2009â€“10 CONCACAF Champions League

The CONCACAF Champions League in the season 2009/10 was the second edition of the competition.

The tournament began in late July 2009 with the qualification and ended with the final second leg match on April 28, 2010. The Mexican club CF Pachuca defeated in the final of his compatriots from CD Cruz Azul 1:2 and 1:0 on the away goals rule. For Pachuca this was the first success in the CONCACAF Champions League; the club is now qualified for the FIFA Club World Cup 2010.

5.1 Statistics for the final 5.1.1 leg
5.1.2 leg

Participants

In the CONCACAF Champions League 2008 /09 participated 24 teams. The teams come from North America, the Caribbean and Central America.

Mexico Mexico ( Primera División ) Deportivo Toluca
UNAM Pumas
CD Cruz Azul
CF Pachuca

United States USA ( Major League Soccer - 2008) Columbus Crew
Houston Dynamo
New York Red Bulls
D.C. United

Honduras Honduras (Liga Nacional) CD Marathón
CD Olimpia
Real España1

Costa Rica Costa Rica ( La Liga ) Deportivo Saprissa
Municipal Liberia
CS Herediano2

El Salvador El Salvador ( Primera Division ) AD Isidro Metapán
CD Luis Ángel Firpo3

Guatemala Guatemala (Liga Nacional) CSD Comunicaciones
CD Jalapa

Panama Panama ( ANAPROF ) CD Árabe Unido
San Francisco FC

Canada Canada (Canadian Championship - 2009) Toronto FC

Caribbean ( CFU Club Championship - 2009) Trinidad and Tobago W Connection
Trinidad and Tobago San Juan Jabloteh

1As Belize could produce no suitable stadium, Honduras received a third place as the best Central American country last year. 2 Costa Rica received a third place, as the stadium of the Nicaraguan club Real Estelí did not fulfill the conditions required by the CONCACAF. Originally, the starting place should go to Panama, the second best Central American country last year, but Panama had not itself a third suitable stadium. 3 The second- best team in the Salvadoran Championships after Apertura and Clausura winners AD Isidro Metapán, CD Chalatenango, the registration papers filed in due time, so that El Salvador's third-best team, Luis Ángel Firpo nachrückte.

Tournament

Qualifying round ( 16 teams )

Each 2 teams from the U.S. and Mexico.
Each 2 teams from Panama, Costa Rica and Honduras.
Ever a team from El Salvador, Guatemala and Canada.
3 teams from the Caribbean zone.

Group stage: (16 teams)

The eight winners of the Preliminary Round.
Each 2 teams from the U.S. and Mexico.
Ever a team from Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras.

Preliminary Round ( qualifying round)

The pairings for the qualifying round were drawn on June 11, 2009. The first legs take place between the 28 and 30 July, the return matches between August 4 to 6 instead.

After the qualifying round, the winners of the various matches are assigned to the already seeded teams. It created four groups of four teams.

Group Stage ( main round )

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Championship Round ( one-two round )

The quarter-final first legs took place from 9 to March 11, 2010; the return games were played from 16 to 18 March 2010. The semi-finals took place on 30 and 31 March and on April 6 and 7; the two finals on April 21 and 28.