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2017 CONCACAF League
2017 Scotiabank CONCACAF League
Tournament details
Dates1 August – October 2017
Teams16 (from 8 associations)
Tournament statistics
Matches played26
Goals scored59 (2.27 per match)
Top scorer(s)Panama Carlos Small
Honduras Carlo Costly
Honduras Roger Rojas
(4 goals each)
2018 →
All statistics correct as of 14 September 2017.

The 2017 CONCACAF League (known as the 2017 Scotiabank CONCACAF League for sponsorship purposes) is the inaugural edition of the CONCACAF League competition. A total of 16 teams will compete in the tournament. The winner will qualify for the 2018 CONCACAF Champions League.[1]

Qualification

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Location of teams of the 2017 CONCACAF League
Central American Zone
Caribbean Zone

A total of 16 teams participate in the CONCACAF League:

  • A total of 13 teams from six associations of the Central American Zone. Ordinarily, these teams would come from seven associations, but Guatemalan teams were excluded from this season's tournament.
  • A total of 3 teams from at most three associations of the Caribbean Zone.

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.

Central America

The 13 CONCACAF League berths for the Central American Football Union (UNCAF) are allocated to the seven UNCAF member associations as follows: three berths for each of Costa Rica, Honduras, Guatemala, Panama and El Salvador, two berths for Nicaragua, and one berth for Belize. All of the leagues of Central America employ a split season with two tournaments in one season, so the following teams qualify:

  • In the league of Costa Rica, Honduras, Guatemala, Panama, and El Salvador, the champions with the better aggregate record qualify directly to the CONCACAF Champions League. The remaining champions and the non-champions with the best aggregate record qualify for this tournament.
  • In the league of Nicaragua, both tournament champions qualify.
  • In the league of Belize, the champions with the better aggregate record qualify.

If a team qualifies through multiple berths, the vacated berth is reallocated to another team from the same association based on aggregate record. If teams from any Central American associations are excluded, they are replaced by teams from other Central American associations, with the associations chosen based on results from previous Champions League tournaments. For this tournament, teams from Guatemala were excluded due to the suspension of their federation by FIFA and were replaced by additional teams from Costa Rica, Honduras, and Panama.

Caribbean

The three CONCACAF League berths for the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) are allocated to the 31 CFU member associations via the CFU Club Championship, a subcontinental tournament open to the clubs of all CFU member associations. The 2nd, 3rd, and 4th placed teams qualify. In order for a team to be able to enter the CFU Club Championship, they usually need to finish as the champions or runners-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 teams are excluded, they are replaced by the next best teams from the CFU Club Championship.

Teams

The competition will have three Caribbean clubs and thirteen Central American clubs participating:[2]

