Puerto Rican football clubs in North American competitions

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This is a list of Puerto Rican football clubs in North American competitions. Puerto Rican clubs have participated in competitive international football competitions since at least 2006 when the Puerto Rico Islands entered the 2006 CFU Club Championship.

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Puerto Rican clubs are among the most successful Caribbean clubs. They have won two CFU Club Championships, and have reached the semifinals of the modern CONCACAF Champions League, the furthest of any Caribbean nation. The most successful team in international competition is the now-defunct Puerto Rico Islanders who have won the two CFU titles, and reached the Champions League semifinals.

Who qualifies for CONCACAF competitions

Since 2018, the winner of the Liga Puerto Rico, the top tier of football on the island qualifies for the Caribbean Club Shield, a tertiary knockout tournament for developing Caribbean football nations. This competition is held in the spring. This also serves as a qualifying for the CONCACAF League, which played tha fall. The CONCACAF League is the secondary association football competition for club football in North America. Should a team finish in the top six standings of the CONCACAF League, they qualify for the CONCACAF Champions League, which is played the following winter.

In order for a Puerto Rican team to reach the Champions League, they would need to win the Caribbean Club Shield and then earn a top six finish in the CONCACAF League.

Results by competition

CONCACAF Champions League / Champions Cup

YearTeamProgressAggregateOpponentsResultsRef.
1962–1983None entered
1984 Guayama First round1–2 Flag of Guadeloupe (local).svg Moulien 0–1 home, 1–1 away
1985–1991None entered
1992 Guayama Preliminary roundw/o Flag of the United States Virgin Islands.svg Rockmaster withdrew
2008–09 Puerto Rico Islanders Semi-finals 3–3 (2–4 p) Flag of Mexico.svg Cruz Azul 2–0 home, 1–3 away
2009–10 Puerto Rico Islanders 4th in group stage Flag of the United States.svg Columbus Crew, Flag of Mexico.svg Cruz Azul, Flag of Costa Rica.svg Saprissa
2010–11 Puerto Rico Islanders 3rd in group stage Flag of El Salvador.svg FAS, Flag of Honduras.svg Olimpia, Flag of Mexico.svg Toluca
2011–12 Puerto Rico Islanders Preliminary round 3–3 (a) Flag of El Salvador.svg Isidro Metapán 3–1 home, 0–2 away
2012–13 Puerto Rico Islanders 2nd in group stage Flag of El Salvador.svg Isidro Metapán, Flag of the United States.svg LA Galaxy
2013–14 None qualified
2014–15 Bayamón 3rd in group stage Flag of Mexico.svg América, Flag of Guatemala.svg Comunicaciones
2015–2022None qualified

CONCACAF League

YearTeamProgressAggregateOpponentsResultsRef.
2021 Metropolitan Preliminary round 1–5 Flag of Guatemala.svg Santa Lucía 1–2 home, 0–3 away

CFU Club Championship

YearTeamProgressAggregateOpponentsResultsRef.
2006 Puerto Rico Islanders 2nd in group stage Flag of Antigua and Barbuda.svg Hoppers, Flag of Guyana.svg Fruta Conquerors, Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg W Connection
2007 Puerto Rico Islanders Third place1–0 Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg San Juan Jabloteh 1–0 home, 0–0 away
2009 Puerto Rico Islanders Final1–2 Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg W Connection 0–0 home, 1–2 away
2010 Bayamón Fourth place Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Joe Public, Flag of Puerto Rico.svg Puerto Rico Islanders, Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg San Juan Jabloteh
Puerto Rico Islanders Winners Flag of Puerto Rico.svg Bayamón, Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Joe Public, Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg San Juan Jabloteh
River Plate Semi-final round Flag of Guyana.svg Alpha United, Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg San Juan Jabloteh
2011 Puerto Rico Islanders Winners3–1 Flag of Haiti.svg Tempête 3–1 neutral
River Plate Quarter-finals2–3 Flag of Guyana.svg Alpha United 2–3 home, 0–0 away
2012 Bayamón 3rd in group stage Flag of Haiti.svg Baltimore, Flag of Curacao.svg CSD Barber, Flag of Haiti.svg Victory
Puerto Rico Islanders Third place3–1 Flag of Antigua and Barbuda.svg Antigua Barracuda 3–1 neutral
2013 Bayamón 4th in group stage Flag of Jamaica.svg Boys' Town, Flag of Jamaica.svg Portmore United, Flag of Haiti.svg Valencia
2014 Bayamón Semi-finals Flag of Jamaica.svg Waterhouse Cancelled
2015–2016None entered
2017 Puerto Rico FC 2nd in group stage Flag of Jamaica.svg Portmore United, Flag of the Cayman Islands.svg Scholars International, Flag of Suriname.svg Transvaal
2021 Metropolitan Semi-finals1–3 Flag of Suriname.svg Inter Moengotapoe 1–3 neutral

CFU Club Shield

YearTeamProgressAggregateOpponentsResultsRef.
2018–2019None entered
2020 Metropolitan Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic

Appearances in CONCACAF competitions

As of December 23, 2019
ClubTotalCCLCCCCCSCWCFirst AppearanceLast Appearance
AppsPldWDLWin%
Bayamón 5195311.3421400 2010 CFU Club Championship 2014–15 CONCACAF Champions League
Guayama 24013.5632000 1984 CONCACAF Champions Cup 1992 CONCACAF Champions Cup
Metropolitan 23210.8330020 2020 CFU Club Shield 2021 CONCACAF League
Puerto Rico FC 13201.6670100 2017 CFU Club Championship 2017 CFU Club Championship
Puerto Rico Islanders 1161311416.6235600 2006 CFU Club Championship 2012–13 CONCACAF Champions League
River Plate 29423.5560200 2010 CFU Club Championship 2011 CFU Club Championship

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