CONCACAF Champions League 2019

CONCACAF Champions League 2019
Cup winners	CF Monterrey (4th title)
Beginning	19th February 2019
final	H : April 23, 2019 R : May 1, 2019
Final stadium	H: Estadio Universitario , San Nicolás de los Garza D: Estadio BBVA Bancomer , Guadalupe
Teams	16
Games	30th
Gates	93  (ø 3.1 per game)
Top scorer	Enner Valencia ( UANL Tigres , 7 goals)
yellow cards	113  (ø 3.77 per game)
Yellow and red cards	0  (ø 0 per game)
Red cards	1  (ø 0.03 per game)
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The CONCACAF Champions League 2019 was the 11th season of the most important competition for club teams in North and Central America and the Caribbean in football under this name. The tournament began on February 19 and ended on May 1, 2019. The defending champion was the Mexican club Deportivo Guadalajara , but they could not qualify.

The Mexican club CF Monterrey won the competition for the fourth time with an aggregate result of 2: 1 in the final against UANL Tigres and thus qualified as a representative of CONCACAF for the FIFA Club World Cup 2019 in Qatar . The top scorer was the Ecuadorian Enner Valencia from UANL Tigres with seven goals. The Argentine Nicolás Sánchez was named the best player of the competition .

mode

16 teams from 9 nations took part in the 2019 CONCACAF Champions League. The competition was held exclusively in the knockout system . Starting with the round of 16 up to and including the final, each round was played with a home and away leg . If there was a tie after both games, the away goals rule was applied and if no winner could be determined, there was a penalty shoot-out .

Field of participants

Mexico ( Liga MX 2017/18 ) UANL Tigres Santos Laguna CF Monterrey Deportivo Toluca  USA ( MLS 2017 , 2018 / US Open Cup 2017 , 2018 ) Atlanta United Sporting Kansas City Houston Dynamo New York Red Bulls  Canada ( Canadian Championship 2018 ) Toronto FC

Costa Rica ( Primera División 2017/18 ) CD Saprissa  El Salvador ( Primera Divisíon 2017/18) Alianza FC  Guatemala ( Liga Nacional 2017/18) CD Guastatoya  Honduras ( Liga Nacional 2017/18) CD Motagua  Panama ( Liga Panameña de Fútbol 2017/18) Independiente FC

Central America ( CONCACAF League 2018 )  CS Herediano Caribbean ( CFU Club Championship 2018)  Atlético Pantoja

Round of 16

The matches were drawn on December 3, 2018. The first legs took place from February 19 to 21, 2019, the second legs were played from February 26 to 28, 2019.

	total		First leg	Return leg
CD Marathon	02:11	Santos Laguna	2: 6	0: 5
Atlético Pantoja	0: 5	New York Red Bulls	0: 2	0: 3
CD Saprissa	2: 5	UANL Tigres	1-0	1: 5
CD Guastatoya	1: 3	Houston Dynamo	0: 1	1: 2
Sporting Kansas City	5-0	Deportivo Toluca	3-0	2-0
Independiente FC	5: 1	Toronto FC	4-0	1: 1
CS Herediano	3: 5	Atlanta United	3: 1	0: 4
Alianza FC	0: 1	CF Monterrey	0-0	0: 1

Quarter finals

The first legs took place on March 5 and 6, 2019, the second legs were played from March 12 to 14, 2019.

	total		First leg	Return leg
New York Red Bulls	2: 6	Santos Laguna	0: 2	2: 4
Houston Dynamo	0: 3	UANL Tigres	0: 2	0: 1
Independiente FC	2: 4	Sporting Kansas City	2: 1	0: 3
CF Monterrey	3: 1	Atlanta United	3-0	0: 1

Semifinals

The first legs took place on April 3 and 4, 2019, the second legs were played on April 10 and 11, 2019.

	total		First leg	Return leg
UANL Tigres	5: 3	Santos Laguna	3-0	2: 3
CF Monterrey	10: 20	Sporting Kansas City	5-0	5: 2

final

First leg

UANL Tigres		CF Monterrey
	April 23, 2019 at 9:00 p.m. ( CDT ) in San Nicolás de los Garza ( Estadio Universitario ) Result: 0: 1 (0: 1) Referee: John Pitti ( Panama )   Match report
	Nahuel Guzmán - Jesús Dueñas , Hugo Ayala , Francisco Meza , Carlos Salcedo - Luis Quiñones , Rafael Carioca , Guido Pizarro , Javier Aquino (59th Jürgen Damm ) - Eduardo Vargas (60th André-Pierre Gignac ), Enner Valencia Coach: Ricardo Ferretti ( Brazil )	Marcelo Barovero - Miguel Layún , Stefan Medina , Nicolás Sánchez , Jesús Gallardo - Carlos Alberto Rodríguez (89th Eric Cantú ), Celso Ortiz , Dorlan Pabón (88th Leonel Vangioni ), Rodolfo Pizarro , Avilés Hurtado (72nd Maximiliano Meza ) - Rogelio Funes Mori Coach: Diego Alonso ( Uruguay )
		0: 1 Sánchez (43.)
	Ayala (20.)	Sánchez (14th), Hurtado (33rd), Ortiz (58th), Gallardo (90th)

Return leg

CF Monterrey		UANL Tigres
	May 1, 2019 at 9:00 p.m. ( CDT ) in Guadalupe ( Estadio BBVA Bancomer ) Result: 1: 1 (1: 0) Referee: Jair Marrufo ( USA )   Match report
	Marcelo Barovero - Miguel Layún , Stefan Medina , Nicolás Sánchez , Jesús Gallardo - Carlos Alberto Rodríguez (77th Jonathan González ), Celso Ortiz , Dorlan Pabón (83rd Maximiliano Meza ), Rodolfo Pizarro , Avilés Hurtado (61st César Montes ) - Rogelio Funes Mori Coach: Diego Alonso ( Uruguay )	Nahuel Guzmán - Luis Rodríguez , Hugo Ayala (72nd Lucas Zelarayán ), Carlos Salcedo , Jesús Dueñas - Luis Quiñones , Guido Pizarro , Rafael Carioca , Jürgen Damm (46th Javier Aquino ), Eduardo Vargas (46th André-Pierre Gignac ) - Enner Valencia Coach: Ricardo Ferretti ( Brazil )
	1-0 Sánchez (26th, penalty)	1: 1 Gignac (85th)
	Layún (43.), Medina (48.), Montes (90. + 1 ')	Carioca (42nd), Quiñones (45th + 2 '), Salcedo (90th + 3')

Web links

• Official website of the tournament
• CONCACAF Champions League 2019 at RSSSF .com

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Draw Delivers Matchups for the 2019 Scotiabank Concacaf Champions League First Round Matches . In: CONCACAFChampionsLeague.com . December 3, 2018. Retrieved December 4, 2018.