2022 CONCACAF League

2022 CONCACAF League

2022 Scotiabank CONCACAF League
Tournament details
Dates	26 July – 2 November
Teams	22 (from 10 associations)
Final positions
Champions	Olimpia (2nd title)
Runners-up	Alajuelense
Tournament statistics
Matches played	42
Goals scored	94 (2.24 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Ramiro Rocca (6 goals)
Best player(s)	Michaell Chirinos
Best young player	Aarón Suárez
Best goalkeeper	Leonel Moreira
Fair play award	Alajuelense
← 2021

The 2022 CONCACAF League (officially the 2022 Scotiabank CONCACAF League for sponsorship purposes) was the sixth and final edition of the CONCACAF League, a football club competition organized by CONCACAF, the regional governing body of North America, Central America, and the Caribbean. ^[1]

Olimpia defeated Alajuelense in the final to win their second CONCACAF League title. As winners, they and the next best five teams qualified for the 2023 CONCACAF Champions League. ^{[2] [3]} Comunicaciones were the title holders, but were eliminated by Diriangén in the Round of 16.

Qualification

A total of 22 teams participated in the CONCACAF League:

• North American Zone: 1 team (from one association)
• Central American Zone: 18 teams (from seven associations)
• Caribbean Zone: 3 teams (from two or three associations)

Therefore, teams from either 10 or 11 out of the 41 CONCACAF member associations may participate in the CONCACAF League.

North America

The one berth for the North American Zone (NAFU) was allocated to the Canadian Soccer Association through the previous year's Canadian Premier League. The league champion, decided by the Canadian Premier League Finals contested between the two semifinal winners, qualified. ^[4] They are the second Canadian representative included in CONCACAF competitions, besides the Canadian Championship champions which qualify for the CONCACAF Champions League.

Central America

The 18 berths for the Central American Football Union (UNCAF), which consists of seven member associations, were allocated as follows: three berths for each of Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Panama, two berths for Nicaragua, and one berth for Belize.

All of the leagues of Central America employ a split season with two tournaments in one season, so the following teams qualified for the CONCACAF League:

• In the league of Costa Rica, both champions, and the non-champions with the best Clausura record, qualified. If there was any team which were champions of both tournaments, the non-champions with the second best Clausura record qualified.
• In the leagues of El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Panama, both champions, and the runners-up with the better aggregate record (or any team which are runners-up of both tournaments), qualify. If there is any team which are finalists of both tournaments, the runners-up with the worse aggregate record qualify. If there are any two teams which are finalists of both tournaments, the semi-finalists with the best aggregate record qualify.
• In the league of Nicaragua, both champions qualify. If there is any team which are champions of both tournaments, the runners-up with the better aggregate record (or any team which are runners-up of both tournaments) qualify.
• In the league of Belize, the champions with the better aggregate record (or any team which are champions of both tournaments) qualify.

If teams from any Central American associations were excluded, they would be replaced by teams from other Central American associations, with the associations chosen based on results from previous CONCACAF League and CONCACAF Champions League tournaments. ^[5]

Caribbean

The three berths for the Caribbean Football Union (CFU), which consists of 31 member associations, were allocated via the CONCACAF Caribbean Club Championship and CONCACAF Caribbean Club Shield, the first-tier and second-tier subcontinental Caribbean club tournaments. Since 2018, the CONCACAF Caribbean Club Championship is open to teams from professional leagues, where they can qualify as champions or runners-up of their respective association's league in the previous season, while the CONCACAF Caribbean Club Shield is open to teams from non-professional leagues, where they can qualify as champions of their respective association's league in the previous season. ^[6]

Besides the champions of the CONCACAF Caribbean Club Championship which qualified for the CONCACAF Champions League, the runners-up and third-placed team of the CONCACAF Caribbean Club Championship, and the winners of a playoff between the fourth-placed team of the CONCACAF Caribbean Club Championship and the champions of the CONCACAF Caribbean Club Shield, qualified for the CONCACAF League. For the champions of the CONCACAF Caribbean Club Shield to be eligible for the playoff, they were required to comply with the minimum CONCACAF Club Licensing requirements for the CONCACAF League. ^[7]

Teams

Pacific

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Location of teams of the 2022 CONCACAF League
North American Zone

The following 22 teams (from eleven associations) qualified for the tournament. ^[2]

• Ten teams enter in the round of 16: two each from Costa Rica, Honduras, and Panama, and one each from El Salvador, Guatemala, Nicaragua, and the Caribbean.
• Twelve teams enter in the preliminary round: two each from El Salvador, Guatemala, and the Caribbean, and one each from Canada, Costa Rica, Honduras, Panama, Nicaragua, and Belize.

