2008–09 CONCACAF Champions League Group Stage

Main article: CONCACAF Champions League 2008–09

The CONCACAF Champions League 2008–09 Group Stage took place between 16 September 2008 and 26 November 2008.

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Tie-breaking criteria

If two teams are tied on points, the following tie-breaking criteria shall be applied, in order, to determine the ranking of teams:[1]

  1. Greater number of points earned in matches between the teams concerned
  2. Greater goal difference in matches between the teams concerned
  3. Greater number of goals scored away from home in matches between the teams concerned
  4. Reapply first three criteria if two or more teams are still tied
  5. Greater goal difference in all group matches
  6. Greater number of goals scored in group matches
  7. Greater number of goals scored away in all group matches
  8. Drawing of lots

Groups

Key to colours in group tables
Teams that progressed to the knock-out stage

All times local

Group A

Club Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Marathón 6 4 1 1 12 5 +7 13
Cruz Azul 6 3 1 2 8 4 +4 10
Saprissa 6 3 1 2 7 9 −2 10
D.C. United 6 0 1 5 4 13 −9 1
2008-09-16
20:00 EDT (UTC-4)
 D.C. United 0 – 2 Saprissa RFK Stadium, Washington, D.C.
Attendance: 6,105
Referee: Marco Rodríguez (Mexico)
(Report) Centeno  32'
Arrieta  52'
2008-09-17
20:00 CST (UTC-6)
 Marathón 2 – 0 Cruz Azul Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula
Attendance: 6,540
Referee: Walter López (Guatemala)
Mejía  33'
Beata  55'		 (Report)
2008-09-23
21:00 CDT (UTC-5)
 Cruz Azul 4 – 0 Saprissa Estadio Azul, Mexico City
Attendance: 6,500
Referee: Terry Vaughn (United States)
Sabah  23'
Torrado  54'
Zeballos  60'
Riveros  67'		 (Report)
2008-09-24
20:00 CST (UTC-6)
 Marathón 2 – 0 D.C. United Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Walter Quesada (Costa Rica)
Núñez  65'
Norales  82'		 (Report)
2008-09-30
20:00 CST (UTC-6)
 Saprissa 2 – 1 Marathón Estadio Ricardo Saprissa, San José
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Jair Marrufo (United States)
Borges  68'
Alpízar  86'		 (Report) Núñez  50' (pen.)
2008-10-01
20:00 EDT (UTC-4)
 D.C. United 0 – 1 Cruz Azul RFK Stadium, Washington, D.C.
Attendance: 7,214
Referee: Paul Ward (Canada)
(Report) Zeballos  56'
2008-10-07
19:00 CDT (UTC-5)
 Cruz Azul 1 – 1 Marathón Estadio Azul, Mexico City
Attendance: 4,926
Referee: Carlos Batres (Guatemala)
Orozco  14' (Report) Norales  87'
2008-10-09
20:00 CST (UTC-6)
 Saprissa 2 – 2 D.C. United Estadio Ricardo Saprissa, San José
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: German Arredondo (Mexico)
Elizondo  82'  86' (Report) Doe  6'
Dyachenko  90+2'
2008-10-21
21:00 CDT (UTC-5)
 Cruz Azul 2 – 0 D.C. United Estadio Azul, Mexico City
Attendance: 4,265
Referee: Roberto Moreno (Panama)
Vigneri  36'
Zeballos  88'		 (Report)
2008-10-29
20:00 EDT (UTC-4)
 D.C. United 2 – 4 Marathón RFK Stadium, Washington, D.C.
Attendance: 7,156
Referee: Benito Archundia (Mexico)
Doe  10'
Janicki  61'		 (Report) Martínez  31'
Berríos  46'
Núñez  53'
Chávez  68'
2008-10-29
18:00 CST (UTC-6)
 Saprissa 1 – 0 Cruz Azul Estadio Ricardo Saprissa, San José
Attendance: 12,800
Referee: Ricardo Salazar (United States)
Alpízar  60' (Report)
2008-11-05[1]
19:00 CST (UTC-6)
 Marathón 2 – 0 Saprissa Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula
Attendance: 2,915
Referee: Roberto Moreno (Panama)
Chávez  11'
Núñez  75'		 (Report)

