| 2011–12 season | |||
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| Manager | (Feb., 2011–Sep., 2011) (Sep., 2011–Nov., 2011) (from Nov., 2011)  | ||
| Stadium | Estadio Azteca | ||
| Apertura 2011 | 17th | ||
| Clausura 2012 | 3rd Final Phase Semi-finals  | ||
| Top goalscorer | League:  Apertura: Christian Benítez (8) Clausura: Christian Benítez (14) All: Christian Benítez (22)  | ||
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The 2011–12 América season was the 65th 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. América began their season on July 25, 2011 against Querétaro, América play their homes games on Sundays at 4:00pm local time.
Torneo Apertura
Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Out on loan
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Regular season
Win Draw Loss
Apertura 2011 results
| July 24, 2011 Round 1 | América | 2 – 1 | Querétaro | Estadio Azteca, Mexico City | 
| 16:00 | Cortés  Benítez Pimantel  | 
Report | Vásquez  Pineda Mondragón Bueno García Arias Niell  | 
Referee: Antony Zanjuampa | 
| July 31, 2011 Round 2 | Toluca | 1 – 1 | América | Estadio Nemesio Díez, Toluca | 
| 12:00 | Alonso  Sinha Dueñas de la Torre  | 
Report | Molina  Vuoso Rosinei Medina  | 
Referee: Jorge Isaac Rojas | 
| August 3, 2011 Round 3 | América | 1 – 2 | Estudiantes Tecos | Estadio Azteca, Mexico City | 
| 17:00 | Peréz  Vusoso Pimentel Valenzuela Aguilar  | 
Report | Pinto  Bovaglio Zamogilny Sambuez  | 
Referee: Miguel Ángel Flores | 
| September 14, 2011[1] Round 4 | América | 2 – 2 | San Luis | Estadio Azteca, Mexico City | 
| 20:30 | Rosinei  Márquez Reyna  | 
Report | Alcántar  Torres Aguirre González Matellán Sánchez  | 
Referee: Roberto García Orozco | 
| August 13, 2011 Round 5 | UANL | 2 – 2 | América | Estadio Universitario, San Nicolás | 
| 18:00 | Molina  Treviño Navarrete Mancilla Morán  | 
Report | Benítez  R. González  | 
Referee: César Arturo Ramos | 
| August 21, 2011 Round 6 | América | 5 – 2 | Atlas | Estadio Azteca, Mexico City | 
| 16:00 | Reyna  Sánchez Molina Benítez Mosquera  | 
Report | Vidrio  Welcome Lacerda Zamora Santos  | 
Referee: Erim Ramírez | 
| August 27, 2011 Round 7 | Pachuca | 2 – 0 | América | Estadio Hidalgo, Pachuca | 
| 19:00 | Borja  Cejas Torres Brambila  | 
Report | Molina  Valenzuela Vuoso  | 
Referee: Paul Delgadillo | 
| September 11, 2011 Round 8 | América | 0 – 1 | Atlante | Estadio Azteca, Mexico City | 
| 16:00 | Rosieni  Oregón Molina  | 
Report | Rojas  Diego Luna Martínez  | 
Referee: Marco Antonio Rodríguez | 
| September 17, 2011 Round 9 | Chiapas | 5 – 3 | América | Estadio Victor Manuel Reyna, Tuxtla Gutierrez | 
| 17:00 | Andrade  Valdéz Arizala M. Martínez Fuentes J. Martínez  | 
Report | Benítez  Montenegro Rojas R. González  | 
