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2019–20 CONCACAF Champions League
	Exploria Stadium near Orlando hosted the final.
Tournament details
Dates	June – August 2019 (qualifying); September 2019 – June 2020 (competition proper)
Teams	32 (group stage); 79 (total) (from 56 associations)
Final positions
Champions	Los Angeles FC (1st title)
Runners-up	América
Tournament statistics
Matches played	219
Goals scored	744 (3.4 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Carlos Vela (10)
	← 2018–19 2020–21 →

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The 2019–20 CONCACAF Champions League was the 55th season of North Americas's premier club football tournament organised by CONCACAF, and the 12th season since it was renamed from the CONCACAF Champions' Cup to the CONCACAF Champions League.

The winners of the 2019–20 CONCACAF Champions League qualified as the CONCACAF representative at the 2020 FIFA Club World Cup, and also earn the right to play against the winners of the 2019–20 CONCACAF SuperLiga in the 2020 CONCACAF Super Cup.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the tournament was suspended from March until June 2020. The tournament resumed at a the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex near Orlando, Florida, United States to minimize contamination. The remaining rounds of the quarterfinals, semifinals, and final were played behind closed doors. The final was still held at Exploria Stadium in Orlando.

American side, Los Angeles FC won their first Champions League title, besting Mexican outfit, América, in penalty kicks 5–3 after drawing 1–1 in regulation.

Association team allocation

Association ranking

For the 2019–20 CONCACAF Champions League, the associations are allocated places according to their 2017 CONCACAF country coefficients, which takes into account their performance in North American competitions from 2013–14 to 2017–18.

Rank	Association	Coeff.	Teams
1	Mexico	106.500	4
2	United States	94.520
3	Costa Rica	73.243
4	Honduras	59.499	3
5	Canada	59.083	1^[CAN]
6	Panama	54.350	3
8	El Salvador	49.366	2
7	Trinidad and Tobago	52.357
9	Guatemala	46.433
10	Jamaica	36.550
11	Nicaragua	27.075
12	Guyana	25.150
13	Belize	23.745
14	Haiti	23.150
15	Suriname	21.160
16	Puerto Rico	19.175	1
17	Dominican Republic	16.625
18	Curaçao	16.125
19	Cayman Islands	14.875

Rank	Association	Coeff.	Teams
20	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1	13.125
21	Barbados		12.875
22	Antigua and Barbuda		12.425
23	Bermuda		12.250
24	Cascadia		11.750
25	Cuba		11.000
26	Saint Lucia		9.875
27	Dominica		9.500
28	Saint Kitts and Nevis		9.250
29	French Guiana		9.125
30	Aruba		8.500
31	Bahamas		7.375
32	Martinique		6.500
33	Guadeloupe		6.125
34	Turks and Caicos Islands		5.375
35	U.S. Virgin Islands		5.125
36	British Virgin Islands		4.000
37	Grenada		4.000
38	Bonaire		3.750

Rank	Association	Coeff.	Teams
39	Quebec	1	3.625
40	Saint-Martin		3.375
41	Greenland		3.250
42	Anguilla		2.375
43	Acadiana		2.250
44	San Andrés and Providencia		2.167
45	Sint Maarten		2.000
46	Nueva Esparta		1.667
47	Nevis		1.333
48	Statia		1.333
49	Navajo		0.833
50	Iroquois		0.667
51	Saint Barthélemy		0.167
52	Montserrat		0.000
53	Nunavut		0.000
54	Saint Pierre and Miquelon		0.000
55	Saba		0.000
56	Corn Islands		0.000
57	Casqui Islands		0.000

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Canada (CAN): A domestic league must contain at least 6 teams for multiple entries into the CONCACAF Champions League. Canada, having four entrees for this edition of the tournament cannot have more than 1 entry. Beginning with the 2020–21 CONCACAF Champions League, Canada will be permitted up to four teams given the size of the Canadian Premier League and Canadian clubs based in American leagues.

Distribution

The table below shows the default access list.

