2012–13 CONCACAF Champions League group stage

The group stage of the 2012–13 CONCACAF Champions League was played from July 31 to October 25, 2012. A total of 24 teams competed in the group stage.[1]

Draw

The draw for the group stage was held on June 5, 2012, beginning at 11:00 EDT (UTC−4), at the CONCACAF headquarters in New York City.[2]

The 24 teams were drawn into eight groups of three, with each group containing one team from each of the three pots. The allocation of teams into pots was based on their national association and qualifying berth. Teams from the same association (excluding "wildcard" teams which replace a team from another association) could not be drawn with each other in the group stage, and each group was guaranteed to contain a team from either the United States or Mexico, meaning U.S. and Mexican teams could not play each other in the group stage.[3]

Seeding

The following were the group stage seeding of the 24 teams which qualified for the Champions League:

Pot A
UANL Santos Laguna Los Angeles Galaxy Seattle Sounders FC
Herediano Olimpia Xelajú Chorrillo
Pot B
Guadalajara Monterrey Houston Dynamo Real Salt Lake
Alajuelense Marathón Isidro Metapán Toronto FC
Pot C
Municipal Tauro Águila Real Estelí
FAS Caledonia AIA W Connection Puerto Rico Islanders

Format

In the group stage, each group was played on a home-and-away round-robin basis. The winners of each group advanced to the championship stage.

Tiebreakers

In each group, teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a tie, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:[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

The matchdays were July 31–August 2, August 21–23, August 28–30, September 18–20, September 25–27, and October 23–25, 2012.[4]

All times U.S. Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−4)

Group 1
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts SAN TOR ÁGU
Santos Laguna 4 4 0 0 13 1 +12 12 1–0 5–0
Toronto FC 4 2 0 2 9 5 +4 6 1–3 5–1
Águila 4 0 0 4 1 17 −16 0 0–4 0–3
Source:
Toronto FC 5–1 Águila
Silva  9'
Lambe  17', 48'
Dunfield  40'
Johnson  58'		 Report Pérez  37'
Attendance: 5,324
Santos Laguna 5–0 Águila
Quintero  6', 26', 47'
Lugo  30'
Ludueña  41'		 Report
Attendance: 4,662
Toronto FC 1–3 Santos Laguna
Amarikwa  68' Report Quintero  49'
Ludueña  90'
Ramírez  90+2'
Attendance: 10,951
Águila 0–4 Santos Laguna
Report Escoboza  49', 62'
Galindo  56'
Crosas  77' (pen.)
Attendance: 799
Águila 0–3 Toronto FC
Report Amarikwa  16'
Dunfield  40', 86'
Attendance: 319
Referee: José Luis Rodríguez (Panama)
Santos Laguna 1–0 Toronto FC
Gomez  73' Report
Attendance: 7,478

Group 2
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts HER RSL TAU
Herediano 4 3 1 0 4 1 +3 10 1–0 2–1
Real Salt Lake 4 2 1 1 3 1 +2 7 0–0 2–0
Tauro 4 0 0 4 1 6 −5 0 0–1 0–1
Source:
Herediano 1–0 Real Salt Lake
Aguilar  14' Report
Attendance: 2,677
Real Salt Lake 2–0 Tauro
Saborío  48'
Beckerman  58'		 Report
Attendance: 20,430
Referee: Oscar Reyna (Guatemala)
Tauro 0–1 Herediano
Report Francis  48'
Attendance: 2,398
Referee: Marcos Brea (Cuba)
Tauro 0–1 Real Salt Lake
Report Saborío  90+4' (pen.)
Attendance: 674
Referee: Mauricio Morales (Mexico)
Herediano 2–1 Tauro
Salazar  8' (pen.)
Pérez  36'		 Report Aguilar  18'
Attendance: 3,000
Real Salt Lake 0–0 Herediano
Report
Attendance: 20,436
Referee: Elmer Bonilla (El Salvador)

