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2007–08 CONCACAF Champions League
DSG Park in Denver hosted the final.
Tournament details
Dates28 June – 24 August 2016 (qualifying)
13 September 2016 – 3 June 2017 (competition proper)
Teams32 (group stage)
77 or 78 or 79 (total) (from 53 associations)
Final positions
ChampionsUnited States Houston Dynamo (1st title)
Runners-upMexico Pachuca

The 2007–08 CONCACAF Champions League was the 43rd season of North America's premier club football tournament organized by CONCACAF.

The final was played on May 21, 2008 at the DSG Park in Denver, where Manchester Houston Dynamo played against Pachuca. Houston Dynamo won the match 2–0 in regulation time, making it the first time since 2001 and American team won the competition.

América were the defending champions.

Format[edit]

Qualification[edit]

The CONCACAF Champions League commenced with a double round-robin group stage of 32 teams, which was preceded by two qualification 'streams' for teams that do not receive direct entry to the tournament proper. The two streams are divided between teams qualified by virtue of being league champions, and those qualified by virtue of finishing 2nd–5th in their national championship.

The number of teams that each association enters into the CONCACAF Champions League was based upon the CONCACAF country coefficients. These coefficients are generated by the results of clubs representing each association during the previous five Champions League seasons. The higher an association's coefficient, the more teams represent the association in the Champions League, and the fewer qualification rounds the association's teams must compete in. However, associations are limited to 1 entrant for every 3 teams at the highest level of that associations league system. Teams qualified based on the results of tournaments completed between July 2014 and June 2015 (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). Guyana, Saint Lucia, and the British Virgin Islands did not complete any major competitions during this time, so the results of their most recently completed competitions was used instead. The Bahamas season was not completed, and the standings when the season was cancelled were used (calculated as a per game average).

In addition to the previous year's champion, 21 teams qualify directly to the group stage of the tournament from associations ranked 1 through 9. Five of the remaining 10 qualifying places are granted to the winners of a three round qualifying tournament between the remaining 30 national champions, within which those champions from associations with higher coefficients receive byes to the second qualifying round. The other five places are granted to the winners of a two round play-off round between the 12 clubs from associations ranked 1 through 13 (excluding Canada), which have qualified based upon finishing second, third, fourth, or fifth in their respective national league.

The winner of the previous year's SuperLiga would have enter in play-off round if they did not qualify for the group stage via their domestic performance. The stream they entered would have depeneded on the rank the Champions League title holder's association.

Tournament[edit]

The tournament proper begins with a group stage of 32 teams, divided into eight groups. Seeding was used whilst making the draw for this stage, whilst teams from the same country may not be drawn into groups together. Each team meets the others in its group home and away in a round-robin format. The winning team and the runners-up from each group then progress to the next round.

For this stage, the winning team from one group plays against the runners-up from another group, and teams from the same association may not be drawn against each other. From the quarter-finals onwards, the draw was entirely random, without association protection (in the semifinals, two teams from the same association must be paired with each other). The tournament uses the away goals rule: if the aggregate score of the two games was tied, then the team who scored more goals at their opponent's stadium advanced. If the teams were tied on away goals, an 30 additional minutes (two 15 minute periods) of extra time would have been played. If the match remains tied, the game would have gone to penalty kicks. This is a variation of the method used in the UEFA Champions League and other tournaments, the difference being that the away goals rule is not applied after extra time.

Distribution[edit]

The table below shows the default access list. Changes would have needed to be made in the following cases:

  • If both the Champions League title holders and the SuperLiga title holders have qualified for the group stage through domestic performance, the champions of association 10 are moved from the second qualifying round to the play-off round, and the champions of associations 20 and 21 are moved from the first qualifying round to the second qualifying round.
  • If the Champions League title holders have qualified for the group stage through domestic performance while the SuperLiga title holders have not, the SuperLiga title holders enter the group stage through the berth vacated by the Champions League title holders. If the SuperLiga title holders had qualified for any of the qualifying rounds or play-off round through domestic performance, their berth would have been vacated, and teams of the highest-ranked associations are moved to a later round accordingly.
  • If the Champions League title holders have not qualified for the group stage through domestic performance, there are two sets of changes that may need to be made:
    1. If the Champions League title holders have qualified for any of the qualifying rounds or play-off round through domestic performance, their berth is vacated, and teams of the highest-ranked associations are moved to a later round accordingly.
    2. If the SuperLiga title holders have not qualified for the group stage through domestic performance, they enter the play-off round, where the section (Champions Route or League Route) they enter depends on whether they are league champions or not. The teams of the lowest-ranked associations are moved to an earlier round accordingly.


