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2017 CONCACAF League

The 2017 CONCACAF League (officially the 2017 Scotiabank CONCACAF League for sponsorship purposes) was the inaugural 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]

2017 CONCACAF League
2017 Scotiabank CONCACAF League
Tournament details
Dates1 August – 26 October 2017
Teams16 (from 8 associations)
Final positions
ChampionsHonduras Olimpia (1st title)
Runners-upCosta Rica Santos de Guápiles
Tournament statistics
Matches played30
Goals scored64 (2.13 per match)
Top scorer(s)Honduras Roger Rojas (5 goals)
Best player(s)Honduras Michaell Chirinos
Best young playerHonduras Kevin Álvarez
Best goalkeeperCosta Rica Bryan Morales
Fair play awardCosta Rica Santos de Guápiles
2018 →

The tournament was created as part of a new CONCACAF club competition platform consisting of two tournaments (CONCACAF League and CONCACAF Champions League) and a total of 31 teams competing during the season (an increase from the previous 24 teams), with 16 teams competing in the CONCACAF League from August to October, and the winner of the CONCACAF League joining the 15 direct entrants competing in the CONCACAF Champions League from February to April.[2] Details of the inaugural edition of the CONCACAF League was confirmed on 8 May 2017.[1]

Olimpia defeated Santos de Guápiles in the final, and qualified for the 2018 CONCACAF Champions League.[3]

Qualification edit

A total of 16 teams participate in the CONCACAF League:

  • Central American Zone: 13 teams (from six associations; ordinarily from seven associations, but Guatemalan teams were excluded from this season's tournament)
  • Caribbean Zone: 3 teams (from two or three associations)

Therefore, teams from either 8 or 9 out of the 41 CONCACAF member associations may participate in the CONCACAF League.

Central America edit

The 13 berths for the Central American Football Union (UNCAF) are allocated to the seven UNCAF member associations as follows: two berths for each of Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Panama, and 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 qualify for the CONCACAF League:

  • In the league of Costa Rica, the champions with the worse aggregate record, and the non-champions with the best aggregate record, qualify. If there is any team which are champions of both tournaments, the non-champions with the second best aggregate record qualify.
  • In the leagues of El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Panama, the champions with the worse aggregate record, 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 are excluded, they are replaced by teams from other Central American associations, with the associations chosen based on results from previous CONCACAF Champions League tournaments. For this season, the two teams from Guatemala were excluded due to the suspension of their federation by FIFA and were replaced by an additional team each from Panama and Honduras.[1]

Caribbean edit

The three berths for the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) are allocated via the Caribbean Club Championship, a subcontinental tournament open to the clubs of all 31 CFU member associations. To qualify for the Caribbean Club Championship, teams have to finish as the champions or runners-up of their respective association's league in the previous season, but professional teams may also be selected by their associations if they play in the league of another country.

The runners-up, third-placed and fourth-placed teams of the Caribbean Club Championship qualify for the CONCACAF League.

Teams edit

The following 16 teams (from eight associations) qualified for the tournament.

