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The CONCACAF SuperLiga is a proposed annual continental club football competition. The tournament would be a secondary tournament to an expanded version of the CONCACAF Champions League. It would serve the same purpose as the UEFA Europa League. It is unlikely that such a design would work in reality, because many of the Caribbean Football Union associations could not be relied upon to provide teams on a regular basis (see the low participation for some nations in CFU Club Championship). Also, many associations do not have stadiums that meet FIFA and CONCACAF requirements for hosting matches in a tournament such as this. But this is just an idea.

The tournament would consist of two qualification rounds and a play-off round, with 22 surviving teams entering the group stage, joining 16 teams that qualify automatically and 10 losers from the play-off round of the CONCACAF Champions League. The 48 teams are drawn into twelve groups of four teams and play each other in a double round-robin system. The twelve group winners and twelve runners-up proceed to the knockout phase, joined by the third-placed teams from the group stage of the Champions League, ultimately culminating with the two-legged final.

Guadalajara won the previous tournament. They entered the 2017–18 CONCACAF Champions League group stage as the winners of the Clausura 2017 Liga MX, and advanced to the knockout phase after finishing runners-up in their group. Thus, they will not have an opportunity to defend their SuperLiga title.

Sporting Kansas City won the tournament, drawing Toluca 3–3 on aggregate in the final, and winning 3–0 on away goals, becoming the first American team and the first non-Mexican team to win the tournament.

Format changes

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The qualification procedure was changed for some associations (namely Curaçao, Aruba, Turks and Caicos Islands, Saint Kitts and Nevis, and Bonaire). Each of these associations use a format involving multiple play-off rounds, with team's potentially being eliminated from advancing to a further round with match(es) still left to play. Previously, each of these associations' leagues ranked the play-off champions and runners-up as the top two teams in the league, followed by the remaining teams based on regular season record. This could potentially result in a situation where a team (having already been eliminated in the play-offs) could benefit from not winning a game (if losing or drawing could prevent another team that finished lower in the regular season standings from advancing in the play-offs). Such a situation occured with Curaçao last season, where Jong Holland could have eliminated themselves from SuperLiga contention by winning their final play-off match, giving incentive to lose or draw that match (the match ultimately ended in a draw). In the future, these associations will rank their teams entirely based on play-off performance (aside from berths awarded for winning domestic cup tournaments).

This will also affect qualification for Costa Rica, who adopted a similar format beginning with the 2016–17 season, albeit incorporating it into an Invierno and Verano system. For this league, teams are ranked based on play-off performance with Verano finish taking precedence (i.e. the Verano champions are ranked 1st, the Invierno champions are 2nd, the Verano runners-up are 3rd, etc.). Teams that did not qualify for the play-offs are then ranked based on aggregate record. An exception to this is that, if the Invierno champions finish with the best aggregate record in the league, they are ranked 1st automatically since they will not have an incentive to lose a match in the Verano. These changes should eliminate any circumstance where a team may benefit from losing a play-off match by placing precedence on performing better in the second-half play-offs. Nicaragua adopted the same format, but only for the Apertura, so their qualification method will not change.

Furthermore, the following changes were made to the default access list.

  • The number of teams from Puerto Rico was increased to 3 (from 2), due to the Puerto Rico Soccer League becoming the country's de facto first division, with 11 clubs taking part compared to 6 in the last season of the Liga Nacional de Puerto Rico.
  • The number of teams from Guyana was reduced to 2 (from 3). Due to only having 6 teams in their top league, Guyana is only eligible to enter 4 teams total into the Champions League and SuperLiga. Since Guyana earned two berths in the Champions League based on their country coefficient, they are only eligible for two berths in the SuperLiga.
  • The number of teams from Anguilla was increased to 3 (from 2), due to this country's league expanding from 5 teams to 9.

The following additional changes were made due to the expulsion of Guatemala's teams due to their suspension by FIFA and as a result of the 2017 CFU Club Championship winners moving from the second qualifying round to the group stage:

Format

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Qualification

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The CONCACAF SuperLiga will commence with a double round-robin group stage of 48 teams, which is preceded by three qualification rounds for teams that do not receive direct entry to the tournament proper.

Three teams will qualify for the tournament from each member association, except for Canada who has one qualifier but are also eligible for the American spots in the tournament, and Anguilla who has two qualifiers. Club coefficients, which are derived using the same formula as UEFA league coefficients and are generated by the results of clubs representing each association during the previous five Champions League and SuperLiga seasons, will determine the number of qualification rounds the association's teams must compete in. Teams will qualify based on the results of tournaments completed between July 2016 and June 2017 (some exceptions may be made for some associations if their competitions are completed later, so long as they are completed before teams from that association enter the tournament).

Twenty-eight teams eliminated from the 2017–18 CONCACAF Champions League are transferred to the CONCACAF SuperLiga.

Distribution

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The table below shows the access list for the tournament.

For associations without a domestic cup, the three selections will be given to the three best teams that have not qualified for the Champions League, and the teams will be seeded based on their performance during the domestic season. Seeding methods vary between associations, due to different season formats.