Teams entering in this round Teams advancing from previous round
First qualifying round
(20 teams)
  • 20 champions from associations 20–39
Second qualifying round
(24 teams) 		Champions
(20 teams)
  • 10 champions from associations 10–19
  • 10 winners from the first qualifying round
Non-champions
(4 teams)
  • 4 runners-up from associations 10–13
Play-off round
(20 teams) 		Champions
(10 teams)
  • 10 winners from the second qualifying round for champions
Non-champions
(10 teams)
  • 2 runners-up from associations 8 and 9
  • 2 third-placed teams from associations 6 and 7
  • 2 fourth-placed teams from associations 3 and 5
  • 2 fifth-placed teams from associations 1 and 2
  • 2 winners from the second qualifying round for non-champions
Group stage
(32 teams)
  • Title holders
  • 9 champions from associations 1–9
  • 6 runners-up from associations 1–3 and 5–7 [Note CAN]
  • 4 third-placed team from association 1–3 and 5
  • 2 fourth-placed team from association 1 and 2
  • 5 winners from the play-off round for champions
  • 5 winners from the play-off round for non-champions
Knockout phase
(16 teams)
  • 8 group winners from the group stage
  • 8 group runners-up from the group stage

Qualification[edit]

League positions of the previous season shown in parentheses (TH: Champions League title holders; SL: SuperLiga title holders).

Group stage
Mexico AméricaTH (4th) United States FC Dallas (3rd) Guatemala Municipal (1st) Honduras Real España (2nd)
Mexico Guadalajara (1st) United States New England Revolution (4th) Guatemala Comunicaciones (2nd) Panama Tauro (1st)
Mexico Pachuca (2nd) Costa Rica Alajuelense (1st) Guatemala Xelajú (3rd) Puerto Rico Fraigcomar (1st)
Mexico Toluca (3rd) Costa Rica Saprissa (2nd) El Salvador Once Municipal (1st) Trinidad and Tobago WASA (SL)
United States Houston Dynamo (1st) Costa Rica Puntarenas (3rd) El Salvador Isidro Metapán (2nd)
United States D.C. United (2nd) Canada Montreal Impact (1st) Honduras Motagua (1st)
Play-off round
Champions Route League Route
Mexico Cruz Azul (5th) Guatemala Marquense (4th) Panama Plaza Amador (2nd)
United States Chicago Fire (5th) El Salvador Firpo (3rd) Puerto Rico Academia Quintana (2nd)
Costa Rica Pérez Zeledón (4th) Honduras Marathón (3rd)
Second qualifying round
Champions Route League Route
Trinidad and Tobago Joe Public (1st) Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Hope International (1st) Cayman Islands Scholars International (1st) Trinidad and Tobago W Connection (2nd)
Nicaragua Real Estelí (1st) Antigua and Barbuda Bassa (1st) Bermuda Devonshire Cougars (1st) Nicaragua Diriangén (2nd)
Guyana Fruta Conquerors (1st) Netherlands Antilles CSD Barber (1st) Guyana Pele (2nd)
Haiti Aigle Noir (1st) Jamaica Harbour View (1st) Haiti Baltimore (2nd)
First qualifying round
Belize FC Belize (1st) Dominican Republic Barcelona Atlético (1st) British Virgin Islands Rangers (1st) Barbados Youth Milan (1st)
Saint Lucia Anse Chastanet (1st) Dominica Harlem United (1st) United States Virgin Islands Helenites (1st) Martinique Franciscain (1st)
Suriname Inter Moengotapoe (1st) Cuba Pinar del Río (1st) Montserrat Ideal (1st) French Guiana Macouria (1st)
Turks and Caicos Islands Beaches (1st) Saint Kitts and Nevis Newtown United (1st) Grenada Paradise (1st) Collectivity of Saint Martin Orléans Attackers (1st)
Aruba Deportivo Nacional (1st) Guadeloupe L'Etoile (1st) Anguilla Kicks United (1st) The Bahamas Freeport (1st)

