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Main article: 2008–09 CONCACAF Champions League

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

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 6 4 1 1 12 5 +7 13
Mexico Cruz Azul 6 3 1 2 8 4 +4 10
Costa Rica Saprissa 6 3 1 2 7 9 −2 10
United States 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 United States0–2 Costa Rica Saprissa
(Report) Centeno 32'
Arrieta 52'
RFK Stadium, Washington, D.C.
Attendance: 6,105
Marathón Honduras2–0 Mexico Cruz Azul
Mejía 33'
Beata 55'		 (Report)[ permanent dead link]
Attendance: 6,540
Cruz Azul Mexico4–0 Costa Rica Saprissa
Sabah 23'
Torrado 54'
Zeballos 60'
Riveros 67'		 (Report)
Attendance: 6,500
Referee: Terry Vaughn ( United States)
Marathón Honduras2–0 United States D.C. United
Núñez 65'
Norales 82'		 (Report)[ dead link]
Attendance: 8,000
Saprissa Costa Rica2–1 Honduras Marathón
Borges 68'
Alpízar 86'		 (Report)[ permanent dead link] Núñez 50' ( pen.)
Attendance: 6,000
D.C. United United States0–1 Mexico Cruz Azul
(Report)[ dead link] Zeballos 56'
RFK Stadium, Washington, D.C.
Attendance: 7,214
Referee: Paul Ward ( Canada)
Cruz Azul Mexico1–1 Honduras Marathón
Orozco 14' (Report)[ permanent dead link] Norales 87'
Attendance: 4,926
Saprissa Costa Rica2–2 United States D.C. United
Elizondo 82', 86' (Report) Doe 6'
Dyachenko 90+2'
Attendance: 10,000
Cruz Azul Mexico2–0 United States D.C. United
Vigneri 36'
Zeballos 88'		 (Report)[ dead link]
Attendance: 4,265
D.C. United United States2–4 Honduras Marathón
Doe 10'
Janicki 61'		 (Report) Martínez 31'
Berríos 46'
Núñez 53'
Chávez 68'
RFK Stadium, Washington, D.C.
Attendance: 7,156
Saprissa Costa Rica1–0 Mexico Cruz Azul
Alpízar 60' (Report)[ permanent dead link]
Attendance: 12,800
Marathón Honduras2–0 Costa Rica Saprissa
Chávez 11'
Núñez 75'		 (Report)[ permanent dead link]
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 6 3 3 0 18 7 +11 12
United States Houston Dynamo 6 2 3 1 9 9 0 9
El Salvador Luis Ángel Firpo 6 2 2 2 6 8 −2 8
Panama San Francisco 6 0 2 4 4 13 −9 2
San Francisco Panama1–1 Mexico UNAM
Zapata 42' (Report) Espinoza 7'
Attendance: 7,000
San Francisco Panama0–0 United States Houston Dynamo
(Report)[ permanent dead link]
Attendance: 3,400
UNAM Mexico3–0 El Salvador Luis Ángel Firpo
Cabrera 11', 37'
Pineda 35'		 (Report)[ permanent dead link]
Attendance: 8,205
UNAM Mexico4–4 United States Houston Dynamo
López 18'
Juárez 26'
Palencia 41'
Verón 45+2'		 (Report)[ permanent dead link] Waibel 3', 50'
Kamara 16', 33' ( pen.)
Attendance: 9,179
Luis Ángel Firpo El Salvador1–0 Panama San Francisco
Ávila 90+1' (Report)[ permanent dead link]
Attendance: 426
Houston Dynamo United States2–1 Panama San Francisco
Wondolowski 13'
De Rosario 88'		 (Report)[ permanent dead link] Pérez 47'
Attendance: 4,178
Luis Ángel Firpo El Salvador1–1 Mexico UNAM
Quintanilla 52' (Report)[ permanent dead link] Bravo 55'
Attendance: 1,509
Houston Dynamo United States1–3 Mexico UNAM
Palacios 39' ( o.g.) (Report) Cacho 18' ( pen.)
Espinoza 30'
Palacios 70'
Attendance: 8,741
San Francisco Panama2–3 El Salvador Luis Ángel Firpo
Pérez 38'
Jiménez 83'		 (Report)[ permanent dead link] Alas 44'
Sánchez 49'
Gómez 52'
Attendance: 300
Luis Ángel Firpo El Salvador1–1 United States Houston Dynamo
Leguizamón 87' (Report)[ permanent dead link] Holden 16'
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Jorge Gasso ( Mexico)
UNAM Mexico6–0 Panama 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 States1–0 El Salvador Luis Ángel Firpo
Ching 13'
Attendance: 14,142

