2019 CONCACAF Champions League final

2019 CONCACAF Champions League final
Monterrey players celebrate winning the title
Event2019 CONCACAF Champions League
on aggregate
First leg
Date23 April 2019 (2019-04-23)
VenueEstadio Universitario, San Nicolás de los Garza
Man of the MatchNicolás Sánchez (Monterrey)[1]
RefereeJohn Pitti (Panama)[2]
Attendance41,615[3]
Second leg
Date1 May 2019 (2019-05-01)
VenueEstadio BBVA Bancomer, Guadalupe
Man of the MatchMarcelo Barovero (Monterrey)[1]
RefereeJair Marrufo (United States)[4]
Attendance52,229[3]

The 2019 CONCACAF Champions League final was the final round of the 2019 CONCACAF Champions League, the 11th edition of the CONCACAF Champions League under its current name, and overall the 54th edition of the premier football club competition organised by CONCACAF, the regional governing body of North America, Central America and the Caribbean.

The final was contested in two-legged home-and-away format between Mexican teams UANL and Monterrey in a Clásico Regiomontano. The first leg was hosted by UANL at the Estadio Universitario in San Nicolás de los Garza on 23 April 2019, while the second leg was hosted by Monterrey at the Estadio BBVA Bancomer in Guadalupe on 1 May 2019.[5]

Monterrey won the final 2–1 on aggregate for their fourth CONCACAF Champions League title.

Teams

In the following table, final until 2008 were in the CONCACAF Champions' Cup era, since 2009 were in the CONCACAF Champions League era.

Team Zone Previous final appearances (bold indicates winners)
UANL North America (NAFU) 2 (2016, 2017)
Monterrey North America (NAFU) 3 (2011, 2012, 2013)

This was the eighth all-Mexican final in the eleven editions of the CONCACAF Champions League, and guaranteed that for the fourteenth season in a row the CONCACAF club champions were from Mexico.[6]

Venues

Road to the final

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

UANL Round Monterrey
Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg
Saprissa 5–2 0–1 (A) 5–1 (H) Round of 16 Alianza 1–0 0–0 (A) 1–0 (H)
Houston Dynamo 3–0 2–0 (A) 1–0 (H) Quarter-finals Atlanta United FC 3–1 3–0 (H) 0–1 (A)
Santos Laguna 5–3 3–0 (H) 2–3 (A) Semi-finals Sporting Kansas City 10–2 5–0 (H) 5–2 (A)

Format

The final was played in a home-and-away two-legged series, with the team with the better performance in previous rounds (Monterrey) hosting the second leg.

If the aggregate score was tied after the second leg, the away goals rule would not be applied, and extra time would be played. If the aggregate score was still tied after extra time, a penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner (Regulations II, Article G).[7]

Performance ranking

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Host
1 Monterrey 6 4 1 1 14 3 +11 13 Second leg
2 UANL 6 4 0 2 13 5 +8 12 First leg
Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Away goals scored; 5) Wins; 6) Away wins; 7) Disciplinary points; 8) Drawing of lots (Regulations II, Article H).

Matches

First leg

UANL 0–1 Monterrey
Report
  • Sánchez 43'
UANL[2]
Monterrey[2]
GK 1 Nahuel Guzmán
LB 3 Carlos Salcedo
CB 4 Hugo Ayala  20'
CB 21 Francisco Meza
RB 29 Jesús Dueñas
LM 20 Javier Aquino  59'
CM 19 Guido Pizarro
CM 5 Rafael Carioca
RM 26 Luis Quiñones
FW 9 Eduardo Vargas  60'
FW 13 Enner Valencia
Substitutes
MF 25 Jürgen Damm  59'
CF 10 André-Pierre Gignac  60'
Manager
Ricardo Ferretti
GK 1 Marcelo Barovero
LB 17 Jesús Gallardo  90'
CB 33 Stefan Medina
CB 4 Nicolás Sánchez  14'
RB 21 Miguel Layún
CM 29 Carlos Rodríguez  89'
CM 16 Celso Ortiz  58'
AM 18 Avilés Hurtado  72'  33'
AM 20 Rodolfo Pizarro
FW 8 Dorlan Pabón  88'
FW 7 Rogelio Funes Mori
Substitutes
MF 32 Maximiliano Meza  72'
LB 11 Leonel Vangioni  88'
MF 35 Eric Cantú  89'
Manager
Diego Alonso

Man of the Match:
Nicolás Sánchez (Monterrey)[1]

Assistant referees:[2]
Christian Ramírez (Honduras)
Alejandro Camarena (Panama)
Fourth official:[2]
Saíd Martínez (Honduras)

Match rules[7]

  • 90 minutes.
  • Seven named substitutes, of which up to three may be used.

Second leg

Monterrey 1–1 UANL
Report
Monterrey[4]
UANL[4]
GK 1 Marcelo Barovero
LB 17 Jesús Gallardo
CB 33 Stefan Medina  48'
CB 4 Nicolás Sánchez
RB 21 Miguel Layún  43'
CM 29 Carlos Rodríguez  77'
CM 16 Celso Ortiz
AM 18 Avilés Hurtado  61'
AM 20 Rodolfo Pizarro
FW 8 Dorlan Pabón  83'
FW 7 Rogelio Funes Mori
Substitutes
CB 3 César Montes  61'  90'
CM 25 Jonathan González  77'
MF 32 Maximiliano Meza  83'
Manager
Diego Alonso
GK 1 Nahuel Guzmán
LB 29 Jesús Dueñas
CB 3 Carlos Salcedo  90+3'
CB 4 Hugo Ayala  72'
RB 28 Luis Rodríguez
LM 25 Jürgen Damm  46'
CM 19 Guido Pizarro
CM 5 Rafael Carioca  42'
RM 26 Luis Quiñones  45+1'
FW 9 Eduardo Vargas  46'
FW 13 Enner Valencia
Substitutes
MF 20 Javier Aquino  46'
CF 10 André-Pierre Gignac  46'
MF 8 Lucas Zelarayán  72'
Manager
Ricardo Ferretti

Man of the Match:
Marcelo Barovero (Monterrey)[1]

Assistant referees:[4]
Corey Rockwell (United States)
Frank Anderson (United States)
Fourth official:[4]
Malcolm Villarreal (Saint Kitts and Nevis)

Match rules[7]

References

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  2. ^ a b c d e "GAME NOTES TIGRES VS MONTERREY SCCL 2019" (PDF). CONCACAF Champions League. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 April 2019. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
  3. ^ a b c d "About". CONCACAF. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
  4. ^ a b c d e "GAME NOTES MONTERREY VS TIGRES SCCL 2019" (PDF). CONCACAF Champions League.
  5. ^ "Dates and Kickoff Times Set for the 2019 Scotiabank Concacaf Champions League Finals". CONCACAFChampionsLeague.com. Miami: CONCACAF. 12 April 2019. Archived from the original on 12 April 2019. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
  6. ^ "Tigres and Monterrey continue Liga MX dominance in SCCL". CONCACAF Champions League. 17 April 2019.
  7. ^ a b c "Scotiabank CONCACAF Champions League 2019 Regulations" (PDF). CONCACAF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 December 2018. Retrieved 11 April 2019.