CONCACAF Champions League

CONCACAF Champions League

Founded	1962; 57 years ago (1962) (2018 in current format)
Region	North, Central America and the Caribbean (CONCACAF)
Number of teams	16 (from 9 or 10 associations)
Qualifier for	FIFA Club World Cup
Current champions	Guadalajara (2nd title)
Most successful club(s)	América (7 titles)
Website	Official website
2019 CONCACAF Champions League

The CONCACAF Champions League is an annual continental club football competition organized by CONCACAF for the top football clubs in North America, Central America, and the Caribbean. The winner of the CONCACAF Champions League automatically qualifies for the quarter-finals of the FIFA Club World Cup. The tournament is officially known as the Scotiabank CONCACAF Champions League, since February 2015, due to sponsorship by Scotiabank.^[1][2] The competition has been completed 52 times through the 2016–17 event, with 54 champions due to a three-way shared title in the 1978 competition.

The tournament's current format uses a knockout format, though the tournament had a group stage prior to the 2018 tournament. Unlike its European and South American counterparts, the winners of the CONCACAF Champions League do not automatically qualify for the following season's competition.^[3]

The competition was originally known as the CONCACAF Champions' Cup when it was first organized in 1962. The title has been won by 28 clubs, 17 of which have won the title more than once. Mexican clubs have accumulated the highest number of victories, with 34 titles in total. The second most successful league has been Costa Rica's Primera División with six titles in total. Mexican side Club América are the most successful club in the competition's history with seven titles, followed by fellow Mexican-side Cruz Azul with six titles. The most successful non-Mexican club is Saprissa of Costa Rica with three titles. The only four teams to successfully defend the trophy are all Mexican: América, Cruz Azul, Pachuca and Monterrey. The current champions of the competition are Guadalajara, who defeated Toronto FC in the finals.

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  2 History
  
  
  
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    2.1 Champions' Cup Era (1962–2008)
    
  
  
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    2.2 Champions League Era (2008–2017)
    
  
  
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    2.3 New CONCACAF competition platform (2018–present)
    
  
  
  
  


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  3 Qualification
  
  
  
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    3.1 North American Zone
    
  
  
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    3.2 Central American Zone
    
  
  
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    3.3 Caribbean Zone
    
  
  
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    3.4 CONCACAF League
    
  
  
  
  


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    4.1 Attendance Record
    
  
  
  
  


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  5 Sponsorship
  


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    6.1 Champions' Cup Era (1962–2008)
    
  
  
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    6.2 Champions League Era (2008–present)
    
  
  
  
  


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  7 Records and statistics
  
  
  
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    7.1 Overall performances by club
    
  
  
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    7.2 Overall performances by country
    
  
  
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    7.3 Champions League
    
    
    
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      7.3.1 Performances by club
      
    
    
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      7.3.2 Performances by country
      
    
    
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      7.3.3 Best results by country
      
    
    
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      7.3.4 Results by league
      
    
    
    
    
  
  
  
  


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  8 Awards
  


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  9 See also
  


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  10 References
  


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  11 External links
  

Competition format

The tournament currently employs a 16 team knockout format and is played between February and May. Fifteen teams qualify automatically based on domestic performance, along with the winners of the CONCACAF League, played at the end of the previous calendar year.

Each round of competition consists of a two-leg home-and-away series with the winner determined by aggregate goals over both legs. If aggregate goals are equal, the away goals rule is applied. If away goals are also equal, the game is decided by an immediate penalty shoot-out; there are no overtime periods.^[4]

Prior to 2018, the tournament had two parts — a group stage held from August to October, and a knockout phase held from March to May of the following year. The group stage consisted of 24 teams playing in eight groups of three teams each, with each team playing the other two teams in its group twice. United States and Mexican sides could not be drawn into the same group. The winners of each of the eight groups advanced to the quarterfinals. Each phase of the knockout rounds (quarterfinals, semifinals, finals) consisted of a two-leg home-and-away series with the winner determined by aggregate goal differential.^[5] Seeding in the knockout phase was determined by performance during the group stage.