Herediano

Cartaginés

Alajuelense

Olimpia

Motagua

Real España

Tauro

Alianza

Sporting San Miguelito

Alianza

Águila

Platense

Malacateco

Comunicaciones

Municipal

Diriangén

Real Estelí

Verdes

Cibao

Atlético Vega Real

Waterhouse

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Location of teams of the 2022 CONCACAF League
Central American Zone Caribbean Zone
Teams in bold enter in the round of 16

Qualified teams from North America (1 team: entering in Preliminary Round)

Association	Team	Entry round	Qualifying method	App.(last)	Previous best (last)
Canada (1 PR berth)	Pacific FC	Preliminary round	2021 Canadian Premier League champions	1st	Debut

Qualified teams from Central America (18 teams: 9 entering in Round of 16, 9 entering in Preliminary Round)

Association	Team	Entry round	Qualifying method	App.(last)	Previous best (last)
Costa Rica (3 berths: 2 R16 + 1 PR)	Herediano	Round of 16	Champions with better 2021–22 aggregate record (2021 Apertura)	4th (2020)	Champions (2018)
	Cartaginés	Round of 16	Champions with worse 2021–22 aggregate record (2022 Clausura)	1st	Debut
	Alajuelense	Preliminary round	Non-champions with best regular season record in 2021 Clausura	4th (2021)	Champions (2020)
Honduras (3 berths: 2 R16 + 1 PR)	Olimpia	Round of 16	2021 Apertura champions	5th (2021)	Champions (2017)
	Motagua	Round of 16	2022 Clausura champions	5th (2021)	Runners-up (2019)
	Real España	Preliminary round	2021 Apertura and 2022 Clausura runners-up	2nd (2018)	Round of 16 (2018)
Panama (3 berths: 2 R16 + 1 PR)	Tauro	Round of 16	Champions with better 2021–22 aggregate record (2021 Clausura)	4th (2021)	Semi-finals (2018)
	Alianza	Round of 16	Champions with worse 2021–22 aggregate record (2022 Apertura)	1st	Debut
	Sporting San Miguelito	Preliminary round	Non-champions with best 2021–22 aggregate record (2022 Apertura)	1st	Debut
El Salvador (3 berths: 1 R16 + 2 PR)	Alianza	Round of 16	Champions with better 2021–22 aggregate record (2021 Apertura)	4th (2021)	Semi-finals (2019)
	Águila	Preliminary round	Champions with worse 2021–22 aggregate record (2022 Clausura)	3rd (2019)	Quarterfinals (2017)
	Platense	Preliminary round	Non-champions with best 2021–22 aggregate record	1st	Debut
Guatemala (3 berths: 1 R16 + 2 PR)	Comunicaciones	Round of 16	Champions with better 2021–22 aggregate record (2022 Clausura)	4th (2021)	Champions (2021)
	Malacateco	Preliminary round	Champions with worse 2021–22 aggregate record (2021 Apertura)	1st	Debut
	Municipal	Preliminary round	Non-champions with best 2021–22 aggregate record	2nd (2020)	Round of 16 (2021)
Nicaragua (2 berths: 1 R16 + 1 PR)	Diriangén	Round of 16	Champions of both Apertura and Clausura Finals 2021–22 Liga Primera de Nicaragua	5th (2021)	Round of 16 (2018)
	Real Esteli	Preliminary round	Non-champions with best 2021–22 Liga Primera de Nicaragua record	5th (2021)	Quarterfinals (2020)
Belize (1 PR berth)	Verdes	Preliminary round	Champions with better 2021–22 aggregate record	3rd (2021)	Preliminary Round (2021)

Qualified teams from Caribbean (3 teams: 1 entering in Round of 16, 2 entering in Preliminary Round)

Association	Team	Entry round	Qualifying method	App.(last)	Previous best (last)
Dominican Republic (2 berths: 1 R16 + 1 PR)	Cibao FC	Round of 16	2022 CONCACAF Caribbean Club Championship runners-up (2nd overall)	2nd (2020)	Preliminary Round (2020)
	Atlético Vega Real	Preliminary round	2022 CONCACAF Caribbean Club Championship third place (3rd overall)	1st	Debut
Jamaica (1 PR berth)	Waterhouse	Preliminary round	2022 Caribbean CONCACAF League playoff winners	3rd (2020)	Quarterfinal (2019)

Draw

The draw for the 2022 CONCACAF League was held on 8 June 2022, 20:00 EDT (UTC−4), at the CONCACAF headquarters in Miami, United States. ^[8]

For the preliminary round, the draw determined each tie (numbered 1 through 6) between a team from Pot 1 and a team from Pot 2, each containing six teams. Teams from the same association could not be drawn against each other except for "wildcard" teams which replace a team from another association.