For associations that have a domestic cup, the selections will be as follows:

  • First selection: Domestic cup winner
  • Second selection: Best team not yet qualified for Champions League or SuperLiga
  • Third selection: Second best team not yet qualified for Champions League or SuperLiga (or second domestic cup winner, for Mexico)
Teams entering in this round Teams advancing from previous round Teams transferred from Champions League
First qualifying round
(64 teams)
  • 10 first selections from associations 31–40
  • 24 second selections from associations 17–40
  • 30 third selections from associations 10–40 (except Guyana)
Second qualifying round
(66 teams)
  • 19 first selections from associations 12–30
  • 9 second selections from associations 8–16
  • 7 third selections from associations 1–9 (except Guatemala and Canada)
  • 32 winners from first qualifying round
Play-off round
(44 teams)
  • 33 winners from second qualifying round
  • 11 losers from Champions League second qualifying round
Group stage
(48 teams)
  • 10 first selections from associations 1–9 (except Guatemala)
  • 5 second selections from associations 1–6 (except Guatemala)
  • CFU Club Championship title holders
  • 22 winners from play-off round
  • 10 losers from Champions League play-off round
Knockout phase
(32 teams)
  • 12 group winners from group stage
  • 12 group runners-up from group stage
  • 8 third-placed teams from Champions League group stage

Redistribution rules

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A CONCACAF SuperLiga place is vacated when a team qualifies for both the Champions League and the SuperLiga, or qualifies for the SuperLiga by more than one method. When a place is vacated, it is redistributed within the national association by the following rules:

  • When the domestic cup winners (considered as the "highest-placed" qualifier within the national association with the latest starting round) also qualify for the Champions League, their SuperLiga place is vacated. As a result, the highest-placed team in the league which have not yet qualified for continental competitions qualify for the SuperLiga, with the SuperLiga qualifiers which finish above them in the league moved up one "place".
  • When the domestic cup winners also qualify for the SuperLiga through league position, their place through the league position is vacated. As a result, the highest-placed team in the league which have not yet qualified for continental competitions qualify for the SuperLiga, with the SuperLiga qualifiers which finish above them in the league moved up one "place" if possible.
  • If a Canadian team earns an American berth, they will vacate the American berth and receive a supplemental berth instead. The American berth will go to the next best American team.

Association ranking (2017–18)

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For the 2017–18 CONCACAF Champions League, the associations are allocated places according to their CONCACAF country coefficients (which are calculated using the same formula as UEFA country coefficients). These coefficients take into account their performance in the CONCACAF Champions League from 2012–13 to 2016–17. Associations with the same coefficient are ranked based on points earned in the most recent tournament.

Apart from the allocation based on the country coefficients, associations may have additional teams participating in the Champions League, as noted below:

  • (CCL) – Additional teams transferred from the Champions League
Rank Association Coeff. Teams Notes
1 Mexico Mexico 104.777 3
2 United States United States 77.187 +2 (CL)
3 Costa Rica Costa Rica 65.831 +2 (CL)
4 Honduras Honduras 50.249 +2 (CL)
5 Guatemala Guatemala 49.999 0[GUA]
6 Panama Panama 47.233 3 +1 (CL)
7 Canada Canada 43.750 1
8 El Salvador El Salvador 42.833 3 +1 (CL)
9 Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago 41.400 +1 (CL)
10 Puerto Rico Puerto Rico 40.800 +1 (CL)
11 Nicaragua Nicaragua 30.375 +1 (CL)
12 Guyana Guyana 26.575 2 +1 (CL)
13 Antigua and Barbuda Antigua and Barbuda 25.100 3 +1 (CL)
Rank Association Coeff. Teams Notes
14 Haiti Haiti 23.900 3
15 Curaçao Curaçao 23.500
16 Cayman Islands Cayman Islands 20.625 +1 (CL)
17 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 19.875
18 Jamaica Jamaica 18.750 +1 (CL)
19 Belize Belize 14.250 +1 (CL)
20 Bermuda Bermuda 10.625 +1 (CL)
21 Aruba Aruba 10.375 +1 (CL)
22 Suriname Suriname 9.875 +1 (CL)
23 Saint Lucia Saint Lucia 9.450 +1 (CL)
24 Dominica Dominica 8.125 +1 (CL)
25 United States Virgin Islands U.S. Virgin Islands 7.750
26 Dominican Republic Dominican Republic 7.625
27 Turks and Caicos Islands Turks and Caicos Islands 7.375 +1 (CL)
Rank Association Coeff. Teams Notes
28 Cuba Cuba 5.625 3 +1 (CL)
29 The Bahamas Bahamas 5.500 +1 (CL)
30 Barbados Barbados 5.500
31 Grenada Grenada 5.375
32 Guadeloupe Guadeloupe 4.375 +1 (CL)
33 Anguilla Anguilla 4.166 +1 (CL)
34 Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Kitts and Nevis 4.125
35 British Virgin Islands British Virgin Islands 3.875 +1 (CL)
36 Martinique Martinique 3.450
37 French Guiana French Guiana 3.400 +1 (CL)
38 Bonaire Bonaire 3.250
39 Collectivity of Saint Martin Saint-Martin 1.375 +1 (CL)
40 Sint Maarten Sint Maarten 0.250
41 Montserrat Montserrat 0.000 0
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    Guatemala (GUA): On 28 October 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. CONCACAF set the deadline of 1 May 2017 for the suspension to be lifted, and expelled all Guatemalan teams from the tournament on 4 May 2017 after the federation failed to be reinstated by FIFA.

Teams

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League positions of the previous season shown in parentheses.