Prior to the 2012–13 season, the competition had involved four groups of four, with one Mexican team and one U.S. team in each group. A preliminary round was used to reduce the number of teams from 24 to 16.

History

Champions' Cup trophy won by CD Olimpia in 1972

The competition was initially created as a possible measure to enter the South American Copa Libertadores, a competition organized by CONMEBOL.
Prior to 2008, the tournament was officially called the "CONCACAF Champions' Cup", but was usually referred to simply as the "Champions' Cup". The competition has had several different formats over its lifetime. From 1962 until 1995, the finalists, or clubs participating in a final round, would be decided by clubs who qualify via two separate brackets: a Caribbean Island qualifier and a Northern/Central American qualification competition. Initially, only the champions of the North American leagues participated. In 1971, the runners-up of a few North American leagues began to join and the tournament began to be expanded, incorporating round-robin group phases and more teams. After the creation of the United States' Major League Soccer, the competition became a straight knockout competition from 1997 until it was revamped into a tournament with a group stage in 2008.

Champions' Cup Era (1962–2008)

The competition's former format, a knockout tournament called the Champions' Cup, was played under a variety of formats. The last format, used from 2004 to 2008, had eight teams competing – four from the North American zone (two from Mexico, two from the United States), three from the Central American zone, and one from the Caribbean zone. Since 2005, the champion of the competition also gained entry into the FIFA Club World Cup, giving clubs an added incentive for a strong participation and greater interest from fans. Also, the Champions' Cup Runner-up would be one of the three CONCACAF invitees to the Copa Sudamericana.

Champions League Era (2008–2017)

The CONCACAF Executive Committee at their 2006 November meeting decided to "act upon" a proposal—first delineated in 2003 by then Head of Special Projects Mel Brennan—at their next meeting by the CONCACAF Secretariat to develop the CONCACAF Champions’ Cup into a larger "Champions League" style event. The CONCACAF Executive Committee reported on 14 November 2007 some of the details.^[6]

The previous Champions' Cup format was used as planned in March and April 2008. Then, a newly expanded Champions League tournament was conducted starting in August 2008 and concluding in May 2009. The initial setup involved 24 teams and featured a Preliminary Round contested by 16 teams to reduce the field to 16 teams, which were separated into four groups of four teams.^[6][7] After the Group Stage, the Championship Round are held from the Quarterfinal Round onward.

Since 2012, the 24 teams have been divided into eight groups of three teams. The first placed teams qualify for the quarter finals. The quarter finals, semi finals and final are played over two legs.

New CONCACAF competition platform (2018–present)

In December 2016, Manuel Quintanilla, president of the Nicaraguan Football Federation, spoke of a possible new format for the competition,^[8] a statement that was later corroborated by Garth Lagerwey, the general manager of Seattle Sounders FC.^[9] On 23 January 2017, CONCACAF confirmed the new format beginning with the 2018 edition, eliminating the group stage which had been employed since the re-branding of the competition to the CONCACAF Champions League in 2008.^[10]

Under the new CONCACAF competition platform, 31 club teams will compete in CONCACAF competitions. Sixteen teams compete in a new tournament played from August to December, called the CONCACAF League. The winners of that tournament join 15 other teams in the Champions League, played between February and May of the next calendar year.^[10] The CONCACAF League features 13 teams from Central America and 3 teams from the Caribbean. The champion advances to the CONCACAF Champions League, joining 9 teams from North America, 5 teams from Central America, and 1 team from the Caribbean.

Qualification

A total of 16 teams participate in the CONCACAF Champions League: nine from the North American Zone (from three associations), at least five from the Central American Zone (the champions of Costa Rica, Honduras, Guatemala, Panama, and El Salvador), and at least one team from the Caribbean Zone (the champions of the CFU Club Championship).^[11] The remaining berth goes to the winners of the CONCACAF League, played between 13 teams from the Central American Zone and 3 from the Caribbean Zone.

