The 2012–13 León 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 each contested by the same eighteen teams. Tijuana began their season on July 21, 2012 against Querétaro, León played their most home games on Saturday at 8:06pm local time. This was León first season in Mexican top-flight league since the Verano 2002 after defeating Correcaminos UAT in the promotion final. León qualified third to the final phase and was eliminated by Tijuana in the semi-finals, León did not qualify to the final phase in the Clausura tournament.
Torneo Apertura
Squad
Regular season
Apertura 2012 results
Final phase
León advanced 4–2 on aggregate
Tijuana advanced 3–2 on aggregate
Goalscorers
Regular season PositionNationNameGoals scored 1. Nelson Sebastián Maz 8 2. Matías Britos 6 2. Carlos Alberto Peña 6 4. Hernán Burbano 4 4. Luis Montes 4 6. Eisner Iván Loboa 3 7. Juan Ignacio González 1 7. Edwin William Hernández 1 7. José Juan Vázquez 1TOTAL
Source:
Final phase PositionNationNameGoals scored 1. Matías Britos 2 2. Nelson Sebastián Maz 1 2. Othoniel Arce 1 2. Luis Antonio Delgado 1 2. Carlos Alberto Peña 1TOTAL
Results
Results summary
Results by round
Copa MX
Group stage
Apertura results
Goalscorers
PositionNationNameGoals scored 1. Othoniel Arce 3 2. Matías Britos 2 2. José Juan Vázquez 2 4. Juan José Calderón 1 4. Arturo Ortíz Martínez 1 4. Luis Humberto Nieves 1 4. Edgar Iván Pacheco 1TOTAL
Results
Results by round
Torneo Clausura
Squad
Regular season
Clausura 2013 results
León did not qualify to the Final Phase
Goalscorers
PositionNationNameGoals scored 1. Matías Britos 6 2. Edwin William Hernández 3 3. Yovanny Arrechea 1 3. Juan Ignacio González 1 3. Luis Montes 1 3. Edgar Iván Pacheco 1 3. Carlos Peña 1TOTAL
Results
Results summary
Results by round
Copa Libertadores
First stage
Iquique advanced on penalties.
Goalscorers PositionNationNameGoals scored 1. Yovanny Arrechea 1 1. Nelson Sebastián Maz 1TOTAL
Competitions Copa León Source:
Copa Campeón de Campeones
Copa Pachuca Source:
Copa Frisco
Copa Telcel Source:
References