Qualifying rounds[edit]

Main article: 2007–08 CONCACAF Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round

In the qualifying rounds, teams were divided by geographic location to ease travel costs.

First qualifying round[edit]

The first legs were played on 28 June and 29 June, and the second legs were played on 5 and 6 July 2015.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Inter Moengotapoe Suriname 3–0 French Guiana Macouria 1–0 2–0
Freeport The Bahamas 2–3 Anguilla Kicks United 1–0 1–3
Barcelona Atlético Dominican Republic 1–1 (a) Cuba Pinar del Río 0–0 1–1
Rangers British Virgin Islands 2–1 (a.e.t.) United States Virgin Islands Helenites 0–1 2–0 (a.e.t.)
Deportivo Nacional Aruba 1–2 Grenada Paradise 1–1 0–1
Newtown United Saint Kitts and Nevis 8–2 Montserrat Ideal 3–0 5–1
Youth Milan Barbados 2–0 Saint Lucia Anse Chastanet 1–0 1–0
L'Etoile Guadeloupe 4–2 Dominica Harlem United 2–2 2–0
Orléans Attackers Collectivity of Saint Martin 3–6 Martinique Franciscain 2–5 1–1
FC Belize Belize 11–3 Turks and Caicos Islands Beaches 4–2 7–1

Second qualifying round[edit]

Teams that received a bye to the second round in the Champions group were given seeded, while unseeded teams played based on geography to ease travel costs.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Champions Route
Joe Public Trinidad and Tobago 6–1 Guadeloupe L'Etoile 2–0 4–1
Real Estelí Nicaragua 3–4 Belize FC Belize 2–3 1–1
Fruta Conquerors Guyana 2–2 (a) Suriname Inter Moengotapoe 1–2 1–0
Aigle Noir Haiti 12–1 British Virgin Islands Rangers 2–1 10–0
Hope International Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1–3 Barbados Youth Milan 0–2 1–1
Bassa Antigua and Barbuda 9–2 Anguilla Kicks United 2–0 7–2
CSD Barber Netherlands Antilles 4–0 Grenada Paradise 2–0 2–0
Harbour View Jamaica 2–3 Cuba Pinar del Río 0–2 2–1
Scholars International Cayman Islands 1–0 Saint Kitts and Nevis Newtown United 0–0 1–0
Devonshire Cougars Bermuda 4–2 Martinique Franciscain 0–0 4–2
League Route
W Connection Trinidad and Tobago 4–1 Guyana Pele 1–1 3–0
Diriangén Nicaragua 1–1 (a) Haiti Baltimore 1–1 0–0

Play-off round[edit]

Teams that received a bye to the second round in the Champions group were given seeded, while unseeded teams played based on geography to ease travel costs.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Champions Route
Joe Public Trinidad and Tobago 4–0 Barbados Youth Milan 2–0 2–0
Aigle Noir Haiti 0–2 Belize FC Belize 0–0 0–2
Fruta Conquerors Guyana 4–1 Netherlands Antilles CSD Barber 1–0 3–1
Bassa Antigua and Barbuda 0–2 Cuba Pinar del Río 0–2 0–0
Scholars International Cayman Islands 3–0 Bermuda Devonshire Cougars 0–0 3–0
League Route
Cruz Azul Mexico 6–1 Guatemala Marquense 0–1 6–0
Chicago Fire United States 3–2 El Salvador Firpo 1–2 2–0
Pérez Zeledón Costa Rica 2–4 Panama Plaza Amador 0–1 2–3
Marathón Honduras 5–2 Nicaragua Diriangén 1–1 4–1
Academia Quintana Puerto Rico 0–2 Trinidad and Tobago W Connection 0–2 0–0