Nine from the North American Zone: 4 clubs from Mexico 4 clubs from the United States 1 club from Canada One club from the Caribbean Zone: 1 club, qualifying via the CFU Club Championship

Five from the Central American Zone: 1 club from Costa Rica 1 club from El Salvador 1 club from Guatemala 1 club from Honduras 1 club from Panama One additional team from either the Central American or Caribbean Zones 1 club, qualifying via the CONCACAF League

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 American Zone

Nine teams from the North American Football Union qualify to the Champions League. Mexico and the United States are each allocated four berths, the most of any of CONCACAF's member associations, while Canada is granted one berth in the tournament.

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.

For the United States, three berths are allocated through the Major League Soccer (MLS) regular season and playoffs (the MLS Cup winner, the Supporters' Shield winner, and the other regular season conference winner); the fourth berth is allocated to the winner of its domestic cup competition, the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup. If a Canada-based team occupies any MLS-allocated berth, or any U.S-based team qualifies for the Champions League by more than one method, the Champions League place is allocated to the U.S.-based team with the best MLS regular season record which has failed to otherwise qualify.

For the United States, for the 2019 Champions League, the participants are the 2017 US Open Cup champion, the 2018 US Open Cup champion, the 2018 MLS Cup Champion, and the US MLS team with the best aggregate record combined for the 2017 and 2018 MLS regular seasons. ^[12]

Since Canada hosted the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup, the Canadian Championship was moved from April–May to April–August (with no matches occurring between May and August), overlapping with the start of the Champions League. Therefore, for the 2015–16 tournament only, the lone Canadian berth into the tournament, in Pot 1, was given to the best Canadian team in the MLS regular season. The setup will be reverted for the 2016–17 tournament, where once again the Voyageurs Cup competed for in the Canadian Championship, earns the lone Canadian berth into the tournament (starting from the 2015 Canadian Championship, the winner earns the berth in the next calendar year instead of the same calendar year as in previous tournaments).

Central American Zone

Five teams from the Central American Football Union qualify to the Champions League: one berth for each of Costa Rica, Honduras, Guatemala, Panama and El Salvador.

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 Zone

One team from the Caribbean Football Union qualifies directly to the Champions League. This berth goes to the winners of the CFU Club Championship.

If the Caribbean qualifier is precluded, they are supplanted by the runners-up of the CFU Club Championship.

CONCACAF League

The final berth goes to the winners of the CONCACAF League. Sixteen teams participate in this tournament: 13 from the Central American Zone (two berths each from Costa Rica, Honduras, Guatemala, Panama, El Salvador, and Nicaragua and one from Belize) and 3 from the Caribbean Zone (the runners-up, third, and fourth place teams from the CFU Club Championship).

Stadium standards

If a club fails to meet the standards for its home stadium, the club must find a suitable stadium in its own country, and if the club fails to provide the adequate facilities, it runs the risk of being replaced by another team.^[13]Real Esteli of Nicaragua failed stadium requirements and was replaced by another team for the 2009–10 and 2010–11 seasons.^[14]Estadio Independencia in Nicaragua has since been renovated, including upgrades to stadium lighting, and Nicaraguan teams now participate.^[15] The qualifying team from Belize has failed stadium requirements and has been replaced by another team in each season from 2009–10 through 2014–15.

If one or more of the five Central American clubs is precluded, it will be supplanted by a club from the best Central American league, based on results from the current Champions League. If the Caribbean qualifier is precluded, they are supplanted by the runners-up of the CFU Club Championship.