Referee: José Alfredo Peñaloza | 
| September 25, 2011 Round 10 | América | 1 – 1 | Tijuana | Estadio Azteca, Mexico City | 
| 16:00 | Reyes  Márquez Benítez Reyna  | 
Report | Yacuzzi  Sand Gandolfi Almazán Leandro  | 
Referee: Roberto García Orozco | 
| October 1, 2011 Round 11 | UNAM | 1 – 0 | América | Estadio Olímpico Universitario, Mexico City | 
| 16:00 | Cabrera  Fuentes Izazola M. Palacios  | 
Report | Aguilar  | 
Referee: Ricardo Arellano | 
| October 9, 2011 Round 12 | América | 1 – 1 | Morelia | Estadio Azteca, Mexico City | 
| 17:00 | Valenzuela  | 
Report | Sabah  Gastélum Cabrera Noriega  | 
Referee: Francisco Chacón | 
| October 15, 2011 Round 13 | Monterrey | 0 – 3 | América | Estadio Tecnológico, Monterrey | 
| 17:00 | Mier  Osorio Santana  | 
Report | Martínez  Treviño Montenegro Rojas Mosquera  | 
Referee: Fabricio Morales | 
| October 23, 2011 Round 14 | América | 1 – 3 | Guadalajara | Estadio Azteca, Mexico City | 
| 16:00 | Benítez  Rosinei Molina Mosquera  | 
Report | Gallardo  Fabian Torres  | 
Referee: Fernando Guerrero | 
| October 26, 2011 Round 15 | Santos Laguna | 1 – 1 | América | Estadio Corona, Torreón | 
| 21:00 | Quintero  Hoyos Estrada  | 
Report | Montenegro  Jiménez Rodróguez Molina Mosquera Sánchez Rojas Valenzuela  | 
Referee: Miguel Ángel Ayala | 
| October 30, 2011 Round 16 | América | 2 – 3 | Puebla | Estadio Azteca, Mexico City | 
| 16:00 | Jiménez  Benítez Reyes Molina Vuoso  | 
Report | Luis García  Riascos  | 
Referee: Jorge Eduardo Gasso | 
| November 5, 2011 Round 17 | Cruz Azul | 3 – 1 | América | Estadio Azul, Mexico City | 
| 17:00 | Villa  Torrado Pinto Orozco Ponce  | 
[www.mediotiempo.com/ficha.php?id_partido=35740 Report] | Rojas  Valenzuela Montenegro Pimentel  | 
Referee: Roberto García Orozco | 
América did not qualify to the Final Phase
Goalscorers
| Position | Nation | Name | Goals scored | 
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| 1. | Christian Benítez | 8 | |
| 2. | Daniel Montenegro | 4 | |
| 3. | Vicente Matías Vuoso | 2 | |
| 3. | Own Goals | 2 | |
| 5. | Rosinei | 1 | |
| 5. | Raúl Jiménez | 1 | |
| 5. | Renato González | 1 | |
| 5. | Daniel Márquez | 1 | |
| 5. | José Joaquín Martínez | 1 | |
| 5. | Aquivaldo Mosquera | 1 | |
| 5. | Ángel Reyna | 1 | |
| 5. | Óscar Rojas | 1 | |
| 5. | Vicente Sánchez | 1 | |
| 5. | Juan Carlos Valenzuela | 1 | |
| TOTAL | 26  | 
Results
Results summary
| Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
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| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | 
| 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 26 | 31 | −5 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 16 | −1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 15 | −4 | 
Last updated: 5 November 2011.
