2011–12 CONCACAF Champions League

47th edition of premier club football tournament organized by CONCACAF CONCACAF Champions League 2011–12 July 26, 2011 – April 25, 2012 24 12 MEX Monterrey 2 MEX Santos Laguna 78 242 MEX Oribe PeraltaCHI Humberto Suazo(7 goals each) MEX Oribe Peralta 2010–11 2012–13 The 2011–12 CONCACAF Champions League was the 4th edition of the CONCACAF Champions League under its current format, and overall the 47th edition of the premier football club competition organized by CONCACAF, the regional governing body of North America, Central America and the Caribbean. The tournament began on July 26, 2011 and finished with the second leg of the final April 25, 2012.http://www.concacaf.com/staticFiles/37/7d/0,,12813~163127,00.pdf 2011-2012 CONCACAF Champions League Schedule CONCACAF.com 2011-07-02 https://web.archive.org/web/20111027050355/http://www.concacaf.com/staticFiles/37/7d/0,,12813~163127,00.pdf 2011-10-27 dead Defending champions Monterrey won the title, and qualified as the CONCACAF representative at the 2012 FIFA Club World Cup. Qualification CONCACAF right 600 Location of teams of the 2011–12 CONCACAF Champions League8px Brown: Group A; 8px Red: Group B; 8px Orange: Group C; 8px Yellow: Group D. CONCACAF 25.65225 -100.286417 80 Monterrey Yellow pog.svg bottom CONCACAF 25.629145 -103.379417 80 Santos Laguna Red pog.svg left CONCACAF 19.718742 -101.233622 80 Morelia Brown pog.svg left CONCACAF 19.331928 -99.192106 80 Pumas UNAM Orange pog.svg bottom CONCACAF 47.5952 -122.3316 80 Seattle Sounders FC Yellow pog.svg right CONCACAF 33.864444 -118.261111 80 LA Galaxy Brown pog.svg right CONCACAF 39.805556 -104.891944 80 Colorado Rapids Red pog.svg right CONCACAF 33.154444 -96.835278 80 FC Dallas Orange pog.svg right CONCACAF 43.632778 -79.418611 80 Toronto FC Orange pog.svg top CONCACAF 10 -84 80 Costa Rica Black pog.svg left CONCACAF 14.098403 -87.203978 80 Motagua Brown pog.svg right CONCACAF 15.47 -88.00 80 Real España Red pog.svg right CONCACAF 9.035833 -79.469444 80 Tauro Orange pog.svg bottom CONCACAF 14.676078 -90.488547 80 Comunicaciones Yellow pog.svg left CONCACAF 14.332106 -89.449187 80 Metapán Red pog.svg bottom Europe TransparentPlaceholder.png 1 65 55 80 Costa Rica teams 8px Alajuelense 8px Herediano right Twenty-four teams participated in the 2011–12 CONCACAF Champions League from the North American, Central American, and Caribbean zones. Nine of the teams came from North America, twelve from Central America, and three from the Caribbean.http://www.concacafchampions.com/page/CL/201112/0,,12856,00.html Qualifying 2011/2012 CONCACAF.com dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110720084823/http://www.concacafchampions.com/page/CL/201112/0%2C%2C12856%2C00.html 2011-07-20 Teams could be disqualified and replaced by a team from a different country if the club didn't have an available stadium that met CONCACAF regulations for safety. If a club's own stadium failed to meet the set standards then it could find a suitable replacement stadium within its own country. However, if it was still determined that the club could not provide the adequate facilities then it ran the risk of being replaced. North America A total of nine clubs from the North American Football Union participated in the Champions League. Mexico and the United States were allocated four spots, the most of any CONCACAF nation, while Canada was granted one spot in the tournament. In Mexico, the winners of the Mexican Primera División Apertura and Clausura tournaments earned direct berths into the group stage of the Champions League, while the tournament runners-up earned berths into the preliminary round. For the United States, three of its four spots were allocated through the Major League Soccer regular season and playoffs, while the fourth spot was allocated to the winner of the domestic cup competition, the U.S. Open Cup. The U.S. Open Cup winner, along with the MLS Cup runner-up, earned berths into the preliminary round of the tournament. The winner of the Supporters' Shield and MLS Cup