2017–18 Liga MX season

Liga MX
Season	2017–18
Champions	Apertura:; UANL (6th title); Clausura:; Santos Laguna; (6th title)
Relegated	None
Champions League	UANL; Monterrey; Santos Laguna; Toluca
Matches played	306
Goals scored	775 (2.53 per match)
Top goalscorer	Apertura:; Mauro Boselli; Avilés Hurtado; (11 goals); Clausura:; Djaniny; (14 goals)
Biggest home win	Apertura:; UANL 5–0 Puebla; (July 22, 2017); Necaxa 5–0 BUAP; (October 28, 2017); Clausura:; BUAP 5–0 Veracruz; (February 24, 2018); Cruz Azul 5–0 Pachuca; (March 10, 2018)
Biggest away win	Apertura:; Querétaro 0–4 BUAP; (July 29, 2017); Clausura:; León 0–4 Necaxa; (January 27, 2018); Puebla 2–6 Pachuca; (April 6, 2018)
Highest scoring	Apertura:; León 6–2 Veracruz; (October 28, 2017); Clausura:; Puebla 2–6 Pachuca; (April 6, 2018)
Longest winning run	Apertura: 5 matches; León; Monterrey; Clausura: 9 matches; Toluca
Longest unbeaten run	Apertura: 11 matches; Monterrey; Clausura: 11 matches; América
Longest winless run	Apertura: 12 matches; Querétaro; Clausura: 8 matches; BUAP; Cruz Azul; UNAM
Longest losing run	Apertura: 5 matches; Veracruz; Clausura: 5 matches; BUAP; Puebla
Highest attendance	Apertura: 51,507; Monterrey vs América; (October 28, 2017); Clausura: 51,307; America vs Cruz Azul; (March 31, 2018)
Lowest attendance	Apertura: 4,651; BUAP vs Tijuana; (October 17, 2017); Clausura: 7,183; BUAP vs Atlas; (February 10, 2018)
Total attendance	Apertura: 3,571,757; Clausura: 3,881,277; Overall: 7,453,034
Average attendance	Apertura: 23,345; Clausura: 25,368
	← 2016–17 2018–19 → Stats are from the regular season only; Source: ESPN FC

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The 2017–18 Liga MX season (known as the Liga BBVA Bancomer MX for sponsorship reasons) was the 71st professional season of the top-flight football league in Mexico. The season is split into two championships—the Torneo Apertura and the Torneo Clausura—each in an identical format and each contested by the same eighteen teams.

Teams, stadiums, and personnel

These are the eighteen teams that competed in the 2017-18 season. Chiapas was relegated to the Ascenso MX after accumulating the lowest coefficient last season, and were replaced by the Ascenso MX Clausura 2017 champion Lobos BUAP, who won promotion after defeating the Ascenso MX Apertura 2016 champion Dorados de Sinaloa in the 2016–17 Ascenso MX Promotion Final.

Stadiums and locations

América	Atlas	BUAP	Cruz Azul	Guadalajara	León
Estadio Azteca	Estadio Jalisco	Estadio Universitario BUAP	Estadio Azul	Estadio Akron	Estadio León
Capacity: 87,000	Capacity: 55,110	Capacity: 19,283	Capacity: 33,000	Capacity: 45,364	Capacity: 31,297
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Monterrey	Morelia	Necaxa	Pachuca	Puebla	Querétaro
Estadio BBVA Bancomer	Estadio Morelos	Estadio Victoria	Estadio Hidalgo	Estadio Cuauhtémoc	Estadio Corregidora
Capacity: 51,348	Capacity: 34,795	Capacity: 23,851	Capacity: 27,512	Capacity: 51,726	Capacity: 33,162
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Santos Laguna	Tijuana	Toluca	UANL	UNAM	Veracruz
Estadio Corona	Estadio Caliente	Estadio Nemesio Díez	Estadio Universitario	Estadio Olímpico Universitario	Estadio Luis "Pirata" Fuente
Capacity: 29,237	Capacity: 27,333	Capacity: 31,000	Capacity: 41,886	Capacity: 48,297	Capacity: 28,703
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Cruz Azul
América
UNAM

