2011–12 CONCACAF Champions League
Tournament details | |
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Dates | July 26, 2011 – April 25, 2012 |
Teams | 24 (from 12 associations) |
Final positions | |
Champions | Santos Laguna |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 78 |
Goals scored | 242 (3.1 per match) |
Attendance | 674,305 (8,645 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | ![]() ![]() (7 goals each) |
Best player(s) | ![]() |
The 2011–12 CONCACAF Champions League was the 4th edition of the
Defending champions Monterrey won the title, and qualified as the CONCACAF representative at the 2012 FIFA Club World Cup.
Qualification
Yellow: Group D.Twenty-four teams participated in the 2011–12 CONCACAF Champions League from the North American, Central American, and Caribbean zones. Nine of the teams came from North America, twelve from Central America, and three from the Caribbean.[2]
Teams could be disqualified and replaced by a team from a different country if the club didn't have an available stadium that met CONCACAF regulations for safety. If a club's own stadium failed to meet the set standards then it could find a suitable replacement stadium within its own country. However, if it was still determined that the club could not provide the adequate facilities then it ran the risk of being replaced.
North America
A total of nine clubs from the North American Football Union participated in the Champions League. Mexico and the United States were allocated four spots, the most of any CONCACAF nation, while Canada was granted one spot in the tournament.
In Mexico, the winners of the
For the United States, three of its four spots were allocated through the Major League Soccer regular season and playoffs, while the fourth spot was allocated to the winner of the domestic cup competition, the U.S. Open Cup. The U.S. Open Cup winner, along with the MLS Cup runner-up, earned berths into the preliminary round of the tournament. The winner of the Supporters' Shield and MLS Cup were given byes into the group stage.
The winners of Canada's domestic cup competition, the Canadian Championship, earned the lone Canadian berth into the tournament, entering in the preliminary round.
Central America
Twelve clubs from the Central American Football Union qualified to the Champions League. If one or more clubs was precluded, it was supplanted by a club from another Central American federation. The reallocation would be based on results from previous Champions League tournaments.
For the Central American representatives that qualified via
Caribbean
Three berths in the Champions League's Preliminary Round were allocated to the top three finishers of the
If any Caribbean club was precluded, it was supplanted by the fourth-place finisher from the CFU Club Championship.
Teams
Teams in bold qualified directly for the group stage.
Association | Club | Qualifying method | App | Last App |
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North America (9 teams) | ||||
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Monterrey | 2010 Apertura champion
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2nd | 2010–11 |
UNAM | 2011 Clausura champion
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3rd | 2009–10 | |
Santos Laguna
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2010 Apertura runner-up | 3rd | 2010–11 | |
Morelia
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2011 Clausura runner-up | 1st | None | |
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Colorado Rapids | MLS Cup 2010 champions | 1st | None |
Los Angeles Galaxy
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2010 MLS Supporters' Shield champion | 2nd | 2010–11 | |
FC Dallas | MLS Cup 2010 runners-up | 1st | None | |
Seattle Sounders FC | 2010 U.S. Open Cup champions | 2nd | 2010–11 | |
![]() 1 berth |
Toronto FC | 2011 Canadian Championship champions | 3rd | 2010–11 |
Central America (12 teams) | ||||
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Real España | 2010 Apertura champions | 2nd | 2009–10 |
Motagua
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2011 Clausura champions | 2nd | 2010–11 | |
Olimpia | 2010 Apertura runner-up and 2011 Clausura runners-up1 | 4th | 2010–11 | |
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Alajuelense
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2010 Invierno champions and 2011 Verano champions | 2nd | 2008–09 |
Herediano | 2010 Invierno runners-up (runners-up with better aggregate record) | 2nd | 2009–10 | |
![]() 2 berths |
Comunicaciones
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2011 Clausura champions
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2nd | 2009–10 |
Municipal | 2011 Clausura runners-up
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3rd | 2010–11 | |
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Tauro | 2010 Apertura champions | 3rd | 2010–11 |
San Francisco | 2011 Clausura champions | 4th | 2010–11 | |
El Salvador 2 berths |
Isidro Metapán | 2010 Apertura champions
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4th | 2010–11 |
Alianza
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2011 Clausura champions
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1st | None | |
![]() 1 berth |
Real Estelí
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Champions with better aggregate record in 2010–11 season | 2nd | 2008–09 |
Caribbean (3 teams) | ||||
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Puerto Rico Islanders | 2011 CFU Club Championship champions | 4th | 2010–11 |
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Tempête | 2011 CFU Club Championship runners-up | 1st | None |
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Alpha United | 2011 CFU Club Championship third place | 1st | None |
- Number of appearances and last appearance count only those in the Champions Leagueera starting from 2008–09 (not counting those in the era of the Champions' Cup from 1962 to 2008).
