Liga MX 2022/23 Standings: Apertura 2022 and Clausura 2023 Tables

Liga MX 2022/23 means two separate tournament tables

The accurate Liga MX 2022/23 standings are the final Apertura 2022 table and the final Clausura 2023 table, read separately. Combining the points can be useful for a private comparison, but it does not recreate the championship that supporters watched. The Mexican top flight reset the standings after the Apertura and awarded a league title at the end of each short tournament.

Apertura opens the season and Clausura closes it

Apertura means “opening,” so Apertura 2022 began the 2022/23 football season. Clausura means “closing,” and Clausura 2023 completed it. The official competition regulations name those two tournaments together under the same season, but each started every club again from zero points and produced an independent champion.

That naming convention solves a common archive mistake. Apertura 2023 may share the same calendar year as Clausura 2023, but it belongs to the following 2023/24 season. Readers wanting the two tournaments played during calendar year 2023 can use our separate Liga MX 2023 schedule and results archive. This page instead pairs the tournaments that the league officially placed inside 2022/23.

Why first place and champion are different honors

Finishing first made a club the superlíder, the regular-season leader, but it did not deliver the trophy. Each short tournament had a 17-match qualification phase followed by the Liguilla, Liga MX's knockout championship phase. The top four advanced directly to the quarterfinals, while clubs placed fifth through 12th entered a one-match Repechaje, or reclassification playoff, for the other four places.

The standings still mattered. A higher seed avoided the Repechaje, hosted the second leg in the main knockout rounds, and could advance on regular-season position when a quarterfinal or semifinal finished level on aggregate. “Aggregate” is the combined score across the home and away legs. The final was different: neither seeding nor a level aggregate could crown a champion, so extra time and penalties were available to produce a winner.

This distinction explains the season's headline contrast. América and Monterrey topped the two tables, but Pachuca and Tigres lifted the trophies. The complete standings below show who was most consistent over 17 matches; the postseason sections show who survived the title pressure. For the broader roll of winners, see our Liga MX champions by year.

Apertura 2022 final Liga MX standings

América won the Apertura 2022 regular-season table with 38 points, three clear of Monterrey, while Santos Laguna and eventual champion Pachuca completed the four direct quarterfinal places. The final table also sent positions five through 12 to the Repechaje and eliminated the bottom six.

P = played; W = wins; D = draws; L = losses; GF = goals for; GA = goals against; GD = goal difference. The table records the regular season only.

América led the 17-match regular season

Las Águilas combined the table's best goal difference, +21, with 12 victories. Their 38 goals tied Santos for the strongest attack, while only Monterrey conceded fewer than América's 17. The nine-game winning run that drove Fernando Ortiz's side to the summit made it reasonable to call them the best team of the qualification phase, but that form still had to survive a separate knockout test.

The table also shows why reading points without goals can hide important separation. Puebla, Guadalajara and León all finished on 22 points. Puebla and Guadalajara each had a +2 goal difference, but Puebla scored more; León's -4 placed it tenth. Those seed numbers determined the Repechaje bracket.

The cut lines sent four directly through and eight to Repechaje

The green rows carried the largest reward: América, Monterrey, Santos and Pachuca could rest while eight other clubs played for survival. The Repechaje paired fifth with 12th, sixth with 11th, seventh with tenth, and eighth with ninth. Each was a single match at the higher seed's stadium, with a penalty shootout rather than extra time if the score remained level.

Only one point separated 12th-place Necaxa from San Luis, yet that point was the difference between a title route and immediate elimination. For today's table and current cut lines, use the live Liga MX standings; the qualification system has changed since this historical tournament.

Pachuca turned fourth place into the Apertura 2022 title

Pachuca finished six points behind América, yet the Tuzos used their fourth seed and a devastating knockout run to become Apertura 2022 champions. Their path is the clearest reason a Liga MX standings archive must show both the qualification table and the Liguilla outcome.

