2024 CONCACAF Central American Cup group stage

The 2024 CONCACAF Central American Cup group stage was played from 30 July to 29 August 2024.[1] A total of 20 teams competed in the group stage to decide the 8 places in the knockout stage of the 2024 CONCACAF Central American Cup.[2]

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.[3][4]

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.[3]

The draw resulted in the following groups:[5]

Group A
Pos Team
A1 Costa Rica Herediano
A2 Honduras Motagua
A3 Panama Tauro
A4 Panama San Francisco
A5 Nicaragua Diriangén
Group B
Pos Team
B1 Costa Rica Alajuelense
B2 Guatemala Comunicaciones
B3 Honduras Marathón
B4 El Salvador Alianza
B5 El Salvador Luis Ángel Firpo
Group C
Pos Team
C1 Honduras Olimpia
C2 Guatemala Antigua
C3 Panama Independiente
C4 El Salvador Águila
C5 Belize Port Layola
Group D
Pos Team
D1 Costa Rica Saprissa
D2 Guatemala Municipal
D3 Costa Rica Guanacasteca
D4 Nicaragua Real Estelí
D5 Nicaragua Managua

Format

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 teams were ranked according to the following criteria (Regulations Article 12.10.1):[2]

  1. Points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, and 0 points for a loss);
  2. Goal difference;
  3. Goals scored;
  4. If two or more teams are still tied after applying the above criteria, their rankings would be determined as follows:
    1. Head-to-head points in the matches played among the tied teams;
    2. Head-to-head goal difference in the matches played among the tied teams;
    3. Head-to-head goals scored in the matches played among the tied teams;
  5. The lowest number of fairplay points, based on the following criteria:
    1. Yellow card: plus 1 point;
    2. Second yellow card/indirect red card: plus 3 points;
    3. Direct red card: plus 4 points;;
    4. Yellow card and direct red card: plus 5 points;
  6. Drawing of lots by CONCACAF.

The winners and runners-up of each group advanced to the quarter-finals of the knockout stage.

Schedule

Matches in the competition were played on either Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday as decided by CONCACAF. The schedule of each week was as follows (Regulations Article 2).[2][5][6]

Weeks Dates Matches
Week 1 30 July – 1 August 2024 Team 1 vs. Team 3, Team 5 vs. Team 2
Week 2 6–8 August 2024 Team 5 vs. Team 1, Team 2 vs. Team 4
Week 3 13–15 August 2024 Team 4 vs. Team 5, Team 2 vs. Team 3
Week 4 20–22 August 2024 Team 4 vs. Team 1, Team 3 vs. Team 5
Week 5 27–29 August 2024 Team 1 vs. Team 2, Team 3 vs. Team 4

Groups

All match times are in EDT (UTC−4) and local times are in parentheses, as listed by CONCACAF.[6]

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
Diriangén Nicaragua2–1Honduras Motagua
  • Cano 10'
  • Copete 89'
 Report Vega 63'
Referee: Jaime Herrera (El Salvador)
Herediano Costa Rica1–0Panama Tauro
J. Ruiz 52' Report
Referee: Nelson Salgado (Honduras)
Motagua Honduras3–2Panama San Francisco
 Report
Referee: Nitzar Sandoval (Nicaragua)
Diriangén Nicaragua0–1Costa Rica Herediano
Report González 86'
Referee: José Torres (Puerto Rico)
Motagua Honduras4–1Panama Tauro
 Report Velíz 81'
Referee: Victor Rivas (United States)
San Francisco Panama0–0Nicaragua Diriangén
Report
Estadio Universitario, Penonomé
Referee: Karen Hernández (Mexico)
Tauro Panama1–2Nicaragua Diriangén
Quintero 74' Report Arteaga 59', 90+3'
Referee: Nelson Salgado (Honduras)
San Francisco Panama0–1Costa Rica Herediano
Report Y. Ruiz 85'
Estadio Universitario, Penonomé
Referee: Jaime Herrera (El Salvador)
Tauro Panama2–1Panama San Francisco
 Report Góndola 73'
Referee: José García Meléndez (El Salvador)
Herediano Costa Rica1–1Honduras Motagua
J. Ruiz 54' Report Castillo 29' (pen.)
Referee: Drew Fischer (Canada)