Group C

Club Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Mexico Atlante 6 3 2 1 6 3 +3 11
Canada Montreal Impact 6 3 2 1 10 5 +5 11
Honduras Olimpia 6 2 2 2 10 6 +4 8
Trinidad and Tobago 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 Canada2–0 Trinidad and Tobago Joe Public
Pesoli 14'
Donatelli 47'		 (Report)[ permanent dead link]
Attendance: 7,631
Atlante Mexico1–0 Honduras Olimpia
A. Muñoz 26' (Report)[ permanent dead link]
Attendance: 13,000
Referee: Paul Ward ( Canada)
Joe Public Trinidad and Tobago1–3 Honduras Olimpia
Richardson 77' (Report)[ permanent dead link] Bruschi 32', 76'
Thomas 60'
Attendance: 847
Montreal Impact Canada0–0 Mexico Atlante
(Report)[ permanent dead link]
Attendance: 12,187
Olimpia Honduras1–2 Canada Montreal Impact
Turcios 32' (Report)[ permanent dead link] Brown 3', 71' ( pen.)
Attendance: 7,224
Atlante Mexico0–1 Trinidad and Tobago Joe Public
(Report)[ permanent dead link] Nelson 56'
Attendance: 13,000
Joe Public Trinidad and Tobago1–4 Canada Montreal Impact
Noray 9' (Report)[ permanent dead link] Placentino 5'
Donatelli 13', 79'
Byers 44'
Attendance: 2,000
Olimpia Honduras1–1 Mexico Atlante
Hernández 83' (Report) Vilar 38'
Attendance: 3,200
Montreal Impact Canada1–1 Honduras Olimpia
Brown 40' (Report) Bruschi 45+1'
Attendance: 8,961
Joe Public Trinidad and Tobago0–2 Mexico Atlante
(Report)[ permanent dead link] Valadez 7'
Pereyra 56'
Attendance: 400
Olimpia Honduras4–0 Trinidad and Tobago Joe Public
Dos Santos 26', 38'
García 72'
Silva 85'		 (Report)[ permanent dead link]
Attendance: 1,000
Atlante Mexico2–1 Canada 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 6 3 1 2 14 11 +3 10
Puerto Rico Puerto Rico Islanders 6 2 2 2 9 10 −1 8
Panama Tauro 6 2 2 2 9 10 −1 8
Guatemala 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 Puerto Rico2–1 Panama Tauro
Villegas 11'
Jagdeosingh 26'		 (Report) Aguilar 58'
Attendance: 3,500
Santos Laguna Mexico3–2 Guatemala Municipal
Torres 10'
Benítez 32'
Vuoso 90'		 (Report)[ permanent dead link] Ramírez 47'
Acevedo 83'
Attendance: 8,000
Puerto Rico Islanders Puerto Rico3–1 Mexico Santos Laguna
Telesford 14'
Delgado 38'
Miranda 49'		 (Report) Herrera 71'
Attendance: 10,112
Tauro Panama2–1 Guatemala Municipal
Hay 47', 90+6' (Report)[ permanent dead link] Ramírez 45+2'
Municipal Guatemala2–2 Puerto Rico Puerto Rico Islanders
Leguizamón 79'
Plata 90+1'		 (Report)[ permanent dead link] Noël 9'
Gbandi 90'
Attendance: 3,000
Tauro Panama2–0 Mexico Santos Laguna
Hay 42'
Rojas 55'		 (Report)[ permanent dead link]
Attendance: 1,500
Municipal Guatemala2–2 Panama Tauro
Plata 15'
Acevedo 90+1'		 (Report)[ permanent dead link] Escobar 58'
Aguilar 61'
Attendance: 1,000
Santos Laguna Mexico3–0 Puerto Rico Puerto Rico Islanders
Peralta 29'
Hernández 54'
Herrera 70'		 (Report)[ permanent dead link]
Attendance: 12,000
Santos Laguna Mexico3–0 Panama Tauro
Benítez 10', 27'
Torres 53'		 (Report)[ permanent dead link]
Attendance: 16,000
Puerto Rico Islanders Puerto Rico0–1 Guatemala Municipal
(Report)[ permanent dead link] Acevedo 86'
Attendance: 7,500
Tauro Panama2–2 Puerto Rico Puerto Rico Islanders
Hay 42' ( pen.), 77' (Report)[ permanent dead link] Telesford 16'
Noël 28'
Attendance: 1,500
Municipal Guatemala4–4 Mexico Santos Laguna
Ramírez 38' ( pen.), 64' ( pen.), 90+5'
Leguizamón 71'		 (Report)[ permanent dead link] Herrera 10', 47' ( pen.), 57' ( pen.)
Peralta 74'
Attendance: 1,764

References

  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.
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