2015–16 CONCACAF Champions League group stage

The 2015–16 CONCACAF Champions League group stage was played from August 4 to October 22, 2015. A total of 24 teams competed in the group stage to decide the eight places in the knockout stage of the 2015–16 CONCACAF Champions League.http://www.concacaf.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/2015-16-SCCL-Regulations-ENG.pdf Scotiabank CONCACAF Champions League 2015–16 Regulations CONCACAF.com Draw The draw for the tournament was held on June 1, 2015, 20:00 EDT (UTC−4), at the New World Center in Miami Beach, Florida.http://www.concacaf.com/article/sccl-draw-slated-for-monday SCCL draw slated for Monday CONCACAF.com May 29, 2015 December 15, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20151222113324/http://www.concacaf.com/article/sccl-draw-slated-for-monday December 22, 2015 dead mdy-all The 24 teams were drawn into eight groups of three, with each group containing one team from each of the three pots.http://www.concacaf.com/article/draw-produces-intriguing-matches-for-201516-sccl-group-stage Draw Produces Intriguing Matches for 2015/16 SCCL Group Stage CONCACAF.com June 1, 2015 June 30, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150602133709/http://www.concacaf.com/article/draw-produces-intriguing-matches-for-201516-sccl-group-stage June 2, 2015 dead For the draw, the 24 teams were seeded into three pots. Teams from the same association (excluding "wildcard" teams which replace a team from another association) were placed in the same pot such that they could not be drawn into the same group:http://www.concacaf.com/video/official-draw-scotiabank-concacaf-champions-league-201516 Official Draw: Scotiabank CONCACAF Champions League 2015/16 CONCACAF.com June 1, 2015 June 30, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150603234429/http://www.concacaf.com/video/official-draw-scotiabank-concacaf-champions-league-201516 June 3, 2015 dead mdy-all Pot 1 contained two teams from El Salvador, one team each from Canada, Nicaragua, and Belize, and three teams from the Caribbean. Pot 2 contained two teams each from Costa Rica, Honduras, Guatemala, and Panama. Pot 3 contained four teams each from Mexico and the United States. The seeding was changed from previous seasons where teams from the same association were placed in different pots. Pot 1SLV Isidro MetapánSLV Santa TeclaCAN Vancouver Whitecaps FCNCA Walter FerrettiBLZ VerdesTRI CentralTRI W ConnectionJAM Montego Bay UnitedPot 2CRC SaprissaCRC HeredianoHON 1949 OlimpiaHON 1949 MotaguaGUA ComunicacionesGUA MunicipalPAN Árabe UnidoPAN San FranciscoPot 3MEX AméricaMEX Santos LagunaMEX UANLMEX QuerétaroUSA LA GalaxyUSA Seattle Sounders FCUSA D.C. UnitedUSA Real Salt Lake Format In the group stage, each group was played on a home-and-away round-robin basis. The winners of each group advanced to the quarterfinals. Tiebreakers The teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers would be applied in the following order (Regulations, II. C. Tie-Breaker Procedures): Greater number of points earned in matches between the teams concerned; Greater goal difference in matches between the teams concerned; Greater number of goals scored away from home in matches between the teams concerned; Greater goal difference in all group matches; Greater number of goals scored in group matches; Greater number of