2008–09 CONCACAF Champions League Group Stage

The CONCACAF Champions League 2008–09 Group Stage took place between 16 September 2008 and 26 November 2008.

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

2008-09-16
20:00 EDT (UTC-4)
D.C. United United States 0 – 2 Costa Rica Saprissa
(Report) Centeno  32'
Arrieta  52'
RFK Stadium, Washington, D.C.
Attendance: 6,105
Referee: Marco Rodríguez (Mexico)

2008-09-23
21:00 CDT (UTC-5)
Cruz Azul Mexico 4 – 0 Costa Rica Saprissa
Sabah  23'
Torrado  54'
Zeballos  60'
Riveros  67'		 (Report)
Estadio Azul, Mexico City
Attendance: 6,500
Referee: Terry Vaughn (United States)

2008-09-30
20:00 CST (UTC-6)
Saprissa Costa Rica 2 – 1 Honduras Marathón
Borges  68'
Alpízar  86'		 (Report) Núñez  50' (pen.)

2008-10-01
20:00 EDT (UTC-4)
D.C. United United States 0 – 1 Mexico Cruz Azul
(Report) Zeballos  56'
RFK Stadium, Washington, D.C.
Attendance: 7,214
Referee: Paul Ward (Canada)

2008-10-07
19:00 CDT (UTC-5)
Cruz Azul Mexico 1 – 1 Honduras Marathón
Orozco  14' (Report) Norales  87'
Estadio Azul, Mexico City
Attendance: 4,926
Referee: Carlos Batres (Guatemala)

2008-10-09
20:00 CST (UTC-6)
Saprissa Costa Rica 2 – 2 United States D.C. United
Elizondo  82'  86' (Report) Doe  6'
Dyachenko  90+2'
Estadio Ricardo Saprissa, San José
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: German Arredondo (Mexico)

2008-10-21
21:00 CDT (UTC-5)
Cruz Azul Mexico 2 – 0 United States D.C. United
Vigneri  36'
Zeballos  88'		 (Report)
Estadio Azul, Mexico City
Attendance: 4,265
Referee: Roberto Moreno (Panama)

2008-10-29
20:00 EDT (UTC-4)
D.C. United United States 2 – 4 Honduras Marathón
Doe  10'
Janicki  61'		 (Report) Martínez  31'
Berríos  46'
Núñez  53'
Chávez  68'
RFK Stadium, Washington, D.C.
Attendance: 7,156
Referee: Benito Archundia (Mexico)

2008-10-29
18:00 CST (UTC-6)
Saprissa Costa Rica 1 – 0 Mexico Cruz Azul
Alpízar  60' (Report)

2008-11-05
19:00 CST (UTC-6)
Marathón Honduras 2 – 0 Costa Rica Saprissa
Chávez  11'
Núñez  75'		 (Report)

Group B

Club Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Mexico Universidad Nacional 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

2008-09-23
19:00 EST (UTC-5)
San Francisco Panama 0 – 0 United States Houston Dynamo
(Report)
Estadio Nacional Rod Carew, Panama City
Attendance: 3,400
Referee: Geoffrey Hospedales (Trinidad & Tobago)

2008-09-30
21:00 CDT (UTC-5)
Universidad Nacional Mexico 4 – 4 United States Houston Dynamo
López  18'
Juárez  26'
Palencia  41'
Verón  45+2'		 (Report) Waibel  3'  50'
Kamara  16'  33' (pen.)

2008-10-07
21:00 CDT (UTC-5)
Houston Dynamo United States 2 – 1 Panama San Francisco
Wondolowski  13'
De Rosario  88'		 (Report) Pérez  47'
Robertson Stadium, Houston
Attendance: 4,178
Referee: Benito Archundia (Mexico)

2008-10-09
20:00 CST (UTC-6)
Luis Ángel Firpo El Salvador 1 – 1 Mexico Universidad Nacional
Quintanilla  52' (Report) Bravo  55'
Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador
Attendance: 1,509
Referee: Ricardo Zelaya (Honduras)

2008-10-22
22:00 CDT (UTC-5)
Houston Dynamo United States 1 – 3 Mexico Universidad Nacional
Palacios  39' (o.g.) (Report) Cacho  18' (pen.)
Espinoza  30'
Palacios  70'
Robertson Stadium, Houston
Attendance: 8,741
Referee: Neal Brizan (Trinidad & Tobago)

2008-10-22
19:00 EST (UTC-5)
San Francisco Panama 2 – 3 El Salvador Luis Ángel Firpo
Pérez  38'
Jiménez  83'		 (Report) Alas  44'
Sánchez  49'
Gómez  52'

2008-10-28
20:00 CST (UTC-6)
Luis Ángel Firpo El Salvador 1 – 1 United States Houston Dynamo
Leguizamón  87' (Report) Holden  16'
Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Jorge Gasso (Mexico)

2008-10-29
20:00 CST (UTC-6)
Universidad Nacional Mexico 6 – 0 Panama San Francisco
Palencia  29'  54'
Bravo  40'
Toledo  49'
Cortés  60'
Santana  73'		 (Report)
Estadio Olímpico Universitario, Mexico City
Attendance: 5,982
Referee: Terry Vaughn (United States)

