CONCACAF Champions League 2014/15

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The CONCACAF Champions League in the 2014/2015 season was the seventh edition of the competition. The Mexican club Club América was able to prevail in the final against the Canadian franchise Montreal Impact and win the Champions League.

The tournament began in July 2014 with the group stage and ended with the second leg of the final on April 29, 2015. The winner, Club America, qualified for the 2015 FIFA Club World Cup as a representative of CONCACAF .

24 teams took part in the 2014/15 Champions League. In the group stage they played in eight groups of three teams each, the eight participants for the knockout stages , which then in quarter-finals and semi-finals by direct duels with aggregate draw determined the winner.

Field of participants

24 teams took part in the CONCACAF Champions League 2014/15. The teams came from North America, the Caribbean and Central America.

 

1 As Belize did not have a suitable stadium, Costa Rica 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 August to October 2014.

Group A

Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. MexicoMexico Pachuca  4th  3  0  1 017: 800  +9 09
 2. GuatemalaGuatemala Municipal  4th  1  1  2 008:120  −4 04th
 3. HondurasHonduras Real España  4th  1  1  2 005:100  −5 04th
August 6, 2014
Pachuca 4: 1 Real España Estadio Hidalgo
August 21, 2014
Real España 1: 1 Municipal Estadio Francisco Morazan
August 27, 2014
Municipal 3: 7 Pachuca Estadio Mateo Flores
17th September 2014
Municipal 3-0 Real España Estadio Mateo Flores
September 24, 2014
Pachuca 4: 1 Municipal Estadio Hidalgo
October 22, 2014
Real España 3: 2 Pachuca Estadio Francisco Morazan

Group B

Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. Costa RicaCosta Rica Saprissa  4th  2  1  1 007: 400  +3 07th
 2. United StatesUnited States Sporting Kansas City  4th  2  1  1 007: 400  +3 07th
 3. NicaraguaNicaragua Real Estelí  4th  0  2  2 002: 800  −6 02
August 6, 2014
Real Estelí 1: 1 Saprissa Estadio Independencia
19th August 2014
Real Estelí 1: 1 Sporting Kansas City Estadio Independencia
August 26, 2014
Saprissa 3-0 Real Estelí Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá
18th September 2014
Sporting Kansas City 3: 1 Saprissa Livestrong Sporting Park
23rd September 2014
Sporting Kansas City 3-0 Real Estelí Livestrong Sporting Park
23 October 2014
Saprissa 2-0 Sporting Kansas City Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá

Group C

Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. CanadaCanada Montreal Impact  4th  3  1  0 006: 300  +3 10
 2. United StatesUnited States New York Red Bulls  4th  1  2  1 003: 200  +1 05
 3. El SalvadorEl Salvador FAS  4th  0  1  3 002: 600  −4 01
5th August 2014
Montreal Impact 1-0 FAS Saputo Stadium
20th August 2014
FAS 2: 3 Montreal Impact Estadio Cuscatlán
August 26, 2014
New York Red Bulls 2-0 FAS Red Bull Arena
17th September 2014
Montreal Impact 1-0 New York Red Bulls Saputo Stadium
September 24, 2014
FAS 0-0 New York Red Bulls Estadio Cuscatlán
October 22, 2014
New York Red Bulls 1: 1 Montreal Impact Red Bull Arena

Group D

Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. United StatesUnited States DC United  4th  4th  0  0 006: 100  +5 12
 2. JamaicaJamaica Waterhouse  4th  2  0  2 007: 500  +2 06th
 3. PanamaPanama Tauro  4th  0  0  4th 002: 900  −7 00
7th August 2014
Tauro 1: 2 Waterhouse Estadio Rommel Fernández
20th August 2014
DC United 1-0 Waterhouse Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium
August 28, 2014
Waterhouse 4: 1 Tauro Independence Park
16th September 2014
Waterhouse 1: 2 DC United Independence Park
September 24, 2014
DC United 2-0 Tauro Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium
October 21, 2014
Tauro 0: 1 DC United Estadio Rommel Fernández

Group E

Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. HondurasHonduras Olimpia  4th  3  0  1 012: 500  +7 09
 2. United StatesUnited States Portland Timbers  4th  3  0  1 015: 600  +9 09
 3. GuyanaGuyana Alpha United  4th  0  0  4th 001:170 −16 00
5th August 2014
Alpha United 0: 1 Olimpia Providence Stadium
19th August 2014
Alpha United 1: 4 Portland Timbers Providence Stadium
August 28, 2014
Olimpia 6-0 Alpha United Estadio Nacional de Tegucigalpa
16th September 2014
Portland Timbers 4: 2 Olimpia Providence Park
23rd September 2014
Portland Timbers 6-0 Alpha United Providence Park
October 21, 2014
Olimpia 3: 1 Portland Timbers Estadio Nacional de Tegucigalpa

Group F.

Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. Costa RicaCosta Rica Alajuelense  4th  1  3  0 004: 300  +1 06th
 2. MexicoMexico Cruz Azul  4th  1  2  1 005: 300  +2 05
 3. PanamaPanama Chorrillo  4th  1  1  2 002: 500  −3 04th
5th August 2014
Cruz Azul 1: 1 Alajuelense Estadio Azul
19th August 2014
Chorrillo 1-0 Cruz Azul Estadio Maracaná
August 28, 2014
Alajuelense 1-0 Chorrillo Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto
16th September 2014
Cruz Azul 3-0 Chorrillo Estadio Azul
September 25, 2014
Chorrillo 1: 1 Alajuelense Estadio Maracaná
October 21, 2014
Alajuelense 1: 1 Cruz Azul Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto

Group G

Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. Costa RicaCosta Rica Herediano  4th  3  1  0 011: 400  +7 10
 2. MexicoMexico Leon  4th  2  1  1 010: 600  +4 07th
 3. El SalvadorEl Salvador Isidro Metapán  4th  0  0  4th 005:160 −11 00
5th August 2014
Isidro Metapán 2: 4 Leon Estadio Cuscatlán
August 21, 2014
Herediano 4-0 Isidro Metapán Estadio Eladio Rosabal Cordero
August 27, 2014
Leon 1: 1 Herediano Estadio Nou Camp
18th September 2014
Isidro Metapán 2: 4 Herediano Estadio Cuscatlán
September 24, 2014
Herediano 2: 1 Leon Estadio Eladio Rosabal Cordero
23 October 2014
Leon 4: 1 Isidro Metapán Estadio Nou Camp

Group H.

Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. MexicoMexico America  4th  3  1  0 019: 300 +16 10
 2. GuatemalaGuatemala Comunicaciones  4th  2  1  1 008: 300  +5 07th
 3. Puerto RicoPuerto Rico Bayamón FC  4th  0  0  4th 002:230 −21 00
7th August 2014
Comunicaciones 5-0 Bayamón Estadio Cementos Progreso
19th August 2014
America 6: 1 Bayamón Aztec Stadium
August 26, 2014
Comunicaciones 1: 1 America Estadio Cementos Progreso
17th September 2014
Bayamón 1:10 America Estadio Juan Ramón Loubriel
September 25, 2014
Bayamón 0: 2 Comunicaciones Estadio Juan Ramón Loubriel
October 21, 2014
America 2-0 Comunicaciones Aztec Stadium

Championship Round (Knockout Round)

Quarter finals

The first legs took place on February 24th to 26th, the second legs on March 3rd to March 5th, 2015.

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 quarter-finals, 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 United StatesUnited States DC United 12 0+5
2 MexicoMexico America 10 +14
3 Costa RicaCosta Rica Herediano 10 0+7
4th CanadaCanada Montreal Impact 10 0+3
5 MexicoMexico Pachuca 09 0+9
6th HondurasHonduras Olimpia 09 0+7
7th Costa RicaCosta Rica Saprissa 07th 0+3
8th Costa RicaCosta Rica Alajuelense 06th 0+1
Color Legend: Group winners Group winner 
total First leg Return leg
LD Alajuelense Costa RicaCosta Rica 6: 4 United StatesUnited States DC United 5: 2 1: 2
CD Saprissa Costa RicaCosta Rica 0: 5 MexicoMexico Club America 0: 3 0: 2
CD Olimpia HondurasHonduras 1: 3 Costa RicaCosta Rica CS Herediano 1: 1 0: 2
CF Pachuca MexicoMexico (a)3: 3 ( a ) CanadaCanada Montreal Impact 2: 2 1: 1

Semifinals

The first legs of the semi-finals took place on March 17 and 18, 2015. The second legs were played on April 7th and 8th, 2015.

