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The 2008–09 CONCACAF Champions League group stage took place between 16 September 2008 and 26 November 2008. It consisted of 16 clubs arranged into four groups of four with the top-two in each group advancing to the knockout stage.

Tie-breaking criteria

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If two teams are tied on points, the following tie-breaking criteria shall be applied, in order, to determine the ranking of teams:[1]

  1. Greater number of points earned in matches between the teams concerned
  2. Greater goal difference in matches between the teams concerned
  3. Greater number of goals scored away from home in matches between the teams concerned
  4. Reapply first three criteria if two or more teams are still tied
  5. Greater goal difference in all group matches
  6. Greater number of goals scored in group matches
  7. Greater number of goals scored away in all group matches
  8. Drawing of lots

Groups

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Key to colours in group tables
Teams that progressed to the knock-out stage

All times local

Group A

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Club Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Honduras Marathón 6 4 1 1 12 5 +7 13
Mexico Cruz Azul 6 3 1 2 8 4 +4 10
Costa Rica Saprissa 6 3 1 2 7 9 −2 10
United States D.C. United 6 0 1 5 4 13 −9 1
  • Cruz Azul is ranked ahead of Saprissa based on head-to-head record, which is the first tiebreaker.[1]
D.C. United United States0–2Costa Rica Saprissa
(Report) Centeno 32'
Arrieta 52'
Attendance: 6,105
Cruz Azul Mexico4–0Costa Rica Saprissa
Sabah 23'
Torrado 54'
Zeballos 60'
Riveros 67'		 (Report)
Attendance: 6,500
Referee: Terry Vaughn (United States)
D.C. United United States0–1Mexico Cruz Azul
(Report)[dead link] Zeballos 56'
Attendance: 7,214
Referee: Paul Ward (Canada)
Cruz Azul Mexico1–1Honduras Marathón
Orozco 14' (Report)[permanent dead link] Norales 87'
Attendance: 4,926
Saprissa Costa Rica2–2United States D.C. United
Elizondo 82', 86' (Report) Doe 6'
Dyachenko 90+2'
Attendance: 10,000
Cruz Azul Mexico2–0United States D.C. United
Vigneri 36'
Zeballos 88'		 (Report)[dead link]
Attendance: 4,265
D.C. United United States2–4Honduras Marathón
Doe 10'
Janicki 61'		 (Report) Martínez 31'
Berríos 46'
Núñez 53'
Chávez 68'
Attendance: 7,156
  • ^1 The Marathón – Saprissa match originally scheduled for 23 October 2008 was rescheduled for 5 November 2008 due to flooding in San Pedro Sula.[2]

Group B

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Club Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Mexico UNAM 6 3 3 0 18 7 +11 12
United States Houston Dynamo 6 2 3 1 9 9 0 9
El Salvador Luis Ángel Firpo 6 2 2 2 6 8 −2 8
Panama San Francisco 6 0 2 4 4 13 −9 2
San Francisco Panama1–1Mexico UNAM
Zapata 42' (Report) Espinoza 7'
Attendance: 7,000
UNAM Mexico4–4United States Houston Dynamo
López 18'
Juárez 26'
Palencia 41'
Verón 45+2'		 (Report)[permanent dead link] Waibel 3', 50'
Kamara 16', 33' (pen.)
Attendance: 9,179
Houston Dynamo United States1–3Mexico UNAM
Palacios 39' (o.g.) (Report) Cacho 18' (pen.)
Espinoza 30'
Palacios 70'
Attendance: 8,741
San Francisco Panama2–3El Salvador Luis Ángel Firpo
Pérez 38'
Jiménez 83'		 (Report)[permanent dead link] Alas 44'
Sánchez 49'
Gómez 52'
Attendance: 300
Luis Ángel Firpo El Salvador1–1United States Houston Dynamo
Leguizamón 87' (Report)[permanent dead link] Holden 16'
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Jorge Gasso (Mexico)
UNAM Mexico6–0Panama San Francisco
Palencia 29', 54'
Bravo 40'
Toledo 49'
Cortés 60'
Santana 73'		 (Report)
Attendance: 5,982
Referee: Terry Vaughn (United States)
Houston Dynamo United States1–0El Salvador Luis Ángel Firpo
Ching 13'
Attendance: 14,142