2008-11-26
19:00 CST (UTC-6)
Houston Dynamo United States 1 – 0 El Salvador Luis Ángel Firpo
Ching  13'
Robertson Stadium, Houston
Attendance: 14,142
Referee: Roberto García (Mexico)

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]

2008-09-17
20:00 EDT (UTC-4)
Montreal Impact Canada 2 – 0 Trinidad and Tobago Joe Public
Pesoli  14'
Donatelli  47'		 (Report)
Stade Saputo, Montreal
Attendance: 7,631
Referee: Jair Marrufo (United States)

2008-09-18
21:00 CDT (UTC-5)
Atlante Mexico 1 – 0 Honduras Olimpia
A. Muñoz  26' (Report)
Estadio Andrés Quintana Roo, Cancún
Attendance: 13,000
Referee: Paul Ward (Canada)

2008-09-24
20:00 AST (UTC-4)
Joe Public Trinidad and Tobago 1 – 3 Honduras Olimpia
Richardson  77' (Report) Bruschi  32'  76'
Thomas  60'
Marvin Lee Stadium, Macoya
Attendance: 847
Referee: Antonius Pinas (Suriname)

2008-09-24
20:00 EDT (UTC-4)
Montreal Impact Canada 0 – 0 Mexico Atlante
(Report)
Stade Saputo, Montreal
Attendance: 12,187
Referee: Courtney Campbell (Jamaica)

2008-10-01
20:00 CST (UTC-6)
Olimpia Honduras 1 – 2 Canada Montreal Impact
Turcios  32' (Report) Brown  3'  71' (pen.)
Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino, Tegucigalpa
Attendance: 7,224
Referee: Elmer Bonilla (El Salvador)

2008-10-02
21:00 CDT (UTC-5)
Atlante Mexico 0 – 1 Trinidad and Tobago Joe Public
(Report) Nelson  56'

2008-10-08
20:00 AST (UTC-4)
Joe Public Trinidad and Tobago 1 – 4 Canada Montreal Impact
Noray  9' (Report) Placentino  5'
Donatelli  13'  79'
Byers  44'

2008-10-08
20:00 CST (UTC-6)
Olimpia Honduras 1 – 1 Mexico Atlante
Hernández  83' (Report) Vilar  38'

2008-10-21
20:00 EDT (UTC-4)
Montreal Impact Canada 1 – 1 Honduras Olimpia
Brown  40' (Report) Bruschi  45+1'
Stade Saputo, Montreal
Attendance: 8,961
Referee: Benito Archundia (Mexico)

2008-10-21
20:00 AST (UTC-4)
Joe Public Trinidad and Tobago 0 – 2 Mexico Atlante
(Report) Valadez  7'
Pereyra  56'

2008-10-28
18:00 CST (UTC-6)
Olimpia Honduras 4 – 0 Trinidad and Tobago Joe Public
Dos Santos  26'  38'
García  72'
Silva  85'		 (Report)

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]

2008-09-17
19:00 CDT (UTC-5)
Santos Laguna Mexico 3 – 2 Guatemala Municipal
Torres  10'
Benítez  32'
Vuoso  90'		 (Report) Ramírez  47'
Acevedo  83'
Estadio Corona, Torreón
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Roberto Moreno (Panama)

2008-09-25
20:00 EST (UTC-5)
Tauro Panama 2 – 1 Guatemala Municipal
Hay  47', 90+6' (Report) Ramírez  45+2'

2008-10-01
20:00 CST (UTC-6)
Municipal Guatemala 2 – 2 Puerto Rico Puerto Rico Islanders
Leguizamón  79'
Plata  90+1'		 (Report) Noël  9'
Gbandi  90'

2008-10-02
19:00 EST (UTC-5)
Tauro Panama 2 – 0 Mexico Santos Laguna
Hay  42'
Rojas  55'		 (Report)

2008-10-08
20:00 CST (UTC-6)
Municipal Guatemala 2 – 2 Panama Tauro
Plata  15'
Acevedo  90+1'		 (Report) Escobar  58'
Aguilar  61'

2008-10-22
19:00 CDT (UTC-5)
Santos Laguna Mexico 3 – 0 Panama Tauro
Benítez  10', 27'
Torres  53'		 (Report)
Estadio Corona, Torreón
Attendance: 16,000
Referee: Carlos Batres (Guatemala)

2008-10-23
20:00 AST (UTC-4)
Puerto Rico Islanders Puerto Rico 0 – 1 Guatemala Municipal
(Report) Acevedo  86'
Estadio Juan Ramón Loubriel, Bayamón
Attendance: 7,500
Referee: Geoffrey Hospedales (Trinidad & Tobago)

2008-10-29
19:00 EST (UTC-5)
Tauro Panama 2 – 2 Puerto Rico Puerto Rico Islanders
Hay  42' (pen.)  77' (Report) Telesford  16'
Noël  28'
Estadio Nacional Rod Carew, Panama City
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Germán Arredondo (Mexico)

2008-10-30
20:00 CST (UTC-6)
Municipal Guatemala 4 – 4 Mexico Santos Laguna
Ramírez  38' (pen.), 64' (pen.), 90+5'
Leguizamón  71'		 (Report) Herrera  10', 47' (pen.), 57' (pen.)
Peralta  74'

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "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. 2008-09-22. Archived from the original on 24 September 2008. Retrieved 25 September 2008.
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