Group 3
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts HOU OLI FAS
Houston Dynamo 4 2 2 0 9 3 +6 8 1–1 4–0
Olimpia 4 1 2 1 6 4 +2 5 1–1 3–0
FAS 4 1 0 3 3 11 −8 3 1–3 2–1
Source:
Olimpia 3–0 FAS
Luciano Emílio  2'
García  17'
Rojas  75'		 Report
Attendance: 4,898
Referee: Jafeth Perea (Panama)
FAS 1–3 Houston Dynamo
Águila  64' Report Ching  12'
Weaver  19'
Sarkodie  60'
Attendance: 2,510
Referee: Marcos Brea (Cuba)
Olimpia 1–1 Houston Dynamo
Caetano  6' Report Moffat  57'
Attendance: 3,645
Houston Dynamo 4–0 FAS
Barnes  21'
Boswell  44'
Weaver  49'
Carr  78'		 Report
Attendance: 16,117
FAS 2–1 Olimpia
Bentos  78'
Moscoso  90'		 Report Portillo  65'
Attendance: 1,640
Houston Dynamo 1–1 Olimpia
Hainault  65' Report Caetano  21'
Attendance: 19,462
Referee: Juan Guerra (Guatemala)

Group 4
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts SEA MAR CAL
Seattle Sounders FC 4 4 0 0 12 5 +7 12 3–1 3–1
Marathón 4 1 1 2 5 7 −2 4 2–3 2–1
Caledonia AIA 4 0 1 3 3 8 −5 1 1–3 0–0
Source:
Seattle Sounders FC 3–1 Caledonia AIA
Ochoa  19'
Montero  30'
Rose  43'		 Report Joseph  50' (pen.)
Attendance: 7,767
Referee: Stanley Lancaster (Guyana)
Caledonia AIA 0–0 Marathón
Report
Attendance: 491
Referee: Stanley Lancaster (Guyana)
Caledonia AIA 1–3 Seattle Sounders FC
Joseph  66' (pen.) Report Caskey  45'
Ochoa  60'
Montero  68'
Attendance: 556
Marathón 2–3 Seattle Sounders FC
Berríos  35' (pen.), 68' (pen.) Report Ochoa  11'
Johnson  62'
Evans  78'
Attendance: 968
Referee: Marlon Mejía (El Salvador)
Marathón 2–1 Caledonia AIA
Róchez  53'
Reyes  81'		 Report Gay  72'
Attendance: 67
Referee: Cristophel Stewart (Cayman Islands)
Seattle Sounders FC 3–1 Marathón
Ochoa  23'
Zakuani  27'
Estrada  76'		 Report Brown  37'
Attendance: 7,874

Group 5
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts LA PRI MET
Los Angeles Galaxy 4 3 1 0 12 4 +8 10 4–0 5–2
Puerto Rico Islanders 4 1 1 2 4 7 −3 4 0–0 3–0
Isidro Metapán 4 1 0 3 7 12 −5 3 2–3 3–1
Source:
Isidro Metapán 3–1 Puerto Rico Islanders
Muñoz  51', 59', 88' Report Addlery  25'
Attendance: 1,480
Referee: Raúl Castro (Honduras)
Los Angeles Galaxy 5–2 Isidro Metapán
Alvarado  20' (o.g.)
Keane  22'
Beckham  45+1'
Juninho  82', 90+3'		 Report Muñoz  17', 87' (pen.)
Attendance: 10,574
Los Angeles Galaxy 4–0 Puerto Rico Islanders
Meyer  7'
Villarreal  46'
McBean  80'
Stephens  82'		 Report
Attendance: 7,500
Referee: Jafeth Perea (Panama)
Puerto Rico Islanders 0–0 Los Angeles Galaxy
Report
Attendance: 2,905
Referee: Raymond Bogle (Jamaica)
Puerto Rico Islanders 3–0 Isidro Metapán
Ramos  40', 79'
Richardson  90+5'		 Report
Attendance: 550
Referee: Courtney Campbell (Jamaica)
Isidro Metapán 2–3 Los Angeles Galaxy
Suárez  55'
Muñoz  67'		 Report McBean  38', 62'
Stephens  79'
Attendance: 1,318
Referee: Hugo Cruz (Costa Rica)