Association Pot Team Qualifying method
Central America (13 teams)
Costa Rica Costa Rica
2 berths[Note GUA] 		1 Alajuelense Non-champions/runners-up with best aggregate record in 2016–17 season[Note CRC]
2 Santos de Guápiles Non-champions/runners-up with 2nd best aggregate record in 2016–17 season[Note CRC]
Honduras Honduras
2 + 1 berths[Note GUA] 		1 Honduras Progreso 2017 Clausura runners-up
(Runners-up with better aggregate record in 2016–17 season)
2 Platense 2016 Apertura runners-up
Olimpia Non-finalists with best aggregate record in 2016–17 season[Note HON]
Panama Panama
2 + 1 berths[Note GUA] 		1 Árabe Unido 2016 Apertura champions
2017 Clausura runners-up
(Champions with inferior aggregate record in 2016–17 season)
Plaza Amador 2016 Apertura runners-up
2 Chorrillo Non-finalists with best aggregate record in 2016–17 season[Note PAN]
El Salvador El Salvador
2 berths 		1 Alianza 2016 Apertura runners-up
2017 Clausura runners-up
2 Águila Non-finalists with 2nd best aggregate record in 2016–17 season[Note SLV]
Nicaragua Nicaragua
2 berths 		1 Real Estelí 2016 Apertura champions
2017 Clausura champions
2 Walter Ferretti 2016 Apertura runners-up
2017 Clausura runners-up[Note NCA]
Belize Belize
1 berth 		1 Belmopan Bandits 2016 Opening Season champions
2017 Closing Season champions
Caribbean (3 teams)
Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago
2 teams 		1 San Juan Jabloteh 2017 CFU Club Championship runners-up
2 Central 2017 CFU Club Championship fourth place
Jamaica Jamaica
1 team 		Portmore United 2017 CFU Club Championship third place
Notes
  1. ^
    Guatemala (GUA): On October 28, 2016, FIFA suspended the National Football Federation of Guatemala for political interference by the Government of Guatemala. Until the suspension is lifted, Guatemalan teams are not permitted to participate in international competitions.[3] CONCACAF set the deadline of May 1, 2017 for the suspension to be lifted in order for Guatemala's teams to participate in this tournament,[4] and expelled all Guatemalan teams from the tournament on May 5, 2017 after the federation failed to be reinstated by FIFA.[5]
    Municipal would have qualified for the Champions League as the 2017 Clausura champions and by having a better aggregate record in the 2016–17 season than 2016 Apertura champions, Antigua. They were also the 2016 Apertura runners-up. Antigua and Guastatoya would have qualified for the CONCACAF League as the 2016 Apertura champions and the 2017 Clausura runners-up, respectively. They were replaced by teams from Costa Rica (Santos de Guápiles), Honduras (Olimpia), and Panama (Chorrillo), based on the performance of the Central American associations in the 2016–17 tournament, giving these associations four berths each.[6][7] To replace Municipal in the second stage, Herediano, which qualified for the second Costa Rican berth, were moved from the first phase to the second phase, giving Costa Rica two direct qualifiers to each phase.[8]
  2. ^
    Costa Rica (CRC): Saprissa and Herediano finished as champions or runners-up in both the 2016 Invierno and 2017 Verano, so two of these berths passed to the two teams with the best aggregate records who finished outside the top 2 of both tournaments, Alajuelense and Santos de Guápiles.
  3. ^
    El Salvador (SLV): Santa Tecla and Alianza reached the finals of both the 2016 Apertura and 2017 Clausura, so one of their berths passed to the non-finalists with the best aggregate record, Águila.
  4. ^
    Honduras (HON): Motagua were champions of both the 2016 Apertura and 2017 Clausura, so one of their berths passed to the non-finalists with the best aggregate record, Olimpia.[9]
  5. ^
    Nicaragua (NCA): Real Estelí were champions of both the 2016 Apertura and 2017 Clausura, so one of their berths passed to the runners-up of both tournaments, Walter Ferretti.
  6. ^
    Panama (PAN): Árabe Unido reached the finals of both the 2016 Apertura and 2017 Clausura, so one of their berths passed to the non-finalists with the best aggregate record, Chorrillo.[10][11]

Draw

The competition draw was held on 31 May 2017 at the Hilton Airport Hotel in Miami, Florida.[12] The event was streamed on YouTube.[13]

The qualified clubs were distributed in pots as follows:[14]


The “Bracket Position Pots” (pots A and pots B) contained the bracket positions numbered 1 through 8. Teams from pot 1 were assigned a bracket position from pot A and the teams from pot 2 were assigned a position from pot B. For the round of 16, teams from the same association could not be drawn against each other except for the three "wild card" teams: Santos de Guápiles, Olimpia, and Chorrillo.

Format

The 16 teams play a single-elimination tournament. Each tie is played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. The away goals rule is used if the aggregate score is level after the second leg, and if still level, extra time is not played, and the tie is decided by penalty shoot-out (Regulations, II. D. Tie-Breaker Procedures).[1]

Schedule

The schedule of the competition is as follows.

First leg Second leg
Round of 16 1–3 August 2017 8–10 August 2017
Quarterfinals 15–17 August 2017 22–24 August 2017
Semifinals 12–14 September 2017 19–21 September 2017
Finals 17–19 October 2017 24–26 October 2017

Bracket

Template:2017 CONCACAF League bracket

Round of 16

In the round of 16, the matchups were decided by draw: R16-1 through R16-8. The teams from Pot 1 in the draw host the second leg.

