2011–12 Mexican Primera División season
| Season | 2011–12 |
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| Champions |
Apertura: Tigres (3rd Title) Clausura: Santos Laguna (4th Title) |
| Relegated | Tecos |
| Champions League |
Tigres Santos Laguna Guadalajara Monterrey |
| Copa Libertadores |
Guadalajara Cruz Azul UANL |
| Matches played | 306 |
| Goals scored | 805 (2.63 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Apertura: Iván Alonso (11 goals) Clausura: Iván Alonso Christian Benítez (14 goals) |
| Biggest home win | Apertura: Tigres 5–0 Pachuca (September 10, 2011) Clausura: Monterrey 4-0 Tecos (March 24, 2012) |
| Biggest away win | Apertura: Pachuca 1–4 Santos Laguna (July 23, 2011) Chiapas 1–4 Monterrey (July 24, 2011) Guadalajara 1-4 Puebla (September 17, 2011) Monterrey 0-3 América (October 15, 2011) UNAM 1-4 Atlas (October 16, 2011) Clausura: Atlante 0-4 América (February 25, 2012) |
| Highest scoring | Apertura: Chiapas 5-3 América (September 17, 2011) Atlante 4-4 Morelia (October 29, 2011) Clausura: Toluca 3-4 Pachuca (February 5, 2012) Cruz Azul 4-3 Monterrey (March 3, 2012) Santos Laguna 5-2 San Luis (March 3, 2012) Cruz Azul 5-2 Tecos (April 21, 2012) |
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The 2011–12 Primera División Profesional season was the 65th professional season top-flight football league in Mexico. The season was split into two championships—the Torneo Apertura and the Torneo Clausura—each an identical format and each contested by the same eighteen teams.
On May 16, 2011, the General Assembly of the Primera División announced a format change to take effect from the 2011 Apertura onward. The first change was the elimination of groups in the First Stage. The top eight teams at the end of the First Stage would advance to the next round. The other change would affect the playoffs. Instead of a two-legged, single elimination tournament culminating in the finals, the eight teams in the next round would be placed into two groups of four. The four teams in each group will play against other in a double round-robin format. The top team in each group will advance to the Finals. However, on June 6, 2011, the Primera División Profesional's Operations Committee announced that the format change would only affect the elimination of groups in the First Stage, and that the playoffs would remain as they were. Therefore, the top eight teams at the end of the First Stage would advance to a two-legged elimination bracket.
Following is the list of the eighteen teams participating this season. Necaxa was relegated to the Liga de Ascenso after accumulating the lowest coefficient over the past three seasons, ending its one-year stay in the league. They were replaced by Tijuana, the winner of the 2010–11 Liga de Ascenso season. This is Tijuana's first season in the Primera División.
The 2011 Apertura was the first championship of the season. The Regular Season began on July 22, 2011 and ended on November 6, 2011. The playoffs began on November 19, 2011 and ended on December 11, 2011. Pumas were the defending champion
Source: FeMexFut
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
1Monterrey, Morelia, Santos Laguna and UNAM cannot qualify for the 2012 Copa Libertadores because they are participating in the 2011-12 CONCACAF Champions League competition.
2All 3 teams who qualify for Copa Libertadores will also participate in the Playoffs of this competition.
3The first 8 places in the table qualify for the Playoffs.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
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