		Teams entering in this round	Teams advancing from previous round
First qualifying round (20 teams)		20 champions from associations 38–56
Second qualifying round (34 teams)		24 champions from associations 14–37	10 winners from the first qualifying round
Third qualifying round	Champions Route (20 teams)	3 champions from associations 13–15	17 winners from the second qualifying round
Third qualifying round	League Route (10 teams)	9 runners-up from associations 7–15 1 third-placed team from association 6
Play-off round	Champions Route (10 teams)		10 winners from the third qualifying round (Champions Route)
Play-off round	League Route (10 teams)	2 third-placed teams from associations 4–5 3 fourth-placed teams from associations 1–3	5 winners from the third qualifying round (League Route)
Group stage (32 teams)		Champions League title holders 12 champions from associations 1–12 6 runners-up from associations 1–6 1 third-placed teams from association 3 2 fourth-placed teams from associations 1–2	5 winners from the play-off round (Champions Route) 5 winners from the play-off round (League Route)
Knockout phase (16 teams)			8 group winners from the group stage 8 group runners-up from the group stage

The access list above is provisional, as changes will be made depending on whether the Champions League and Europa League title holders qualify for the tournament via their domestic leagues. The Champions League title holders always enter directly into the group stage. The Europa League title holders also enter directly into the group stage if either they or the Champions League title holders qualify for the group stage via their domestic leagues (if both teams qualify for the group stage via their domestic leagues, the champions of association 13 enter directly into the group stage). Otherwise, the Europa League title holders enter directly the play-off round, with the route they enter depending on the Champions League title holders:

League Route: If the Champions League title holders have qualified for any round of the League Route, or have not qualified for the tournament via their domestic league and are from the associations 1–12 in the access list.
Champions Route: If the Champions League title holders have qualified for any round of the Champions Route, or have not qualified for the tournament via their domestic league and are from the associations 13–54 in the access list.

The final access list will then be adjusted accordingly, with teams entering either earlier or later into the competition in order to ensure that the group stage consists of 32 teams and the play-off round consists of 20 teams. UEFA has published a detailed document outlining several possible qualification scenarios, which are also covered in the regulations.

Round and draw dates

The schedule of the competition is as follows (all draws are held at the CONCACAF headquarters in Miami, United States, unless stated otherwise).

Schedule for 2019–20 CONCACAF Champions League
Phase	Round	Draw date	First leg	Second leg
Qualifying	Preliminary round	11 June 2019	22 June 2019 (semi-final round)	26 June 2019 (final round)
	First qualifying round	18 June 2019	9–10 July 2019	16–17 July 2019
	Second qualifying round	18 June 2019	23–24 July 2019	30–31 July 2019
	Third qualifying round	22 July 2019	6–7 August 2019	13 August 2019
Play-off	Play-off round	5 August 2019	20–21 August 2019	27–28 August 2019
Group stage	Matchday 1	29 August 2019 (New York City)	17–18 September 2019
	Matchday 2		1–2 October 2019
	Matchday 3		22–23 October 2019
	Matchday 4		5–6 November 2019
	Matchday 5		26–27 November 2019
	Matchday 6		10–11 December 2019
Knockout phase	Round of 16	16 December 2019	18–19 February 2020	25–26 February 2020
	Quarter-finals	28 February 2020	10–11 March 2020	6–7 June 2020^[a]
	Semi-finals		10–11 June 2020^[b]	14–15 June 2020^[c]
	Final		21 June 2020^[d] at ESPN Sports Complex, Celebration^[e]

^ Rescheduled from 17–18 March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
^ Rescheduled from 7–8 April 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
^ Rescheduled from 14–15 April 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
^ Rescheduled from 4 May 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
^ Match was moved from Exploria Stadium, Orlando due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Florida.

Teams

The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:

1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc.: League position
LC: League Cup/League Playoffs winners
AP-1: Apertura winner
CL-1: Clausura winner
AP-2: Apertura runner-up
CL-2: Clausura runner-up
TH: Title holders
SL: 2018–19 CONCACAF SuperLiga winners

Qualified teams for 2019–20 CONCACAF CONCACAF League (by entry round)
Group stage
América (AP-1)	Seattle Sounders (4th)^{[Note USA]}	Motagua (2nd)	W Connection (1st)
UANL (CL-1)	Los Angeles FC (5th)^{[Note USA]}	Marathón (3rd)	Guastatoya (AP-1)^{[Note GUA]}
Cruz Azul (AP-1)	Herediano (AP-1)	UPNFM (4th)	Portmore United (1st)
León (CL-2)	San Carlos (CL-1)	Toronto FC (LC)	Managua (1st)
Atlanta United (LC)	Alajuelense (AP-2)	Tauro (AP-1)	Monterrey (TH)
New York Red Bulls (1st)	Saprissa (CL-2)	San Francisco (CL-1/2)
Sporting Kansas City (3rd/SL)	Olimpia (1st)	Águila (CL-1)^{[Note SLV]}

Play-off round
Champions Path		League Path
Fruta Conquerors (1st)	Belmopan Bandits (1st)