The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:

  • CW: Cup winners
  • 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, etc.: League position
  • CFU: CFU Club Championship title holders
  • CCL: Transferred from the Champions League
    • GS: Third-placed teams from the group stage
    • PO: Losers from the play-off round
    • 2Q: Losers from the second qualifying round
Round of 32
Costa Rica Saprissa (CCL GS) Guyana Fruta Conquerors (CCL GS) Puerto Rico Bayamón (CCL GS) Nicaragua Real Estelí (CCL GS)
Honduras Platense (CCL GS) Belize Belmopan Bandits (CCL GS) Honduras Honduras Progreso (CCL GS) United States Colorado Rapids (CCL GS)
Group stage
Mexico Querétaro (CW) Honduras Olimpia (4th) Nicaragua UNAN Managua (3rd) Panama Árabe Unido (CCL PO)
Mexico Monterrey (6th) Panama Santa Gema (CW) Dominican Republic Cibao (CFU) United States New York City (CCL PO)
United States LA Galaxy (6th) Panama Chorrillo (4th) Cuba Santiago de Cuba (CCL PO) Costa Rica Alajuelense (CCL PO)
United States Sporting Kansas City (7th) Canada Montreal Impact (2nd) Anguilla Roaring Lions (CCL PO) El Salvador Alianza (CCL PO)
Costa Rica Limón (5th) El Salvador Águila (3rd) French Guiana Matoury (CCL PO) Trinidad and Tobago W Connection (CCL PO)
Costa Rica Cartaginés (6th) Trinidad and Tobago Defence Force (CW) Cayman Islands Bodden Town (CCL PO)
Honduras Marathón (CW) Puerto Rico Puerto Rico FC (CW) Jamaica Arnett Gardens (CCL PO)
Play-off round
Saint Lucia Survivals (CCL 2Q) British Virgin Islands Islanders (CCL 2Q) Turks and Caicos Islands Beaches (CCL 2Q) Bermuda Robin Hood (CCL 2Q)
Guadeloupe USR (CCL 2Q) Suriname Inter Moengotapoe (CCL 2Q) Collectivity of Saint Martin St. Louis Stars (CCL 2Q) Antigua and Barbuda Hoppers (CCL 2Q)
Aruba Nacional (CCL 2Q) The Bahamas Western Warriors (CCL 2Q) Dominica Dublanc (CCL 2Q)
Second qualifying round
Mexico Toluca (7th) Puerto Rico Academia Quintana (3rd)[Note PUR] Curaçao Jong Holland (3rd) Saint Lucia Big Players (2nd)
United States Real Salt Lake (8th) Nicaragua Diriangén (4th) Cayman Islands Elite (2nd) Dominica Harlem United (2nd)
Costa Rica Pérez Zeledón (7th) Guyana Victoria Kings (3rd) Cayman Islands Scholars International (3rd) United States Virgin Islands Helenites (2nd)
Honduras Real España (5th) Guyana Buxton United (4th) Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Pastures (2nd)[Note VIN] Turks and Caicos Islands Full Physic (CW)
Panama Atlético Veragüense (5th) Antigua and Barbuda Grenades (3rd) Jamaica Portmore United (2nd) Cuba Camagüey (2nd)
El Salvador Isidro Metapán (4th) Antigua and Barbuda Old Road (4th) Belize Belize Defence Force (2nd) The Bahamas Bears (2nd)
El Salvador Sonsonate (5th) Haiti FICA (2nd) Bermuda PHC Zebras (CW) Barbados Barbados Defence Force (2nd)
Trinidad and Tobago San Juan Jabloteh (3rd) Haiti Don Bosco (3rd) Aruba Britannia (CW)
Trinidad and Tobago North East Stars (4th) Curaçao Scherpenheuvel (2nd) Suriname Leo Victor (2nd)
First qualifying round
Puerto Rico Atlético Fajardo (4th)[Note PUR] Suriname Walking Boyz Company (3rd) Barbados Rendezvous (3rd) British Virgin Islands One Love United (4th)
Nicaragua Juventus Managua (5th) Suriname Robinhood (4th) Barbados Paradise (4th) Martinique Samaritaine (CW)
Antigua and Barbuda Empire (5th) Saint Lucia Northern United All Stars (3rd) Grenada Hard Rock (2nd) Martinique Golden Lion (2nd)
Haiti Ouanaminthe (4th) Saint Lucia R.V. Juniors (4th) Grenada St. John's (3rd) Martinique Rivière-Pilote (3rd)
Curaçao Centro Barber (4th) Dominica Exodus (3rd) Grenada Mt. Rich (4th) French Guiana Rémire (2nd)
Cayman Islands Academy (4th) Dominica South East (4th) Guadeloupe CS Moulien (CW) French Guiana Le Geldar (3rd)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines System 3 (3rd)[Note VIN] United States Virgin Islands Positive Vibes Victory (3rd) Guadeloupe La Gauloise (2nd) French Guiana Cayenne (4th)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Hope International (4th)[Note VIN] United States Virgin Islands Rovers (4th) Guadeloupe Amical Club (4th) Bonaire Juventus (2nd)[Note BOE]
Jamaica Humble Lions (3rd) Dominican Republic Atlético Pantoja (3rd) Anguilla Kicks United (2nd) Bonaire Uruguay (3rd)[Note BOE]
Jamaica UWI (4th) Dominican Republic Atlético San Cristóbal (4th) Anguilla Salsa Ballers (3rd) Bonaire Vitesse (4th)[Note BOE]
Belize Verdes (3rd) Turks and Caicos Islands AFC Academy (2nd) Anguilla Attackers (4th) Collectivity of Saint Martin Junior Stars (2nd)
Belize Police United (4th) Turks and Caicos Islands Small World United (4th) Saint Kitts and Nevis Village Superstars (CW) Collectivity of Saint Martin Marigot (3rd)
Bermuda North Village Rams (3rd) Cuba Ciego de Ávila (3rd) Saint Kitts and Nevis Garden Hotspurs (2nd) Collectivity of Saint Martin Concordia (4th)
Bermuda Devonshire Cougars (4th) Cuba Villa Clara (4th) Saint Kitts and Nevis St. Paul's United (3rd) Sint Maarten Flames United (2nd)
Aruba Racing Club Aruba (2nd) The Bahamas Dynamos (3rd) British Virgin Islands Sugar Boys (2nd) Sint Maarten C&D Connection (3rd)
Aruba Dakota (4th) The Bahamas United (4th) British Virgin Islands Rebels (3rd) Sint Maarten Funmakers (4th)

