2025 CONCACAF Central American Cup group stage

The 2025 CONCACAF Central American Cup group stage will be played from 29 July to 28 August 2025.[1] A total of 20 teams competed in the group stage to decide the 8 places in the knockout stage of the 2025 CONCACAF Central American Cup.[2]

Draw

The draw for the group stage was held on 8 June 2023, 18:30 EDT (UTC−4), 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 2 June 2025.[3][4]

Pot 1
Team Rank
Costa Rica Herediano 40
Costa Rica Alajuelense 46
Honduras Olimpia 48
Costa Rica Saprissa 52
Pot 2
Team Rank
Guatemala Antigua 54
Honduras Motagua 55
Guatemala Municipal 56
Guatemala Xelajú 60
Pot 3
Team Rank
Panama Plaza Amador 61
Costa Rica Cartaginés 62
Honduras Real España 63
Nicaragua Real Estelí 66
Pot 4
Team Rank
Panama Independiente 68
Panama Sporting San Miguelito 74
El Salvador Águila 83
El Salvador Alianza 88
Pot 5
Team Rank
Nicaragua Diriangén 96
Nicaragua Managua 121
El Salvador Hércules 137
Belize Verdes 186

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 Alajuelense
A2 Guatemala Antigua
A3 Panama Plaza Amador
A4 El Salvador Alianza
A5 Nicaragua Managua
Group B
Pos Team
B1 Costa Rica Herediano
B2 Guatemala Municipal
B3 Honduras Real España
B4 Panama Sporting San Miguelito
B5 Nicaragua Diriangén
Group C
Pos Team
C1 Costa Rica Saprissa
C2 Honduras Motagua
C3 Costa Rica Cartaginés
C4 Panama Independiente
C5 Belize Verdes
Group D
Pos Team
D1 Honduras Olimpia
D2 Guatemala Xelajú
D3 Nicaragua Real Estelí
D4 El Salvador Águila
D5 El Salvador Hércules

Format

In the group stage, each group is 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 are 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. CONCACAF Club Ranking after the group stage is completed.
  7. 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 will be played on either Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday as decided by CONCACAF. The schedule of each week is as follows (Regulations Article 2).[2][5][6]

Weeks Dates Matches
Week 1 29–31 July 2025 Team 1 vs. Team 3, Team 5 vs. Team 2
Week 2 5–7 August 2025 Team 5 vs. Team 1, Team 2 vs. Team 4
Week 3 12–14 August 2025 Team 4 vs. Team 5, Team 2 vs. Team 3
Week 4 19–21 August 2025 Team 4 vs. Team 1, Team 3 vs. Team 5
Week 5 26–28 August 2025 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][7]

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification PLA ANT ALI ALA MAN
1 Panama Plaza Amador (A) 3 3 0 0 10 6 +4 9 Advance to Quarter-finals — — 27 Aug — 3–2
2 Guatemala Antigua 3 1 1 1 7 6 +1 4 3–5 — 0–0 — —
3 El Salvador Alianza 2 1 1 0 1 0 +1 4 — — — 21 Aug 1–0
4 Costa Rica Alajuelense 2 1 0 1 3 3 0 3 1–2 27 Aug — — —
5 Nicaragua Managua (E) 4 0 0 4 4 10 −6 0 — 1–4 — 1–2 —
Updated to match(es) played on 19 August 2025. Source: CONCACAF
(A) Advance to a further round; (E) Eliminated
Managua Nicaragua1–4Guatemala Antigua
Barrera 70' Report
  • Espinoza 21'
  • Apaolaza 68', 90+4'
  • Maciel 86'
Attendance: 980[8]
Referee: Josué Ugalde (Costa Rica)
Alajuelense Costa Rica1–2Panama Plaza Amador
Moya 39' Report
  • Y. Murillo 73'
  • Rose 90+4'
Attendance: 4,501[9]
Referee: Sergio Reyna (Guatemala)
Antigua Guatemala0–0El Salvador Alianza
Report
Attendance: 4,123[10]
Referee: David Gómez (Costa Rica)
Managua Nicaragua1–2Costa Rica Alajuelense
Hernández 58' Report
Attendance: 1,633[11]
Referee: Victor Rivas (United States)
Antigua Guatemala3–5Panama Plaza Amador
 Report
Attendance: 2,239[12]
Referee: Shavin Greene (Guyana)
Alianza El Salvador1–0Nicaragua Managua
Mauricio 54' Report
Attendance: 2,512[13]
Referee: Nelson Salgado (Honduras)
Plaza Amador Panama3–2Nicaragua Managua
 Report Verón 68', 81'
Referee: David Gómez (Costa Rica)
Alianza El SalvadorvCosta Rica Alajuelense
Alajuelense Costa RicavGuatemala Antigua
Plaza Amador PanamavEl Salvador Alianza

