The 2012–13 América season was the 66th professional season of Mexico's top-flight football league. The season is split into two tournaments—the Torneo Apertura and the Torneo Clausura—each with identical formats and contested by the same eighteen teams. América began their season on July 21, 2012 against Monterrey, América played most of their homes games on Saturdays at 5:00pm local time.
On May 26, 2013, América won the eleventh league title in their history by defeating Cruz Azul 4–2 on penalty kicks after a comeback from a 0–1 first leg loss to tie 2–2 on aggregate. With this, América become the most successful club, along with Guadalajara, in Mexico.Vertelney, Seth."America win Liga MX Clausura title". Goal. Retrieved 27 May 2013."¡América, Campeón del Clausura 2013!". MedioTiempo. Retrieved 27 May 2013."MÉXICO: AMÉRICA ES CAMPEÓN DEL CLAUSURA MEXICANO". Associated Press. Retrieved 27 May 2013."América, campeón del Torneo Clausura 2013 de LigaMX". Noticiero Televisa. Retrieved 27 May 2013.
Torneo Apertura
Squad
Out on loan
Regular season
Apertura 2012 results
Final phase
América advanced 3–2 on aggregate
Toluca advanced 3–2 on aggregate
Goalscorers
Regular season PositionNationNameGoals scored 1. Christian Benítez 11 2. Rubens Sambueza 4 3. Raúl Jiménez 3 3. Daniel Montenegro 3 5. Christian Bermúdez 2 5. Juan Carlos Medina 2 7. Paul Aguilar 1 7. Antonio López 1 7. Jesús Molina 1TOTAL
Source:
Final phase PositionNationNameGoals scored 1. Christian Benítez 2 2. Raúl Jiménez 1 2. Miguel Layún 1 2. Daniel Montenegro 1TOTAL
Results
Results summary
Results by round
Apertura 2012 Copa MX
Group stage
Apertura results
Goalscorers
PositionNationNameGoals scored 1. Martín Eduardo Zúñiga 5 2. Antonio López 3 3. José María Cárdenas 2 3. Miguel Layún 2 3. Daniel Montenegro 2 6. Juan Carlos Medina 1 6. Erik Pimentel 1 6. Rosinei 1TOTAL
Results
Results by round
Torneo Clausura
Squad
Regular season
Clausura 2013 results
Final phase
América advanced 3–1 on aggregate
América advanced 4–3 on aggregate
América won 4–2 on penalties
Goalscorers
Regular season PositionNationNameGoals scored 1. Christian Benítez 12 2. Raúl Jiménez 8 3. Osvaldo Martínez 2 3. Jesús Molina 2 3. Rubens Sambueza 2 6. Paul Aguilar 1 6. Miguel Layún 1 6. Juan Carlos Medina 1 6. Diego Reyes 1TOTAL
Source:
Final phase PositionNationNameGoals scored 1. Christian Benítez 5 2. Raúl Jiménez 2 3. Aquivaldo Mosquera 1 3. Moisés Muñoz 1TOTAL
Results
Results summary
Results by round
Clausura 2013 Copa MX
Group stage
Clausura results
Knockout stage
Goalscorers
PositionNationNameGoals scored 1. Narciso Mina 7 2. Antonio López 3 3. Ventura Alvarado 1 3. Gil Cordero 1 3. Miguel Layún 1 3. Osvaldo Martínez 1 3. Rubens Sambueza 1 3. Jorge Urias 1 3. Martín Eduardo Zúñiga 1 3. Own Goals 1TOTAL
Results
Results by round
References