Qualified teams from Central America (13 teams)
Association Team Qualifying method
  Costa Rica (2 berths)[Note GUA] Alajuelense Non-champions with best aggregate record in 2016–17 season
Santos de Guápiles Non-champions with 2nd best aggregate record in 2016–17 season[Note CRC]
  Honduras (2 + 1 berths)[Note GUA] Honduras Progreso Runners-up with better aggregate record in 2016–17 season (2017 Clausura)
Platense Runners-up with worse aggregate record in 2016–17 season (2016 Apertura)
Olimpia Semi-finalists with best aggregate record in 2016–17 season (2016 Apertura and 2017 Clausura)[Note HON]
  Panama (2 + 1 berths)[Note GUA] Árabe Unido Champions with worse aggregate record in 2016–17 season (2016 Apertura)
Plaza Amador 2016 Apertura runners-up
Chorrillo Semi-finalists with best aggregate record in 2016–17 season (2016 Apertura)[Note PAN]
  El Salvador (2 berths) Alianza 2016 Apertura and 2017 Clausura runners-up
Águila Semi-finalists with best aggregate record in 2016–17 season (2016 Apertura and 2017 Clausura)
  Nicaragua (2 berths) Real Estelí 2016 Apertura and 2017 Clausura champions
Walter Ferretti 2016 Apertura and 2017 Clausura runners-up
  Belize (1 berth) Belmopan Bandits 2016 Opening and 2017 Closing champions
Qualified teams from Caribbean (3 teams)
Association Team Qualifying method
  Trinidad and Tobago San Juan Jabloteh 2017 Caribbean Club Championship runners-up
  Jamaica Portmore United 2017 Caribbean Club Championship third place
  Trinidad and Tobago Central 2017 Caribbean Club Championship fourth place
Notes
  1. ^
    Costa Rica (CRC): The "wild card" berth reallocated from Guatemala to Costa Rica passed to the non-champions with the second best aggregate record, Santos de Guápiles.[4]
  2. ^
    Guatemala (GUA): On 28 October 2016, FIFA suspended the National Football Federation of Guatemala for political interference by the Government of Guatemala. Until the suspension is lifted, Guatemalan teams are not permitted to participate in international competitions.[5] CONCACAF set the deadline of 1 May 2017 for the suspension to be lifted in order for Guatemala's teams to participate in this season's tournaments,[6] and expelled all Guatemalan teams on 5 May 2017 after the federation failed to be reinstated by FIFA.[7] The two Guatemalan teams which would have qualified for the CONCACAF League were: Moreover, Municipal (2017 Clausura champions and 2016 Apertura runners-up) would have qualified for the CONCACAF Champions League as champions with better aggregate record in 2016–17 season, and Herediano, which would have qualified for the first Costa Rican berth in the CONCACAF League, were moved from the CONCACAF League to the CONCACAF Champions League to replace them. As a result, the three vacated berths were replaced by teams from Costa Rica (Santos de Guápiles), Honduras (Olimpia), and Panama (Chorrillo), all entering the CONCACAF League as "wild card" teams, based on the performance of the Central American associations in the last five years, giving Honduras and Panama three berths each.[8][9][10]
  3. ^
    Honduras (HON): The "wild card" berth reallocated from Guatemala to Honduras passed to the semi-finalists with the best aggregate record, Olimpia.[11]
  4. ^
    Panama (PAN): The "wild card" berth reallocated from Guatemala to Panama passed to the semi-finalists with the best aggregate record, Chorrillo.[12]

Draw edit

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Location of teams of the 2017 CONCACAF League
  Central American Zone   Caribbean Zone

The draw for the 2017 CONCACAF League was held on 31 May 2017, 19:00 EDT (UTC−4), at the Hilton Miami Airport Hotel in Miami,[13] and was streamed on YouTube.[14]

The draw determined each tie in the round of 16 (numbered 1 through 8) between a team from Pot 1 and a team from Pot 2, each containing eight teams. The "Bracket Position Pots" (Pot A and Pot B) contained the bracket positions numbered 1 through 8 corresponding to each tie. The teams from Pot 1 were assigned a bracket position from Pot A and the teams from Pot 2 were assigned a bracket position from Pot B. Teams from the same association could not be drawn against each other in the round of 16 except for "wildcard" teams which replaced a team from another association.[15]

The 16 teams were distributed in the pots as follows:

Pot Slot Team
Pot 1 CRC3   Alajuelense
PAN2   Árabe Unido
PAN3   Plaza Amador
HON2   Honduras Progreso
SLV2   Alianza
NCA1   Real Estelí
BLZ1   Belmopan Bandits
CFU2   San Juan Jabloteh
Pot 2 CRC4   Santos de Guápiles (wildcard)
PAN4   Chorrillo (wildcard)
HON3   Platense
HON4   Olimpia (wildcard)
SLV3   Águila
NCA2   Walter Ferretti
CFU3   Portmore United
CFU4   Central

Format edit

In the CONCACAF League, the 16 teams played a single-elimination tournament. Each tie was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If the aggregate score was tied after the second leg, the away goals rule would be applied, and if still tied, the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner (Regulations, II. D. Tie-Breaker Procedures).[3]

Schedule edit

The schedule of the competition was as follows.

