2018–19 C.F. Monterrey season

Monterrey
2018–19 season
Owner	FEMSA
Chairman	Duilio Davino
Manager	Diego Alonso
Stadium	Estadio BBVA Bancomer
Apertura	5th; Playoffs: Semifinals
Clausura	3rd; Playoffs: Semifinals
Apertura Copa MX	Runners-up
CONCACAF Champions League	Champions
Top goalscorer	League: ; Rogelio Funes Mori; (16 goals); All: ; Rogelio Funes Mori; (20 goals)
Highest home attendance	53,327; (vs Tigres, 1 May 2019)
Lowest home attendance	16,681; (vs Venados, 28 August 2018)
Average home league attendance	39,767
Biggest win	Monterrey 5–0 Pachuca; (5 January 2019)
Biggest defeat	Toluca 5–1 Monterrey; (7 April 2019)
	← 2017–18 2019–20 →
	All statistics correct as of 13 January 2019.

The 2018–19 C.F. Monterrey season was the 83rd season in the football club's history and the 68th consecutive season in the top flight of Mexican football. In addition to the Liga MX and Copa MX, the club also competed in the CONCACAF Champions League.

Coaching staff[edit]

Position	Name
Head coach	Diego Alonso
Assistant coaches	Carlos Barra
	Claudio Arzeno
	Mauricio Elena
Goalkeepers coach	Fabián Donelli
Fitness coach	Mauricio Marchetti
Therapists	José Cárdenas
	José Obregón
	Roberto García
Doctors	Francisco García
Doctors	Raúl Luna

Players[edit]

Squad information[edit]

No.	Pos.	Name	Date of birth (Age)	Signed in	Previous club
Goalkeepers
1	GK	Marcelo Barovero	(1984-02-18) 18 February 1984 (age 40)	2018	Necaxa
22	GK	Juan Pablo Carrizo	(1984-05-06) 6 May 1984 (age 39)	2017	Internazionale
24	GK	Édson Reséndez	(1996-01-12) 12 January 1996 (age 28)	2015	Youth System
Defenders
3	DF	César Montes	(1997-02-24) 24 February 1997 (age 27)	2015	Youth System
3	DF	Nicolás Sánchez	(1986-02-04) 4 February 1986 (age 38)	2017 (Winter)	Racing
6	DF	Edson Gutiérrez	(1996-01-19) 19 January 1996 (age 28)	2018	Celaya
11	DF	Leonel Vangioni	(1987-05-05) 5 May 1987 (age 36)	2017	Milan
13	DF	José María Basanta	(1984-04-03) 3 April 1984 (age 40)	2015	Fiorentina
23	DF	Johan Vásquez	(1998-10-22) 22 October 1998 (age 25)	2018	Sonora
33	DF	Stefan Medina	(1992-06-14) 14 June 1992 (age 31)	2017	Pachuca
Midfielders
14	MF	Alfonso González	(1994-09-05) 5 September 1994 (age 29)	2016	Atlas
16	MF	Celso Ortiz	(1989-01-26) 26 January 1989 (age 35)	2016	AZ
17	MF	Jesús Gallardo	(1994-08-15) 15 August 1994 (age 29)	2018	UNAM
20	MF	Rodolfo Pizarro	(1994-02-15) 15 February 1994 (age 30)	2018	Guadalajara
21	MF	Jesús Molina	(1988-03-29) 29 March 1988 (age 36)	2017 (Winter)	Santos Laguna
25	MF	Jonathan González	(1999-04-13) 13 April 1999 (age 25)	2017	Youth System
29	MF	Carlos Rodríguez	(1997-01-03) 3 January 1997 (age 27)	2017 (Winter)	Youth System
Forwards
7	FW	Rogelio Funes Mori	(1991-03-05) 5 March 1991 (age 33)	2015	Eskişehirspor
8	FW	Dorlan Pabón	(1988-01-24) 24 January 1988 (age 36)	2014	São Paulo
10	FW	Jonathan Urretaviscaya	(1990-03-19) 19 March 1990 (age 34)	2018	Pachuca
18	FW	Avilés Hurtado	(1987-04-20) 20 April 1987 (age 37)	2017	Tijuana
19	FW	Luis Madrigal	(1993-02-10) 10 February 1993 (age 31)	2018	Youth System

