The 2012–13 Tijuana season was the 66th 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. Tijuana began their season on July 20, 2012 against Puebla, Tijuana played most of their homes games on Fridays at 5:30pm local time in the Apertura season and at 5PM local time in the Clausura season. On December 2, 2012, Tijuana defeated Toluca 2–0 (4–1 on aggregate) to win their first Liga MX title. Tijuana did not qualify to the final phase in the Clausura tournament and were eliminated by Atlético Mineiro in the quarter-finals of the Copa Libertadores.
Torneo Apertura
Squad
(Captain)
Regular season
Apertura 2012 results
Final phase
Tijuana advanced 2–1 on aggregate
Tijuana advanced 3–2 on aggregate
Tijuana won 4–1 on aggregate
Tijuana won their first title in history
Goalscorers
Regular season PositionNationNameGoals scored 1. Duvier Riascos 8 2. Alfredo Moreno 5 3. Pablo Aguilar 3 3. Fernando Arce 3 5. Joshua Abrego 1 5. Greg Garza 1 5. Cristian Pellerano 1 5. Own Goals 1TOTAL
Source:
Final phase PositionNationNameGoals scored 1. Pablo Aguilar 2 1. Fidel Martínez 2 1. Duvier Riascos 2 1. Richard Ruiz 2 5. Greg Garza 1TOTAL
Results
Results summary
Results by round
Copa MX
Group stage
Apertura results
Knockout stage
Goalscorers
PositionNationNameGoals scored 1. Raúl Enríquez 3 1. Raúl Nava 3 3. Fidel Martínez 2 3. Alfredo González Tahuilán 2 5. Pablo Aguilar 1 5. Adolfo Domínguez 1 5. Richard Ruíz 1TOTAL
Results
Results by round
Torneo Clausura
Squad
(Captain)
Regular season
Clausura 2013 results
Tijuana did not qualify to the Final Phase
Goalscorers
PositionNationNameGoals scored 1. Duvier Riascos 5 2. Alfredo Moreno 3 3. Raúl Enríquez 2 3. Fidel Martínez 2 3. Richard Ruiz 2 6. Pablo Aguilar 1 6. Fernando Arce 1 6. Daniel Márquez 1 6. Cristian Pellerano 1 6. Bruno Piceno 1TOTAL
Results
Results summary
Results by round
Copa Libertadores
Group 5
Second stage
Copa Libertadores results
Knockout stage
Tijuana won on points 4–1.
Tied on points 2–2, Atlético Mineiro won on away goals.
Goalscorers PositionNationNameGoals scored 1. Fidel Martínez 4 2. Duvier Riascos 3 3. Pablo Aguilar 1 3. Fernando Arce 1 3. Edgar Castillo 1 3. Joe Corona 1 3. Javier Gandolfi 1 3. Richard Ruiz 1TOTAL
Results
Results summary
Results by round
References