Santos Laguna 2012–13 football season
Santos Laguna 2012–13 season Chairman Alejandro Irarragorri Manager Benjamín Galindo (until November 15, 2012)Pedro Caixinha (from November 20, 2012)Stadium Estadio Corona Apertura 2012 9th Clausura 2013 6th Final phase semi-finals Champions League Runners-up Top goalscorer League: Apertura: Carlos Quintero (7)Clausura: Oribe Peralta (8) All: Carlos Quintero (19) Highest home attendance Apertura: 25,990 vs Cruz Azul (November 2, 2012)[ 1] Clausura: 28,957 vs Cruz Azul (May 16, 2013)[ 2] Lowest home attendance Apertura: 20,075 vs Chiapas (September 22, 2012)[ 3] Clausura: 19,856 vs Atlas (May 9, 2013)[ 4]
The 2012–13 Santos Laguna 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. Santos Laguna began their season on July 21, 2012 against San Luis , Santos Laguna played most their homes games on Saturdays at 7:00pm local time. Santos Laguna did not qualify to the final phase in the Apertura tournament and was eliminated in the semi-finals of the final phase by Cruz Azul in the Clausura tournament. Santos Laguna lost the 2012–13 CONCACAF Champions League final to Monterrey 4–2 on aggregate.
Torneo Apertura
Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Out on loan
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Regular season
Win
Draw
Loss
Apertura 2012 results
Goalscorers
[ 17]
Results
Results summary
Overall
Home
Away
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
17
6
5
6
22
26
−4
23
4
3
1
14
10
+4
2
2
5
8
16
−8
Results by round
Round 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Ground H A H A H A H A H A H A H A A H A Result W W D L L D W L D W W D D L L W L Position 4 4 3 6 10 10 7 10 10 6 5 4 6 6 9 8 9
Updated to match(es) played on 11 November 2012. Source:
Apertura 2012 results and mediotiempo.com
[ 18] A = Away;
H = Home;
W = Win;
D = Draw;
L = Loss
Torneo Clausura
Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Out on loan
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Regular season
Win
Draw
Loss
Clausura 2013 results
Final phase
Santos Laguna advanced 3–1 on aggregate
Cruz Azul advanced 5–1 on aggregate
Goalscorers
Regular season
Source:[ 36]
Final phase
Results
Results summary
Overall
Home
Away
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
17
8
4
5
20
13
+7
28
6
1
2
12
6
+6
2
3
3
8
7
+1
Results by round
Round 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Ground A H A H A H A H A H A H A H H A H Result D W L W D L D W W W W D D W W L L Position 9 4 7 5 6 6 8 6 6 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 6
Updated to match(es) played on 5 May 2013. Source:
Clausura 2013 results and mediotiempo.com
[ 37] A = Away;
H = Home;
W = Win;
D = Draw;
L = Loss
CONCACAF Champions League
Group stage
Group 1
Championship round
Seeding was performed after the Group Stage. Santos was seed number two and faced Houston Dynamo the seventh seed in the quarterfinals. Santos won 3–1 on aggregate and advanced to the semis to face Seattle Sounders FC . Santos then advanced to the Finals defeating the Sounders 2–1 on aggregate. In the finals they will face their league rival Monterrey .[ 38]
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Finals
Goalscorers
References
^ Based on the highest attendance in the Apertura 2012 results section
^ Based on the highest attendance in the Clausura 2013 results section
^ Based on the lowest attendance in the Apertura 2012 results section
^ Based on the lowest attendance in the Clausura 2013 results section
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