Players and squad numbers last updated on 3 December 2018.^[1]
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Transfers[edit]

In[edit]

N	Pos.	Name	Age	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Source
1	GK	Marcelo Barovero	40	Necaxa	Loan	Summer	Mediotiempo.com
6	DF	Edson Gutiérrez	28	Celaya	Transfer	Summer
17	MF	Jesús Gallardo	29	UNAM	Transfer	Summer
19	FW	Luis Madrigal	31	Oaxaca	End of Loan	Summer
20	MF	Rodolfo Pizarro	30	Guadalajara	Transfer	Summer
23	DF	Johan Vásquez	25	Sonora	Loan	Summer
29	MF	Carlos Rodríguez	27	Toledo	End of Loan	Summer

Out[edit]

N	Pos.	Name	Age	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Source
1	GK	Hugo González	33	Necaxa	Loan	Summer	Mediotiempo.com
9	FW	Lucas Albertengo	33	Independiente	Loan Return	Summer
13	MF	Carlos Sánchez	39	Santos	Transfer	Summer
17	MF	Jesús Zavala	36	Zacatecas	Transfer	Summer
20	DF	Juan Álvarez	27	Unattached	Released	Summer
23	DF	Juan Portales	27	Atlético San Luis	Loan	Summer
27	FW	Jorge Benítez	31	Cerro Porteño	Transfer	Summer
30	FW	Julio Cruz	28	Guadalupe	Transfer	Summer
32	DF	Efraín Velarde	38	Morelia	Loan	Summer
82	DF	Germán Camacho	28	Toledo	Loan	Summer
287	MF	William Mejía	25	Toledo	Loan	Summer
295	MF	Misael Domínguez	24	Cruz Azul	Loan	Summer

Competitions[edit]

Overview[edit]

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Torneo Apertura	21 July 2018	8 December 2018	Matchday 1	5th	21	12	3	6	29	20	+9	057.14
Apertura Copa MX	1 August 2018	31 October 2018	Group stage	Runners-up	8	5	2	1	14	6	+8	062.50
Torneo Clausura	5 January 2019	18 May 2019	Matchday 1	3rd	21	10	6	5	35	23	+12	047.62
CONCACAF Champions League	20 February 2019	1 May 2019	Round of 16	Winners	8	5	2	1	16	4	+12	062.50
Total					58	32	13	13	94	53	+41	055.17

Last updated: 6 March 2019
Source: Mediotiempo.com

Torneo Apertura[edit]

League table[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
3	UNAM	17	8	6	3	29	19	+10	30	Advance to Liguilla^[a]
4	Santos Laguna	17	8	6	3	27	18	+9	30
5	Monterrey	17	9	3	5	25	19	+6	30
6	UANL	17	8	5	4	32	18	+14	29
7	Toluca	17	8	2	7	27	22	+5	26

Source: Liga MX
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results between tied teams; 5) Number of goals scored away; 6) Highest relegation coefficient; 7) Fair Play points
Notes:

^ The first 8 places in the table qualified for the Liguilla. The last ranked team in the relegation table could qualify for the Liguilla in the Apertura tournament.

Results summary[edit]


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
17	9	3	5	25	19	+6	30	6	1	1	17	9	+8	3	2	4	8	10	−2

Last updated: 3 December 2018.
Source: LigaMX

Result round by round[edit]

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17
Ground	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	W	W	L	W	W	D	L	L	D	W	L	W	L	W	D	W
Position	8	3	3	5	3	2	2	2	6	6	4	6	5	6	6	5	5

Updated to match(es) played on 3 December 2018. Source: LigaMX
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches[edit]

21 July 2018 1	Pachuca	0–1	Monterrey	Pachuca
19:00		Report	Hurtado 64'	Stadium: Estadio Hidalgo Attendance: 26,567 Referee: Diego Montaño