Attendance Record

During Champions League era:

Rank	Date	Hosts	Visitors	Venue	Attendance
1	April 8, 2015	Club América	Herediano	Estadio Azteca, Mexico City	66,208[16]
2	April 29, 2015	Montréal Impact	Club América	Stade Olympique, Montreal	61,004[17]
3	April 25, 2018	Guadalajara	Toronto FC	Estadio Akron, Zapopan	36,977[18][better source needed]
4	April 22, 2015	Club América	Montreal Impact	Estadio Azteca, Mexico City	56,783[19]
5	February 23, 2009	Montreal Impact	Santos Laguna	Stade Olympique, Montreal	55,571[16]
6	March 7, 2012	Toronto FC	LA Galaxy	Rogers Centre, Toronto	47,658[20]
7	March 7, 2018	Seattle Sounders FC	C.D. Guadalajara	CenturyLink Field, Seattle	42,885
8	February 24, 2016	Seattle Sounders FC	Club América	CenturyLink Field, Seattle	42,836[20][21]
9	March 4, 2015	Club América	Deportivo Saprissa	Estadio Azteca, Mexico City	40,688[20]
10	March 3, 2015	Montréal Impact	Pachuca	Stade Olympique, Montreal	38,104[16]

Sponsorship

The CONCACAF Champions League has several corporate sponsors: Scotiabank (which has been a title sponsor of the Champions League since 2014–2015), Miller Lite, MoneyGram, Maxxis Tires, and Nike.^[11][22] The sponsors' names appear on the boards around the perimeter of the field, and boards for pre-game and post-game interviews and press conferences.^[11] Nike is also the official provider of game balls and referee uniforms.

Finals

Main article: List of CONCACAF Champions' Cup and Champions League finals

Champions' Cup Era (1962–2008)

Year Winners Score Runners-up 1962 Details Guadalajara 1 – 0 / 5 – 0 Aggr. 6 – 0 Comunicaciones 1963 Details Racing (2) Guadalajara 1967 Details Alianza 1 – 2 / 3 – 0 Aggr. 4 – 2 Jong Colombia 1968 Details Toluca (2) 1969 Details Cruz Azul 0 – 0 / 1 – 0 Aggr. 1 – 0 Comunicaciones 1970 Details Cruz Azul (2) 1971 Details Cruz Azul (1) Alajuelense 1972 Details Olimpia 0 – 0 / 2 – 0 Aggr. 2 – 0 Robinhood 1973 Details Transvaal (2) 1974 Details Municipal 2 – 1 / 2 – 1 Aggr. 4 – 2 Transvaal 1975 Details Atlético Español 2 – 0 / 1 – 1 Aggr. 3 – 1 Transvaal 1976 Details Águila 6 – 1 / 2 – 1 Aggr. 8 – 2 Robinhood 1977 Details América 1 – 0 / 0 – 0 Aggr. 1 – 0 Robinhood 1978 Details Universidad de Guadalajara Comunicaciones Defence Force (3) 1979 Details FAS 1 – 1 / 7 – 1 Aggr. 8 – 2 Jong Colombia 1980 Details UNAM (1) Universidad 1981 Details Transvaal 1 – 0 / 1 – 1 Aggr. 2 – 1 Atlético Marte 1982 Details UNAM 0 – 0 / 3 – 2 Aggr. 3 – 2 Robinhood 1983 Details Atlante 1 – 1 / 5 – 0 Aggr. 6 – 1 Robinhood 1984 Details Violette (2) 1985 Details Defence Force 2 – 0 / 0 – 1 Aggr. 2 – 1 Olimpia 1986 Details Alajuelense 4 – 1 / 1 – 1 Aggr. 5 – 2 Transvaal 1987 Details América 1 – 1 / 2 – 0 Aggr. 3 – 1 Defence Force 1988 Details Olimpia 2 – 0 / 2 – 0 Aggr. 4 – 0 Defence Force 1989 Details UNAM 1 – 1 / 3 – 1 Aggr. 4 – 2 FC Pinar del Río 1990 Details América 2 – 2 / 6 – 0 Aggr. 8 – 2 FC Pinar del Río 1991 Details Puebla 3 – 1 / 1 – 1 Aggr. 4 – 2 Police FC 1992 Details América 1–0 Alajuelense 1993 Details Saprissa (1) León 1994 Details Cartaginés 3–2 Atlante 1995 Details Saprissa (1) Municipal 1996 Details Cruz Azul (1) Necaxa 1997 Details Cruz Azul 5–3 L.A. Galaxy 1998 Details D.C. United 1–0 Toluca 1999 Details Necaxa 2–1 Alajuelense 2000 Details LA Galaxy 3–2 Olimpia 2002 Details Pachuca 1–0 Morelia 2003 Details Toluca 3 – 3 / 2 – 1 Aggr. 5 – 4 Morelia 2004 Details Alajuelense 1 – 1 / 4 – 0 Aggr. 5 – 1 Saprissa 2005 Details Saprissa 2 – 0 / 1 – 2 Aggr. 3 – 2 UNAM 2006 Details América 0 – 0 / 2 – 1 Aggr. 2 – 1 Toluca 2007 Details Pachuca 2 – 2 / 0 – 0 Aggr. 2 – 2 7–6p Guadalajara 2008 Details Pachuca 1 – 1 / 2 – 1 Aggr. 3 – 2 Saprissa

