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2007 UNCAF Interclub Cup

Tournament details
Dates	7 August – 5 December
Teams	16 (from 7 countries)
Final positions
Champions	Motagua (1st title)
Runners-up	Saprissa
Third place	Municipal
Fourth place	Alajuelense
Tournament statistics
Matches played	32
Goals scored	71 (2.22 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Nascimento (4 goals)
← 2006 CONCACAF League →

The 2007 UNCAF Interclub Cup was the 25th edition of the international club football competition held in the UNCAF region representing the seven nations of Central America. C.D. Motagua obtained their first regional title. This was the ninth year of the current format using the name UNCAF Interclub Cup. The tournament was also a qualifying event for the 2008 CONCACAF Champions' Cup. The top three finishers in the tournament qualified for the 2008 CONCACAF Champions' Cup. The official draw took place on June 19 in Guatemala. This was the last season in this format.

Tournament Bracket

	Round of 16							Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
		Puntarenas	3	0	3
		FC Belize	0	0	0				Puntarenas	1	1	2
		Saprissa	5	0	5				Saprissa	1	2	3
		Once Municipal	2	1	3											Saprissa	1	1	2
		Alajuelense	3	0	3											Alajuelense	0	1	1
		Isidro Metapán	0	0	0				Alajuelense	0	2	2
		Real España	2	1	3				Real España	0	2	2
		R. Conquerors	1	2	3																		Saprissa	1	0	1
		Tauro	1	0	1																		Motagua	1	1	2
		Xelajú	0	1	1				Xelajú	1	1	2
		Real Madriz	0	0	0				Municipal	1	1	2
		Municipal	2	6	8											Municipal	1	2	3
		Real Estelí	0	1	1											Motagua	3	3	6
		Motagua	2	3	5				Motagua	1	1	2
		San Francisco	0	1	1				San Francisco	0	0	0
		Olimpia	0	0	0

Round of 16

7 August 2007 1st leg	Puntarenas	3–0	Belize	Puntarenas, Costa Rica
	Bernard 26' (pen.) Sancho 72' Barbosa 81'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Lito Pérez Attendance: 1,600 Referee: René Guerrero (NCA)

16 August 2007 2nd leg	Belize	0–0	Puntarenas	Belize City, Belize
		Report		Stadium: MCC Grounds Attendance: 1,300 Referee: Juan Guerra (GUA)

Puntarenas advance 3–0 on aggregate.

8 August 2007 1st leg	Saprissa	5–2	Once Municipal	San Juan de Tibás, Costa Rica
	Arce 16' Arrieta 51' 69' Centeno 64' Borges 90'	Report	5' Ávalos 37' Hurtado	Stadium: Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá Referee: Walter López (GUA)

15 August 2007 2nd leg	Once Municipal	1–0	Saprissa	Ahuachapán, El Salvador
	Martínez 87'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Simeón Magaña Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Ricardo Zelaya (HON)

Saprissa advance 5–3 on aggregate.

9 August 2007 1st leg	Alajuelense	3–0	Isidro Metapán	Alajuela, Costa Rica
	Solorzano 49' Núñez 60', 72'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto Referee: Rolando Vidal (PAN)

14 August 2007 2nd leg	Isidro Metapán	0–0	Alajuelense	Metapán, El Salvador
		Report		Stadium: Estadio Jorge Calero Suárez Referee: Carlos Batres (GUA)

Alajuelense advance 3–0 on aggregate.

8 August 2007 1st leg	Real España	2–1	Revolutionary Conquerors	San Pedro Sula, Honduras
	Valladares 21' Vallecilo 90+3'	Report	4' Serrano	Stadium: Estadio Francisco Morazán Referee: Marlon Mejía (SLV)

14 August 2007 2nd leg	Revolutionary Conquerors	2–1 (2–4 p)	Real España	Dangriga, Belize
	Serrano 15' Kuylen 45+'	Report	27' Días	Stadium: Carl Ramos Stadium Referee: Vinicio Mena (CRC)
	Penalties
	Cuylen Nolberto Simpson Serrano		Días Fretes Morales Medina

Real España advance 4–2 on penalties.

8 August 2007 1st leg	Tauro	1–0	Xelajú	Panama City, Panama
	Palma 75'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Rommel Fernández Attendance: 950 Referee: Alexandro Jiménez (CRC)

14 August 2007 2nd leg	Xelajú	1–0 (4–2 p)	Tauro	Quetzaltenango, Guatemala
	Godoy 10'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Mario Camposeco Referee: Edgar Durán (CRC)
	Penalties
	Patterson Cubero Silva Swisher		López Cubilla Quiroz Melo

Xelajú advance 4–2 on penalties.

