2019 CONCACAF Champions League final

The 2019 CONCACAF Champions League final was the final round of the 2019 CONCACAF Champions League, the 11th edition of the CONCACAF Champions League under its current name, and overall the 54th edition of the premier football club competition organised by CONCACAF, the regional governing body of North America, Central America and the Caribbean.

2019 CONCACAF Champions League final
Monterrey players celebrate winning the title
Event2019 CONCACAF Champions League
on aggregate
First leg
Date23 April 2019 (2019-04-23)
VenueEstadio Universitario, San Nicolás de los Garza
Man of the MatchNicolás Sánchez (Monterrey)[1]
RefereeJohn Pitti (Panama)[2]
Attendance41,615[3]
Second leg
Date1 May 2019 (2019-05-01)
VenueEstadio BBVA Bancomer, Guadalupe
Man of the MatchMarcelo Barovero (Monterrey)[1]
RefereeJair Marrufo (United States)[4]
Attendance52,229[3]
2018
2020

The final was contested in two-legged home-and-away format between Mexican teams UANL and Monterrey in a Clásico Regiomontano. The first leg was hosted by UANL at the Estadio Universitario in San Nicolás de los Garza on 23 April 2019, while the second leg was hosted by Monterrey at the Estadio BBVA Bancomer in Guadalupe on 1 May 2019.[5]

Monterrey won the final 2–1 on aggregate for their fourth CONCACAF Champions League title.

Teams edit

In the following table, final until 2008 were in the CONCACAF Champions' Cup era, since 2009 were in the CONCACAF Champions League era.

Team Zone Previous final appearances (bold indicates winners)
  UANL North America (NAFU) 2 (2016, 2017)
  Monterrey North America (NAFU) 3 (2011, 2012, 2013)

This was the eighth all-Mexican final in the eleven editions of the CONCACAF Champions League, and guaranteed that for the fourteenth season in a row the CONCACAF club champions were from Mexico.[6]

Venues edit

 
The Estadio Universitario in San Nicolás de los Garza, Mexico hosted the first leg.
 
The Estadio BBVA Bancomer in Guadalupe, Mexico hosted the second leg.

Road to the final edit

Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).

  UANL Round   Monterrey
Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg
  Saprissa 5–2 0–1 (A) 5–1 (H) Round of 16   Alianza 1–0 0–0 (A) 1–0 (H)
  Houston Dynamo 3–0 2–0 (A) 1–0 (H) Quarter-finals   Atlanta United FC 3–1 3–0 (H) 0–1 (A)
  Santos Laguna 5–3 3–0 (H) 2–3 (A) Semi-finals   Sporting Kansas City 10–2 5–0 (H) 5–2 (A)

Format edit

The final was played in a home-and-away two-legged series, with the team with the better performance in previous rounds (Monterrey) hosting the second leg.

If the aggregate score was tied after the second leg, the away goals rule would not be applied, and extra time would be played. If the aggregate score was still tied after extra time, a penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner (Regulations II, Article G).[7]

Performance ranking edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Host
1   Monterrey 6 4 1 1 14 3 +11 13 Second leg
2   UANL 6 4 0 2 13 5 +8 12 First leg
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; 8) Drawing of lots (Regulations II, Article H).

Matches edit

First leg edit

UANL  0–1  Monterrey
Report
  • Sánchez   43'
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
UANL[2]
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Monterrey[2]
GK 1   Nahuel Guzmán
LB 3   Carlos Salcedo
CB 4   Hugo Ayala   20'
CB 21   Francisco Meza
RB 29   Jesús Dueñas
LM 20   Javier Aquino   59'
CM 19   Guido Pizarro
CM 5   Rafael Carioca
RM 26   Luis Quiñones
FW 9   Eduardo Vargas   60'
FW 13   Enner Valencia
Substitutes
MF 25   Jürgen Damm   59'
CF 10   André-Pierre Gignac   60'
Manager
  Ricardo Ferretti
GK 1   Marcelo Barovero
LB 17   Jesús Gallardo   90'
CB 33   Stefan Medina
CB 4   Nicolás Sánchez   14'
RB 21   Miguel Layún
CM 29   Carlos Rodríguez   89'
CM 16   Celso Ortiz   58'
AM 18   Avilés Hurtado   72'   33'
AM 20   Rodolfo Pizarro
FW 8   Dorlan Pabón   88'
FW 7   Rogelio Funes Mori
Substitutes
MF 32   Maximiliano Meza   72'
LB 11   Leonel Vangioni   88'
MF 35   Eric Cantú   89'
Manager
  Diego Alonso

Man of the Match:
Nicolás Sánchez (Monterrey)[1]

Assistant referees:[2]
Christian Ramírez (Honduras)
Alejandro Camarena (Panama)
Fourth official:[2]
Saíd Martínez (Honduras)

Match rules[7]

  • 90 minutes.
  • Seven named substitutes, of which up to three may be used.

Second leg edit

Monterrey  1–1  UANL
Report
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Monterrey[4]
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
UANL[4]
GK 1   Marcelo Barovero
LB 17   Jesús Gallardo
CB 33   Stefan Medina   48'
CB 4   Nicolás Sánchez
RB 21   Miguel Layún   43'
CM 29   Carlos Rodríguez   77'
CM 16   Celso Ortiz
AM 18   Avilés Hurtado   61'
AM 20   Rodolfo Pizarro
FW 8   Dorlan Pabón   83'
FW 7   Rogelio Funes Mori
Substitutes
CB 3   César Montes   61'   90'
CM 25   Jonathan González   77'
MF 32   Maximiliano Meza   83'
Manager
  Diego Alonso
GK 1   Nahuel Guzmán
LB 29   Jesús Dueñas
CB 3   Carlos Salcedo   90+3'
CB 4   Hugo Ayala   72'
RB 28   Luis Rodríguez
LM 25   Jürgen Damm   46'
CM 19   Guido Pizarro
CM 5   Rafael Carioca   42'
RM 26   Luis Quiñones   45+1'
FW 9   Eduardo Vargas   46'
FW 13   Enner Valencia
Substitutes
MF 20   Javier Aquino   46'
CF 10   André-Pierre Gignac   46'
MF 8   Lucas Zelarayán   72'
Manager
  Ricardo Ferretti

Man of the Match:
Marcelo Barovero (Monterrey)[1]

Assistant referees:[4]
Corey Rockwell (United States)
Frank Anderson (United States)
Fourth official:[4]
Malcolm Villarreal (Saint Kitts and Nevis)

Match rules[7]

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d "Previous Man of the Match winners". CONCACAFChampionsLeague.com. CONCACAF. 23 April 2019. Archived from the original on 18 April 2018. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
  2. ^ a b c d e "GAME NOTES TIGRES VS MONTERREY SCCL 2019" (PDF). CONCACAF Champions League. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 April 2019. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
  3. ^ a b c d "About". CONCACAF. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
  4. ^ a b c d e "GAME NOTES MONTERREY VS TIGRES SCCL 2019" (PDF). CONCACAF Champions League.
  5. ^ "Dates and Kickoff Times Set for the 2019 Scotiabank Concacaf Champions League Finals". CONCACAFChampionsLeague.com. Miami: CONCACAF. 12 April 2019. Archived from the original on 12 April 2019. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
  6. ^ "Tigres and Monterrey continue Liga MX dominance in SCCL". CONCACAF Champions League. 17 April 2019.
  7. ^ a b c "Scotiabank CONCACAF Champions League 2019 Regulations" (PDF). CONCACAF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 December 2018. Retrieved 11 April 2019.

External links edit