2021 CONCACAF League

2021 CONCACAF League
2021 Scotiabank CONCACAF League
Tournament details
Dates	3 August – 15 December
Teams	22 (from 11 associations)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	28
Goals scored	81 (2.89 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Isaac Acuña; Júnior Lacayo; Oscar Santis; (3 goals each)
	← 2020 2022 → All statistics correct as of 21 October 2021.

The 2021 CONCACAF League (officially the 2021 Scotiabank CONCACAF League for sponsorship purposes) is the 5th edition of the CONCACAF League, a football club competition organized by CONCACAF, the regional governing body of North America, Central America, and the Caribbean.^[1]

The winners of the 2021 CONCACAF League and the next best five teams will qualify for the 2022 CONCACAF Champions League.^[2]^[3]

Alajuelense are the title holders but were eliminated by Guastatoya.

Qualification

A total of 22 teams participate in the CONCACAF League:

North American Zone: 1 team (from one association)
Central American Zone: 18 teams (from seven associations)
Caribbean Zone: 3 teams (from two or three associations)

Therefore, teams from either 10 or 11 out of the 41 CONCACAF member associations may participate in the CONCACAF League.

North America

The one berth for the North American Zone (NAFU) is allocated to the Canadian Soccer Association through the previous year's Canadian Premier League, where the champions, decided by the Canadian Premier League Finals contested between the top two teams of the group stage, qualify.^[4] They are the second Canadian representative included in CONCACAF competitions, besides the Canadian Championship champions which qualify for the CONCACAF Champions League.

Central America

The 18 berths for the Central American Football Union (UNCAF), which consists of seven member associations, are allocated as follows: three berths for each of Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Panama, two berths for Nicaragua, and one berth for Belize.

All of the leagues of Central America employ a split season with two tournaments in one season, so the following teams qualify for the CONCACAF League:

In the league of Costa Rica, both champions, and the non-champions with the best Clausura record, qualified. If there was any team which were champions of both tournaments, the non-champions with the second best Clausura record qualified.
In the leagues of El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Panama, both champions, and the runners-up with the better aggregate record (or any team which are runners-up of both tournaments), qualify. If there is any team which are finalists of both tournaments, the runners-up with the worse aggregate record qualify. If there are any two teams which are finalists of both tournaments, the semi-finalists with the best aggregate record qualify.
In the league of Nicaragua, both champions qualify. If there is any team which are champions of both tournaments, the runners-up with the better aggregate record (or any team which are runners-up of both tournaments) qualify.
In the league of Belize, the champions with the better aggregate record (or any team which are champions of both tournaments) qualify.

If teams from any Central American associations are excluded, they are replaced by teams from other Central American associations, with the associations chosen based on results from previous CONCACAF League and CONCACAF Champions League tournaments.^[5]

Caribbean

The three berths for the Caribbean Football Union (CFU), which consists of 31 member associations, are allocated via the CONCACAF Caribbean Club Championship and CONCACAF Caribbean Club Shield, the first-tier and second-tier subcontinental Caribbean club tournaments. Since 2018, the CONCACAF Caribbean Club Championship is open to teams from professional leagues, where they can qualify as champions or runners-up of their respective association's league in the previous season, while the CONCACAF Caribbean Club Shield is open to teams from non-professional leagues, where they can qualify as champions of their respective association's league in the previous season.^[6]

Besides the champions of the CONCACAF Caribbean Club Championship which qualify for the CONCACAF Champions League, the runners-up and third-placed team of the CONCACAF Caribbean Club Championship, and the winners of a playoff between the fourth-placed team of the CONCACAF Caribbean Club Championship and the champions of the CONCACAF Caribbean Club Shield, qualify for the CONCACAF League. For the champions of the CONCACAF Caribbean Club Shield to be eligible for the playoff, they must comply with the minimum CONCACAF Club Licensing requirements for the CONCACAF League.^[7]

Teams

The following 22 teams (from eleven associations) qualify for the tournament.^[2]

Ten teams enter in the round of 16: two each from Costa Rica, Honduras, and Panama, and one each from El Salvador, Guatemala, Nicaragua, and the Caribbean.
Twelve teams enter in the preliminary round: two each from El Salvador, Guatemala, and the Caribbean, and one each from Canada, Costa Rica, Honduras, Panama, Nicaragua, and Belize.

