The 2025 CONCACAF Central American Cup group stage will be played from 29 July to 28 August 2025.[1] A total of 20 teams competed in the group stage to decide the 8 places in the knockout stage of the 2025 CONCACAF Central American Cup.[2]
The draw for the group stage was held on 8 June 2023, 18:30 EDT (UTC−4), 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 2 June 2025.[3][4]
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.[3]
In the group stage, each group is 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 teams are ranked according to the following criteria (Regulations Article 12.10.1).[2]:
Points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, and 0 points for a loss);
Matches in the competition will be played on either Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday as decided by CONCACAF. The schedule of each week is as follows (Regulations Article 2).[2][5][6]
Weeks
Dates
Matches
Week 1
29–31 July 2025
Team 1 vs. Team 3, Team 5 vs. Team 2
Week 2
5–7 August 2025
Team 5 vs. Team 1, Team 2 vs. Team 4
Week 3
12–14 August 2025
Team 4 vs. Team 5, Team 2 vs. Team 3
Week 4
19–21 August 2025
Team 4 vs. Team 1, Team 3 vs. Team 5
Week 5
26–28 August 2025
Team 1 vs. Team 2, Team 3 vs. Team 4
Groups
All match times are in EDT (UTC−4) and local times are in parentheses, as listed by CONCACAF.[6][7]
1 2 Plaza Amador will play their home matches at Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City instead of their regular stadium COS Sports Plaza, Panama City which did not meet CONCACAF requirements.
1 2 Sporting San Miguelito will play their home matches at Estadio Universitario, Penonomé instead of their regular stadium Complejo Deportivo Los Andes 2, San Miguelito which did not meet CONCACAF requirements.
1 2 Verdes will play their home matches at FFB Stadium, Belmopan instead of their regular stadium Norman Broaster Stadium, San Ignacio which did not meet CONCACAF requirements.
1 2 Independiente will play their home matches at Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City instead of their regular stadium Estadio Agustín Sánchez, La Chorrera which did not meet CONCACAF requirements.
1 2 Xelajú will play their home matches at Estadio Cementos Progreso, Guatemala City instead of their regular stadium Estadio Mario Camposeco, Quetzaltenango which did not meet CONCACAF requirements.[34][35]
1 2 Águila will play their home matches at Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador instead of their regular stadium Estadio Juan Francisco Barraza, San Miguel which is undergoing maintenance work.[37]
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