Group stage[edit]

Group stage
Mexico AméricaTH (4th) United States FC Dallas (3rd) Guatemala Municipal (1st) Honduras Real España (2nd)
Mexico Guadalajara (1st) United States New England Revolution (4th) Guatemala Comunicaciones (2nd) Panama Tauro (1st)
Mexico Pachuca (2nd) Costa Rica Alajuelense (1st) Guatemala Xelajú (3rd) Puerto Rico Fraigcomar (1st)
Mexico Toluca (3rd) Costa Rica Saprissa (2nd) El Salvador Once Municipal (1st) Trinidad and Tobago WASA (SL)
United States Houston Dynamo (1st) Costa Rica Puntarenas (3rd) El Salvador Isidro Metapán (2nd)

Group A[edit]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Mexico TOL Belize FCB El Salvador ONM Puerto Rico FRA
1 Mexico Toluca 6 4 1 1 21 4 +17 13 Advance to knockout stage — 3–1 5–0 8–0
2 Belize FC Belize 6 4 0 2 8 6 +2 12 1–0 — 1–0 2–0
3 El Salvador Once Municipal 6 2 1 3 5 10 −5 7 Transfer to SuperLiga 2–2 1–0 — 2–1
4 Puerto Rico Fraigcomar 6 1 0 5 4 18 −14 3 0–3 2–3 1–0 —
Updated to match(es) played on December 6, 2007. Source: CONCACAF.com

Group B[edit]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification United States HOU Honduras MGA Costa Rica PUN Cuba PDR
1 United States Houston Dynamo 6 4 1 1 17 9 +8 13 Advance to knockout stage — 3–2 2–0 6–0
2 Honduras Motagua 6 3 1 2 12 5 +7 10 3–1 — 0–1 4–0
3 Costa Rica Puntarenas 6 2 2 2 10 10 0 8 Transfer to SuperLiga 3–3 2–3 — 2–0
4 Cuba Pinar del Río 6 0 2 4 3 16 −13 2 1–2 0–0 2–2 —
Updated to match(es) played on December 6, 2007. Source: CONCACAF.com

Group C[edit]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Costa Rica SAP Honduras MAR Panama PLZ United States CHI
1 Costa Rica Saprissa 6 2 3 1 6 6 0 9 Advance to knockout stage — 2–1 2–1 0–2
2 Honduras Marathón 6 2 3 1 7 5 +2 9 1–1 — 0–0 2–1
3 Panama Plaza Amador 6 2 2 2 7 7 0 8 Transfer to SuperLiga 0–0 3–1 — 1–0
4 United States Chicago Fire 6 1 2 3 6 8 −2 5 1–1 0–2 2–2 —
Updated to match(es) played on December 6, 2007. Source: CONCACAF.com

Group D[edit]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Mexico GJA United States NER Trinidad and Tobago WCO Guatemala XJU
1 Mexico Guadalajara 6 6 0 0 14 1 +13 18 Advance to knockout stage — 2–1 3–0 3–0
2 United States New England Revolution 6 2 2 2 11 6 +5 8 0–1 — 4–0 2–1
3 Trinidad and Tobago W Connection 6 1 2 3 4 13 −9 5 Transfer to SuperLiga 0–3 2–2 — 1–0
4 Guatemala Xelajú 6 0 2 4 3 10 −7 2 0–2 1–1 1–1 —
Updated to match(es) played on December 6, 2007. Source: CONCACAF.com

Group E[edit]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification United States DCU Mexico CRZ Trinidad and Tobago WSA El Salvador MET
1 United States D.C. United 6 5 0 1 17 4 +13 15 Advance to knockout stage — 2–1 6–0 3–0
2 Mexico Cruz Azul 6 4 1 1 19 4 +15 13 1–0 — 7–0 5–0
3 Trinidad and Tobago WASA 6 1 1 4 5 20 −15 4 Transfer to SuperLiga 0–2 1–4 — 2–0
4 El Salvador Isidro Metapán 6 0 2 4 5 18 −13 2 2–4 1–1 2–2 —
Updated to match(es) played on December 6, 2007. Source: CONCACAF.com

