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2017 Scotiabank CONCACAF League | |
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Tournament details | |
Dates | 1 August – 26 October 2017 |
Teams | 16 (from 8 associations) |
Final positions | |
Champions | Olimpia (1st title) |
Runners-up | Santos de Guápiles |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 30 |
Goals scored | 64 (2.13 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Roger Rojas (5 goals) |
Best player(s) | Michaell Chirinos |
Best young player | Kevin Álvarez |
Best goalkeeper | Bryan Morales |
Fair play award | Santos de Guápiles |
2018 → |
The 2017 CONCACAF League (officially the 2017 Scotiabank CONCACAF League for sponsorship purposes) was the inaugural edition of the CONCACAF League, a football club competition organized by CONCACAF, the regional governing body of North America, Central America, and the Caribbean.[1]
The tournament was created as part of a new CONCACAF club competition platform consisting of two tournaments (CONCACAF League and CONCACAF Champions League) and a total of 31 teams competing during the season (an increase from the previous 24 teams), with 16 teams competing in the CONCACAF League from August to October, and the winner of the CONCACAF League joining the 15 direct entrants competing in the CONCACAF Champions League from February to April.[2] Details of the inaugural edition of the CONCACAF League was confirmed on 8 May 2017.[1]
Olimpia defeated Santos de Guápiles in the final, and qualified for the 2018 CONCACAF Champions League.[3]
A total of 16 teams participate in the CONCACAF League:
Therefore, teams from either 8 or 9 out of the 41 CONCACAF member associations may participate in the CONCACAF League.
The 13 berths for the Central American Football Union (UNCAF) are allocated to the seven UNCAF member associations as follows: two berths for each of Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Panama, and Nicaragua, and one berth for Belize.
All of the leagues of Central America employ a split season with two tournaments in one season, so the following teams qualify for the CONCACAF League:
If teams from any Central American associations are excluded, they are replaced by teams from other Central American associations, with the associations chosen based on results from previous CONCACAF Champions League tournaments. For this season, the two teams from Guatemala were excluded due to the suspension of their federation by FIFA and were replaced by an additional team each from Panama and Honduras.[1]
The three berths for the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) are allocated via the Caribbean Club Championship, a subcontinental tournament open to the clubs of all 31 CFU member associations. To qualify for the Caribbean Club Championship, teams have to finish as the champions or runners-up of their respective association's league in the previous season, but professional teams may also be selected by their associations if they play in the league of another country.
The runners-up, third-placed and fourth-placed teams of the Caribbean Club Championship qualify for the CONCACAF League.
The following 16 teams (from eight associations) qualified for the tournament.
Association | Team | Qualifying method |
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Trinidad and Tobago | San Juan Jabloteh | 2017 Caribbean Club Championship runners-up |
Jamaica | Portmore United | 2017 Caribbean Club Championship third place |
Trinidad and Tobago | Central | 2017 Caribbean Club Championship fourth place |
The draw for the 2017 CONCACAF League was held on 31 May 2017, 19:00 EDT (UTC−4), at the Hilton Miami Airport Hotel in Miami, Florida, United States,[13] and was streamed on YouTube.[14]
The draw determined each tie in the round of 16 (numbered 1 through 8) between a team from Pot 1 and a team from Pot 2, each containing eight teams. The "Bracket Position Pots" (Pot A and Pot B) contained the bracket positions numbered 1 through 8 corresponding to each tie. The teams from Pot 1 were assigned a bracket position from Pot A and the teams from Pot 2 were assigned a bracket position from Pot B. Teams from the same association could not be drawn against each other in the round of 16 except for "wildcard" teams which replaced a team from another association.[15]
The 16 teams were distributed in the pots as follows:
Pot | Slot | Team |
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Pot 1 | CRC3 | Alajuelense |
PAN2 | Árabe Unido | |
PAN3 | Plaza Amador | |
HON2 | Honduras Progreso | |
SLV2 | Alianza | |
NCA1 | Real Estelí | |
BLZ1 | Belmopan Bandits | |
CFU2 | San Juan Jabloteh | |
Pot 2 | CRC4 | Santos de Guápiles (wildcard) |
PAN4 | Chorrillo (wildcard) | |
HON3 | Platense | |
HON4 | Olimpia (wildcard) | |
SLV3 | Águila | |
NCA2 | Walter Ferretti | |
CFU3 | Portmore United | |
CFU4 | Central |
In the CONCACAF League, the 16 teams played a single-elimination tournament. Each tie was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If the aggregate score was tied after the second leg, the away goals rule would be applied, and if still tied, the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner (Regulations, II. D. Tie-Breaker Procedures).[3]
The schedule of the competition was as follows.