For the round of 16, the draw determined each tie (numbered 1 through 8) between a team from Pot 3 and a team from Pot 4, each containing eight teams. Teams from the same association could not be drawn against each other except for "wildcard" teams which replace a team from another association. The six preliminary round winners, whose identity was not known at the time of the draw, were placed in Pot 4 and could be drawn into the same tie with another team from the same association.

The seeding of teams was based on the CONCACAF Club Index. The CONCACAF Club Index, instead of ranking each team, is based on the on-field performance of the teams that have occupied the respective qualifying slots in the previous five editions of the CONCACAF League and CONCACAF Champions League. To determine the total points awarded to a slot in any single edition of the CONCACAF League or CONCACAF Champions League, CONCACAF uses the following formula:

Points per	Participation	Win	Draw	Stage advanced	Champions
CONCACAF Champions League (2018–2019)	4	3	1	1	2
CONCACAF League (2017–2020)	2	3	1	0.5	1

Teams qualified for the CONCACAF League based on criteria set by their association (e.g., tournament champions, runners-up, cup champions), resulting in an assigned slot (e.g., CRC1, CRC2) for each team.

The 22 teams were distributed in the pots as follows: ^[9]

Teams in preliminary round draw

Pot	Rank	Slot	2017 CL or 2018 CCL	2018 CL or 2019 CCL	2019 CL	2020 CL	2021 CL	Total	Team
Pot 1	1	CRC3	2	19.5	27	18	18	84.5	Alajuelense
	2	GUA3	0	0	12	4.5	30	46.5	Municipal
	3	HON3	2	21.5	3	6	12	44.5	Real España
	4	SLV3	8.5	6.5	16.5	2	3	36.5	Platense
	5	CAN2	0	0	9.5	10	16.5	36	Pacific FC
	6	PAN3	11	15	2	3	3.5	34.5	Sporting San Miguelito
Pot 2	7	SLV2	11.5	5	7.5	3	3	30	Águila
	8	CCC3	5	5.5	4	10.5	2	27	Atlético Vega Real
	9	NCA2	9.5	2	5	3.5	2	22	Real Estelí
	10	GUA2	0	0	3	3	8.5	14.5	Malacateco
	11	CCC4	2	5	5.5	2	0	14.5	Waterhouse
	12	BLZ1	2	2	2	2	2	10	Verdes

Teams in round of 16 draw

Pot	Rank	Slot	2017 CL or 2018 CCL	2018 CL or 2019 CCL	2019 CL	2020 CL	2021 CL	Total	Team
Pot 3	1	HON1	5	4	16.5	10	5	40.5	Olimpia
	2	HON2	2	3	13	6.5	15.5	40	Motagua
	3	CRC1	5	7	7.5	12.5	4	36	Herediano
	4	PAN2	13	8.5	6.5	2	2	32	Alianza
	5	PAN1	8	12	5	2	2	29	Tauro
	6	NCA1	5	5.5	3	6.5	5	25	Diriangén
	7	SLV1	7	5	5	3	2	22	Alianza
	8	CRC2	5	3	4	2	4	18	Cartaginés
Pot 4	9	CCC2	2	5	5.5	2	2	16.5	Cibao
	10	GUA1	0	4	3	2	5	14	Comunicaciones
	11	Winner preliminary round 1
	12	Winner preliminary round 2
	13	Winner preliminary round 3
	14	Winner preliminary round 4
	15	Winner preliminary round 5
	16	Winner preliminary round 6

Format

In the CONCACAF League, the 22 teams played a single-elimination tournament. Each tie was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis.

• In the preliminary round, round of 16, quarter-finals, and semi-finals, the away goals rule was applied if the aggregate score is tied after the second leg. If still tied, the penalty shoot-out was used to determine the winner.
• In the final, the away goals rule was not applied, and extra time would be played if the aggregate score was tied after the second leg. If the aggregate score was still tied after extra time, the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner.