Group 6
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts UANL ALA EST
UANL 4 2 2 0 12 3 +9 8 5–0 4–0
Alajuelense 4 2 1 1 4 7 −3 7 2–2 1–0
Real Estelí 4 0 1 3 1 7 −6 1 1–1 0–1
Source:
UANL 4–0 Real Estelí
Edno  35'
Navarro  42'
Guarch  80'
Rivas  90'		 Report
Attendance: 31,650
Referee: Paul Ward (Canada)
Alajuelense 2–2 UANL
Calvo  22'
Valle  90+1'		 Report Zamora  41'
Viniegra  58'
Attendance: 8,875
Referee: Elmer Bonilla (El Salvador)
Real Estelí 0–1 Alajuelense
Report Guevara  42'
Attendance: 2,200
Real Estelí 1–1 UANL
Barrera  53' Report Espericueta  89'
Attendance: 875
Referee: Juan Guerra (Guatemala)
Alajuelense 1–0 Real Estelí
Sánchez  49' (pen.) Report
Attendance: 6,162
UANL 5–0 Alajuelense
Hernández  6'
Juninho  25'
Pulido  34', 46', 59'		 Report
Attendance: 30,872
Referee: Jafeth Perea (Panama)

Group 7
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts MON MUN CHO
Monterrey 4 4 0 0 15 0 +15 12 3–0 5–0
Municipal 4 2 0 2 4 6 −2 6 0–1 2–1
Chorrillo 4 0 0 4 2 15 −13 0 0–6 1–2
Source:
Monterrey 5–0 Chorrillo
Basanta  7'
Reyna  45', 78', 88'
Carreño  83'		 Report
Attendance: 15,260
Referee: Hugo Cruz (Costa Rica)
Chorrillo 1–2 Municipal
Ruiz  75' Report L. Rodríguez  70'
Arias  87'
Attendance: 575
Municipal 0–1 Monterrey
Report Suazo  79'
Attendance: 7,859
Municipal 2–1 Chorrillo
M. Rodríguez  23'
Leandrinho  81'		 Report Addles  2'
Attendance: 2,000
Monterrey 3–0 Municipal
Carreño  13'
Solórzano  53' (o.g.)
Cardozo  81'		 Report
Attendance: 24,721
Referee: José Pineda (Honduras)
Chorrillo 0–6 Monterrey
Report Carreño  11'
Suazo  25', 50'
Corona  28'
Cardozo  58'
Madrigal  90+3'
Attendance: 130
Referee: William Anderson (Puerto Rico)

Group 8
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts XEL GUA WCO
Xelajú 4 2 1 1 7 6 +1 7[lower-alpha 1] 1–0 3–2
Guadalajara 4 2 1 1 7 3 +4 7[lower-alpha 1] 2–1 4–0
W Connection 4 0 2 2 5 10 −5 2 2–2 1–1
Source:
Notes:
  1. Tiebreakers: Xelajú are ranked ahead of Guadalajara on head-to-head away goals.
Tiebreaker
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD AG Pts
Xelajú 2 1 0 1 2 2 0 1 3
Guadalajara 2 1 0 1 2 2 0 0 3
Source:
W Connection 2–2 Xelajú
Arcia  23'
Britto  33'		 Report Chinchilla  73', 88'
Attendance: 1,450
Referee: Marlon Mejía (El Salvador)
Xelajú 1–0 Guadalajara
Chinchilla  67' Report
Attendance: 4,733
Referee: Jeffrey Solís (Costa Rica)
Guadalajara 4–0 W Connection
Fabián  53', 68', 90+3'
Fierro  64'		 Report
Attendance: 5,310
Referee: David Gantar (Canada)
Xelajú 3–2 W Connection
Cupid  4' (o.g.)
Silva  38'
Santiago  76'		 Report Britto  9'
Jones  50'
Attendance: 2,669
Referee: Rolando Vidal (Panama)
W Connection 1–1 Guadalajara
Leon  66' Report Torres  39'
Attendance: 233
Referee: David Rubalcaba (Cuba)
Guadalajara 2–1 Xelajú
Sánchez  43'
Morales  65'		 Report Alemán  79'
Attendance: 7,736

References
  1. "CONCACAF Champions League Regulations 2012/2013" (PDF). CONCACAF.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-05-17. Retrieved 2012-07-10.
  2. "Monterrey draws Chorillo, Municipal for CCL". CONCACAF.com. 6 May 2012. Archived from the original on 2012-06-06. Retrieved 2012-06-27.
  3. "CCL Draw procedures unveiled". CONCACAF.com. 6 April 2012. Archived from the original on 2012-06-06. Retrieved 2012-06-27.
  4. "Monterrey to open Champions League". CONCACAF.com. June 22, 2012. Archived from the original on June 25, 2012. Retrieved June 27, 2012.
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