User:Rylesbourne/sandbox/2022–23 CONCACAF Champions League
Tournament details | |
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Dates | Qualifying: 21 June – 24 August 2022 Competition proper: 6 September 2022 – 10 June 2023 |
Teams | Competition proper: 32 Total: 78 (from 55 associations) |
Final positions | |
Champions | UANL (1st title) |
Runners-up | Orlando City |
← 2021–22 2023–24 →
All statistics correct as of 6 September 2022. |
The 2021–22 CONCACAF Champions League was the 58th season of North Americas's premier club football tournament organised by CONCACAF, and the 15th season since it was renamed from the CONCACAF Champions' Cup to the CONCACAF Champions League.
The final will be played at Geodis Park in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. The winner of the 2022–23 CONCACAF Champions League will automatically qualify for the 2023–24 CONCACAF Champions League group stage, and also earn the right to play against the winner of the CONCACAF SuperLiga in the 2023 CONCACAF Super Cup.
Orlando City are the defending champions, and reached the final, losing to Mexican club UANL. It was UANL's first title.
Association team allocation
[edit]A total of 78 teams from the 41 CONCACAF member associations, and 9 guest associations participate in the 2022–23 CONCACAF Champions League. The association ranking based on the CONCACAF association coefficients is used to determine the number of participating teams for each association:
- Associations 1–4 each have four teams qualify.
- Associations 5–6 each have three teams qualify.
- Associations 7–14 each have two teams qualify.
- Associations 15–52 each have one team qualify.
- The winners of the 2021–22 CONCACAF Champions League and 2021–22 CONCACAF SuperLiga are each given an additional entry if they do not qualify for the 2022–23 CONCACAF Champions League through their domestic league.
Association ranking
[edit]For the 2022–23 CONCACAF Champions League, the associations are allocated places according to their 2021 CONCACAF association coefficients, which takes into account their performance in North American competitions from 2016–17 to 2020–21. This is the first time in CONCACAF history that Mexico has not occupied the top spot.
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Teams
[edit]The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:
- TH: Champions League title holders
- SL: SuperLiga title holders
- LC: League Cup winner
- PW: Playoff winner/postseason tournament winner
- RU: Playoff/postseason tournament runner-up
- Ap.: Apertura
- Cl.: Clausura
- 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, etc.: League positions of the previous season
- Abd-: League positions of abandoned season as determined by the national association; all teams are subject to approval by CONCACAF
- Lic.: Qualified by obtaining a Champions League competitions license.
The second qualifying round, third qualifying round and play-off round are divided into Champions Path (CH) and League Path (LP).
CC: 2022 CONCACAF club coefficients.
- Notes
- ^ Dominica (DOM): The 2021 Dominica Premier League was suspended during the season due to issues pertaining to the COVID-19. The team with the best record at the time of suspension, Dublanc, qualified for the Champions League.
- ^ El Salvador (SLV): FAS qualified by having the best aggregate record during the 2021–22 Primera División de El Salvador that did not win the Apertura or Clausura final.
- ^ Guatemala (GUA): Clausura winners, Comunicaciones, qualified for the group stage by having the better aggregate record over Apertura winners, Malacateco.
- ^ French Guiana (GYF): The 2021–22 French Guiana Honor Division was suspended during the season due to issues pertaining to the COVID-19. The team with the best record at the time of suspension, Etiole Matoury, qualified for the Champions League.
- ^ Mexico (MEX): UANL qualified in the Clausura playoff spot for having the best aggregate record during the 2021–22 Liga MX season.
- ^ Panama (PAN): Tauro qualified by having the best aggregate record during the 2021–22 Liga Panameña de Fútbol that did not reach the Apertura or Clausura final.
- ^ Saint-Martin (SMT): The 2021–22 Saint-Martin Senior League was suspended during the season due to issues pertaining to the COVID-19. The team with the best record at the time of suspension, Junior Stars, qualified for the Champions League.
- ^ Suriname (SUR): Due to persitant issues surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic in Suriname, the 2021–22 edition of the SVB Eerste Divisie was temporary switched to a summer season. The two teams with the best records by 30 June 2022, Inter Moengotapoe and Robinhood, qualified.
- ^ Trinidad and Tobago (TRI): The 2021–22 TT Pro League was cancelled due to complications surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic. Central and Defence Force, who had won league titles in the last five seasons received Champions League licenses by CONCACAF to compete in the 2022–23 Champions League.