Locations of clubs for the 2016–17 Liga MX season

Personnel and kits

Team	Chairman	Head Coach	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor(s)
América	Santiago Baños	Miguel Herrera	Oribe Peralta	Nike	Huawei
Atlas	Gustavo Guzmán	Gerardo Espinoza (Interim)	Rafael Márquez	Adidas	Wibe
BUAP	Rafael Cañedo Carrión	Daniel Alcántar (Interim)	Francisco Javier Rodríguez	Keuka	Zurich
Cruz Azul	Guillermo Álvarez Cuevas	Pedro Caixinha	José de Jesús Corona	Under Armour	Cemento Cruz Azul
Guadalajara	Jorge Vergara	Matías Almeyda	Carlos Salcido	Puma
León	Jesús Martínez Murguia	Gustavo Díaz	Mauro Boselli	Pirma	Cementos Fortaleza
Monterrey	Duilio Davino	Antonio Mohamed	José María Basanta	Puma	AT&T
Morelia	Álvaro Dávila	Roberto Hernández	Gabriel Achilier	Pirma	Caliente
Necaxa	Ernesto Tinajero Flores	Ignacio Ambríz	Marcelo Barovero	Charly	Rolcar
Pachuca	Jesús Martínez Patiño	Diego Alonso	Erick Gutiérrez	Nike	Cementos Fortaleza
Puebla	Manuel Jiménez García	Enrique Meza	Óscar Rojas	Charly	Facebook
Querétaro	Jaime Ordiales	Luis Fernando Tena	Miguel Martínez	Puma	Banco Multiva
Santos Laguna	Alejandro Irarragorri	Robert Siboldi	Carlos Izquierdoz	Puma	Soriana
Tijuana	Jorge Hank Inzunsa	Diego Cocca	Ignacio Malcorra	Charly	Caliente
Toluca	Francisco Suinaga	Hernán Cristante	Antonio Rios	Under Armour	Banamex
UANL	Alejandro Rodríguez Michelsen	Ricardo Ferretti	Juninho	Adidas	Cemex
UNAM	Rodrigo Ares de Parga	David Patiño	Pablo Barrera	Nike	DHL Express
Veracruz	Fidel Kuri Mustieles	Guillermo Vázquez	Pedro Gallese	Charly	Winpot

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Replaced by	Date of appointment	Position in table	Ref.
Pre-Apertura changes
América	Ricardo La Volpe	End of contract	May 7, 2017	Miguel Herrera	May 26, 2017	Preseason	^[1]
Tijuana	Miguel Herrera	Mutual agreement	May 26, 2017	Eduardo Coudet	May 26, 2017	Preseason	^[2]
Apertura changes
UNAM	Francisco Palencia	Sacked	August 23, 2017	Sergio Egea (interim)	August 23, 2017	15th	^[3]
León	Javier Torrente	Sacked	August 26, 2017	Rubén Ayala (Interim)	August 27, 2017	14th	^[4]
León	Rubén Ayala (Interim)	End of tenure as caretaker	August 27, 2017	Gustavo Díaz	August 30, 2017	14th	^[5]
Santos Laguna	José Manuel de la Torre	Sacked	September 18, 2017	Robert Siboldi (Interim)	September 18, 2017	15th	^[6]
Veracruz	Juan Antonio Luna	Sacked	September 23, 2017	José Cardozo	September 23, 2017	11th	^[7]
Puebla	Rafael García	Sacked	September 26, 2017	Ignacio Sánchez (Interim)	September 26, 2017	18th	^[8]
Puebla	Ignacio Sánchez (Interim)	End of tenure as caretaker	October 3, 2017	Enrique Meza	October 3, 2017	17th	^[9]
UNAM	Sergio Egea (Interim)	Resigned	October 3, 2017	David Patiño (Interim)	October 3, 2017	18th	^[10]
Querétaro	Jaime Lozano	Sacked	October 22, 2017	Luis Fernando Tena	October 22, 2017	18th	^[11]
Tijuana	Eduardo Coudet	Mutual agreement	October 30, 2017	Diego Torres Ortíz (Interim)	October 31, 2017	11th	^[12]
Pre-Clausura changes
Veracruz	José Cardozo	Sacked	November 23, 2017	Guillermo Vázquez	December 1, 2017	Preseason	^[13]
Cruz Azul	Paco Jémez	Mutual agreement	November 27, 2017	Pedro Caixinha	December 5, 2017	Preseason	^[14]
Tijuana	Diego Torres Ortíz (Interim)	End of tenure as caretaker	December 7, 2017	Diego Cocca	December 7, 2017	Preseason
Clausura changes
Atlas	José Guadalupe Cruz	Sacked	January 15, 2018	Gerardo Espinoza (Interim)	January 15, 2018	17th	^[15]
Atlas	Gerardo Espinoza (Interim)	End of tenure as caretaker	January 25, 2018	Rubén Omar Romano	January 25, 2018	17th	^[16]
Atlas	Rubén Omar Romano	Sacked	March 19, 2018	Gerardo Espinoza (Interim)	March 19, 2018	18th	^[17]
BUAP	Rafael Puente Jr.	Sacked	April 2, 2018	Daniel Alcántar (Interim)	April 2, 2018	18th	^[18]