Notably Samaritaine qualified as a member of Martinque's second division, though they were promoted to the first division prior to this tournament. Also, Puerto Rico FC are not a member of the Puerto Rican league system at all, playing in the United States' second division league, the North American Soccer League.

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    Bonaire (BOE): The 2016–17 Bonaire League play-offs were not completed in time for the SuperLiga, so the regular season standings were used to determine the qualifiers.
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    Puerto Rico (PUR): The Puerto Rico Soccer League conducted a short intercalary season in early 2017, as the league shifts from a spring-to-autumn schedule to an autumn-to-spring schedule. This season was not used for qualification to CONCACAF tournaments.
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    Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (VIN): The 2017 NLA Premier League was not completed in time for the SuperLiga, so the standings through 1 July 2017 (after 9 out of 11 rounds were played) were used to determine the qualifiers. When the season was completed, System 3 passed Pastures in the standings, by tying them both on points and on goal difference but finishing with more goals scored.
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    Trinidad and Tobago (TRI): The 2016 edition of the Trinidad and Tobago Cup involved only non-professional teams (i.e. teams outside the TT Pro League), so the champions of the all-professional Trinidad and Tobago League Cup qualified for the SuperLiga instead.

Round and draw dates

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The schedule of the competition is as follows.

Phase Round Draw date First leg Second leg
Qualifying First qualifying round 19 June 2017 13 and 19 July 2017 20 and 22 July 2017
Second qualifying round 14 July 2017 27 July 2017 3 August 2017
Play-off Play-off round 4 August 2017 17 August 2017 24 August 2017
Group stage Matchday 1 25 August 2017 14 September 2017
Matchday 2 28 September 2017
Matchday 3 19 October 2017
Matchday 4 2 November 2017
Matchday 5 23 November 2017
Matchday 6 7 December 2017
Knockout phase Round of 32 11 December 2017 15 February 2018 22 February 2018
Round of 16 23 February 2018 8 March 2018 15 March 2018
Quarter-finals 16 March 2018 5 April 2018 12 April 2018
Semi-finals 13 April 2018 26 April 2018 3 May 2018
Final 16 May 2018 23 May 2018

Qualifying rounds

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In the qualifying rounds and the play-off round, teams are divided into seeded and unseeded teams based on their 2017 CONCACAF club coefficients, and then drawn into two-legged home-and-away ties. Teams from the same association cannot be drawn against each other.

First qualifying round

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The draw for the first qualifying round was held on 19 June 2017. The first legs were held on 13 and 19 July, and the second legs were played on 20 and 22 July 2017.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Junior Stars Collectivity of Saint Martin 2–3 Anguilla Attackers 2–2 0–1
Funmakers Sint Maarten 2–3 Nicaragua Juventus Managua 1–0 1–3
Garden Hotspurs Saint Kitts and Nevis 3–2 Antigua and Barbuda Empire 1–1 2–1
Small World United Turks and Caicos Islands 2–7 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines System 3 2–2 0–5
St. John's Grenada 4–3 Barbados Paradise 3–1 1–2
Rendezvous Barbados 3–2 Suriname Robinhood 1–1 2–1
La Gauloise Guadeloupe 4–2 Haiti Ouanaminthe 3–1 1–1
Kicks United Anguilla 1–2 British Virgin Islands Sugar Boys 1–1 0–1
Vitesse Bonaire 1–2 Aruba Racing Club Aruba 1–1 0–1
Concordia Collectivity of Saint Martin 0–5 Curaçao Centro Barber 0–1 0–4
Positive Vibes Victory United States Virgin Islands 6–3 Dominica South East 5–3 1–0
Samaritaine Martinique 4–4 (a) Saint Kitts and Nevis St. Paul's United 2–1 2–3
Cayenne French Guiana 2–6 Cayman Islands Academy 2–1 0–5
Mt. Rich Grenada 2–2 (4–3 p) Turks and Caicos Islands AFC Academy 1–1 1–1 (a.e.t.)
Dynamos The Bahamas 0–5 Puerto Rico Atlético Fajardo 0–2 0–3
Hard Rock Grenada 2–1 Saint Lucia Northern United All Stars 1–0 1–1
Rivière-Pilote Martinique 0–1 Guadeloupe CS Moulien 0–0 0–1
Village Superstars Saint Kitts and Nevis 2–4 Jamaica Humble Lions 2–1 0–3
United The Bahamas 1–5 Belize Police United 1–3 0–2
Rémire French Guiana 4–3 United States Virgin Islands Rovers 3–1 1–2
Juventus Bonaire 2–13 Dominican Republic Atlético Pantoja 1–9 1–4
Walking Boyz Company Suriname 2–1 Sint Maarten C&D Connection 2–0 0–1
Devonshire Cougars Bermuda 2–2 (a) Cuba Ciego de Ávila 0–1 2–1
One Love United British Virgin Islands 3–0 Collectivity of Saint Martin Marigot 3–0 0–0
Verdes Belize 3–3 (a) French Guiana Le Geldar 1–3 2–0
Golden Lion Martinique 4–4 (a) Guadeloupe Amical Club 4–4 0–0
Dakota Aruba 4–4 (a) Dominica Exodus 1–1 3–3
Salsa Ballers Anguilla 2–1 Bonaire Uruguay 2–1 0–0
Atlético San Cristóbal Dominican Republic 3–6 Cuba Villa Clara 3–3 0–3
Hope International Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1–0 Sint Maarten Flames United 1–0 0–0
North Village Rams Bermuda 5–1 British Virgin Islands Rebels 2–1 3–0
UWI Jamaica 4–2 Saint Lucia R.V. Juniors 3–2 1–0

