2008–09 CONCACAF Champions League group stage

The 2008–09 CONCACAF Champions League group stage took place between 16 September 2008 and 26 November 2008. It consisted of 16 clubs arranged into four groups of four with the top-two in each group advancing to the knockout stage.

Tie-breaking criteria edit

If two teams are tied on points, the following tie-breaking criteria shall be applied, in order, to determine the ranking of teams:[1]

  1. Greater number of points earned in matches between the teams concerned
  2. Greater goal difference in matches between the teams concerned
  3. Greater number of goals scored away from home in matches between the teams concerned
  4. Reapply first three criteria if two or more teams are still tied
  5. Greater goal difference in all group matches
  6. Greater number of goals scored in group matches
  7. Greater number of goals scored away in all group matches
  8. Drawing of lots

Groups edit

Key to colours in group tables
Teams that progressed to the knock-out stage

All times local

Group A edit

Club Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Marathón 6 4 1 1 12 5 +7 13
  Cruz Azul 6 3 1 2 8 4 +4 10
  Saprissa 6 3 1 2 7 9 −2 10
  D.C. United 6 0 1 5 4 13 −9 1
  • Cruz Azul is ranked ahead of Saprissa based on head-to-head record, which is the first tiebreaker.[1]

D.C. United  0–2  Saprissa
(Report) Centeno   32'
Arrieta   52'
RFK Stadium, Washington, D.C.
Attendance: 6,105
Marathón  2–0  Cruz Azul
Mejía   33'
Beata   55'
(Report)[permanent dead link]

Cruz Azul  4–0  Saprissa
Sabah   23'
Torrado   54'
Zeballos   60'
Riveros   67'
(Report)
Attendance: 6,500
Referee: Terry Vaughn (United States)
Marathón  2–0  D.C. United
Núñez   65'
Norales   82'
(Report)[dead link]

Saprissa  2–1  Marathón
Borges   68'
Alpízar   86'
(Report)[permanent dead link] Núñez   50' (pen.)
D.C. United  0–1  Cruz Azul
(Report)[dead link] Zeballos   56'
RFK Stadium, Washington, D.C.
Attendance: 7,214
Referee: Paul Ward (Canada)

Cruz Azul  1–1  Marathón
Orozco   14' (Report)[permanent dead link] Norales   87'
Attendance: 4,926
Saprissa  2–2  D.C. United
Elizondo   82', 86' (Report) Doe   6'
Dyachenko   90+2'

Cruz Azul  2–0  D.C. United
Vigneri   36'
Zeballos   88'
(Report)[dead link]
Attendance: 4,265

D.C. United  2–4  Marathón
Doe   10'
Janicki   61'
(Report) Martínez   31'
Berríos   46'
Núñez   53'
Chávez   68'
RFK Stadium, Washington, D.C.
Attendance: 7,156

  • ^1 The MarathónSaprissa match originally scheduled for 23 October 2008 was rescheduled for 5 November 2008 due to flooding in San Pedro Sula.[2]

Group B edit

Club Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  UNAM 6 3 3 0 18 7 +11 12
  Houston Dynamo 6 2 3 1 9 9 0 9
  Luis Ángel Firpo 6 2 2 2 6 8 −2 8
  San Francisco 6 0 2 4 4 13 −9 2

San Francisco  1–1  UNAM
Zapata   42' (Report) Espinoza   7'


UNAM  4–4  Houston Dynamo
López   18'
Juárez   26'
Palencia   41'
Verón   45+2'
(Report)[permanent dead link] Waibel   3', 50'
Kamara   16', 33' (pen.)

Houston Dynamo  2–1  San Francisco
Wondolowski   13'
De Rosario   88'
(Report)[permanent dead link] Pérez   47'
Attendance: 4,178
Luis Ángel Firpo  1–1  UNAM
Quintanilla   52' (Report)[permanent dead link] Bravo   55'

Houston Dynamo  1–3  UNAM
Palacios   39' (o.g.) (Report) Cacho   18' (pen.)
Espinoza   30'
Palacios   70'
San Francisco  2–3  Luis Ángel Firpo
Pérez   38'
Jiménez   83'
(Report)[permanent dead link] Alas   44'
Sánchez   49'
Gómez   52'

Luis Ángel Firpo  1–1  Houston Dynamo
Leguizamón   87' (Report)[permanent dead link] Holden   16'
UNAM  6–0  San Francisco
Palencia   29', 54'
Bravo   40'
Toledo   49'
Cortés   60'
Santana   73'
(Report)
Attendance: 5,982
Referee: Terry Vaughn (United States)