Source: Apertura 2011 results
Results by round
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Transfers
In
| # | Pos | Nat | Player | Age | From | Date | Notes | 
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| GK | Moisés Muñoz | 31 | Atlante | November 18, 2011 | [4] | ||
| MF | Christian Bermúdez | 24 | Atlante | November 26, 2011 | [5] | ||
| MF | José María Cárdenas | 26 | Santos Laguna | December 16, 2011 | [6] | ||
| DF | Oswaldo Vizcarrondo | 27 | December 19, 2011 | [7] | 
Out
| # | Pos | Nat | Player | Age | To | Date | Notes | 
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| 1 | GK | Armando Navarrete | 31 | Atlante | November 26, 2011 | [8] | |
| 15 | DF | Edgar Castillo | 25 | Tijuana | November 27, 2011 | [9] | |
| 23 | MF | José Joaquín Martínez | 24 | Necaxa | December 17, 2011 | [10] | |
| 18 | MF | Ángel Reyna | 27 | Monterrey | December 21, 2011 | Sacked[11] | 
Torneo Clausura
Squad
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Regular season
Clausura 2012 results
| January 7, 2012 Round 1 | Querétaro | 0 – 2 | América | Estadio Corregidora, Querétaro | 
| 17:00 | Report | Valenzuela  Benítez Reyes Medina  | 
Referee: Jorge Antonio Pérez | 
| January 15, 2012 Round 2 | América | 1 – 1 | Toluca | Estadio Azteca, Mexico City | 
| 16:00 | Reyes  Vuoso  | 
Report | Gamboa  Alonsp Romagnoli Talavera  | 
Referee: Erim Ramírez | 
| January 20, 2012 Round 3 | Estudiantes Tecos | 1 – 1 | América | Estadio Tres de Marzo, Zapopan | 
| 20:10 | Sambueza  Bareiro Luna Castro Colace  | 
Report | Benítez  Adolfo Mosquera Vizcarrondo  | 
Referee: Mauricio Morales | 
| January 28, 2012 Round 4 | San Luis | 1 – 3 | América | Estadio Alfonso Lastras, San Luis Potosí | 
| 20:45 | Aguirre  Chiapas Chávez Paredes Orozco Alcántar  | 
Report | Benítez  Mosquera Rosinei Rojas  | 
Referee: Óscar Macias | 
| February 5, 2012 Round 5 | América | 0 – 1 | UANL | Estadio Azteca, Mexico City | 
| 16:00 | Vuoso  Rosinei  | 
Report | Jiménez  Mancilla Juninho Dueñas  | 
Referee: Roberto García Orozco | 
| February 11, 2012 Round 6 | Atlas | 1 – 1 | América | Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara | 
| 20:45 | Erpen  Rodríguez Maldonado Barraza  | 
Report | Aguilar  Mosquera Cárdenas Viscarrondo  | 
Referee: Jorge Isaac Rojas | 
| February 19, 2012 Round 7 | América | 1 – 0 | Pachuca | Estadio Azteca, Mexico City | 
| 16:00 | Vizcarrondo  Benítez García  | 
Report | López  Torres Muñoz Mustafá Vidrio Arreola Briambila  | 
Referee: Miguel Ángel Ortega | 
| February 25, 2012 Round 8 | Atlante | 0 – 4 | América | Estadio Quintana Roo, Cancún | 
| 21:00 | Castillo  Arroyo  | 
Report | Molina  Benítez Mosquera Vizcarrondo  | 
Referee: Mauricio Morales | 
| March 4, 2012 Round 9 | América | 2 – 0 | Chiapas | Estadio Azteca, Mexico City | 
| 16:00 | Montenegro  Herrera Gallardo  | 
Report | E. Hernández  | 
Referee: Ricardo Arellano | 
| March 9, 2012 Round 10 | Tijuana | 1 – 1 | América | Estadio Caliente, Tijuana | 
| 18:10 | Sand  Riascos Arévalo Ríos  | 
Report | Medina  Molina Vizcarrondo Jiménez  | 
Referee: José Alfredo Peñaloza | 
| March 18, 2012 Round 11 | América | 2 – 1 | UNAM | Estadio Azteca, Mexico City | 
| 16:00 | Benítez  Mosquera Herrera (manager) Vuoso Aguilar  | 
Report | García  Pimentel Cacho Bravo  | 
Referee: Jorge Antonio Pérez | 
| March 23, 2012 Round 12 | Morelia | 3 – 1 | América | Estadio Morelos, Morelia | 
| 19:10 | Valdez  Sabah Ramírez Lugo Lozano  | 