1 Berth originally awarded to Belize (Belize Defence Force) but Belize failed CONCACAF stadium requirements, so the spot vacated was awarded to Honduras (Olimpia) based on performance from last season.[3]
Format
Like the previous editions, the tournament is divided into three phases:[4]
- In the preliminary round, 16 teams are drawn into eight two-legged home-and-away ties, with each tie containing one team from Pot A and one team from Pot B. The eight winners qualify for the group stage to join the eight teams which directly enter the group stage.
- In the group stage, 16 teams are drawn into four groups of four playing in a round-robin home-and-away format, with each group containing two direct entries (one team from Pot A and one team from Pot B) and two Preliminary Round winners. The top two teams from each group advance to the quarterfinals of the championship round.
- In the championship round, the eight teams play in a knockout tournament, with each tie played in two-legged home-and-away format.
Teams from the same association (excluding "wildcard" teams which replace a team from another association) may not be drawn with each other in the preliminary round and Group Stage, but may be drawn with each other in the championship round, where the only restriction is that in the quarterfinals, a group winner has to be drawn with the runner-up of another group and also host the second leg.
For the two-legged ties of the preliminary round and Championship Round, the
Group Stage | ||||
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Pot A | ![]() |
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Los Angeles Galaxy
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Pot B | Alajuelense
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Comunicaciones
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Preliminary round | ||||
Pot A | Santos Laguna
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Morelia
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Motagua
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Pot B | ![]() |
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Alianza
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Real Estelí
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Schedule
Round | Draw date | First leg | Second leg | |
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Preliminary round | Preliminary | May 18, 2011 (New York, United States)[5] |
July 26–28, 2011 | August 2–4, 2011 |
Group Stage | Matchday 1 | August 16–18, 2011 | ||
Matchday 2 | August 23–25, 2011 | |||
Matchday 3 | September 13–15, 2011 | |||
Matchday 4 | September 20–22, 2011 | |||
Matchday 5 | September 27–29, 2011 | |||
Matchday 6 | October 18–20, 2011 | |||
Championship Round | Quarterfinals | November 8, 2011 (New York, United States)[6] |
March 6–8, 2012 | March 13–15, 2012 |
Semifinals | March 28, 2012 | April 4, 2012 | ||
Final | April 18, 2012 | April 25, 2012 |
Preliminary round
The draw for the preliminary round and the group stage was held on May 18, 2011.[7] The first legs of the preliminary round were played July 26–28, 2011, while the second legs were played August 2–4, 2011.
Team 1 | Agg.
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Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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4–2 | ![]() |
4–0 | 0–2 | |
7–0 | ![]() |
5–0 | 2–0 | |
Isidro Metapán ![]() |
3–3 (a) | ![]() |
2–0 | 1–3 |
4–3 | ![]() |
3–1 | 1–2 | |
0–2 | ![]() |
0–1 | 0–1 | |
Toronto FC ![]() |
4–2 | Real Estelí
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2–1 | 2–1 |
San Francisco ![]() |
1–2 | ![]() |
1–0 | 0–2 (a.e.t.) |
Herediano ![]() |
10–2 | ![]() |
8–0 | 2–2 |
Group stage
The Group Stage were played in 6 matchdays during August–October 2011: August 16–18, August 23–25, September 13–15, September 20–22, September 27–29, and October 18–20.[7] The top two teams of each group advanced to the championship round.[4]
Group A
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | LA
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MOR
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ALA
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MOT
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Los Angeles Galaxy
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6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 12[a] | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | ||
Morelia
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6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 12[a] | 2–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 | ||
Alajuelense
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6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 12[a] | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | ||
Motagua
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6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 14 | −12 | 0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–4 |
Notes:
- ^ a b c Tiebreakers: Los Angeles Galaxy, Morelia and Alajuelense are ranked by their head-to-head records.
