The Liguilla () of the 2011–12 Liga de Ascenso season is a final knockout tournament involving seven teams of the Liga de Ascenso. The winner will qualify to the playoff match vs the Clausura 2011 winner. However, if the winner of both tournaments is the same team, the team would be promoted to the 2012–13 Mexican Primera División season without playing the Promotional Final.
Teams The first team in the general table qualified for the semi-finals. The six next best teams in the general table qualified to the quarter-finals.
TeamManagerCaptainPerformance at the 2011 Apertura1La Piedad Cristóbal Ortega Jorge Campos1510142617+9312Correcaminos Ignacio Rodríguez Diego Olsina157623321+12273Neza David Patiño Carlos Cariño157532722+5264León Pedro Muñoz Alejandro Corona155822616+10235Irapuato Omar Arellano Cuauhtémoc Blanco157262417+7236Necaxa Luis Francisco García Pablo Quatrocchi156541514+1237Altamira Mario Alberto García Eduardo García156452222022
Bracket The six best teams after the first place 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 seven 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. Teams are re-seeded every round. The winner will qualify to the playoff match vs the Clausura 2011 winner. However, if the winner is the same in both tournaments, they would be the team promoted to the 2012–13 Mexican Primera División season without playing the Promotional Final
Quarter-finals
Kickoffs are given in local time (UTC-6 unless stated otherwise).
First leg
Second leg
León advanced 3 – 0 on aggregate
Neza advanced 3 – 2 on aggregate
Correcaminos advanced because of their better position on the league table
Semi-finals
Kickoffs are given in local time (UTC-6 unless stated otherwise).
First leg
Second leg
Final
Kickoffs are given in local time (UTC-6 unless stated otherwise).
First leg
Second leg
Apertura 2011 winners:Correcaminos2nd Title
Goalscorers 4 goals Eder Pacheco (León)
3 goals
Luciano Emílio (Neza) Rodrigo Prieto (Neza)
2 goals
Diego Menghi (Correcaminos) Antonio González Arias (Correcaminos) Jesús Padilla (La Piedad) Luis Ángel Mendoza (La Piedad) Roberto Nurse (La Piedad) Nelson Sebastián Maz (León)
1 goal
Cristian Rojas (Altamira) Eliazar Vázquez (Altamira) Roberto Nicolás Saucedo (Correcaminos) Raymundo Torres (Correcaminos) Hugo Sánchez (Correcaminos) Diego Olsina (Correcaminos) Tomás Domínguez (Correcaminos) Jesús Armando Sánchez (La Piedad) Gregorio Torres (León) Carlos Alberto Peña (León) Jesús Isijara (Necaxa) Víctor Lojero (Necaxa)
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