Group B

Club Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Universidad Nacional 6 3 3 0 18 7 +11 12
Houston Dynamo 6 2 3 1 9 9 0 9
Luis Ángel Firpo 6 2 2 2 6 8 −2 8
San Francisco 6 0 2 4 4 13 −9 2
2008-09-16
21:00 EST (UTC-5)
 San Francisco 1 – 1 Universidad Nacional Estadio Nacional Rod Carew, Panama City
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Joel Aguilar (El Salvador)
Zapata  42' (Report) Espinoza  7'
2008-09-23
19:00 EST (UTC-5)
 San Francisco 0 – 0 Houston Dynamo Estadio Nacional Rod Carew, Panama City
Attendance: 3,400
Referee: Geoffrey Hospedales (Trinidad & Tobago)
(Report)
2008-09-24
21:00 CDT (UTC-5)
 Universidad Nacional 3 – 0 Luis Ángel Firpo Estadio Olímpico Universitario, Mexico City
Attendance: 8,205
Referee: Baldomero Toledo (United States)
Cabrera  11'  37'
Pineda  35'		 (Report)
2008-09-30
21:00 CDT (UTC-5)
 Universidad Nacional 4 – 4 Houston Dynamo Estadio Olímpico Universitario, Mexico City
Attendance: 9,179
Referee: Walter Quesada (Costa Rica)
López  18'
Juárez  26'
Palencia  41'
Verón  45+2'		 (Report) Waibel  3'  50'
Kamara  16'  33' (pen.)
2008-10-01
20:00 CST (UTC-6)
 Luis Ángel Firpo 1 – 0 San Francisco Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador
Attendance: 426
Referee: Marco Rodríguez (Mexico)
Ávila  90+1' (Report)
2008-10-07
21:00 CDT (UTC-5)
 Houston Dynamo 2 – 1 San Francisco Robertson Stadium, Houston
Attendance: 4,178
Referee: Benito Archundia (Mexico)
Wondolowski  13'
De Rosario  88'		 (Report) Pérez  47'
2008-10-09
20:00 CST (UTC-6)
 Luis Ángel Firpo 1 – 1 Universidad Nacional Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador
Attendance: 1,509
Referee: Ricardo Zelaya (Honduras)
Quintanilla  52' (Report) Bravo  55'
2008-10-22
22:00 CDT (UTC-5)
 Houston Dynamo 1 – 3 Universidad Nacional Robertson Stadium, Houston
Attendance: 8,741
Referee: Neal Brizan (Trinidad & Tobago)
Palacios  39' (o.g.) (Report) Cacho  18' (pen.)
Espinoza  30'
Palacios  70'
2008-10-22
19:00 EST (UTC-5)
 San Francisco 2 – 3 Luis Ángel Firpo Estadio Nacional Rod Carew, Panama City
Attendance: 300
Referee: Jair Marrufo (United States)
Pérez  38'
Jiménez  83'		 (Report) Alas  44'
Sánchez  49'
Gómez  52'
2008-10-28
20:00 CST (UTC-6)
 Luis Ángel Firpo 1 – 1 Houston Dynamo Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Jorge Gasso (Mexico)
Leguizamón  87' (Report) Holden  16'
2008-10-29
20:00 CST (UTC-6)
 Universidad Nacional 6 – 0 San Francisco Estadio Olímpico Universitario, Mexico City
Attendance: 5,982
Referee: Terry Vaughn (United States)
Palencia  29'  54'
Bravo  40'
Toledo  49'
Cortés  60'
Santana  73'		 (Report)
2008-11-26 [2]
19:00 CST (UTC-6)
 Houston Dynamo 1 – 0 Luis Ángel Firpo Robertson Stadium, Houston
Attendance: 14,142
Referee: Roberto García (Mexico)
Ching  13'