• The abbreviation "aggr." represents the aggregate score across two matches.

¹ No final match was held; the championship was decided by a final round.

² Championship won due to withdrawal and/or disqualification of all other teams.

³ Universidad de Guadalajara, Comunicaciones and Defence Force were all declared joint winners after the 1978 final tournament was cancelled due to administrative problems and disagreements on match dates.

Champions League Era (2008–present)

Season	Champions	Aggregate Score	Runners-up	Losing Semi-finalists
2008–09	Atlante	2–0	Cruz Azul	Puerto Rico Islanders Santos Laguna
2009–10	Pachuca	2–2 (Away goals 1–0)	Cruz Azul	Toluca UNAM
2010–11	Monterrey	3–2	Real Salt Lake	Cruz Azul Saprissa
2011–12	Monterrey	3–2	Santos Laguna	Toronto FC UNAM
2012–13	Monterrey	4–2	Santos Laguna	Los Angeles Galaxy Seattle Sounders
2013–14	Cruz Azul	1–1 (Away goals 1–0)	Toluca	Alajuelense Tijuana
2014–15	América	5–3	Montreal Impact	Alajuelense Herediano
2015–16	América	4–1	UANL	Querétaro Santos Laguna
2016–17	Pachuca	2–1	UANL	FC Dallas Vancouver Whitecaps FC
2018	Guadalajara	3–3 (4–2 pen.)	Toronto FC	América New York Red Bulls

Notes:

• All scores listed are aggregate scores across the two home-and-away legs, unless otherwise noted.

Records and statistics

Main article: CONCACAF Champions' Cup and Champions League records and statistics