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
Luis Ángel Firpo El Salvador1–1Guatemala Comunicaciones
Gustavo 47' Report Mejía 13'
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Jorge Leira (Panama)
Alajuelense Costa Rica3–1Honduras Marathón
 Report Bodden 30'
Referee: Oliver Vergara (Panama)
Luis Ángel Firpo El Salvador3–4Costa Rica Alajuelense
 Report
Referee: Julio Güity (Honduras)
Comunicaciones Guatemala1–0El Salvador Alianza
Henríquez 83' (o.g.) Report
Referee: Oliver Vergara (Panama)
Alianza El Salvador5–2El Salvador Luis Ángel Firpo
 Report
Referee: Cristopher Corado (Guatemala)
Comunicaciones Guatemala2–1Honduras Marathón
 Report Vega 63'
Referee: Filiberto Martínez (El Salvador)
Alianza El Salvador1–2Costa Rica Alajuelense
Mauricio 64' Report Campos 7', 58'
Referee: Fernando Hernández (Mexico)
Marathón Honduras1–0El Salvador Luis Ángel Firpo
Ramírez 90+6' Report
Referee: Félix Mojica (Nicaragua)
Marathón Honduras1–0El Salvador Alianza
Tejeda 66' Report
Referee: Filip Dujic (Canada)
Alajuelense Costa Rica2–1Guatemala Comunicaciones
 Report Casas 59' (pen.)

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
Port Layola Belize1–4Guatemala Antigua
Leslie 33' Report
Referee: Nitzar Sandoval (Nicaragua)
Olimpia Honduras3–0Panama Independiente
 Report
Antigua Guatemala0–0El Salvador Águila
Report
Referee: José Valladares (Honduras)
Port Layola Belize1–6Honduras Olimpia
Orozco 22' Report
Referee: Norberto da Silva (Curaçao)
Antigua Guatemala2–1Panama Independiente
 Report Ruíz 26'
Referee: Carly Shaw-MacLaren (Canada)
Águila El Salvador5–1Belize Port Layola
 Report Garcia 34'
Referee: Fernando Morón (Panama)
Independiente Panama1–0Belize Port Layola
Modelo 84' Report
Referee: Katia García (Mexico)
Águila El Salvador2–0Honduras Olimpia
 Report
Referee: David Gómez (Costa Rica)
Independiente Panama0–3El Salvador Águila
Report
Referee: Raúl Castro Zúñiga (Honduras)
Olimpia Honduras1–1Guatemala Antigua
Solano 48' Report Gómez 53'
Referee: Kwinsi Williams (Trinidad and Tobago)

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
Managua Nicaragua1–0Guatemala Municipal
Bonilla 65' Report
Referee: Raúl Castro Zuniga (Honduras)
Saprissa Costa Rica5–0Costa Rica Guanacasteca
 Report
Referee: Félix Mojica (Nicaragua)
Managua Nicaragua2–3Costa Rica Saprissa
 Report
Referee: Kimbell Ward (St. Kitts and Nevis)
Municipal Guatemala1–1Nicaragua Real Estelí
Altán 34' Report Medina 90+5'
Referee: José García Melendez (El Salvador)
Real Estelí Nicaragua3–0Nicaragua Managua
 Report
Referee: Steven Madrigal (Costa Rica)
Municipal Guatemala3–1Costa Rica Guanacasteca
 Report Córdoba 51'
Referee: Julio Güity (Honduras)
Real Estelí Nicaragua2–1Costa Rica Saprissa
Bonilla 7', 45+2' Report Rodríguez 90+6' (pen.)
Guanacasteca Costa Rica1–1Nicaragua Managua
Mora 30' Report Mendieta 41'
Referee: Lukasz Szpala (United States)
Guanacasteca Costa Rica1–0Nicaragua Real Estelí
Venegas 81' (pen.) Report
Referee: Christopher Mason (Jamaica)
Saprissa Costa Rica1–0Guatemala Municipal
Rodríguez 41' Report
Referee: Filiberto Martínez (El Salvador)

References

  1. ^ "Concacaf confirms important details for 2024 Concacaf Central American Cup". CONCACAF. 9 May 2024.
  2. ^ a b c "CONCACAF Central American Cup 2024 Regulations" (PDF). CONCACAF. 11 June 2024.
  3. ^ a b "Concacaf confirms 2024 Concacaf Central American Cup participating clubs and draw pots". CONCACAF. 3 June 2024.
  4. ^ "Concacaf Club Ranking as of June 3, 2024". CONCACAF. 3 June 2024.
  5. ^ a b "Draw delivers groups for 2024 Concacaf Central American Cup". CONCACAF. 6 June 2024.
  6. ^ a b "Concacaf announces schedule for 2024 Concacaf Central American Cup". CONCACAF. 13 June 2024.
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