2016 CONCACAF Champions League Finals

The 2016 CONCACAF Champions League Finals will be the final of the 2015–16 CONCACAF Champions League, the 8th edition of the CONCACAF Champions League under its current format, and overall the 51st edition of the premium football club competition organized by CONCACAF, the regional governing body of North America, Central America, and the Caribbean.

The final will be contested in two-legged home-and-away format between Mexican teams UANL and América. The first leg will be hosted by UANL at Estadio Universitario in San Nicolás de los Garza on April 20, 2016, while the second leg will be hosted by América at Estadio Azteca in Mexico City on April 27, 2016.^[1] The winner will earn the right to represent CONCACAF at the 2016 FIFA Club World Cup, entering at the quarterfinal stage.^[2]

Background

For the sixth time in eight seasons of the CONCACAF Champions League, the final is played between two Mexican sides. This guarantees a Mexican champion for the 11th straight year and 32nd time since the confederation began staging the tournament in 1962 (including the tournament's predecessor, the CONCACAF Champions' Cup).

América are the defending champions and also the record holders of six CONCACAF club titles (1977, 1987, 1990, 1992, 2006, 2014–15)., which they achieved in last year's final, where they beat Montreal Impact.

This is the first CONCACAF club final of UANL, although they had played in a continental club final before, where as a guest team they lost in last year's Copa Libertadores final to River Plate.

Road to the finals

For more details on this topic, see 2015–16 CONCACAF Champions League.

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

UANL

Round

América

Opponent

Result

Group stage

Opponent

Result

Bye

Matchday 1

Motagua

4–0 (H)

Isidro Metapán

2–1 (H)

Matchday 2

Walter Ferretti

1–0 (H)

Herediano

1–1 (A)

Matchday 3

Bye

Matchday 4

Walter Ferretti

3–1 (A)

Isidro Metapán

2–1 (A)

Matchday 5

Bye

Herediano

0–0 (H)

Matchday 6

Motagua

1–1 (A)

Group B winner

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	UANL	4	2	2	0	5	3	+2	8	Knockout stage
2	Herediano	4	1	2	1	4	3	+1	5
3	Isidro Metapán	4	1	0	3	4	7	−3	3

Source: CONCACAF

Final standings

Group E winner

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	América	4	3	1	0	9	2	+7	10	Knockout stage
2	Motagua	4	2	1	1	5	6	−1	7
3	Walter Ferretti	4	0	0	4	2	8	−6	0

Source: CONCACAF

Opponent

Agg.

1st leg

2nd leg

Knockout stage

Opponent

Agg.

1st leg

2nd leg

Seed 6

Seeding

Seed 1

Real Salt Lake

3–1

2–0 (H)

1–1 (A)

Quarterfinals

Seattle Sounders FC

5–3

2–2 (A)

3–1 (H)

Querétaro

2–0

0–0 (A)

2–0 (H)

Semifinals

Santos Laguna

1–0

0–0 (A)

1–0 (a.e.t.) (H)

Rules

The final is played on a home-and-away two-legged basis, with the higher-seeded team hosting the second leg. The away goals rule is used if the aggregate score is level after normal time of the second leg, but not after extra time, and so the final is decided by penalty shoot-out if the aggregate score is level after extra time of the second leg.^[2]

Matches

First leg

UANL v América

April 20, 2016
20:45 CDT (UTC−5)

UANL	0–2	América
	Report	Benedetto 49' Martínez 90+3'

Estadio Universitario, San Nicolás de los Garza
Attendance: 39,293
Referee: Roberto García (Mexico)