Qualified teams from North America (1 team: entering in preliminary round)
Association	Team	Entry round	Qualifying method	App. (last)	Previous best (last)
Canada (1 PR berth)	Forge FC	Preliminary round	2020 Canadian Premier League champions	3rd (2020)	Quarter-finals (2020)

Qualified teams from Central America (18 teams: 9 entering in round of 16, 9 entering in preliminary round)
Association	Team	Entry round	Qualifying method	App. (last)	Previous best (last)
Costa Rica (3 berths: 2 R16 + 1 PR)	Alajuelense	Round of 16	Champions with better 2020–21 aggregate record (2020 Apertura)	3rd (2020)	Champions (2020)
	Saprissa	Round of 16	Champions with worse 2020–21 aggregate record (2021 Clausura)	3rd (2020)	Champions (2019)
	Santos de Guápiles	Preliminary round	Non-champions with best regular season record in 2021 Clausura	3rd (2018)	Runners-up (2017)
Honduras (3 berths: 2 R16 + 1 PR)	Olimpia	Round of 16	2020 Apertura and 2021 Clausura champions	4th (2020)	Champions (2017)
	Motagua	Round of 16	Non-champions with best 2020–21 aggregate record	4th (2020)	Runners-up (2019)
	Marathón	Preliminary round	Non-champions with 2nd best 2020–21 aggregate record	3rd (2020)	Quarter-finals (2020)
Panama (3 berths: 2 R16 + 1 PR)	Independiente	Round of 16	Champions with better 2020–21 aggregate record (2020 Clausura)	3rd (2020)	Quarter-finals (2019)
	Plaza Amador	Round of 16	Champions with worse 2020–21 aggregate record (2021 Apertura)	2nd (2017)	Semi-finals (2017)
	Universitario	Preliminary round	Runners-up with better 2020–21 aggregate record (2021 Apertura)	3rd (2018)	Quarter-finals (2018)
El Salvador (3 berths: 1 R16 + 2 PR)	Alianza	Round of 16	Champions with better 2020–21 aggregate record (2020 Apertura)	4th (2020)	Semi-finals (2019)
	FAS	Preliminary round	Champions with worse 2020–21 aggregate record (2021 Clausura)	3rd (2020)	Quarter-finals (2018)
	Once Deportivo	Preliminary round	Non-champions with best 2020–21 aggregate record	1st	Debut
Guatemala (3 berths: 1 R16 + 2 PR)	Guastatoya	Round of 16	Champions with better 2020–21 aggregate record (2020 Apertura)	2nd (2019)	Round of 16 (2019)
	Santa Lucía	Preliminary round	Champions with worse 2020–21 aggregate record (2021 Clausura)	1st	Debut
	Comunicaciones	Preliminary round	Non-champions with best 2020–21 aggregate record	3rd (2020)	Quarter-finals (2020)
Nicaragua (2 berths: 1 R16 + 1 PR)	Real Estelí	Round of 16	Champions with better 2020–21 aggregate record (2020 Apertura)	4th (2020)	Quarter-finals (2020)
Nicaragua (2 berths: 1 R16 + 1 PR)	Diriangén	Preliminary round	Champions with worse 2020–21 aggregate record (2021 Clausura)	2nd (2018)	Round of 16 (2018)
Belize (1 PR berth)	Verdes	Preliminary round	2019 Opening champions^{[Note BLZ]}	2nd (2020)	Preliminary round (2020)

Qualified teams from Caribbean (3 teams: 1 entering in round of 16, 2 entering in preliminary round)
Association	Team	Entry round	Qualifying method	App. (last)	Previous best (last)
Suriname	Inter Moengotapoe	Round of 16	2021 CONCACAF Caribbean Club Championship runners-up (2nd overall)^{[Note CFU]}	1st	Debut
Puerto Rico	Metropolitan	Preliminary round	2021 CONCACAF Caribbean Club Championship better ranked losing semi-finalists (3rd overall)^{[Note CFU]}	1st	Debut
Martinique	Samaritaine	Preliminary round	2021 CONCACAF Caribbean Club Championship worse ranked losing semi-finalists (4th overall)^{[Note CFU]}	1st	Debut

Notes

^ Belize (BLZ): The 2020–21 Premier League of Belize was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Belize. The team that qualified to represent the Football Federation of Belize in the 2021 CONCACAF League was Verdes (entering in the preliminary round), the 2019 Opening tournament champions (also the team with the best 2019–20 aggregate record at the time of suspension), which was the last title awarded.^[8]
^ Caribbean (CFU): The 2021 CONCACAF Caribbean Club Shield was cancelled by CONCACAF due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Caribbean. A number of teams from non-professional leagues in the Caribbean Football Union originally set to participate in the 2021 CONCACAF Caribbean Club Shield instead participated in the expanded 2021 CONCACAF Caribbean Club Championship, and the runners-up (entering in the round of 16) and both losing semi-finalists (entering in the preliminary round) would qualify for the 2021 CONCACAF League.^[9]