Mosquera  Benítez Montenegro Cárdenas  | 
Referee: Antony Zanjuampa | 
| April 1, 2012 Round 13 | América | 2 – 3 | Monterrey | Estadio Azteca, Mexico City | 
| 16:00 | Montenegro  Molina Benítez Cárdenas García  | 
Report | Zavala  L. Pérez Suazo Carreño Reyna  | 
Referee: Francisco Chacón | 
| April 8, 2012 Round 14 | Guadalajara | 0 – 1 | América | Estadio Omnilife, Zapopan | 
| 18:00 | Fabián  Álvarez Araujo Báez Reynoso  | 
Report | Pimentel  Cárdenas Aguilar  | 
Referee: Marco Antonio Rodríguez | 
| April 14, 2012 Round 15 | América | 3 – 1 | Santos Laguna | Estadio Azteca, Mexico City | 
| 17:00 | Medina  Bermúdez Benítez Vuoso  | 
Report | Hoyos  Ochoa Crosas  | 
Referee: Jorge Isaac Rojas | 
| April 22, 2012 Round 16 | Puebla | 2 – 3 | América | Estadio Cuauhtémoc, Puebla | 
| 16:00 | Luis García  Durán Beasley Salinas  | 
Report | Montenegro  Vizcarrondo Benítez Pinedo  | 
Referee: Ricardo Arellano | 
Final phase
| May 2, 2012 Quarter-finals | Pachuca | 1 – 3 | América | Estadio Hidalgo, Pachuca | 
| 20:30 | Rodríguez  Muñoz Mustafá Vidrio López  | 
Report | Molina  Bermúdez Reyes Muñoz  | 
Referee: Erim Ramírez | 
| May 5, 2012 Quarter-finals | América | 0 – 1 | Pachuca | Estadio Azteca, Mexico City | 
| 18:00 | Mosquera  | 
Report | López  Vidrio  | 
Referee: Marco Antonio Rodríguez | 
América advanced 3–2 on aggregate
| May 9, 2012 Semi-finals | América | 0 – 0 | Monterrey | Estadio Azteca, Mexico City | 
| 21:00 | Vuoso  Aguilar Molina Mosquera  | 
Report | Chávez  Basanta Mier  | 
Referee: Mauricio Morales | 
| May 12, 2012 Semi-finals | Monterrey | 2 – 0 | América | Estadio Tecnológico, Monterrey | 
| 21:00 | Basanta  de Nigris  | 
Report | Molina  Vuoso Mosquera  | 
Referee: Roberto García Orozco | 
Monterrey advanced 2–0 on aggregate
Goalscorers
Regular season
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Final phase
 
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Results
Results summary
| Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
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| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | 
| 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 31 | 18 | +13 | 32 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 9 | +4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 9 | +9 | 
Last updated: 29 April 2012.
Source: Clausura 2012 results
Results by round
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
References
- ↑ Postponed from August 6 due to other commitments from América
 - ↑ "América stats". ESPN Deportes. Retrieved 19 July 2011.
 - 1 2 "League Table". Medio Tiempo. Archived from the original on 11 August 2010. Retrieved 19 July 2011.
 - ↑ Moisés Muñoz es nuevo refuerzo del América. MedioTiempo.
 - ↑ América hace oficial el fichaje del Hobbit Bermúdez Archived 2011-11-28 at the Wayback Machine. Récord.
 - ↑ José María Cárdenas llega al Nido de Coapa. MedioTiempo.
 - ↑ Olimpo dice que Vizcarrondo ya es del América. MedioTiempo.
 - ↑ Confirman a Navarrete en el Atlante. MedioTiempo.
 - ↑ Édgar Castillo se integra a los Xoloitzcuintles Archived 2011-11-29 at the Wayback Machine. Official Club Tijuana Site.
 - ↑ "Shaggy" Martínez fuera Archived February 4, 2012, at the Wayback Machine. Nido Azulcrema.
 - ↑ Echan a Reyna del América por sus declaraciones Archived 2013-12-16 at the Wayback Machine. El Universal.
 - ↑ "América stats". ESPN Deportes. Retrieved 7 January 2012.