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Association football tournament

2024 CONCACAF Central American Cup
Tournament details
Dates30 July – 4 December
Teams20 (from 7 associations)
Final positions
ChampionsCosta Rica Alajuelense (2nd title)
Runners-upNicaragua Real Estelí
Tournament statistics
Matches played58
Goals scored152 (2.62 per match)
Top scorer(s)Costa Rica Diego Campos
(6 goals)
Best player(s)Costa Rica Diego Campos
Best young playerNicaragua Bryan Ordóñez
Best goalkeeperCosta Rica Leonel Moreira
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International football competition

The 2024 CONCACAF Central American Cup is the second edition of the CONCACAF Central American Cup, the first-tier annual international club football competition in the Central American region. It is contested by clubs whose football associations are affiliated with the Central American Football Union (UNCAF), a sub-confederation of CONCACAF.

The winners of the 2024 CONCACAF Central American Cup will qualify directly for the 2025 CONCACAF Champions Cup Round of 16, while the second through sixth-place teams will qualify to Round One of the same competition.

Teams

Twenty teams from the seven UNCAF member associations qualified for the tournament based on results from their domestic leagues. Eighteen slots are predetermined by CONCACAF and the remaining two slots were granted to Costa Rica and Nicaragua as the national associations whose clubs were finalists in the previous edition of the tournament. The slot allocation for this edition was as follows:

  • Costa Rica: 3+1 berths
  • El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Panama: 3 berths
  • Nicaragua: 2+1 berths
  • Belize: 1 berth
Association Team Qualifying method
 Belize (1 berth) Port Layola 2023–24 Premier League tournament champions (2024 Closing) with better record in aggregate table.
 Costa Rica
(4 berths) 		Saprissa 2023–24 Liga FPD Apertura and Clausura champions
Herediano 2023–24 Liga FPD aggregate table best team not yet qualified
Alajuelense 2023–24 Liga FPD aggregate table second-best team not yet qualified
Guanacasteca 2023–24 Liga FPD aggregate table third-best team not yet qualified
 El Salvador
(3 berths) 		Águila 2023–24 Primera División Apertura champions
Alianza 2023–24 Primera División Clausura champions
Luis Ángel Firpo 2023–24 Primera División aggregate table best team not yet qualified
 Guatemala
(3 berths) 		Comunicaciones 2023–24 Liga Nacional Torneo Apertura champions
Municipal 2023–24 Liga Nacional Torneo Clausura champions
Antigua 2023–24 Liga Nacional aggregate table best team not yet qualified
 Honduras
(3 berths) 		Olimpia 2023–24 Honduran Liga Nacional Apertura and Clausura champions
Marathón 2023–24 Honduran Liga Nacional aggregate table best team not yet qualified
Motagua 2023–24 Honduran Liga Nacional aggregate table second-best team not yet qualified
 Nicaragua
(3 berths) 		Diriangén 2023–24 Liga Primera Apertura and Clausura champions
Managua 2023–24 Liga Primera aggregate table best team not yet qualified
Real Estelí 2023–24 Liga Primera aggregate table second-best team not yet qualified
 Panama
(3 berths) 		Independiente 2023 Liga Panameña Torneo Clausura champions
Tauro 2024 Liga Panameña Torneo Apertura champions
San Francisco 2023 Liga Panameña Torneo Clausura and 2024 Liga Panameña Torneo Apertura aggregate table best team not yet qualified

Draw

The draw for the group stage was held on 6 June 2024 in Miami, Florida, United States. The 20 involved teams were previously seeded into five pots of four teams each based on their CONCACAF Club Ranking as of 3 June 2024.