Schedule

The schedule of the competition was as follows.

Round	First leg	Second leg
Preliminary round	26–28 July	2–4 August
Round of 16	16–18 August	23–25 August
Quarter-finals	7–8 September	13–15 September
Semi-finals	4–5 October	11 October
Final	26 October	2 November

Times are Eastern Daylight Time (i.e., UTC−4), as listed by CONCACAF (local times are in parentheses).

Bracket

	Preliminary round						Round of 16						Quarter-finals						Semi-finals						Final
							Tauro	1	1	2
							Sporting San Miguelito	0	1	1
	Sporting San Miguelito	1	3	4
	Malacateco	1	0	1
													Tauro	0	0	0 (4)
													Motagua (p)	0	0	0 (5)
							Motagua	1	2	3
							Cibao	0	0	0
																			Motagua	0	0	0
																			Olimpia	0	1	1
							Olimpia	2	1	3
							Municipal	2	0	2
	Municipal	4	5	9
	Atletico Vega Real	0	0	0
													Olimpia	4	3	7
													Diriangén	0	1	1
							Diriangén	1	1	2
							Comunicaciones	0	1	1
																									Olimpia	3	2	5
																									Alajuelense	2	2	4
							Herediano (p)	1	0	1 (6)
							Pacific FC	0	1	1 (5)
	Pacific FC	0	6	6
	Waterhouse	0	0	0
													Herediano	1	1	2
													Real España	3	1	4
							Cartaginés	0	0	0
							Real España	2	2	4
	Real España	0	3	3
	Real Estelí	0	1	1
																			Real España	0	2	2
																			Alajuelense	3	2	5
							Alianza	0	1	1
							Alajuelense	5	1	6
	Alajuelense	1	3	4
	Águila	1	0	1
													Alajuelense	1	2	3
													Alianza	0	0	0
							Alianza	2	5	7
							Verdes	0	1	1
	Platense	0	2	2
	Verdes (a)	0	2	2

1. ^† Order of legs to be decided, with the team which have the better performance in previous rounds (excluding preliminary round) hosting the second leg.

Preliminary round

In the preliminary round, the matchups were decided by draw: PR-1 through PR-6. The teams from Pot 1 in the draw host the second leg.

Summary

The first legs were played on 26–28 July, and the second legs were played on 2–4 August 2022. ^[10]

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Verdes	2–2 (a)	Platense	0–0	2–2
Águila	1–4	Alajuelense	1–1	0–3
Real Estelí	1–3	Real España	0–0	1–3
Malacateco	1–4	Sporting San Miguelito	1–1	0–3
Waterhouse	0–6	Pacific FC	0–0	0–6
Atlético Vega Real	0–9	Municipal	0–4	0–5

Matches

27 July 2022 (2022-07-27)

22:00 (20:00  UTC−6)

Verdes	0–0	Platense
	Report

FFB Stadium, Belmopan

Referee: Ken Pennyfeather (Antigua and Barbuda)

3 August 2022 (2022-08-03)

22:00 (20:00  UTC−6)

Platense	2–2	Verdes
Machado 61' Ortiz 84' (pen.)	Report	Ibarra 19' Villeda 38'

Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador

Referee: Félix Mojica (Nicaragua)

Tied 2–2 on aggregate. Verdes won on away goals.

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26 July 2022 (2022-07-26)

22:00 (20:00  UTC−6)

Águila	1–1	Alajuelense
Acuña 51'	Report	Félix 85'

Estadio Juan Francisco Barraza, San Miguel

Referee: Jefferson Escobar (Honduras)

2 August 2022 (2022-08-02)

20:00 (18:00  UTC−6)

Alajuelense	3–0	Águila
Suárez 3' Alfaro 67' David 75'	Report

Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá, San José

Referee: Adonai Escobedo (Mexico)

Alajuelense won 4–1 on aggregate

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28 July 2022 (2022-07-28)

22:00 (20:00  UTC−6)

Real Estelí	0–0	Real España
	Report

Estadio Independencia, Estelí

Referee: José Fuentes (Guatemala)

4 August 2022 (2022-08-04)

20:00 (18:00  UTC−6)

Real España	3–1	Real Estelí
Rocca 7' (pen.), 68' Reyes 88'	Report	Monserrat 23' (pen.)