goals scored away in all group matches; Drawing of lots. Groups The matchdays were August 4–6, August 18–20, August 25–27, September 15–17, September 22–24, and October 20–22, 2015.http://www.mlssoccer.com/news/article/2015/06/29/concacaf-unveils-champions-league-group-stage-schedule-set-kick-august-5 CONCACAF unveils Champions League group stage schedule, set to kick off August 4 Major League Soccer June 29, 2015 July 7, 2015 July 3, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150703014114/http://www.mlssoccer.com/news/article/2015/06/29/concacaf-unveils-champions-league-group-stage-schedule-set-kick-august-5 deadhttp://www.concacaf.com/article/concacaf-announces-schedule-change-for-week-one-champions-league-match-in-panama CONCACAF Announces Schedule Change for Week One Champions League Match in Panama CONCACAF.com July 17, 2015 July 18, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150719150727/http://www.concacaf.com/article/concacaf-announces-schedule-change-for-week-one-champions-league-match-in-panama July 19, 2015 dead All times U.S. Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−4) Group A yes 200 Santos Laguna v W Connection 2015 8 4 22:00 Santos Laguna MEX 4–0 TRI W Connection Djaniny 42 68Escoboza 62Mendoza 90 Estadio Corona, Torreón Mario Escobar (Guatemala) http://www.concacaf.com/category/champions-league/game-detail/2377918 Saprissa v W Connection 2015 8 20 22:00 Saprissa CRC 4–0 TRI W Connection Vega 31Guzmán 40Ramírez 70Flores 90+3 Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá, San Juan de Tibás Drew Fischer (Canada) http://www.concacaf.com/category/champions-league/game-detail/2377926 Saprissa v Santos Laguna 2015 8 25 22:00 Saprissa CRC 2–1 MEX Santos Laguna Angulo 54Araujo 79 o.g. Orozco 20 Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá, San Juan de Tibás Joel Aguilar (El Salvador) http://www.concacaf.com/category/champions-league/game-detail/2377934 W Connection v Saprissa 2015 9 16 20:00 W Connection TRI 2–1 CRC Saprissa Frederick 34Jones 82 Colindres 38 Hasely Crawford Stadium, Port of Spain Héctor Rodríguez (Honduras) http://www.concacaf.com/category/champions-league/game-detail/2377942 W Connection v Santos Laguna 2015 9 22 20:00 W Connection TRI 0–1 MEX Santos Laguna Rentería 2 Hasely Crawford Stadium, Port of Spain Baldomero Toledo (United States) http://www.concacaf.com/category/champions-league/game-detail/2377950 Santos Laguna v Saprissa 2015 10 20 20:00 Santos Laguna MEX 6–1 CRC Saprissa Rabello 38Djaniny 52Mendoza 55Izquierdoz 67González 69Escoboza 90 Escoe 49 Estadio Corona, Torreón Walter López (Guatemala) http://www.concacaf.com/category/champions-league/game-detail/2377958 Group B yes 200 Herediano v Isidro Metapán 2015 8 6 22:00 Herediano CRC 3–0 SLV Isidro Metapán Hansen 3Azofeifa 7Cunningham 59 Estadio Eladio Rosabal Cordero, Heredia José Kellys (Panama) http://www.concacaf.com/category/champions-league/game-detail/2377919 UANL v Isidro Metapán 2015 8 18 20:00 UANL MEX 2–1 SLV Isidro Metapán Zamora 84 86 Rugamas 5 Estadio Universitario, San Nicolás de los Garza Armando Villarreal (United States) http://www.concacaf.com/category/champions-league/game-detail/2377927 Herediano v UANL 2015 8 26 22:00 Herediano CRC 1–1 MEX UANL Hansen 33 pen. Briseño 14 Estadio Eladio Rosabal Cordero, Heredia Jonathan Polanco (Guatemala) http://www.concacaf.com/category/champions-league/game-detail/2377935 Isidro Metapán v Herediano 2015 9 17 22:00 Isidro Metapán SLV 2–0 CRC Herediano Rugamas 63Salinas 90+4 Estadio Jorge Calero Suárez, Metapán Roberto García (Mexico) http://www.concacaf.com/category/champions-league/game-detail/2377943 Isidro Metapán v UANL 2015 9 24 22:00 Isidro Metapán SLV 1–2 MEX UANL Flores 35 pen. Torres 23Uche 64 Estadio Jorge Calero Suárez, Metapán Christopher Reid (Belize) http://www.concacaf.com/category/champions-league/game-detail/2377951 UANL v Herediano 2015 10 21 20:00 UANL MEX 0–0 CRC Herediano Estadio Universitario, San Nicolás de los Garza Ricardo Salazar (United States) http://www.concacaf.com/category/champions-league/game-detail/2377959 Group C yes 200 Querétaro v San Francisco 2015 8 4 20:00 Querétaro MEX 2–0 PAN San Francisco Villa 61Milke 76 Estadio Corregidora, Querétaro Jeffrey Solís (Costa Rica) http://www.concacaf.com/category/champions-league/game-detail/2377920 Verdes v Querétaro 2015 8 18 22:00 Verdes BLZ 0–0 MEX Querétaro FFB Stadium, Belmopan Valdin Legister (Jamaica) http://www.concacaf.com/category/champions-league/game-detail/2377928 San Francisco v Querétaro 2015 8 26 20:00 San Francisco PAN 2–1 MEX Querétaro Rodríguez 89Alfaro 90 Sinha 76 Estadio Maracaná, Panama City Walter López (Guatemala) http://www.concacaf.com/category/champions-league/game-detail/2377936 Querétaro v Verdes 2015 9 17 22:00 Querétaro MEX 8–0 BLZ Verdes Gutiérrez 15Villa 30 51 53 85 90Sinha 81Danilinho 86 Estadio Corregidora, Querétaro Elmer Bonilla (El Salvador) http://www.concacaf.com/category/champions-league/game-detail/2377944 Verdes v San Francisco 2015 9 22 22:00 Verdes BLZ 2–1 PAN San Francisco McCaulay 18 88 Morán 12 FFB Stadium, Belmopan Oscar Macías (Mexico) http://www.concacaf.com/category/champions-league/game-detail/2377952 San Francisco v Verdes 2015 10 22 22:00 San Francisco PAN 8–0 BLZ Verdes Pinilla 3Ruiz 16 30 77Zorrilla 32 42Gil 67Jiménez 86 Estadio Maracaná, Panama City Wálter Quesada (Costa Rica) http://www.concacaf.com/category/champions-league/game-detail/2377960 Group D yes 200 LA Galaxy v Central 2015 8 6 22:00 LA Galaxy USA 5–1 TRI Central Gordon 4Mendiola 32Zardes 55 pen.Dos Santos 76Maganto 85 Guerra 6 pen. StubHub Center, Carson 13,625 Christopher Reid (Belize) http://www.concacaf.com/category/champions-league/game-detail/2377921 LA Galaxy v Comunicaciones 2015 8 18 22:00 LA Galaxy USA 5–0 GUA Comunicaciones Väyrynen 5Gordon 9 54Keane 87 89 StubHub Center, Carson José Alfredo Peñaloza (Mexico) http://www.concacaf.com/category/champions-league/game-detail/2377929 Comunicaciones v Central 2015 8 27 22:00 Comunicaciones GUA 1–0 TRI Central Lalín 11 Estadio Cementos Progreso, Guatemala City John Pitti (Panama) http://www.concacaf.com/category/champions-league/game-detail/2377937 Central v Comunicaciones 2015 9 17 20:00 Central TRI 1–0 GUA Comunicaciones Guerra 61 Hasely Crawford Stadium, Port of Spain David Gantar (Canada) http://www.concacaf.com/category/champions-league/game-detail/2377945 Central v LA Galaxy 2015 9 23 20:00 Central TRI 1–1 USA LA Galaxy Plaza 2 Gordon 82 Hasely Crawford Stadium, Port of Spain William Anderson (Puerto Rico) http://www.concacaf.com/category/champions-league/game-detail/2377953 Comunicaciones v LA Galaxy 2015 10 21 22:00 Comunicaciones GUA 1–1 USA LA Galaxy Blackburn 90+3 Gordon 84 Estadio Cementos