Draw

Forge FC

Location of teams of the 2021 CONCACAF League

North American Zone

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The draw for the 2021 CONCACAF League was held on 16 June 2021, 20:00 EDT (UTC−4), at the CONCACAF headquarters in Miami, United States.^[10]^[11]

For the preliminary round, the draw determines each tie (numbered 1 through 6) between a team from Pot 1 and a team from Pot 2, each containing six teams. Teams from the same association cannot be drawn against each other except for "wildcard" teams which replace a team from another association.

For the round of 16, the draw determines each tie (numbered 1 through 8) between a team from Pot 3 and a team from Pot 4, each containing eight teams. Teams from the same association cannot be drawn against each other except for "wildcard" teams which replace a team from another association. The six preliminary round winners, whose identity is not known at the time of the draw, are in Pot 4 and can be drawn into the same tie with another team from the same association.

The seeding of teams are based on the CONCACAF Club Index. The CONCACAF Club Index, instead of ranking each team, is based on the on-field performance of the teams that have occupied the respective qualifying slots in the previous five editions of the CONCACAF League and CONCACAF Champions League. To determine the total points awarded to a slot in any single edition of the CONCACAF League or CONCACAF Champions League, CONCACAF uses the following formula:

Points per	Participation	Win	Draw	Stage advanced	Champions
CONCACAF Champions League (2016–17 – 2019)	4	3	1	1	2
CONCACAF League (2017 – 2020)	2	3	1	0.5	1

Teams qualify for the CONCACAF League based on criteria set by their association (e.g., tournament champions, runners-up, cup champions), resulting in an assigned slot (e.g., CRC1, CRC2) for each team.

The 22 teams are distributed in the pots as follows:^[12]

Teams in preliminary round draw
Pot	Rank	Slot	2016–17 CCL	2017 CL or 2018 CCL	2018 CL or 2019 CCL	2019 CL	2020 CL	Total	Team
Pot 1	1	CRC3	0	2	19.5	27	18	66.5	Santos de Guápiles
	2	SLV3	0	8.5	6.5	16.5	2	33.5	Once Deportivo
	3	HON3	0	2	21.5	3	6	32.5	Marathón
	4	SLV2	5	11.5	5	7.5	3	32	FAS
	5	PAN3	0	11	15	2	3	31	Universitario
	6	CCC3	4	5	5.5	4	10.5	29	Metropolitan
Pot 2	7	NCA2	0	9.5	2	5	3.5	20	Diriangén
	8	CAN2	0	0	0	9.5	10	19.5	Forge FC
	9	GUA3	0	0	0	12	4.5	16.5	Comunicaciones
	10	CCC4	0	2	5	5.5	2	14.5	Samaritaine
	11	GUA2	6	0	0	3	3	12	Santa Lucia
	12	BLZ1	4	2	2	2	2	12	Verdes

Teams in round of 16 draw
Pot	Rank	Slot	2016–17 CCL	2017 CL or 2018 CCL	2018 CL or 2019 CCL	2019 CL	2020 CL	Total	Team
Pot 3	1	PAN1	20	8	12	5	2	47	Independiente
	2	HON1	11	5	4	16.5	10	46.5	Olimpia
	3	CRC1	8	5	7	7.5	12.5	40	Alajuelense
	4	PAN2	8	13	8.5	6.5	2	38	Plaza Amador
	5	HON2	11	2	3	13	6.5	35.5	Motagua
	6	SLV1	9	7	5	5	3	29	Alianza
	7	CRC2	14	5	3	4	2	28	Saprissa
	8	NCA1	6	5	5.5	3	6.5	26	Real Estelí
Pot 4	9	CCC2	5	2	5	5.5	2	19.5	Inter Moengotapoe
	10	GUA1	9	0	4	3	2	18	Guastatoya
	11	Winner preliminary round 1
	12	Winner preliminary round 2
	13	Winner preliminary round 3
	14	Winner preliminary round 4
	15	Winner preliminary round 5
	16	Winner preliminary round 6

Format

In the CONCACAF League, the 22 teams play a single-elimination tournament. Each tie is played on a home-and-away two-legged basis.

