2008–09 CONCACAF Champions League Group Stage

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

Main article: 2008–09 CONCACAF Champions League

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 6411125+713
Cruz Azul 631284+410
Saprissa 631279−210
D.C. United 6015413−91
  • Cruz Azul is ranked ahead of Saprissa based on head-to-head record, which is the first tiebreaker.[1]
D.C. United 0–2 Saprissa
(Report) Centeno  32'
Arrieta  52'
RFK Stadium, Washington, D.C.
Attendance: 6,105
Marathón 2–0 Cruz Azul
Mejía  33'
Beata  55'		 (Report)
Attendance: 6,540
Cruz Azul 4–0 Saprissa
Sabah  23'
Torrado  54'
Zeballos  60'
Riveros  67'		 (Report)
Attendance: 6,500
Referee: Terry Vaughn (United States)
Marathón 2–0 D.C. United
Núñez  65'
Norales  82'		 (Report)
Attendance: 8,000
Saprissa 2–1 Marathón
Borges  68'
Alpízar  86'		 (Report) Núñez  50' (pen.)
Attendance: 6,000
D.C. United 0–1 Cruz Azul
(Report) Zeballos  56'
RFK Stadium, Washington, D.C.
Attendance: 7,214
Referee: Paul Ward (Canada)
Cruz Azul 1–1 Marathón
Orozco  14' (Report) Norales  87'
Attendance: 4,926
Saprissa 2–2 D.C. United
Elizondo  82', 86' (Report) Doe  6'
Dyachenko  90+2'
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: German Arredondo (Mexico)
Cruz Azul 2–0 D.C. United
Vigneri  36'
Zeballos  88'		 (Report)
Attendance: 4,265
D.C. United 2–4 Marathón
Doe  10'
Janicki  61'		 (Report) Martínez  31'
Berríos  46'
Núñez  53'
Chávez  68'
RFK Stadium, Washington, D.C.
Attendance: 7,156
Saprissa 1–0 Cruz Azul
Alpízar  60' (Report)
Attendance: 12,800
Marathón 2–0 Saprissa
Chávez  11'
Núñez  75'		 (Report)
Attendance: 2,915

Group B
Club Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
UNAM 6330187+1112
Houston Dynamo 62319909
Luis Ángel Firpo 622268−28
San Francisco 6024413−92
San Francisco 1–1 UNAM
Zapata  42' (Report) Espinoza  7'
Attendance: 7,000
San Francisco 0–0 Houston Dynamo
(Report)
Attendance: 3,400
Referee: Geoffrey Hospedales (Trinidad & Tobago)
UNAM 3–0 Luis Ángel Firpo
Cabrera  11', 37'
Pineda  35'		 (Report)
Attendance: 8,205
UNAM 4–4 Houston Dynamo
López  18'
Juárez  26'
Palencia  41'
Verón  45+2'		 (Report) Waibel  3', 50'
Kamara  16', 33' (pen.)
Attendance: 9,179
Luis Ángel Firpo 1–0 San Francisco
Ávila  90+1' (Report)
Attendance: 426
Houston Dynamo 2–1 San Francisco
Wondolowski  13'
De Rosario  88'		 (Report) Pérez  47'
Attendance: 4,178
Luis Ángel Firpo 1–1 UNAM
Quintanilla  52' (Report) Bravo  55'
Attendance: 1,509
Referee: Ricardo Zelaya (Honduras)
Houston Dynamo 1–3 UNAM
Palacios  39' (o.g.) (Report) Cacho  18' (pen.)
Espinoza  30'
Palacios  70'
Attendance: 8,741
Referee: Neal Brizan (Trinidad & Tobago)
San Francisco 2–3 Luis Ángel Firpo
Pérez  38'
Jiménez  83'		 (Report) Alas  44'
Sánchez  49'
Gómez  52'
Attendance: 300
Luis Ángel Firpo 1–1 Houston Dynamo
Leguizamón  87' (Report) Holden  16'
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Jorge Gasso (Mexico)
UNAM 6–0 San Francisco
Palencia  29', 54'
Bravo  40'
Toledo  49'
Cortés  60'
Santana  73'		 (Report)
Attendance: 5,982
Referee: Terry Vaughn (United States)
Houston Dynamo 1–0 Luis Ángel Firpo
Ching  13'
Attendance: 14,142