Pot 1
Team Rank
Costa Rica Saprissa 41
Honduras Olimpia 43
Costa Rica Alajuelense 50
Costa Rica Herediano 51
Pot 2
Team Rank
Guatemala Municipal 52
Guatemala Comunicaciones 54
Guatemala Antigua 55
Honduras Motagua 56
Pot 3
Team Rank
Panama Tauro 58
Honduras Marathón 59
Panama Independiente 60
Costa Rica Guanacasteca 71
Pot 4
Team Rank
Panama San Francisco 77
El Salvador Alianza 80
Nicaragua Real Estelí 83
El Salvador Águila 86
Pot 5
Team Rank
Nicaragua Diriangén 98
El Salvador Luis Ángel Firpo 113
Nicaragua Managua 146
Belize Port Layola 175

For the group stage, the 20 teams were drawn into four groups (Groups A–D) of five containing a team from each of the five pots. Teams from pot 1 were drawn first and were placed in the first position of their group, starting from Group A to Group D. The same procedure was followed for teams from pots 2, 3, 4 and 5, and they were placed in positions 2, 3, 4 and 5, respectively, within the group to which they were drawn. Each group must contain no more than two clubs from the same national association.

Schedule

The schedule of the competition is as follows.

Stage Round First leg Second leg
Group Stage Matchday 1 30 July – 1 August
Matchday 2 6–8 August
Matchday 3 13–15 August
Matchday 4 20–22 August
Matchday 5 27–29 August
Knockout Quarterfinals 24–26 September 1–3 October
Semifinals and play-in 22–24 October 29–31 October
Finals 27 November 4 December

Group stage

Main article: 2024 CONCACAF Central American Cup group stage

In the group stage, each group was played on a single home-and-away round-robin basis, with teams playing against each other once, for a total of four matches per team (two home and two away). The winners and runners-up of each group advanced to the quarter-finals of the knockout stage.

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification HER MOT DIR TAU SFR
1 Costa Rica Herediano 4 3 1 0 4 1 +3 10 Advance to Quarter-finals — 1–1 — 1–0 —
2 Honduras Motagua 4 2 1 1 9 6 +3 7 — — — 4–1 3–2
3 Nicaragua Diriangén 4 2 1 1 4 3 +1 7 0–1 2–1 — — —
4 Panama Tauro 4 1 0 3 4 8 −4 3 — — 1–2 — 2–1
5 Panama San Francisco 4 0 1 3 3 6 −3 1 0–1 — 0–0 — —
Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results (points, goal difference, goals scored); 5) Fair play points; 6) Drawing of lots.

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification ALA COM MAR ALI LAF
1 Costa Rica Alajuelense 4 4 0 0 11 6 +5 12 Advance to Quarter-finals — 2–1 3–1 — —
2 Guatemala Comunicaciones 4 2 1 1 5 4 +1 7 — — 2–1 1–0 —
3 Honduras Marathón 4 2 0 2 4 5 −1 6 — — — 1–0 1–0
4 El Salvador Alianza 4 1 0 3 6 6 0 3 1–2 — — — 5–2
5 El Salvador Luis Ángel Firpo 4 0 1 3 6 11 −5 1 3–4 1–1 — — —
Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results (points, goal difference, goals scored); 5) Fair play points; 6) Drawing of lots.

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification ÁGU ANT OLI CAI PLA
1 El Salvador Águila 4 3 1 0 10 1 +9 10 Advance to Quarter-finals — — 2–0 — 5–1
2 Guatemala Antigua 4 2 2 0 7 3 +4 8 0–0 — — 2–1 —
3 Honduras Olimpia 4 2 1 1 10 4 +6 7 — 1–1 — 3–0 —
4 Panama Independiente 4 1 0 3 2 8 −6 3 0–3 — — — 1–0
5 Belize Port Layola 4 0 0 4 3 16 −13 0 — 1–4 1–6 — —
Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results (points, goal difference, goals scored); 5) Fair play points; 6) Drawing of lots.

Group D

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification SAP EST MUN MAN GUA
1 Costa Rica Saprissa 4 3 0 1 10 4 +6 9 Advance to Quarter-finals — — 1–0 — 5–0
2 Nicaragua Real Estelí 4 2 1 1 6 3 +3 7 2–1 — — 3–0 —
3 Guatemala Municipal 4 1 1 2 4 4 0 4 — 1–1 — — 3–1
4 Nicaragua Managua 4 1 1 2 4 7 −3 4 2–3 — 1–0 — —
5 Costa Rica Guanacasteca 4 1 1 2 3 9 −6 4 — 1–0 — 1–1 —
Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results (points, goal difference, goals scored); 5) Fair play points; 6) Drawing of lots.

