CONCACAF Champions League 2012/13

The CONCACAF Champions League in the 2012/2013 season was the fifth edition of the competition.

The tournament began on July 31, 2012 with the group stage and ended with the second leg of the final on May 1, 2013. The winner qualified for the 2013 FIFA Club World Cup as a representative of CONCACAF . As of this season, the qualification phase was abolished, whereby all 24 participants took part in the group phase. That is why eight groups of three teams each were formed, after which only the group winners played in the knockout round.

Field of participants

24 teams took part in the CONCACAF Champions League 2012/13. The teams came from North America, the Caribbean and Central America.

Mexico Mexico ( Primera División )
United States United States ( Major League Soccer - 2011 )
Costa Rica Costa Rica ( Primera División )
- CS Herediano
- LD Alajuelense
Honduras Honduras ( Liga Nacional )
- CD Olimpia
- CD Marathon
Guatemala Guatemala ( Liga Nacional )
- Club Xelajú MC
- CSD Municipal

Panama Panama ( ANAPROF )
- Chorrillo FC
- Tauro FC
El Salvador El Salvador ( Primera Divisíon )
- AD Isidro Metapán
- CD Águila
- CD FAS ¹
Nicaragua Nicaragua (Primera División de Nicaragua)
- Real Estelí FC
Canada Canada ( Canadian Championship - 2012 )
- Toronto FC
Caribbean ( CFU Club Championship - 2012 )
- Trinidad and Tobago Caledonia AIA
- Trinidad and Tobago W Connection
- Puerto Rico Puerto Rico Islanders FC

¹ As Belize did not have a suitable stadium, El Salvador was awarded a third place on the grid as the best Central American country of the previous year.

Group Stage (main round)

The Group Stage games took place from July to October 2012. The first round started on July 31, 2012.

Group A

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Mexico Santos Laguna	4th	4th	0	013: 100	+12	12
2.	Canada Toronto FC	4th	2	2	009: 500	+4	06th
3.	El Salvador CD Águila	4th	0	4th	001:170	−16	00


August 1, 2012
Toronto FC	5: 1	CD Águila	BMO Field
August 21, 2012
Santos Laguna	5-0	CD Águila	Nuevo Estadio Corona
August 28, 2012
Toronto FC	1: 3	Santos Laguna	BMO Field
19th September 2012
CD Águila	0: 4	Santos Laguna	Estadio Cuscatlán
September 25, 2012
CD Águila	0: 3	Toronto FC	Estadio Cuscatlán
October 24, 2012
Santos Laguna	1-0	Toronto FC	Nuevo Estadio Corona

Group B

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Costa Rica CS Herediano	4th	3	1	0	004: 100	+3	10
2.	United States Real Salt Lake	4th	2	1	1	003: 100	+2	07th
3.	Panama Tauro FC	4th	0	0	4th	001: 600	−5	00


July 31, 2012
CS Herediano	1-0	Real Salt Lake	Estadio Eladio Rosabal Cordero
August 21, 2012
Real Salt Lake	2-0	Tauro FC	Rio Tinto Stadium
August 30, 2012
Tauro FC	0: 1	CS Herediano	Estadio Rommel Fernández
September 18, 2012
Tauro FC	0: 1	Real Salt Lake	Estadio Rommel Fernández
September 25, 2012
CS Herediano	2: 1	Tauro FC	Estadio Eladio Rosabal Cordero
October 23, 2012
Real Salt Lake	0-0	CS Herediano	Rio Tinto Stadium

Group C

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	United States Houston Dynamo	4th	2	2	0	009: 300	+6	08th
2.	Honduras CD Olimpia	4th	1	2	1	006: 400	+2	05
3.	El Salvador CD FAS	4th	1	0	3	003:110	−8	03


2nd August 2012
CD Olimpia	3-0	CD FAS	Estadio Nacional de Tegucigalpa
22nd August 2012
CD FAS	1: 3	Houston Dynamo	Estadio Cuscatlán
August 30, 2012
CD Olimpia	1: 1	Houston Dynamo	Estadio Nacional de Tegucigalpa
20th September 2012
Houston Dynamo	4-0	CD FAS	BBVA Compass Stadium
September 27, 2012
CD FAS	2: 1	CD Olimpia	Estadio Cuscatlán
October 23, 2012
Houston Dynamo	1: 1	CD Olimpia	BBVA Compass Stadium

Group D

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	United States Seattle Sounders FC	4th	4th	0	0	012: 500	+7	12
2.	Honduras CD Marathon	4th	1	1	2	005: 700	−2	04th
3.	Trinidad and Tobago Caledonia AIA	4th	0	1	3	003: 800	−5	01