Second qualifying round

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The draw for the second qualifying round was held on 14 July 2017. The first legs were played on 27 July, and the second legs were played on 3 August 2017.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
North Village Rams Bermuda 4–0 Saint Lucia Big Players 1–0 3–0
Toluca Mexico 4–1 Anguilla Salsa Ballers 1–0 3–1
San Juan Jabloteh Trinidad and Tobago 2–3 Grenada St. John's 1–1 1–2
Positive Vibes Victory United States Virgin Islands 1–2 Guyana Buxton United 1–1 0–1
Elite Cayman Islands 3–2 Cuba Villa Clara 1–2 2–0
Attackers Anguilla 1–8 Curaçao Jong Holland 0–6 1–2
Atlético Pantoja Dominican Republic 1–5 El Salvador Isidro Metapán 1–1 0–4
Le Geldar French Guiana 0–4 Suriname Walking Boyz Company 0–2 0–2
Amical Club Guadeloupe 3–1 Costa Rica Pérez Zeledón 2–0 1–1
Scholars International Cayman Islands 3–1 Cuba Camagüey 2–0 1–1
Sugar Boys British Virgin Islands 3–1 Trinidad and Tobago North East Stars 0–1 3–0
Victoria Kings Guyana 0–3 Haiti Don Bosco 0–0 0–3
Hope International Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 5–4 Cayman Islands Academy 3–4 2–0
Harlem United Dominica 1–3 Jamaica Humble Lions 1–1 0–2
Real Salt Lake United States 4–3 Belize Belize Defence Force 3–3 1–0
Police United Belize 3–1 Guadeloupe CS Moulien 1–1 2–0
Full Physic Turks and Caicos Islands 0–1 United States Virgin Islands Helenites 0–1 0–0
Centro Barber Curaçao 5–1 Saint Kitts and Nevis Garden Hotspurs 2–0 3–1
Atlético Veragüense Panama 1–5 Jamaica UWI 1–3 0–2
Barbados Defence Force Barbados 3–0 Aruba Dakota 1–0 2–0
Academia Quintana Puerto Rico 4–3 Haiti FICA 2–1 2–2
Sonsonate El Salvador 3–3 (a) French Guiana Rémire 1–1 2–2
Scherpenheuvel Curaçao 4–3 Antigua and Barbuda Grenades 3–1 1–2
Britannia Aruba 5–6 Grenada Hard Rock 0–5 4–1
System 3 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 5–2 Barbados Rendezvous 1–1 4–1
Samaritaine Martinique 1–7 Puerto Rico Atlético Fajardo 0–2 1–5
Devonshire Cougars Bermuda 4–1 Nicaragua Juventus Managua 3–0 1–1
Old Road Antigua and Barbuda 3–3 (a) Grenada Mt. Rich 3–2 0–1
One Love United British Virgin Islands 2–2 (a) Aruba Racing Club Aruba 0–1 2–1
Pastures Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 5–2 Suriname Leo Victor 2–1 3–1
Diriangén Nicaragua 4–0 Bermuda PHC Zebras 2–0 2–0
La Gauloise Guadeloupe 1–4 Honduras Real España 1–1 0–3
Bears The Bahamas 0–5 Jamaica Portmore United 0–3 0–2