In the preliminary round, round of 16, quarter-finals, and semi-finals, the away goals rule is applied if the aggregate score is tied after the second leg. If still tied, the penalty shoot-out is used to determine the winner (Regulations Article 12.8).^[3]
In the final, the away goals rule is not applied, and extra time is played if the aggregate score is tied after the second leg. If the aggregate score is still tied after extra time, the penalty shoot-out is used to determine the winner (Regulations Article 12.9).^[3]

Schedule

The schedule of the competition is as follows.^[10]

Round	First leg	Second leg
Preliminary round	3–5 August	17–19 August
Round of 16	21–23 September	28–30 September
Quarter-finals	19–21 October	2–4 November
Semi-finals	23–25 November	30 November – 2 December
Final	7–9 December	14–15 December

Times are Eastern Time, as listed by CONCACAF (local times are in parentheses):

Times up to 6 November 2021 (preliminary round, round of 16, and quarter-finals) are Eastern Daylight Time, i.e., UTC−4.
Times thereafter (semi-finals and final) are Eastern Standard Time, i.e., UTC−5.

Bracket

Preliminary round				Round of 16				Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final



Diriangén	0	1	1

Marathón	1	2	3
				Marathón (p)	2	0	2 (5)

				Real Estelí	0	2	2 (4)



								Marathón	0	0	0

								Motagua	2	0	0
Samaritaine			0

Universitario (w/o)			3
				Universitario	2	0	2

				Motagua	2	1	3



												Winner QF4^[†]	0	0	0

												Winner QF3^[†]	0	0	0
Verdes	0	1	1

Santos de Guápiles	1	5	6
				Santos de Guápiles	1	2	3

				Plaza Amador	0	0	0



								Santos de Guápiles	3	0	0

								Forge FC	1	0	0
Forge FC	3	2	5

FAS	1	2	3
				Forge FC	0	2	2

				Independiente	0	0	0



																Winner SF2^[†]	0	0	0

																Winner SF1^[†]	0	0	0



				Inter Moengotapoe	0	–	DSQ

				Olimpia	6	–	DSQ



								N/A			–

								Guastatoya			–



				Guastatoya (a)	1	2	3

				Alajuelense	1	2	3



												Guastatoya^[†]	0	0	0

												Winner QF1^[†]	0	0	0
Santa Lucía	3	2	5

Metropolitan	0	1	1
				Santa Lucía	0	2	2

				Saprissa	2	4	6



								Saprissa	4	0	0

								Comunicaciones	3	0	0
Comunicaciones	1	3	4

Once Deportivo	1	0	1
				Comunicaciones	2	1	3

				Alianza	1	0	1

^† Order of legs to be decided, with the team which have the better performance in previous rounds (excluding preliminary round) hosting the second leg.

Preliminary round

In the preliminary round, the matchups were decided by draw: PR-1 through PR-6. The teams from Pot 1 in the draw host the second leg.

Summary

The first legs were played on 3–5 August, and the second legs were played on 17–19 August 2021.^[13]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Comunicaciones	4–1	Once Deportivo	1–1	3–0
Diriangén	1–3	Marathón	0–1	1–2
Verdes	1–6	Santos de Guápiles	0–1	1–5
Samaritaine	0–3 (w/o)	Universitario	(w/o)	(w/o)
Santa Lucía	5–1	Metropolitan	3–0	2–1
Forge FC	5–3	FAS	3–1	2–2

Matches

Comunicaciones v Once Deportivo

5 August 2021
22:00 (20:00 UTC−6)

Comunicaciones	1–1	Once Deportivo
Larín 36'	https://www.concacaf.com/en/concacaf-league/game-details?matchid=593702	Medrano 69'

Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores, Guatemala City
Referee: Oscar Macías (Mexico)

Once Deportivo v Comunicaciones

19 August 2021
22:00 (20:00 UTC−6)

Once Deportivo	0–3	Comunicaciones
	https://www.concacaf.com/en/concacaf-league/game-details?matchid=593708	Contreras 49' (pen.) Lacayo 71' Lezcano 90+8' (pen.)

Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador
Referee: José Torres (Puerto Rico)

Comunicaciones won 4–1 on aggregate.

Diriangén v Marathón

3 August 2021
22:00 (20:00 UTC−6)

Diriangén	0–1	Marathón
	https://www.concacaf.com/en/concacaf-league/game-details?matchid=593703	Martínez 49'

Nicaragua National Football Stadium, Managua
Referee: Edgar Ramírez (El Salvador)

Marathón v Diriangén

18 August 2021
22:00 (20:00 UTC−6)

Marathón	2–1	Diriangén
López 31' Arriaga 77'	https://www.concacaf.com/en/concacaf-league/game-details?matchid=593709	Mosquera 88'

Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula
Referee: Ricangel de Leça (Aruba)

Marathón won 3–1 on aggregate.

