User:Quidster4040/sandbox/2015–16 CONCACAF SuperLiga group stage

The 2015–16 CONCACAF SuperLiga group stage was played from 17 September to 10 December 2015. A total of 48 teams compete in the group stage to decide 24 of the 32 places in the knockout phase of the 2015–16 CONCACAF SuperLiga.

Draw edit

The draw was held on 28 August 2015, 13:00 Eastern Standard Time, at the Port of Spain International Waterfront Centre in Port of Spain. The 48 teams were drawn into twelve groups of four, with the restriction that teams from the same association could not be drawn against each other. For the draw, the teams were seeded into four pots based on their 2015 club coefficients. Moreover, the draw was controlled for teams from the same association in order to split the teams evenly into the two sets of groups (A–F, G–L) for maximum television coverage.

The fixtures were decided after the draw. On each matchday, six groups play their matches at 19:00 ET, while the other six groups play their matches at 21:05 ET, with the two sets of groups (A–F, G–L) alternating between each matchday. There are other restrictions: for example, teams from the same city (e.g., ??) in general do not play at home on the same matchday (UEFA tries to avoid teams from the same city playing at home on the same day, due to logistics and crowd control), and teams in certain countries (e.g., Canada and the United States) do not play at home on the last matchday (due to cold weather and simultaneous kick-off times).

Teams edit

Below are the 48 teams which qualified for the group stage (with their 2015 club coefficients), grouped by their seeding pot. They include 16 teams which enter in this stage, the 22 winners of the play-off round, and the 10 losers of the Champions League play-off round.

Key to colours
Group winners and runners-up advance to the round of 32
All other teams are eliminated

Pot 1
Team	Coeff
Pachuca	120.883
Santos Laguna	117.883
Marathón^[CL]	96.875
FC Dallas	95.102
Columbus Crew	92.078
Tauro^[†]	91.195
Sporting Kansas City^[†]	88.999
Cartaginés^[†]	77.099
Victoria	72.999
Querétaro^[†]	68.276
Chorrillo^[†]	65.483
FAS	60.033

Pot 2
Team	Coeff
Real Sociedad^[†]	58.776
Juventud Independiente^[CL]	54.102
Belén^[†]	53.102
Defence Force^[†]	50.440
Águila^[†]	47.078
Belize Defence Force^[†]	46.695
Pérez Zeledón	41.825
Sporting San Miguelito	41.440
Puerto Rico Islanders^[†]	40.880
Carmelita^[†]	39.080
RB New York	36.520
Diriangén	35.460

Pot 3
Team	Coeff
Chiapas	31.483
Racing Club^[†]	30.825
Ottawa Fury	30.020
WBC^[†]	24.800
Montego Bay United^[†]	24.483
Marquense	23.099
Verdes	17.300
FC Edmonton^[†]	16.983
Placencia Assassins^[†]	16.325
Suchitepéquez	15.883
Alpha United^[CL]	15.635
Inter Moengotapoe^[CL]	15.099

Pot 4
Team	Coeff
Reno	14.775
UCR	13.380
York Region Shooters ^[†]	12.276
Don Bosco^[CL]	11.875
Santos^[†]	11.500
Yabuco^[CL]	10.375
Antigua GFC^[†]	9.650
Santiago de Cuba^[†]	8.695
Kitsap Pumas^[CL]	8.375
Franciscain^[CL]	7.960
Bauger^[†]	5.575
System 3^[†]	2.750

Notes

^† Winners of the play-off round.
^CL Losers of the Champions League play-off round.

Format edit

In each group, teams play against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The group winners and runners-up advance to the round of 32, where they are joined by the eight third-placed teams from the Champions League group stage.

Tiebreakers edit

The teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If two or more teams are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria are applied in the order given to determine the rankings (regulations Article 16.01):

higher number of points obtained in the group matches played among the teams in question;
superior goal difference from the group matches played among the teams in question;
higher number of goals scored in the group matches played among the teams in question;
higher number of goals scored away from home in the group matches played among the teams in question;
if, after having applied criteria 1 to 4, teams still have an equal ranking, criteria 1 to 4 are reapplied exclusively to the matches between the teams in question to determine their final rankings. If this procedure does not lead to a decision, criteria 6 to 12 apply;
superior goal difference in all group matches;
higher number of goals scored in all group matches;
higher number of away goals scored in all group matches;
higher number of wins in all group matches;
higher number of away wins in all group matches;
lower disciplinary points total based only on yellow and red cards received in all group matches (red card = 3 points, yellow card = 1 point, expulsion for two yellow cards in one match = 3 points);
higher club coefficient.

Groups edit

The matchdays are 17 September, 1 October, 22 October, 5 November, 26 November, and 10 December 2015.^[1] The match kickoff times are 19:00 and 21:05 ET.

Group A edit

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Montego Bay United	6	2	3	1	14	12	+2	9	Advance to knockout round
Bauger	6	2	2	2	9	9	0	8	Advance to knockout round
Chorrillo	6	2	2	2	9	10	−1	8
BDF	6	1	3	2	5	6	−1	6

Tiebreakers

Bauger and Chorrillo are ranked by their head-to-head records, as shown below.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Bauger	2	2	0	0	4	1	+3	6
Chorrillo	2	0	0	2	1	4	−3	0

17 September 2015

19:00

Chorrillo	1–3	Bauger
Basile 42'	Report	Casanova 36' (pen.) Núñez 53' lmosny 65'

Estadio Maracaná, Panama City

Attendance: 386

Referee: Clifton Strijder (Suriname)

17 September 2015