CONCACAF Champions League 2008/09
The CONCACAF Champions League in the 2008/2009 season was the first edition of this competition.
The tournament began with qualification in late August 2008 and ended with the second leg of the final in late April 2009. The winner CF Atlante qualified for the 2009 FIFA Club World Cup .
Field of participants
24 teams took part in the CONCACAF Champions League 2008/09. The teams came from North America, the Caribbean and Central America.
Four teams each qualified from the United States and Mexico. The Caribbean zone provided three teams. Two teams each took part from Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Panama. Canada, Belize and Nicaragua each provided one team.
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Tournament course
Qualifying round: (16 teams)
- 2 teams each from the USA and Mexico
- 2 teams each from Panama
- One team each from Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Belize, Nicaragua and Canada
- 3 clubs from the Caribbean zone
Group stage: (16 teams)
- the 8 winners of the Preliminary Round
- 2 teams each from the USA and Mexico
- One team each from Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras
Time schedule
date | Event |
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End of July 2008 | Eligibility to play for the Preliminary Round |
26.-28. August 2008 | Preliminary Round, first leg |
2-4 September 2008 | Preliminary Round, second legs |
Early September 2008 | Group stage is announced |
16.-18. September 2008 | Group Stage - 1st matchday |
23-25 September 2008 | Group Stage - 2nd matchday |
September 30th - October 2nd, 2008 | Group Stage - 3rd matchday |
7th-9th October 2008 | Group Stage - 4th matchday |
21-23 October 2008 | Group Stage - 5th matchday |
28-30 October 2008 | Group Stage - 6th matchday |
24.-26. February 2009 | Quarter-finals, first leg |
3rd to 5th March 2009 | Quarterfinals, second legs |
17th-19th March 2009 | Semi-finals, first legs |
7th-9th April 2009 | Semi-finals, second legs |
21-23 April 2009 | Final, first leg |
28-30 April 2009 | Final, second leg |
Preliminary Round (Qualifying Round)
The pairings of the qualifying round were drawn on June 11, 2008 in New York . The first leg took place between August 26 and August 28, 2008. The second legs were played from September 2nd to September 4th.
After the qualifying round, the winners from the individual matches were assigned to the teams already seeded. There were four groups with four teams each.
Group Stage (main round)
Group A
Pl. | society | Sp. | S. | U | N | Gates | Diff. | Points |
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1. | CD Marathon | 6th | 4th | 1 | 1 | 12: 5 | +7 | 13 |
2. | CD Cruz Azul | 6th | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8: 4 | +4 | 10 |
3. | Deportivo Saprissa | 6th | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7: 9 | −2 | 10 |
4th | DC United | 6th | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4:13 | −9 | 1 |
Group B
Pl. | society | Sp. | S. | U | N | Gates | Diff. | Points |
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1. | UNAM Pumas | 6th | 3 | 3 | 0 | 18: 7 | +11 | 12 |
2. | Houston Dynamo | 6th | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9: 9 | ± 0 | 9 |
3. | CD Luis Ángel Firpo | 6th | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6: 8 | −2 | 8th |
4th | San Francisco FC | 6th | 0 | 2 | 4th | 4:13 | −9 | 2 |
Group C
Pl. | society | Sp. | S. | U | N | Gates | Diff. | Points |
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1. | CF Atlante | 6th | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6: 3 | +3 | 11 |
2. | Montreal Impact | 6th | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10: 5 | +5 | 11 |
3. | CD Olimpia | 6th | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10: 6 | +4 | 8th |
4th | Joe Public FC | 6th | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3:15 | −12 | 3 |
Group D
Pl. | society | Sp. | S. | U | N | Gates | Diff. | Points |
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1. | Santos Laguna | 6th | 3 | 1 | 2 | 14:11 | +3 | 10 |
2. | Puerto Rico Islanders FC | 6th | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9:10 | −1 | 8th |
3. | Tauro FC | 6th | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9:10 | −1 | 8th |
4th | CSD Municipal | 6th | 1 | 3 | 2 | 12:13 | −1 | 6th |
Knockout round
The entire setting plan for the KO round was drawn on December 10, 2008.
