Central American Club Competitions 2008/09

overview | 2007/08

CONCACAF Champions League 2008/09

CONCACAF makes a second attempt to establish a "Champions League", after the aborted one in 2002 (which was eventually played in a knock-out format). It will feature 24 clubs: 4 from both Mexico and the USA, 2 from each of Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Panama, and 1 from Belize, Canada and Nicaragua, as well as 3 Caribbean clubs.

Qualification Stage


Northern Zone

Canada Qualification (Nutrilite Canadian Championship):

May 27: Montréal Impact-Toronto FC            0-1
  [Marco Vélez 72]
Jun 17: Montréal Impact-Vancouver Whitecaps   2-0
  [Severino Jefferson 25, Joey Gjertsen 35]
Jun 25: Vancouver Whitecaps-Montréal Impact   0-2
  [Roberto Brown 30, David Testo 66]
Jul  1: Toronto FC-Vancouver Whitecaps        0-1
  [Martin Nash 37pen]
Jul  9: Vancouver Whitecaps-Toronto FC        2-2
  [Eduardo Sebrango 43, 86; Maurice Edu 61, Rohan Ricketts 76]
Jul 22: Toronto FC-Montréal Impact            1-1
  [Rohan Ricketts 15; Roberto Brown 25]

 1.Montréal Impact                 4  2  1  1  5- 2  7
 2.Toronto FC                      4  1  2  1  4- 4  5
 3.Vancouver Whitecaps             4  1  1  2  3- 6  4

NB: Montréal Impact qualified

Mexico Qualification:

Atlante as Apertura 2007 champions
Santos as Clausura 2008 champions
Pumas as Apertura 2007 runners-up
Cruz Azul as Clausura 2008 runners-up

USA Qualification:

Houston Dynamo as MLS 2007 champions
DC United as MLS 2007 regular season winners
New England Revolution as MLS 2007 runners-up and US Open Cup 2007 winners
Chivas USA as MLS 2007 regular season runners-up (due to New England Revolution
                                                  having qualified on two counts)

Central American Zone

Belize Qualification:

Hankook Verdes United as 2007/08 champions

Costa Rica Qualification:

Deportivo Saprissa as winners of Apertura 2007 and Clausura 2008
Alajuelense as Clausura 2008 regular season winners

El Salvador Qualification:

Luis Ángel Firpo as winners of Apertura 2007 and Clausura 2008
Isidro Metapán as Clausura 2008 regular season runners-up (behind Firpo)

Guatemala Qualification:

Deportivo Jalapa as Apertura 2007 champions
Municipal as Clausura 2008 champions

Playoff for first place (and automatic qualification to group stage)

Jul  2: Jalapa-Municipal                      1-1
  [Juan Castillo 34; Freddy García 13] 
Jul  6: Municipal-Jalapa                      2-1
  [Guillermo Ramírez 42, Freddy García 63; Israel da Silva 90pen]

Honduras Qualification:

Marathón as Apertura 2007 champions
Olimpia as Clausura 2008 champions

Playoff for first place (and automatic qualification to group stage)

Jul  8: Marathón-Olimpia                      1-3
  [Marvin Chávez 8; Wilmer Velásquez 28, 44, Néstor Silva 46]
NB: Marathón and Olimpia agreed to play the tie over one leg at the
    Estadio Olímpico in San Pedro Sula (home for Marathón)

Nicaragua Qualification:

Real Estelí as 2007/08 champions 

Panama Qualification:

San Francisco as winners Clausura 2007 and Apertura 2008
Tauro as Apertura 2008 regular season winners


Caribbean Zone

Harbour View (Jamaica) as CFU Club Championship 2007 winners
Joe Public (Trinidad and Tobago) as CFU Club Championship 2007 runners-up
third spot decided in playoff between the losing semifinalists of the
CFU Club Championship 2007, Puerto Rico Islands and San Juan Jabloteh

Caribbean Third Place Playoff (May 9 & 25)
Puerto Rico Islanders    PRi  San Juan Jabloteh        Tri   1-0  0-0  1-0 
  [Fabrice Noel 9]

CONCACAF Champions League 2008/09

Preliminary Round 
(Aug 26 & Sep 2)
Joe Public               Tri  New England Revolution   USA   2-1  4-0  6-1
Tauro                    Pan  Chivas USA               USA   2-0  1-1  3-1
(Aug 26 & Sep 3)
Cruz Azul                Mex  Hankook Verdes United    Blz   6-0  6-0 12-0x
(Aug 27 & Sep 2)
Montréal Impact          Can  Real Estelí              Nic   1-0  0-0  1-0
(Aug 27 & Sep 3)
Alajuelense              CRi  Puerto Rico Islanders    PRi   1-1  1-2  2-3
Isidro Metapán           ElS  Marathón                 Hon   2-2  1-2  3-4
(Aug 28 & Sep 4)
Jalapa                   Gua  San Francisco            Pan   1-0   -    - 
(Aug 29 & Sep 4)
Harbour View             Jam  Pumas                    Mex   n/p   -    - y
x 2nd leg in Ciudad de Guatemala
y 1st leg (originally scheduled for Aug 28, then rescheduled to Aug 29)
  cancelled due to tropical storm Gustav

Group Phase

Group A
 1.DC United                       0  0  0  0  0- 0  0
 2.Deportivo Saprissa              0  0  0  0  0- 0  0
 3.Cruz Azul                       0  0  0  0  0- 0  0
 4.Marathón                        0  0  0  0  0- 0  0

Group B
 1.Houston Dynamo                  0  0  0  0  0- 0  0
 2.Luis Ángel Firpo                0  0  0  0  0- 0  0
 3.Jalapa/San Francisco            0  0  0  0  0- 0  0
 4.Harbour View/Pumas UNAM         0  0  0  0  0- 0  0

Group C
 1.Atlante                         0  0  0  0  0- 0  0
 2.Olimpia (Tegucigalpa)           0  0  0  0  0- 0  0
 3.Joe Public                      0  0  0  0  0- 0  0
 4.Montréal Impact                 0  0  0  0  0- 0  0

Group D
 1.Santos Laguna                   0  0  0  0  0- 0  0
 2.Municipal (Cd. de Guatemala)    0  0  0  0  0- 0  0
 3.Puerto Rico Islanders           0  0  0  0  0- 0  0
 4.Tauro                           0  0  0  0  0- 0  0

Quarterfinals (Feb 24-26 & Mar 3-5)

Semifinals (Mar 17-19 & Apr 7-9)

Final (Apr 21-23 & 28-30)

overview | 2007/08

About this document

Prepared and maintained by Erik Francisco Lugo for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

Author: Erik Francisco Lugo (eaglelugo@yahoo.com.mx)
Last updated: 4 Sep 2008