Group C

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Club Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Mexico Atlante 6 3 2 1 6 3 +3 11
Canada Montreal Impact 6 3 2 1 10 5 +5 11
Honduras Olimpia 6 2 2 2 10 6 +4 8
Trinidad and Tobago Joe Public 6 1 0 5 3 15 −12 3
  • Atlante is ranked ahead of Montreal Impact based on head-to-head record, which is the first tiebreaker.[1]
Montreal Impact Canada2–0Trinidad and Tobago Joe Public
Pesoli 14'
Donatelli 47'		 (Report)[permanent dead link]
Attendance: 7,631
Atlante Mexico1–0Honduras Olimpia
A. Muñoz 26' (Report)[permanent dead link]
Attendance: 13,000
Referee: Paul Ward (Canada)
Joe Public Trinidad and Tobago1–3Honduras Olimpia
Richardson 77' (Report)[permanent dead link] Bruschi 32', 76'
Thomas 60'
Attendance: 847
Montreal Impact Canada0–0Mexico Atlante
(Report)[permanent dead link]
Attendance: 12,187
Atlante Mexico0–1Trinidad and Tobago Joe Public
(Report)[permanent dead link] Nelson 56'
Attendance: 13,000
Olimpia Honduras1–1Mexico Atlante
Hernández 83' (Report) Vilar 38'
Attendance: 3,200
Montreal Impact Canada1–1Honduras Olimpia
Brown 40' (Report) Bruschi 45+1'
Attendance: 8,961
Atlante Mexico2–1Canada Montreal Impact
Ovalle 13'
Pereyra 83'		 (Report) Gjertsen 4'
Attendance: 4,312

Group D

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Club Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Mexico Santos Laguna 6 3 1 2 14 11 +3 10
Puerto Rico Puerto Rico Islanders 6 2 2 2 9 10 −1 8
Panama Tauro 6 2 2 2 9 10 −1 8
Guatemala Municipal 6 1 3 2 12 13 −1 6
  • Puerto Rico Islanders is ranked ahead of Tauro based on head-to-head record, which is the first tiebreaker.[1]
Puerto Rico Islanders Puerto Rico2–1Panama Tauro
Villegas 11'
Jagdeosingh 26'		 (Report) Aguilar 58'
Attendance: 3,500
Santos Laguna Mexico3–2Guatemala Municipal
Torres 10'
Benítez 32'
Vuoso 90'		 (Report)[permanent dead link] Ramírez 47'
Acevedo 83'
Attendance: 8,000
Municipal Guatemala2–2Panama Tauro
Plata 15'
Acevedo 90+1'		 (Report)[permanent dead link] Escobar 58'
Aguilar 61'
Attendance: 1,000
Santos Laguna Mexico3–0Panama Tauro
Benítez 10', 27'
Torres 53'		 (Report)[permanent dead link]
Attendance: 16,000
Tauro Panama2–2Puerto Rico Puerto Rico Islanders
Hay 42' (pen.), 77' (Report)[permanent dead link] Telesford 16'
Noël 28'
Attendance: 1,500
Municipal Guatemala4–4Mexico Santos Laguna
Ramírez 38' (pen.), 64' (pen.), 90+5'
Leguizamón 71'		 (Report)[permanent dead link] Herrera 10', 47' (pen.), 57' (pen.)
Peralta 74'
Attendance: 1,764

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "CONCACAF Champions League Regulations 2008/2009" (PDF). CONCACAF. Retrieved 25 September 2008.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ "Marathon-Saprissa match rescheduled for 5 November". CONCACAF. 2008-10-23. Retrieved 23 October 2008.[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ "Houston-Firpo match in Champions League rescheduled for 26 November". CONCACAF. 22 September 2008. Archived from the original on 24 September 2008. Retrieved 25 September 2008.
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