Summary

The first legs were played on 1–3 August, and the second legs were played on 8–10 August 2017.[15]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Santos de Guápiles Costa Rica 8–3 Trinidad and Tobago San Juan Jabloteh 6–2 2–1
Chorrillo Panama 2–0 Honduras Honduras Progreso 1–0 1–0
Central Trinidad and Tobago 1–5 Panama Árabe Unido 1–2 0–3
Águila El Salvador 1–1 (4–3 p) Nicaragua Real Estelí 1–0 0–1
Olimpia Honduras 3–0 Costa Rica Alajuelense 2–0 1–0
Platense Honduras 2–4 El Salvador Alianza 1–2 1–2
Portmore United Jamaica 1–1 (4–5 p) Panama Plaza Amador 1–0 0–1
Walter Ferretti Nicaragua 5–1 Belize Belmopan Bandits 4–1 1–0

Matches

Santos de Guápiles Costa Rica6–2Trinidad and Tobago San Juan Jabloteh
 Report
Chorrillo Panama1–0Honduras Honduras Progreso
 Report
Referee: David Gantar (Canada)
Árabe Unido Panama3–0Trinidad and Tobago Central
 Report
Águila El Salvador1–0Nicaragua Real Estelí
 Report
Olimpia Honduras2–0Costa Rica Alajuelense
 Report
Alajuelense Costa Rica0–1Honduras Olimpia
Report
Platense Honduras1–2El Salvador Alianza
 Report
Referee: José Kellys (Panama)
Alianza El Salvador2–1Honduras Platense
 Report
Portmore United Jamaica1–0Panama Plaza Amador
 Report
Walter Ferretti Nicaragua4–1Belize Belmopan Bandits
 Report
Belmopan Bandits Belize0–1Nicaragua Walter Ferretti
Report

Quarterfinals

In the quarterfinals, the matchups were determined as follows:

  • QF1: Winner R16-1 vs. Winner R16-2
  • QF2: Winner R16-3 vs. Winner R16-4
  • QF3: Winner R16-5 vs. Winner R16-6
  • QF4: Winner R16-7 vs. Winner R16-8

The winners of round of 16 matchups 1, 3, 5, 7 host the second leg.

Summary

The first legs were played on 15–17 August, and the second legs were played on 22–24 August 2017.[16]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Chorrillo Panama 0–2 Costa Rica Santos de Guápiles 0–1 0–1
Águila El Salvador 1–2 Panama Árabe Unido 0–2 1–0
Alianza El Salvador 2–3 Honduras Olimpia 1–0 1–3
Walter Ferretti Nicaragua 1–2 Panama Plaza Amador 0–0 1–2

Matches

Águila El Salvador0–2Panama Árabe Unido
Report
Alianza El Salvador1–0Honduras Olimpia
 Report
Olimpia Honduras3–1El Salvador Alianza
 Report
Walter Ferretti Nicaragua0–0Panama Plaza Amador
Report
Plaza Amador Panama2–1Nicaragua Walter Ferretti
 Report

Semifinals

In the semifinals, the matchups were determined as follows:

  • SF1: Winner QF1 vs. Winner QF2
  • SF2: Winner QF3 vs. Winner QF4

The semifinalists in each tie which have the better performance in previous rounds host the second leg.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Host
1 Costa Rica Santos de Guápiles 4 4 0 0 10 3 +7 12 Second leg
2 Panama Árabe Unido 4 3 0 1 7 2 +5 9 First leg
1 Honduras Olimpia 4 3 0 1 6 2 +4 9 Second leg
2 Panama Plaza Amador 4 2 1 1 3 2 +1 7 First leg
Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Away goals scored; 5) Drawing of lots.[1]

Summary

The first legs will be played on 13–14 September, and the second legs will be played on 21 September 2017.[17]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Árabe Unido Panama 0–1 Costa Rica Santos de Guápiles 0–0 0–1
Plaza Amador Panama 2–8 Honduras Olimpia 1–7 1–1

Matches

Plaza Amador Panama1–7Honduras Olimpia
 Report
Olimpia Honduras1–1Panama Plaza Amador
Rojas 81' Report Murillo 20'