29 July 2018 2	León	0–2	Monterrey	León
20:00		Report	Sánchez 73' Funes Mori 90+2'	Stadium: Estadio León Attendance: 17,712 Referee: Erick Yair Miranda

4 August 2018 3	Monterrey	2–1	Querétaro	Guadalupe
21:06	Sánchez 28' Hurtado 89'	Report	Puch 22'	Stadium: Estadio BBVA Bancomer Attendance: 42,288 Referee: Oscar Mejía

11 August 2018 4	América	3–0	Monterrey	Mexico City
21:00	Martínez 23' Valdez 49' Ibargüen 84'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Azteca Attendance: 24,346 Referee: Jorge Antonio Pérez Durán

18 August 2018 5	Monterrey	1–0	UNAM	Guadalupe
21:06	Sánchez 3'	Report		Stadium: Estadio BBVA Bancomer Attendance: 40,268 Referee: Diego Montaño

22 August 2018 6	BUAP	1–2	Monterrey	Puebla City
21:00	Kazim-Richards 70'	Report	Ortiz 11' Sánchez 90+2'	Stadium: Estadio Universitario BUAP Attendance: 7,836 Referee: Jorge Isaac Rojas

25 August 2018 7	Monterrey	2–2	Morelia	Guadalupe
21:06	Medina 6' Madrigal 28'	Report	Millar 31' Ferreira 86'	Stadium: Estadio BBVA Bancomer Attendance: 40,129 Referee: Adonai Escobedo

31 August 2018 8	Puebla	2–1	Monterrey	Puebla City
21:00	Tabó 68' Cavallini 90+3'	Report	Madrigal 41'	Stadium: Estadio Cuauhtémoc Attendance: 9,550 Referee: Fernando Guerrero

15 September 2018 9	Monterrey	2–4	Guadalajara	Guadalupe
21:06	Pabón 49' Medina 65'	Report	Van Rankin 43' Marín 67' Sandoval 76' Cervantes 84'	Stadium: Estadio BBVA Bancomer Attendance: 37,812 Referee: Francisco Chacón

23 September 2018 10	Tigres	0–0	Monterrey	San Nicolás de los Garza
20:00		Report		Stadium: Estadio Universitario Attendance: 41,615 Referee: Jorge Antonio Pérez Durán

29 September 2018 11	Monterrey	3–0	Tijuana	Guadalupe
21:06	Funes Mori 10' Sánchez 55' Gallardo 75'	Report		Stadium: Estadio BBVA Bancomer Attendance: 32,597 Referee: Jonathan Hernández

6 October 2018 12	Cruz Azul	2–1	Monterrey	Mexico City
17:00	Hernández 21' Méndez 71'	Report	Montes 15'	Stadium: Estadio Azteca Attendance: 27,689 Referee: Fernando Hernández

21 October 2018 13	Monterrey	2–1	Toluca	Guadalupe
20:06	Gallardo 72' Lajud 84'	Report	González 49'	Stadium: Estadio BBVA Bancomer Attendance: 29,444 Referee: Fernando Guerrero

26 October 2018 14	Santos	1–0	Monterrey	Torreón
19:00	Furch 16'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Corona Attendance: 22,887 Referee: César Arturo Ramos

3 November 2018 15	Monterrey	2–0	Veracruz	Guadalupe
20:06	Pizarro 24' Gallardo 71'	Report		Stadium: Estadio BBVA Bancomer Attendance: 28,482

10 November 2018 16	Necaxa	1–1	Monterrey	Aguascalientes City
21:00	Gallegos 70'	Report	Pabón 10'	Stadium: Estadio Victoria Attendance: 11,534 Referee: Jorge Antonio Pérez Durán

24 November 2018 17	Monterrey	3–1	Atlas	Guadalupe
21:06	Sánchez 25' Funes Mori 56' Madrigal 79'	Report	Duque 87'	Stadium: BBVA Bancomer Attendance: 31,758 Referee: Roberto García Orozco

