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{{Short description|44th edition of premier club football tournament organized by CONCACAF}}
{{Infobox international football competition
| tourney_name = CONCACAF Champions League
| year = 2008–09
| other_titles =
| image = [[File:Azul16.JPG|260px]]
| size = 200px
| caption = [[Estadio Ciudad de los Deportes|Estadio Azul]] in [[Mexico City]] hosted the second leg [[2009 CONCACAF Champions League final|Final]]
| country =
| dates = August 26, 2008 – April 30, 2009
| num_teams = 24
| associations = 13
| venues =
| cities =
| champion_other = {{flagicon|MEX}} [[Atlante F.C.|Atlante]]
| count = 2
| second_other = {{flagicon|MEX}} [[Cruz Azul]]
| matches = 77
| goals = 223
| attendance = 539397
| top_scorer = {{flagicon|MEX}} [[Javier Orozco]]<br/><small>(7 goals)</small>
| player =
| prevseason = [[2008 CONCACAF Champions' Cup|2008]] ''(Champions' Cup)''
| nextseason = [[2009–10 CONCACAF Champions League|2009–10]]
}}

The '''2008–09 CONCACAF Champions League''' was the 44th edition of the premier [[association football]] club competition organized by [[CONCACAF]], the regional governing body of North America, Central America, and the Caribbean. This was the first iteration of the competition to be known as [[CONCACAF Champions League]], having been previously known as the CONCACAF Champions' Cup.

The championship began on August 26, 2008, and it concluded on May 12, 2009.<ref name="announcement">{{cite press release|title=CONCACAF Champions League Officially Launched |url=http://www.concacaf.com/view_article.aspx?id=4084 |publisher=CONCACAF |date=2008-01-28 |access-date=2008-01-28 |url-status = dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080614054307/http://www.concacaf.com/view_article.aspx?id=4084 |archive-date=2008-06-14 }}</ref> [[Atlante F.C.|Atlante]] of [[Mexico]] won the championship after defeating [[Cruz Azul]], also from Mexico in the final. As champions, they represented CONCACAF in the [[2009 FIFA Club World Cup]].

==Qualification==
{{location map+|CONCACAF|float=right|width=600|caption=Location of teams of the '''2008–09 CONCACAF Champions League'''<br />[[File:Brown pog.svg|8px]] Brown: Group A; [[File:Red pog.svg|8px]] Red: Group B; [[File:Orange pog.svg|8px]] Orange: Group C; [[File:Yellow pog.svg|8px]] Yellow: Group D.|places=
<!--Mexico-->
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{{location map~|CONCACAF|lat=25.629145|long=-103.379417|label_size=80|label=[[Santos Laguna]]|mark=Yellow pog.svg|position=bottom}}
<!--United States-->
{{location map~|CONCACAF|lat=29.7522|long=-95.3524|label_size=80|label=[[Houston Dynamo|Houston<br />Dynamo]]|mark=Red pog.svg|position=left}}
{{location map~|CONCACAF|lat=38.889722|long=-76.971667|label_size=80|label=[[D.C. United|D.C.&nbsp;United]]|mark=Brown pog.svg|position=bottom}}
<!--Canada-->
{{location map~|CONCACAF|lat=45.563056|long=-73.5525|label_size=80|label=[[CF Montréal|Montreal<br />Impact]]|mark=Orange pog.svg|position=left}}
<!--Costa Rica-->
{{location map~|CONCACAF|lat=9.965427|long=-84.075455|label_size=80|label=[[Deportivo Saprissa|Saprissa]]|mark=Brown pog.svg|position=left}}
<!--Honduras-->
{{location map~|CONCACAF|lat=14.09|long=-87.20|label_size=80|label=[[C.D. Olimpia|Olimpia]] |mark=Orange pog.svg|position=right}}
{{Location map~|CONCACAF|lat=15.47|long=-88.00|label_size=80|label={{nowrap|[[C.D. Marathón|Marathón]]}}|mark=Brown pog.svg|position=top}}
<!--Panama-->
{{Location map~|CONCACAF|lat=9|long=-80|label_size=80|label='''Panama'''<!--Árabe Unido, Sporting San Miguelito-->|mark=Black pog.svg|position=bottom}}
<!--Guatemala-->
{{location map~|CONCACAF|lat=14.616944|long= -90.534722|label_size=80|label=[[C.S.D. Municipal|Municipal]]|mark=Yellow pog.svg|position=left}}
<!--El Salvador-->
{{location map~|CONCACAF|lat=13.349722|long=-88.437778|label_size=80|label=[[C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo|Firpo]]|mark=Red pog.svg|position=bottom}}
<!--Puerto Rico-->
{{location map~|CONCACAF|lat=18.393425|long=-66.15085|label_size=80|label=[[Puerto Rico Islanders]]|mark=Yellow pog.svg|position=top}}
<!--Trinidad and Tobago-->
{{location map~|CONCACAF|lat=10.641608|long=-61.384761|label_size=80|label=[[Joe Public F.C.|Joe Public]]|mark=Orange pog.svg|position=top}}

