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The 2017 CONCACAF League (officially the 2017 Scotiabank CONCACAF League for sponsorship purposes) was the inaugural edition of the CONCACAF League, a football club competition organized by CONCACAF, the regional governing body of North America, Central America, and the Caribbean.[1]

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The tournament was created as part of a new CONCACAF club competition platform consisting of two tournaments (CONCACAF League and CONCACAF Champions League) and a total of 31 teams competing during the season (an increase from the previous 24 teams), with 16 teams competing in the CONCACAF League from August to October, and the winner of the CONCACAF League joining the 15 direct entrants competing in the CONCACAF Champions League from February to April.[2] Details of the inaugural edition of the CONCACAF League was confirmed on 8 May 2017.[1]

Olimpia defeated Santos de Guápiles in the final, and qualified for the 2018 CONCACAF Champions League.[3]

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Qualification

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A total of 16 teams participate in the CONCACAF League:

  • Central American Zone: 13 teams (from six associations; ordinarily from seven associations, but Guatemalan teams were excluded from this season's tournament)
  • Caribbean Zone: 3 teams (from two or three associations)

Therefore, teams from either 8 or 9 out of the 41 CONCACAF member associations may participate in the CONCACAF League.

Central America

The 13 berths for the Central American Football Union (UNCAF) are allocated to the seven UNCAF member associations as follows: two berths for each of Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Panama, and Nicaragua, and one berth for Belize.

All of the leagues of Central America employ a split season with two tournaments in one season, so the following teams qualify for the CONCACAF League:

  • In the league of Costa Rica, the champions with the worse aggregate record, and the non-champions with the best aggregate record, qualify. If there is any team which are champions of both tournaments, the non-champions with the second best aggregate record qualify.
  • In the leagues of El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Panama, the champions with the worse aggregate record, and the runners-up with the better aggregate record (or any team which are runners-up of both tournaments), qualify. If there is any team which are finalists of both tournaments, the runners-up with the worse aggregate record qualify. If there are any two teams which are finalists of both tournaments, the semi-finalists with the best aggregate record qualify.
  • In the league of Nicaragua, both champions qualify. If there is any team which are champions of both tournaments, the runners-up with the better aggregate record (or any team which are runners-up of both tournaments) qualify.
  • In the league of Belize, the champions with the better aggregate record (or any team which are champions of both tournaments) qualify.

If teams from any Central American associations are excluded, they are replaced by teams from other Central American associations, with the associations chosen based on results from previous CONCACAF Champions League tournaments. For this season, the two teams from Guatemala were excluded due to the suspension of their federation by FIFA and were replaced by an additional team each from Panama and Honduras.[1]

Caribbean

The three berths for the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) are allocated via the Caribbean Club Championship, a subcontinental tournament open to the clubs of all 31 CFU member associations. To qualify for the Caribbean Club Championship, teams have to finish as the champions or runners-up of their respective association's league in the previous season, but professional teams may also be selected by their associations if they play in the league of another country.

The runners-up, third-placed and fourth-placed teams of the Caribbean Club Championship qualify for the CONCACAF League.

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Teams

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The following 16 teams (from eight associations) qualified for the tournament.