Group C

Club Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Atlante 6 3 2 1 6 3 +3 11
Montreal Impact 6 3 2 1 10 5 +5 11
Olimpia 6 2 2 2 10 6 +4 8
Joe Public 6 1 0 5 3 15 −12 3
  • Atlante is ranked ahead of Montreal Impact based on head-to-head record, which is the first tiebreaker.[1]
2008-09-17
20:00 EDT (UTC-4)
 Montreal Impact 2 – 0 Joe Public Stade Saputo, Montreal
Attendance: 7,631
Referee: Jair Marrufo (United States)
Pesoli  14'
Donatelli  47'		 (Report)
2008-09-18
21:00 CDT (UTC-5)
 Atlante 1 – 0 Olimpia Estadio Andrés Quintana Roo, Cancún
Attendance: 13,000
Referee: Paul Ward (Canada)
A. Muñoz  26' (Report)
2008-09-24
20:00 AST (UTC-4)
 Joe Public 1 – 3 Olimpia Marvin Lee Stadium, Macoya
Attendance: 847
Referee: Antonius Pinas (Suriname)
Richardson  77' (Report) Bruschi  32'  76'
Thomas  60'
2008-09-24
20:00 EDT (UTC-4)
 Montreal Impact 0 – 0 Atlante Stade Saputo, Montreal
Attendance: 12,187
Referee: Courtney Campbell (Jamaica)
(Report)
2008-10-01
20:00 CST (UTC-6)
 Olimpia 1 – 2 Montreal Impact Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino, Tegucigalpa
Attendance: 7,224
Referee: Elmer Bonilla (El Salvador)
Turcios  32' (Report) Brown  3'  71' (pen.)
2008-10-02
21:00 CDT (UTC-5)
 Atlante 0 – 1 Joe Public Estadio Andrés Quintana Roo, Cancún
Attendance: 13,000
Referee: Carlos Batres (Guatemala)
(Report) Nelson  56'
2008-10-08
20:00 AST (UTC-4)
 Joe Public 1 – 4 Montreal Impact Hasely Crawford Stadium, Port of Spain
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Enrico Wijngaarde (Suriname)
Noray  9' (Report) Placentino  5'
Donatelli  13'  79'
Byers  44'
2008-10-08
20:00 CST (UTC-6)
 Olimpia 1 – 1 Atlante Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino, Tegucigalpa
Attendance: 3,200
Referee: Mark Geiger (United States)
Hernández  83' (Report) Vilar  38'
2008-10-21
20:00 EDT (UTC-4)
 Montreal Impact 1 – 1 Olimpia Stade Saputo, Montreal
Attendance: 8,961
Referee: Benito Archundia (Mexico)
Brown  40' (Report) Bruschi  45+1'
2008-10-21
20:00 AST (UTC-4)
 Joe Public 0 – 2 Atlante Marvin Lee Stadium, Macoya
Attendance: 400
Referee: Baldomero Toledo (United States)
(Report) Valadez  7'
Pereyra  56'
2008-10-28
18:00 CST (UTC-6)
 Olimpia 4 – 0 Joe Public Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino, Tegucigalpa
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Walter López (Guatemala)
Dos Santos  26'  38'
García  72'
Silva  85'		 (Report)
2008-10-28
20:00 CST (UTC-6)
 Atlante 2 – 1 Montreal Impact Estadio Andrés Quintana Roo, Cancún
Attendance: 4,312
Referee: Joel Aguilar (El Salvador)
Ovalle  13'
Pereyra  83'		 (Report) Gjertsen  4'