were given byes into the group stage. The winners of Canada's domestic cup competition, the Canadian Championship, earned the lone Canadian berth into the tournament, entering in the preliminary round. Central America Twelve clubs from the Central American Football Union qualified to the Champions League. If one or more clubs was precluded, it was supplanted by a club from another Central American federation. The reallocation would be based on results from previous Champions League tournaments. For the Central American representatives that qualified via split seasons, in nations that played a playoff to determine a national champion, the winners gained the nation's top spot. In nations that didn't utilize such methods, total points over both seasons, followed by other tiebreakers, determined which team gained the nation's top spot. The top teams from the leagues of Costa Rica, Honduras, Guatemala and Panama entered the group stage, while their second teams entered the preliminary round. The two teams from the league of El Salvador and the sole representatives from the leagues of Nicaragua and Belize entered the preliminary round. Caribbean Three berths in the Champions League's Preliminary Round were allocated to the top three finishers of the CFU Club Championship, a subcontinental tournament for clubs from nations of the Caribbean Football Union. In order for a Caribbean club to qualify for the CFU Club Championship, they needed to finish as the champions (or in some cases, runners-up) in their respective nation's top league in the previous season. If any Caribbean club was precluded, it was supplanted by the fourth-place finisher from the CFU Club Championship. Teams Teams in bold qualified directly for the group stage. Association Club Qualifying method App Last AppNorth America (9 teams)MEX Mexico4 berthsMonterrey2010 Apertura champion2nd2010–11Pumas UNAM2011 Clausura champion3rd2009–10Santos Laguna2010 Apertura runner-up3rd2010–11Morelia2011 Clausura runner-up1stNoneUSA United States4 berthsColorado RapidsMLS Cup 2010 champions1stNoneLos Angeles Galaxy2010 MLS Supporters' Shield champion2nd2010–11FC DallasMLS Cup 2010 runners-up1stNoneSeattle Sounders FC2010 U.S. Open Cup champions2nd2010–11CAN Canada1 berthToronto FC2011 Canadian Championship champions3rd2010–11Central America (12 teams)HON 1949 Honduras3 berthsReal España2010 Apertura champions2nd2009–10Motagua2011 Clausura champions2nd2010–11Olimpia2010 Apertura runner-up and 2011 Clausura runners-up14th 2010–11CRC Costa Rica2 berthsAlajuelense2010 Invierno champions and 2011 Verano champions2nd2008–09Herediano2010 Invierno runners-up (runners-up with better aggregate record)2nd2009–10GUA Guatemala2 berthsComunicaciones2010 Apertura champions and 2011 Clausura champions2nd2009–10Municipal2010 Apertura runners-up and 2011 Clausura runners-up3rd2010–11PAN Panama2 berthsTauro2010 Apertura champions3rd2010–11San Francisco2011 Clausura champions4th2010–11SLV El Salvador2 berthsIsidro Metapán2010 Apertura champions4th2010–11Alianza2011 Clausura champions1stNoneNCA Nicaragua1 berthReal EstelíChampions with better aggregate record in 2010–11 season2nd2008–09Caribbean (3 teams)PUR Puerto RicoPuerto Rico Islanders2011 CFU Club Championship champions4th2010–11HAI HaitiTempête2011 CFU Club Championship runners-up1stNoneGUY GuyanaAlpha United2011 CFU Club Championship third place1stNone Number of appearances and last appearance count only those in the Champions League era starting from 2008–09 (not counting those in the era of the Champions' Cup from 1962 to 2008). 