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Notes
  1. ^
    Costa Rica (CRC): The "wild card" berth reallocated from Guatemala to Costa Rica passed to the non-champions with the second best aggregate record, Santos de Guápiles.[4]
  2. ^
    Guatemala (GUA): On 28 October 2016, FIFA suspended the National Football Federation of Guatemala for political interference by the Government of Guatemala. Until the suspension is lifted, Guatemalan teams are not permitted to participate in international competitions.[5] CONCACAF set the deadline of 1 May 2017 for the suspension to be lifted in order for Guatemala's teams to participate in this season's tournaments,[6] and expelled all Guatemalan teams on 5 May 2017 after the federation failed to be reinstated by FIFA.[7] The two Guatemalan teams which would have qualified for the CONCACAF League were: Moreover, Municipal (2017 Clausura champions and 2016 Apertura runners-up) would have qualified for the CONCACAF Champions League as champions with better aggregate record in 2016–17 season, and Herediano, which would have qualified for the first Costa Rican berth in the CONCACAF League, were moved from the CONCACAF League to the CONCACAF Champions League to replace them. As a result, the three vacated berths were replaced by teams from Costa Rica (Santos de Guápiles), Honduras (Olimpia), and Panama (Chorrillo), all entering the CONCACAF League as "wild card" teams, based on the performance of the Central American associations in the last five years, giving Honduras and Panama three berths each.[8][9][10]
  3. ^
    Honduras (HON): The "wild card" berth reallocated from Guatemala to Honduras passed to the semi-finalists with the best aggregate record, Olimpia.[11]
  4. ^
    Panama (PAN): The "wild card" berth reallocated from Guatemala to Panama passed to the semi-finalists with the best aggregate record, Chorrillo.[12]
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Draw

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The draw for the 2017 CONCACAF League was held on 31 May 2017, 19:00 EDT (UTC−4), at the Hilton Miami Airport Hotel in Miami, Florida, United States,[13] and was streamed on YouTube.[14]

The draw determined each tie in the round of 16 (numbered 1 through 8) between a team from Pot 1 and a team from Pot 2, each containing eight teams. The "Bracket Position Pots" (Pot A and Pot B) contained the bracket positions numbered 1 through 8 corresponding to each tie. The teams from Pot 1 were assigned a bracket position from Pot A and the teams from Pot 2 were assigned a bracket position from Pot B. Teams from the same association could not be drawn against each other in the round of 16 except for "wildcard" teams which replaced a team from another association.[15]

The 16 teams were distributed in the pots as follows:

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Format

In the CONCACAF League, the 16 teams played a single-elimination tournament. Each tie was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If the aggregate score was tied after the second leg, the away goals rule would be applied, and if still tied, the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner (Regulations, II. D. Tie-Breaker Procedures).[3]

Schedule

The schedule of the competition was as follows.

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All times were Eastern Daylight Time, i.e., UTC−4 (local times were in parentheses).

Bracket

Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                
Costa Rica Santos de Guápiles 6 2 8
Trinidad and Tobago San Juan Jabloteh 2 1 3
Panama Chorrillo 0 0 0
Costa Rica Santos de Guápiles 1 1 2
Panama Chorrillo 1 1 2
Honduras Honduras Progreso 0 0 0
Panama Árabe Unido 0 0 0
Costa Rica Santos de Guápiles 0 1 1
Trinidad and Tobago Central 1 0 1
Panama Árabe Unido 2 3 5
El Salvador Águila 0 1 1
Panama Árabe Unido 2 0 2
El Salvador Águila (p) 1 0 1 (4)
Nicaragua Real Estelí 0 1 1 (3)
Honduras Olimpia (p) 0 1 1 (4)
Costa Rica Santos de Guápiles 1 0 1 (1)
Honduras Olimpia 2 1 3
Costa Rica Alajuelense 0 0 0
El Salvador Alianza 1 1 2
Honduras Olimpia 0 3 3
Honduras Platense 1 1 2
El Salvador Alianza 2 2 4
Panama Plaza Amador 1 1 2
Honduras Olimpia 7 1 8
Jamaica Portmore United 1 0 1 (4)
Panama Plaza Amador (p) 0 1 1 (5)
Nicaragua Walter Ferretti 0 1 1
Panama Plaza Amador 0 2 2
Nicaragua Walter Ferretti 4 1 5
Belize Belmopan Bandits 1 0 1
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Round of 16

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In the round of 16, the matchups were decided by draw: R16-1 through R16-8. The teams from Pot 1 in the draw hosted the second leg.

Summary

The first legs were played on 1–3 August, and the second legs were played on 8–10 August 2017.[16]

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Matches

More information Santos de Guápiles, 6–2 ...
More information San Juan Jabloteh, 1–2 ...
Referee: Gladwyn Johnson (Guyana)

Santos de Guápiles won 8–3 on aggregate.


More information Chorrillo, 1–0 ...
More information Honduras Progreso, 0–1 ...

Chorrillo won 2–0 on aggregate.


More information Central, 1–2 ...
More information Árabe Unido, 3–0 ...

Árabe Unido won 5–1 on aggregate.


More information Águila, 1–0 ...
Referee: Daneon Parchment (Jamaica)
More information Real Estelí, 1–0 ...
Referee: Bryan López (Guatemala)

1–1 on aggregate. Águila won 4–3 on penalties.


More information Olimpia, 2–0 ...
More information Alajuelense, 0–1 ...

Olimpia won 3–0 on aggregate.


More information Platense, 1–2 ...
Referee: José Kellys (Panama)
More information Alianza, 2–1 ...

Alianza won 4–2 on aggregate.


More information Portmore United, 1–0 ...
More information Plaza Amador, 1–0 ...
Referee: Juan Gabriel Calderón (Costa Rica)

1–1 on aggregate. Plaza Amador won 5–4 on penalties.


More information Walter Ferretti, 4–1 ...
Referee: Michel Rodríguez (Cuba)
More information Belmopan Bandits, 0–1 ...
Referee: Ameth Sánchez (Panama)

Walter Ferretti won 5–1 on aggregate.

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Quarter-finals

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In the quarter-finals, the matchups were determined as follows:

  • QF1: Winner R16-1 vs. Winner R16-2
  • QF2: Winner R16-3 vs. Winner R16-4
  • QF3: Winner R16-5 vs. Winner R16-6
  • QF4: Winner R16-7 vs. Winner R16-8

The winners of round of 16 matchups 1, 3, 5, 7 hosted the second leg.

Summary

The first legs were played on 15–17 August, and the second legs were played on 22–24 August 2017.[17]

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Matches

More information Chorrillo, 0–1 ...
More information Santos de Guápiles, 1–0 ...
Referee: Yadel Martínez (Cuba)

Santos de Guápiles won 2–0 on aggregate.


More information Águila, 0–2 ...
Referee: Sherwin Moore (Guyana)
More information Árabe Unido, 0–1 ...

Árabe Unido won 2–1 on aggregate.


More information Alianza, 1–0 ...
Referee: Wilson Da Costa (Bahamas)
More information Olimpia, 3–1 ...

Olimpia won 3–2 on aggregate.


More information Walter Ferretti, 0–0 ...
Referee: Raúl Castro (Honduras)
More information Plaza Amador, 2–1 ...

Plaza Amador won 2–1 on aggregate.

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Semi-finals

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In the semi-finals, the matchups were determined as follows:

  • SF1: Winner QF1 vs. Winner QF2
  • SF2: Winner QF3 vs. Winner QF4

The semi-finalists in each tie which had the better performance in previous rounds hosted the second leg.

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Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Away goals scored; 5) Wins; 6) Away wins; 7) Drawing of lots.[3]

Summary

The first legs were played on 13–14 September, and the second legs were played on 21 September 2017.[18]

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Matches

More information Árabe Unido, 0–0 ...
More information Santos de Guápiles, 1–0 ...

Santos de Guápiles won 1–0 on aggregate.


More information Plaza Amador, 1–7 ...
More information Olimpia, 1–1 ...

Olimpia won 8–2 on aggregate.

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Final

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In the final (Winner SF1 vs. Winner SF2), the finalists which had the better performance in previous rounds hosted the second leg.

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Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Away goals scored; 5) Wins; 6) Away wins; 7) Drawing of lots.[3]

Summary

The first leg was played on 19 October, and the second leg was played on 26 October 2017.[19]

More information Team 1, Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score ...

Matches

More information Olimpia, 0–1 ...
More information Santos de Guápiles, 0–1 ...

1–1 on aggregate. Olimpia won 4–1 on penalties.

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Top goalscorers

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  Team eliminated for this round.
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Source:CONCACAF[22]

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Awards

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