2016–17 CONCACAF Champions League

2016–17 CONCACAF Champions League
2016–17 Scotiabank CONCACAF Champions League
Tournament details
Dates August 2, 2016 – April 26, 2017
Teams 24 (from 12 associations)
Tournament statistics
Matches played 48
Goals scored 162 (3.38 per match)
Top scorer(s) Panama José González
Mexico Hirving Lozano
Uruguay Cristian Techera
(5 goals each)

The 2016–17 CONCACAF Champions League (officially the 2016–17 Scotiabank CONCACAF Champions League for sponsorship reasons)[1][2] is the 9th edition of the CONCACAF Champions League under its current name, and overall the 52nd edition of the premier football club competition organized by CONCACAF, the regional governing body of North America, Central America, and the Caribbean.

The winners of the 2016–17 CONCACAF Champions League will qualify as the CONCACAF representative at the 2017 FIFA Club World Cup in the United Arab Emirates.[3] América won the previous two tournaments, but did not qualify for this tournament and are unable to defend their title.

Qualification

A total of 24 teams participate in the CONCACAF Champions League: nine from the North American Zone (from three associations), twelve from the Central American Zone (from at most seven associations), and three from the Caribbean Zone (from at most three associations).[3] Therefore, a maximum of 13 out of the 41 CONCACAF member associations may participate in the tournament.

Clubs may be disqualified and replaced by a club from another association if the club does not have an available stadium that meets CONCACAF regulations for safety. If a club's own stadium fails to meet the set standards then it may find a suitable replacement stadium within its own country. However, if it is still determined that the club cannot provide the adequate facilities then it runs the risk of being replaced.

North America

Nine teams from the North American Football Union (NAFU) qualify to the Champions League. The allocation to the three NAFU member associations is as follows: four berths for each of Mexico and the United States, and one berth for Canada.

For Mexico, the winners and runners-up of the Liga MX Apertura and Clausura tournaments earn berths in Pot 3 of the tournament's group stage. If a team reaches both tournament finals, the vacated berth is reallocated through regular season record.

For the United States, three berths are allocated through the Major League Soccer (MLS) regular season and playoffs, to the MLS Cup winner and the regular season Eastern Conference and Western Conference winners (if U.S.-based); the fourth berth is allocated to the winner of its domestic cup competition, the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup. All four teams are placed in Pot 3. If a team qualifies through multiple berths, or if any of the MLS berths are taken by a Canada-based MLS team, the berth is reallocated to the best U.S.-based team in the Supporters' Shield table which has failed to otherwise qualify.

For Canada, the winner of the domestic cup competition, the Voyageurs Cup competed for in the Canadian Championship, earns the lone Canadian berth into the tournament, in Pot 2 (moved from Pot 1 in the previous edition).[4]

Central America

Twelve teams from the Central American Football Union (UNCAF) qualify to the Champions League. The allocation to the seven UNCAF member associations is as follows: two berths for each of Costa Rica, Honduras, Guatemala, Panama and El Salvador, and one berth for each of Nicaragua and Belize. The teams from Costa Rica, Honduras, Guatemala, and the first team from Panama are placed in Pot 2, and the second team from Panama and the teams from El Salvador, Nicaragua, and Belize are placed in Pot 1 (second team from Panama moved from Pot 2 in the previous edition).

All of these leagues employ a split season with two tournaments in one year, so both tournament champions qualify if there are two available berths (if the same team wins both tournaments, the runner-up with the better aggregate record also qualifies), or the champion with the better aggregate record qualifies if there is only one available berth.

If one or more clubs is precluded, it is supplanted by a club from another Central American association. The reallocation is based on results from previous Champions League tournaments.

Caribbean

Three teams from the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) qualify to the Champions League. The three berths, in Pot 1, are allocated to the top three finishers of the CFU Club Championship, a subcontinental tournament open to clubs from the 31 CFU member associations. In order for a team to qualify for the CFU Club Championship, they usually need to finish as the champion or runner-up of their respective association's league in the previous season, but professional teams may also be selected by their associations if they play in the league of another country.