1 Berth originally awarded to Belize (Belize Defence Force) but Belize failed CONCACAF stadium requirements, so the spot vacated was awarded to Honduras (Olimpia) based on performance from last season.http://www.concacaf.com/page/CL/NewsDetail/0,,12813~2362004,00.html Olimpia awarded fourth straight CCL berth CONCACAF.com May 17, 2011 2011-05-17 https://web.archive.org/web/20110521025709/http://www.concacaf.com/page/CL/NewsDetail/0%2C%2C12813~2362004%2C00.html 2011-05-21 dead Format Like the previous editions, the tournament was divided into three phases:http://www.concacaf.com/staticFiles/e6/71/0,,12813~160230,00.pdf CONCACAF Champions League Regulations 2011/2012 CONCACAF 18 May 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20120924101656/http://www.concacaf.com/staticFiles/e6/71/0,,12813~160230,00.pdf 2012-09-24 dead In the preliminary round, 16 teams were drawn into eight two-legged home-and-away ties, with each tie containing one team from Pot A and one team from Pot B. The eight winners qualified for the group stage to join the eight teams which directly entered the group stage. In the group stage, 16 teams were drawn into four groups of four playing in a round-robin home-and-away format, with each group containing two direct entries (one team from Pot A and one team from Pot B) and two preliminary round winners. The top two teams from each group advanced to the quarter-finals of the championship round. In the championship round, the eight teams played in a knockout tournament, with each tie played in two-legged home-and-away format. Teams from the same association (excluding "wildcard" teams which replaced a team from another association) could not be drawn with each other in the preliminary round and group stage, but could be drawn with each other in the championship round, where the only restriction was that in the quarter-finals, a group winner had to be drawn with the runner-up of another group and also host the second leg. For the two-legged ties of the preliminary round and championship round, the away goals rule was used, but not after a tie entered extra time, and so the tie was decided by a penalty shoot-out if the aggregate score was level after extra time. Group stagePot AMEX MonterreyMEX Pumas UNAMUSA Colorado RapidsUSA Los Angeles GalaxyPot BCRC AlajuelenseHON 1949 Real EspañaGUA ComunicacionesPAN TauroPreliminary roundPot AMEX Santos LagunaMEX MoreliaUSA FC DallasUSA Seattle Sounders FCCRC HeredianoHON 1949 MotaguaSLV Isidro MetapánCAN Toronto FCPot BGUA MunicipalPAN San FranciscoSLV AlianzaNCA Real EstelíHON 1949 OlimpiaPUR Puerto Rico IslandersHAI TempêteGUY Alpha United Schedule RoundDraw dateFirst legSecond legPreliminary roundMay 18, 2011(New York City, United States)http://www.concacaf.com/page/CL/NewsDetail/0,,12813~2336496,00.html Champions League draw set for May 18 CONCACAF April 11, 2011 2011-04-12 https://web.archive.org/web/20120925222232/http://www.concacaf.com/page/CL/NewsDetail/0,,12813~2336496,00.html 2012-09-25 deadJuly 26–28, 2011August 2–4, 2011Group stageMatchday 1August 16–18, 2011Matchday 2August 23–25, 2011Matchday 3September 13–15, 2011Matchday 4September 20–22, 2011Matchday 5September 27–29, 2011Matchday 6October 18–20, 2011Championship roundQuarter-finalsNovember 8, 2011(New York City, United States)http://www.concacaf.com/page/CL/NewsDetail/0,,12813~2502622,00.html CCL Championship Round draw set for November 8 CONCACAF November 1, 2011 2011-11-02 https://web.archive.org/web/20111104173343/http://www.concacaf.com/page/CL/NewsDetail/0,,12813~2502622,00.html 2011-11-04 deadMarch 6–8, 2012March 13–15, 2012Semi-finalsMarch 28, 2012April 4, 2012FinalApril 18, 2012April 25, 2012 Preliminary round 2011–12 CONCACAF Champions League preliminary round The draw for the preliminary round and the group stage was held on May 18, 2011.http://www.concacaf.com/page/CL/NewsDetail/0,,12813~2362542,00.html CCL draw pits Monterrey vs. Comunicaciones CONCACAF.com May 18, 2011 2011-05-19 https://web.archive.org/web/20110521183222/http://www.concacaf.com/page/CL/NewsDetail/0,,12813~2362542,00.html 2011-05-21 dead The first legs of the preliminary round were played July 26–28, 2011, while the second legs were played August 2–4, 2011. Motagua HON 1949 4–2 Municipal GUA 4–0 0–2 Morelia MEX 7–0 Tempête HAI 5–0 2–0 Isidro Metapán SLV 3–3 (a) Puerto Rico Islanders PUR 2–0 1–3 Santos Laguna MEX 4–3 Olimpia HON 1949 3–1 1–2 Alianza SLV 0–2 FC Dallas USA 0–1 0–1 Toronto FC CAN 4–2 Real Estelí NCA 2–1 2–1 San Francisco PAN 1–2 Seattle Sounders FC USA 1–0 0–2 