Organising body | CONCACAF |
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Founded | 2017 |
Abolished | 2022 |
Region | North America, Central America and the Caribbean |
Number of teams | 22 |
Qualifier for | CONCACAF Champions League |
Related competitions | Caribbean Club Championship Caribbean Club Shield |
Last champions | Olimpia (2nd title) |
Most successful club(s) | Olimpia (2 titles) |
Website | www |
The CONCACAF League was an international club competition organized by CONCACAF as its secondary continental football tournament. It was announced on 8 May 2017. [1]
The competition used a knockout cup format with each round having two legs. The top six teams proceeded to the CONCACAF Champions League. From 2019 to 2022 the tournament featured 22 teams, an increase from 16 in the 2017 and 2018 editions. [2]
The competition ended after the 2022 edition due to the expansion of the CONCACAF Champions League, (renamed to Champions Cup) starting with the 2024 edition. [3] Two regional competitions – the Central American Cup and the Caribbean Cup – were created as qualifying competitions to the CONCACAF Champions Cup. [4]
Since the 2019 edition, a total of 22 teams participated in the CONCACAF League: 18 from Central America (from 7 associations), 3 from the Caribbean (from 2 or 3 associations), and 1 from North America (from 1 association). [5]
18 from the Central American Zone :
3 from the Caribbean Zone :
1 from the North American Zone :
Edition | Champions | Results | Runners-up |
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2017 | Olimpia | 0–1 1–0 (4–1 p) | Santos de Guápiles |
2018 | Herediano | 2–0 1–2 | Motagua |
2019 | Saprissa | 1–0 0–0 | Motagua |
2020 | Alajuelense | 3–2 | Saprissa |
2021 | Comunicaciones | 2–1 4–2 | Motagua |
2022 | Olimpia | 3–2 2–2 | Alajuelense |
Club | Titles | Runners-up | Winning editions |
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Olimpia | 2 | 0 | 2017, 2022 |
Saprissa | 1 | 1 | 2019 |
Alajuelense | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
Herediano | 1 | 0 | 2018 |
Comunicaciones | 1 | 0 | 2021 |
Motagua | 0 | 3 | – |
Santos de Guápiles | 0 | 1 | – |
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