Schedule
[edit]The schedule of the competition is as follows. All matches are played on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Scheduled kick-off times starting from the play-off round are 18:45 and 21:00 EST/EDT.
As the 2022 FIFA World Cup takes place in Qatar between 20 November and 18 December 2022, the group stage commenced in the first week of September 2022 and will conclude in the first week of November 2022 to make way for the World Cup.
The draws for the qualifying round started at 12:00 CEST/CET and were held at the CONCACAF headquarters in New York City, United States. The group stage draw took place in Nashville, United States at the Music City Center. After a three-year gap of a truncated qualification due to the COVID-19 pandemic in North America, the qualification rounds returned to a two-legged series, although the away goals rule was abolished.
Phase | Round | Draw date | First leg | Second leg |
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Qualifying | Preliminary round | 7 June 2022 | 21 June 2022 | 28 June 2022 |
First qualifying round | 14 June 2022 | 5–6 July 2022 | 12–13 July 2022 | |
Second qualifying round | 15 June 2022 | 19–20 July 2022 | 26–27 July 2022 | |
Third qualifying round | 18 July 2022 | 2–3 August 2022 | 9 August 2022 | |
Play-offs | Play-off round | 2 August 2022 | 16–17 August 2022 | 23–24 August 2022 |
Group stage | Matchday 1 | 25 August 2022 | 6–7 September 2022 | |
Matchday 2 | 13–14 September 2022 | |||
Matchday 3 | 4–5 October 2022 | |||
Matchday 4 | 11–12 October 2022 | |||
Matchday 5 | 25–26 October 2022 | |||
Matchday 6 | 1–2 November 2022 | |||
Knockout phase | Round of 16 | 7 November 2022 | 21–22 February 2023 | 7–8 March 2023 |
Quarter-finals | 17 March 2023 | 11–12 April 2023 | 18–19 April 2023 | |
Semi-finals | 9–10 May 2023 | 16–17 May 2023 | ||
Final | 8 June 2023 at Geodis Park, Nashville |
Qualifying rounds
[edit]Preliminary round
[edit]The first leg was played on 21 June 2022 and the second leg was played on 28 June 2022.
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Zion's Hill | 0–6 | Long Bay | 0–2 | 0–4 |
First qualifying round
[edit]The first legs were played on 5–6 July 2022 and the second leg was played on 12–13 July 2022. For the third straight season, pairings were determined by their geographic location, as opposed to their CONCACAF coefficient.
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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SCSA Eagles | 4–3 | Junior Stars | 3–2 | 1–1 |
Royal Montserrat Police | 0–19 | Solidarité-Scolaire | 0–8 | 0–11 |
St. Paul's United | 2–3 | Liberta | 1–0 | 1–3 |
Margarita | 3–1 | Real Rincon | 2–0 | 1–1 |
N-48 | 2–1 | Miquelonnaise | 1–1 | 1–0 |
Golden Eagles | 2–2 (7–6 p) | Long Bay | 0–0 | 2–2 (a.e.t.) |
Dublanc | 3–5 | Golden Lion | 1–4 | 2–1 |
Hurricanes | 0–2 | Sion Hill | 0–1 | 0–1 |
Roaring Lions | 8–3 | Team FWI | 2–1 | 6–2 |
Weymouth Wales | 2–1 | Platinum | 1–1 | 1–0 (a.e.t.) |
Real Santander | 2–4 | Santiago de Cuba | 1–1 | 1–3 |
Gaffa | 5–3 | Dynamos | 4–0 | 1–3 |
Mont-Royal Outremont | 5–1 | St. Andrews | 2–1 | 3–0 |
SWA Sharks | 0–5 | Dandy Town Hornets | 0–3 | 0–2 |
Sugar Boys | 3–2 | Raymix | 2–2 | 1–0 |
Second qualifying round
[edit]The first legs were played on 19–20 July 2022 and the second leg was played on 26–27 July 2022.
