CONCACAF Champions League 2011/12

The CONCACAF Champions League in the 2011/2012 season was the fourth edition of the competition.

The tournament began with qualification in summer 2011 and ended with the second leg of the finals in spring 2012. The winner qualified for the FIFA Club World Cup 2012 as a representative of CONCACAF .

Field of participants

24 teams took part in the CONCACAF Champions League 2011/12. The teams came from North America, the Caribbean and Central America.

Mexico Mexico ( Primera División )
United States United States ( Major League Soccer - 2010 )
Costa Rica Costa Rica ( Primera División )
- LD Alajuelense
- CS Herediano
Honduras Honduras ( Liga Nacional )
- Real España
- CD Motagua
- CD Olimpia ¹

Guatemala Guatemala ( Liga Nacional )
- CSD Comunicaciones
- CSD Municipal
Panama Panama ( ANAPROF )
- Tauro FC
- San Francisco FC
El Salvador El Salvador ( Primera Divisíon )
- AD Isidro Metapán
- Alianza FC
Nicaragua Nicaragua (Primera División de Nicaragua)
- Real Estelí FC
Canada Canada ( Canadian Championship - 2011 )
- Toronto FC
Caribbean ( CFU Club Championship - 2011 )
- Puerto Rico Puerto Rico Islanders FC
- Haiti Tempete Football Club
- Guyana Alpha United FC

¹ CD Olimpia was able to move up because the champions of Belize Belize Defense Force FC did not get approval from CONCACAF. The club's stadium did not meet the requirements.

Preliminary Round (Qualifying Round)

The pairings for the qualifying round were drawn on May 18, 2011 . The first leg took place between July 26th and 28th, the second leg between August 2nd and 4th.

	total		First leg	Return leg
CD Motagua Honduras	4: 2	Guatemala CSD Municipal	4-0	0: 2
Monarcas Morelia Mexico	7-0	Haiti Tempete Football Club	5-0	2-0
Isidro Metapán El Salvador	( a ) 3: 3(a)	Puerto Rico Puerto Rico Islanders FC	2-0	1: 3
Santos Laguna Mexico	4: 3	Honduras CD Olimpia	3: 1	1: 2
Alianza FC El Salvador	0: 2	United States FC Dallas	0: 1	0: 1
Toronto FC Canada	4: 2	Nicaragua Real Estelí FC	2: 1	2: 1
San Francisco FC Panama	1: 2	United States Seattle Sounders FC	1-0	0: 2 a.d.
CS Herediano Costa Rica	10: 20	Guyana Alpha United FC	8-0	2: 2

Group Stage (main round)

The Group Stage games took place from August to October 2011. The first round started on August 16, 2011.

Group A

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	United States Los Angeles Galaxy	6th	4th	2	008: 400	+4	12
2.	Mexico Monarcas Morelia	6th	4th	2	011: 500	+6	12
3.	Costa Rica LD Alajuelense	6th	4th	2	008: 600	+2	12
4th	Honduras CD Motagua	6th	0	6th	002:140	−12	00


August 16, 2011
Los Angeles Galaxy	2-0	CD Motagua	Home Depot Center
LD Alajuelense	1-0	Monarcas Morelia	Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto
August 25, 2011
Los Angeles Galaxy	2-0	LD Alajuelense	Home Depot Center
Monarcas Morelia	4-0	CD Motagua	Estadio Morelos
September 13, 2011
Monarcas Morelia	2: 1	Los Angeles Galaxy	Estadio Morelos
September 15, 2011
CD Motagua	2: 4	LD Alajuelense	Estadio Nacional de Tegucigalpa
September 21, 2011
LD Alajuelense	1-0	Los Angeles Galaxy	Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto
September 22, 2011
CD Motagua	0: 2	Monarcas Morelia	Estadio Nacional de Tegucigalpa
September 28, 2011
Los Angeles Galaxy	2: 1	Monarcas Morelia	Home Depot Center
September 29, 2011
LD Alajuelense	1-0	CD Motagua	Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto
October 18, 2011
Monarcas Morelia	2: 1	LD Alajuelense	Estadio Morelos
October 20, 2011
CD Motagua	0: 1	Los Angeles Galaxy	Estadio Nacional de Tegucigalpa

Group B

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Mexico Santos Laguna	6th	4th	1	1	016: 600	+10	13
2.	El Salvador AD Isidro Metapán	6th	3	0	3	010:150	−5	09
3.	United States Colorado Rapids	6th	2	1	3	009:120	−3	07th
4th	Honduras Real España	6th	1	2	3	009:110	−2	05