Progreso, Guatemala City Fernando Guerrero (Mexico) http://www.concacaf.com/category/champions-league/game-detail/2377961 Group E yes 200 América v Motagua 2015 8 5 22:00 América MEX 4–0 HON 1949 Motagua Alvarado 3Pab. Aguilar 6Peralta 41Sambueza 56 Estadio Azteca, Mexico City Edvin Jurisevic (United States) http://www.concacaf.com/category/champions-league/game-detail/2377922 América v Walter Ferretti 2015 8 19 22:00 América MEX 1–0 NCA Walter Ferretti Arroyo 71 Estadio Azteca, Mexico City Jafeth Perea (Panama) http://www.concacaf.com/category/champions-league/game-detail/2377930 Motagua v Walter Ferretti 2015 8 27 22:00 Motagua HON 1949 2–0 NCA Walter Ferretti F. Crisanto 68Hernández 75 Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino, Tegucigalpa William Anderson (Puerto Rico) http://www.concacaf.com/category/champions-league/game-detail/2377938 Walter Ferretti v América 2015 9 16 22:00 Walter Ferretti NCA 1–3 MEX América Laureiro 39 Quintero 13 42Arroyo 27 pen. Nicaragua National Football Stadium, Managua Wálter Quesada (Costa Rica) http://www.concacaf.com/category/champions-league/game-detail/2377946 Walter Ferretti v Motagua 2015 9 24 20:00 Walter Ferretti NCA 1–2 HON 1949 Motagua Leguías 75 Andino 43 pen.Israel Silva 90+3 Nicaragua National Football Stadium, Managua Chris Penso (United States) http://www.concacaf.com/category/champions-league/game-detail/2377954 Motagua v América 2015 10 20 22:00 Motagua HON 1949 1−1 MEX América Andino 16 Arroyo 88 Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino, Tegucigalpa Marlon Mejía (El Salvador) http://www.concacaf.com/category/champions-league/game-detail/2377962 Group F yes 200 Vancouver Whitecaps FC v Seattle Sounders FC 2015 8 5 22:00 Vancouver Whitecaps FC CAN 1–1 USA Seattle Sounders FC Parker 61 Neagle 71 BC Place, Vancouver 19,683 Luis Enrique Santander (Mexico) http://www.concacaf.com/category/champions-league/game-detail/2377923 Seattle Sounders FC v Olimpia 2015 8 19 22:00 Seattle Sounders FC USA 2–1 HON 1949 Olimpia Friberg 90Evans 90+6 pen. Elis 5 CenturyLink Field, Seattle 37,106 Kimbell Ward (Saint Kitts and Nevis) http://www.concacaf.com/category/champions-league/game-detail/2377931 Olimpia v Seattle Sounders FC 2015 8 26 22:00 Olimpia HON 1949 1–0 USA Seattle Sounders FC Elis 60 Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino, Tegucigalpa Sandy Vásquez (Dominican Republic) http://www.concacaf.com/category/champions-league/game-detail/2377939 Vancouver Whitecaps FC v Olimpia 2015 9 16 22:00 Vancouver Whitecaps FC CAN 1–0 HON 1949 Olimpia Froese 42 BC Place, Vancouver 15,491 Jeffrey Solís (Costa Rica) http://www.concacaf.com/category/champions-league/game-detail/2377947 Seattle Sounders FC v Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2015 9 23 22:00 Seattle Sounders FC USA 3–0 CAN Vancouver Whitecaps FC Neagle 33 47Valdez 40 CenturyLink Field, Seattle 37,624 Fernando Guerrero (Mexico) http://www.concacaf.com/category/champions-league/game-detail/2377955 Olimpia v Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2015 10 22 22:00 Olimpia HON 1949 1–0 CAN Vancouver Whitecaps FC Martínez 68 Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino, Tegucigalpa Trevor Taylor (Barbados) http://www.concacaf.com/category/champions-league/game-detail/2377963 Group G yes 200 Municipal v Real Salt Lake 2015 8 4 22:00 Municipal GUA 