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Mont-Royal Outremont | 4–1 | N-48 | 3–0 | 1–1 |
Sugar Boys | 1–4 | Cibao | 1–0 | 0–4 |
Solidarité-Scolaire | 5–4 | Golden Lion | 3–2 | 2–2 |
Verdes | 1–0 | Gaffa | 0–0 | 1–0 |
Nacional | 5–3 | Dandy Town Hornets | 3–3 | 2–0 |
Weymouth Wales | 1–7 | Margarita | 0–1 | 1–6 |
Jong Holland | 8–2 | Sion Hill | 3–2 | 5–0 |
Liberta | 3–2 | Roaring Lions | 1–1 | 2–1 |
Santiago de Cuba | 1–2 | Scholars International | 1–0 | 0–2 (a.e.t.) |
Golden Eagles | 1–6 | SCSA Eagles | 0–2 | 1–4 |
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Robinhood | 6–4 | Western Tigers | 5–3 | 1–1 |
Real Estelí | 5–3 | Arcahaie | 1–0 | 4–3 |
Third qualifying round
[edit]The first legs were played on 2–3 August, and the second legs were played on 9–10 August 2022.
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Fruta Conquerors | 2–4 | Margarita | 1–0 | 3–2 |
Metropolitan FA | 3–0 | Scholars International | 1–0 | 2–0 |
Cibao | 13–1 | SCSA Eagles | 6–1 | 7–0 |
Nacional | 1–2 | Mont-Royal Outremont | 1–1 | 0–1 (a.e.t.) |
Jong Holland | 2–4 | Verdes | 1–2 | 1–2 |
Liberta | 4–1 | Solidarité-Scolaire | 3–0 | 1–1 |
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Real España | 3–1 | Malacateco | 2–0 | 1–1 |
Tauro | 2–0 | Real Estelí | 1–0 | 1–0 |
FAS | 4–1 | Cavalier | 4–0 | 0–1 |
Defence Force | 2–5 | Robinhood | 2–2 | 0–3 |
Play-off round
[edit]The first legs were played on 16–17 August, and the second legs were played on 23–24 August 2022.
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Cibao | 2–3 | Violette | 1–3 | 1–0 |
Margarita | 0–1 | Metropolitan FA | 0–1 | 0–0 |
Liberta | 0–4 | Verdes | 0–4 | 0–0 |
Diriangén | 6–3 | Mont-Royal Outremont | 3–1 | 3–2 |
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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FAS | 2–1 | Real España | 2–0 | 0–1 |
Tauro | 3–1 | Robinhood | 1–0 | 2–1 |
Group stage
[edit]- Main article: 2022–23 CONCACAF Champions League group stage
Group A
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | PAC | SPR | VIO | TAU | |
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1 | Pachuca | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 5 | +9 | 12 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 0–2 | 7–0 | 1–0 | |
2 | Saprissa | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 9 | 1–0 | — | 0–0 | 1–3 | ||
3 | Violette | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 14 | −7 | 6 | Transfer to SuperLiga | 2–3 | 1–1 | — | 1–0 | |
4 | Tauro | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | −3 | 5 | Transfer to Confederations League | 0–3 | 1–1 | 2–2 | — |
Group B
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | NYC | CEN | SSM | VER | |
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1 | New York City FC | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 3 | +25 | 15 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 6–0 | 4–0 | 8–0 | |
2 | Central | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 12 | −4 | 10 | 1–3 | — | 1–0 | 2–1 | ||
3 | Sporting San Miguelito | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 11 | −1 | 8 | Transfer to SuperLiga | 2–1 | 2–2 | — | 3–0 | |
4 | Verdes | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 24 | −20 | 1 | Transfer to Confederations League | 0–6 | 0–2 | 3–3 | — |
Group C
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | TFC | NER | MOT | AZA | |
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1 | Toronto FC | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 5 | +8 | 13 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 2–2 | 4–0 | 4–1 | |
2 | New England Revolution | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 8 | 0–1 | — | 1–3 | 1–0 | ||
3 | Motagua | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 7 | Transfer to SuperLiga | 0–1 | 1–1 | — | 5–0 | |
4 | Alianza | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 13 | −7 | 6 | Transfer to Confederations League | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | — |
Group D
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ALA | FAS | AZA | IMT | |
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1 | Alajuelense | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 5 | +9 | 12 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 3–0 | 2–1 | 5–1 | |
2 | FAS | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 12 | 2–1 | — | 2–1 | 2–0 | ||
3 | Alianza | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 7 | +3 | 12 | Transfer to SuperLiga | 1–0 | 1–0 | — | 3–1 | |
4 | Inter Moengotapoe | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 20 | −16 | 0 | Transfer to Confederations League | 0–3 | 0–4 | 2–3 | — |
Group E
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ATL | OLI | MET | CGS | |
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1 | Atlas | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 11 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | |
2 | Olimpia | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | +3 | 10 | 1–0 | — | 3–3 | 4–2 | ||
3 | Metropolitan FA | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 8 | Transfer to SuperLiga | 0–0 | 3–2 | — | 2–0 | |
4 | Cartaginés | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 11 | −7 | 4 | Transfer to Confederations League | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | — |
Group F
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | COL | TIG | HDO | FOR | |