Overall performances by club

Rank	Club	Titles	Runners-up	Winning Seasons	Runner-up Seasons
1	América	7	0	1977, 1987, 1990, 1992, 2006, 2015, 2016
2	Cruz Azul	6	2	1969, 1970, 1971, 1996, 1997, 2014	2009, 2010
3	Pachuca	5	0	2002, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2017
4	Saprissa	3	2	1993, 1995, 2005	2004, 2008
5	UNAM	3	1	1980, 1982, 1989	2005
6	Monterrey	3	0	2011, 2012, 2013
7	Transvaal	2	3	1973, 1981	1974, 1975, 1986
	Toluca	2	3	1968, 2003	1998, 2006, 2014
	Alajuelense	2	3	1986, 2004	1971, 1992, 1999
10	Defence Force	2	2	1978, 1985	1987, 1988
	Olimpia	2	2	1972, 1988	1985, 2000
	Guadalajara	2	2	1962, 2018	1963, 2007
13	Atlante	2	1	1983, 2009	1994
14	Comunicaciones	1	2	1978	1962, 1969
15	Municipal	1	1	1974	1995
	Necaxa	1	1	1999	1996
	LA Galaxy	1	1	2000	1997
18	Racing Club Haïtien	1	0	1963
	Alianza	1	0	1967
	Atlético Español	1	0	1975
	Águila	1	0	1976
	Universidad de Guadalajara	1	0	1978
	Club Deportivo FAS	1	0	1979
	Violette AC	1	0	1984
	Puebla	1	0	1991
	Cartaginés	1	0	1994
	DC United	1	0	1998
28	Robinhood	0	5		1972, 1976, 1977, 1982, 1983
29	Jong Colombia	0	2		1967, 1979
	Pinar del Río	0	2		1989, 1990
	Morelia	0	2		2002, 2003
	Santos Laguna	0	2		2012, 2013
	UANL	0	2		2016, 2017
34	Universidad	0	1		1980
	Atlético Marte	0	1		1981
	Police FC	0	1		1991
	León	0	1		1993
	Real Salt Lake	0	1		2011
	Montreal Impact	0	1		2015
	Toronto FC	0	1		2018

• When sorted by years won or lost, the table is sorted by the year of each team's most recent win or loss.

Overall performances by country

Rank	Country	Titles	Runners-up	Winners	Runners-up
1	Mexico	34	17	América (7), Cruz Azul (6), Pachuca (5), Monterrey (3), UNAM (3), Atlante (2), Guadalajara (2), Toluca (2), Español (1), Necaxa (1), Puebla (1), Universidad de Guadalajara (1)	Toluca (3), Cruz Azul (2), Guadalajara (2), Morelia (2), Santos Laguna (2), Tigres UANL (2), Atlante (1), León (1), Necaxa (1), UNAM (1)
2	Costa Rica	6	5	Saprissa (3), Alajuelense (2), Cartaginés (1)	Alajuelense (3), Saprissa (2)
3	El Salvador	3	1	Águila (1), Alianza (1), FAS (1)	Atlético Marte (1)
4	Suriname	2	8	Transvaal (2)	Robinhood (5), Transvaal (3)
5	Guatemala	2	3	Comunicaciones (1), Municipal (1)	Comunicaciones (2), Municipal (1)
	Honduras	2	3	Olimpia (2)	Olimpia (2), Universidad (1)
	Trinidad and Tobago	2	3	Defence Force (2)	Defence Force (2), Police FC (1)
8	United States	2	2	D.C. United (1), LA Galaxy (1)	LA Galaxy (1), Real Salt Lake (1)
9	Haiti	2	0	Racing (1), Violette (1)
10	Canada	0	2		Montreal Impact (1), Toronto (1)
	Cuba	0	2		Pinar del Río (2)
	Curaçao	0	2		Jong Colombia (2)

Champions League

Performances by club

Rank	Club	Titles	Runners-up	Winning Seasons	Runner-up Seasons
1	Monterrey	3	0	2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13
2	América	2	0	2014–15, 2015–16
	Pachuca	2	0	2009–10, 2016–17
4	Cruz Azul	1	2	2013–14	2008–09, 2009–10
5	Atlante	1	0	2008–09
	Guadalajara	1	0	2018
7	Santos Laguna	0	2		2011–12, 2012–13
	UANL	0	2		2015–16, 2016–17
9	Real Salt Lake	0	1		2010–11
	Toluca	0	1		2013–14
	Montreal Impact	0	1		2014–15
	Toronto FC	0	1		2018