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification MUN DIR SSM HER RES
1 Guatemala Municipal 3 1 2 0 4 3 +1 5 Advance to Quarter-finals — — 1–1 — 2–1
2 Nicaragua Diriangén 3 1 1 1 5 4 +1 4 1–1 — — 4–2 —
3 Panama Sporting San Miguelito 2 1 1 0 2 1 +1 4 — 2–1 — 21 Aug —
4 Costa Rica Herediano 2 1 0 1 6 6 0 3 28 Aug — — — 4–2
5 Honduras Real España 2 0 0 2 3 6 −3 0 — 20 Aug 28 Aug — —
Updated to match(es) played on 13 August 2025. Source: CONCACAF
Herediano Costa Rica4–2Honduras Real España
 Report Gustavo 70', 90+2'
Attendance: 2,545[17]
Referee: Oliver Vergara (Panama)
Diriangén Nicaragua1–1Guatemala Municipal
Arteaga 27' Report E. Hernández 90+7' (pen.)
Attendance: 3,126[18]
Referee: Jaime Herrera (Mexico)
Diriangén Nicaragua4–2Costa Rica Herediano
  • Arteaga 3'
  • Carballo 19', 31'
  • Cano 71'
 Report
Referee: Fernando Morón (Panama)
Municipal Guatemala1–1Panama Sporting San Miguelito
Saravia 32' Report Ruiz 2'
Attendance: 6,767[19]
Referee: Ismael López (Mexico)
Sporting San Miguelito Panama2–1Nicaragua Diriangén
  • Valencia 2' (pen.)
  • De León 22'
 Report Arteaga 61'
Estadio Universitario, Penonomé[note 3]
Attendance: 615[20]
Referee: Jon Freemon (United States)
Municipal Guatemala2–1Honduras Real España
 Report Aparicio 17'
Attendance: 4,863[21]
Real España HondurasvNicaragua Diriangén
Sporting San Miguelito PanamavCosta Rica Herediano
Estadio Universitario, Penonomé[note 3]
Herediano Costa RicavGuatemala Municipal

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification MOT SAP CAI CAR VER
1 Honduras Motagua 3 2 1 0 6 2 +4 7 Advance to Quarter-finals — — 2–1 0–0 —
2 Costa Rica Saprissa 2 2 0 0 4 1 +3 6 26 Aug — — 2–0 —
3 Panama Independiente 2 1 0 1 4 3 +1 3 — 20 Aug — — 3–1
4 Costa Rica Cartaginés 2 0 1 1 0 2 −2 1 — — 26 Aug — 20 Aug
5 Belize Verdes (E) 3 0 0 3 3 9 −6 0 1–4 1–2 — — —
Updated to match(es) played on 14 August 2025. Source: CONCACAF
(E) Eliminated
Verdes Belize1–4Honduras Motagua
Lopez 83' Report
Attendance: 935[22]
Referee: Waldir García (El Salvador)
Saprissa Costa Rica2–0Costa Rica Cartaginés
 Report
Attendance: 13,180[23]
Referee: Ismael López (Mexico)
Verdes Belize1–2Costa Rica Saprissa
Lozano 45+4' Report
Attendance: 350[24]
Referee: Raúl Castro (Honduras)
Motagua Honduras2–1Panama Independiente
 Report Valverde 71'
Referee: Cristhofer Corado (Guatemala)
Independiente Panama3–1Belize Verdes
  • Valverde 11'
  • Altamirano 41'
  • Águila 82'
 Report Vega 31'
Attendance: 676[25]
Referee: Karen Hernández (Mexico)
Motagua Honduras0–0Costa Rica Cartaginés
Report
Attendance: 2,497[26]
Referee: Guido Gonzales Jr (United States)
Independiente PanamavCosta Rica Saprissa
Cartaginés Costa RicavBelize Verdes
Saprissa Costa RicavHonduras Motagua