Verdes v Santos de Guápiles

5 August 2021
18:00 (16:00 UTC−6)

Verdes	0–1	Santos de Guápiles
	https://www.concacaf.com/en/concacaf-league/game-details?matchid=593704	Mora 90'

Isidoro Beaton Stadium, Belmopan
Referee: Randy Encarnación (Dominican Republic)

Santos de Guápiles v Verdes

18 August 2021
20:00 (18:00 UTC−6)

Santos de Guápiles	5–1	Verdes
Paradela 12' Rodríguez 26' (pen.), 38' B. López 27' Myvett 55' (o.g.)	https://www.concacaf.com/en/concacaf-league/game-details?matchid=593710	Fajardo 89'

Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica, San José
Referee: Reon Radix (Grenada)

Santos de Guápiles won 6–1 on aggregate.

Samaritaine v Universitario

4 August 2021
20:00 (20:00 UTC−4)

Samaritaine	0–3 Awarded (w/o)^[14]	Universitario
	https://www.concacaf.com/en/concacaf-league/game-details?matchid=593705

Estadio Nacional de Panamá, Panama City

Universitario v Samaritaine

10 August 2021
20:00 (19:00 UTC−5)

Universitario	(w/o)	Samaritaine
	https://www.concacaf.com/en/concacaf-league/game-details?matchid=593711

Estadio Nacional de Panamá, Panama City

Universitario advance on walkover.^[15]

Santa Lucía v Metropolitan

3 August 2021
20:00 (18:00 UTC−6)

Santa Lucía	3–0	Metropolitan
Osorio 15' De León 45' Acuña 62'	https://www.concacaf.com/en/concacaf-league/game-details?matchid=593706

Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores, Guatemala City
Referee: Brayan Cruz (Costa Rica)

Metropolitan v Santa Lucía

17 August 2021
20:00 (20:00 UTC−4)

Metropolitan	1–2	Santa Lucía
Maldonado 7'	https://www.concacaf.com/en/concacaf-league/game-details?matchid=593712	Acuña 42' (pen.) Guay 62'

Juan Ramón Loubriel Stadium, Bayamón
Referee: Pierre-Luc Lauzière (Canada)

Santa Lucía won 5–1 on aggregate.

Forge FC v FAS

12 August 2021
20:00 (20:00 UTC−4)

Forge FC	3–1	FAS
Borges 15' Babouli 25' Choinière 50'	https://www.concacaf.com/en/concacaf-league/game-details?matchid=593707	Flores 21'

Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador
Attendance: 0
Referee: Marco Ortiz (Mexico)

FAS v Forge FC

17 August 2021
22:00 (20:00 UTC−6)

FAS	2–2	Forge FC
Reyes 13' Torres 56'	https://www.concacaf.com/en/concacaf-league/game-details?matchid=593713	Navarro 49' Grant 61'

Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador
Referee: Benjamín Pineda (Costa Rica)

Forge FC won 5–3 on aggregate.

Round of 16

In the round of 16, the matchups were decided by draw: R16-1 through R16-6. The teams from Pot 3 in the draw host the second leg.

On 25 September 2021, CONCACAF announced that Inter Moengotapoe and C.D. Olimpia would be disqualified from the competition due to rule breaches following the first leg of their round of 16 fixture, including an alleged payment from Inter Moengotapoe owner and player Ronnie Brunswijk to several Olimpia players.^[16]^[17]

Summary

The first legs were played on 21–23 September, and the second legs will be played on 28–30 September 2021.^[13]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Comunicaciones	3–1	Alianza	2–1	1–0
Santa Lucía	2–6	Saprissa	0–2	2–4
Guastatoya	3–3 (a)	Alajuelense	1–1	2–2
~~Inter Moengotapoe~~	Disqualified	~~Olimpia~~	0–6	Cancelled
Forge FC	2–0	Independiente	0–0	2–0
Santos de Guápiles	3–0	Plaza Amador	1–0	2–0
Universitario	2–3	Motagua	2–2	0–1
Marathón	2–2 (5–4 p)	Real Estelí	2–0	0–2

Matches

Comunicaciones v Alianza

22 September 2021
22:00 (20:00 UTC−6)

Comunicaciones	2–1	Alianza
Lezcano 4' Lacayo 79'	https://www.concacaf.com/en/concacaf-league/game-details?matchid=593714	Riascos 36'

Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores, Guatemala City
Referee: Jefferson Escobar (Honduras)

Alianza v Comunicaciones

29 September 2021
22:00 (20:00 UTC−6)

Alianza	0–1	Comunicaciones
	https://www.concacaf.com/en/concacaf-league/game-details?matchid=593722	Lacayo 88'

Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador
Referee: Pierre-Luc Lauzière (Canada)

Comunicaciones won 3–1 on aggregate.

