2024 CONCACAF Central American Cup

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2024 CONCACAF Central American Cup
Tournament details
Dates30 July – 4 December
Teams20 (from 7 associations)
Final positions
Champions Flag of Costa Rica.svg Alajuelense (2nd title)
Runners-up Flag of Nicaragua.svg Real Estelí
Tournament statistics
Matches played58
Goals scored152 (2.62 per match)
Top scorer(s) Flag of Costa Rica.svg Diego Campos
(6 goals)
Best player(s) Flag of Costa Rica.svg Diego Campos
Best young player Flag of Nicaragua.svg Bryan Ordóñez
Best goalkeeper Flag of Costa Rica.svg Leonel Moreira
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The 2024 CONCACAF Central American Cup is the second edition of the CONCACAF Central American Cup, the first-tier annual international club football competition in the Central American region. It is contested by clubs whose football associations are affiliated with the Central American Football Union (UNCAF), a sub-confederation of CONCACAF.

Contents

The winners of the 2024 CONCACAF Central American Cup will qualify directly for the 2025 CONCACAF Champions Cup Round of 16, while the second through sixth-place teams will qualify to Round One of the same competition. [1]

Teams

Twenty teams from the seven UNCAF member associations qualified for the tournament based on results from their domestic leagues. [2] [3] [4] Eighteen slots are predetermined by CONCACAF and the remaining two slots were granted to Costa Rica and Nicaragua as the national associations whose clubs were finalists in the previous edition of the tournament. [5] [6] The slot allocation for this edition was as follows:

AssociationTeamQualifying method
Flag of Belize.svg  Belize (1 berth) Port Layola 2023–24 Premier League tournament champions (2024 Closing) with better record in aggregate table.
Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica
(4 berths)		 Saprissa 2023–24 Liga FPD Apertura and Clausura champions [7]
Herediano 2023–24 Liga FPD aggregate table best team not yet qualified [7]
Alajuelense 2023–24 Liga FPD aggregate table second-best team not yet qualified [7]
Guanacasteca 2023–24 Liga FPD aggregate table third-best team not yet qualified [7]
Flag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador
(3 berths)		 Águila 2023–24 Primera División Apertura champions [8]
Alianza 2023–24 Primera División Clausura champions [8]
Luis Ángel Firpo 2023–24 Primera División aggregate table best team not yet qualified
Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala
(3 berths)		 Comunicaciones 2023–24 Liga Nacional Torneo Apertura champions [9]
Municipal 2023–24 Liga Nacional Torneo Clausura champions [9]
Antigua 2023–24 Liga Nacional aggregate table best team not yet qualified [9]
Flag of Honduras.svg  Honduras
(3 berths)		 Olimpia 2023–24 Honduran Liga Nacional Apertura and Clausura champions
Marathón 2023–24 Honduran Liga Nacional aggregate table best team not yet qualified
Motagua 2023–24 Honduran Liga Nacional aggregate table second-best team not yet qualified
Flag of Nicaragua.svg  Nicaragua
(3 berths)		 Diriangén 2023–24 Liga Primera Apertura and Clausura champions
Managua 2023–24 Liga Primera aggregate table best team not yet qualified
Real Estelí 2023–24 Liga Primera aggregate table second-best team not yet qualified
Flag of Panama.svg  Panama
(3 berths)		 Independiente 2023 Liga Panameña Torneo Clausura champions [10] [11]
Tauro 2024 Liga Panameña Torneo Apertura champions [10] [11]
San Francisco 2023 Liga Panameña Torneo Clausura and 2024 Liga Panameña Torneo Apertura aggregate table best team not yet qualified [10] [11]

Draw

The draw for the group stage was held on 6 June 2024 in Miami, Florida, United States. The 20 involved teams were previously seeded into five pots of four teams each based on their CONCACAF Club Ranking as of 3 June 2024. [4] [12]

Pot 1
TeamRank
Flag of Costa Rica.svg Saprissa 41
Flag of Honduras.svg Olimpia 43
Flag of Costa Rica.svg Alajuelense 50
Flag of Costa Rica.svg Herediano 51
Pot 2
TeamRank
Flag of Guatemala.svg Municipal 52
Flag of Guatemala.svg Comunicaciones 54
Flag of Guatemala.svg Antigua 55
Flag of Honduras.svg Motagua 56
Pot 3
TeamRank
Flag of Panama.svg Tauro 58
Flag of Honduras.svg Marathón 59
Flag of Panama.svg Independiente 60
Flag of Costa Rica.svg Guanacasteca 71
Pot 4
TeamRank
Flag of Panama.svg San Francisco 77
Flag of El Salvador.svg Alianza 80
Flag of Nicaragua.svg Real Estelí 83
Flag of El Salvador.svg Águila 86
Pot 5
TeamRank
Flag of Nicaragua.svg Diriangén 98
Flag of El Salvador.svg Luis Ángel Firpo 113
Flag of Nicaragua.svg Managua 146
Flag of Belize.svg Port Layola 175