If any Caribbean club is precluded, it is supplanted by the fourth-place finisher from the CFU Club Championship.

Teams

The following 24 teams (from 12 associations) qualified for the tournament.

In the following table, the number of appearances, last appearance, and previous best result count only those in the CONCACAF Champions League era starting from 2008–09 (not counting those in the era of the Champions' Cup from 1962 to 2008).

Association Team Pot Qualifying method App Last App Previous Best
North America (9 teams)
Mexico Mexico
4 berths		 UANL 3 2015 Apertura champions 3rd 2015–16 Runners-up
(2015–16)
Pachuca 2016 Clausura champions 3rd 2014–15 Champions
(2009–10)
UNAM 2015 Apertura runners-up 4th 2011–12 Semifinals
(2 times)
Monterrey 2016 Clausura runners-up 4th 2012–13 Champions
(3 times)
United States United States
4 berths		 Portland Timbers 2015 MLS Cup champions 2nd 2014–15 Group stage
(2014–15)
New York Red Bulls 2015 MLS Supporters' Shield champions 3rd 2014–15 Group stage
(2014–15)
FC Dallas 2015 MLS Western Conference regular season champions 2nd 2011–12 Group stage
(2011–12)
Sporting Kansas City 2015 U.S. Open Cup champions 3rd 2014–15 Quarterfinals
(2013–14)
Canada Canada
1 berth		 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2 2015 Canadian Championship champions 2nd 2015–16 Group stage
(2015–16)
Central America (12 teams)
Costa Rica Costa Rica
2 berths		 Saprissa 2 2015 Invierno champions 6th 2015–16 Semifinals
(2010–11)
Herediano 2016 Verano champions 7th 2015–16 Semifinals
(2014–15)
Honduras Honduras
2 berths		 Honduras Progreso 2015 Apertura champions 1st N/A N/A
Olimpia 2016 Clausura champions 9th 2015–16 Quarterfinals
(2 times)
Guatemala Guatemala
2 berths		 Antigua 2015 Apertura champions 1st N/A N/A
Suchitepéquez 2016 Clausura champions 1st N/A N/A
Panama Panama
2 berths		 Árabe Unido 2015 Apertura champions 5th 2015–16 Quarterfinals
(2 times)
Plaza Amador 1 2016 Clausura champions 1st N/A N/A
El Salvador El Salvador
2 berths		 Alianza 2015 Apertura champions 2nd 2011–12 Preliminary round
(2011–12)
Dragón 2016 Clausura champions 1st N/A N/A
Nicaragua Nicaragua
1 berth		 Real Estelí Champions with better aggregate record in 2015–16 season 6th 2014–15 Group stage
(3 times)
Belize Belize
1 berth		 Police United Champions with better aggregate record in 2015–16 season 1st N/A N/A
Caribbean (3 teams)
Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago
2 teams		 Central 1 2016 CFU Club Championship champions 2nd 2015–16 Group stage
(2015–16)
W Connection 2016 CFU Club Championship runners-up 5th 2015–16 Group stage
(4 times)
Haiti Haiti
1 team		 Don Bosco 2016 CFU Club Championship third place 1st N/A N/A

Draw

The draw for the tournament was held on May 30, 2016, 20:00 EDT (UTC−4), at the Fontainebleau Hotel in Miami Beach, Florida.[5][6][7]

The 24 teams were drawn into eight groups of three, with each group containing one team from each of the three pots. Teams from the same association (excluding "wildcard" teams which replace a team from another association) could not be drawn with each other in the group stage, and teams from Mexico and the United States had to be drawn into separate groups.[3]

The allocation of teams to each pot was based on the results of the last four editions of the competition under the current format:[5]

