The Apertura 2019 Liga MX championship stage commonly known as Liguilla (mini league) was played from 27 November 2019 to 29 December 2019.[1] Due to finalist Monterrey participating in the 2019 FIFA Club World Cup, the final was postponed to 29 December from 15 December.[2] A total of eight teams competed in the championship stage to decide the champions of the Apertura 2019 Liga MX season. Both finalists qualified to the 2021 CONCACAF Champions League.
The following 8 teams qualified for the championship stage.
In the following table, the number of appearances, last appearance, and previous best result count only those in the short tournament era starting from Invierno 1996 (not counting those in the long tournament era from 1943–44 to 1995–96).
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Morelia won 5–4 on aggregate
Necaxa won 6–2 on aggregate
Monterrey won 6–3 on aggregate
América won 5–4 on aggregate
Monterrey won 3–1 on aggregate
2–2 on aggregate and tied on away goals. América advanced due to being the higher seed in the classification table
Assistant referees:[16] Christian Espinosa Zavala (Mexico City) César Cerritos García (Guanajuato) Fourth official:[16] Fernando Hernández Gómez (Veracruz) Video assistant referee:[16] Quetzalli Alvarado (Mexico City) Assistant video assistant referee:[16] Igor Itzsvan Flores (Oaxaca)
3–3 on aggregate. Monterrey won 4–2 on penalties
Assistant referees:[16] Alberto Morin Méndez (Chihuahua) Andrés Hernández Delgado (Mexico City) Fourth official:[16] Jorge Isaac Rojas (Mexico City) Video assistant referee:[16] Miguel Ángel Chacón (Guerrero) Assistant video assistant referee:[16] Miguel Ángel Reynoso (Nayarit)
There were 48 goals scored in 14 matches, for an average of 3.43 goals per match.
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal