2019 CONCACAF Champions League final

The 2019 CONCACAF Champions League final was the final round of the 2019 CONCACAF Champions League, the 11th edition of the CONCACAF Champions League under its current name, and overall the 54th edition of the premier football club competition organised by CONCACAF, the regional governing body of North America, Central America and the Caribbean.

2019 CONCACAF Champions League final

Monterrey players celebrate winning the title
Event	2019 CONCACAF Champions League
UANL Monterrey 1 2
on aggregate
First leg
UANL Monterrey 0 1
Date	23 April 2019 (2019-04-23)
Venue	Estadio Universitario, San Nicolás de los Garza
Man of the Match	Nicolás Sánchez (Monterrey)[1]
Referee	John Pitti (Panama)[2]
Attendance	41,615[3]
Second leg
Monterrey UANL 1 1
Date	1 May 2019 (2019-05-01)
Venue	Estadio BBVA Bancomer, Guadalupe
Man of the Match	Marcelo Barovero (Monterrey)[1]
Referee	Jair Marrufo (United States)[4]
Attendance	52,229[3]
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The final was contested in two-legged home-and-away format between Mexican teams UANL and Monterrey in a Clásico Regiomontano. The first leg was hosted by UANL at the Estadio Universitario in San Nicolás de los Garza on 23 April 2019, while the second leg was hosted by Monterrey at the Estadio BBVA Bancomer in Guadalupe on 1 May 2019.^[5]

Monterrey won the final 2–1 on aggregate for their fourth CONCACAF Champions League title.

Teams

In the following table, final until 2008 were in the CONCACAF Champions' Cup era, since 2009 were in the CONCACAF Champions League era.

Team	Zone	Previous final appearances (bold indicates winners)
UANL	North America (NAFU)	2 (2016, 2017)
Monterrey	North America (NAFU)	3 (2011, 2012, 2013)

This was the eighth all-Mexican final in the eleven editions of the CONCACAF Champions League, and guaranteed that for the fourteenth season in a row the CONCACAF club champions were from Mexico.^[6]

Venues

The Estadio Universitario in San Nicolás de los Garza, Mexico hosted the first leg.

The Estadio BBVA Bancomer in Guadalupe, Mexico hosted the second leg.

Road to the final

Further information: 2019 CONCACAF Champions League

Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).

UANL				Round	Monterrey
Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg		Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg
Saprissa	5–2	0–1 (A)	5–1 (H)	Round of 16	Alianza	1–0	0–0 (A)	1–0 (H)
Houston Dynamo	3–0	2–0 (A)	1–0 (H)	Quarter-finals	Atlanta United FC	3–1	3–0 (H)	0–1 (A)
Santos Laguna	5–3	3–0 (H)	2–3 (A)	Semi-finals	Sporting Kansas City	10–2	5–0 (H)	5–2 (A)

Format

The final was played in a home-and-away two-legged series, with the team with the better performance in previous rounds (Monterrey) hosting the second leg.

If the aggregate score was tied after the second leg, the away goals rule would not be applied, and extra time would be played. If the aggregate score was still tied after extra time, a penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner (Regulations II, Article G).^[7]

Performance ranking

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Host
1	Monterrey	6	4	1	1	14	3	+11	13	Second leg
2	UANL	6	4	0	2	13	5	+8	12	First leg

Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Away goals scored; 5) Wins; 6) Away wins; 7) Disciplinary points; 8) Drawing of lots (Regulations II, Article H).

Matches

First leg

UANL	0–1	Monterrey
	Report	Sánchez 43'

23 April 2019 (2019-04-23)

21:00 UTC−5

Estadio Universitario, San Nicolás de los Garza

Attendance: 41,615^[3]

Referee: John Pitti (Panama)

UANL[2]

Monterrey[2]

GK 1 Nahuel Guzmán LB 3 Carlos Salcedo CB 4 Hugo Ayala  20' CB 21 Francisco Meza RB 29 Jesús Dueñas LM 20 Javier Aquino  59' CM 19 Guido Pizarro CM 5 Rafael Carioca RM 26 Luis Quiñones FW 9 Eduardo Vargas  60' FW 13 Enner Valencia Substitutes MF 25 Jürgen Damm  59' CF 10 André-Pierre Gignac  60' Manager Ricardo Ferretti

GK 1 Marcelo Barovero LB 17 Jesús Gallardo  90' CB 33 Stefan Medina CB 4 Nicolás Sánchez  14' RB 21 Miguel Layún CM 29 Carlos Rodríguez  89' CM 16 Celso Ortiz  58' AM 18 Avilés Hurtado  72'  33' AM 20 Rodolfo Pizarro FW 8 Dorlan Pabón  88' FW 7 Rogelio Funes Mori Substitutes MF 32 Maximiliano Meza  72' LB 11 Leonel Vangioni  88' MF 35 Eric Cantú  89' Manager Diego Alonso

Man of the Match: Nicolás Sánchez (Monterrey)[1] Assistant referees:[2] Christian Ramírez (Honduras) Alejandro Camarena (Panama) Fourth official:[2] Saíd Martínez (Honduras)

Match rules[7] 90 minutes. Seven named substitutes, of which up to three may be used.

Second leg

Monterrey	1–1	UANL
Sánchez 26' (pen.)	Report	Gignac 85'

1 May 2019 (2019-05-01)

21:00 UTC−5

Estadio BBVA Bancomer, Guadalupe

Attendance: 52,229^[3]

Referee: Jair Marrufo (United States)

Monterrey[4]

UANL[4]

GK 1 Marcelo Barovero LB 17 Jesús Gallardo CB 33 Stefan Medina  48' CB 4 Nicolás Sánchez RB 21 Miguel Layún  43' CM 29 Carlos Rodríguez  77' CM 16 Celso Ortiz AM 18 Avilés Hurtado  61' AM 20 Rodolfo Pizarro FW 8 Dorlan Pabón  83' FW 7 Rogelio Funes Mori Substitutes CB 3 César Montes  61'  90' CM 25 Jonathan González  77' MF 32 Maximiliano Meza  83' Manager Diego Alonso

GK 1 Nahuel Guzmán LB 29 Jesús Dueñas CB 3 Carlos Salcedo  90+3' CB 4 Hugo Ayala  72' RB 28 Luis Rodríguez LM 25 Jürgen Damm  46' CM 19 Guido Pizarro CM 5 Rafael Carioca  42' RM 26 Luis Quiñones  45+1' FW 9 Eduardo Vargas  46' FW 13 Enner Valencia Substitutes MF 20 Javier Aquino  46' CF 10 André-Pierre Gignac  46' MF 8 Lucas Zelarayán  72' Manager Ricardo Ferretti

Man of the Match: Marcelo Barovero (Monterrey)[1] Assistant referees:[4] Corey Rockwell (United States) Frank Anderson (United States) Fourth official:[4] Malcolm Villarreal (Saint Kitts and Nevis)

Match rules[7] 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra time if tied on aggregate (away goals rule not applied). Penalty shoot-out if still tied on aggregate after extra time. Seven named substitutes, of which up to three may be used, with a fourth allowed in extra time.