Third qualifying round
Champions Path		League Path
Capoise (OV-1)^{[Note HAI]}	Robinhood (1st)	Árabe Unido (3rd)	Antigua GFC (CL-1)
		Santa Tecla (AP-2)	Waterhouse (2nd)
		Central (2nd)	Real Estelí (2nd)

Second qualifying round
Champions Path		League Path
Metropolitan FA (1st)	Scherpenheuvel (1st)	Western Tigers (2nd)	Verdes (2nd)
Pastures (1st)	Scholars International (1st)	Don Bosco (CL-1)	Inter Moengotapoe (2nd)

First qualifying round
Preliminary round
Cibao (1st)	Village Superstars (1st)	One Love United (1st)	Atletico Manerio (1st)
PHC Zebras (1st)	Agouado (1st)	Paradise (1st)	Youths of the Future (1st)
Liberta (1st)	Racing Club Aruba (1st)	Real Rincon (1st)	Golden Eagles (1st)
Barbados Defence Force (1st)	Dynamos (1st)	Kicks United (1st)	FC Tucson (1st)
FCM Portland (1st)	Franciscain (1st)	Blainville (1st)	Elm City Express (1st)
Santiago de Cuba (1st)	Amical Club (1st)	St. Louis Stars (1st)	ASPSB (1st)
Platinum (1st)	Beaches (1st)	B-67 (1st)	Police Force (1st)
South East (1st)	Helenites (LC)	Flames United (1st)
Kugluktuk Grizzlies (1st)	SUSM (1st)	Iglesia Morava (1st)	Port City (1st)
Real San Andrés (1st)	Ilienne Amateur (1st)	Orchila (1st)

Notes

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El Salvador (SLV): Clausura champions, Águila, earned El Salvador's group stage berth by having a better aggregate record over Apertura champions, Santa Tecla.
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United States (USA):
- Los Angeles FC qualified for the Champions League by the virtue of Sporting Kansas City winning the 2019 CONCACAF SuperLiga Final in addition to finishing third in MLS play, thus vacating their SuperLiga spot.
- Seattle Sounders qualified for the Champions League by the virtue of Atlanta United winning MLS Cup 2018 vacating their league performance spot.

Qualifying rounds

Main article: 2019–20 CONCACAF Champions League qualifying rounds

Preliminary round

Main article: 2019–20 CONCACAF Champions League preliminary round

In the preliminary round, teams were divided into seeded and unseeded teams based on their 2018 CONCACAF club coefficients, and then drawn into one-legged quarter-final, semi-final and final ties. The draw for the preliminary round was held on 14 June 2019. The quarter-final round was played on 19 June, the semi-final round was played on 23 June, and the final round was played on 26 June 2018, all at the IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida, United States. The losers of both semi-final and final rounds entered the 2019–20 CONCACAF SuperLiga second qualifying round.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Quarter-final round
SUSM	6–2	Kugluktuk Grizzlies
Real San Andrés	2–3	Orchila
Port City FC	8–1	Iglesia Morava
Semi-final round
Port City FC	2–2 (2–4 p)	Orchila
Ilienne Amateur	3–0	SUSM
Final round
Ilienne Amateur	0–1	Orchila

First qualifying round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Youths of the Future	2–9	Village Superstars	2–3	0–6
Amical Club	0–4	Franciscain	0–2	0–2
Black Rock	7–1	Santiago de Cuba	4–1	3–0
Real Rincon	1–1 (a)	Paradise	1–1	0–0
Police Force	4–17	Barbados Defence Force	3–7	1–10
Atletico Manerio	5–5 (a)	Racing Club Aruba	5–2	0–3
Switchbacks	4–2	FCM Portland	3–0	1–2
B-67	3–0	Blainville	1–0	2–0
Platinum	2–8	Agouado	2–3	0–5
Dynamos	5–5 (12–11 p)	Kicks United	3–2	2–3 (a.e.t.)
One Love United	1–3	Helenites	1–1	0–2
Golden Eagles	1–20	Cibao	1–5	0–15
St. Louis Stars	1–2	Flames United	0–0	1–2 (a.e.t.)
South East	1–2	Liberta	1–1	0–1
ASPSB	3–6	Beaches	2–1	1–4
Orchila	0–12	PHC Zebras	0–3	0–9