Torneo Apertura

The Apertura 2017 is the first championship of the season.

Regular season

The season began on 21 July 2017 and ended on 19 November 2017.

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Monterrey	17	11	4	2	29	12	+17	37	Advance to Liguilla^{[lower-alpha 2]}
2	UANL (C)	17	9	5	3	28	16	+12	32
3	América	17	9	3	5	23	18	+5	30
4	Morelia	17	8	5	4	25	17	+8	29
5	Toluca	17	8	5	4	24	21	+3	29
6	Cruz Azul	17	7	6	4	22	22	0	27
7	León	17	8	2	7	27	23	+4	26
8	Atlas	17	7	4	6	23	19	+4	25
9	Necaxa	17	6	6	5	19	15	+4	24
10	BUAP	17	7	2	8	26	31	−5	23
11	Tijuana	17	6	3	8	17	23	−6	21
12	Pachuca	17	5	4	8	23	25	−2	19
13	Guadalajara	17	4	6	7	21	23	−2	18
14	Santos Laguna	17	3	9	5	20	23	−3	18
15	Puebla	17	3	7	7	14	20	−6	16
16	Querétaro	17	3	7	7	19	27	−8	16
17	Veracruz	17	4	2	11	14	28	−14	14	Team is last in Relegation table
18	UNAM	17	3	4	10	14	25	−11	13

Source: Liga MX
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results between tied teams; 5) Number of goals scored away; 6) Highest relegation coefficient; 7) Fair Play points
(C) Champion.
Notes:

↑ BUAP was supposed to be relegated but Tapachula were not certified to be promoted prior to the beginning of the season.
↑ The first 8 places in the table qualify for the Liguilla.

Positions by round

The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included in the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for matchday 13, but then postponed and played between days 16 and 17, it will be added to the standings for day 16.