2nd August 2012
Seattle Sounders FC	3: 1	Caledonia AIA	CenturyLink Field
22nd August 2012
Caledonia AIA	0-0	CD Marathon	Larry Gomes Stadium
August 30, 2012
Caledonia AIA	1: 3	Seattle Sounders FC	Larry Gomes Stadium
19th September 2012
CD Marathon	2: 3	Seattle Sounders FC	Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano
September 26, 2012
CD Marathon	2: 1	Caledonia AIA	Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano
October 24, 2012
Seattle Sounders FC	3: 1	CD Marathon	CenturyLink Field

Group E

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	United States Los Angeles Galaxy	4th	3	1	0	012: 400	+8	10
2.	Puerto Rico Puerto Rico Islanders FC	4th	1	1	2	004: 700	−3	04th
3.	El Salvador AD Isidro Metapán	4th	1	0	3	007:120	−5	03


August 1, 2012
Isidro Metapán	3: 1	Puerto Rico Islanders FC	Estadio Jorge Calero Suarez
23rd August 2012
Los Angeles Galaxy	5: 2	Isidro Metapán	StubHub Center
29th August 2012
Los Angeles Galaxy	4-0	Puerto Rico Islanders FC	StubHub Center
19th September 2012
Puerto Rico Islanders FC	0-0	Los Angeles Galaxy	Estadio Juan Ramón Loubriel
September 27, 2012
Puerto Rico Islanders FC	3-0	Isidro Metapán	Estadio Juan Ramón Loubriel
October 25, 2012
Isidro Metapán	2: 3	Los Angeles Galaxy	Estadio Jorge Calero Suarez

Group F.

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Mexico UANL Tigres	4th	2	2	0	012: 300	+9	08th
2.	Costa Rica LD Alajuelense	4th	2	1	1	004: 700	−3	07th
3.	Nicaragua Real Estelí FC	4th	0	1	3	001: 700	−6	01


August 1, 2012
UANL Tigres	4-0	Real Estelí FC	Estadio Universitario
22nd August 2012
LD Alajuelense	2: 2	UANL Tigres	Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto
August 28, 2012
Real Estelí FC	0: 1	LD Alajuelense	Estadio Independencia
September 18, 2012
Real Estelí FC	1: 1	UANL Tigres	Estadio Independencia
September 26, 2012
LD Alajuelense	1-0	Real Estelí FC	Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto
October 24, 2012
UANL Tigres	5-0	LD Alajuelense	Estadio Universitario

Group G

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Mexico CF Monterrey	4th	4th	0	015: 000	+15	12
2.	Guatemala CSD Municipal	4th	2	2	004: 600	−2	06th
3.	Panama Chorrillo FC	4th	0	4th	002:150	−13	00


July 31, 2012
CF Monterrey	5-0	Chorrillo FC	Estadio Tecnológico
23rd August 2012
Chorrillo FC	1: 2	CSD Municipal	Estadio Rommel Fernández
29th August 2012
CSD Municipal	0: 1	CF Monterrey	Estadio Mateo Flores
20th September 2012
CSD Municipal	2: 1	Chorrillo FC	Estadio Mateo Flores
September 25, 2012
CF Monterrey	3-0	CSD Municipal	Estadio Tecnológico
October 23, 2012
Chorrillo FC	0: 6	CF Monterrey	Estadio Rommel Fernández

Group H.

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Guatemala Club Xelajú MC	4th	2	1	1	007: 600	+1	07th
2.	Mexico Deportivo Guadalajara	4th	2	1	1	007: 300	+4	07th
3.	Trinidad and Tobago W Connection	4th	0	2	2	005:100	−5	02


2nd August 2012
W Connection	2: 2	Club Xelajú MC	Manny Ramjohn Stadium
August 21, 2012
Club Xelajú MC	1-0	Deportivo Guadalajara	Estadio Mario Camposeco
29th August 2012
Deportivo Guadalajara	4-0	W Connection	Estadio Omnilife
September 18, 2012
Club Xelajú MC	3: 2	W Connection	Estadio Mario Camposeco
September 26, 2012
W Connection	1: 1	Deportivo Guadalajara	Manny Ramjohn Stadium
October 25, 2012
Deportivo Guadalajara	2: 1	Club Xelajú MC	Estadio Omnilife

Championship Round (Knockout Round)

Quarter finals

The first legs took place on March 6th, the second legs on March 14th, 2013.

The group winners from each group qualified for the quarter-finals.

The games were not drawn, but determined by a seeding list. The eight group winners were given start numbers 1 to 8 according to their ranking, so the best group winner received 1, the second best group winner received 2, etc. In the round of 16 then played 1 - 8, 2 - 7, 3 - 6 and 4 - 5, So the best group first against the worst group winner etc.