Liguilla[edit]

Quarter-finals[edit]

28 November 2018 First leg	Monterrey	1–0	Santos	Guadalupe
21:06	Funes Mori 59'	Report		Stadium: Estadio BBVA Bancomer Attendance: 24,723 Referee: Luis Enrique Santander

1 December 2018 Second leg	Santos	0–2 (0–3 agg.)	Monterrey	Torreón
21:00		Report	Sánchez 53' Funes Mori 58'	Stadium: Estadio Corona Attendance: 25,900 Referee: Jorge Isaac Rojas

Semi-finals[edit]

5 December 2018 First leg	Monterrey	1–0	Cruz Azul	Guadalupe
20:06 CST	Pizarro 3' Funes Mori 88' Pabón 88'	Report	Alvarado 51' Aldrete 62' Cauteruccio 68'	Stadium: Estadio BBVA Bancomer Attendance: 36,721 Referee: César Arturo Ramos

8 December 2018 Second leg	Cruz Azul	1–0 (1–1 agg.)	Monterrey	Mexico City
19:00 CST	Marcone 29' Caraglio 54', 74' J. Domínguez 69' Baca 90+1'	Report	Vangioni 23' Medina 76' Funes Mori 79'	Stadium: Estadio Azteca Attendance: 39,307 Referee: Fernando Guerrero
Note: 1–1 on aggregate and tied on away goals. Cruz Azul advanced as the higher seed in the classification table.

Apertura Copa MX[edit]

Group stage[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Monterrey	4	3	1	0	9	4	+5	10	Advance to knockout stage
2	Puebla	4	2	1	1	4	3	+1	7	Advance to knockout stage
3	Venados	4	0	0	4	2	8	−6	0

Source: Copa MX
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

1 August 2018 1	Monterrey	2–1	Puebla	Guadalupe
21:00	Madrigal 18' Lajud 19'	Report	Goulart 83'	Stadium: Estadio BBVA Bancomer Attendance: 26,040 Referee: Alejandro Funk

7 August 2018 2	Venados	0–3	Monterrey	Mérida
21:00		Report	Parra 26' González 48' Madrigal 67'	Stadium: Estadio Carlos Iturralde Attendance: 7,278 Referee: Alan Enrique Martínez Vega

14 August 2018 3	Puebla	1–1	Monterrey	Puebla City
21:00	Palacios 84'	Report	Lajud 22'	Stadium: Estadio Cuauhtémoc Attendance: 4,538 Referee: Jorge Isaac Rojas

28 August 2018 4	Monterrey	3–2	Venados	Guadalupe
21:00	Urretaviscaya 2' Rodríguez 52' Madrigal 90+4'	Report	Robles 12' Villafana 17'	Stadium: Estadio BBVA Bancomer Attendance: 16,681 Referee: Roberto Ríos Jácome

Round of 16[edit]

2 October 2018	Monterrey	4–2	Zacatepec	Guadalupe
21:15	Sánchez 20' Lajud 26' Gallardo 34' Pabón 90+5'	Report	Gallardo 34' (o.g.) Ramírez 67'	Stadium: Estadio BBVA Bancomer Attendance: 23,260 Referee: José Alfredo Peñaloza

Quarterfinals[edit]

9 October 2018	Monterrey	1–0	Querétaro	Guadalupe
20:30	Sanvezzo 7' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Estadio BBVA Bancomer Attendance: 26,361 Referee: Jorge Antonio Pérez Durán

Semifinal[edit]

23 October 2018	Pachuca	3–3 (3–4 p)	Monterrey	Pachuca
21:06	Tapias 2' Jara 44' Giménez 90+6'	Report	Funes Mori 10', 20' Lajud 46'	Stadium: Estadio Hidalgo Attendance: 22,385 Referee: Luis Enrique Santander
	Penalties
	Giménez Tapias R. López Jara Guzmán		Vangioni Madrigal Molina Vásquez Gallardo

Final[edit]