First leg Second leg
Round of 16 1–3 August 2017 8–10 August 2017
Quarter-finals 15–17 August 2017 22–24 August 2017
Semi-finals 13–14 September 2017 21 September 2017
Final 19 October 2017 26 October 2017

All times were Eastern Daylight Time, i.e., UTC−4 (local times were in parentheses).

Bracket edit

Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                
  Santos de Guápiles 6 2 8
  San Juan Jabloteh 2 1 3
  Chorrillo 0 0 0
  Santos de Guápiles 1 1 2
  Chorrillo 1 1 2
  Honduras Progreso 0 0 0
  Árabe Unido 0 0 0
  Santos de Guápiles 0 1 1
  Central 1 0 1
  Árabe Unido 2 3 5
  Águila 0 1 1
  Árabe Unido 2 0 2
  Águila (p) 1 0 1 (4)
  Real Estelí 0 1 1 (3)
  Olimpia (p) 0 1 1 (4)
  Santos de Guápiles 1 0 1 (1)
  Olimpia 2 1 3
  Alajuelense 0 0 0
  Alianza 1 1 2
  Olimpia 0 3 3
  Platense 1 1 2
  Alianza 2 2 4
  Plaza Amador 1 1 2
  Olimpia 7 1 8
  Portmore United 1 0 1 (4)
  Plaza Amador (p) 0 1 1 (5)
  Walter Ferretti 0 1 1
  Plaza Amador 0 2 2
  Walter Ferretti 4 1 5
  Belmopan Bandits 1 0 1

Round of 16 edit

In the round of 16, the matchups were decided by draw: R16-1 through R16-8. The teams from Pot 1 in the draw hosted the second leg.

Summary edit

The first legs were played on 1–3 August, and the second legs were played on 8–10 August 2017.[16]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Santos de Guápiles   8–3   San Juan Jabloteh 6–2 2–1
Chorrillo   2–0   Honduras Progreso 1–0 1–0
Central   1–5   Árabe Unido 1–2 0–3
Águila   1–1 (4–3 p)   Real Estelí 1–0 0–1
Olimpia   3–0   Alajuelense 2–0 1–0
Platense   2–4   Alianza 1–2 1–2
Portmore United   1–1 (4–5 p)   Plaza Amador 1–0 0–1
Walter Ferretti   5–1   Belmopan Bandits 4–1 1–0

Matches edit

Santos de Guápiles  6–2  San Juan Jabloteh
 Report
San Juan Jabloteh  1–2  Santos de Guápiles
 Report

Santos de Guápiles won 8–3 on aggregate.

Chorrillo  1–0  Honduras Progreso
 Report
Referee: David Gantar (Canada)

Chorrillo won 2–0 on aggregate.

Central  1–2  Árabe Unido
  • Peltier   20'
 Report
Árabe Unido  3–0  Central
 Report

Árabe Unido won 5–1 on aggregate.

Águila  1–0  Real Estelí
 Report
Real Estelí  1–0  Águila
 Report
Penalties
 3–4

1–1 on aggregate. Águila won 4–3 on penalties.

Olimpia  2–0  Alajuelense
 Report
Alajuelense  0–1  Olimpia
Report

Olimpia won 3–0 on aggregate.

Platense  1–2  Alianza
 Report
Referee: José Kellys (Panama)
Alianza  2–1  Platense
 Report

Alianza won 4–2 on aggregate.

Portmore United  1–0  Plaza Amador
 Report

1–1 on aggregate. Plaza Amador won 5–4 on penalties.

Walter Ferretti  4–1  Belmopan Bandits
 Report
Belmopan Bandits  0–1  Walter Ferretti
Report

Walter Ferretti won 5–1 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals edit

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 hosted the second leg.

Summary edit

The first legs were played on 15–17 August, and the second legs were played on 22–24 August 2017.[17]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Chorrillo   0–2   Santos de Guápiles 0–1 0–1
Águila   1–2   Árabe Unido 0–2 1–0
Alianza   2–3   Olimpia 1–0 1–3
Walter Ferretti   1–2   Plaza Amador 0–0 1–2

Matches edit

Chorrillo  0–1  Santos de Guápiles
Report
Santos de Guápiles  1–0  Chorrillo
 Report

Santos de Guápiles won 2–0 on aggregate.