9 August 2007 1st leg	Real Madriz	0–2	Municipal	Estelí, Nicaragua
		Report	13' Figueroa 73' Ávila	Stadium: Estadio Independencia Referee: Evaristo Soriano (HON)

16 August 2007 2nd leg	Municipal	6–0	Real Madriz	Guatemala City, Guatemala
	Ponciano 4' Asprilla 22' Acevedo 40' León 61' Marroquín 74' Pappa 84'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Mateo Flores Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Luis Rodríguez (PAN)

Municipal advance 8–0 on aggregate.

7 August 2007 1st leg	Real Estelí	0–2	Motagua	Estelí, Nicaragua
		Report	8' Matamoros 76' Nascimento	Stadium: Estadio Independencia Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Gerald Henry (BLZ)

16 August 2007 2nd leg	Motagua	3–1	Real Estelí	Tegucigalpa, Honduras
	Castillo 30' Torlacoff 45' Rodas 54'	Report	86' Vega	Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Attendance: 3,254 Referee: Elmer Bonilla (BLZ)

Motagua advance 5–1 on aggregate.

9 August 2007 1st leg	San Francisco	0–0	Olimpia	La Chorrera, Panama
		Report		Stadium: Estadio Agustín Sánchez Referee: Edgar Rodríguez (CRC)

15 August 2007 2nd leg	Olimpia	0–1	San Francisco	Tegucigalpa, Honduras
		Report	11' Julio	Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Referee: Joel Aguilar (SLV)

San Francisco advance 1–0 on aggregate.

Quarterfinals

19 September 2007 1st leg	Puntarenas	1–1	Saprissa	Puntarenas, Costa Rica
	Camacho 33'	Report	17' Centeno	Stadium: Estadio Lito Pérez Attendance: 2,150 Referee: Roberto Moreno (PAN)

26 September 2007 2nd leg	Saprissa	2–1	Puntarenas	San Juan de Tibás, Costa Rica
	Solís 42' Alonso 83'	Report	69' Gómez	Stadium: Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá Referee: Ricardo Zelaya (HON)

Saprissa advance 3–2 on aggregate.

20 September 2007 1st leg	Alajuelense	0–0	Real España	Alajuela, Costa Rica
		Report		Stadium: Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Carlos Batres (GUA)

27 September 2007 2nd leg	Real España	2–2 (4–5 p)	Alajuelense	San Pedro Sula, Honduras
	Ferreira 2' Valladares 37'	Report	7' Núñez 13' Myrie	Stadium: Estadio Francisco Morazán Attendance: 4,973 Referee: Rolando Vidal (PAN)
	Penalties
	Caetano Fretes Valladares Medina Días		Viquez Núñez Oviedo Gabas Lara

Alajuelense advance 5–4 on penalties.

19 September 2007 1st leg	Xelajú	1–1	Municipal	Quetzaltenango, Guatemala
	Quiñónez 79'	Report	3' Ramírez	Stadium: Estadio Mario Camposeco Referee: Wálter Quesada (CRC)

25 September 2007 2nd leg	Municipal	1–1 (4–1 p)	Xelajú	Guatemala City, Guatemala
	Ramírez 24'	Report	11' (pen.) Patterson	Stadium: Estadio Mateo Flores Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Joel Aguilar (SLV)
	Penalties
	Ramírez Acevedo García Thompson		Patterson Antonio Swisher

Municipal advance 4–1 on penalties.

18 September 2007 1st leg	Motagua	1–0	San Francisco	Tegucigalpa, Honduras
	Bryce 32'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Attendance: 2,515 Referee: Walter López (GUA)

26 September 2007 2nd leg	San Francisco	0–1	Motagua	La Chorrera, Panama
		Report	85' Rodas	Stadium: Estadio Agustín Sánchez Referee: Alexandro Jiménez (CRC)

Motagua advance 2–0 on aggregate.

Semifinals

25 October 2007 1st leg	Saprissa	1–0	Alajuelense	San Juan de Tibás, Costa Rica
	Solís 45+'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá Attendance: 2,150 Referee: Walter López (GUA)

1 November 2007 2nd leg	Alajuelense	1–1	Saprissa	Alajuela, Costa Rica
	Martins 15'	Report	90' Alpízar	Stadium: Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto Referee: Ricardo Zelaya (HON)

Saprissa advance 2–1 on aggregate and qualifies to the 2008 CONCACAF Champions' Cup

23 October 2007 1st leg	Municipal	1–3	Motagua	Guatemala City, Guatemala
	Ponciano 56'	Report	27', 86' Guevara 73' Nascimento	Stadium: Estadio Mateo Flores Referee: Alexandro Jiménez (CRC)

30 October 2007 2nd leg	Motagua	3–2	Municipal	Tegucigalpa, Honduras
	Nascimento 10' Chávez 41' Bernárdez 65'	Report	11' Ramírez 36' Romero	Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Attendance: 6,784 Referee: Roberto Moreno (PAN)