31 October 2018 Final	Monterrey	0–2	Cruz Azul	Guadalupe
20:36		Report	Hernández 33' Cauteruccio 52'	Stadium: Estadio BBVA Bancomer Attendance: 49,764 Referee: Fernando Guerrero

Torneo Clausura[edit]

League table[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	León	17	13	2	2	41	14	+27	41	Advance to Liguilla^[a]
2	UANL (C)	17	11	4	2	33	16	+17	37
3	Monterrey	17	8	6	3	33	21	+12	30
4	Cruz Azul	17	8	6	3	26	15	+11	30
5	América	17	9	2	6	28	19	+9	29

Source: Liga MX
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results between tied teams; 5) Number of goals scored away; 6) Highest relegation coefficient; 7) Fair Play points
(C) Champions
Notes:

^ The first 8 places in the table qualified for the Liguilla.

Results summary[edit]


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	6	3	33	21	+12	30	4	5	0	23	9	+14	4	1	3	10	12	−2

Last updated: 2 March 2019.
Source: LigaMX

Result round by round[edit]

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17
Ground	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	D	W	W	D	W	W	D	W	D	L	D	L	W	W	D	L
Position	1	4	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	3	3	4	4	3	2	2	3

Updated to match(es) played on 2 March 2019. Source: LigaMX
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches[edit]

5 January 2019 1	Monterrey	5–0	Pachuca	Guadalupe
17:06	Hurtado 10' González 50' Funes Mori 57', 73' Zaldívar 83'	Report		Stadium: Estadio BBVA Bancomer Attendance: 39,853 Referee: Jorge Isaac Rojas

12 January 2019 2	Monterrey	2–2	León	Guadalupe
17:00	Sánchez 54', 71'	Report	Angulo 73' Mosquera 90+3'	Stadium: Estadio BBVA Bancomer Attendance: 43,583 Referee: Francisco Chacón

19 January 2019 3	Querétaro	1–2	Monterrey	Querétaro
17:00	Camilo 30'	Report	Gallardo 54' Meza 90'	Stadium: Estadio Corregidora Attendance: 13,970 Referee: Diego Montaño Robles

26 January 2019 4	Monterrey	3–2	América	Guadalupe
17:00	Sánchez 13' Funes Mori 66', 69'	Report	Álvarez 24' Valdez 80'	Stadium: Estadio BBVA Bancomer Attendance: 46,292 Referee: Fernando Guerrero Ramírez

3 February 2019 5	UNAM	1–1	Monterrey	Mexico City
12:00	Iturbe 83'	Report	Pabón 27'	Stadium: Olímpico Universitario Attendance: 17,825 Referee: Oscar Macías Romo

9 February 2019 6	Monterrey	4–0	BUAP	Guadalupe
17:00	Pizarro 20' Meza 24' Sánchez 78' Funes Mori 84'	Report		Stadium: Estadio BBVA Bancomer Attendance: 39,364 Referee: Eduardo Galvan Basulto

15 February 2019 7	Morelia	2–3	Monterrey	Morelia
19:00	Flores 30' Lezcano 59'	Report	Funes Mori 29', 77' Rodríguez 90'	Stadium: Estadio Morelos Attendance: 18,951 Referee: Roberto Rios Jácome

23 February 2019 8	Monterrey	0–0	Puebla	Guadalupe
19:00		Report		Stadium: Estadio BBVA Bancomer Attendance: 43,219 Referee: Jorge Antonio Pérez Durán

2 March 2019 9	Guadalajara	0–2	Monterrey	Zapopan
21:00		Report	Pabón 2', 89'	Stadium: Estadio Akron Attendance: 32,233 Referee: Adonai Escobedo Gonzalez

9 March 2019 10	Monterrey	1–1	Tigres	Guadalupe
19:00	Pabón 17' Funes Mori 33', 78' Montes 70' Sánchez 85'	Report	Meza 22' Pizarro 43' Quiñones 80', 80'	Stadium: Estadio BBVA Bancomer Referee: César Arturo Ramos Palazuelos