Play-off round

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The draw for the play-off round was held on 4 August 2017. The first legs were played on 17 August, and the second legs were played on 24 August 2017.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Jong Holland Curaçao 3–5 British Virgin Islands Sugar Boys 3–2 0–3
Buxton United Guyana 4–0 Collectivity of Saint Martin St. Louis Stars 2–0 2–0
USR Guadeloupe 0–4 Mexico Toluca 0–2 0–2
Scholars International Cayman Islands 4–2 Grenada Hard Rock 3–0 1–2
Beaches Turks and Caicos Islands 1–2 Haiti Don Bosco 1–1 0–1
Centro Barber Curaçao 3–2 Barbados Barbados Defence Force 0–1 3–1
Isidro Metapán El Salvador 3–2 Guadeloupe Amical Club 2–2 1–0
Islanders British Virgin Islands 3–7 Jamaica Humble Lions 1–4 2–3
Inter Moengotapoe Suriname 1–2 Aruba Nacional 0–2 1–0
Devonshire Cougars Bermuda 5–3 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Hope International 2–2 3–1
Real Salt Lake United States 4–4 (a) Grenada Mt. Rich 1–2 3–2
Robin Hood Bermuda 2–7 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Pastures 0–7 2–0
Survivals Saint Lucia 3–5 United States Virgin Islands Helenites 1–2 2–3
Elite Cayman Islands 2–1 Jamaica Portmore United 1–0 1–1
Scherpenheuvel Curaçao 4–2 Puerto Rico Academia Quintana 2–1 2–1
Sonsonate El Salvador 5–1 Dominica Dublanc 3–0 2–1
Diriangén Nicaragua 5–0 The Bahamas Western Warriors 4–0 1–0
North Village Rams Bermuda 0–3 Honduras Real España 0–2 0–1
One Love United British Virgin Islands 2–4 Antigua and Barbuda Hoppers 0–1 2–3
Police United Belize 4–5 Suriname Walking Boyz Company 2–3 2–2
St. John's Grenada 1–3 Puerto Rico Atlético Fajardo 1–2 0–1
System 3 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 3–2 Jamaica UWI 3–1 0–1

Group stage

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Location of teams that have qualified for the group stage of the 2017–18 CONCACAF SuperLiga
Brown: Group A; Red: Group B; Orange: Group C; Yellow: Group D; Green: Group E; Blue: Group F; Purple: Group G; Pink: Group H; Dark green: Group I; Deep pink: Group J; Cyan: Group K; Spring green: Group L.

The draw for the group stage was held on 25 August 2017.

The 48 teams were drawn into twelve groups of four, with the restriction that teams from the same association could not be drawn against each other. For the draw, the teams were seeded into four pots based on their 2017 CONCACAF club coefficients.

In each group, teams played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The group winners and runners-up advanced to the round of 32, joining the third-placed teams from the 2017–18 CONCACAF Champions League group stage.

Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification ÁRA SYS DEF FAJ
1 Panama Árabe Unido 6 2 3 1 9 6 +3 9 Advance to knockout phase 0–0 2–2 3–0
2 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines System 3 6 2 2 2 4 6 −2 8 2–1 0–0 0–2
3 Trinidad and Tobago Defence Force 6 2 2 2 9 8 +1 8 2–3 1–2 2–0
4 Puerto Rico Atlético Fajardo 6 2 1 3 5 7 −2 7 0–0[a] 2–0[a] 1–2[a]
Source: CONCACAF.com
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c Atlético Fajardo played these matches on the road due to not having a suitable home stadium in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria.

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification ALI CHO NAC CAR
1 El Salvador Alianza 6 5 1 0 12 3 +9 16 Advance to knockout phase 1–1 1–0 2–1
2 Panama Chorrillo 6 3 2 1 12 9 +3 11 0–5 3–0 3–2
3 Aruba Nacional 6 1 1 4 4 11 −7 4 0–1 1–1 3–1
4 Costa Rica Cartaginés 6 1 0 5 9 14 −5 3 1–2 0–4 4–0
Source: CONCACAF.com

Group C

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification HOP OLI WBC HEL
1 Antigua and Barbuda Hoppers 6 4 0 2 9 4 +5 12 Advance to knockout phase 1–0 2–1 3–0
2 Honduras Olimpia 6 3 1 2 8 4 +4 10 2–0 4–0 2–1
3 Suriname Walking Boyz Company 6 3 0 3 10 9 +1 9 0–3 2–0 3–0
4 United States Virgin Islands Helenites 6 1 1 4 2 12 −10 4 1–0 0–0 0–4
Source: CONCACAF.com

Group D

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification LAX ELI BAR PUR
1 United States LA Galaxy 6 4 2 0 7 1 +6 14 Advance to knockout phase 1–0 1–0 2–0
2 Cayman Islands Elite 6 2 2 2 4 5 −1 8 1–1 0–2 1–0
3 Curaçao Centro Barber 6 1 3 2 5 6 −1 6 0–2 0–0 1–1
4 Puerto Rico Puerto Rico FC 6 0 3 3 4 8 −4 3 0–0[a] 1–2[a] 2–2[a]
Source: CONCACAF.com
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c Puerto Rico FC played these matches on the road due to not having a suitable home stadium in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria.

Group E

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification NYC MON ÁGU MAT
1 United States New York City 6 6 0 0 16 1 +15 18 Advance to knockout phase 2–0 4–0 1–0
2 Mexico Monterrey 6 4 0 2 13 6 +7 12 1–2 2–0 5–1
3 El Salvador Águila 6 1 0 5 3 12 −9 3 0–3 0–1 0–2
4 French Guiana Matoury 5 1 0 4 4 17 −13 3 0–4 1–4 0–3
Source: CONCACAF.com

Group F

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification SKC GEM SBO ESP
1 United States Sporting Kansas City 6 5 0 1 13 5 +8 15 Advance to knockout phase 0–1 3–0 3–2
2 Panama Santa Gema 6 3 0 3 4 7 −3 9 1–3 0–1 0–3
3 British Virgin Islands Sugar Boys 6 1 2 3 3 8 −5 5 1–3 0–1 0–0
4 Honduras Real España 6 1 2 3 6 6 0 5 0–1[a] 0–1 1–1
Source: CONCACAF.com
Notes:
  1. ^ Real España played this match on the road due to civil unrest in Honduras.