Repechaje reduced twelve contenders to eight

The four higher seeds all survived the preliminary round. Tigres beat Necaxa 2-0, Toluca dismissed FC Juárez 3-0, and Cruz Azul edged León 1-0. Puebla and Guadalajara drew 1-1 before La Franja won the shootout 5-4. Those results completed an eight-club quarterfinal field while Pachuca and the other top-four finishers entered fresh.

The quarterfinal is where the value of Pachuca's table position became concrete. Tigres matched the Tuzos 2-2 across two legs, but the rules sent Pachuca through because it had finished fourth and Tigres fifth. That tiebreak disappeared in the final, yet before then it rewarded the better 17-match body of work exactly as intended.

The Tuzos beat Monterrey and Toluca to become champions

Once through the quarterfinal, Guillermo Almada's side did not need another regulatory advantage. Pachuca overwhelmed second-place Monterrey 5-2 at Estadio Hidalgo and won the return 1-0 for a 6-2 aggregate. Toluca had eliminated superlíder América 3-2 in the other semifinal, so the final matched fourth against sixth rather than either of the top two.

The Tuzos settled it emphatically. They won 5-1 at Toluca's Estadio Nemesio Díez, then returned home and won 3-1 for an 8-2 aggregate. Pachuca's seventh Liga MX title did not erase América's superior regular-season record; it answered a different question. América was the qualification-phase leader, while Pachuca was the tournament champion. That distinction is preserved in our wider Liga MX champions archive.

Clausura 2023 final Liga MX standings

Monterrey was the clear Clausura 2023 superlíder with 40 points, six ahead of América and Guadalajara. The table's unusual feature appears lower down: tenth-place Querétaro could not enter the postseason, so 13th-place Santos Laguna received the final Repechaje berth.

The 17-match general table and the multi-season coefficient table served different purposes. Querétaro's label reflects the specific final-phase eligibility rule in force for Clausura 2023.

Monterrey was the 40-point superlíder

Rayados set club records for points and wins in a short tournament: 40 points and 13 victories from 17 matches. Their +21 goal difference matched América's Apertura-best figure. América scored a Clausura-high 36 goals, and León conceded a league-low 13, but Monterrey's balance over the full schedule delivered a six-point cushion.

América and Guadalajara both finished on 34 points. Las Águilas took second place through the tiebreak order, leaving Chivas third, while Toluca's 32 completed the group that skipped Repechaje. For the match dates and individual results behind this table, the existing Liga MX 2023 schedule archive supplies the Clausura calendar without confusing it with Apertura 2022.

Querétaro's ineligibility moved the Repechaje cut line

Querétaro earned 20 points and finished tenth in the general table, normally enough for Repechaje. Article 23 of the season regulations, however, barred the club at the bottom of the coefficient table from entering the Clausura final phase. The coefficient calculation looked across multiple tournaments and was not the same ranking shown above.

Gallos Blancos therefore surrendered their place to the next eligible club. Puebla became the tenth postseason seed, San Luis the 11th, and Santos entered as the 12th seed despite finishing 13th in the general table. Any historical table that simply colors positions five through 12 as qualified misses this exception—and changes the actual playoff field.

Tigres won Clausura 2023 after finishing seventh

Tigres finished seventh with 25 points, entered through Repechaje, and still became Clausura 2023 champion. The run took the felinos past three clubs that had finished above them—Toluca, Monterrey and Guadalajara—and ended with a comeback from two goals down in the decisive final.

Three road upsets shaped the Repechaje

This Repechaje immediately rejected the pattern seen six months earlier. Santos drew 4-4 at fifth-place Pachuca and won the shootout 4-2. San Luis beat León 3-1 away, and Atlas eliminated Cruz Azul 1-0 at the Estadio Azteca. Tigres was the only higher seed to win at home, edging Puebla 1-0.