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Results

Home \ Away	AMÉ	ATL	BUP	CAZ	GUA	LEÓ	MON	MOR	NEC	PAC	PUE	QUE	SLA	TIJ	TOL	UNL	UNM	VER
América	—				2–1				0–1		1–1	0–1				2–2	2–1	2–0
Atlas	0–1	—	1–1					0–1		1–1				1–0		1–1	2–1	2–0
BUAP	2–3		—	3–0		0–3	2–1	1–3		3–2			2–2	1–2
Cruz Azul	1–3	2–1		—	1–1		1–1						2–1		0–0	1-2		1–0
Guadalajara		1–2	1–2		—			1–2	2–2		0–1	0–0		3–1	0–0		1–1
León	2–1	0–3		2–2	0–2	—	1–2			3–1			1–2			1–0		6–2
Monterrey	2–0	2–1			4–1		—		1–0	2–0			1–1		4–1	2–0		1–0
Morelia	2–0			1–2		0–0	0–0	—		1–2			1–1	3–0		3–3
Necaxa		2–1	5–0	1–1		0–3		1–2	—		1–1	1–0		1–0			0–0
Pachuca	0–2			4–0	1–3				0–0	—	1–0	0–1			2–2	2–1		4–1
Puebla		1–2	0–1	0–0		0–1	2–0	1–1			—	2–2		1–1			0–3
Querétaro		2–2	0–4	1–2		1–2	2–2	2–1				—	1–2	1–3			1–1
Santos Laguna	0–1	0–1			1–1				3–2	2–2	0–0		—		0–0	1–1		2–3
Tijuana	1–1			0–2		2–1	0–3			2–1			2–0	—		0–1		0–0
Toluca	1–2	3–2	3–1			3–1		0–1	0–0		2–1	3–2		3–1	—		2–1
UANL			3–2		1–0				1–0		5–0	1–1			3–0	—	2–0	1–0
UNAM			2–0	1–4		2–0	0–1	1–2		1–0			2–2	0–2			—
Veracruz			0–1		2–3			2–1	0–2		2–0	1–1			0–1		1–0	—

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Liga MX

Regular Season statistics

Top goalscorers

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

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Mauro Boselli	León	11
1	Avilés Hurtado	Monterrey	11
3	Julio Furch	Santos Laguna	9
	Julián Quiñones	BUAP
	Raúl Ruidíaz	Morelia
	Enner Valencia	UANL
7	Víctor Guzmán	Pachuca	8
	Felipe Mora	Cruz Azul
	Camilo Sanvezzo	Querétaro
	Fernando Uribe	Toluca

Source: Liga MX

Top assists

Players sorted first by assists, then by last name.

Rank	Player	Club	Assists
1	Jonathan Urretaviscaya	Pachuca	9
2	Elías Hernández	León	7
2	Rubens Sambueza	Toluca	7
4	Osvaldo Martínez	Santos Laguna	6
4	Dorlan Pabón	Monterrey	6
6	Martín Barragán	Necaxa	5
7	Luis Montes	León	4
	Heriberto Olvera	BUAP
	Rodolfo Pizarro	Guadalajara
	Darwin Quintero	América
	Silvio Romero	América
	Carlos Sánchez	Monterrey
	Francisco Silva	Cruz Azul
	Eduardo Vargas	UANL
	Daniel Villalva	Veracruz

Source: Soccerway

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Enner Valencia	UANL	Puebla	5–0	22 July 2017

Clean sheets

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets	Avg.
1	Hugo González	Monterrey	8	0.63
1	Marcelo Barovero	Necaxa	8	0.88
3	Nahuel Guzmán	UANL	7	0.94
4	Sebastián Sosa	Morelia	6	1.00
5	Moisés Muñoz	Puebla	4	0.93
	Agustín Marchesín	América		1.06
	Luis Manuel García	Toluca		1.31
	Alfredo Saldívar	UNAM		1.47
9	Óscar Ustari	Atlas	3	0.71
	Gibrán Lajud	Tijuana		1.35
	José de Jesús Corona	Cruz Azul		1.38
	William Yarbrough	León		1.42
	Tiago Volpi	Querétaro		1.59

Source: Fox Sports

Saves

Rank	Player	Club	Saves
1	Sebastián Sosa	Morelia	75
2	Marcelo Barovero	Necaxa	67
2	Rodolfo Cota	Guadalajara	67
4	Tiago Volpi	Querétaro	63
5	Nahuel Guzmán	UANL	58
5	Agustín Marchesín	América	58
7	Jonathan Orozco	Santos Laguna	57
8	Alfredo Saldívar	UNAM	55
8	Gibrán Lajud	Tijuana	55
10	Luis Manuel García	Toluca	54
10	William Yarbrough	León	54

