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2020–21 CONCACAF Champions League
Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas will host the final.
Tournament details
DatesAugust 2020 (qualifying)
September 2020 – May/June 2021 (competition proper)
Teams32 (group stage)
79 (total) (from 56 associations)
Final positions
ChampionsMexico Cruz Azul (5thth title)
Runners-upUnited States Philadelphia Union
Tournament statistics
Matches played124
Goals scored284 (2.29 per match)
Attendance168,863 (1,362 per match)

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The 2020–21 CONCACAF Champions League was the 56th season of North Americas's premier club football tournament organised by CONCACAF, and the 13th season since it was renamed from the CONCACAF Champions' Cup to the CONCACAF Champions League.

The winners of the 2020–21 CONCACAF Champions League qualified as the CONCACAF representative at the 2021 FIFA Club World Cup, and also earn the right to play against the winners of the 2020–21 CONCACAF SuperLiga in the 2021 CONCACAF Super Cup.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and the subsequent delays to the 2019–20 CONCACAF Champions League, the 2020–21 qualification began in August 2020, and composed of single-leg fixtures on a neutral site near Dallas, Texas, United States.

The 2021 Champions League Final will be held at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, United States on 16 May 2021, making it the first Champions League final in Las Vegas since 2000.

Teams

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The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:

  • 1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc.: League position
  • LC: League Cup/League Playoffs winners
  • AP-1: Apertura winner
  • CL-1: Clausura winner
  • AP-2: Apertura runner-up
  • CL-2: Clausura runner-up
  • TH: Title holders
  • SL: 2019–20 CONCACAF SuperLiga winners
Qualified teams for 2020–21 CONCACAF Champions League (by entry round)
Group stage
  Monterrey (AP-1)   Atlanta United (3rd)   Marathón (2nd)   Defence Force (1st)
  Cruz Azul (CL-1)[a]   Philadelphia Union (5th)   Motagua (3rd)   Comunicaciones (1st)
  América (AP-2)   Herediano (AP-1)   Real España (4th)   Waterhouse (1st)
  León (CL-2)[a]   Saprissa (CL-1)   Montreal Impact (LC)   Real Estelí (1st)
  Seattle Sounders (LC)   Alajuelense (AP-2)   Tauro (AP-1)   Pérez Zeledón (SL)
  Los Angeles FC (1st/TH)   Cartaginés (4th)   Universitario (CL-1)[b]
  New York City FC (2nd)   Olimpia (1st)   FAS (1st)[c]
Play-off round
Champions Path League Path
  Arcahaie (OV-1)   Verdes (1st)
Third qualifying round
Champions Path League Path
  Fruta Conquerors (1st)   Inter Moengotapoe (1st)[c]   CAI (3rd)   Municipal (2nd)
  Once Deportivo (AP-2)[c]   Mount Pleasant (2nd)
  La Horquetta Rangers (2nd)   Managua (2nd)
Second qualifying round
Champions Path League Path
  Bayamón (1st)[c]   Scherpenheuvel (1st)   Don Bosco (CL-1)[d]   Belmopan Bandits (2nd)
  Hope International (1st)[c]   Bodden Town (1st)[c]   Western Tigers (2nd)   Robinhood (2nd)
First qualifying round
  Cibao (1st)   Village Superstars (1st)   Islanders (1st)   Atletico Manerio[e] (1st)
  PHC Zebras (1st)   Agouado (1st)   Paradise (1st)   Youths of the Future (1st)
  Liberta (1st)   Racing Club Aruba (1st)   Real Rincon (1st)[c]   Golden Eagles[e] (1st)[c]
  Barbados Defence Force (1st)   Dynamos (1st)[c]   Kicks United (1st)   FC Tucson[e] (1st)
  FCM Portland (1st)[c]   Franciscain (1st)[c]   Blainville (1st)   Elm City Express[e] (1st)
  Santiago de Cuba[e] (1st)   Gosier (1st)   St. Louis Stars (1st)   ASPSB (1st)
  Platinum (1st)   Beaches (1st)   B-67[e] (1st)   Police Force[e] (1st)
  South East[e] (1st)   Helenites (LC)[c]   Flames United (1st)
Preliminary round
  Kugluktuk Grizzlies[e] (1st)   SUSM[e] (1st)   Iglesia Morava[e] (1st)   Port City (1st)
  Real San Andrés[e] (1st)   Ilienne Amateur[e] (1st)   Orchila[e] (1st)
  1. ^ a b The 2020 Clausura tournament of the 2019–20 Liga MX season was abandoned due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico, and the title was not awarded. The two teams which will qualify from the 2020 Clausura and represent the Mexican Football Federation in the 2020–21 CONCACAF Champions League are Cruz Azul and León, the 2020 Clausura regular season best two teams at the time of suspension.
  2. ^ The 2020 Clausura tournament of the 2019–20 Liga Panameña de Fútbol season was abandoned due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Panama, and the title was not awarded. The team which will represent the Panamanian Football Federation in the 2020–21 CONCACAF Champions League are Universitario, who had the best Clausura regular season record at the time of the suspension.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l The title of the team's respective league was not awarded due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and the Champions League representative was determined by the team who had the best record at the time of the suspension.
  4. ^ The 2019 Ligue Haïtienne season was abandoned due to the ongoing unrest in the nation, and the title was not awarded. The team which will represent the Haitian Football Federation in the 2020–21 CONCACAF Champions League is Don Bosco, who had the best Clôture regular season record at the time of the suspension.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Withdrew due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Round and draw dates

