2010 Primera División de México Apertura Liguilla
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The Liguilla of the 2010 Primera División de México Apertura was a final knockout tournament involving eight teams of the Primera División de México
. The tournament began on November 17, 2010 and concluded on December 5, 2010 with Monterrey beating Santos Laguna
5 – 3 on aggregate over two legs.
The teams were seeded one to eight in quarterfinals, and will be re-seeded one to four in semifinals, depending on their position in the general table. The higher seeded teams play on their home field during the second leg.
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Primera División de México
The Primera División Profesional , known simply as the Primera División, is the top level of the Mexican football league system and is administered by the Mexican Football Federation. It was established in 1943 and as of 2011 has 18 clubs. Up to June 2011, it was divided into three groups competing...
. The tournament began on November 17, 2010 and concluded on December 5, 2010 with Monterrey beating Santos Laguna
Santos Laguna
Club Santos Laguna is a Mexican football club. They represent the urban area of Comarca Lagunera, which is made up of Torreón, Gomez Palacio, and Lerdo. Santos Laguna currently plays in the Primera División. The club was founded in 1982, and reached Mexico's top division after buying the franchise...
5 – 3 on aggregate over two legs.
Teams
The 18 teams that participated in the 2010 Apertura were divided into three groups of six teams. The top two in each group qualify automatically. The two best teams in the general table not already qualified, regardless of group, qualify as well.| Team | Manager | Captain | Performance at the Apertura 2010 | ||||||||||
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| 1 |  Enrique Meza |
Gerardo Torrado Gerardo Torrado Gerardo Torrado Diez de Bonilla is an international Mexican football player, currently playing as a midfielder for Cruz Azul and is captain of the team. He is known as "El Borrego" for his bushy-like hair... |
17 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 33 | 13 | 39 | 1st | First place Group 3 | ||
| 2 | Víctor Vucetich Víctor Manuel Vucetich Víctor Manuel Vucetich Rojas is a former Mexican footballer and current manager of Monterrey of the Primera División de México. "Vuce" has coached ten teams in the Primera División de México, accomplishing five league championships with different clubs, two Copa México championships, an InterLiga... |
Luis Ernesto Pérez Luis Ernesto Pérez Luis Ernesto Pérez Gómez is a Mexican international footballer. He currently plays as a midfielder for CF Monterrey in the Primera División de México... |
17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 29 | 20 | 32 | 2nd | First place Group 1 | ||
| 3 |  Rubén Omar RomanoRubén Omar Romano Rubén Omar Romano Cachia is an Argentine-Mexican coach and former football player.Romano played in Argentina for Club Atlético Huracán before leaving for Mexico in 1980 to play for Club América. He played in other 7 Mexican clubs: León, Necaxa, Puebla, Querétaro, Cruz Azul and Atlante and Veracruz... |
Oswaldo Sánchez Oswaldo Sánchez Oswaldo Javier Sánchez Ibarra is a Mexican footballer. He plays as a goalkeeper for Santos Laguna in the Mexican Primera Division, where he is also the team captain. He has 99 caps for Mexico.-Early career:... |
17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 29 | 19 | 30 | 3rd | Runner-up Group 1 | ||
| 4 | Manuel Lapuente Manuel Lapuente Manuel Lapuente Díaz is a Mexican football coach and former player. He was recently working as head coach for Club América.-Playing career:He played 13 matches for the Mexico national team, scoring 5 goals.-Career as manager:... |
Pável Pardo Pavel Pardo Pável Pardo Segura , is a Mexican international footballer, who currently plays for the Chicago Fire in Major League Soccer.- Biography :... |
17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 22 | 16 | 27 | 4th | First place Group 2 | ||
| 5 | Ignacio Ambríz Ignacio Ambriz Marcos Ignacio "Nacho" Ambriz Espinoza is a Mexican former football defender.He earned 64 caps and scored 6 goals for the Mexican national team between 1992 and 1995, and was a squad member at the 1994 FIFA World Cup, where he played all four games... |
Ignacio Torres Ignacio Torres Ignacio "Nacho" Torres Olvera is a Mexican football player currently playing as a midfielder for San Luis.. Nacho Torres was launched in the Club América youth system of which once included future players such as Germán Villa, Cuauhtémoc Blanco, and José Antonio Castro.-Career:He was a member of... |
17 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 21 | 19 | 26 | 5th | Runner-up Group 2 | ||
| 6 | Jose Guadalupe Cruz José Guadalupe Cruz (manager) José Guadalupe Cruz is the manager of Jaguares de Chiapas He coached Atlante during the 2009 FIFA Club World Cup in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.... |
Christian Valdéz Christian Valdéz Christian de Jesús Valdez Loaiza is a Mexican footballer, currently playing for Jaguares de Chiapas.-External links:... |
17 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 21 | 14 | 25 | 6th | Runner-up Group 3 | ||
| 7 | Pablo Marini Pablo Marini Pablo Marini, is a Argentinaian football manager and was the current manager of Mexican club Pachuca. He joined Pachuca as manager in August 2010 to replace Guillermo Rivarola and had previously been the manager of Newells Old Boy's.... |
 Miguel CaleroMiguel Calero Miguel Ángel Calero Rodríguez is a retired Colombian football goalkeeper he has played 50 times for the Colombia national team between 1995 and 2007. He also is a Mexican citizen.... |
17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 27 | 28 | −1 | 25 | 7th | Third place Group 2 | |
| 8 | Guillermo Vázquez Guillermo Vázquez Guillermo Alejandro Vázquez Herrera is a Mexican football manager and former midfielder. He is currently the manager of Pumas UNAM.-Playing career:... |
Sergio Bernal Sergio Bernal Sergio Arturo Bernal Hernández is a retired Mexican football player.He currently played as a goalkeeper for Club Universidad Nacional, a Mexico City team commonly known as the Pumas. He joined the Pumas in 1988 from the UNAM Fuerzas Basicas... |
17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 23 | 24 | −1 | 25 | 8th | Third place Group 3 | |
Bracket
The eight qualified teams play two games against each other on a home-and-away basis. The winner of each match up is determined by aggregate score.The teams were seeded one to eight in quarterfinals, and will be re-seeded one to four in semifinals, depending on their position in the general table. The higher seeded teams play on their home field during the second leg.
- If the two teams are tied after both legs, the higher seeded team advances.
- Both finalist qualify to the 2011–12 CONCACAF Champions League2011–12 CONCACAF Champions LeagueThe 2011–12 CONCACAF Champions League is the 4th edition of the CONCACAF Champions League under its current format. The tournament began on July 26, 2011 and will finish with the second leg of the final April 24–26, 2012. Monterrey is the defending champion...
. The champion qualifies directly to the Group Stage, while the runner-up qualifies to the Preliminary Round.
Quarter-finals
The first legs of the quarterfinals were played on November 17 and 18. The second legs were played on November 20 and 21.|}
Kickoffs are given in local time (UTC-6
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Semi-finals
The first legs of the semifinals were played on November 25. The second legs were played on November 28.|}
Kickoffs are given in local time (UTC-6
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The first leg of the final was played on December 2. The second leg was played on December 5.|}
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