Knockout stage

Main article: 2024 CONCACAF Central American Cup knockout stage

The knockout stage will be played on a single-elimination tournament with the following rules:

  • Each tie is played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. The home team of the second leg in each tie was determined separately for each round as follows (Regulations Article 12.11):
    • In the quarter-finals, the group winners hosted the second leg.
    • In the semi-finals and play-in, the higher-ranked teams based on total points accumulated in the group stage and the quarterfinals hosted the second leg.
    • In the finals, the higher-ranked team based on total points accumulated in the group stage, quarterfinals and semi-finals will host the second leg.
  • In the quarter-finals and semi-finals, if tied on aggregate, the away goals rule would be used. If still tied, the penalty shoot-out would be directly used to determine the winners (Regulations Article 12.10.2).
  • In the play-in and finals, if tied on aggregate, the away goals rule would also be used. If still tied, 30 minutes of extra time would be played but the away goals scored during this time would not serve as a tie-breaking criteria. If still tied after extra time, the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner (Regulations Article 12.10.3).

Qualified teams

Group Winners Runners-up
A Costa Rica Herediano Honduras Motagua
B Costa Rica Alajuelense Guatemala Comunicaciones
C El Salvador Águila Guatemala Antigua
D Costa Rica Saprissa Nicaragua Real Estelí

Seeding

Teams were seeded 1–8 based on results in the group stage and assigned a position in a fixed bracket. For example, the first semi-final was contested between the winner of the 1 vs. 8 quarter-final and the winner of the 4 vs. 5 quarter-final. For each round, the host of the second leg was determined based on performance in all previous rounds, including the group stage.

The following was the seeding for the quarter-finals round only:

Seed Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Matchups
1 B Costa Rica Alajuelense 4 4 0 0 11 6 +5 12 Match QF1
2 C El Salvador Águila 4 3 1 0 10 1 +9 10 Match QF3
3 A Costa Rica Herediano 4 3 1 0 4 1 +3 10 Match QF4
4 D Costa Rica Saprissa 4 3 0 1 6 2 +4 9 Match QF2
5 C Guatemala Antigua 4 2 2 0 7 3 +4 8 Match QF2
6 A Honduras Motagua 4 2 1 1 9 6 +3 7 Match QF4
7 D Nicaragua Real Estelí 4 2 1 1 6 3 +3 7 Match QF3
8 B Guatemala Comunicaciones 4 2 1 1 5 4 +1 7 Match QF1
Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Away goals scored; 5) Wins; 6) Away wins; 7) Disciplinary points (1 point for yellow card, 3 points for second yellow card/indirect red card, 4 points for direct red card, 5 points for yellow card and direct red card); 8) Drawing of lots (Regulations Article 12.11.4).

Bracket

The bracket was decided based on the quarter-finals seeding.

Play-inQuarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinals
7Nicaragua Real Estelí202
2El Salvador Águila101
El Salvador Águila022Nicaragua Real Estelí (a)022
Honduras Motagua224Costa Rica Herediano022
6Honduras Motagua202
3Costa Rica Herediano (a)202
Nicaragua Real Estelí112
Costa Rica Alajuelense123
5Guatemala Antigua033
4Costa Rica Saprissa000
Costa Rica Saprissa134Guatemala Antigua000
Guatemala Comunicaciones112Costa Rica Alajuelense011
8Guatemala Comunicaciones112
1Costa Rica Alajuelense213


Quarter-finals

The first legs were played on 24–26 September, and the second legs were played on 1–3 October 2024.

Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Comunicaciones Guatemala2–3Costa Rica Alajuelense1–21–1
Antigua Guatemala3–0Costa Rica Saprissa0–03–0
Real Estelí Nicaragua2–1El Salvador Águila2–10–0
Motagua Honduras2–2 (a)Costa Rica Herediano2–20–0

Play-in

The first legs were played on 22 and 23 October, and the second legs were played on 29 and 30 October 2024.

Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Comunicaciones Guatemala2–4Costa Rica Saprissa1–11–3
Motagua Honduras4–2El Salvador Águila2–02–2

Semi-finals

The first legs were played on 22 and 24 October, and the second legs were played on 30 and 31 October 2024.

Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Antigua Guatemala0–1Costa Rica Alajuelense0–00–1
Real Estelí Nicaragua2–2 (a)Costa Rica Herediano0–02–2

Finals

Main article: 2024 CONCACAF Central American Cup finals
Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Real Estelí Nicaragua2–3Costa Rica Alajuelense1–11–2

Top goalscorers

  Team eliminated for this round.   Team inactive for this round.
As of 30 October 2024
Rank Player Team GS1 GS2 GS3 GS4 GS5 QF1 QF2 PI1 PI2 SF1 SF2 F1 F2 Total
1 Costa Rica Diego Campos Costa Rica Alajuelense 2 1 2 1 6
2 Argentina Agustín Auzmendi Honduras Motagua 2 1 1 4
Uruguay Diego Casas Guatemala Comunicaciones 1 1 1 1
Jamaica Javon East Costa Rica Saprissa 1 1 1 1
Argentina Santiago Gómez Guatemala Antigua 1 1 2
6 Guatemala José Ardón Guatemala Antigua 3 3
Nicaragua Byron Bonilla Nicaragua Real Estelí 2 1
Honduras Rubilio Castillo Honduras Motagua 1 1 1
Brazil Gustavo Souza El Salvador Luis Ángel Firpo 1 1 1
El Salvador Styven Vásquez El Salvador Luis Ángel Firpo 2 1

See also

References

  1. ^ "Concacaf confirms important details for 2024 Concacaf Central American Cup". Miami: CONCACAF. 9 May 2024. Retrieved 16 May 2024.
  2. ^ "CONCACAF Central American Cup 2024 Regulations" (PDF). CONCACAF. 11 June 2024.
  3. "Alianza FC, San Francisco complete Central American Cup field". Miami: CONCACAF. 23 May 2024. Retrieved 30 May 2023.
  4. ^ "Concacaf confirms 2024 Concacaf Central American Cup participating clubs and draw pots". CONCACAF. 3 June 2024.
  5. "Honduras pierde una plaza a la Copa Centroamericana 2024 con Nicaragua" [Honduras loses a place in the 2024 Central American Cup to Nicaragua] (in Spanish). Tegucigalpa: El Heraldo. 23 November 2023. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
  6. "Nicaragua tendrá tres cupos para la próxima Copa Centroamericana gracias al Real Estelí" [Nicaragua will have three slots for the next Central American Cup thanks to Real Esteli] (in Spanish). La Prensa. 23 November 2023. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
  7. ^ "NORMAS DE COMPETICIÓN TEMPORADA 2023–2024" (PDF) (in Spanish). UNAFUT. 25 July 2023. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
  8. ^ "BASES DE COMPETENCIA DE LA PRIMERA DIVISION DE FUTBOL PROFESIONAL TEMPORADA 2023-2024" (PDF) (in Spanish). Salvadoran Football Federation. 11 August 2023. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
  9. ^ Acevedo, Josue (19 May 2024). "Qué equipos representarán a Guatemala en la Copa Centroamericana 2024" [Which teams will represent Guatemala in the 2024 Central American Cup?] (in Spanish). Agencia Guatemalteca de Noticias. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
  10. ^ "REGLAMENTO COMPETENCIA LPF TEMPORADA - 2023" (PDF). lpf.com.pa (in Spanish). Liga Panameña de Fútbol. 27 December 2022. Retrieved 30 May 2023.
  11. ^ "REGLAMENTO DE COMPETENCIAS TEMPORADA 2024" (PDF). lpf.com.pa (in Spanish). Liga Panameña de Fútbol. 14 March 2024. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
  12. "Concacaf Club Ranking as of June 3, 2024". CONCACAF. 3 June 2024.
  13. ^ "Concacaf confirms 2024 Concacaf Central American Cup Quarterfinal pairings and schedule". CONCACAF. 30 August 2024. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
  14. ^ "2024 Concacaf Central American Cup Semifinals and Play-In matchups and schedule confirmed". CONCACAF. 4 October 2024. Retrieved 5 October 2024.

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