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Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, on 13 April 2020, CONCACAF announced that the qualifying rounds of the Champions League would be single legs at a neutral quarantined location to minimize cross-contamination. On 20 April 2020 it was announced that the qualifying matches would be held at the soccer complex adjacent Toyota Stadium in Frisco, United States (near Dallas). Teams would report to the facility two weeks ahead of qualification matches and stay on the premises. All matches through qualifying were to be played behind closed doors. The group stage format is to be determined at a later time. The knockout round format for now is to retain its normal procedures.

Schedule for 2020–21 CONCACAF Champions League
Phase Round Draw date First leg Second leg
Qualifying Preliminary round 26 July 2020 Cancelled[note 1]
First qualifying round 7 July 2020 4–6 August 2020 —[note 2]
Second qualifying round 7–9 August 2020 —[note 2]
Third qualifying round 10 August 2020 11–13 August 2020 —[note 2]
Play-off Play-off round 14 August 2020 15–17 August 2020 —[note 2]
Group stage Matchday 1 2 October 2020
(New York City) 		27–28 October 2020[note 3]
Matchday 2 3–4 November 2020[note 3]
Matchday 3 1–2 December 2020[note 4]
Matchday 4 5–6 December 2020[note 4]
Matchday 5 5–6 January 2021[note 5]
Matchday 6 12–13 January 2021[note 5]
Knockout phase Round of 16 18 January 2021 6–7 April 2021 13–14 April 2021
Quarter-finals 28 February 2021 27–28 April 2021 4–5 May 2021
Semi-finals 18–19 May 2021 25–26 May 2021
Final 5 June 2021 at Allegiant Stadium, Las Vegas[note 6]

Qualifying rounds

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Main article: 2020–21 CONCACAF Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round

Preliminary round

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The preliminary round was scheduled for 3 August 2020, but was cancelled on 14 July 2020 when Port City was on the only preliminary round club not to withdraw from the tournament.

First qualifying round

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First qualifying round matches were held 4–6 August 2020. Teams with the highest coefficent by country earned byes to the second qualifying round.

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Cibao   BYE
PHC Zebras   BYE
Liberta   BYE
BDF   BYE
Platinum   BYE
FCM Portland   BYE
Village Superstars   BYE
Agouado   BYE
Franciscain   2–0   Paradise
Beaches   1–1 (6–7 p)   Real Rincon
Flames United   3–1   Kicks United
Racing Club Aruba   6–2   Dynamos
Islanders   1–0   Youths of the Future
Helenites   4–0   St. Louis Stars
Blainville   8–0   ASPSB
Gosier   0–1   Port City

Second qualifying round

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Second qualifying round matches were held on 9 and 10 August 2020.

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Champions Path
Bodden Town   1–0   Real Rincon
Village Superstars   1–3   Scherpenheuvel
Cibao   7–0   Flames United
Agouado   2–3   Helenites
Racing Club Aruba   2–0   Port City
Platinum   0–3   Bayamón
IPS   5–0   Islanders
Barbados Defence Force   0–1 (a.e.t.)   Blainville
PHC Zebras   7–5   Hope International
Liberta   4–2   Franciscain
Team 1  Score  Team 2
League Path
Belmopan Bandits   3–2   Western Tigers
Don Bosco   1–1 (3–5 p)   Robinhood

Third qualifying round

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Third qualifying round matches were held on 13 and 14 August 2020.