Santa Lucía v Saprissa

23 September 2021
20:00 (18:00 UTC−6)

Santa Lucía	0–2	Saprissa
	https://www.concacaf.com/en/concacaf-league/game-details?matchid=593715	Bolaños 19' Waston 45+1'

Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores, Guatemala City
Referee: Randy Encarnación (Dominican Republic)

Saprissa v Santa Lucía

30 September 2021
20:00 (18:00 UTC−6)

Saprissa	4–2	Santa Lucía
Sinclair 12' Bolaños 16' Torres 45' (pen.) Barrantes 75'	https://www.concacaf.com/en/concacaf-league/game-details?matchid=593723	Velásquez 18' Acuña 45+1'

Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá, San José
Referee: Rubiel Vázquez (United States)

Saprissa won 6–2 on aggregate.

Guastatoya v Alajuelense

21 September 2021
22:00 (20:00 UTC−6)

Guastatoya	1–1	Alajuelense
Landín 27'	https://www.concacaf.com/en/concacaf-league/game-details?matchid=593716	De Lemos 43' (o.g.)

Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores, Guatemala City
Referee: Nima Saghafi (United States)

Alajuelense v Guastatoya

28 September 2021
20:00 (18:00 UTC−6)

Alajuelense	2–2	Guastatoya
Venegas 22' Martínez 29'	https://www.concacaf.com/en/concacaf-league/game-details?matchid=593724	Domínguez 82' Landín 90'

Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto, Alajuela
Referee: Adonai Escobedo (Mexico)

3–3 on aggregate. Guastatoya won on away goals.

Inter Moengotapoe v Olimpia

21 September 2021
18:00 (19:00 UTC−3)

Inter Moengotapoe	0–6	Olimpia
	https://www.concacaf.com/en/concacaf-league/game-details?matchid=593717	Bengtson 15' (pen.) Pineda 19' Rodríguez 37' Reyes 76' Hernández 78', 80'

Franklin Essed Stadion, Paramaribo
Referee: Oliver Vergara (Panama)

Olimpia v Inter Moengotapoe

28 September 2021
22:00 (20:00 UTC−6)

Olimpia	Cancelled	Inter Moengotapoe
	https://www.concacaf.com/en/concacaf-league/game-details?matchid=593725

Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino, Tegucigalpa

Inter Moengotapoe and Olimpia were disqualified from the tournament by CONCACAF due to rule breaches following the first leg match.^[16]

Forge FC v Independiente

21 September 2021
20:00

Forge FC	0–0	Independiente
	https://www.concacaf.com/en/concacaf-league/game-details?matchid=593718

Tim Hortons Field, Hamilton
Referee: Diego Montaño (Mexico)

Independiente v Forge FC

28 September 2021
18:00 (17:00 UTC−5)

Independiente	0–2	Forge FC
	https://www.concacaf.com/en/concacaf-league/game-details?matchid=593726	Babouli 27' Bekker 54'

Estadio Rod Carew, Panama City
Referee: Keylor Herrera (Costa Rica)

Forge FC won 2–0 on aggregate.

Santos de Guápiles v Plaza Amador

23 September 2021
18:00 (16:00 UTC−6)

Santos de Guápiles	1–0	Plaza Amador
Méndez 70'	https://www.concacaf.com/en/concacaf-league/game-details?matchid=593719

Estadio Nacional, San José
Referee: Tori Penso (United States)

Plaza Amador v Santos de Guápiles

29 September 2021
18:00 (17:00 UTC−5)

Plaza Amador	0–2	Santos de Guápiles
	https://www.concacaf.com/en/concacaf-league/game-details?matchid=593727	Mason 15' Méndez 70'

Estadio Rod Carew, Panama City
Referee: Óscar Reyna (Guatemala)

Santos won 3–0 on aggregate.

Universitario v Motagua

23 September 2021
22:00 (21:00 UTC−5)

Universitario	2–2	Motagua
González 18' Triana 48'	https://www.concacaf.com/en/concacaf-league/game-details?matchid=593720	K. López 58', 72'

Estadio Rod Carew, Panama City
Referee: Julio Luna (Guatemala)

Motagua v Universitario

30 September 2021
22:00 (20:00 UTC−6)

Motagua	1–0	Universitario
Decas 39' (pen.)	https://www.concacaf.com/en/concacaf-league/game-details?matchid=593728

Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino, Tegucigalpa
Referee: Óscar Mejía (Mexico)

Motagua won 3–2 on aggregate.