Group B
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | SAN
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MET | COL | REA | |
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Santos Laguna
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6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 6 | +10 | 13 | 6–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | ||
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6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 15 | −5 | 9 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 3–2 | ||
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6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 12 | −3 | 7 | 1–4 | 3–2 | 1–2 | ||
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6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | −2 | 5 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 |
Group C
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | UNAM | TOR | DAL | TAU | |
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6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 11 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | ||
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6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | ||
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6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | −5 | 7 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 1–1 | ||
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6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 5 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 5–3 |
Group D
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | MON | SEA | COM
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HER | |
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6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 4 | +7 | 12 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | ||
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6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | +3 | 10 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 0–1 | ||
Comunicaciones
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6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 13 | −5 | 7 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | ||
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6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 11 | −5 | 6 | 0–5 | 1–2 | 4–1 |
Championship round
Bracket
The draw for the championship round was held on November 8, 2011.[8] In the quarterfinals, the group winners were assured of playing the second leg at home, and were drawn against the group runners-up, with the only restriction being that they could not face the same team that they played in the group stage (and thus they could face a team from the same association).[4]
Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | |||||||||||||||
Morelia
| 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
![]() | 3 | 4 | 7 | ||||||||||||||
![]() | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
![]() | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
![]() | 1 | 8 | 9 | ||||||||||||||
![]() | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
Santos Laguna
| 0 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
![]() | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
Los Angeles Galaxy
| 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
![]() | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
Santos Laguna
| 1 | 6 | 7 | ||||||||||||||
![]() | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
Santos Laguna
| 1 | 6 | 7 |
Quarter-finals
The first legs of the quarter-finals were played March 6–8, 2012, and the second legs were played March 13–15, 2012.
Team 1 | Agg.
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Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Seattle Sounders FC ![]() |
3–7 | Santos Laguna
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2–1 | 1–6 |
Isidro Metapán ![]() |
2–9 | ![]() |
2–1 | 0–8 |
Toronto FC ![]() |
4–3 | Los Angeles Galaxy
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2–2 | 2–1 |
2–7 | ![]() |
1–3 | 1–4 |
Semi-finals
The first legs of the semi-finals were played March 28, 2012, and the second legs were played April 4, 2012.
Team 1 | Agg.
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Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Toronto FC ![]() |
3–7 | Santos Laguna
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1–1 | 2–6 |
Monterrey ![]() |
4–1 | ![]() |
3–0 | 1–1 |
Final
The first leg of the final was played April 18, 2012, and the second leg was played April 25, 2012.
Team 1 | Agg.
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Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Monterrey ![]() |
3–2 | Santos Laguna
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2–0 | 1–2 |
CONCACAF Champions League 2011–12 champion |
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Monterrey Second title |
Top goalscorers
Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
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1 | ![]() |
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7 |
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Santos Laguna
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3 | Jorge Barbosa |
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6 |
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Santos Laguna
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6 | ![]() |
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5 |
Ryan Johnson |
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Cristian Suárez |
Santos Laguna
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9 | ![]() |
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4 |
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Santos Laguna
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Source:[9]
Awards
For the first time, CONCACAF awarded a Golden Boot trophy to the top scorer and a Golden Ball trophy to the player of the tournament. Humberto Suazo won the Golden Boot over Oribe Peralta by the tie-breaker of scoring more goals over the two-leg final.[10] Oribe Peralta won the Golden Ball, determined by a combination of fan and media votes.[11]
References
- ^ "2011-2012 CONCACAF Champions League Schedule" (PDF). CONCACAF.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-10-27. Retrieved 2011-07-02.
- ^ "Qualifying 2011/2012". CONCACAF.com. Archived from the original on 2011-07-20.
- ^ "Olimpia awarded fourth straight CCL berth". CONCACAF.com. May 17, 2011. Archived from the original on 2011-05-21. Retrieved 2011-05-17.
- ^ a b c "CONCACAF Champions League Regulations 2011/2012" (PDF). CONCACAF.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-09-24. Retrieved 2011-05-18.
- ^ "Champions League draw set for May 18". CONCACAF.com. April 11, 2011. Archived from the original on 2012-09-25. Retrieved 2011-04-12.
- ^ "CCL Championship Round draw set for November 8". CONCACAF.com. November 1, 2011. Archived from the original on 2011-11-04. Retrieved 2011-11-02.
- ^ a b "CCL draw pits Monterrey vs. Comunicaciones". CONCACAF.com. May 18, 2011. Archived from the original on 2011-05-21. Retrieved 2011-05-19.
- ^ "CCL Championship Round draw held in NYC". CONCACAF.com. November 8, 2011. Archived from the original on 2011-11-10. Retrieved 2011-11-08.
- ^ "Champions League 2011/2012 — Topscorers". CONCACAF.com. Archived from the original on 19 January 2012. Retrieved 5 April 2012.
- ^ "CCL - Golden Boot: Humberto Suazo (Monterrey)". CONCACAF.com.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "CCL - Golden Ball: Oribe Peralta (Santos Laguna)". CONCACAF.com. Archived from the original on 2012-05-01. Retrieved 2012-04-26.
External links
- CONCACAF Champions League official website