16 March 2019 11	Tijuana	1–0	Monterrey	Tijuana
19:06	Bolaños 67' Lajud 69' Bou 70'	Report	Vangioni 44'	Stadium: Estadio Caliente Referee: Diego Montaño Robles

30 March 2019 12	Monterrey	2–2	Cruz Azul	Guadalupe
21:00	Funes Mori 16' Vangioni 16' Hurtado 44' Montes 48'	Report	Madueña 18' Baca 23' Yotún 40' Caraglio 75' Lichnovsky 90'	Stadium: Estadio BBVA Bancomer Referee: Eduardo Galvan Basulto

7 April 2019 13	Toluca	5–1	Monterrey	Toluca
12:00	da Silva 3', 44' Pardo 14', 63', 65' Canelo 72' Maidana 75' Medina 82'	Report	Vásquez 38' Medina 69' Pizarro 71' Vangioni 77'	Stadium: Estadio Nemesio Díez Referee: Marco Antonio Ortiz Nava

13 April 2019 14	Monterrey	4–0	Santos	Guadalupe
21:00	Pizarro 22' Funes Mori 60', 76', 87'	Report	Quiñones 75'	Stadium: Estadio BBVA Bancomer Referee: Luis Enrique Santander Aguirre

19 April 2019 15	Veracruz	0–1	Monterrey	Boca del Río
21:00	Luna 67' García 73' Bonilha 78'	Report	Gallardo 65' Vangioni 69' Vásquez 70'	Stadium: Estadio Luis "Pirata" Fuente Referee: Jorge Isaac Rojas Castillo

27 April 2019 16	Monterrey	2–2	Necaxa	Guadalupe
19:00	Vásquez 23' Bareiro 44'	Report	Fernández 2' Álvarez 61'	Stadium: Estadio BBVA Bancomer

5 May 2019 17	Atlas	2–0	Monterrey	Guadalajara
21:00	Torres 21' Vigon 87'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Jalisco

Liguilla[edit]

Quarter-finals[edit]

9 May 2019 First leg	Necaxa	1–0	Monterrey	Aguascalientes
19:00	Cristian Calderón 45'			Stadium: Estadio Victoria Attendance: 23,200

12 May 2019 Second leg	Monterrey	1–0 (1–1 agg.)	Necaxa	Guadalupe
20:00	Rodolfo Pizarro 41'			Stadium: Estadio BBVA Bancomer Attendance: 46,200

Semi-finals[edit]

15 May 2019 First leg	Monterrey	1–0	Tigres	Guadalupe
21:00	Dorlan Pabón 13'			Stadium: Estadio BBVA Bancomer Attendance: 50,027

18 May 2019 Second leg	Tigres	1–0 (1–1 agg.)	Monterrey	San Nicolás
19:00	Guido Pizarro 42'			Stadium: Estadio Universitario Attendance: 41,500

CONCACAF Champions League[edit]

Round of 16[edit]

20 February 2019 (2019-02-20) First leg	Alianza	0–0	Monterrey	San Salvador
22:00 (21:00 UTC−6)		Report		Stadium: Estadio Cuscatlán Referee: Kevin Morrison (Jamaica)

27 February 2019 (2019-02-27) Second leg	Monterrey	1–0 (1–0 agg.)	Alianza	Guadalupe
22:00 (21:00 UTC−6)	Sánchez 86' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Estadio BBVA Bancomer Referee: David Gantar (Canada)

Quarter-finals[edit]

6 March 2019 (2019-03-06) First leg	Monterrey	3–0	Atlanta United	Guadalupe
22:00 (21:00 UTC−6)	Sánchez 17' (pen.) Pabón 80' Gallardo 84'	Report		Stadium: Estadio BBVA Bancomer Referee: Ismael Cornejo (El Salvador)

13 March 2019 (2019-03-13) Second leg	Atlanta United	1–0 (1–3 agg.)	Monterrey	Atlanta
20:00 (20:00 UTC−4)	Parkhurst 60' J. Martínez 77'	Report	Pizarro 84'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Stadium Attendance: 40,048 Referee: Henry Bejarano