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1 | Colorado Rapids | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 13 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | |
2 | UANL | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 5 | +7 | 10 | 2–1 | — | 5–0 | 3–0 | ||
3 | Herediano | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 12 | −6 | 7 | Transfer to SuperLiga | 2–2 | 2–1 | — | 1–0 | |
4 | Forge | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | −4 | 4 | Transfer to Confederations League | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | — |
Group G
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | LEO | ORL | PAC | DIR | |
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1 | León | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 3 | +7 | 13 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 2–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | |
2 | Orlando City | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 6 | +6 | 12 | 1–0 | — | 3–0 | 3–0 | ||
3 | Pacific | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 8 | Transfer to SuperLiga | 1–1 | 2–1 | — | 2–0 | |
4 | Diriangén | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 15 | −12 | 1 | Transfer to Confederations League | 0–1 | 2–4 | 1–1 | — |
Group H
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | MTL | WAT | COM | SEA | |
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1 | CF Montréal | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 13 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | |
2 | Waterhouse | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 9 | −5 | 9 | 1–3 | — | 1–0 | 1–0 | ||
3 | Comunicaciones | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 7 | Transfer to SuperLiga | 2–1 | 0–1 | — | 2–1 | |
4 | Seattle Sounders | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 5 | Transfer to Confederations League | 1–1 | 4–0 | 0–0 | — |
Knockout round
[edit]- Main article: 2022–23 CONCACAF Champions League knockout phase
Bracket
[edit]Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | |||||||||||||||||||
CF Montréal | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||
New England Revolution | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||
New England Revolution | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||
Pachuca | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||
Pachuca | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||
Olimpia | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||
Pachuca | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||
Orlando City | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
Orlando City | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||
Alajuelense | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||
Orlando City | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||
Colorado Rapids | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||
Colorado Rapids | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||
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Central | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||
Orlando City | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
UANL | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
New York City FC | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||
UANL | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||
UANL | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||
Toronto FC | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||
Toronto FC | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||
Waterhouse | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||
UANL | 3 | 2 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||
Atlas | 4 | 0 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||
León | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||
Saprissa | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||
Saprissa | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||
Atlas | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||
Atlas | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||
FAS | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||
Round of 16
[edit]The first legs were played on 21–22 February 2023, and the return legs were played on 7–8 March 2023.
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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León | 2–3 | Saprissa | 1–2 | 1–1 |
Pachuca | 6–3 | Olimpia | 0–2 | 6–1 |
CF Montréal | 1–6 | New England Revolution | 1–3 | 0–3 |
Toronto FC | 4–1 | Waterhouse | 2–0 | 2–1 |
New York City FC | 3–4 | UANL | 1–3 | 2–1 |
Alajuelense | 2–3 | Orlando City | 0–2 | 2–1 |
Colorado Rapids | 6–2 | Central | 2–1 | 4–1 |
Atlas | 6–0 | FAS | 3–0 | 3–0 |
Quarterfinals
[edit]The first legs were played on 11–12 April 2023, and the return legs were played on 23–24 April 2023.
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Colorado Rapids | 1–5 | Orlando City | 1–2 | 0–3 |
Pachuca | 4–2 | New England Revolution | 3–0 | 1–2 |
Toronto FC | 1–6 | UANL | 1–3 | 0–3 |
Atlas | 2–0 | Saprissa | 2–0 | 0–0 |
Semifinal
[edit]The first legs were played on 9–10 May 2023, and the return legs were played on 16–17 May 2023.
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Pachuca | 0–1 | Orlando City | 0–0 | 0–1 |
Atlas | 4–5 | UANL | 4–3 | 0–2 |
Final
[edit]The final will be played on 8 June 2023 at Geodis Park, in Nashville, United States.
See also
[edit]- Continental competitions
- Continental Super Cups
- Regional competitions