Performances by country

Rank	Country	Titles	Runners-up	Losing Semi-finalists	Champions	Runners-up	Losing Semi-finalists
1	Mexico	10	7	9	Monterrey (2011, 2012, 2013), América (2015, 2016), Pachuca (2010, 2017), Atlante (2009), Cruz Azul (2014), Guadalajara (2018)	Cruz Azul (2009, 2010), Santos Laguna (2012, 2013), UANL (2016, 2017), Toluca (2014)	UNAM (2010, 2012), Santos Laguna (2009, 2016), Toluca (2010), Cruz Azul (2011), Tijuana (2014), Querétaro (2016), América (2018)
2	Canada	0	2	2		Montreal Impact (2015), Toronto FC (2018)	Toronto FC (2012), Vancouver Whitecaps FC (2017)
3	United States	0	1	4		Real Salt Lake (2011)	LA Galaxy (2013), Seattle Sounders FC (2013), FC Dallas (2017), New York Red Bulls (2018)
4	Costa Rica	0	0	4			Alajuelense (2014, 2015), Saprissa (2011), Herediano (2015)
5	Puerto Rico	0	0	1			Puerto Rico Islanders (2009)

Best results by country

Rank	Country	Best Results	Best Teams (Years)
1	Mexico	Champions (x10)	Monterrey (2011, 2012, 2013), América (2015, 2016), Pachuca (2010, 2017), Atlante (2009), Cruz Azul (2014), Guadalajara (2018)
2	Canada	Runners-up (x2)	Montreal Impact (2015), Toronto FC (2018)
3	United States	Runners-up	Real Salt Lake (2011)
4	Costa Rica	Semi-finals (x4)	Alajuelense (2014, 2015), Saprissa (2011), Herediano (2015)
5	Puerto Rico	Semi-finals	Puerto Rico Islanders (2009)
6	Honduras	Quarter-finals (x4)	Marathon (2009, 2010), Olimpia (2011, 2015)
	Panama	Quarter-finals (x4)	Árabe Unido (2010, 2014, 2017), Tauro (2018)
8	Guatemala	Quarter-finals (x2)	Comunicaciones (2010), Xelaju (2013)
9	El Salvador	Quarter-finals	Isidro Metapan (2012)
10	Dominican Republic	Round of 16	Cibao (2018)

Notes:

• 
  Nicaragua had an automatic berth in the Champions League until the 2016-17 season, but no Nicaraguan club has advanced to the knockout rounds or even won a match in Champions League group play.

Results by league

See also: MLS performance in the CONCACAF Champions League

Results are listed in the Wins-Losses-Draws format. Numbers in parentheses are average points (3 for a win, 1 for a draw, 0 for a loss).

Results include matches from preliminary rounds, group play, and knockout play.
* Penalty shoot-out considered a separate event from the match which preceded it.