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Champions Path
Inter Moengotapoe   4–0   Liberta
Bodden Town   3–2   Helenites
Cibao   1–1 (5–6 p)   Bayamón
Scherpenheuvel   3–0   PHC Zebras
Racing Club Aruba   3–4   Fruta Conquerors
Blainville   2–1   IPS
Team 1  Score  Team 2
League Path
CAI   1–0   Once Deportivo
Belmopan Bandits   0–2   La Horquetta Rangers
Robinhood   0–1   Mount Pleasant
Municipal   0–0 (4–3 p)   Managua

Play-off round

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Play-off round matches were held on 16 and 17 August 2020.

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Champions Path
Verdes   0–2   Arcahaie
Fruta Conquerors   1–2 (a.e.t.)   Blainville
Bayamón   1–0   Bodden Town
Inter Moengotapoe   3–1   Scherpenheuvel
Team 1  Score  Team 2
League Path
CAI   4–1   Mount Pleasant
Municipal   3–3 (5–4 p)   La Horquetta Rangers

Group stage

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Main article: 2020–21 CONCACAF Champions League group stage
 
 
Maryland SoccerPlex
 
Kino Complex
 
ESPN Complex
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Location of the neutral venue sites for the 2020–21 CONCACAF Champions League

  Red: Matchdays 1 and 2;   Yellow: Matchdays 3 and 4;   Green: Matchdays 5 and 6.

The draw for the group stage was held on 2 October 2020, 13:00 Eastern Time, at the Apollo Theater in New York City. The 32 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 2019 CONCACAF club coefficients.[1]

In each group, teams played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The group winners and runners-up advanced to the knockout phase. The third placed finishers advanced to the 2020–21 CONCACAF SuperLiga knockout phase, while the fourth place finishers advanced to the 2020–21 CONCACAF Confederations League knockout phase.

Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic in North America, all group stage matches were moved to neutral venues with matches played behind closed doors. There were three sites hosting two matches each for the total of six matches. Consequently, the match days for the group stage were 27 October 2020, 3 November 2020, 2 December 2020, 6 December 2020, 5 January 2021, and 13 January 2021.

A total of 14 national associations were represented in the group stage. Blainville, Philadelphia Union, and Arcahaie made their debut appearances in the group stage.

Group A

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification   MTL   LEO   CAI   ARC
1   Montreal Impact 6 4 1 1 10 3 +7 13 Advance to knockout stage — 1–0 1–2 3–1
2   León 6 2 2 2 6 3 +3 8[a] 0–0 — 5–1 1–0
3   CAI 6 2 2 2 9 12 −3 8[a] Transfer to SuperLiga 0–1 1–0 — 2–2
4   Arcahaie 6 0 3 3 6 13 −7 3 Transfer to Confederations League 0–4 0–0 3–3 —
Source: CONCACAF.com
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head goal differential: León +3, CAI −3.


Group B

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification TAU MAR WAT COM
1   Tauro 6 4 0 2 11 5 +6 12 Advance to knockout stage — 0–2 4–0 1–0
2   Marathón 6 3 2 1 10 7 +3 11 0–2 — 3–1 1–1
3   Waterhouse 6 2 1 3 8 13 −5 7 Transfer to SuperLiga 1–0 2–2 — 1–2
4   Comunicaciones 6 1 1 4 8 12 −4 4 Transfer to Confederations League 2–4 1–2 2–3 —
Source: CONCACAF.com

Group C

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification ALA ATL MTY BAY
1   Alajuelense 6 4 1 1 11 7 +4 13 Advance to knockout stage — 2–0 2–1 2–1
2   Atlanta United 6 4 0 2 12 8 +4 12 1–0 — 2–0 3–0
3   Monterrey 6 3 1 2 19 8 +11 10 Transfer to SuperLiga 2–2 4–1 — 6–1
4   Bayamón 6 0 0 6 6 25 −19 0 Transfer to Confederations League 2–3 2–5 0–6 —
Source: CONCACAF.com

Group D

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification LAFC IMT MOT FAS
1   Los Angeles FC 6 6 0 0 21 1 +20 18 Advance to knockout stage — 4–0 1–0 5–0
2   Inter Moengotapoe 6 1 3 2 8 17 −9 6 1–7 — 2–1 3–3
3   Motagua 6 1 2 3 3 5 −2 5 Transfer to SuperLiga 0–1 0–0 — 2–1
4   FAS 6 0 3 3 6 15 −9 3 Transfer to Confederations League 0–3 2–2 0–0 —
Source: CONCACAF.com

