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.

Main article: 2008–09 CONCACAF Champions League

Tie-breaking criteria

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

All times local

Group A
Club Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Honduras Marathón 6411125+713
Mexico Cruz Azul 631284+410
Costa Rica Saprissa 631279−210
United States D.C. United 6015413−91
  • Cruz Azul is ranked ahead of Saprissa based on head-to-head record, which is the first tiebreaker.[1]
D.C. United United States0–2Costa Rica Saprissa
(Report) Centeno 32'
Arrieta 52'
RFK Stadium, Washington, D.C.
Attendance: 6,105
Marathón Honduras2–0Mexico Cruz Azul
Mejía 33'
Beata 55'		 (Report)
Attendance: 6,540
Cruz Azul Mexico4–0Costa Rica Saprissa
Sabah 23'
Torrado 54'
Zeballos 60'
Riveros 67'		 (Report)
Attendance: 6,500
Referee: Terry Vaughn (United States)
Marathón Honduras2–0United States D.C. United
Núñez 65'
Norales 82'		 (Report)
Attendance: 8,000
Saprissa Costa Rica2–1Honduras Marathón
Borges 68'
Alpízar 86'		 (Report) Núñez 50' (pen.)
Attendance: 6,000
D.C. United United States0–1Mexico Cruz Azul
(Report) Zeballos 56'
RFK Stadium, Washington, D.C.
Attendance: 7,214
Referee: Paul Ward (Canada)
Cruz Azul Mexico1–1Honduras Marathón
Orozco 14' (Report) Norales 87'
Attendance: 4,926
Saprissa Costa Rica2–2United States D.C. United
Elizondo 82', 86' (Report) Doe 6'
Dyachenko 90+2'
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: German Arredondo (Mexico)
Cruz Azul Mexico2–0United States D.C. United
Vigneri 36'
Zeballos 88'		 (Report)
Attendance: 4,265
D.C. United United States2–4Honduras Marathón
Doe 10'
Janicki 61'		 (Report) Martínez 31'
Berríos 46'
Núñez 53'
Chávez 68'
RFK Stadium, Washington, D.C.
Attendance: 7,156
Saprissa Costa Rica1–0Mexico Cruz Azul
Alpízar 60' (Report)
Attendance: 12,800
Marathón Honduras2–0Costa Rica Saprissa
Chávez 11'
Núñez 75'		 (Report)
Attendance: 2,915
  • ^1 The Marathón – Saprissa match originally scheduled for 23 October 2008 was rescheduled for 5 November 2008 due to flooding in San Pedro Sula.[2]

Group B
Club Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Mexico UNAM 6330187+1112
United States Houston Dynamo 62319909
El Salvador Luis Ángel Firpo 622268−28
Panama San Francisco 6024413−92
San Francisco Panama1–1Mexico UNAM
Zapata 42' (Report) Espinoza 7'
Attendance: 7,000
San Francisco Panama0–0United States Houston Dynamo
(Report)
Attendance: 3,400
Referee: Geoffrey Hospedales (Trinidad & Tobago)
UNAM Mexico3–0El Salvador Luis Ángel Firpo
Cabrera 11', 37'
Pineda 35'		 (Report)
Attendance: 8,205
UNAM Mexico4–4United States Houston Dynamo
López 18'
Juárez 26'
Palencia 41'
Verón 45+2'		 (Report) Waibel 3', 50'
Kamara 16', 33' (pen.)
Attendance: 9,179
Luis Ángel Firpo El Salvador1–0Panama San Francisco
Ávila 90+1' (Report)
Attendance: 426
Houston Dynamo United States2–1Panama San Francisco
Wondolowski 13'
De Rosario 88'		 (Report) Pérez 47'
Attendance: 4,178
Luis Ángel Firpo El Salvador1–1Mexico UNAM
Quintanilla 52' (Report) Bravo 55'
Attendance: 1,509
Referee: Ricardo Zelaya (Honduras)
Houston Dynamo United States1–3Mexico UNAM
Palacios 39' (o.g.) (Report) Cacho 18' (pen.)
Espinoza 30'
Palacios 70'
Attendance: 8,741
Referee: Neal Brizan (Trinidad & Tobago)
San Francisco Panama2–3El Salvador Luis Ángel Firpo
Pérez 38'
Jiménez 83'		 (Report) Alas 44'
Sánchez 49'
Gómez 52'
Attendance: 300
Luis Ángel Firpo El Salvador1–1United States Houston Dynamo
Leguizamón 87' (Report) Holden 16'
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Jorge Gasso (Mexico)
UNAM Mexico6–0Panama San Francisco
Palencia 29', 54'
Bravo 40'
Toledo 49'
Cortés 60'
Santana 73'		 (Report)
Attendance: 5,982
Referee: Terry Vaughn (United States)
Houston Dynamo United States1–0El Salvador Luis Ángel Firpo
Ching 13'
Attendance: 14,142