17th August 2011
Santos Laguna	3: 2	Real España	Nuevo Estadio Corona
Colorado Rapids	3: 2	AD Isidro Metapán	Dick's Sporting Goods Park
23 August 2011
Real España	1: 1	Colorado Rapids	Estadio Francisco Morazan
August 24, 2011
AD Isidro Metapán	2-0	Santos Laguna	Estadio Jorge Calero Suarez
September 13, 2011
Real España	1: 2	AD Isidro Metapán	Estadio Francisco Morazan
Colorado Rapids	1: 4	Santos Laguna	Dick's Sporting Goods Park
September 21, 2011
Colorado Rapids	1: 2	Real España	Dick's Sporting Goods Park
September 22, 2011
Santos Laguna	6-0	AD Isidro Metapán	Nuevo Estadio Corona
September 28, 2011
Real España	1: 1	Santos Laguna	Estadio Francisco Morazan
AD Isidro Metapán	1: 3	Colorado Rapids	Estadio Jorge Calero Suarez
October 19, 2011
Santos Laguna	2-0	Colorado Rapids	Nuevo Estadio Corona
October 20, 2011
AD Isidro Metapán	3: 2	Real España	Estadio Jorge Calero Suarez

Group C

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Mexico UNAM Pumas	6th	3	2	1	008: 200	+6	11
2.	Canada Toronto FC	6th	3	1	2	007: 700	± 0	10
3.	United States FC Dallas	6th	2	1	3	006:110	−5	07th
4th	Panama Tauro FC	6th	1	2	3	007: 800	−1	05


17th August 2011
UNAM Pumas	0: 1	FC Dallas	Estadio Olímpico Universitario
August 18, 2011
Tauro FC	1: 2	Toronto FC	Estadio Giancarlo Gronchi
August 25, 2011
Toronto FC	0: 1	FC Dallas	BMO Field
Tauro FC	0-0	UNAM Pumas	Estadio Giancarlo Gronchi
September 14, 2011
FC Dallas	1: 1	Tauro FC	Pizza Hut Park
UNAM Pumas	4-0	Toronto FC	Estadio Olímpico Universitario
September 20, 2011
Toronto FC	1-0	Tauro FC	BMO Field
September 21, 2011
FC Dallas	0: 2	UNAM Pumas	Pizza Hut Park
September 27, 2011
Toronto FC	1: 1	UNAM Pumas	BMO Field
September 28, 2011
Tauro FC	5: 3	FC Dallas	Estadio Giancarlo Gronchi
October 18, 2011
FC Dallas	0: 3	Toronto FC	Pizza Hut Park
October 20, 2011
UNAM Pumas	1-0	Tauro FC	Estadio Olímpico Universitario

↑ The actual game was played on August 24th and had to be stopped at 0: 1 due to the violent thunderstorm in Toronto during the half-time break. Since there are no after-games in the rules, the game was repeated in full on the following day. Archive link ( Memento of the original from September 25, 2012 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. @1@ 2

Group D

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Mexico CF Monterrey	6th	4th	0	2	011: 400	+7	12
2.	United States Seattle Sounders FC	6th	3	1	2	010: 700	+3	10
3.	Guatemala CSD Comunicaciones	6th	2	1	3	008:130	−5	07th
4th	Costa Rica CS Herediano	6th	2	0	4th	006:110	−5	06th


August 16, 2011
Seattle Sounders FC	4: 1	CSD Comunicaciones	CenturyLink Field
17th August 2011
CS Herediano	0: 5	CF Monterrey	Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica
23 August 2011
CF Monterrey	0: 1	Seattle Sounders FC	Estadio Tecnológico
August 24, 2011
CSD Comunicaciones	2-0	CS Herediano	Estadio Cementos Progreso
September 14, 2011
CS Herediano	1: 2	Seattle Sounders FC	Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica
CSD Comunicaciones	1-0	CF Monterrey	Estadio Cementos Progreso
September 20, 2011
CF Monterrey	3: 1	CSD Comunicaciones	Estadio Tecnológico
Seattle Sounders FC	0: 1	CS Herediano	CenturyLink Field
September 27, 2011
CSD Comunicaciones	2: 2	Seattle Sounders FC	Estadio Cementos Progreso
CF Monterrey	1-0	CS Herediano	Estadio Tecnológico
October 18, 2011
Seattle Sounders FC	1: 2	CF Monterrey	CenturyLink Field
October 19, 2011
CS Herediano	4: 1	CSD Comunicaciones	Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica

↑ The game had to be played on August 23, but it didn't start because of the heavy rain. The game took place the next day. Archive link ( Memento of the original from September 25, 2012 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. @1@ 2

Championship Round (Knockout Round)

Qualified teams

Group first

United States Los Angeles Galaxy
Mexico Santos Laguna
Mexico UNAM Pumas
Mexico CF Monterrey

Second in the group

Mexico Monarcas Morelia
El Salvador AD Isidro Metapán
Canada Toronto FC
United States Seattle Sounders FC

Quarter finals

The quarter-finals were drawn by CONCACAF on November 8, 2011.