First leg | Second leg | |
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Round of 16 | 1–3 August 2017 | 8–10 August 2017 |
Quarter-finals | 15–17 August 2017 | 22–24 August 2017 |
Semi-finals | 13–14 September 2017 | 21 September 2017 |
Final | 19 October 2017 | 26 October 2017 |
All times were Eastern Daylight Time, i.e., UTC−4 (local times were in parentheses).
Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||||
Santos de Guápiles | 6 | 2 | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||
San Juan Jabloteh | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Chorrillo | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Santos de Guápiles | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Chorrillo | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Honduras Progreso | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Árabe Unido | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Santos de Guápiles | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Central | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Árabe Unido | 2 | 3 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Águila | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Árabe Unido | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Águila (p) | 1 | 0 | 1 (4) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Real Estelí | 0 | 1 | 1 (3) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Olimpia (p) | 0 | 1 | 1 (4) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Santos de Guápiles | 1 | 0 | 1 (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Olimpia | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Alajuelense | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Alianza | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Olimpia | 0 | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Platense | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Alianza | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Plaza Amador | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Olimpia | 7 | 1 | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Portmore United | 1 | 0 | 1 (4) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Plaza Amador (p) | 0 | 1 | 1 (5) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Walter Ferretti | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Plaza Amador | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Walter Ferretti | 4 | 1 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Belmopan Bandits | 1 | 0 | 1 |
In the round of 16, the matchups were decided by draw: R16-1 through R16-8. The teams from Pot 1 in the draw hosted the second leg.
The first legs were played on 1–3 August, and the second legs were played on 8–10 August 2017.[16]
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Santos de Guápiles | 8–3 | San Juan Jabloteh | 6–2 | 2–1 |
Chorrillo | 2–0 | Honduras Progreso | 1–0 | 1–0 |
Central | 1–5 | Árabe Unido | 1–2 | 0–3 |
Águila | 1–1 (4–3 p) | Real Estelí | 1–0 | 0–1 |
Olimpia | 3–0 | Alajuelense | 2–0 | 1–0 |
Platense | 2–4 | Alianza | 1–2 | 1–2 |
Portmore United | 1–1 (4–5 p) | Plaza Amador | 1–0 | 0–1 |
Walter Ferretti | 5–1 | Belmopan Bandits | 4–1 | 1–0 |
Santos de Guápiles won 8–3 on aggregate.
Chorrillo | 1–0 | Honduras Progreso |
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Honduras Progreso | 0–1 | Chorrillo |
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Chorrillo won 2–0 on aggregate.
Central | 1–2 | Árabe Unido |
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Árabe Unido | 3–0 | Central |
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Árabe Unido won 5–1 on aggregate.
Águila | 1–0 | Real Estelí |
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Real Estelí | 1–0 | Águila |
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3–4 |
1–1 on aggregate. Águila won 4–3 on penalties.
Olimpia | 2–0 | Alajuelense |
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Alajuelense | 0–1 | Olimpia |
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Olimpia won 3–0 on aggregate.
Alianza won 4–2 on aggregate.
Portmore United | 1–0 | Plaza Amador |
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Plaza Amador | 1–0 | Portmore United |
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5–4 |
1–1 on aggregate. Plaza Amador won 5–4 on penalties.
Walter Ferretti | 4–1 | Belmopan Bandits |
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Belmopan Bandits | 0–1 | Walter Ferretti |
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Walter Ferretti won 5–1 on aggregate.