Pot 1
Panama Plaza Amador El Salvador Alianza El Salvador Dragón Nicaragua Real Estelí
Belize Police United Trinidad and Tobago Central Trinidad and Tobago W Connection Haiti Don Bosco
Pot 2
Costa Rica Herediano Costa Rica Saprissa Honduras Olimpia Honduras Honduras Progreso
Guatemala Suchitepéquez Guatemala Antigua Panama Árabe Unido Canada Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Pot 3
Mexico UANL Mexico Pachuca Mexico UNAM Mexico Monterrey
United States Portland Timbers United States New York Red Bulls United States FC Dallas United States Sporting Kansas City

Schedule

The schedule of the competition is as follows.

Stage Round First leg Second leg
Group stage Matchday 1 August 2–4, 2016
Matchday 2 August 16–18, 2016
Matchday 3 August 23–25, 2016
Matchday 4 September 13–15, 2016
Matchday 5 September 27–29, 2016
Matchday 6 October 18–20, 2016
Knockout stage Quarterfinals February 21–23, 2017 February 28–March 2, 2017
Semifinals March 14–16, 2017 April 4–6, 2017
Finals April 19, 2017 April 26, 2017

Group stage

In the group stage, each group was played on a home-and-away round-robin basis. The winners of each group advanced to the quarterfinals.

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification UNA HON WCO
1 Mexico UNAM 4 3 0 1 15 5 +10 9 Knockout stage — 2−0 8−1
2 Honduras Honduras Progreso 4 2 1 1 4 4 0 7 2–1 — 1–0
3 Trinidad and Tobago W Connection 4 0 1 3 4 14 −10 1 2–4 1–1 —
Source: CONCACAF

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification SAP POR DRA
1 Costa Rica Saprissa 4 2 2 0 11 3 +8 8 Knockout stage — 4–2 6−0
2 United States Portland Timbers 4 2 1 1 7 7 0 7 1−1 — 2–1
3 El Salvador Dragón 4 0 1 3 2 10 −8 1 0−0 1–2 —
Source: CONCACAF

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification VAN SKC CEN
1 Canada Vancouver Whitecaps FC 4 4 0 0 10 2 +8 12 Knockout stage — 3–0 4–1
2 United States Sporting Kansas City 4 1 1 2 6 8 −2 4 1–2 — 3–1
3 Trinidad and Tobago Central 4 0 1 3 4 10 −6 1 0–1 2–2 —
Source: CONCACAF

Group D

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification ÁRA MON DON
1 Panama Árabe Unido 4 4 0 0 12 5 +7 12 Knockout stage — 2–1 2–0
2 Mexico Monterrey 4 2 0 2 9 5 +4 6 2–3 — 3–0
3 Haiti Don Bosco 4 0 0 4 2 13 −11 0 2–5 0–3 —
Source: CONCACAF

Group E

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification PAC OLI POL
1 Mexico Pachuca 4 3 1 0 19 4 +15 10 Knockout stage — 1–0 3–0
2 Honduras Olimpia 4 2 1 1 13 6 +7 7 4–4 — 4–0
3 Belize Police United 4 0 0 4 1 23 −22 0 0–11 1–5 —
Source: CONCACAF

Group F

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification NYR ALI ANT
1 United States New York Red Bulls 4 2 2 0 5 1 +4 8 Knockout stage — 1–0 3–0
2 El Salvador Alianza 4 1 2 1 5 4 +1 5 1–1 — 1–1
3 Guatemala Antigua 4 0 2 2 2 7 −5 2 0–0 1–3 —
Source: CONCACAF

Group G

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification UAN HER PLA
1 Mexico UANL 4 3 0 1 9 3 +6 9 Knockout stage — 3–0 3–1
2 Costa Rica Herediano 4 1 1 2 4 7 −3 4 1–3 — 2–0
3 Panama Plaza Amador 4 1 1 2 3 6 −3 4 1–0 1–1 —
Source: CONCACAF