Group C
Club Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Atlante 632163+311
Montreal Impact 6321105+511
Olimpia 6222106+48
Joe Public 6105315−123
  • Atlante is ranked ahead of Montreal Impact based on head-to-head record, which is the first tiebreaker.[1]
Montreal Impact 2–0 Joe Public
Pesoli  14'
Donatelli  47'		 (Report)
Attendance: 7,631
Atlante 1–0 Olimpia
A. Muñoz  26' (Report)
Attendance: 13,000
Referee: Paul Ward (Canada)
Joe Public 1–3 Olimpia
Richardson  77' (Report) Bruschi  32', 76'
Thomas  60'
Attendance: 847
Referee: Antonius Pinas (Suriname)
Montreal Impact 0–0 Atlante
(Report)
Attendance: 12,187
Referee: Courtney Campbell (Jamaica)
Olimpia 1–2 Montreal Impact
Turcios  32' (Report) Brown  3', 71' (pen.)
Attendance: 7,224
Referee: Elmer Bonilla (El Salvador)
Atlante 0–1 Joe Public
(Report) Nelson  56'
Attendance: 13,000
Joe Public 1–4 Montreal Impact
Noray  9' (Report) Placentino  5'
Donatelli  13', 79'
Byers  44'
Attendance: 2,000
Olimpia 1–1 Atlante
Hernández  83' (Report) Vilar  38'
Attendance: 3,200
Montreal Impact 1–1 Olimpia
Brown  40' (Report) Bruschi  45+1'
Attendance: 8,961
Joe Public 0–2 Atlante
(Report) Valadez  7'
Pereyra  56'
Attendance: 400
Olimpia 4–0 Joe Public
Dos Santos  26', 38'
García  72'
Silva  85'		 (Report)
Attendance: 1,000
Atlante 2–1 Montreal Impact
Ovalle  13'
Pereyra  83'		 (Report) Gjertsen  4'
Attendance: 4,312

Group D
Club Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Santos Laguna 63121411+310
Puerto Rico Islanders 6222910−18
Tauro 6222910−18
Municipal 61321213−16
  • Puerto Rico Islanders is ranked ahead of Tauro based on head-to-head record, which is the first tiebreaker.[1]
Puerto Rico Islanders 2–1 Tauro
Villegas  11'
Jagdeosingh  26'		 (Report) Aguilar  58'
Attendance: 3,500
Santos Laguna 3–2 Municipal
Torres  10'
Benítez  32'
Vuoso  90'		 (Report) Ramírez  47'
Acevedo  83'
Attendance: 8,000
Puerto Rico Islanders 3–1 Santos Laguna
Telesford  14'
Delgado  38'
Miranda  49'		 (Report) Herrera  71'
Attendance: 10,112
Tauro 2–1 Municipal
Hay  47', 90+6' (Report) Ramírez  45+2'
Referee: Neal Brizan (Trinidad & Tobago)
Municipal 2–2 Puerto Rico Islanders
Leguizamón  79'
Plata  90+1'		 (Report) Noël  9'
Gbandi  90'
Attendance: 3,000
Tauro 2–0 Santos Laguna
Hay  42'
Rojas  55'		 (Report)
Attendance: 1,500
Municipal 2–2 Tauro
Plata  15'
Acevedo  90+1'		 (Report) Escobar  58'
Aguilar  61'
Attendance: 1,000
Santos Laguna 3–0 Puerto Rico Islanders
Peralta  29'
Hernández  54'
Herrera  70'		 (Report)
Attendance: 12,000
Santos Laguna 3–0 Tauro
Benítez  10', 27'
Torres  53'		 (Report)
Attendance: 16,000
Puerto Rico Islanders 0–1 Municipal
(Report) Acevedo  86'
Attendance: 7,500
Referee: Geoffrey Hospedales (Trinidad & Tobago)
Tauro 2–2 Puerto Rico Islanders
Hay  42' (pen.), 77' (Report) Telesford  16'
Noël  28'
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Germán Arredondo (Mexico)
Municipal 4–4 Santos Laguna
Ramírez  38' (pen.), 64' (pen.), 90+5'
Leguizamón  71'		 (Report) Herrera  10', 47' (pen.), 57' (pen.)
Peralta  74'
Attendance: 1,764

References
  1. "CONCACAF Champions League Regulations 2008/2009" (PDF). CONCACAF. Retrieved 25 September 2008.
  2. "Marathon-Saprissa match rescheduled for 5 November". CONCACAF. 2008-10-23. Retrieved 23 October 2008.
  3. "Houston-Firpo match in Champions League rescheduled for 26 November". CONCACAF. 22 September 2008. Archived from the original on 24 September 2008. Retrieved 25 September 2008.
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