Finals

In the finals (Winner SF1 vs. Winner SF2), the finalists which have the better performance in previous rounds host the second leg.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Host
1 Costa Rica Santos de Guápiles 6 5 1 0 11 3 +8 16 Second leg
2 Honduras Olimpia 6 4 1 1 14 4 +10 13 First leg
Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Away goals scored; 5) Drawing of lots.[1]

Summary

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Winners of SF2 F[†] Winners of SF1 17–19 Oct 24–26 Oct
  1. † Order of legs to be decided, with the team having the better performance in previous rounds hosting the second leg.

Matches

v
Report
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Report

Top goalscorers

Rank Player Team Goals
1 Panama Carlos Small Panama Árabe Unido 4
Honduras Carlo Costly Honduras Olimpia
Honduras Roger Rojas Honduras Olimpia
4 El Salvador Rodolfo Zelaya El Salvador Alianza 3
Uruguay Bernardo Laureiro Nicaragua Walter Ferretti
6 Panama Renán Addles Panama Árabe Unido 2
Costa Rica Osvaldo Rodríguez Costa Rica Santos de Guápiles
Costa Rica Starling Matarrita Costa Rica Santos de Guápiles
Honduras Michaell Chirinos Honduras Olimpia
10 32 players tied 1

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Scotiabank CONCACAF League 2017 Regulations – English Edition" (PDF). Scotiabank CONCACAF League.
  2. ^ "CONCACAF Announces Expansion of International Club Championship Field, New Format for Champions League". CONCACAF.com. 23 January 2017. Retrieved 10 May 2017.
  3. ^ "Suspension of the Guatemala Football Association". FIFA. October 28, 2016. Retrieved October 30, 2016.
  4. ^ "Deadlines Set for FEDEFUT". CONCACAF.com. November 9, 2016.
  5. ^ Javier Pineda (May 5, 2017). "Concacaf confirma que Guatemala no estará en la Liga de Campeones" [CONCACAF confirms Guatemala will not be in the Champions League]. GuateFutbol.com.
  6. ^ Jeison Solano (April 12, 2017). "Honduras, Costa Rica y Panamá tendrían un cupo más para la Concachampions" (in Spanish). Diez.
  7. ^ Douglas Suruy. "Amarga noticia para el campeón Antigua GFC y el futbol en general" [Bitter news for the champion Antigua GFC and football in general] (in Spanish). PubliNews.
  8. ^ "Costa Rica tendrá 4 equipos en la Liga de Campeones" [Costa Rica will have 4 teams in the Champions League] (in Spanish). Costa Rican Football Federation. May 5, 2017.
  9. ^ "Concacaf oficializa qué equipos hondureños participarán en la Liga de Campeones" (in Spanish). Diez. May 24, 2017. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help); Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
  10. ^ "CONCACAF Liga de Campeones tendrá otra apariencia desde el 2017/2018" [Another CONCACAF Champions League berth from 2017/18] (in Spanish). [BitacoraDeportiva.com]. January 24, 2017.
  11. ^ "¡Llegó la hora!" [The time has come!] (in Spanish). El Siglo. May 20, 2017. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  12. ^ "Details revealed for newly launched Scotiabank CONCACAF League". CONCACAF. 8 May 2017. Retrieved 9 May 2017.
  13. ^ "Scotiabank CONCACAF League – OFFICIAL DRAW". CONCACAF. 31 May 2017. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
  14. ^ "Official draw confirmed for the inaugural season of the Scotiabank CONCACAF League". CONCACAF via AIPSmedia.com. 24 May 2017. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
  15. ^ "CONCACAF Announces Schedule of Round of 16 Matchups for 2017 Scotiabank CONCACAF League". CONCACAF.com. 14 June 2017.
  16. ^ "Quarterfinal Matches Set in 2017 Scotiabank CONCACAF League Regional Club Championship". CONCACAF.com. 11 August 2017.
  17. ^ "Semifinal Showdowns Scheduled for #SCL2017 Regional Club Championship". CONCACAF.com. 25 August 2017.
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