The Primera División de México Apertura 2008 Liguilla (Spanish for "little league") will have the teams play two games against each other on a home-and-away basis. The winner of each match up will be determined by aggregate score. the higher seeded team will advance if the aggregate is a tie. The exception for tie-breaking procedure is the finals, where the higher seeded team rule will not be used. If the teams remained tied after 90 minutes of play during the 2nd leg of the finals, extra time will be used, followed by a penalty shootout if necessary. The teams will be seeded 1 to 8 (depending on their position at the end of the regular season). Higher seeded teams play on their home field during the second leg.

Kickoffs are given in local time.

Bracket

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
               
1 San Luis 1 1 2
8 Santos Laguna 3 2 5
8 Santos Laguna 0 1 1
2 Toluca 0 2 2
2 Toluca 0 2 2
7 U.A.G. 0 0 0
2 Toluca (p) 2 0 2 (7)
5 Cruz Azul 0 2 2 (6)
4 U.N.A.M. 0 1 1
5 Cruz Azul 0 3 3
5 Cruz Azul 3 1 4
3 Atlante F.C. 1 1 2
3 Atlante F.C. 1 1 2
6 U.A.N.L. 1 1 2

Quarter-finals

The quarterfinals are scheduled to be played on November 22, 23, 29, and November 30.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
San Luis Mexico 2–5 Mexico Santos Laguna 1–2 1–3
UNAM Mexico 1–3 Mexico Cruz Azul 1–3 0–0
Atlante Mexico 2–2 Mexico UANL 1–1 1–1
Toluca Mexico 2–0 Mexico UAG 2–0 0–0

First leg

Cruz Azul0 – 0UNAM
(Report)
Referee: José Gabriel Gómez (Mexico)
UANL1 – 1Atlante
Sánchez 7' (Report) Rey 73'
Referee: Francisco Chacón Mexico)
UAG0 – 0Toluca
(Report)
Referee: José Alfredo Peñaloza (Mexico)
Santos Laguna3 – 1San Luis
Mascorro 16' (o.g.)
Ludueña 33'
Vuoso 78'		 (Report) Piríz 44'
Referee: Manuel Ernesto Glower (Mexico)

Second leg

San Luis1 – 2Santos Laguna
Patiño 16' (Report) Blanco 82' (pen.)
Ludueña 86'
Referee: Marco Antonio Rodríguez (Mexico)

Santos Laguna won 5–2 on aggregate.

Atlante1 – 1UANL
Pereyra 45' (Report) Muñoz 73' (o.g.)
Referee: Paúl Enrique Delgadillo (Mexico)

Atlante won 2–2 on aggregate.

Toluca2 – 0UAG
Mancilla 59'
Nava 84'		 (Report)
Referee: Roberto García (México)

Toluca won 2–0 on aggregate

UNAM1 – 3Cruz Azul
Palencia 4' (Report) Torrado 6'
Sabah 58'
Villaluz 67'
Referee: Armando Benito Archundia (México)

Cruz Azul won 3-1 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

The semifinals are scheduled to be played on December 3, 4, 6, and 7.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Toluca Mexico 2 – 1 Mexico Santos Laguna 2 – 1 0 – 0
Atlante F.C. Mexico 2 – 4 Mexico Cruz Azul 1 – 1 1 – 3

First leg

Cruz Azul3 – 1Atlante F.C.
Sabah 9' (pen.)
Lugo 22'
Lozano 80'		 (Report) Rey 31'
Referee: Francisco Chacón (Mexico)
Santos Laguna0 – 0Toluca
(Report)
Referee: José Alfredo Peñaloza (Mexico)

Second leg

Atlante F.C.1 – 1Cruz Azul
Maldonado 8' (Report) Villaluz 4'
Referee: Roberto García Orozco (Mexico)

Cruz Azul won 4–2 on aggregate.

Toluca2 – 1Santos Laguna
Dueñas 27'
Mancilla 41'		 (Report) Castillo 26'
Referee: Paúl Enrique Delgadillo (Mexico)

Toluca won 2–1 on aggregate.

Final

The first and second legs of the final are scheduled to be played on December 11 and 14, respectively.

First leg

Cruz Azul0 – 2Toluca
(Report) da Silva 14'
Ponce 21'
Referee: Paúl Enrique Delgadillo (Mexico)

Second leg

References

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