For the group stage, the 20 teams were drawn into four groups (Groups A–D) of five containing a team from each of the five pots. Teams from pot 1 were drawn first and were placed in the first position of their group, starting from Group A to Group D. The same procedure was followed for teams from pots 2, 3, 4 and 5, and they were placed in positions 2, 3, 4 and 5, respectively, within the group to which they were drawn. Each group must contain no more than two clubs from the same national association. [4]

Schedule

The schedule of the competition is as follows. [1]

StageRoundFirst legSecond leg
Group StageMatchday 130 July – 1 August
Matchday 26–8 August
Matchday 313–15 August
Matchday 420–22 August
Matchday 527–29 August
KnockoutQuarterfinals24–26 September1–3 October
Semifinals and play-in22–24 October29–31 October
Finals27 November4 December

Group stage

In the group stage, each group was played on a single home-and-away round-robin basis, with teams playing against each other once, for a total of four matches per team (two home and two away). The winners and runners-up of each group advanced to the quarter-finals of the knockout stage.

Group A

PosTeam
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification HER MOT DIR TAU SFR
1 Flag of Costa Rica.svg Herediano 431041+310Advance to Quarter-finals — 1–1 — 1–0 —
2 Flag of Honduras.svg Motagua 421196+37——— 4–1 3–2
3 Flag of Nicaragua.svg Diriangén 421143+17 0–1 2–1 ———
4 Flag of Panama.svg Tauro 410348−43—— 1–2 — 2–1
5 Flag of Panama.svg San Francisco 401336−31 0–1 — 0–0 ——
Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results (points, goal difference, goals scored); 5) Fair play points; 6) Drawing of lots.

Group B

PosTeam
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification ALA COM MAR ALI LAF
1 Flag of Costa Rica.svg Alajuelense 4400116+512Advance to Quarter-finals — 2–1 3–1 ——
2 Flag of Guatemala.svg Comunicaciones 421154+17—— 2–1 1–0 —
3 Flag of Honduras.svg Marathón 420245−16——— 1–0 1–0
4 Flag of El Salvador.svg Alianza 41036603 1–2 ——— 5–2
5 Flag of El Salvador.svg Luis Ángel Firpo 4013611−51 3–4 1–1 ———
Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results (points, goal difference, goals scored); 5) Fair play points; 6) Drawing of lots.

Group C

PosTeam
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification ÁGU ANT OLI CAI PLA
1 Flag of El Salvador.svg Águila 4310101+910Advance to Quarter-finals —— 2–0 — 5–1
2 Flag of Guatemala.svg Antigua 422073+48 0–0 —— 2–1 —
3 Flag of Honduras.svg Olimpia 4211104+67— 1–1 — 3–0 —
4 Flag of Panama.svg Independiente 410328−63 0–3 ——— 1–0
5 Flag of Belize.svg Port Layola 4004316−130— 1–4 1–6 ——
Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results (points, goal difference, goals scored); 5) Fair play points; 6) Drawing of lots.

Group D

PosTeam
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification SAP EST MUN MAN GUA
1 Flag of Costa Rica.svg Saprissa 4301104+69Advance to Quarter-finals —— 1–0 — 5–0
2 Flag of Nicaragua.svg Real Estelí 421163+37 2–1 —— 3–0 —
3 Flag of Guatemala.svg Municipal 41124404— 1–1 —— 3–1
4 Flag of Nicaragua.svg Managua 411247−34 2–3 — 1–0 ——
5 Flag of Costa Rica.svg Guanacasteca 411239−64— 1–0 — 1–1 —
Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results (points, goal difference, goals scored); 5) Fair play points; 6) Drawing of lots.

Knockout stage

The knockout stage will be played on a single-elimination tournament with the following rules: [2]

Qualified teams

GroupWinnersRunners-up
A Flag of Costa Rica.svg Herediano Flag of Honduras.svg Motagua
B Flag of Costa Rica.svg Alajuelense Flag of Guatemala.svg Comunicaciones
C Flag of El Salvador.svg Águila Flag of Guatemala.svg Antigua
D Flag of Costa Rica.svg Saprissa Flag of Nicaragua.svg Real Estelí

Seeding

Teams were seeded 1–8 based on results in the group stage and assigned a position in a fixed bracket. For example, the first semi-final was contested between the winner of the 1 vs. 8 quarter-final and the winner of the 4 vs. 5 quarter-final. For each round, the host of the second leg was determined based on performance in all previous rounds, including the group stage.