Estadio General Francisco Morazán, San Pedro Sula

Referee: Mario Escobar (Guatemala)

Real España won 3–1 on aggregate

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27 July 2022 (2022-07-27)

20:00 (18:00  UTC−6)

Malacateco	1–1	Sporting San Miguelito
Aguilar 75'	Report	Samms 55' (pen.)

Estadio Pensativo, Antigua Guatemala

Referee: Damien Rosa (France)

3 August 2022 (2022-08-03)

20:00 (19:00  UTC−5)

Sporting San Miguelito	3–0	Malacateco
Machado 14' Galván 30' Dwann 70'	Report

Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City

Referee: Filiberto Martínez (El Salvador)

Sporting San Miguelito won 4–1 on aggregate

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26 July 2022 (2022-07-26)

20:00 (19:00  UTC−5)

Waterhouse	0–0	Pacific FC
	Report

Sabina Park, Kingston

Referee: Josué Ugalde (Costa Rica)

2 August 2022 (2022-08-02)

22:00 (19:00  UTC−7)

Pacific FC	6–0	Waterhouse
Díaz 13', 54', 73' Bustos 41' Heard 56', 61'	Report

Starlight Stadium, Langford

Attendance: 4,487

Referee: Nima Saghafi (United States)

Pacific FC won 6–0 on aggregate

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28 July 2022 (2022-07-28)

20:00

Atlético Vega Real	0–4	Municipal
	Report	Martínez 28' Archila 36' Sequen 49' Rotondi 90+2'

Estadio Cibao FC, Santiago de los Caballeros

Referee: Fernando Morón (Panama)

4 August 2022 (2022-08-04)

22:00 (20:00  UTC−6)

Municipal	5–0	Atlético Vega Real
López 22' Rotondi 43' (pen.) Barrientos 44' Portillo 68' (pen.) Méndez 78'	Report

Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores, Guatemala City

Referee: Iván Barton (El Salvador)

Municipal won 9–0 on aggregate

Round of 16

In the round of 16, the matchups were decided by draw: R16-1 through R16-6. The teams from Pot 3 in the draw host the second leg.

Summary

The first legs were played on 16–18 August, and the second legs were played on 23–25 August 2022. ^[11]

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Sporting San Miguelito	1–2	Tauro	0–1	1–1
Cibao	0–3	Motagua	0–1	0–2
Municipal	2–3	Olimpia	2–2	0–1
Comunicaciones	1–2	Diriangén	0–1	1–1
Pacific FC	1–1 (5–6 p)	Herediano	0–1	1–0
Real España	4–0	Cartaginés	2–0	2–0
Alajuelense	6–1	Alianza	5–0	1–1
Verdes	1–7	Alianza	0–2	1–5

Matches

16 August 2022 (2022-08-16)

18:00 (17:00 UTC−5)

Sporting San Miguelito	0–1	Tauro
	Report	Sinclair 82'

Estadio Universitario F.C., Penonomé

Referee: David Gómez (Costa Rica)

23 August 2022 (2022-08-23)

18:00 (17:00 UTC−5)

Tauro	1–1	Sporting San Miguelito
Gudiño 78'	Report	Negrete 32' (o.g.)

Estadio Universitario F.C., Penonomé

Referee: Steffon Dewar (Jamaica)

Tauro won 2–1 on aggregate

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17 August 2022 (2022-08-17)

20:00

Cibao	0–1	Motagua
	Report	Mejía 79'

Estadio Cibao FC, Santiago de los Caballeros

Referee: Joseph Dickerson (United States)

24 August 2022 (2022-08-24)

20:00 (18:00 UTC−6)

Motagua	2–0	Cibao
Tejeda 51' Hernández 90+1'	Report

Estadio Nacional Chelato Ucles, Tegucigalpa

Referee: Benjamín Pineda (Costa Rica)

Motagua won 3–0 on aggregate

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18 August 2022 (2022-08-18)

22:00 (20:00 UTC−6)

Municipal	2–2	Olimpia
Rotondi 55' (pen.) Matos 69'	Report	Moya 3' García 9'

Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores, Guatemala City

Referee: Marco Ortiz (Mexico)

25 August 2022 (2022-08-25)

22:30 (20:30 UTC−6)

Olimpia	1–0	Municipal
Chirinos 65'	Report

Estadio Nacional Chelato Ucles, Tegucigalpa

Referee: Rubiel Vázquez (United States)

