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The Liguilla (English: Mini League) 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.

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.

S	Team	Manager	Captain	Performance at the Apertura 2010
				Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	P	Qualified as
1	Cruz Azul	Enrique Meza	Gerardo Torrado	17	12	3	2	33	13	+20	39	1st	First place Group 3
2	Monterrey	Víctor Vucetich	Luis Ernesto Pérez	17	9	5	3	29	20	+9	32	2nd	First place Group 1
3	Santos Laguna	Rubén Omar Romano	Oswaldo Sánchez	17	9	3	5	29	19	+11	30	3rd	Runner-up Group 1
4	América	Manuel Lapuente	Pável Pardo	17	7	6	4	22	16	+6	27	4th	First place Group 2
5	San Luis	Ignacio Ambríz	Ignacio Torres	17	8	2	7	21	19	+2	26	5th	Runner-up Group 2
6	Chiapas	Jose Guadalupe Cruz	Christian Valdéz	17	6	7	4	21	14	+7	25	6th	Runner-up Group 3
7	Pachuca	Pablo Marini	Miguel Calero	17	7	4	6	27	28	−1	25	7th	Third place Group 2
8	UNAM	Guillermo Vázquez	Sergio Bernal	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 League. 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).

First leg

UNAM	1 – 2	Cruz Azul
López 19'	Report	Cervantes 32' Giménez 73'

Pachuca	1 – 1	Monterrey
Arizala 67'	Report	Basanta 56'

Chiapas	1 – 1	Santos Laguna
Ochoa 33'	Report	Arce 22'

Second leg

Cruz Azul	0 – 2	UNAM
	Report	Bravo 1' Cacho 73' (pen.)

América	4 – 1	San Luis
Sánchez 15' Matellán 24' (o.g.) Esqueda 45' Vuoso 81'	Report	de la Torre 53'

Monterrey	3 – 3	Pachuca
Suazo 19' de Nigris 36' Cardozo 56'	Report	Arizala 15', 84', 89'

Santos Laguna	1 – 0	Chiapas
Rodriguez 90+5' (pen.)	Report

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).

First leg

América	1 – 2	Santos Laguna
Reyna 19'	Report	Quintero 9' Benítez 89'

Second leg

Santos Laguna	3 – 3	América
Quintero 2', 61' Benítez 75'	Report	Sánchez 60' Vuoso 66' Esqueda 86'

Monterrey	2 – 0	UNAM
Suazo 88' Cardozo 89'	Report

Final

The first leg of the final was played on December 2. The second leg was played on December 5.

Kickoffs are given in local time (UTC-6).

First leg

Santos Laguna	3 – 2	Monterrey
Estrada 23' Quintero 41' Davino 85' (o.g.)	Report	Suazo 37' Cardozo 54'

Second leg

Monterrey	3 – 0	Santos Laguna
Suazo 28', 85' Basanta 72'	Report

References

1. "Magical Monterrey on top again". FIFA.com. 2010-12-05. Archived from the original on December 10, 2010. Retrieved 2010-12-07.

• 2010–11 Primera División de México season