Águila  0–2  Árabe Unido
Report
Árabe Unido  0–1  Águila
Report

Árabe Unido won 2–1 on aggregate.

Alianza  1–0  Olimpia
 Report
Olimpia  3–1  Alianza
 Report

Olimpia won 3–2 on aggregate.

Walter Ferretti  0–0  Plaza Amador
Report
Plaza Amador  2–1  Walter Ferretti
 Report

Plaza Amador won 2–1 on aggregate.

Semi-finals edit

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 hosted the second leg.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Host
1 (SF1)   Santos de Guápiles 4 4 0 0 10 3 +7 12 2nd leg
2 (SF1)   Árabe Unido 4 3 0 1 7 2 +5 9 1st leg
1 (SF2)   Olimpia 4 3 0 1 6 2 +4 9 2nd leg
2 (SF2)   Plaza Amador 4 2 1 1 3 2 +1 7 1st leg
Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Away goals scored; 5) Wins; 6) Away wins; 7) Drawing of lots.[3]

Summary edit

The first legs were played on 13–14 September, and the second legs were played on 21 September 2017.[18]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Árabe Unido   0–1   Santos de Guápiles 0–0 0–1
Plaza Amador   2–8   Olimpia 1–7 1–1

Matches edit

Árabe Unido  0–0  Santos de Guápiles
Report
Santos de Guápiles  1–0  Árabe Unido
 Report

Santos de Guápiles won 1–0 on aggregate.

Plaza Amador  1–7  Olimpia
 Report
Olimpia  1–1  Plaza Amador
 Report

Olimpia won 8–2 on aggregate.

Final edit

Main article: 2017 CONCACAF League Final

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

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Host
1   Santos de Guápiles 6 5 1 0 11 3 +8 16 2nd leg
2   Olimpia 6 4 1 1 14 4 +10 13 1st leg
Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Away goals scored; 5) Wins; 6) Away wins; 7) Drawing of lots.[3]

Summary edit

The first leg was played on 19 October, and the second leg was played on 26 October 2017.[19]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Olimpia   1–1 (4–1 p)   Santos de Guápiles 0–1 1–0

Matches edit

Olimpia  0–1  Santos de Guápiles
Report
Attendance: 0[20][21]
Santos de Guápiles  0–1  Olimpia
Report
Penalties
 1–4
Attendance: 10,460[20]

1–1 on aggregate. Olimpia won 4–1 on penalties.

Top goalscorers edit

  Team eliminated for this round.
Rank Player Team Goals By round
1R1 1R2 QF1 QF2 SF1 SF2  F1   F2 
1   Roger Rojas   Olimpia 5 1 1 2 1
2   Carlo Costly   Olimpia 4 1 2 1
  Carlos Small   Árabe Unido 1 1 2
4   Michaell Chirinos   Olimpia 3 2 1
  Bernardo Laureiro   Walter Ferretti 2 1
  Rodolfo Zelaya   Alianza 1 1 1
7   Renán Addles   Árabe Unido 2 2
  Kenny Cunningham   Santos de Guápiles 1 1
  Starling Matarrita   Santos de Guápiles 1 1
  José Murillo   Plaza Amador 1 1
  Osvaldo Rodríguez   Santos de Guápiles 1 1

Source:CONCACAF[22]

Awards edit

Award Player Team
Golden Ball[23]   Michaell Chirinos   Olimpia
Golden Boot[24]   Roger Rojas   Olimpia
Golden Glove[25]   Bryan Morales   Santos de Guápiles
Best Young Player[26]   Kevin Álvarez   Olimpia
Fair Play Award[27] —   Santos de Guápiles
Best XI[28]
Position Player Team
GK   Bryan Morales   Santos de Guápiles
DF   Youstin Salas   Santos de Guápiles
  Kevin Álvarez   Olimpia
  Juan Diego Madrigal   Santos de Guápiles
  Edder Monguio   Santos de Guápiles
MF   Alexander López   Olimpia
  Wílmer Azofeifa   Santos de Guápiles
  Michaell Chirinos   Olimpia
  Kenny Cunningham   Santos de Guápiles
FW   Roger Rojas   Olimpia
  Carlos Small   Árabe Unido

See also edit

References edit

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