The results left the quarterfinals with three Repechaje clubs that had won on the road and one—Santos—that had entered only because of Querétaro's ineligibility. Monterrey then eliminated Santos 2-0 on aggregate, América beat San Luis 4-3, and Guadalajara advanced over Atlas after a 1-1 aggregate because Chivas held the higher seed. Tigres supplied the fourth semifinalist.

Tigres survived Toluca, Monterrey, and Guadalajara

Tigres built a 4-1 first-leg lead over Toluca, then survived a 3-1 defeat in the return to advance 5-4 on aggregate. In the Clásico Regio semifinal, a 1-1 home draw left Monterrey holding the seeding advantage, so Tigres needed to score at Estadio BBVA. A 1-0 away win delivered a 2-1 aggregate and removed the 40-point superlíder.

The first final leg at Estadio Universitario ended 0-0. Guadalajara then struck twice in the opening 20 minutes of the return at Estadio Akron. André-Pierre Gignac converted a penalty and Sebastián Córdova equalized to force extra time; captain Guido Pizarro scored the winner. Tigres' eighth league title was therefore not the product of one seeding shortcut. It required four elimination wins after a modest regular season.

What the two standings reveal about Liga MX 2022/23

The tables show that Liga MX rewarded two different kinds of excellence in 2022/23: sustained regular-season performance and knockout survival. América and Monterrey owned the best 17-match records; Pachuca and Tigres handled the decisive Liguilla moments and became champions.

Regular-season consistency did not guarantee a trophy

Both superlíderes reached the semifinals, so neither campaign collapsed immediately. Both were then eliminated by the eventual finalist from the other side of the table: Toluca beat América, and Tigres beat Monterrey. Even a combined regular-season view tells a different story from the titles. Monterrey collected 75 points across the two short tournaments and América 72; Pachuca totaled 63 and Tigres 55. Those sums describe consistency, not a third championship.

Goal difference and seeding still carried real value

It would be equally wrong to conclude that the standings meant nothing. Point ties required ranking criteria such as goal difference, and seed position set the bracket and home sequence. Most importantly, the higher seed advanced when a quarterfinal or semifinal aggregate stayed level. Pachuca used that rule after a 2-2 quarterfinal with Tigres; Guadalajara used it after a 1-1 quarterfinal with Atlas.

The practical lesson is simple: finishing higher widened a club's margin for error, but it could not protect a side that lost the aggregate outright. The champions record therefore belongs beside the standings, not in place of them.

How to use the historical tables and fixtures correctly

Use these tables as the final record of the two 17-match regular seasons, not as a complete list of every 2022/23 match. An old fixture lookup needs the short tournament and phase before the Jornada or date becomes meaningful.

Match an old fixture to tournament, Jornada, and phase

1. 1. Choose the tournament. Apertura 2022 and Clausura 2023 both used Jornada numbers 1 through 17, so “Jornada 10” alone is not a unique reference.
2. 2. Name the phase. A regular-season result counts in the tables above. Repechaje and Liguilla matches do not change those W-D-L or points totals.
3. 3. Separate a leg from the aggregate. “Pachuca 3-1 Toluca” is the Apertura final's second-leg score; “Pachuca 8-2 Toluca” is the combined result of both legs.
4. 4. Keep shootouts distinct. Puebla's Repechaje match with Guadalajara ended 1-1, then Puebla won 5-4 on penalties. Shootout kicks are not added to goals for or against.

The page deliberately does not dump all 306 regular-season fixtures plus the postseason. That would bury the standings intent and make club lookups harder. For Clausura 2023 match dates and results—and for the separate Apertura 2023 that followed—use the Liga MX 2023 schedule and results guide.

Use live pages for current standings, dates, and brackets

Historical points and scores do not expire, but their surrounding rules do. The Repechaje described here was replaced after Clausura 2023, current fixture dates can move, and a modern bracket may use a different qualification path. Never carry a 2022 kickoff time, broadcaster or seed rule into a present-day viewing plan.