Olimpia won 3–2 on aggregate

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16 August 2022 (2022-08-16)

20:00 (18:00 UTC−6)

Comunicaciones	0–1	Diriangén
	Report	Peters 34'

Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores, Guatemala City

Referee: Moeth Gaymes (Saint Vincent and the Grenadines)

23 August 2022 (2022-08-23)

22:30 (20:30 UTC−6)

Diriangén	1–1	Comunicaciones
Robinson 7'	Report	Santis 51'

Estadio Cacique Diriangén, Diriamba

Referee: Lendy Taveras (Bahamas)

Diriangén won 2–1 on aggregate

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16 August 2022 (2022-08-16)

22:00 (19:00 UTC−7)

Pacific FC	0–1	Herediano
	Report	Brenes 83'

Starlight Stadium, Langford

Referee: José Torres (Puerto Rico)

23 August 2022 (2022-08-23)

20:15 (18:15 UTC−6)

Herediano	0–1	Pacific FC
	Report	dos Santos 89'
Penalties
Basulto Rocha Brenes López Campos Galo Soto	6–5	Meilleur-Giguère Heard Bustos Daniels Aparicio dos Santos Đidić

Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá, San José

Referee: Bryan López (Guatemala)

Tied 1–1 on aggregate. Herediano won 6–5 on penalties.

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18 August 2022 (2022-08-18)

18:00 (16:00 UTC−6)

Real España	2–0	Cartaginés
Rocca 13' Reyes 72'	Report

Estadio General Francisco Morazán, San Pedro Sula

Referee: Oliver Vargara (Panama)

25 August 2022 (2022-08-25)

18:00 (16:00 UTC−6)

Cartaginés	0–2	Real España
	Report	Benavídez 32' Vargas 45+2' (o.g.)

Estadio José Rafael Meza, Cartago

Referee: Iván Barton (El Salvador)

Real España won 4–0 on aggregate

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18 August 2022 (2022-08-18)

20:00 (18:00 UTC−6)

Alajuelense	5–0	Alianza
Rodríguez 8', 31', 36' López 41' Cubero 84'	Report

Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá, San José

Referee: Julio Luna (Guatemala)

25 August 2022 (2022-08-25)

20:15 (19:15 UTC−5)

Alianza	1–1	Alajuelense
Álvarado 68'	Report	Cano 37' (o.g.)

Estadio Universitario F.C., Penonomé

Referee: Lyes Arfa (Canada)

Alajuelense won 6–1 on aggregate

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17 August 2022 (2022-08-17)

22:00 (20:00 UTC−6)

Verdes	0–2	Alianza
	Report	Landazuri 57' Zelaya 67'

FFB Stadium, Belmopan

Referee: Selvin Brown (Honduras)

24 August 2022 (2022-08-24)

22:15 (20:15 UTC−5)

Alianza	5–1	Verdes
Landazuri 10' Zelaya 20' (pen.) Monterroza 50' Rivas 64' Mauricio 84'	Report	Lopez 54'

Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador

Referee: Said Martínez (Honduras)

Alianza won 7–1 on aggregate

Quarter-finals

In the quarter-finals, the matchups were determined as follows:

• QF1: Winner R16-1 vs. Winner R16-2
• QF2: Winner R16-3 vs. Winner R16-4
• QF3: Winner R16-5 vs. Winner R16-6
• QF4: Winner R16-7 vs. Winner R16-8

The winners of round of 16 matchups 1, 3, 5, 7 host the second leg.

Summary

The first legs were played on 7–8 September, and the second legs were played on 13–15 September 2022. ^[12]

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Motagua	0–0 (5–4 p)	Tauro	0–0	0–0
Diriangén	1–7	Olimpia	0–4	1–3
Real España	4–2	Herediano	3–1	1–1
Alianza	0–3	Alajuelense	0–1	0–2

Matches

8 September 2022 (2022-09-08)

18:00 (16:00 UTC−6)

Motagua	0–0	Tauro
	Report

Estadio Nacional Chelato Uclés, Tegucigalpa

Referee: Juan Gabriel Calderón (Costa Rica)

14 September 2022 (2022-09-14)

22:00 (21:00 UTC−5)

Tauro	0–0	Motagua
	Report
Penalties
Aguilar Gutiérrez Botello Camargo Rodríguez	4–5	Moreira Tejeda Decas Santos Moncada

Estadio Universitario F.C., Penonomé

Referee: José Torres (Puerto Rico)

Tied 0–0 on aggregate. Motagua won 5–4 on penalties.

