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The Apertura 2017 Copa MX (officially the Apertura 2017 Copa Corona MX for sponsorship reasons) was the 78th staging of the Copa MX, the 50th staging in the professional era and is the eleventh tournament played since the 1996–97 edition.

This tournament began on 25 July 2017 and was originally scheduled to end on 1 November 2017. Due to the 2017 Puebla earthquake, the tournament was postponed in the Round of 16 phase, pushing the end of the tournament to 21 December 2017.

The final was held at Estadio BBVA Bancomer in the Monterrey suburb of Guadalupe with the home team Monterrey defeating Pachuca 1–0 to win their second title.

As winners, Monterrey earned a spot to face the winners of the Clausura 2018 edition, in the 2018 Supercopa MX.

Participants

The tournament will feature all Liga MX clubs (excluding recently promoted Lobos BUAP) as well as ten Ascenso MX clubs.

Due to the new format of the CONCACAF Champions League, Mexican clubs do not begin their participation until February, thus the teams qualified to 2017–18 CONCACAF Champions League (América, Guadalajara, Tijuana, UANL) will participate in this season's Copa MX.

Draw

The draw for the tournament took place on June 6, 2017, in Cancún, Quintana Roo, Mexico. 27 teams were drawn into nine groups of three, with each group containing one team from each of the three pots.

Clubs in Pot 1 were drawn to be the seed of each group according to the order of their drawing. That is, the first club that was drawn is seed of Group 1, the second drawn is seed of Group 2 and so on and so on. The Liga MX teams in Pot 1 are the teams who ended 1–5 in the 2016–17 Liga MX Aggregate table The Ascenso MX teams in Pot 1 are the four best possible teams in the 2016–17 Ascenso MX Aggregate table. Zacatepec Siglo XXI who ended fourth, were replaced by Oaxaca, who ended fifth, due to the club's disappearance.

Pot 2 contained Liga MX clubs who ended 6–9 in the Aggregate table and Ascenso MX clubs who ended 6–10 in the Aggregate table. Coras, who ended tenth in the Aggregate table, moved to Zacatepec, Morelos and became the new Zacatepec franchise.

Pot 3 contained Liga MX clubs who ended 10–17 in the Aggregate table. UDG, who ended twelfth in the Ascenso MX Aggregate table, replaced recently promoted Lobos BUAP.

Teams

Tiebreakers

If two or more clubs are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria are applied to determine the rankings:

1. superior goal difference;
2. higher number of goals scored;
3. scores of the group matches played among the clubs in question;
4. higher number of goals scored away in the group matches played among the clubs in question;
5. fair play ranking;
6. drawing of lots.

Group stage

Every group is composed of three clubs, each group has at least one club from Liga MX and Ascenso MX

Group 1

Sinaloa	0–2	UdeG
	Report	Vázquez 44' (pen.), 48'

Toluca	3–0	Sinaloa
Triverio 28', 79' Esquivel 90+1'	Report

UdeG	0–2	Toluca
		Abundiz 16' Delgadillo 90+5'

Sinaloa	1–2	Toluca
Monreal 49'	Report	Canelo 34' Sambueza 54'

Toluca	4–0	UdeG
Barrientos 9' Abundiz 41' Velarde 77' Canelo 80'	Report

Group 2

Monterrey	3–0	Celaya
A. González 52' Funes Mori 78' C. Sánchez 83'	Report

Celaya	1–1	UNAM
De la Tejera 66'	Report	Quintana 78'

UNAM	1–1	Monterrey
Gallardo 90+2'	Report	Benítez 28'

Celaya	0–1	Monterrey
	Report	Funes Mori 72'

UNAM	1–0	Celaya
Guerrón 64'	Report

Monterrey	3–1	UNAM
Hurtado 21' Juárez 26' Benítez 63'	Report	Formica 36'

Group 3

Atlas	2–1	UAEM
Tabó 48' (pen.) Vargas 55' (o.g.)	Report	Gama 67'

América	0–1	Atlas
	Report	Barraza 68'

América	2–1	UAEM
Romero 34' (pen.), 80'	Report	Morales 19'

UAEM	2–3	América
Hipólito 8' Morales 20'	Report	Pab. Aguilar 39', 90+1' Romero 77'

Atlas	0–2	América
	Report	William 23' Quintero 83' (pen.)