Source: Fox Sports

Attendance

Per team

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Monterrey	432,157	51,507	42,953	48,017	-0.98073937908497−1.9%^†
2	UANL	330,501	41,427	41,210	41,313	-0.99963704994193−0.0%^†
3	Atlas	264,985	49,579	22,294	33,123	-0.8890409855866−11.0%^†
4	América	212,385	47,532	19,081	30,341	-0.96722879275718−3.2%^†
5	Guadalajara	261,754	35,888	20,707	29,084	-0.81237954247088−18.7%^†
6	Tijuana	211,764	27,333	25,333	26,471	0.010767879644125+1.0%^†
7	Morelia	198,285	31,134	18,099	24,786	-0.83127075158467−16.8%^†
8	Cruz Azul	180,684	27,649	17,254	22,586	0.079378733572282+7.9%^†
9	Pachuca	196,344	25,138	15,345	21,816	-0.8583231695322−14.1%^†
10	León	190,271	25,450	16,400	21,141	0.018499783205665+1.8%^†
11	Santos Laguna	181,766	27,849	11,956	20,196	-0.79634083829502−20.3%^†
12	Toluca	194,267	27,480	12,584	19,427	-0.84885956479944−15.1%^†
13	Querétaro	164,902	21,952	13,789	18,322	-0.79577831827658−20.4%^†
14	UNAM	141,606	27,200	10,100	17,701	-0.58401794846415−41.5%²
15	Veracruz	115,762	18,929	11,375	14,470	-0.81205454851563−18.7%^†
16	Necaxa	121,418	17,750	7,225	13,491	-0.79752896665878−20.2%^†
17	Puebla	117,591	45,527	4,802	13,066	-0.53690006574622−46.3%^†
18	BUAP	83,164	19,283	4,651	10,396	3.9130434782609+391.3%¹
	League total	3,571,757	51,507	4,651	23,345	−15.9%^†

Source: Liga MX
Notes:
Only regular season listed
1: Team played in Ascenso MX last season.
2: UNAM played one home match at Estadio Corregidora

Highest and lowest

Highest attendance					Lowest attendance
Week	Home	Score	Away	Attendance	Home	Score	Away	Attendance
1	UANL	5–0	Puebla	41,269	BUAP	2–2	Santos Laguna	5,815
2	Monterrey	1–0	Veracruz	46,130	Puebla	1–1	Morelia	12,067
3	América	2–1	UNAM	45,256	BUAP	3–2	Pachuca	8,764
4	Atlas	0–1	América	49,313	Puebla	1–1	Tijuana	8,124
5	UANL	2–0	UNAM	41,427	Veracruz	1–1	Querétaro	14,436
6	Monterrey	4–1	Toluca	46,496	Puebla	0–1	León	6,232
7	UANL	3–2	BUAP	41,329	Toluca	2–1	Puebla	12,584
8	Monterrey	1–0	Necaxa	50,721	BUAP	1–3	Morelia	12,623
9	Monterrey	2–1	Atlas	47,106	Necaxa	1–1	Puebla	8,456
10	América	2–1	Guadalajara	47,532	BUAP	1–2	Tijuana	4,651
11	Monterrey	1–1	Santos Laguna	42,953	Puebla	1–2	Atlas	5,127
12	UANL	1–0	Guadalajara	41,322	BUAP	0–3	León	9,464
13	Monterrey	2–0	Pachuca	46,888	Puebla	2–2	Querétaro	4,802
14	UANL	3–0	Toluca	41,405	BUAP	3–0	Cruz Azul	14,230
15	Monterrey	2–0	América	51,348	Puebla	3–0	UNAM	12,481
16	UANL	1–0	Necaxa	41,210	BUAP	2–1	Monterrey	8,334
17	Monterrey	2–0	UANL	51,127	Necaxa	1–2	Morelia	17,750

Source: Liga MX

Liguilla – Apertura

Bracket

Apertura 2017 Liga MX championship stage

Teams are re-seeded each round.
Team with more goals on aggregate after two matches advances.
Away goals rule is applied in the quarterfinals and semifinals, but not the final.
In the quarterfinals and semifinals, if the two teams are tied on aggregate and away goals, the higher seeded team advances.
In the final, if the two teams are tied after both legs, the match goes to extra-time and, if necessary, a shootout.
Both finalists qualify to the 2019 CONCACAF Champions League (champions as MEX1, runners-up as MEX3).

Apertura 2017 winners:
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