Group C
Club Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Mexico Atlante 632163+311
Canada Montreal Impact 6321105+511
Honduras Olimpia 6222106+48
Trinidad and Tobago Joe Public 6105315−123
  • Atlante is ranked ahead of Montreal Impact based on head-to-head record, which is the first tiebreaker.[1]
Montreal Impact Canada2–0Trinidad and Tobago Joe Public
Pesoli 14'
Donatelli 47'		 (Report)
Attendance: 7,631
Atlante Mexico1–0Honduras Olimpia
A. Muñoz 26' (Report)
Attendance: 13,000
Referee: Paul Ward (Canada)
Joe Public Trinidad and Tobago1–3Honduras Olimpia
Richardson 77' (Report) Bruschi 32', 76'
Thomas 60'
Attendance: 847
Referee: Antonius Pinas (Suriname)
Montreal Impact Canada0–0Mexico Atlante
(Report)
Attendance: 12,187
Referee: Courtney Campbell (Jamaica)
Olimpia Honduras1–2Canada Montreal Impact
Turcios 32' (Report) Brown 3', 71' (pen.)
Attendance: 7,224
Referee: Elmer Bonilla (El Salvador)
Atlante Mexico0–1Trinidad and Tobago Joe Public
(Report) Nelson 56'
Attendance: 13,000
Joe Public Trinidad and Tobago1–4Canada Montreal Impact
Noray 9' (Report) Placentino 5'
Donatelli 13', 79'
Byers 44'
Attendance: 2,000
Olimpia Honduras1–1Mexico Atlante
Hernández 83' (Report) Vilar 38'
Attendance: 3,200
Montreal Impact Canada1–1Honduras Olimpia
Brown 40' (Report) Bruschi 45+1'
Attendance: 8,961
Joe Public Trinidad and Tobago0–2Mexico Atlante
(Report) Valadez 7'
Pereyra 56'
Attendance: 400
Olimpia Honduras4–0Trinidad and Tobago Joe Public
Dos Santos 26', 38'
García 72'
Silva 85'		 (Report)
Attendance: 1,000
Atlante Mexico2–1Canada Montreal Impact
Ovalle 13'
Pereyra 83'		 (Report) Gjertsen 4'
Attendance: 4,312

Group D
Club Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Mexico Santos Laguna 63121411+310
Puerto Rico Puerto Rico Islanders 6222910−18
Panama Tauro 6222910−18
Guatemala Municipal 61321213−16
  • Puerto Rico Islanders is ranked ahead of Tauro based on head-to-head record, which is the first tiebreaker.[1]
Puerto Rico Islanders Puerto Rico2–1Panama Tauro
Villegas 11'
Jagdeosingh 26'		 (Report) Aguilar 58'
Attendance: 3,500
Santos Laguna Mexico3–2Guatemala Municipal
Torres 10'
Benítez 32'
Vuoso 90'		 (Report) Ramírez 47'
Acevedo 83'
Attendance: 8,000
Puerto Rico Islanders Puerto Rico3–1Mexico Santos Laguna
Telesford 14'
Delgado 38'
Miranda 49'		 (Report) Herrera 71'
Attendance: 10,112
Tauro Panama2–1Guatemala Municipal
Hay 47', 90+6' (Report) Ramírez 45+2'
Referee: Neal Brizan (Trinidad & Tobago)
Municipal Guatemala2–2Puerto Rico Puerto Rico Islanders
Leguizamón 79'
Plata 90+1'		 (Report) Noël 9'
Gbandi 90'
Attendance: 3,000
Tauro Panama2–0Mexico Santos Laguna
Hay 42'
Rojas 55'		 (Report)
Attendance: 1,500
Municipal Guatemala2–2Panama Tauro
Plata 15'
Acevedo 90+1'		 (Report) Escobar 58'
Aguilar 61'
Attendance: 1,000
Santos Laguna Mexico3–0Puerto Rico Puerto Rico Islanders
Peralta 29'
Hernández 54'
Herrera 70'		 (Report)
Attendance: 12,000
Santos Laguna Mexico3–0Panama Tauro
Benítez 10', 27'
Torres 53'		 (Report)
Attendance: 16,000
Puerto Rico Islanders Puerto Rico0–1Guatemala Municipal
(Report) Acevedo 86'
Attendance: 7,500
Referee: Geoffrey Hospedales (Trinidad & Tobago)
Tauro Panama2–2Puerto Rico Puerto Rico Islanders
Hay 42' (pen.), 77' (Report) Telesford 16'
Noël 28'
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Germán Arredondo (Mexico)
Municipal Guatemala4–4Mexico Santos Laguna
Ramírez 38' (pen.), 64' (pen.), 90+5'
Leguizamón 71'		 (Report) Herrera 10', 47' (pen.), 57' (pen.)
Peralta 74'
Attendance: 1,764

References
  1. "CONCACAF Champions League Regulations 2008/2009" (PDF). CONCACAF. Retrieved 25 September 2008.
  2. "Marathon-Saprissa match rescheduled for 5 November". CONCACAF. 2008-10-23. Retrieved 23 October 2008.
  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.
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