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8 September 2022 (2022-09-08)

22:00 (20:00 UTC−6)

Diriangén	0–4	Olimpia
	Report	Moya 5' Bengtson 19' Rodríguez 41' Benguché 90+1'

Estadio Cacique Diriangén, Diriamba

Referee: Keylor Herrera (Costa Rica)

15 September 2022 (2022-09-15)

22:15 (20:15 UTC−6)

Olimpia	3–1	Diriangén
Bengtson 62' Benguché 81' Chirinos 90+4' (pen.)	Report	Torres 32'

Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula

Referee: Daneon Parchment (Jamaica)

Olimpia won 7–1 on aggregate

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8 September 2022 (2022-09-08)

20:00 (18:00 UTC−6)

Real España	3–1	Herediano
Y. Mejía 63' C. Mejía 69' Rocca 80'	Report	Fuller 74'

Estadio General Francisco Morazán, San Pedro Sula

Referee: Fernando Guerrero (Mexico)

15 September 2022 (2022-09-15)

20:00 (18:00 UTC−6)

Herediano	1–1	Real España
Contreras 82'	Report	Montes 3'

Estadio Nacional, San José

Referee: Armando Villarreal (United States)

Real España won 4–2 on aggregate

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7 September 2022 (2022-09-07)

22:00 (20:00 UTC−6)

Alianza	0–1	Alajuelense
	Report	Alfaro 38'

Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador

Referee: Tori Penso (United States)

13 September 2022 (2022-09-13)

22:00 (20:00 UTC−6)

Alajuelense	2–0	Alianza
Venegas 7' (pen.) Suárez 87'	Report

Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto, Alajuela

Referee: Walter López Ramos (Honduras)

Alajuelense won 3–0 on aggregate

Semi-finals

In the semi-finals, the matchups were determined as follows:

• SF1: Winner QF1 vs. Winner QF2
• SF2: Winner QF3 vs. Winner QF4

The semi-finalists in each tie which had the better performance in previous rounds (excluding preliminary round) hosted the second leg.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Host
2 (SF1)	Olimpia	4	3	1	0	10	3	+7	10	Second leg
1 (SF1)	Motagua	4	2	2	0	3	0	+3	8	First leg
2 (SF2)	Alajuelense	4	3	1	0	9	1	+8	10	Second leg
1 (SF2)	Real España	4	3	1	0	8	2	+6	10	First leg

Updated to match(es) played on 15 September 2022. Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Away goals scored; 5) Wins; 6) Away wins; 7) Disciplinary points (1 point for yellow card, 3 points for indirect red card, 4 points for direct red card, 5 points for yellow card and direct red card); 8) Drawing of lots

Summary

The first legs were played on 4–5 October, and the second legs were played on 11 October 2022. ^[13]

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Motagua	0–1	Olimpia	0–0	0–1
Real España	2–5	Alajuelense	0–3	2–2

Matches

5 October 2022 (2022-10-05)

21:00 (19:00 UTC−6)

Motagua	0–0	Olimpia
	Report

Estadio Nacional Chelato Uclés, Tegucigalpa

Referee: Mario Escobar (Guatemala)

11 October 2022 (2022-10-11)

22:15 (20:15 UTC−6)

Olimpia	1–0	Motagua
Sánchez 87'	Report

Estadio Nacional Chelato Uclés, Tegucigalpa

Referee: Iván Barton (El Salvador)

Olimpia won 1–0 on aggregate

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4 October 2022 (2022-10-04)

21:00 (19:00 UTC−6)

Real España	0–3	Alajuelense
	Report	Góndola 12' Venegas 59' Borges 61'

Estadio General Francisco Morazán, San Pedro Sula

Referee: César Arturo Ramos (Mexico)

11 October 2022 (2022-10-11)

20:00 (18:00 UTC−6)

Alajuelense	2–2	Real España
López 43' González 90+1'	Report	Rocca 19', 78'

Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto, Alajuela

Referee: Ismail Elfath (United States)

Alajuelense won 5–2 on aggregate

Final

Main article: 2022 CONCACAF League Final

In the final (Winner SF1 vs. Winner SF2), the finalists which had the better performance in previous rounds (excluding preliminary round) hosted the second leg.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Host
1	Alajuelense	6	4	2	0	14	3	+11	14	Second leg
2	Olimpia	6	4	2	0	11	3	+8	14	First leg

Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Away goals scored; 5) Wins; 6) Away wins; 7) Disciplinary points (1 point for yellow card, 3 points for indirect red card, 4 points for direct red card, 5 points for yellow card and direct red card); 8) Drawing of lots

Summary

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Olimpia	5–4	Alajuelense	3–2	2–2

Matches

26 October 2022 (2022-10-26)

21:00 (19:00  UTC−6)

Olimpia	3–2	Alajuelense
Pinto 12' Álvarez 47' Chirinos 68'	Report	Venegas 45+4' González 84'

Estadio Nacional Chelato Uclés, Tegucigalpa

Attendance: 19,320 ^[14]

Referee: Drew Fischer (Canada)

2 November 2022 (2022-11-02)

21:00 (19:00  UTC−6)

Alajuelense	2–2	Olimpia
Suárez 33' Gamboa 40'	Report	Pinto 28' Araújo 88'

Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto, Alajuela

Attendance: 13,486 ^[15]

Referee: Adonai Escobedo (Mexico)

Olimpia won 5–4 on aggregate.

Top goalscorers

  Team eliminated for this round.

Rank	Player	Team	Goals	By round
				PR1	PR2	2R1	2R2	QF1	QF2	SF1	SF2	F1	F2
1	Ramiro Rocca	Real España	6		2	1		1			2
2	Alejandro Díaz	Pacific FC	3		3
	Michaell Chirinos	Olimpia					1		1			1
	Doryan Rodríguez	Alajuelense				3
	Matías Rotondi	Municipal		1	1	1
	Aarón Suárez	Alajuelense		1					1				1
	Johan Venegas	Alajuelense							1	1		1
8	11 players		2

Qualification to CONCACAF Champions League

Starting from the round of 16, teams are ranked based on their results (excluding preliminary round). Based on the ranking, the top six teams, i.e., champions, runners-up, both losing semi-finalists, and best two losing quarter-finalists, qualify for the 2023 CONCACAF Champions League.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Olimpia	8	5	3	0	16	7	+9	18	Champions; 2023 CONCACAF Champions League
2	Alajuelense	8	4	3	1	18	8	+10	15	Runners-up; 2023 CONCACAF Champions League
3	Real España	6	3	2	1	10	7	+3	11	Semi-finalists; 2023 CONCACAF Champions League
4	Motagua	6	2	3	1	3	1	+2	9
5	Alianza	4	2	0	2	7	4	+3	6	Quarter-finalists; 2023 CONCACAF Champions League
6	Tauro	4	1	3	0	2	1	+1	6
7	Herediano	4	1	1	2	3	5	−2	4	Quarter-finalists
8	Diriangén	4	1	1	2	3	8	−5	4
9	Pacific FC	2	1	0	1	1	1	0	3	Round of 16
10	Municipal	2	0	1	1	2	3	−1	1
11	Comunicaciones	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1	1
12	Sporting San Miguelito	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1	1
13	Alianza	2	0	1	1	1	6	−5	1
14	Cibao FC	2	0	0	2	0	3	−3	0
15	Cartaginés	2	0	0	2	0	4	−4	0
16	Verdes	2	0	0	2	1	7	−6	0

Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Away goals scored; 5) Wins; 6) Away wins; 7) Disciplinary points (1 point for yellow card, 3 points for indirect red card, 4 points for direct red card, 5 points for yellow card and direct red card); 8) Drawing of lots (Regulations Article 12.10.4).

Awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament:

Award	Player	Team
Golden Ball [16]	Michaell Chirinos	Olimpia
Golden Boot [17]	Ramiro Rocca	Real España
Golden Glove [18]	Leonel Moreira	Alajuelense
Best Young Player [19]	Aarón Suárez	Alajuelense
Fair Play Award [20]	—	Alajuelense

Team of the Tournament ^[21]

Position	Player	Team
GK	Leonel Moreira	Alajuelense
DF	Carlos Sánchez	Olimpia
	Giancarlo González	Alajuelense
	José García	Olimpia
	Maylor Núñez	Olimpia
MF	Celso Borges	Alajuelense
	José Pinto	Olimpia
	Aarón Suárez	Alajuelense
	Michaell Chirinos	Olimpia
FW	Ramiro Rocca	Real España
	Johan Venegas	Alajuelense

See also

• 2023 CONCACAF Champions League

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External links

• Official website