Group D

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification XEL OLI ÁGU EST HER
1 Guatemala Xelajú (A) 3 3 0 0 9 1 +8 9 Advance to Quarter-finals — — 3–0 4–1 —
2 Honduras Olimpia 3 2 1 0 8 3 +5 7 27 Aug — — 3–0 —
3 El Salvador Águila 3 1 1 1 4 5 −1 4 — 2–2 — — 2–0
4 Nicaragua Real Estelí (E) 2 0 0 2 1 7 −6 0 — — 27 Aug — 21 Aug
5 El Salvador Hércules (E) 3 0 0 3 1 7 −6 0 0–2 1–3 — — —
Updated to match(es) played on 19 August 2025. Source: CONCACAF
(A) Advance to a further round; (E) Eliminated
Hércules El Salvador0–2Guatemala Xelajú
Report
Attendance: 1,670[27]
Referee: Jorge Leira (Panama)
Olimpia Honduras3–0Nicaragua Real Estelí
 Report
Attendance: 7,942[28]
Referee: Jon Freemon (United States)
Hércules El Salvador1–3Honduras Olimpia
Posada 67' (pen.) Report
Referee: Randy Encarnación (Dominican Republic)
Xelajú Guatemala3–0El Salvador Águila
 Report
Attendance: 2,748[31]
Referee: Brayan Cruz (Costa Rica)
Águila El Salvador2–0El Salvador Hércules
Caballero 7', 21' Report
Attendance: 1,118[33]
Referee: Fernando Morón (Panama)
Xelajú Guatemala4–1Nicaragua Real Estelí
 Report Preciado 18'
Attendance: 2845[34]
Referee: Waldir García (El Salvador)
Águila El Salvador2–2Honduras Olimpia
 Report
Referee: Félix Mojica (Nicaragua)
Real Estelí NicaraguavEl Salvador Hércules
Olimpia HondurasvGuatemala Xelajú
Real Estelí NicaraguavEl Salvador Águila

Notes

  1. ^ a b Plaza Amador will play their home matches at Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City instead of their regular stadium COS Sports Plaza, Panama City which did not meet CONCACAF requirements.
  2. ^ a b Herediano will play their home matches at Estadio Nacional, San José instead of their regular stadium Estadio Eladio Rosabal Cordero, Heredia which is being rebuilt since 2020.[14][15][16]
  3. ^ a b Sporting San Miguelito will play their home matches at Estadio Universitario, Penonomé instead of their regular stadium Complejo Deportivo Los Andes 2, San Miguelito which did not meet CONCACAF requirements.
  4. ^ a b Verdes will play their home matches at FFB Stadium, Belmopan instead of their regular stadium Norman Broaster Stadium, San Ignacio which did not meet CONCACAF requirements.
  5. ^ a b Independiente will play their home matches at Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City instead of their regular stadium Estadio Agustín Sánchez, La Chorrera which did not meet CONCACAF requirements.
  6. ^ a b Xelajú will play their home matches at Estadio Cementos Progreso, Guatemala City instead of their regular stadium Estadio Mario Camposeco, Quetzaltenango which did not meet CONCACAF requirements.[29][30]
  7. ^ a b Águila will play their home matches at Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador instead of their regular stadium Estadio Juan Francisco Barraza, San Miguel which is undergoing maintenance work.[32]

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