2011 Primera División de México Apertura Liguilla Final
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| Event | 2011 Apertura Liguilla | ||||||
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| Date | December 8, 2011 20:30 (UTC-6) | ||||||
| Venue | Estadio Corona, Torreón, Coahuila | ||||||
| Man of the Match |  Damián Álvarez | ||||||
| Referee | Paul Delgadillo | ||||||
| Attendance | 30,000 | ||||||
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| Date | December 11, 2011 18:00 (UTC-6) | ||||||
| Venue | Estadio Universitario, San Nicolás, Nuevo León | ||||||
| Man of the Match |  Danilinho | ||||||
| Referee | Marco Antonio Rodríguez | ||||||
| Attendance | 45,531 | ||||||
The 2011 Apertura Liguilla Final is a two-legged football match-up to determine the 2011 Apertura champion.
After 17 matches on the regular season, and 2 two-legged rounds of Liguilla, Tigres UANL and Santos Laguna have reached the final.
This final was the third of Santos Laguna in 4 tournaments, the other two where in the Bicentenario 2010 losing against Toluca on a penalty shoot-out and the Apertura 2010 losing against Monterrey with the score of 5 - 3.
This final was the first of Tigres UANL since 2003, when they lost 3 - 2 on aggregate against Pachuca. Also Tigres UANL hadn't won the league since the 1981–82 season when they became winners against Atlante on a penalty shoot-out.
Final rules
Like other match-ups in the knockout round, the teams will play two games, one at each team's home stadium. As the highest seeded team determined at the beginning of the Liguilla, will have home-field advantage for the second leg.
However, the tiebreaking criteria used in previous rounds will not be the same in the final. If the teams remained tied after 90 minutes of play during the 2nd leg, extra time will be used, followed by a penalty shootout if necessary.
Route to the final
| Tigres UANL | Round | Santos Laguna | ||
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| Opponent | Result | Regular Season | Opponent | Result |
 Cruz Azul
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1 - 1 | Match 1 |  Pachuca
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4 - 1 |
| Querétaro
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0 - 0 | Match 2 | Atlante
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3 - 0 |
| Toluca
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2 - 2 | Match 3 | Chiapas
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2 - 3 |
| Estudiantes Tecos
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1 - 0 | Match 4 | Tijuana
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1 - 3 |
| América
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2 - 2 | Match 5 | Pumas UNAM
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1 - 1 |
| San Luis
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1 - 0 | Match 6 | Morelia
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0 - 2 |
| Atlas
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1 - 0 | Match 7 | Monterrey
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0 - 2 |
| Pachuca
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5 - 0 | Match 8 | Guadalajara
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1 - 1 |
| Atlante
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0 - 1 | Match 9 | San Luis
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1 - 0 |
| Chiapas
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1 - 1 | Match 10 | Puebla
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2 - 1 |
| Tijuana
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1 - 1 | Match 11 | Cruz Azul
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1 - 0 |
| Pumas UNAM
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4 - 1 | Match 12 | Querétaro
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3 - 1 |
| Morelia
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0 - 2 | Match 13 | Toluca
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3 - 2 |
| Monterrey
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0 - 0 | Match 14 | Estudiantes Tecos
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2 - 5 |
| Guadalajara
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0 - 1 | Match 15 | América
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1 - 1 |
| Santos Laguna
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2 - 1 | Match 16 | Tigres UANL
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1 - 2 |
| Puebla
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1 - 0 | Match 17 | Atlas
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3 - 0 |
| Opponent | Result | Liguilla | Opponent | Result |
| Pachuca
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1 - 0 | Quarterfinals | Chiapas
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2 - 2 |
| Pachuca
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3 - 0 | Quarterfinals | Chiapas
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2 - 1 |
| Querétaro
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0 - 0 | Semifinals | Morelia
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1 - 2 |
| Querétaro
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1 - 0 | Semifinals | Morelia
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3 - 2 |
Final
First leg
| Santos Laguna | 0 – 1 | Tigres UANL |
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| Report |  7' Álvarez |
          Santos Laguna
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     Tigres UANL
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- Paul Delgadillo Man of the Match
Damián Álvarez - Assistant referees
Salvador Rodríguez Carlos González - Fourth official
- Ricardo Arellano
Second leg
| Tigres UANL | 3 – 1 | Santos Laguna |
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| Mancilla 52' Danilinho 63'Pulido 87' |
Report | 30' Peralta |
Tigres UANL
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Santos Laguna
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- Marco Antonio Rodríguez Man of the Match
Danilinho - Assistant referees
- Alberto Morín Juan Joel Rangel
- Fourth official
- Mauricio Morales
| Apertura 2011 winners: |
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| Tigres UANL 3rd Title |