Group H

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification DAL SUC EST
1 United States FC Dallas 4 2 2 0 8 4 +4 8 Knockout stage — 0–0 2–1
2 Guatemala Suchitepéquez 4 1 2 1 4 6 −2 5 2–5 — 1–0
3 Nicaragua Real Estelí 4 0 2 2 3 5 −2 2 1–1 1–1 —
Source: CONCACAF

Knockout stage

In the knockout stage, the eight teams play a single-elimination tournament. Each tie is played on a home-and-away two-legged basis, with the higher-seeded team hosting the second leg. The away goals rule is used if the aggregate score is level after normal time of the second leg, but not after extra time, and so a tie is decided by penalty shoot-out if the aggregate score is level after extra time of the second leg (Regulations, II. D. Tie-Breaker Procedures).[3]

Seeding

The qualified teams are seeded 1–8 in the knockout stage according to their results in the group stage.

Seed Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 C Canada Vancouver Whitecaps FC 4 4 0 0 10 2 +8 12
2 D Panama Árabe Unido 4 4 0 0 12 5 +7 12
3 E Mexico Pachuca 4 3 1 0 19 4 +15 10
4 A Mexico UNAM 4 3 0 1 15 5 +10 9
5 G Mexico UANL 4 3 0 1 9 3 +6 9
6 B Costa Rica Saprissa 4 2 2 0 11 3 +8 8
7 H United States FC Dallas 4 2 2 0 8 4 +4 8
8 F United States New York Red Bulls 4 2 2 0 5 1 +4 8
Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Away goals scored; 5) Wins; 6) Away wins; 7) Drawing of lots (Regulations, II. D. Tie-Breaker Procedures).[3]

Bracket

  Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
                                         
6  Costa Rica Saprissa  
3  Mexico Pachuca  
   Winner QF3  
   Winner QF2  
7  United States FC Dallas
2  Panama Árabe Unido  
   Winner SF2
   Winner SF1
5  Mexico UANL  
4  Mexico UNAM  
   Mexico Winner QF4
   Winner QF1  
8  United States New York Red Bulls
1  Canada Vancouver Whitecaps FC  

Quarterfinals

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
New York Red Bulls United States QF1 Canada Vancouver Whitecaps FC Feb 22 Mar 2
FC Dallas United States QF2 Panama Árabe Unido Feb 23 Mar 1
Saprissa Costa Rica QF3 Mexico Pachuca Feb 21 Feb 28
UANL Mexico QF4 Mexico UNAM Feb 22 Mar 1

Semifinals

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Winner QF4 Mexico SF1[†] Winner QF1 Mar 14–16 Apr 4–6
Winner QF3 SF2[†] Winner QF2 Mar 14–16 Apr 4–6
  1. † Order of legs to be determined based on actual seeding of the two teams, with the higher-seeded team hosting the second leg.

Finals

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Winner SF2 [†] Winner SF1 Apr 19 Apr 26
  1. † Order of legs to be determined based on actual seeding of the two teams, with the higher-seeded team hosting the second leg.

Top goalscorers

Note: Players and teams marked in bold are still active in the competition.

As of October 20, 2016
Rank Player Team Goals
1 Panama José González Panama Árabe Unido 5
Mexico Hirving Lozano Mexico Pachuca
Uruguay Cristian Techera Canada Vancouver Whitecaps FC
4 Colombia Oscar Guerrero El Salvador Alianza 4
5 Costa Rica Marvin Angulo Costa Rica Saprissa 3
Panama Rolando Blackburn Costa Rica Saprissa
Colombia Edwin Cardona Mexico Monterrey
Honduras Carlo Costly Honduras Olimpia
Mexico Eduardo Herrera Mexico UNAM
Honduras Víctor Moncada Honduras Honduras Progreso
Mexico Alfonso Nieto Mexico UNAM
Costa Rica Yendrick Ruiz Costa Rica Herediano