Houston Dynamo  1–0  Luis Ángel Firpo
Ching   13'
Attendance: 14,142

Group C edit

Club Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Atlante 6 3 2 1 6 3 +3 11
  Montreal Impact 6 3 2 1 10 5 +5 11
  Olimpia 6 2 2 2 10 6 +4 8
  Joe Public 6 1 0 5 3 15 −12 3
  • Atlante is ranked ahead of Montreal Impact based on head-to-head record, which is the first tiebreaker.[1]

Montreal Impact  2–0  Joe Public
Pesoli   14'
Donatelli   47'
(Report)[permanent dead link]
Attendance: 7,631
Atlante  1–0  Olimpia
A. Muñoz   26' (Report)[permanent dead link]

Joe Public  1–3  Olimpia
Richardson   77' (Report)[permanent dead link] Bruschi   32', 76'
Thomas   60'
Montreal Impact  0–0  Atlante
(Report)[permanent dead link]
Attendance: 12,187

Olimpia  1–2  Montreal Impact
Turcios   32' (Report)[permanent dead link] Brown   3', 71' (pen.)
Atlante  0–1  Joe Public
(Report)[permanent dead link] Nelson   56'

Joe Public  1–4  Montreal Impact
Noray   9' (Report)[permanent dead link] Placentino   5'
Donatelli   13', 79'
Byers   44'
Olimpia  1–1  Atlante
Hernández   83' (Report) Vilar   38'

Montreal Impact  1–1  Olimpia
Brown   40' (Report) Bruschi   45+1'
Attendance: 8,961
Joe Public  0–2  Atlante
(Report)[permanent dead link] Valadez   7'
Pereyra   56'

Olimpia  4–0  Joe Public
Dos Santos   26', 38'
García   72'
Silva   85'
(Report)[permanent dead link]
Atlante  2–1  Montreal Impact
Ovalle   13'
Pereyra   83'
(Report) Gjertsen   4'

Group D edit

Club Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Santos Laguna 6 3 1 2 14 11 +3 10
  Puerto Rico Islanders 6 2 2 2 9 10 −1 8
  Tauro 6 2 2 2 9 10 −1 8
  Municipal 6 1 3 2 12 13 −1 6
  • Puerto Rico Islanders is ranked ahead of Tauro based on head-to-head record, which is the first tiebreaker.[1]

Puerto Rico Islanders  2–1  Tauro
Villegas   11'
Jagdeosingh   26'
(Report) Aguilar   58'
Santos Laguna  3–2  Municipal
Torres   10'
Benítez   32'
Vuoso   90'
(Report)[permanent dead link] Ramírez   47'
Acevedo   83'
Attendance: 8,000

Puerto Rico Islanders  3–1  Santos Laguna
Telesford   14'
Delgado   38'
Miranda   49'
(Report) Herrera   71'

Municipal  2–2  Puerto Rico Islanders
Leguizamón   79'
Plata   90+1'
(Report)[permanent dead link] Noël   9'
Gbandi   90'
Tauro  2–0  Santos Laguna
Hay   42'
Rojas   55'
(Report)[permanent dead link]

Municipal  2–2  Tauro
Plata   15'
Acevedo   90+1'
(Report)[permanent dead link] Escobar   58'
Aguilar   61'
Santos Laguna  3–0  Puerto Rico Islanders
Peralta   29'
Hernández   54'
Herrera   70'
(Report)[permanent dead link]
Attendance: 12,000

Santos Laguna  3–0  Tauro
Benítez   10', 27'
Torres   53'
(Report)[permanent dead link]
Attendance: 16,000

Tauro  2–2  Puerto Rico Islanders
Hay   42' (pen.), 77' (Report)[permanent dead link] Telesford   16'
Noël   28'
Municipal  4–4  Santos Laguna
Ramírez   38' (pen.), 64' (pen.), 90+5'
Leguizamón   71'
(Report)[permanent dead link] Herrera   10', 47' (pen.), 57' (pen.)
Peralta   74'

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d "CONCACAF Champions League Regulations 2008/2009" (PDF). CONCACAF. Retrieved 25 September 2008.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ "Marathon-Saprissa match rescheduled for 5 November". CONCACAF. 2008-10-23. Retrieved 23 October 2008.[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ "Houston-Firpo match in Champions League rescheduled for 26 November". CONCACAF. 22 September 2008. Archived from the original on 24 September 2008. Retrieved 25 September 2008.