CCL Season	Mexico	United States	Costa Rica	Honduras	Canada	Guatemala	Panama	El Salvador	Dominican Republic
2008–09	23*-12-10 (1.8)	2–9–5 (0.7)	3–3–2 (1.4)	7–5–4 (1.6)	5–2–2 (1.9)	2–3–3 (1.1)	3–7–4 (0.9)	2–3–3 (1.1)	N/A
2009–10	30–8–10 (2.1)	7–9–8 (1.2)	2–5–3 (0.9)	9–9–0 (1.5)	0–1–1 (0.5)	3–6–1 (1.0)	5–6–1 (1.3)	1–5–2 (0.6)	N/A
2010–11	25–10–6 (2.0)	13–12–4 (1.5)	6–4–2 (1.7)	7–9–2 (1.3)	3–2–3 (1.6)	2–3–3 (1.1)	2–8–0 (0.6)	1–5–4 (0.7)	N/A
2011–12	26–14–6 (1.8)	13–15–4 (1.6)	7–6–1 (1.6)	3–11–2 (0.7)	6–3–3 (1.8)	3–4–1 (1.3)	2–4–2 (1.0)	5–7–0 (1.3)	N/A
2012–13	19–4–7 (2.1)	14–6–6 (1.8)	5–2–3 (1.8)	2–3–3 (1.1)	2–2–0 (1.5)	4–4–2 (1.4)	0–8–0 (0.0)	2–10–0 (0.5)	N/A
2013–14	20*-6-6 (2.1)	11–6–5 (1.7)	7–7–2 (1.8)	2–5–1 (1.4)	2–2–0 (2)	4–4–0 (1.5)	4–5–1 (1.3)	3–3–2 (1.4)	N/A
2014–15	13–4–7 (1.9)	11–4–3 (1.9)	10–6–6 (1.6)	4–4–2 (1.4)	4–2–4 (1.6)	3–3–2 (1.4)	1–6–1 (0.5)	0–7–1 (0.1)	N/A
2015–16	18–6–12 (1.6)	10–5–9 (1.5)	3–3–2 (1.4)	4–3–1 (1.6)	1–2–1 (1.0)	2–4–2 (1.0)	4–4–0 (1.5)	1–5–2 (0.6)	N/A
2016–17	17–7–6 (1.9)	9–6–7 (1.5)	3–3–4 (1.3)	4–2–2 (1.8)	5–2–1 (2.0)	1–3–4 (0.9)	6–3–1 (1.9)	1–4–3 (0.8)	N/A
2018	11–6–5* (1.7)	6–5–3 (1.5)	0–2–2 (0.5)	0–2–2 (0.5)	4*–2–2 (1.8)	N/A	1–3–0 (0.8)	1–1–0 (1.5)	0–2–0 (0.0)
Totals	204–77–75 (1.9)	96–77–54 (1.5)	46–41–27 (1.4)	42–53–19 (1.3)	32–20–17 (1.6)	24–34–18 (1.2)	28–54–10 (1.0)	17–50–17 (0.8)	0–2–0 (0.0)

Awards

Season	Golden Boot		Golden Ball		Golden Glove
	Player (Goals)	Club	Player	Club(s)	Player	Club
2008–09	Javier Orozco (7)	Cruz Azul
2009–10	Ulises Mendivil (9)	Pachuca
2010–11	Javier Orozco (11)	Cruz Azul
2011–12	Humberto Suazo (7)	Monterrey	Oribe Peralta	Santos Laguna
2012–13	Nicolás Muñoz (6) Carlos Quintero (6)	Isidro Metapán Santos Laguna	Aldo de Nigris	Monterrey	Oswaldo Sánchez	Santos Laguna
2013–14	Raúl Nava (7)	Toluca	Mariano Pavone	Cruz Azul	Alfredo Talavera	Toluca
2014–15	Darío Benedetto (7) Oribe Peralta (7)	América	Darío Benedetto	América	Evan Bush	Montreal Impact
2015–16[23]	Emanuel Villa (6)	Querétaro	Rubens Sambueza	América	Hugo González Durán	América
2016–17	Hirving Lozano (8)	Pachuca	Franco Jara	Pachuca	Alfonso Blanco	Pachuca
2018	Jonathan Osorio (4)	Toronto FC	Sebastian Giovinco	Toronto FC	Rodolfo Cota	Guadalajara

Season	Best Young Player[nb 1]		Fair Play Award
	Player	Club	Club
2008–09	First awarded in 2014–15		First awarded in 2013–14
2009–10
2010–11
2011–12
2012–13
2013–14			LA Galaxy[24]
2014–15	Martín Zúñiga[25]	América	Pachuca[26]
2015–16	Alberth Elis	Olimpia	Querétaro
2016–17	Hirving Lozano	Pachuca	FC Dallas
2018	Rodolfo Pizarro	Guadalajara	New York Red Bulls

Notes

1. 
   ^ Award was known as the "Bright Future Award" for 2014–15 season.
   

See also

• CONCACAF Champions League U13


• CONCACAF Cup Winners' Cup


• CONCACAF Giants Cup


• CONCACAF League


• Football continental championships


• Interamerican Cup


• North American SuperLiga

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