The Liguilla () of the Apertura 2012 season was a final knockout tournament involving the top seven teams of the Ascenso MX league. The winner qualified to the playoff match against the Clausura 2013 winner. If the winner of both tournaments was the same team, the team would have been promoted to the 2013–14 Liga MX season without playing the Promotional Final.
Teams The first team in the general table qualified for the semifinals. The six next best teams in the general table qualified to the quarterfinals.
TeamManagerCaptainPerformance at the 2012 Apertura1Necaxa Jaime Ordiales Víctor Lojero149413018+12312Neza Carlos Bustos Diego Mejía146621914+5243Estudiantes Tecos Héctor Hugo Eugui Diego Jiménez146531612+4234Lobos BUAP Sergio Orduña Alex Diego147252017+3235Mérida Ricardo Valiño Eder Patiño146531412+2236La Piedad Cristóbal Ortega Luis Antonio Martínez146442116+5227Dorados Francisco Javier Ramírez Cuauhtémoc Blanco146442322+122
Bracket The six best teams after the first place played two games against each other on a home-and-away basis. The winner of each match up was determined by aggregate score. If the teams were tied, the Away goals rule applied.
The teams were seeded one to seven in quarterfinals, and were re-seeded one to four in semifinals depending on their position in the general table. The higher seeded teams played on their home field during the second leg.
If the two teams were tied after both legs, the away goals rule applied. If both teams still tied, higher seeded team advanced.As appears in as Ascenso MX competition rules 2012-2013 Teams were re-seeded every round. The winner qualified to the playoff match vs the Clausura 2013 winner. However, if the winner was the same in both tournaments, they would have been the team promoted to the 2012–13 Mexican Primera División season without playing the Promotional Final
Quarterfinals
First leg
Second leg
All game schedules are expressed in CST time, except where indicated.
Semifinals
First leg
Second leg
Round tied 3-3. Dorados advance to Final by the away goal rule
All game schedules are in CST time, except where indicated.
Final
First leg
Second leg
Apertura 2012 winner:La Piedad2nd Title
Top goalscorers - Liguilla (Playoffs) Last Updated on December 2, 2012. Players sorted first by goals scored, then by goal frequency (Minutes played/Goals scored). Rank Player Club Goals Goal freq.1 Gustavo A. RamírezDorados482.752 Juan Manuel CavalloLa Piedad4113.003 Danny SantoyaNecaxa284.004 C. E. de SouzaLobos BUAP2154.505 Rafael MurguíaLa Piedad2241.506 Diego MartiñonesTecos190.007 Ever AlfaroMérida1101.008 Fernando Sinecio GonzálezLa Piedad1132.009 Aparecido LimaLobos BUAP1143.0010 Gabriel EspañaMérida1161.0011 Ever GuzmánNeza1163.0012 Michel GarcíaNecaxa1168.0013 Diego JiménezMérida1180.0014 Eduardo LillingstonTecos1180.0015 Hebert AlférezLobos BUAP1266.00
Source: Ascenso MX - Apertura 2012 Liguilla goalscorers official page
References
External links Liga MX and Ascenso MX Official Website