In the quarter-finals, the matchups were determined as follows:
The winners of round of 16 matchups 1, 3, 5, 7 hosted the second leg.
The first legs were played on 15–17 August, and the second legs were played on 22–24 August 2017.[17]
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Chorrillo | 0–2 | Santos de Guápiles | 0–1 | 0–1 |
Águila | 1–2 | Árabe Unido | 0–2 | 1–0 |
Alianza | 2–3 | Olimpia | 1–0 | 1–3 |
Walter Ferretti | 1–2 | Plaza Amador | 0–0 | 1–2 |
Chorrillo | 0–1 | Santos de Guápiles |
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Santos de Guápiles | 1–0 | Chorrillo |
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Santos de Guápiles won 2–0 on aggregate.
Águila | 0–2 | Árabe Unido |
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Árabe Unido | 0–1 | Águila |
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Árabe Unido won 2–1 on aggregate.
Olimpia won 3–2 on aggregate.
Walter Ferretti | 0–0 | Plaza Amador |
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Plaza Amador | 2–1 | Walter Ferretti |
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Plaza Amador won 2–1 on aggregate.
In the semi-finals, the matchups were determined as follows:
The semi-finalists in each tie which had the better performance in previous rounds hosted the second leg.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Host |
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1 (SF1) | Santos de Guápiles | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | +7 | 12 | 2nd leg |
2 (SF1) | Árabe Unido | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 9 | 1st leg |
1 (SF2) | Olimpia | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 9 | 2nd leg |
2 (SF2) | Plaza Amador | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 7 | 1st leg |
The first legs were played on 13–14 September, and the second legs were played on 21 September 2017.[18]
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Árabe Unido | 0–1 | Santos de Guápiles | 0–0 | 0–1 |
Plaza Amador | 2–8 | Olimpia | 1–7 | 1–1 |
Árabe Unido | 0–0 | Santos de Guápiles |
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Santos de Guápiles won 1–0 on aggregate.
Plaza Amador | 1–7 | Olimpia |
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Olimpia | 1–1 | Plaza Amador |
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Olimpia won 8–2 on aggregate.
In the final (Winner SF1 vs. Winner SF2), the finalists which had the better performance in previous rounds hosted the second leg.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Host |
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1 | Santos de Guápiles | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 3 | +8 | 16 | 2nd leg |
2 | Olimpia | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 4 | +10 | 13 | 1st leg |
The first leg was played on 19 October, and the second leg was played on 26 October 2017.[19]
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Olimpia | 1–1 (4–1 p) | Santos de Guápiles | 0–1 | 1–0 |
Olimpia | 0–1 | Santos de Guápiles |
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Santos de Guápiles | 0–1 | Olimpia |
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1–4 |
1–1 on aggregate. Olimpia won 4–1 on penalties.
Rank | Player | Team | Goals | By round | |||||||
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1R1 | 1R2 | QF1 | QF2 | SF1 | SF2 | F1 | F2 | ||||
1 | Roger Rojas | Olimpia | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||
2 | Carlo Costly | Olimpia | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||||
Carlos Small | Árabe Unido | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||
4 | Michaell Chirinos | Olimpia | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||||||
Bernardo Laureiro | Walter Ferretti | 2 | 1 | ||||||||
Rodolfo Zelaya | Alianza | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
7 | Renán Addles | Árabe Unido | 2 | 2 | |||||||
Kenny Cunningham | Santos de Guápiles | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
Starling Matarrita | Santos de Guápiles | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
José Murillo | Plaza Amador | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
Osvaldo Rodríguez | Santos de Guápiles | 1 | 1 |
Source:CONCACAF[22]
Award | Player | Team |
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Golden Ball[23] | Michaell Chirinos | Olimpia |
Golden Boot[24] | Roger Rojas | Olimpia |
Golden Glove[25] | Bryan Morales | Santos de Guápiles |
Best Young Player[26] | Kevin Álvarez | Olimpia |
Fair Play Award[27] | — | Santos de Guápiles |