América 2012–13 football season
The 2012–13 América 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. América began their season on July 21, 2012 against Monterrey , América played most of their homes games on Saturdays at 5:00pm local time.
On May 26, 2013, América won the eleventh league title in their history by defeating Cruz Azul 4–2 on penalty kicks after a comeback from a 0–1 first leg loss to tie 2–2 on aggregate. With this, América become the most successful club, along with Guadalajara, in Mexico.[ 5] [ 6] [ 7] [ 8] [ 9]
Torneo Apertura
Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Out on loan
Regular season
Win
Draw
Loss
Apertura 2012 results
Final phase
América advanced 3–2 on aggregate
Toluca advanced 3–2 on aggregate
Goalscorers
Regular season
Source:[ 27]
Final phase
Results
Results summary
Overall
Home
Away
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
17
8
7
2
28
15
+13
31
4
2
2
15
9
+6
4
5
0
13
6
+7
Results by round
Round 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Ground A H A H A H A H A H A H A H A H A Result D W D D W L D W D D W L W W W W D Position 11 7 7 8 4 6 8 4 5 5 4 5 7 5 4 3 4
Updated to match(es) played on 11 November 2012. Source:
Apertura 2012 results and mediotiempo.com
[ 28] A = Away;
H = Home;
W = Win;
D = Draw;
L = Loss
Apertura 2012 Copa MX
Group stage
Win
Draw
Loss
Apertura results
Goalscorers
[ 29]
Results
Results by round
Round 1 2 3 4 5 6 Ground A H A H H A Result L W L W W L Position 4 2 3 1 1 2
Updated to match(es) played on 19 September 2012. Source:
Apertura results and mediotiempo.com
[ 30] A = Away;
H = Home;
W = Win;
D = Draw;
L = Loss
Torneo Clausura
Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Regular season
Win
Draw
Loss
Clausura 2013 results
Final phase
América advanced 3–1 on aggregate
América advanced 4–3 on aggregate
América won 4–2 on penalties
Goalscorers
Regular season
Source:[ 51]
Final phase
Results
Results summary
Overall
Home
Away
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
17
9
5
3
30
15
+15
32
5
3
1
17
7
+10
4
2
2
13
8
+5
Results by round
Round 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Ground H A H A H A H A H A H A H A H A H Result W W W L W W D L W D D W D D W W L Position 3 2 1 3 3 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 1 2
Updated to match(es) played on 4 May 2013. Source:
Clausura 2013 results and mediotiempo.com
[ 52] A = Away;
H = Home;
W = Win;
D = Draw;
L = Loss
Clausura 2013 Copa MX
Group stage
Win
Draw
Loss
Clausura results
Knockout stage
Goalscorers
[ 29]
Results
Results by round
Round 1 2 3 4 5 6 Ground H A A H A H Result W W W W W L Position 2 1 1 1 1 1
Updated to match(es) played on 5 March 2013. Source:
Apertura results and mediotiempo.com
[ 30] A = Away;
H = Home;
W = Win;
D = Draw;
L = Loss
References
^ Based on the highest attendance in the Apertura 2012 Results section
^ Based on the highest attendance in the Clausura 2013 Results section
^ Based on the lowest attendance in the Apertura 2012 Results section
^ Based on the lowest attendance in the Clausura 2013 Results section
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