Group G

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification MAR PAS HUM SCH
1 Honduras Marathón 6 3 2 1 7 5 +2 11 Advance to knockout phase 0–0[a] 2–1 3–2
2 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Pastures 6 2 2 2 7 9 −2 8 0–2 2–2 2–4
3 Jamaica Humble Lions 6 2 2 2 10 9 +1 8 2–0 1–2 2–1
4 Curaçao Scherpenheuvel 6 1 2 3 9 10 −1 5 0–0 0–1 2–2
Source: CONCACAF.com
Notes:
  1. ^ Marathón played this match on the road due to civil unrest in Honduras.

Group H

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification QUE MET SDC BUX
1 Mexico Querétaro 6 4 1 1 10 3 +7 13 Advance to knockout phase 0–1 1–1 1–0
2 El Salvador Isidro Metapán 6 3 1 2 8 6 +2 10 0–1 2–0 1–1
3 Cuba Santiago de Cuba 6 2 1 3 6 9 −3 7 1–2 2–0 1–0
4 Guyana Buxton United 6 1 1 4 7 13 −6 4 0–5 2–4 4–1
Source: CONCACAF.com

Group I

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification UNM RSL BOD SON
1 Nicaragua UNAN Managua 6 5 0 1 11 4 +7 15 Advance to knockout phase 2–1 2–1 2–0
2 United States Real Salt Lake 6 3 1 2 9 6 +3 10 1–2 0–0 3–0
3 Cayman Islands Bodden Town 6 2 1 3 6 5 +1 7 1–0 0–1 3–0
4 El Salvador Sonsonate 6 1 0 5 4 15 −11 3 0–3 2–3 2–1
Source: CONCACAF.com

Group J

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification ARN ALA ROA SIN
1 Jamaica Arnett Gardens 6 3 1 2 11 9 +2 10 Advance to knockout phase 1–1 4–2 1–2
2 Costa Rica Alajuelense 6 2 3 1 9 8 +1 9 2–0 0–0 2–2
3 Anguilla Roaring Lions 6 2 2 2 10 8 +2 8 2–3 4–0 1–1
4 Cayman Islands Scholars International 6 1 2 3 6 11 −5 5 0–2 1–4 0–1
Source: CONCACAF.com

Group K

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification DEV MTL WCO LIM
1 Bermuda Devonshire Cougars 6 4 1 1 7 4 +3 13 Advance to knockout phase 1–0 1–0 2–1
2 Canada Montreal Impact 6 2 3 1 7 6 +1 9 1–0 1–1 0–0
3 Trinidad and Tobago W Connection 6 1 3 2 5 9 −4 6 2–2 1–1 1–0
4 Costa Rica Limón 6 1 1 4 8 8 0 4 0–1 3–4 4–0
Source: CONCACAF.com

Group L

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification TOL DIR DON CIB
1 Mexico Toluca 6 3 3 0 9 5 +4 12 Advance to knockout phase 0–0 3–1 1–0
2 Nicaragua Diriangén 6 2 3 1 9 6 +3 9 0–0 3–2 3–0
3 Haiti Don Bosco 6 2 2 2 17 9 +8 8 2–2 1–1 8–0
4 Dominican Republic Cibao 6 1 0 5 5 20 −15 3 2–3 3–2 0–3
Source: CONCACAF.com

Knockout phase

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In the knockout phase, teams play against each other over two legs on a home-and-away basis, except for the one-match final. The mechanism of the draws for each round is as follows:

  • In the draw for the round of 32, the twelve group winners and the four third-placed teams from the Champions League group stage with the better group records were seeded, and the twelve group runners-up and the other four third-placed teams from the Champions League group stage were unseeded. The seeded teams were drawn against the unseeded teams, with the seeded teams hosting the second leg. Teams from the same group or the same association could not be drawn against each other.
  • In the draws for the round of 16 onwards, there are no seedings, and teams from the same group or the same association can be drawn against each other.
  • If any association sends two teams to the semifinals, those teams will automatically be paired with each other and the draw will only be used to determine which team hosts the second leg of each semifinal match-up.