The first legs of the quarter-finals took place on March 7th and 8th, 2012. The second legs were played from March 13 to March 15, 2012.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Seattle Sounders FC United States	3: 7	Mexico Santos Laguna	2: 1	1: 6
AD Isidro Metapán El Salvador	2: 9	Mexico UNAM Pumas	2: 1	0: 8
Toronto FC Canada	4: 3	United States Los Angeles Galaxy	2: 2	2: 1
Monarcas Morelia Mexico	2: 7	Mexico CF Monterrey	1: 3	1: 4

Semifinals

The first leg of the semi-finals took place on March 28, 2012. The second legs were played on April 4 and 5, 2012.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Toronto FC Canada	3: 7	Mexico Santos Laguna	1: 1	2: 6
CF Monterrey Mexico	4: 1	Mexico UNAM Pumas	3-0	1: 1

final

The first leg of the final was played on April 18, 2012. The second leg took place on April 25, 2012.

First leg

CF Monterrey

Santos Laguna

April 18, 2012 in Estadio Tecnológico ( Monterrey , Mexico )

Result: 2: 0 (0: 0)

Spectators: 29,300

Referee: Francisco Chacón ( Mexico )

Jonathan Orozco - José María Basanta , Severo Meza , Dárvin Chávez , Hiram Mier - Luis Ernesto Pérez , Jesús Eduardo Zavala (58th Darío Carreño ), Ángel Reyna , Neri Cardozo (71st Walter Ayoví ) - Humberto Suazo , Aldo de Nigris (88th birthday ) . Héctor Morales ) Coach: Víctor Manuel Vucetich

Oswaldo Sánchez - Felipe Baloy , Aarón Galindo , Jorge Iván Estrada , Osmar Mares - Juan Pablo Rodríguez , Marc Crosas (86th Rodolfo Salinas ), Candido Ramirez (63rd Carlos Adrián Morales ) - Herculez Gomez , Carlos Quintero (83rd Daniel Ludueña ) , Christian Suárez Coach: Benjamin Galindo

1-0 Humberto Suazo (60th)

2-0 Humberto Suazo (86th)

Humberto Suazo (4th), Neri Cardozo (10th)

Felipe Baloy (40th), Osmar Mares (73rd), Rodolfo Salinas (88th)

Return leg

Santos Laguna

CF Monterrey

April 25, 2012 in Nuevo Estadio Corona ( Torreón , Mexico )

Result: 2: 1 (1: 0)

Spectators: 28,000

Referee: Roberto García Orozco ( Mexico )

Oswaldo Sánchez - Aarón Galindo , Jorge Iván Estrada , Rafael Figueroa , César Ibáñez - Rodolfo Salinas (85th Candido Ramirez ), Daniel Ludueña (57th Herculez Gomez ), Juan Pablo Rodríguez - Oribe Peralta , Carlos Quintero , Christian Suárez (74th Carlos Adrián Morales ) Coach: Benjamin Galindo

Jonathan Orozco - José María Basanta , Severo Meza , Dárvin Chávez , Hiram Mier - Luis Ernesto Pérez , Jesús Eduardo Zavala , Ángel Reyna (63. Walter Ayoví ), Neri Cardozo - César Delgado (84. Darío Carreño ), Aldo de Nigris (87 . Héctor Morales ) Coach: Víctor Manuel Vucetich

1-0 Daniel Ludueña (45th + 3 ')

2-0 Oribe Peralta (51st)

2: 1 Neri Cardozo (82nd)

Daniel Ludueña (45th + 1 ')

Aldo de Nigris (5th), Jonathan Orozco (7th), Jesús Zavala (33rd), Luis Ernesto Pérez (90th)

Best goal scorers

The top scorers of the CONCACAF Champions League season are listed below.

rank	player	club	Gates
1	Chile Humberto Suazo	Mexico CF Monterrey	7th
1	Mexico Oribe Peralta	Mexico Santos Laguna	7th
3	United States Hérculez Gomez	Mexico Santos Laguna	6th
	Brazil Jorge Barbosa	Costa Rica CS Herediano
	Ecuador João Plata	Canada Toronto FC
6th	Mexico Abraham Carreño	Mexico CF Monterrey	5
	Jamaica Ryan Johnson	Canada Toronto FC
	Ecuador Christian Suarez	Mexico Santos Laguna
9	Argentina Martín Bravo	Mexico UNAM Pumas	4th
	Mexico Aldo de Nigris	Mexico CF Monterrey
	Mexico Eduardo Herrera	Mexico UNAM Pumas
	Colombia Carlos Quintero	Mexico Santos Laguna
	Uruguay Paolo Suarez	El Salvador AD Isidro Metapán

Individual evidence

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