Group F[edit]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Costa Rica ALA Honduras ESP Guatemala COM Guyana FRU
1 Costa Rica Alajuelense 6 4 0 2 0 0 0 12 Advance to knockout stage — 2–1 3–0 4–0
2 Honduras Real España 6 4 0 2 0 0 0 12 1–0 — 3–1 2–0
3 Guatemala Comunicaciones 6 4 0 2 0 0 0 12 Transfer to SuperLiga 2–1 3–2 — 4–1
4 Guyana Fruta Conquerors 6 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0–1 2–5 0–1 —
Updated to match(es) played on December 6, 2007. Source: CONCACAF.com
Tiebreakers
  • Alajuelense, Comunicaciones and Real España are ranked by their head-to-head records, as shown below.
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Costa Rica Alajuelense 4 2 0 2 6 4 +2 6
Honduras Real España 4 2 0 2 7 6 +1 6
Guatemala Comunicaciones 4 2 0 2 6 9 −3 6

Group G[edit]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Mexico PAC Trinidad and Tobago JOE United States FCD Cayman Islands SCH
1 Mexico Pachuca 6 4 1 1 15 3 +12 13 Advance to knockout stage — 2–0 2–3 6–0
2 Trinidad and Tobago Joe Public 6 3 1 2 7 5 +2 10 0–1 — 1–0 4–1
3 United States FC Dallas 6 2 2 2 6 5 +1 8 Transfer to SuperLiga 0–0 0–0 — 2–0
4 Cayman Islands Scholars International 6 1 0 5 4 19 −15 3 0–4 1–2 2–1 —
Updated to match(es) played on December 8, 2007. Source: CONCACAF.com

Group H[edit]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Mexico AME Guatemala MUN Canada MTL Panama TAU
1 Mexico América 6 4 0 2 13 5 +8 12 Advance to knockout stage — 2–1 2–0 5–0
2 Guatemala Municipal 6 3 1 2 7 6 +1 10 1–0 — 1–0 2–1
3 Canada Montreal Impact 6 3 0 3 8 8 0 9 Transfer to SuperLiga 3–2 2–1 — 2–0
4 Panama Tauro 6 1 1 4 4 13 −9 4 0–2 1–1 2–1 —
Updated to match(es) played on September 26, 2016. Source: CONCACAF.com

Knockout stage[edit]

Bracket[edit]

Round of 16[edit]

The draw for the round of 16 was held on 14 December 2007. The first legs were played on 19–20 February, and the second legs were played on 4–5 March 2016.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Cruz Azul Mexico 2–3 Mexico Toluca 1–0 1–3
Marathón Honduras 2–6 United States Houston Dynamo 0–2 2–4
Real España Honduras 1–2 Costa Rica Saprissa 1–1 0–1
Joe Public Trinidad and Tobago 2–8 Mexico Guadalajara 0–2 2–6
FC Belize Belize 1–10 United States D.C. United 0–4 1–6
Municipal Guatemala 1–4 Costa Rica Alajuelense 1–1 0–3
New England Revolution United States 2–7 Mexico Pachuca 2–2 0–5
Motagua Honduras 4–3 (a.e.t.) Mexico América 3–0 1–3 (a.e.t.)

Quarterfinals[edit]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Pachuca Mexico 4–0 Mexico Toluca 2–0 2–0
Alajuelense Costa Rica 3–3 (a) United States Houston Dynamo 0–2 3–1
Motagua Honduras 0–1 Costa Rica Saprissa 0–0 0–1
D.C. United United States 2–3 Mexico Guadalajara 1–1 1–2

Semifinals[edit]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Pachuca Mexico 4–2 Mexico Guadalajara 0–2 4–0
Saprissa Costa Rica 0–2 United States Houston Dynamo 0–1 0–1

Final[edit]

Pachuca Mexico0–2United States Houston Dynamo
Ching 44'
Cameron 83'
Attendance: 18,061
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