total First leg Return leg
Montreal Impact CanadaCanada ( a ) 4: 4(a) Costa RicaCosta Rica LD Alajuelense 2-0 2: 4
CS Herediano Costa RicaCosta Rica 3: 6 MexicoMexico Club America 3-0 0: 6

final

First leg

Club America Montreal Impact
Club America
April 22, 2015 at 8:00 p.m. ( CDT ) in Aztec Stadium ( Mexico City )
Result: 1: 1 (0: 1)
Spectators: 56,783
Referee: Héctor Rodríguez ( Honduras ) HondurasHonduras 
Montreal Impact


Moisés Muñoz - Miguel Samudio , Pablo César Aguilar , Erik Pimentel , Paul Aguilar - Rubens Sambueza , Michael Arroyo , Osvaldo Martínez (46th Oribe Peralta ), Cristian Pellerano (70th José Guerrero ) - Darío Benedetto (80th Martín Zúñiga ), Darwin Quintero coach: Gustavo Matosas(C)Captain of the crew
Evan Bush - Hassoun Camara (66th Eric Miller ), Bakary Soumaré , Laurent Ciman , Donny Toia - Andrés Romero , Nigel Reo-Coker (75th Patrice Bernier ), Calum Mallace , Dilly Duka (71st Maxim Tissot ) - Ignacio Piatti - Dominic Oduro Trainer: Frank Klopas(C)Captain of the crew

goal 1: 1 Oribe Peralta (89th)
goal 0: 1 Ignacio Piatti (16.)
yellow cards Osvaldo Martínez (45th) yellow cards Ignacio Piatti (16.), Dilly Duka (71.), Andrés Romero (88.), Evan Bush (89.)

Return leg

Montreal Impact Club America
Montreal Impact
29 April 2015 at 20:00 ( EDT ) watch in Stade Olympique ( Montreal )
Result: 2: 4 (1: 0)
Spectators: 61,004
Referee: Henry Bejarano ( Costa Rica ) Costa RicaCosta Rica 
Club America


Kristian Nicht - Donny Toia (71st Maxim Tissot ), Laurent Ciman , Bakary Soumaré , Nigel Reo-Coker - Marco Donadel (67th Jack McInerney ), Calum Mallace (79th Patrice Bernier ) - Dilly Duka , Andrés Romero , Ignacio Piatti - Dominic Oduro Trainer: Frank Klopas(C)Captain of the crew
Moisés Muñoz - Miguel Samudio , Pablo César Aguilar , Ventura Alvarado , Paul Aguilar - Rubens Sambueza (87th Osmar Mares ), Osvaldo Martínez , José Guerrero , Darwin Quintero (82nd José Antonio Madueña ) - Darío Benedetto , Oribe Peralta (85th Michael Arroyo ) Coach: Gustavo Matosas(C)Captain of the crew
goal1-0 Andrés Romero (8th)




goal2-4 Jack McInerney (89th)

goal1: 1 Darío Benedetto (50.)
goal1: 2 Oribe Peralta (64.)
goal1: 3 Darío Benedetto (66.)
goal1: 4 Darío Benedetto (81.)
yellow cards Bakary Soumaré (25th), Andrés Romero (36th), Laurent Ciman (63rd), Dominic Oduro (69th) yellow cards José Guerrero (28th), Pablo César Aguilar (34th), Osvaldo Martínez (36th), Darío Benedetto (66th)

Best goal scorers

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

rank player club Gates
1 ArgentinaArgentina Dario Benedetto MexicoMexico CF America 7th
MexicoMexico Oribe Peralta MexicoMexico CF America
3 ArgentinaArgentina Ariel Nahuelpán MexicoMexico CF Pachuca 5
Costa RicaCosta Rica Ariel Rodríguez Costa RicaCosta Rica CD Saprissa
Costa RicaCosta Rica Yendrick Ruiz Costa RicaCosta Rica CS Herediano
MexicoMexico Martin Zuñiga MexicoMexico CF America
7th PanamaPanama Rolando Blackburn GuatemalaGuatemala CSD Comunicaciones 4th
ItalyItaly Marco Di Vaio CanadaCanada Montreal Impact
ArgentinaArgentina Fabián Espindola United StatesUnited States DC United
HondurasHonduras Anthony Lozano HondurasHonduras CD Olimpia

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. weltfussball.de: Goal scorers of the 2014/15 season