Group D

Club Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Santos Laguna 6 3 1 2 14 11 +3 10
Puerto Rico Islanders 6 2 2 2 9 10 −1 8
Tauro 6 2 2 2 9 10 −1 8
Municipal 6 1 3 2 12 13 −1 6
  • Puerto Rico Islanders is ranked ahead of Tauro based on head-to-head record, which is the first tiebreaker.[1]
2008-09-16
20:00 AST (UTC-4)
 Puerto Rico Islanders 2 – 1 Tauro Estadio Juan Ramón Loubriel, Bayamón
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Benito Archundia (Mexico)
Villegas  11'
Jagdeosingh  26'		 (Report) Aguilar  58'
2008-09-17
19:00 CDT (UTC-5)
 Santos Laguna 3 – 2 Municipal Estadio Corona, Torreón
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Roberto Moreno (Panama)
Torres  10'
Benítez  32'
Vuoso  90'		 (Report) Ramírez  47'
Acevedo  83'
2008-09-23
19:00 AST (UTC-4)
 Puerto Rico Islanders 3 – 1 Santos Laguna Estadio Juan Ramón Loubriel, Bayamón
Attendance: 10,112
Referee: Mark Geiger (United States)
Telesford  14'
Delgado  38'
Miranda  49'		 (Report) Herrera  71'
2008-09-25
20:00 EST (UTC-5)
 Tauro 2 – 1 Municipal Estadio Nacional Rod Carew, Panama City
Referee: Neal Brizan (Trinidad & Tobago)
Hay  47', 90+6' (Report) Ramírez  45+2'
2008-10-01
20:00 CST (UTC-6)
 Municipal 2 – 2 Puerto Rico Islanders Estadio Cementos Progreso, Guatemala City
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Roberto García (Mexico)
Leguizamón  79'
Plata  90+1'		 (Report) Noël  9'
Gbandi  90'
2008-10-02
19:00 EST (UTC-5)
 Tauro 2 – 0 Santos Laguna Estadio Nacional Rod Carew, Panama City
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Baldomero Toledo (United States)
Hay  42'
Rojas  55'		 (Report)
2008-10-08
20:00 CST (UTC-6)
 Municipal 2 – 2 Tauro Estadio Mateo Flores, Guatemala City
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Marco Rodríguez (Mexico)
Plata  15'
Acevedo  90+1'		 (Report) Escobar  58'
Aguilar  61'
2008-10-08
19:00 CDT (UTC-5)
 Santos Laguna 3 – 0 Puerto Rico Islanders Estadio Corona, Torreón
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Joel Aguilar (El Salvador)
Peralta  29'
Hernández  54'
Herrera  70'		 (Report)
2008-10-22
19:00 CDT (UTC-5)
 Santos Laguna 3 – 0 Tauro Estadio Corona, Torreón
Attendance: 16,000
Referee: Carlos Batres (Guatemala)
Benítez  10', 27'
Torres  53'		 (Report)
2008-10-23
20:00 AST (UTC-4)
 Puerto Rico Islanders 0 – 1 Municipal Estadio Juan Ramón Loubriel, Bayamón
Attendance: 7,500
Referee: Geoffrey Hospedales (Trinidad & Tobago)
(Report) Acevedo  86'
2008-10-29
19:00 EST (UTC-5)
 Tauro 2 – 2 Puerto Rico Islanders Estadio Nacional Rod Carew, Panama City
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Germán Arredondo (Mexico)
Hay  42' (pen.)  77' (Report) Telesford  16'
Noël  28'
2008-10-30
20:00 CST (UTC-6)
 Municipal 4 – 4 Santos Laguna Estadio Mateo Flores, Guatemala City
Attendance: 1,764
Referee: Walter Quesada (Costa Rica)
Ramírez  38' (pen.), 64' (pen.), 90+5'
Leguizamón  71'		 (Report) Herrera  10', 47' (pen.), 57' (pen.)
Peralta  74'

References

  1. ^ a b c d "CONCACAF Champions League Regulations 2008/2009" (PDF). CONCACAF. http://www.concacaf.com/graphics/stats-regs/pdf/Regulations%20CONCACAF%20Champions%20Leaguev10.pdf. 
  2. ^ "Marathon-Saprissa match rescheduled for 5 November". CONCACAF. 2008-10-23. http://www.concacaf.com/view_article.aspx?id=4482. 
  3. ^ "Houston-Firpo match in Champions League rescheduled for 26 November". CONCACAF. 2008-09-22. http://www.concacaf.com/view_article.aspx?id=4392. 
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