Second qualifying round

Champions Path
Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Liberta	4–3	Scholars International	2–1	2–2
Helenites	3–2	PHC Zebras	2–0	1–2
B-67	6–3	Black Rock	5–0	1–3
Switchbacks	5–5 (a)	Metropolitan FA	4–2	1–3
Beaches	1–8	Dynamos	1–6	0–2
Agouado	5–2	Racing Club Aruba	2–0	3–2
Franciscain	1–1 (4–5 p)	Cibao	1–0	0–1 (a.e.t.)
Flames United	5–4	Real Rincon	5–3	0–1
Barbados Defence Force	4–0	Pastures	0–0	4–0
Village Superstars	0–3	Scherpenheuvel	0–2	0–1

League Path
Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Western Tigers	0–2	Inter Moengotapoe	0–1	0–1
Don Bosco	3–3 (a)	Verdes	2–2	1–1

Third qualifying round

The first legs were played on 6 and 7 August, and the second legs will be played on 13 and 14 August 2018.

Champions Path
Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Flames United	1–3	Agouado	1–2	0–1
B-67	2–6	Cibao	2–2	0–4
Metropolitan FA	3–2	Scherpenheuvel	2–0	1–2
Dynamos	1–3	Robinhood	1–1	0–2
Capoise	4–2	Liberta	2–0	2–2
Helenites	4–3	Barbados Defence Force	4–2	0–1

League Path
Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Waterhouse	3–3 (a)	Árabe Unido	3–1	0–2
Central	2–1	Inter Moengotapoe	1–0	1–1
Real Estelí	2–2 (a)	Verdes	2–1	0–1
Antigua GFC	6–4	Santa Tecla	3–3	3–1

Playoff round

Main article: 2019–20 CONCACAF Champions League playoff round

The first legs were played on 20 and 21 August, and the second legs were played on 27 and 28 August 2019.

Champions Path
Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Fruta Conquerors	4–2	Agouado	3–0	1–2
Cibao	3–1	Metropolitan FA	2–1	1–0
Belmopan Bandits	0–2	Capoise	0–0	0–2
Helenites	2–6	Robinhood	1–2	1–4

League Path
Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Antigua GFC	2–1	Árabe Unido	2–0	0–1
Central	4–5	Verdes	2–3	2–2

Group stage

Main article: 2019–20 CONCACAF Champions League group stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	CAZ	TFC	SAF	VER
1	Cruz Azul	6	6	0	0	32	4	+28	18	Advance to knockout stage	—	2–0	4–0	11–0
2	Toronto FC	6	4	0	2	18	7	+11	12	Advance to knockout stage	1–2	—	1–0	8–0
3	San Francisco	6	1	1	4	12	16	−4	4	Transfer to SuperLiga	3–6	2–3	—	5–0
4	Verdes	6	0	1	5	3	38	−35	1		0–7	1–5	2–2	—

Source: CONCACAF.com

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	TAU	ALA	UPN	AGU
1	Tauro	6	3	3	0	10	6	+4	12	Advance to knockout stage	—	1–1	2–1	2–0
2	Alajuelense	6	3	2	1	10	4	+6	11	Advance to knockout stage	1–1	—	4–1	3–0
3	UPNFM	6	1	2	3	5	10	−5	5	Transfer to SuperLiga	0–0	1–0	—	2–2
4	Águila	6	1	1	4	7	12	−5	4		3–4	0–1	2–0	—

Source: CONCACAF.com

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	NYR	OLI	AGF	FRU
1	New York Red Bulls	6	4	1	1	17	6	+11	13	Advance to knockout stage	—	3–0	2–2	7–1
2	Olimpia	6	4	0	2	15	7	+8	12	Advance to knockout stage	2–0	—	2–1	6–0
3	Antigua GFC	6	3	1	2	9	8	+1	10	Transfer to SuperLiga	1–3	1–0	—	3–0
4	Fruta Conquerors	6	0	0	6	3	23	−20	0		0–2	2–4	0–1	—

Source: CONCACAF.com

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	ATL	CAP	MGA	MNG
1	Atlanta United	6	4	1	1	20	3	+17	13	Advance to knockout stage	—	3–0	5–0	4–0
2	Capoise	6	3	0	3	6	13	−7	9	Advance to knockout stage	1–7	—	1–0	1–0
3	Motagua	6	2	2	2	6	9	−3	8	Transfer to SuperLiga	1–1	2–0	—	3–2
4	Managua	6	1	1	4	4	11	−7	4		1–0	1–3	0–0	—