Quarter finals | Semifinals | final | ||||||||||||||
Puerto Rico Islanders FC | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||||||
CD Marathon | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||||
Puerto Rico Islanders FC | 2 | 1 | 3 (2) | |||||||||||||
CD Cruz Azul | 0 | 3 | 3 (4) | |||||||||||||
CD Cruz Azul | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||||
UNAM Pumas | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
CD Cruz Azul | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
CF Atlante | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||||||
Montreal Impact | 2 | 2 | 4th | |||||||||||||
Santos Laguna | 0 | 5 | 5 | |||||||||||||
Santos Laguna | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||||||
CF Atlante | 1 | 3 | 4th | |||||||||||||
Houston Dynamo | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||||
CF Atlante | 1 | 3 | 4th |
Quarter finals
In the quarter-finals, the group winners played against the runners-up, with the group winners having home rights in the second leg. Teams from the same group could not meet.
The first legs took place from February 24 to 26, the second legs from March 3 to 5, 2009.
total | First leg | Return leg | ||
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Houston Dynamo | 1: 4 | CF Atlante | 1: 1 | 0: 3 |
Montreal Impact | 4: 5 | Santos Laguna | 2-0 | 2: 5 |
Puerto Rico Islanders FC | 3: 1 | CD Marathon | 2: 1 | 1-0 |
CD Cruz Azul | 2-0 | UNAM Pumas | 1-0 | 1-0 |
Semifinals
The first legs took place on March 17 and 18, the second legs on April 7 and 8, 2009.
total | First leg | Return leg | ||
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Puerto Rico Islanders FC | 3: 3 (2: 4 in good condition) |
CD Cruz Azul | 2-0 | 1: 3 a.d. |
Santos Laguna | 3: 4 | CF Atlante | 2: 1 | 1: 3 |
final
First leg
CD Cruz Azul | CF Atlante | ||||||
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Alfonso Blanco - Ronald Raldes , Joaquín Beltrán ( c ), Carlos Bonet , Fausto Pinto - Gabino Velasco , Edgar Andrade (19th Héctor Gutiérrez ), César Villaluz - Alejandro Vela (53rd Javier Orozco ), Luis Ángel Landín , Pablo Zeballos (46 . Édgar Lugo ) Coach: Benjamin Galindo |
Federico Vilar ( c ) - Gerardo Espinoza , Miguel Ángel Martínez , Luis David Velázquez , Arturo Muñoz - Fernando Navarro , José Daniel Guerrero , Gabriel Pereyra , Christian Bermúdez - Rafael Márquez Lugo (86th Ismael Valadéz ), Luis Gabriel Rey (71st Andrés Carevic ) Coach: José Guadalupe Cruz |
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0: 1 Fernando Navarro (16) 0: 2 Christian Bermúdez (24) |
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Carlos Bonet (9th), Pablo Zeballos (12th), Gabino Velasco (61.) | Miguel Ángel Martínez (18th) |
Return leg
CF Atlante | CD Cruz Azul | ||||||
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Federico Vilar ( c ) - Gerardo Espinoza , Luis Gerardo Venegas , Luis David Velázquez , Clemente Ovallo - Fernando Navarro (68th Gerardo Castillo ), José Daniel Guerrero , Gabriel Pereyra , Christian Bermúdez - Luis Gabriel Rey (74th Arturo Muñoz ), Rafael Márquez Lugo (68th Giancarlo Maldonado ) Coach: José Guadalupe Cruz |
Alfonso Blanco - Alejandro Castro , Joaquín Beltrán , Julio Domínguez , Carlos Bonet (73rd Fernando González ) - Jaime Lozano , Gerardo Torrado , Cristian Riveros (56th César Villaluz ) - Alejandro Vela , Javier Orozco , Pablo Zeballos (62nd Édni Martinez Enrique ) Trainer: Robert Siboldi |
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Luis Gerardo Venegas (31st), José Daniel Guerrero (32nd), Gabriel Pereyra (38th), Clemente Ovalle (40th) | Pablo Zeballos (28th), Christian Riveros (32nd), Gerardo Torraldo (57th) |
Individual evidence
- ↑ CONCACAF Champions League ™ match between Harbor View - Pumas UNAM canceled ( Memento of the original from September 3, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English)
Web links
- CONCACAF Champions League 2008/09 - Official Site