0–1 USA Real Salt Lake Plata 2 Estadio Mateo Flores, Guatemala City Raúl Castro (Honduras) http://www.concacaf.com/category/champions-league/game-detail/2377924 Santa Tecla v Municipal 2015 8 20 22:00 Santa Tecla SLV 1–1 GUA Municipal Zavaleta 61 Woodly 19 Estadio Las Delicias, Santa Tecla Óscar Dávila (Nicaragua) http://www.concacaf.com/category/champions-league/game-detail/2377932 Municipal v Santa Tecla 2015 8 25 22:00 Municipal GUA 2–1 SLV Santa Tecla Woodly 39Ruiz 86 pen. Ricardinho 76 pen. Estadio Mateo Flores, Guatemala City Fernando Guerrero (Mexico) http://www.concacaf.com/category/champions-league/game-detail/2377940 Santa Tecla v Real Salt Lake 2015 9 15 22:00 Santa Tecla SLV 0–0 USA Real Salt Lake Estadio Las Delicias, Santa Tecla Leo Clarke (Saint Lucia) http://www.concacaf.com/category/champions-league/game-detail/2377948 Real Salt Lake v Santa Tecla 2015 9 24 22:00 Real Salt Lake USA 2–1 SLV Santa Tecla García 74Martínez 77 Herrera 61 Rio Tinto Stadium, Sandy 18,182http://www.realsaltlake.com/news/2015/09/real-salt-lake-scores-comeback-win-ccl-home-opener Real Salt Lake Real Salt Lake Scores Comeback Win in CCL Home Opener 24 September 2015 28 September 2015 Kevin Morrison (Jamaica) http://www.concacaf.com/category/champions-league/game-detail/2377956 Real Salt Lake v Municipal 2015 10 20 22:00 Real Salt Lake USA 1–0 GUA Municipal Olave 43 Rio Tinto Stadium, Sandy 18,132http://matchcenter.mlssoccer.com/matchcenter/2015-10-20-real-salt-lake-vs-csd-municipal/boxscore Major League Soccer Real Salt Lake vs. CSD Municipal MatchCenter 20 October 2015 21 October 2015 Melvin Matamoros (Honduras) http://www.concacaf.com/category/champions-league/game-detail/2377964 Group H yes 200 Árabe Unido v Montego Bay United 2015 8 5 20:00 Árabe Unido PAN 3–0 JAM Montego Bay United González 29Addles 44Small 79 Estadio Maracaná, Panama City Francisco Chacón (Mexico) http://www.concacaf.com/category/champions-league/game-detail/2377925 Árabe Unido v D.C. United 2015 8 19 20:00 Árabe Unido PAN 0–1 USA D.C. United Aguilar 85 Estadio Maracaná, Panama City 2,000 Karl Tyrell (Jamaica) http://www.concacaf.com/category/champions-league/game-detail/2377933 D.C. United v Montego Bay United 2015 8 25 20:00 D.C. United USA 3–0 JAM Montego Bay United Aguilar 37Opare 70Doyle 90 RFK Stadium, Washington, D.C. 2,000 Henry Bejarano (Costa Rica) http://www.concacaf.com/category/champions-league/game-detail/2377941 D.C. United v Árabe Unido 2015 9 15 20:00 D.C. United USA 2–0 PAN Árabe Unido Doyle 1Jeffrey 22 RFK Stadium, Washington, D.C. 3,000 Sherwin Moore (Guyana) http://www.concacaf.com/category/champions-league/game-detail/2377949 Montego Bay United v D.C. United 2015 9 22 20:00 Montego Bay United JAM 3–3 USA D.C. United Woozencroft 27Williams 30 50 pen. Arrieta 59Opare 78Farfan 90+3 Montego Bay Sports Complex, Montego Bay 500 Yadel Martínez (Cuba) http://www.concacaf.com/category/champions-league/game-detail/2377957 Montego Bay United v Árabe Unido 2015 10 22 20:00 Montego Bay United JAM 1–2 PAN Árabe Unido Ottey 89 Polo 75Arroyo 84 Montego Bay Sports Complex, Montego Bay José Alfredo Peñaloza (Mexico) http://www.concacaf.com/category/champions-league/game-detail/2377965 References External links CONCACAF Champions League https://web.archive.org/web/20151212052435/http://www.concacaf.com/category/champions-league 2015-12-12 , CONCACAF.com *2