Semifinals[edit]

Kickoff times are in CST (UTC-06) unless shown otherwise

April 4, 2019 First leg	Monterrey	5–0	Sporting Kansas City	Guadalupe
9:00 PM	Pabón 7', 76' Hurtado 14' Sánchez 49', 70' (pen.) Gallardo 55' Montes 67'	Report	Fontàs 30' Zusi 58'	Stadium: Estadio BBVA Bancomer Referee: Mario Escobar

April 11, 2019 Second leg	Sporting Kansas City	2–5 (2–10 agg.)	Monterrey	Kansas City, United States
8:00 PM	Gerso 6', 29' Gutiérrez 26' Ilie 60'	Report	Funes Mori 20', 90+1' Montes 36' Pizarro 39' Layún 61' Hurtado 82'	Stadium: Children's Mercy Park Attendance: 18,467 Referee: Joel Aguilar

Finals[edit]

April 23, 2019 First leg	Tigres	0–1	Monterrey	San Nicolás
9:00 PM			Sánchez 43'	Stadium: Estadio Universitario

May 1, 2019 Second leg	Monterrey	1–1 (2–1 agg.)	Tigres	Guadalupe
9:00 PM	Sánchez 26' (pen.)		Gignac 85'	Stadium: Estadio BBVA Bancomer

Statistics[edit]

Goals[edit]

As of 18 May 2019

Rank	Player	Position	Apertura	Ap. Copa MX	Clausura	Concacaf CL	Total^[2]
1	Rogelio Funes Mori	FW	5	2	11	2	20
2	Nicolás Sánchez	DF	7	1	4	5	17
3	Dorlan Pabón	FW	2	1	4	3	10
4	Jesús Gallardo	MF	3	1	1	2	7
4	Rodolfo Pizarro	MF	2	0	4	1	7
6	Luis Madrigal	FW	3	3	0	0	6
6	Avilés Hurtado	FW	2	0	2	2	6
8	Daniel Lajud	MF	1	4	0	0	5
9	Stefan Medina	DF	2	0	0	0	2
10	Alfonso González	MF	0	1	0	0	1
	Jonathan González	MF	0	0	1	0	1
	César Montes	DF	1	0	0	0	1
	Celso Ortiz	MF	1	0	0	0	1
	Daniel Parra	DF	0	1	0	0	1
	Carlos Rodríguez	MF	0	1	0	0	1
	Jonathan Urretaviscaya	FW	0	1	0	0	1
	Ángel Zaldívar	FW	0	0	1	0	1
Total			28	16	7	1	52

Clean sheets[edit]

As of 13 January 2019

Rank	Name	Apertura	Ap. Copa MX	Clausura	Total^[3]
1	Marcelo Barovero	9	0	1	10
2	Juan Pablo Carrizo	0	2	0	2
Total		9	2	1	12

References[edit]

^ http://www.rayados.com/plantel/lista Rayados.com
^ "Monterrey | Calendario". MedioTiempo. Retrieved 2018-12-02.
^ LIGA MX / ASCENSO MX. "LIGA MX - Página Oficial de la Liga del Fútbol Profesional en México .: Bienvenido". ligamx.net. Retrieved 2018-12-02.

External links[edit]

Official website

[table_note_res_LIG0.037689316104022-2] The first 8 places in the table qualified for the Liguilla. The last ranked team in the relegation table could qualify for the Liguilla in the Apertura tournament.

[table_note_res_LIG0.18886889246705-3] The first 8 places in the table qualified for the Liguilla.

[1] ttp://www.rayados.com/plantel/lista Rayados.com

[MT-4] "Monterrey | Calendario". MedioTiempo. Retrieved 2018-12-02.

[LMX-5] LIGA MX / ASCENSO MX. "LIGA MX - Página Oficial de la Liga del Fútbol Profesional en México .: Bienvenido". ligamx.net. Retrieved 2018-12-02.

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