The following was the seeding for the quarter-finals round only: [13]

SeedGrpTeam
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsMatchups
1 B Flag of Costa Rica.svg Alajuelense 4400116+512Match QF1
2 C Flag of El Salvador.svg Águila 4310101+910Match QF3
3 A Flag of Costa Rica.svg Herediano 431041+310Match QF4
4 D Flag of Costa Rica.svg Saprissa 430162+49Match QF2
5 C Flag of Guatemala.svg Antigua 422073+48Match QF2
6 A Flag of Honduras.svg Motagua 421196+37Match QF4
7 D Flag of Nicaragua.svg Real Estelí 421163+37Match QF3
8 B Flag of Guatemala.svg Comunicaciones 421154+17Match QF1
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 second yellow card/indirect red card, 4 points for direct red card, 5 points for yellow card and direct red card); 8) Drawing of lots (Regulations Article 12.11.4). [2]

Bracket

The bracket was decided based on the quarter-finals seeding.

Play-in Quarter-finals Semi-finals Finals
7 Flag of Nicaragua.svg Real Estelí 202
2 Flag of El Salvador.svg Águila 101
Flag of El Salvador.svg Águila 022 Flag of Nicaragua.svg Real Estelí (a)022
Flag of Honduras.svg Motagua 224 Flag of Costa Rica.svg Herediano 022
6 Flag of Honduras.svg Motagua 202
3 Flag of Costa Rica.svg Herediano (a)202
Flag of Nicaragua.svg Real Estelí 112
Flag of Costa Rica.svg Alajuelense 123
5 Flag of Guatemala.svg Antigua 033
4 Flag of Costa Rica.svg Saprissa 000
Flag of Costa Rica.svg Saprissa 134 Flag of Guatemala.svg Antigua 000
Flag of Guatemala.svg Comunicaciones 112 Flag of Costa Rica.svg Alajuelense 011
8 Flag of Guatemala.svg Comunicaciones 112
1 Flag of Costa Rica.svg Alajuelense 213

Quarter-finals

The first legs were played on 24–26 September, and the second legs were played on 1–3 October 2024. [13]

Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Comunicaciones   Flag of Guatemala.svg 2–3 Flag of Costa Rica.svg   Alajuelense 1–2 1–1
Antigua   Flag of Guatemala.svg 3–0 Flag of Costa Rica.svg   Saprissa 0–0 3–0
Real Estelí   Flag of Nicaragua.svg 2–1 Flag of El Salvador.svg   Águila 2–1 0–0
Motagua   Flag of Honduras.svg 2–2 (a) Flag of Costa Rica.svg   Herediano 2–2 0–0

Play-in

The first legs were played on 22 and 23 October, and the second legs were played on 29 and 30 October 2024. [14]

Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Comunicaciones   Flag of Guatemala.svg 2–4 Flag of Costa Rica.svg   Saprissa 1–1 1–3
Motagua   Flag of Honduras.svg 4–2 Flag of El Salvador.svg   Águila 2–0 2–2

Semi-finals

The first legs were played on 22 and 24 October, and the second legs were played on 30 and 31 October 2024. [14]

Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Antigua   Flag of Guatemala.svg 0–1 Flag of Costa Rica.svg   Alajuelense 0–0 0–1
Real Estelí   Flag of Nicaragua.svg 2–2 (a) Flag of Costa Rica.svg   Herediano 0–0 2–2

Finals

Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Real Estelí   Flag of Nicaragua.svg 2–3 Flag of Costa Rica.svg   Alajuelense 1–1 1–2

Top goalscorers

  Team eliminated for this round.
  Team inactive for this round.
As of 30 October 2024
RankPlayerTeamGS1GS2GS3GS4GS5QF1QF2PI1PI2SF1SF2F1F2Total
1 Flag of Costa Rica.svg Diego Campos Flag of Costa Rica.svg Alajuelense 21216
2 Flag of Argentina.svg Agustín Auzmendi Flag of Honduras.svg Motagua 2114
Flag of Uruguay.svg Diego Casas Flag of Guatemala.svg Comunicaciones 1111
Flag of Jamaica.svg Javon East Flag of Costa Rica.svg Saprissa 1111
Flag of Argentina.svg Santiago Gómez Flag of Guatemala.svg Antigua 112
6 Flag of Guatemala.svg José Ardón Flag of Guatemala.svg Antigua 33
Flag of Nicaragua.svg Byron Bonilla Flag of Nicaragua.svg Real Estelí 21
Flag of Honduras.svg Rubilio Castillo Flag of Honduras.svg Motagua 111
Flag of Brazil.svg Gustavo Souza Flag of El Salvador.svg Luis Ángel Firpo 111
Flag of El Salvador.svg Styven Vásquez Flag of El Salvador.svg Luis Ángel Firpo 21

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