UAEM	1–2	Atlas
Ustari 54' (o.g.)	Report	Barraza 34' Martínez 90+15'

Group 4

Puebla	1–0	Atlante
Salom 43'	Report

Tijuana	1–0	Puebla
Arriola 7'	Report

Atlante	1–1	Tijuana
Cauich 90+5'	Report	Lucero 26'

Puebla	1–1	Tijuana
Míguez 43'	Report	Núñez 44'

Atlante	2–0	Puebla
F. Uscanga 35' (pen.) Cardozo 37'	Report

Group 5

Zacatepec	1–1	Cruz Azul
Zendejas 51'	Report	Zúñiga 23'

UANL	1–1	Cruz Azul
Sosa 76'	Report	Mora 80'

Zacatepec	2–1	UANL
A. González 18' Márquez 29' (pen.)	Report	Álvarez 79'

Cruz Azul	1–0	Zacatepec
Cauteruccio 42'	Report

Cruz Azul	2–1	UANL
Cauteruccio 81' Mora 90+2'	Report	Gignac 24'

UANL	1–3	Zacatepec
Gignac 88'	Report	Márquez 1', 87' Ivanobski 60'

Group 6

León	3–2	Oaxaca
Pereyra Díaz 52', 69' Boselli 79'	Report	Zúñiga 6' Guarch 10'

Oaxaca	1–0	Veracruz
Noya 34'	Report

Veracruz	1–2	León
Díaz 45'	Report	Ramos 32' Andrade 63'

León	2–0	Veracruz
Ramos 4' Cerato 19'	Report

Oaxaca	0–1	León
	Report	C. González 73'

Veracruz	3–1	Oaxaca
Holgado 16', 41', 53'	Report	Castellanos 39'

Group 7

Santos Laguna	2–0	Guadalajara
Rodríguez 67' (pen.) Furch 70' (pen.)	Report

Guadalajara	4–2	Juárez
Marín 19' Beltrán 45+3' Benítez 51' Pineda 74' (pen.)	Report	Prieto 33' Lucas 38'

Juárez	0–1	Guadalajara
		Macías 12'

Santos Laguna	2–0	Juárez
Armenteros 45' Lozano 65'	Report

Guadalajara	1–0	Santos Laguna
Zaldívar 85'	Report

Juárez	0–3	Santos Laguna
	Report	Cisneros 14', 17', 62'

Group 8

Querétaro	2–0	Sonora
Candelo 53' Camilo 80'	Report

Sonora	0–1	Pachuca
	Report	Cano 60'

Querétaro	0–1	Pachuca
	Report	Peña 90+3'

Sonora	2–2	Querétaro
Ramírez 69' Villa 90'	Report	Esqueda 40' (pen.) Yrizar 74'

Pachuca	2–1	Sonora
Cano 16' González 69'	Report	Guajardo 15' (pen.)

Group 9

Morelia	2–1	Zacatecas
López Villarreal 4' (o.g.) Ortiz 73'	Report	Hernández 12'

Zacatecas	1–2	Necaxa
Nurse 61'	Report	Ponce 45' Velázquez 79'

Necaxa	1–1	Morelia
D. Hernández 18'	Report	F. Pérez 71'

Necaxa	4–0	Zacatecas
Barragán 4', 9' (pen.) Dávila 66' Villalpando 76'	Report

Zacatecas	1–2	Morelia
Martínez 62'	Report	J. P. Rodríguez 4' Sepúlveda 13'

Morelia	2–1	Necaxa
Cuero 15' Sepúlveda 74'	Report	Barragán 75'

Ranking of second-placed teams

Knockout stage

• The clubs that advance to this stage will be ranked and seeded 1 to 16 based on performance in the group stage. In case of ties, the same tiebreakers used to rank the runners-up will be used.
• All rounds are played in a single game. If a game ends in a draw, it will proceed directly to a penalty shoot-out. The highest seeded club will host each match, regardless of which division each club belongs.
• The winners of the groups and the seven best second place teams of each group will advance to the Knockout stage.

Qualified teams

The nine group winners and the seven best runners-up from the group stage qualify for the final stage.