Source: CONCACAF.com

Group E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	TIG	HDO	CIB	GTA
1	UANL	6	5	0	1	12	4	+8	15	Advance to knockout stage	—	2–0	2–1	4–0
2	Herediano	6	4	1	1	15	7	+8	13	Advance to knockout stage	3–1	—	3–1	5–2
3	Cibao	6	2	1	3	7	9	−2	7	Transfer to SuperLiga	0–2	0–0	—	2–0
4	Guastatoya	6	0	0	6	5	19	−14	0		0–1	1–4	2–3	—

Updated to match(es) played on 5 November 2019. Source: CONCACAF.com

Group F

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	AME	SEA	WCO	ROB
1	América	6	3	2	1	20	5	+15	11	Advance to knockout stage	—	0–0	6–0	8–1
2	Seattle Sounders	6	2	4	0	10	4	+6	10	Advance to knockout stage	1–1	—	4–0	1–1
3	W Connection	6	2	1	3	7	16	−9	7	Transfer to SuperLiga	2–1	2–2	—	0–1
4	Robinhood	6	1	1	4	6	18	−12	4		1–4	0–2	2–3	—

Source: CONCACAF.com

Group G

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	LFC	SAP	MTY	MTH
1	Los Angeles FC	6	6	0	0	16	0	+16	18	Advance to knockout stage	—	2–0	4–0	2–0
2	Saprissa	6	2	2	2	12	12	0	8	Advance to knockout stage	0–4	—	6–1	2–2
3	Monterrey	6	1	1	4	7	16	−9	4	Transfer to SuperLiga	0–1	1–2	—	4–2
4	Marathón	6	0	3	3	7	14	−7	3		0–3	2–2	1–1	—

Source: CONCACAF.com

Group H

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	SKC	LEO	SCR	PMR
1	Sporting Kansas City	6	5	1	9	3	+6	15	Advance to knockout stage	—	2–1	1–0	3–0
2	León	6	3	3	14	9	+5	9	Advance to knockout stage	0–1	—	5–1	4–1
3	San Carlos	6	3	3	10	11	−1	9	Transfer to SuperLiga	2–0	3–2	—	3–1
4	Portmore United	6	1	5	5	15	−10	3		0–2	1–2	2–1	—

Source: CONCACAF.com

Knockout phase

Main article: 2019–20 CONCACAF Champions League knockout stage

Round of 16

The first legs were played on 18 and 19 February, and the second legs were played 25 and 26 February 2020.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Capoise	1–5	América	0–2	1–3
Saprissa	3–2	Cruz Azul	3–1	0–1
Herediano	2–4	Sporting Kansas City	2–1	0–3
Toronto FC	3–1	New York Red Bulls	2–0	1–1
Alajuelense	1–6	Los Angeles FC	1–1	0–5
Olimpia	3–7	Atlanta United	2–3	1–4
León	5–2	Tauro	4–0	1–2
Seattle Sounders	2–3	UANL	2–2	0–1

Quarterfinals

The first legs will be played on 10 and 11 March, and the second legs were originally to be played on 17 and 18 March 2020, but were postponed to 6 and 7 June 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Toronto FC	2–3	UANL	1–1	1–2 (a.e.t.)
Los Angeles FC	1–0	Atlanta Unied	1–0	0–0
Saprissa	0–5	Sporting Kansas City	0–1	0–4
León	4–6	América	1–2	3–4

Semifinals

The first legs were to be played on 7 and 8 April, and the second legs were to be played on 14 and 15 April 2020. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the first legs were delayed to 10 June and the second legs were delayed to 14 June 2020.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Los Angeles FC	4–3	UANL	2–0	2–3
América	2–1	Sporting Kansas City	1–0	1–1

Final

Main article: 2020 CONCACAF Champions League Final

The final was originally schedule to be played on 4 May 2020 at Exploria Stadium in Orlando. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the match was delayed to 21 June 2020.

The "home" team (for administrative purposes) was determined by an additional draw held on 28 February 2020, 12:00 EST (after the quarter-final and semi-final draws).

21 June 2020

1:00 PM

Los Angeles FC	1–1 (a.e.t.)	América
Ginella 90+2'	Report	Castillo 68'
Penalties
Vela Blackmon Ginella Diomande Blessing	5–3	Ibargüen Viñas Córdova Giovani

Exploria Stadium, Orlando

Attendance: 0

Referee: Juan Calderon (Costa Rica)

Association team allocation

Association ranking

Distribution

Round and draw dates

Teams

Qualifying rounds

Preliminary round

First qualifying round

Second qualifying round

Third qualifying round

Playoff round

Group stage

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Group E

Group F

Group G

Group H

Knockout phase

Round of 16

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

See also