes y Ordaz reforzarán al San Luis. ESPN Deportes.33MFMarvin Piñón20CorrecaminosDecember 17, 2011Marvin Piñón, refuerzo de Correcaminos . Info Norte.
Torneo Clausura
Squad
Regular season
Clausura 2012 results
Final phase
Monterrey advanced 4–3 on aggregate
Monterrey advanced 2–0 on aggregate
Santos Laguna won 3–2 on aggregate
Goalscorers
Regular season PositionNationNameGoals scored 1. Aldo de Nigris 9 2. Humberto Suazo 7 3. César Delgado 3 3. Ángel Reyna 3 5. Walter Ayoví 2 5. Darío Carreño 2 7. Othoniel Arce 1 7. José María Basanta 1 7. Neri Cardozo 1 7. Dárvin Chávez 1 7. Luis Ernesto Pérez 1 7. Jesús Zavala 1TOTAL Source:
Final phase PositionNationNameGoals scored 1. José María Basanta 2 1. Aldo de Nigris 2 3. César Delgado 1 3. Ángel Reyna 1 3. Humberto Suazo 1 3. Jesús Zavala 1TOTAL
Results
Results summary
Results by round
CONCACAF Champions League
Group standings Team Monterrey6402114+712 Seattle Sounders FC6312107+310 Comunicaciones6213813−57 Herediano6204611−56
Group stage
Quarter-finals
Monterrey won 7–2 on aggregate.
Semifinals
Monterrey won 4–1 on aggregate.
Final
Monterrey won 3–2 on aggregate
Monterrey won second title in history
Goalscorers
PositionNationNameGoals scored 1. Darío Carreño 5 1. Humberto Suazo 5 3. Aldo de Nigris 4 4. Luis Ernesto Pérez 2 5. Walter Ayoví 1 5. Jesús Manuel Corona 1 5. César Delgado 1 5. Héctor Morales 1 5. Ángel Reyna 1 5. Sergio Santana 1TOTAL
FIFA Club World Cup
Monterrey participated in the 2011 FIFA Club World Cup in Japan as the winner of the 2010–11 CONCACAF Champions League from 8 to 18 December 2011. Monterrey began their participation on December 11, 2011, against Kashiwa Reysol, team that defeated Auckland City in the preliminary round.
Squad
Quarter-finals
Match for fifth place
References