Group E

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification SEA CAR AME MUN
1   Seattle Sounders 6 3 3 0 10 4 +6 12 Advance to knockout stage — 2–0 3–0 2–2
2   Cartaginés 6 2 2 2 10 11 −1 8 1–1 — 1–1 4–2
3   América 6 2 1 3 6 8 −2 7 Transfer to SuperLiga 0–1 2–0 — 1–0
4   Municipal 6 1 2 3 11 14 −3 5 Transfer to Confederations League 1–1 3–4 3–2 —
Source: CONCACAF.com

Group F

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification NYC MOT MPZ UNI
1   New York City FC 6 4 0 2 13 4 +9 12 Advance to knockout stage — 1–0 2–0 6–0
2   Motagua 6 3 2 1 7 4 +3 11 1–0 — 0–0 1–1
3   Pérez Zeledón 6 2 1 3 7 8 −1 7 Transfer to SuperLiga 3–2 1–2 — 1–2
4   UD Universitario 6 1 1 4 4 15 −11 4 Transfer to Confederations League 0–2 1–3 0–2 —
Source: CONCACAF.com

Group G

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification PHI ESP DEF HDO
1   Philadelphia Union 6 4 2 0 14 3 +11 14 Advance to knockout stage — 2–2 3–0 2–0
2   Real España 6 0 6 0 4 4 0 6 1–1 — 1–1 0–0
3   Defence Force 6 1 2 3 4 13 −9 5 Transfer to SuperLiga 0–5 0–0 — 0–3
4   Herediano 6 1 2 3 4 6 −2 5 Transfer to Confederations League 0–1 0–0 1–3 —
Source: CONCACAF.com

Group H

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification CRZ OLI EST BVL
1   Cruz Azul 6 6 0 0 18 2 +16 18 Advance to knockout stage — 1–0 5–0 3–1
2   Olimpia 6 2 1 3 8 9 −1 7 1–2 — 2–1 1–0
3   Real Estelí 6 2 0 4 4 13 −9 6 Transfer to SuperLiga 0–3 2 — 1–0
4   Blainville 6 1 1 4 6 12 −6 4 Transfer to Confederations League 0–4 3–3 2–0 —
Source: CONCACAF.com

Knockout stage

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Main article: 2020–21 CONCACAF Champions League knockout stage

Round of 16

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The first legs were played on 6 and 7 April, and the second legs were played on 13 and 14 April 2021.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Tauro   0–1   Motagua 0–1 0–0
Los Angeles FC   9–3   Marathón 3–2 6–1
New York City FC   3–3 (4–5 p)   Olimpia 1–2 2–1
Philadelphia Union   10–0   Inter Moengotapoe 4–0 6–0
Alajuelense   2–2 (a)   Real España 1–2 1–0
CF Montréal   1–3   Atlanta United 1–3 0–0
Cruz Azul   3–2   Cartaginés 1–0 3–1
Seattle Sounders   2–3   León 0–2 2–1

Quarterfinals

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The first legs were played on 27 and 28 April, and the second legs were played on 4 and 5 May 2021.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Los Angeles FC   5–1   León 2–0 3–1
Alajuelense   0–1   Olimpia 0–1 0–0
Philadelphia Union   4–1   Atlanta United 3–1 1–1
Cruz Azul   4–2   Motagua 0–1 4–1

Semifinals

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The first legs were played on 18 and 19 May, and the second legs were played on 25 and 26 May 2021.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Los Angeles FC   3–4   Cruz Azul 1–3 2–1
Philadelphia Union   5–0   Olimpia 2–0 3–0

Final

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Cruz Azul  1–0 (a.e.t.)  Philadelphia Union
Report
Attendance: 40,120[a]

Notes

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  1. ^ The preliminary round was cancelled due to the seven of the eight preliminary round entrants withdrawing prior to the tournament.
  2. ^ a b c d The second legs in the qualification rounds were cancelled in favor of a single leg due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
  3. ^ a b Matchdays 1 and 2 will be played at Maryland SoccerPlex in Boyds, Maryland, United States due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
  4. ^ a b Matchdays 3 and 4 will be played at the Kino Sports Complex in Tuscon, Arizona, United States due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
  5. ^ a b Matchdays 5 and 6 will be played at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex near Orlando, Florida, United States due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
  6. ^ The final will be played at Allegiant Stadium regardless of the developments of the COVID-19 pandemic. Depending on developments of the pandemic, the match will be either in full capacity, restricted capacity, or behind closed doors.

See also

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