UANL

América


GK	1	Nahuel Guzmán	57'
RB	2	Israel Jiménez
CB	4	Hugo Ayala
CB	3	Juninho (c)
LB	24	José Rivas
RM	25	Jürgen Damm		61'
CM	19	Guido Pizarro
CM	18	José Francisco Torres		70'
LM	20	Javier Aquino
CF	9	Rafael Sóbis		76'
CF	10	André-Pierre Gignac
Substitutions:
GK	22	Enrique Palos
DF	6	Jorge Torres Nilo
DF	13	Antonio Briseño
MF	8	Lucas Zelarrayán		76'
MF	11	Damián Álvarez		61'
MF	15	Manuel Viniegra
FW	17	Hector Mancilla		70'
Manager:
Ricardo Ferretti


GK	1	Hugo González	84'
RB	17	Ventura Alvarado
CB	2	Paolo Goltz
CB	12	Pablo Aguilar	23'
LB	6	Miguel Samudio
RM	14	Rubens Sambueza (c)
CM	21	José Guerrero	56'
CM	10	Osvaldo Martínez
LM	8	Andrés Andrade		88'
CF	9	Darío Benedetto		70'
CF	24	Oribe Peralta		92'
Substitutions:
GK	39	Jonathan León
DF	3	Gil Burón
DF	4	Erik Pimentel		70'
DF	15	Osmar Mares		88'
MF	26	Francisco Rivera
MF	33	Daniel Vázquez
FW	32	Alejandro Díaz		92'
Manager:
Ignacio Ambríz

Assistant referees:^[3]
José Luis Camargo (Mexico)
Alberto Morin (Mexico)
Fourth official:
César Arturo Ramos (Mexico)

Second leg

América v UANL

April 27, 2016
20:45 CDT (UTC−5)

América	2–1	UANL
Arroyo 68' Martínez 87' (pen.)	Report	Gignac 39'

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City
Attendance: 80,000
Referee: Fernando Guerrero (Mexico)

América won 4–1 on aggregate.

América

UANL


GK	1	Hugo González
RB	22	Paul Aguilar	43'
CB	2	Paolo Goltz
CB	12	Pablo Aguilar
LB	6	Miguel Samudio
CM	14	Rubens Sambueza (c)	43'
CM	10	Osvaldo Martínez
CM	8	Andrés Andrade	88'
RF	31	Darwin Quintero	45'
CF	9	Darío Benedetto	65'
LF	24	Oribe Peralta
Substitutions:
GK	39	Jonathan León
DF	4	Erik Pimentel	88'
DF	15	Osmar Mares
DF	17	Ventura Alvarado
MF	21	Jose Daniel Guerrero	45'
MF	26	Francisco Rivera
FW	11	Michael Arroyo	65'	69'
Manager:
Ignacio Ambríz


GK	1	Nahuel Guzmán
RB	2	Israel Jiménez	69'
CB	4	Hugo Ayala
CB	3	Juninho (c)
LB	6	Jorge Torres Nilo
CM	29	Jesús Dueñas	77'
CM	19	Guido Pizarro
RW	20	Javier Aquino	82'
AM	9	Rafael Sóbis
LW	11	Damian Álvarez	45'	57'
CF	10	André-Pierre Gignac	43'
Substitutions:
GK	22	Enrique Palos
DF	13	Antonio Briseño
DF	24	Jesús Rivas
MF	8	Lucas Zelarrayán	82'
MF	15	Manuel Viniegra
MF	25	Jürgen Damm	57'
FW	5	Fernando Fernández	82'
Manager:
Ricardo Ferretti

Assistant referees:^[4]
Juan Rangel (Mexico)
Andres Hernández (Mexico)
Fourth official:
Luis Enrique Santander (Mexico)

References

↑ "Dates and Matchups Set for 2015-16 SCCL Finals". CONCACAF.com. April 6, 2016.
1 2 "Scotiabank CONCACAF Champions League 2015–16 Regulations" (PDF). CONCACAF.com.
↑ "SCCL Game Notes: Tigres v Club America". CONCACAF. April 20, 2016.
↑ "SCCL Game Notes: Club America v Tigres". CONCACAF. April 26, 2016.

External links

CONCACAF Champions League, CONCACAF.com

CONCACAF Champions' Cup and Champions League

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Finals Records and statistics

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