Seeding

Bracket

Round of 16

Toluca	1–1	Atlante
Canelo 54'	Report	Cardozo 66'
Penalties
Velarde Canelo Gómez Delgadillo	3–5	F. Uscanga Tarragona Cauich Zamora Reyes

Morelia	2–2	Tijuana
Zárate 76', 84'	Report	Pérez 27' Lucero 49' (pen.)
Penalties
J. P. Rodríguez Sepúlveda Guzmán Vilchis	2–4	Pérez Malcorra Musto Mendoza

América	1–0	Cruz Azul
Pab. Aguilar 67'	Report

León	1–1	Querétaro
Boselli 74'	Report	Benítez 54'
Penalties
Hernández Cornejo Ramos Andrade	2–4	Martínez Everaldo Güémez Trejo Volpi

Santos Laguna	2–0	Necaxa
Rodríguez 80' Rivas 85'	Report

Pachuca	5–0	Zacatepec
Gutiérrez 17' Honda 36', 44' Sagal 55' Cano 60'	Report

Monterrey	2–2	UdeG
A. González 10' C. Sánchez 56'	Report	Amador 31', 60'
Penalties
Pabón Benítez C. Sánchez Hurtado Juárez A. González	4–3	Valadéz Ruiz Amador Vázquez Hernández Padilla

Guadalajara	1–0	Atlas
Marín 24'	Report

• All Round of 16 matches, which were originally scheduled to be played between 19 and 21 September, were postponed due to the 2017 Puebla earthquake.

Quarterfinals

Guadalajara	1–1	Atlante
Fierro 49'	Report	Tarragona 66'
Penalties
Salcido Marín Zaldívar Pizarro	3–5	F. Uscanga Ó. Uscanga Cauich Zamora Reyes

Monterrey	4–1	Santos Laguna
Medina 17' C. Sánchez 41', 90+2' Benítez 75'	Report	Rodríguez 13'

América	1–1	Querétaro
Peralta 14'	Report	Güémez 67'
Penalties
Peralta Domínguez Romero Quintero	2–0	M. Martínez Benítez Camilo Everaldo

Pachuca	4–0	Tijuana
Jara 15' (pen.) Guzmán 36', 66' Honda 42'	Report

Semifinals

Monterrey	0–0	América
	Report
Penalties
Pabón Funes Mori Vagioni N. Sánchez	3–0	Domínguez Díaz Lainez

Pachuca	2–0	Atlante
González 5' Guzmán 21'	Report

Final

Monterrey	1–0	Pachuca
Hurtado 57'	Report

Top goalscorers

Players sorted first by goals scored, then by last name.

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Carlos Sánchez	Monterrey	4
2	Pablo Aguilar	América	3
	Martín Barragán	Necaxa
	Jorge Benítez	Monterrey
	Alexis Canelo	Toluca
	Germán Cano	Pachuca
	Ronaldo Cisneros	Santos Laguna
	Víctor Guzmán	Pachuca
	Rodrigo Holgado	Veracruz
	Keisuke Honda	Pachuca
	Luis Márquez	Zacatepec
	Jonathan Rodríguez	Santos Laguna
	Silvio Romero	América

Source: Copa MX

Notes

1. The UdeG v Sinaloa match resulted in a 2–1 victory for Sinaloa, but was later ruled a victory for UdeG due to Sinaloa missing a registered Ascenso MX player.
2. The UNAM v Celaya was originally scheduled for 31 August but was postponed due to torrential rain.

References

1. "Así quedaron los grupos para la Copa MX del Apertura 2017". 7 June 2017.
2. ^ "Copa MX posterga los octavos de final". 19 September 2017.
3. ^ "COPA MX - Página Oficial de la Liga Mexicana del Fútbol Profesional".
4. ^ "Así se jugará la Copa MX". 7 June 2017.
5. "¡Van los cuatro grandes! Lista la Copa MX para el Apertura 2017".
6. ^ "COPA MX - Página Oficial de la Liga Mexicana del Fútbol Profesional".
7. "COPA MX - Página Oficial de la Liga Mexicana del Fútbol Profesional".
8. ^ "Desaparece Zacatepec, se muda ahí Coras". 31 May 2017.
9. "La Comisión Disciplinaria Informa" [Disciplinary Commission Informs.] (in Spanish). ascensomx.net. 13 September 2017. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
10. ^ "Reglamento de Competencia 2016-2017" [Competition Regulations 2016-2017] (PDF) (in Spanish).

External links

• Official site

• Copa MX
• 2017 in Mexican sports
• 2017 domestic association football cups