Motagua advance 6–3 on aggregate and qualifies to the 2008 CONCACAF Champions' Cup

Third place

27 November 2007 1st leg	Alajuelense	0–3 Awarded	Municipal	Alajuela, Costa Rica
	Myrie 1'	Match suspended after 81 minutes by the referee with the score 1–2 in favor of Municipal. Match awarded 0–3 to Municipal by UNCAF. Report	36' Acevedo 79' García	Stadium: Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto Referee: Roberto Moreno (PAN)

4 December 2007 2nd leg	Municipal	0–1	Alajuelense	Guatemala City, Guatemala
		Report	53' Myrie	Stadium: Estadio Mateo Flores Attendance: 11,000 Referee: Ricardo Zelaya (HON)

Municipal wins 3–1 on aggregate and qualifies for the 2008 CONCACAF Champions' Cup

Final

28 November 2007 1st leg	Saprissa	1–1	Motagua	San Juan de Tibás, Costa Rica
20:00 CST	Alpízar 8'	Report	49' García	Stadium: Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá Referee: Carlos Batres (GUA)

5 December 2007 2nd leg	Motagua	1–0	Saprissa	Tegucigalpa, Honduras
20:00 CST	Nascimento 60'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Attendance: 34,254 Referee: Joel Aguilar (SLV)

Motagua

Saprissa

MOTAGUA: GK 22 Donaldo Morales DF 14 Luis Guzmán DF 19 Osman Chávez DF 24 Víctor Bernárdez DF 28 Samir García MF 13 José Grant  44' MF 20 Amado Guevara (c) MF 21 Emilio Izaguirre  53' MF 32 Jorge Claros  90' FW 10 Jocimar Nascimento  90' FW 31 Luis Rodas  69' Substitutions: FW 9 Jairo Martínez  44' MF 5 Milton Reyes  69' MF 23 Pedro Santana  90' Manager: Ramón Maradiaga

SAPRISSA: GK 13 Fausto González DF 3 Víctor Cordero (c) DF 14 Andrés Núñez DF 18 Jervis Drummond  65' DF 23 Try Bennett DF 30 Rándall Porras MF 10 Alonso Solís  40' MF 17 José López  80' MF 21 Armando Alonso MF 31 Michael Barrantes FW 7 Alejandro Alpízar  71' Substitutions: FW 11 Rónald Gómez  65' FW 19 Jairo Arrieta  71' FW 12 Ever Alfaro  80' Manager: Jeaustin Campos

Motagua wins 2–1 on aggregate.

Top goalscorers

#	Player	Club	Goals
1	J. Nascimento	Motagua	4
2	V. Núñez	Alajuelense	3
-	G. Ramírez	Municipal	3
-	R. Myrie	Alajuelense	3
5	J. Arrieta	Saprissa	2
-	J. Serrano	Revolutionary Conquerors	2
-	W. Centeno	Saprissa	2
-	M. Valladares	Real España	2
-	L. Rodas	Motagua	2
-	A. Solís	Saprissa	2
-	S. Ponciano	Municipal	2
-	A. Guevara	Motagua	2
-	M. Acevedo	Municipal	2
-	A. Alpízar	Saprissa	2

Final standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Result
1	Motagua	8	7	1	0	15	5	+10	22	Winners
2	Saprissa	8	3	3	2	11	8	+3	12	Runners-up
3	Municipal	8	3	2	3	16	19	−3	11	Third place
4	Alajuelense	8	2	4	2	7	7	0	10	Semifinalist
5	Puntarenas	4	1	2	1	5	3	+2	5	Eliminated in Quarterfinals
6	Real España	4	1	2	1	5	5	0	5
7	Xelajú	4	1	2	1	3	3	0	5
8	San Francisco	4	1	1	2	1	2	−1	4
9	Revolutionary Conquerors	2	1	0	1	3	3	0	3	Eliminated in Round of 16
10	Tauro	2	1	0	1	1	1	0	3
11	Once Municipal	2	1	0	1	3	5	−2	3
12	Olimpia	2	0	1	1	0	1	−1	1
13	Belize	2	0	1	1	0	3	−3	1
14	Isidro Metapán	2	0	1	1	0	3	−3	1
15	Real Estelí	2	0	0	2	1	5	−4	0
16	Real Madriz	2	0	0	2	0	8	−8	0

• Top 3 qualified to the 2008 CONCACAF Champions' Cup.

Champion

2007 Copa Interclubes UNCAF champion
Motagua 1st title

References

1. Diez.hn – Un día como hoy en 2007, Motagua se coronó campeón de la copa UNCAF – 5 December 2016

• UNCAF Interclub Cup
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• 2007–08 in Costa Rican football
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• 2007–08 in Nicaraguan football
• 2007–08 in Belizean football
• 2007–08 in Panamanian football