2008 CONCACAF Champions' Cup

43rd edition of premier club football tournament organized by CONCACAF

2008 CONCACAF Champions' Cup
Tournament details
Estadio Hidalgo in Pachuca hosted the second leg Final
Dates	March 11 – April 30
Teams	8 (from 6 associations)
Final positions
Champions	Pachuca (3rd title)
Runners-up	Saprissa
Tournament statistics
Matches played	14
Goals scored	34 (2.43 per match)
Attendance	291,563 (20,826 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Luis Montes Devon McTavish (3 goals each)
← 2007 2008–09 (Champions League) →

International football competition

The 2008 CONCACAF Champions' Cup was the 43rd edition of the annual international club football competition held in the CONCACAF region (North America, Central America and the Caribbean), the CONCACAF Champions' Cup. It was the final edition under this name and format, being replaced by the CONCACAF Champions League starting from the 2008–09 season.

It determined that year's club champion of association football in the CONCACAF region. The tournament was also a qualifying event for the 2008 FIFA Club World Cup.

CONCACAF held the draw on December 18, 2007, to establish the matchups and bracket.

Qualified teams

Bracket

Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final

Municipal	0	1	1

Houston Dynamo	0	3	3
				Houston Dynamo	0	0	0

				Saprissa	0	3	3
Atlante	2	0	2

Saprissa	1	3	4
								Saprissa	1	1	2

								Pachuca	1	2	3
Motagua	0	0	0

Pachuca	0	1	1
				Pachuca	2	1	3

				D.C. United	0	2	2
Harbour View	1	0	1

D.C. United	1	5	6

Quarterfinals

March 12, 200820:10 CT

Municipal	0–0	Houston Dynamo
	(Report)

Estadio Mateo Flores
Guatemala City, GuatemalaAttendance: 22,250Referee: Edgar Rodriguez (Costa Rica) March 19, 200819:40 CT

Houston Dynamo	3–1	Municipal
De Rosario 47', 69' (pen.) Wondolowski 75'	(Report)	Ramírez 86' (pen.)

Robertson Stadium
Houston, United StatesAttendance: 14,348Referee: Mauricio Mejia (México)

Houston Dynamo won 3–1 on aggregate.

March 13, 200821:05 CT

Atlante	2–1	Saprissa
Pereyra 40' Bermúdez 70'	(Report)	Centeno 27'

Estadio Quintana Roo
Cancún, MexicoAttendance: 21,897Referee: Carlos Batres (Guatemala) March 20, 200820:10 CT

Saprissa	3–0	Atlante
Muñoz 18' (o.g.) Alonso 40' Castillo 67' (o.g.)	(Report)

Estadio Ricardo Saprissa
San Juan de Tibás, Costa RicaAttendance: 23,000Referee: Alex Prus (United States)

Saprissa won 4–2 on aggregate.

March 11, 200818:15 CT

Motagua	0–0	Pachuca
	(Report)

Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino
Tegucigalpa, HondurasAttendance: 35,846Referee: Elmar Rodas (Guatemala) March 19, 200821:10 CT

Pachuca	1–0	Motagua
Montes 43'	(Report)

Estadio Hidalgo
Pachuca, MexicoAttendance: 33,000Referee: Ricardo Salazar (United States)

Pachuca won 1–0 on aggregate.

March 12, 200819:10 CT

Harbour View	1–1	D.C. United
Palmer 85'	(Report)	McTavish 45+'

Harbour View Stadium
Kingston, JamaicaAttendance: 6,985Referee: Philip Jordan (Trinidad and Tobago) March 18, 200818:40 CT

D.C. United	5–0	Harbour View
McTavish 26', 68' Emilio 63', 66' Fred 88'	(Report)

RFK Stadium
Washington, D.C., United StatesAttendance: 12,394Referee: German Arredondo (México)

D.C. United won 6–1 on aggregate.

Semifinals

April 2, 200822:06 ET

Houston Dynamo	0–0	Saprissa
	(Report)

Robertson Stadium
Houston, United StatesAttendance: 10,260Referee: Courtney Campbell (Jamaica) April 9, 200822:10 ET

Saprissa	3–0	Houston Dynamo
Alonso 33' Borges 49' Arrieta 76'	(Report)

Estadio Ricardo Saprissa
San Juan de Tibás, Costa RicaAttendance: 23,112Referee: Marco Antonio Rodríguez (Mexico)

Saprissa won 3–0 on aggregate.

April 1, 200822:10 ET

Pachuca	2–0	D.C. United
Montes 63', 81'	(Report)

Estadio Hidalgo
Pachuca, MexicoAttendance: 18,642Referee: Roberto Moreno (Panama) April 9, 200819:40 ET

D.C. United	2–1	Pachuca
Dyachenko 85' Niell 90'	(Report)	Álvarez 76'

RFK Stadium
Washington, D.C., United StatesAttendance: 17,329Referee: Joel Aguilar (El Salvador)

Pachuca won 3–2 on aggregate.

Final

First leg

2008 CONCACAF Champions' CupApril 23, 200820:30 CTFirst leg

Saprissa	1–1	Pachuca
Cordero 89'	(Report)	Rey 47'

Estadio Ricardo Saprissa, San Juan de TibásAttendance: 22,500Referee: Carlos Batres (Guatemala)

Second leg

April 30, 200820:30 CTSecond leg

Pachuca	2–1	Saprissa
Gimenez 3' Rey 53'	Report	Arrieta 90+3'

Estadio Hidalgo, PachucaAttendance: 30,000Referee: Mauricio Navarro (Canada)

Team details

Pachuca

Saprissa


GK	1	Miguel Calero
DF	21	Fausto Pinto
DF	2	Leobardo López
DF	3	Julio Manzur
DF	16	Gerardo Rodríguez
MF	14	Marvin Cabrera
MF	8	Gabriel Caballero
MF	6	Jaime Correa
MF	19	Christian Giménez	78'
FW	7	Damián Álvarez	64'
FW	18	Luis Rey	82'
Substitutions:
DF	13	Fernando Salazar	64'
MF	10	Andrés Chitiva	78'
FW	11	Juan Carlos Cacho	82'
Manager:
Enrique Meza


GK	1	Keylor Navas
DF	3	Víctor Cordero
DF	18	Jervis Drummond
DF	16	Gabriel Badilla
DF	14	Andrés Núñez
MF	31	Michael Barrantes
MF	17	José Luis López	65'
MF	20	Celso Borges
MF	21	Armando Alonso	49'
FW	23	Try Bennett	56'
FW	11	Ronald Gómez
Substitutions:
FW	7	Alejandro Alpízar	49'
FW	19	Jairo Arrieta	56'
FW	9	Pablo Brenes	65'
Manager:
Jeaustin Campos

Pachuca won the 2008 CONCACAF Champions' Cup 3–2 on aggregate, advanced to the 2008 FIFA Club World Cup.

Champion

CONCACAF Champions' Cup 2008 winners

Pachuca Third title

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Devon McTavish	D.C. United	3
1	Luis Montes	Pachuca	3
3	Jairo Arrieta	Saprissa	2
	Armando Alonso	Saprissa
	Dwayne DeRosario	Houston Dynamo
	Luciano Emilio	D.C. United
	Luis Gabriel Rey	Pachuca

Notes

"2008 CONCACAF Champions' Cup fixtures set". The Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football. 18 December 2007. Archived from the original on 20 December 2007. Retrieved 18 December 2007.

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