Marathón v Real Estelí

22 September 2021
20:00 (18:00 UTC−6)

Marathón	2–0	Real Estelí
Martínez 12' (pen.) Castillo 33'	https://www.concacaf.com/en/concacaf-league/game-details?matchid=593721

Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula
Referee: Tristley Bassue (Saint Kitts and Nevis)

Real Estelí v Marathón

29 September 2021
20:00 (18:00 UTC−6)

Real Estelí	2–0	Marathón
Farias 40' Talavera 75'	https://www.concacaf.com/en/concacaf-league/game-details?matchid=593729
	Penalties
*Rodríguez Acuña Farias Quijano de Souza Talavera O. López Gutiérrez Acevedo	4–5	* Arriaga Vargas Solano Costly Castillo Techera Torres Ramírez F. López

Estadio Independencia, Estelí
Referee: Óscar Macías (Mexico)

2–2 on aggregate. Marathón won 5–4 on penalties.

Quarter-finals

In the quarter-finals, the matchups were determined as follows:

QF1: Winner R16-1 vs. Winner R16-2
QF2: Winner R16-3 vs. Winner R16-4
QF3: Winner R16-5 vs. Winner R16-6
QF4: Winner R16-7 vs. Winner R16-8

The winners of round of 16 matchups 1, 3, 5, 7 host the second leg.

Summary

The first legs will be played on 20 & 21 October, and the second legs will be played on 2 & 4 November 2021.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Saprissa	QF1	Comunicaciones	4–3	4 Nov
N/A	Bye	Guastatoya	–	–
Santos de Guápiles	QF3	Forge FC	3–1	2 Nov
Marathón	QF4	Motagua	0–2	2 Nov

Matches

Saprissa v Comunicaciones

21 October 2021
20:00 (18:00 UTC−6)

Saprissa	4–3	Comunicaciones
Sinclair 39' Torres 45+3' Guzmán 67' Ramírez 84'	https://www.concacaf.com/en/concacaf-league/game-details?matchid=593730	Santis 7', 29', 66'

Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá, San José
Referee: Selvin Brown (Honduras)

Comunicaciones v Saprissa

4 November 2021
21:00 (19:00 UTC−6)

Comunicaciones	v	Saprissa
	https://www.concacaf.com/en/concacaf-league/game-details?matchid=593734

Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores, Guatemala City

Santos de Guápiles v Forge FC

20 October 2021
18:00 (16:00 UTC−6)

Santos de Guápiles	3–1	Forge FC
East 12' Meneses 17' B. López 52'	https://www.concacaf.com/en/concacaf-league/game-details?matchid=593732	Bekker 6'

Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica, San José
Referee: Reon Radix (Grenada)

Forge FC v Santos de Guápiles

2 November 2021
20:00

Forge FC	v	Santos de Guápiles
	https://www.concacaf.com/en/concacaf-league/game-details?matchid=593736

Tim Hortons Field, Hamilton

Marathón v Motagua

21 October 2021
22:00 (20:00 UTC−6)

Marathón	0–2	Motagua
	https://www.concacaf.com/en/concacaf-league/game-details?matchid=593733	Auzqui 6' Klusener 63'

Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula
Referee: Walter López Ramos (Honduras)

Motagua v Marathón

2 November 2021
22:00 (20:00 UTC−6)

Motagua	v	Marathón
	https://www.concacaf.com/en/concacaf-league/game-details?matchid=593737

Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino, Tegucigalpa

Semi-finals

In the semi-finals, the matchups were determined as follows:

SF1: Winner QF1 vs. Winner QF2
SF2: Winner QF3 vs. Winner QF4

The semi-finalists in each tie which have the better performance in previous rounds (excluding preliminary round) host the second leg.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts

First match(es) will be played on 21 September 2021. 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 (1 point for yellow card, 3 points for indirect red card, 4 points for direct red card, 5 points for yellow card and direct red card); 8) Drawing of lots (Regulations Article 12.10.4).

Summary

The first legs will be played from 23–25 November, and the second legs will be played from 30 November – 2 December 2021.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Guastatoya	SF1	Winner QF1	23–25 Nov	30 Nov–2 Dec
Winner QF4	SF2^[†]	Winner QF3	23–25 Nov	30 Nov–2 Dec

^† Order of legs to be decided, with the team which have the better performance in previous rounds (excluding preliminary round) hosting the second leg.