Herediano CRC 10–2 Alpha United GUY 8–0 2–2 |} Group stage 2011–12 CONCACAF Champions League group stage The Group Stage were played in 6 matchdays during August–October 2011: August 16–18, August 23–25, September 13–15, September 20–22, September 27–29, and October 18–20. The top two teams of each group advanced to the championship round. Group A Group A Group B Group B Group C Group C Group D Group D Championship round 2011–12 CONCACAF Champions League championship round Bracket The draw for the championship round was held on November 8, 2011.http://www.concacaf.com/page/CL/NewsDetail/0,,12813~2510266,00.html CCL Championship Round draw held in NYC CONCACAF.com November 8, 2011 2011-11-08 https://web.archive.org/web/20111110094512/http://www.concacaf.com/page/CL/NewsDetail/0,,12813~2510266,00.html 2011-11-10 dead In the quarterfinals, the group winners were assured of playing the second leg at home, and were drawn against the group runners-up, with the only restriction being that they could not face the same team that they played in the group stage (and thus they could face a team from the same association). y 175 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final MEX Morelia 1 1 2 MEX Monterrey 3 4 7 SLV Isidro Metapán 2 0 2 MEX Pumas UNAM 1 8 9 CAN Toronto FC 2 2 4 USA Los Angeles Galaxy 2 1 3 USA Seattle Sounders FC 2 1 3 MEX Santos Laguna 1 6 7 MEX Monterrey 3 1 4 MEX Pumas UNAM 0 1 1 CAN Toronto FC 1 2 3 MEX Santos Laguna 1 6 7 MEX Monterrey 2 1 3 MEX Santos Laguna 0 2 2 Quarter-finals The first legs of the quarter-finals were played March 6–8, 2012, and the second legs were played March 13–15, 2012. Seattle Sounders FC USA 3–7 Santos Laguna MEX 2–1 1–6 Isidro Metapán SLV 2–9 Pumas UNAM MEX 2–1 0–8 Toronto FC CAN 4–3 Los Angeles Galaxy USA 2–2 2–1 Morelia MEX 2–7 Monterrey MEX 1–3 1–4 |} Semi-finals The first legs of the semi-finals were played March 28, 2012, and the second legs were played April 4, 2012. Toronto FC CAN 3–7 Santos Laguna MEX 1–1 2–6 Monterrey MEX 4–1 Pumas UNAM MEX 3–0 1–1 |} Final 2012 CONCACAF Champions League final The first leg of the final was played April 18, 2012, and the second leg was played April 25, 2012. Monterrey MEX 3–2 Santos Laguna MEX 2–0 1–2 |} CONCACAF Champions League2011–12 championMEX 100pxMonterreySecond title Top goalscorers Rank Player Club Goals1CHI Humberto SuazoMEX Monterrey7MEX Oribe PeraltaMEX Santos Laguna3BRA Jorge BarbosaCRC Herediano6USA Herculez GomezMEX Santos LagunaECU Joao PlataCAN Toronto FC6MEX Darío CarreñoMEX Monterrey5JAM Ryan JohnsonCAN Toronto FCECU Cristian SuárezMEX Santos Laguna9ARG Martín BravoMEX Pumas UNAM4MEX Aldo de NigrisMEX MonterreyMEX Eduardo HerreraMEX Pumas UNAMCOL Darwin QuinteroMEX Santos LagunaURU Paolo SuárezSLV Isidro Metapán Source:Champions League 2011/2012 — Topscorers http://concacaf.globalsportsmedia.com/page.php?sport=soccer&language_id=us&page=tournament&view=statistics&season_id=6086 CONCACAF.com 5 April 2012 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120119124736/http://concacaf.globalsportsmedia.com/page.php?sport=soccer&language_id=us&page=tournament&view=statistics&season_id=6086 19 January 2012 Awards For the first time, CONCACAF awarded a Golden Boot trophy to the top scorer and a Golden Ball trophy to the player of the tournament. Humberto Suazo won the Golden Boot over Oribe Peralta by the tie-breaker of scoring more goals over the two-leg final.http://www.concacaf.com/page/CL/Video/FeaturesDetail2/0,,12813~2750770,00.html CCL - Golden Boot: Humberto Suazo (Monterrey) CONCACAF.comAugust 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes Oribe Peralta won the Golden Ball, determined by a combination of fan and media votes.http://www.concacaf.com/page/CL/Video/FeaturesDetail2/0,,12813~2750771,00.html CCL - Golden Ball: Oribe Peralta (Santos Laguna) CONCACAF.com 2012-04-26 https://web.archive.org/web/20120501174311/http://www.concacaf.com/page/CL/Video/FeaturesDetail2/0,,12813~2750771,00.html 2012-05-01 dead References 2 External links CONCACAF Champions League official website 1