Source: CONCACAF.com[8]

Player awards

Week Player of the week Goalkeeper of the week
Player Team Player Team
Week 1 Mexico Luis Fernando Quintana[9] Mexico UNAM Nicaragua Justo Lorente[10] Nicaragua Real Estelí
Week 2 Costa Rica Marvin Angulo[11] Costa Rica Saprissa Guatemala Manuel Sosa[12] Guatemala Suchitepéquez
Week 3 Panama Édgar Joel Bárcenas[13] Panama Árabe Unido Belize Keith Allen[14] Belize Police United
Week 4 Mexico Hirving Lozano[15] Mexico Pachuca Dominican Republic Miguel Lloyd[16] Panama Árabe Unido
Week 5 Uruguay Cristian Techera[17] Canada Vancouver Whitecaps FC Belize Woodrow West[18] Honduras Honduras Progreso
Week 6 Ecuador Fidel Martínez[19] Mexico UNAM Haiti James Elan[20] Haiti Don Bosco

Prize money

The four semifinalists receive prize money from CONCACAF.[21]

Round No. of clubs
receiving money 		Prize money
per club
Champions 1 $500,000
Runners-up 1 $300,000
Semifinal losers 2 $200,000
Total 4 $1,200,000

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Scotiabank Joins CONCACAF as Official Partner". CONCACAF.com. December 9, 2014.
  2. ↑ "Official Logo Unveiled for Scotiabank CONCACAF Champions League". CONCACAF.com. February 10, 2015.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Scotiabank CONCACAF Champions League 2016–17 Regulations" (PDF). CONCACAF.com.
  4. ↑ "Whitecaps FC placed in Pot 2 for 2016-17 CONCACAF Champions League draw". Vancouver Whitecaps FC. May 23, 2016.
  5. 1 2 "Official Draw Confirmed for the 2016/17 Scotiabank CONCACAF Champions League". CONCACAF.com. May 23, 2016.
  6. ↑ "Official Draw: Scotiabank CONCACAF Champions League 2016-17". CONCACAF.com.
  7. ↑ "Miami Beach Draw Produces Matchups for 2016/17 Scotiabank CONCACAF Champions League Group Stage". CONCACAF.com. May 30, 2016.
  8. ↑ "CONCACAF Champions League — Statistics". CONCACAF.com.
  9. ↑ "Player of the Week #SCCLWeekly - August 2-4, 2016". CONCACAF.
  10. ↑ "Goalkeeper of the Week - #SCCLWeekly August 2-4, 2016". CONCACAF.
  11. ↑ "Player of the Week - #SCCLWeekly August 16-18, 2016". CONCACAF.
  12. ↑ "Goalkeeper of the Week - #SCCLWeekly August 16-18, 2016". CONCACAF.
  13. ↑ "Player of the Week - #SCCLWeekly August 23-25, 2016". CONCACAF.
  14. ↑ "Goalkeeper of the Week - #SCCLWeekly August 23-25, 2016". CONCACAF.
  15. ↑ "Player of the Week - #SCCLWeekly September 13-15, 2016". CONCACAF.
  16. ↑ "Goalkeeper of the Week - #SCCLWeekly September 13-15, 2016". CONCACAF.
  17. ↑ "Player of the Week - #SCCLWeekly September 27-29, 2016". CONCACAF.
  18. ↑ "Goalkeeper of the Week - #SCCLWeekly September 27-29, 2016". CONCACAF.
  19. ↑ "Player of the Week - #SCCLWeekly October 18-20, 2016". CONCACAF.
  20. ↑ "Goalkeeper of the Week - #SCCLWeekly October 18-20, 2016". CONCACAF.
  21. ↑ "Scotiabank CONCACAF Champions League to Benefit from New Prize Money Structure Starting in 2016/17 Season". CONCACAF.com. 15 June 2016.

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