Matches

Guastatoya v Winner QF2

23–25 November 2021
(--:-- -)

Guastatoya	v	Winner QF2
	https://www.concacaf.com/en/concacaf-league/game-details?matchid=593738

Winner QF2 v Guastatoya

30 November 2021 or 1–2 December 2021
(--:-- -)

Winner QF2	v	Guastatoya
	https://www.concacaf.com/en/concacaf-league/game-details?matchid=593740

23–25 November 2021
(--:-- -)

Lower-ranked Winner QF3/QF4	v	Higher-ranked Winner QF3/QF4
	https://www.concacaf.com/en/concacaf-league/game-details?matchid=593739

30 November 2021 or 1–2 December 2021
(--:-- -)

Higher-ranked Winner QF3/QF4	v	Lower-ranked Winner QF3/QF4
	https://www.concacaf.com/en/concacaf-league/game-details?matchid=593741

Final

In the final (Winner SF1 vs. Winner SF2), the finalists which have the better performance in previous rounds (excluding preliminary round) host the second leg.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts

First match(es) will be played on 21 September 2021. 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 (1 point for yellow card, 3 points for indirect red card, 4 points for direct red card, 5 points for yellow card and direct red card); 8) Drawing of lots (Regulations Article 12.10.4).

Summary

The first leg will be played from 7–9 December, and the second legs will be played from 14–15 December 2021.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Winner SF2	F^[†]	Winner SF1	7–9 Dec	14–15 Dec

^† Order of legs to be decided, with the team which have the better performance in previous rounds (excluding preliminary round) hosting the second leg.

Matches

7–9 December 2021
(--:-- -)

Lower-ranked Winner SF1/SF2	v	Higher-ranked Winner SF1/SF2
	https://www.concacaf.com/en/concacaf-league/game-details?matchid=593742

14–15 December 2021
(--:-- -)

Higher-ranked Winner SF1/SF2	v	Lower-ranked Winner SF1/SF2
	https://www.concacaf.com/en/concacaf-league/game-details?matchid=593743

Top goalscorers

Team eliminated or inactive for this round.

Rank	Player	Team	Goals	By round
Rank	Player	Team	Goals	PR1	PR2	2R1	2R2	QF1	QF2	SF1	SF2	F1	F2
1	Isaac Acuña	Santa Lucía	3	1	1		1
	Júnior Lacayo	Comunicaciones			1	1	1
	Oscar Santis	Comunicaciones						3

Qualification to CONCACAF Champions League

Starting from the round of 16, teams are ranked based on their results (excluding preliminary round). Based on the ranking, the top six teams, i.e., champions, runners-up, both losing semi-finalists, and best two losing quarter-finalists, qualify for the 2022 CONCACAF Champions League.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts

Updated to match(es) played on 21 October 2021. 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 (1 point for yellow card, 3 points for indirect red card, 4 points for direct red card, 5 points for yellow card and direct red card); 8) Drawing of lots (Regulations Article 12.10.4).

References

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External links

Official website

[cnote_Note_BLZ] Belize (BLZ): The 2020–21 Premier League of Belize was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Belize. The team that qualified to represent the Football Federation of Belize in the 2021 CONCACAF League was Verdes (entering in the preliminary round), the 2019 Opening tournament champions (also the team with the best 2019–20 aggregate record at the time of suspension), which was the last title awarded.^[8]

[cnote_Note_CFU] Caribbean (CFU): The 2021 CONCACAF Caribbean Club Shield was cancelled by CONCACAF due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Caribbean. A number of teams from non-professional leagues in the Caribbean Football Union originally set to participate in the 2021 CONCACAF Caribbean Club Shield instead participated in the expanded 2021 CONCACAF Caribbean Club Championship, and the runners-up (entering in the round of 16) and both losing semi-finalists (entering in the preliminary round) would qualify for the 2021 CONCACAF League.^[9]

[cnote_.E2.80.A0_grp_Bracket] † Order of legs to be decided, with the team which have the better performance in previous rounds (excluding preliminary round) hosting the second leg.

[cnote_.E2.80.A0_grp_Semi-finals] † Order of legs to be decided, with the team which have the better performance in previous rounds (excluding preliminary round) hosting the second leg.

[cnote_.E2.80.A0_grp_Final] † Order of legs to be decided, with the team which have the better performance in previous rounds (excluding preliminary round) hosting the second leg.

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