Bracket

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Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
Puerto Rico Bayamón 1 1 2
United States Real Salt Lake 2 2 4 United States Real Salt Lake 0 0 0
Panama Árabe Unido 1 0 1 Costa Rica Alajuelense 2 1 3
Costa Rica Alajuelense 2 0 2 Costa Rica Alajuelense 3 2 5
Bermuda Devonshire Cougars 0 0 0 Mexico Monterrey 2 1 3
Panama Santa Gema 1 7 8 Panama Santa Gema 0 1 1
Honduras Marathón 1 0 1 Mexico Monterrey 4 2 6
Mexico Monterrey 0 2 2 Costa Rica Alajuelense 0 0 0
Mexico Toluca 1 3 4 Mexico Toluca 3 1 4
El Salvador Isidro Metapán 2 1 3 Mexico Toluca 1 3 4
Costa Rica Saprissa 2 2 4 Costa Rica Saprissa 0 0 0
Panama Chorrillo 0 1 1 Mexico Toluca 0 4 4
Antigua and Barbuda Hoppers 0 3 3 United States New York City 0 0 0
United States Colorado Rapids 1 3 4 United States Colorado Rapids 0 3 3
United States New York City 2 4 6 United States New York City (a) 2 1 3
Cayman Islands Elite 0 1 1 Mexico Toluca 0 3 3
United States LA Galaxy 0 2 2 United States Sporting Kansas City (a) 0 3 3
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines System 3 1 2 3 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines System 3 0 0 0
Jamaica Arnett Gardens 1 1 2 Jamaica Arnett Gardens 2 0 2
Nicaragua Diriangén 0 0 0 Jamaica Arnett Gardens 1 1 2
Guyana Fruta Conquerors 0 3 3 (2) Honduras Olimpia 0 3 3
Belize Belmopan Bandits (p) 2 1 3 (4)' Belize Belmopan Bandits 0 2 2
Nicaragua Real Estelí 1 2 3 Honduras Olimpia 4 0 4
Honduras Olimpia 3 1 4 Honduras Olimpia 1 2 3 (3)
Mexico Querétaro 3 2 5 United States Sporting Kansas City (p) 1 2 3 (4)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Pastures 1 0 1 Mexico Querétaro (a) 1 1 2
El Salvador Alianza 4 3 7 El Salvador Alianza 2 0 2
Honduras Honduras Progreso 1 0 1 Mexico Querétaro 1 0 1
Nicaragua UNAN Managua (a) 3 0 3 United States Sporting Kansas City 3 1 4
Honduras Platense 2 1 3 Nicaragua UNAN Managua 0 1 1
United States Sporting Kansas City 1 1 2 United States Sporting Kansas City 3 0 3
Canada Montreal Impact 1 0 1

Round of 32

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The draw for the round of 32 was held on 11 December 2017. The first legs were played on 15 February, and the second legs were played on 22 February 2018.

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Montreal Impact Canada 1–2 United States Sporting Kansas City 1–1 0–1
System 3 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 3–2 United States LA Galaxy 1–0 2–2
Elite Cayman Islands 1–6 United States New York City 0–2 1–4
Pastures Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1–5 Mexico Querétaro 1–3 0–2
Colorado Rapids United States 4–3 Antigua and Barbuda Hoppers 1–0 3–3
Belmopan Bandits Belize 3–3 (4–2 p) Guyana Fruta Conquerors 2–0 1–3 (a.e.t.)
Diriangén Nicaragua 0–2 Jamaica Arnett Gardens 0–1 0–1
Santa Gema Panama 8–0 Bermuda Devonshire Cougars 1–0 7–0
Alajuelense Costa Rica 2–1 Panama Árabe Unido 2–1 0–0
Isidro Metapán El Salvador 3–4 Mexico Toluca 2–1 1–3
Olimpia Honduras 4–3 Nicaragua Real Estelí 3–1[A] 1–2
Platense Honduras 3–3 (a) Nicaragua UNAN Managua 2–3[B] 1–0
Honduras Progreso Honduras 1–7 El Salvador Alianza 1–4[C] 0–3
Chorrillo Panama 1–4 Costa Rica Saprissa 0–2 1–2
Monterrey Mexico 2–1 Honduras Marathón 0–1 2–0[C]
Real Salt Lake United States 4–2 Puerto Rico Bayamón 2–1 2–1[D]
  1. ^
    This match was moved to H-E-B Park in Edinburg, Texas due to civil unrest in Honduras.
  2. ^
  3. ^
    These matches were moved to Estadio Nacional in San José, Costa Rica due to civil unrest in Honduras.
  4. ^
    This match was moved to Riccardo Silva Stadium in Miami, Florida due to Bayamón not having a suitable home stadium in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria.

Round of 16

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The draw for the round of 16 was held on 23 February 2018. The first legs were played on 8 March, and the second legs were played on 15 March 2018.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
New York City United States 3–3 (a) United States Colorado Rapids 2–0 1–3
Alianza El Salvador 2–2 (a) Mexico Querétaro 2–1 0–1
Saprissa Costa Rica 0–4 Mexico Toluca 0–1 0–3
Monterrey Mexico 6–1 Panama Santa Gema 4–1 2–0
Alajuelense Costa Rica 3–0 United States Real Salt Lake 2–0 1–0
Arnett Gardens Jamaica 2–0 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines System 3 2–0 0–0
Sporting Kansas City United States 3–1 Nicaragua UNAN Managua 3–0 0–1
Olimpia Honduras 4–2 Belize Belmopan Bandits 4–0[A] 0–2
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Quarter-finals

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The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 16 March 2018. The first legs were played on 5 April, and the second legs were played on 12 April 2018.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
New York City United States 0–4 Mexico Toluca 0–0 0–4
Olimpia Honduras 3–2 Jamaica Arnett Gardens 0–1[A] 3–1
Sporting Kansas City United States 4–1 Mexico Querétaro 3–1 1–0
Monterrey Mexico 3–5 Costa Rica Alajuelense 2–3 1–2

Semi-finals

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The draw for the semi-finals was held on 13 April 2018. The first legs were played on 26 April, and the second legs were played on 3 May 2018.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Sporting Kansas City United States 3–3 (4–3 p) Honduras Olimpia 1–1 2–2 (a.e.t.)[A]
Toluca Mexico 4–0 Costa Rica Alajuelense 3–0 1–0

Final

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The draw the final was held after the semi-final draw. The first leg was played 16 May, and the second leg was played 23 May 2018.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Sporting Kansas City United States 3–3 (a) Mexico Toluca 0–0 3–3

See also

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