Seeding list	team	Points	Goal difference
1	Mexico CF Monterrey	12	+15
2	Mexico Santos Laguna	12	+12
3	United States Seattle Sounders FC	12	1+7
4th	United States Los Angeles Galaxy	10	1+8
5	Costa Rica CS Herediano	10	1+3
6th	Mexico UANL Tigres	18th	1+9
7th	United States Houston Dynamo	18th	1+6
8th	Guatemala Club Xelajú MC	17th	1+1
Color Legend: Group winners Group winner

	total		First leg	Return leg
Club Xelajú MC Guatemala	2: 4	Mexico CF Monterrey	1: 3	1: 1
Houston Dynamo United States	1: 3	Mexico Santos Laguna	1-0	0: 3
UANL Tigres Mexico	2: 3	United States Seattle Sounders FC	1-0	1: 3
CS Herediano Costa Rica	1: 4	United States Los Angeles Galaxy	0-0	1: 4

Semifinals

The first leg of the semi-finals took place on April 3, 2013. The second legs were played on April 10, 2013.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Los Angeles Galaxy United States	1: 3	Mexico CF Monterrey	1: 2	0: 1
Seattle Sounders FC United States	1: 2	Mexico Santos Laguna	0: 1	1: 1

final

First leg

Santos Laguna

CF Monterrey

April 24, 2013 in Nuevo Estadio Corona ( Torreón , Mexico )

Result : 0-0

Spectators: 21,401

Referee: Roberto García Orozco ( Mexico )

Oswaldo Sánchez - Felipe Baloy , Jorge Iván Estrada , Osmar Mares , Rafael Figueroa - Rodolfo Salinas (85th Nestor Calderón ), Juan Pablo Rodríguez , Édgar Lugo (77th Mauro Cejas ) - Oribe Peralta (53rd Hérculez Gómez ), Carlos Quintero , Mario Cárdena's coach: Pedro Caixinha

Jonathan Orozco - José María Basanta , Leobardo López , Hiram Mier - Edgar Iván Solís , Jesús Eduardo Zavala , Walter Ayoví , Jesús Manuel Corona (65th Gerardo Moreno ), César Delgado - Humberto Suazo (87th Luis Madrigal ), Aldo de Nigris ( 79. Dárvin Chávez ) Coach: Víctor Manuel Vucetich

Carlos Quintero (8th), Édgar Lugo (23rd), Jorge Iván Estrada (25th)

Jesús Eduardo Zavala (17th), Humberto Suazo (19th)

César Delgado (65th)

Return leg

CF Monterrey

Santos Laguna

May 1, 2013 in Estadio Tecnológico ( Monterrey , Mexico )

Result: 4: 2 (0: 1)

Referee: Marco Antonio Rodríguez Moreno ( Mexico )

Jonathan Orozco - José María Basanta (55th Severo Meza ), Leobardo López , Hiram Mier , Dárvin Chávez (69th Neri Cardozo ) - Edgar Iván Solís (46th Luis Madrigal ), Jesús Eduardo Zavala , Walter Ayoví , Jesús Manuel Corona - Humberto Suazo , Aldo de Nigris Coach: Víctor Manuel Vucetich

Oswaldo Sánchez - Felipe Baloy , Jorge Iván Estrada , Osmar Mares , Rafael Figueroa - Rodolfo Salinas , Juan Pablo Rodríguez , Édgar Lugo (66th Marc Crosas ) - Oribe Peralta , Carlos Quintero (82nd Mauro Cejas ), Mario Cárdenas (63rd Hérculez Gómez ) Coach: Pedro Caixinha

1: 2 Aldo de Nigris (60th)

2: 2 Neri Cardozo (84th)

3: 2 Aldo de Nigris (87th)

4: 2 Humberto Suazo (90th + 1 ')

0: 1 Carlos Quintero (38.)

0: 2 Felipe Baloy (50.)

José María Basanta (31st), Édgar Solís (43rd), Guillermo Madrigal (47th), Humberto Suazo (86th)

Felipe Baloy (35th), Oribe Peralta (85th)

Best goal scorers

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

rank	player	club	Gates
1	Panama Nicolás Muñoz	El Salvador AD Isidro Metapán	6th
1	Colombia Carlos Quintero	Mexico Santos Laguna	6th
3	Mexico Aldo de Nigris	Mexico CF Monterrey	5
3	Chile Humberto Suazo	Mexico CF Monterrey	5
5	United States Jack McBean	United States Los Angeles Galaxy	4th
	United States Samuel Ochoa	United States Seattle Sounders FC
	Mexico Alan Pulido	Mexico UANL Tigres

Web links

Official website of the tournament

Individual evidence

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