{{Location map~ |Europe |mark=TransparentPlaceholder.png |marksize=1 |lat=65 |long=55 |label_size=80 |label=
{{nowrap|'''Mexico City teams'''}}<br />
{{nowrap|[[File:Orange pog.svg|8px]] [[Atlante F.C.|Atlante]]<br/ >[[File:Brown pog.svg|8px]] [[Cruz Azul]]<br />[[File:Red pog.svg|8px]] [[Club Universidad Nacional|UNAM]]}}<br />
<br />
{{nowrap|'''Panama teams'''}}<br />
{{nowrap|[[File:Red pog.svg|8px]] [[San Francisco F.C.|San Francisco]]<br />
[[File:Yellow pog.svg|8px]] [[Tauro F.C.|Tauro]]}}
|position=right}}
}}

24 teams from 13 nations participated in the 2008–09 CONCACAF Champions League from the ''[[North American Football Union|North American]]'', ''[[Union Centroamericana de Fútbol|Central American]]'', and ''[[Caribbean Football Union|Caribbean]]'' zones.  Nine of the teams came from North America, twelve from Central America, and three from the Caribbean. Below is the qualification scheme for the 2008-09 competition:<ref>{{cite press release|title=Qualifying Format Unveiled for 2008-09 CONCACAF Champions League |url=http://www.concacaf.com/view_article.aspx?id=4171 |publisher=CONCACAF |date=2008-05-14 |access-date=2008-05-14 |url-status = dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081226124256/http://www.concacaf.com/view_article.aspx?id=4171 |archive-date=2008-12-26 }}</ref>

Teams in '''bold''' qualify directly for the group stage.
{{clear-right}}
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Association
!Club
!Qualifying method
|-
!colspan="3"|[[North American Football Union|North America]] (9 teams)
|-
|rowspan="4"|{{flagicon|MEX}} [[Mexican Football Federation|Mexico]]<br /><small>4 berths</small>
|'''[[Atlante F.C.|Atlante]]'''
|[[Primera División de México Apertura 2007|2007 Apertura]] winners
|-
|'''[[Santos Laguna]]'''
|[[Primera División de México Clausura 2008|2008 Clausura]] winners
|-
|[[Club Universidad Nacional|U.N.A.M]]
|[[Primera División de México Apertura 2007|2007 Apertura]] runners-up
|-
|[[Cruz Azul]]
|[[Primera División de México Clausura 2008|2008 Clausura]] runners-up
|-
|rowspan="4"|{{flagicon|USA}} [[United States Soccer Federation|United States]]<br /><small>4 berths</small>
|'''[[Houston Dynamo]]'''
|[[2007 MLS Cup]] winners
|-
|'''[[D.C. United]]'''
|[[2007 Major League Soccer season#Overall standings|2007 MLS Supporters' Shield]] winners
|-
|[[New England Revolution]]
|[[2007 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup|2007 U.S. Open Cup]] winners and [[2007 MLS Cup]] runners-up
|-
|[[Chivas USA]]
|[[2007 Major League Soccer season#Overall standings|2007 MLS Supporters' Shield]] runners-up<sup>'''1'''</sup>
|-
|{{flagicon|CAN}} [[Canadian Soccer Association|Canada]]<br /><small>1 berth</small>
|[[Montreal Impact (1992–2011)|Montreal Impact]]
|[[2008 Canadian Championship]] winners
|-
!colspan="3"|[[Central American Football Union|Central America]] (12 teams)
|-
|rowspan="2"|{{flagicon|CRC}} [[Costa Rican Football Federation|Costa Rica]]<br /><small>2 berths</small>
|'''[[C.D. Saprissa|Saprissa]]'''
|[[Primera División de Costa Rica 2007–08#Invierno 2007|2007 Invierno]] and [[Primera División de Costa Rica 2007–08#Verano 2008|2008 Verano]] winners
|-
|[[L.D. Alajuelense|Alajuelense]]
|[[Primera División de Costa Rica 2007-08#Verano 2008|2008 Verano]] runners-up<sup>'''2'''</sup>
|-
|rowspan="2"|{{flagicon|HON|1949}} [[National Autonomous Federation of Football of Honduras|Honduras]]<br /><small>2 berths</small>
|[[C.D. Marathón|Marathón]]
|[[Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Honduras Apertura 2007|2007 Apertura]] winners
|-
|'''[[C.D. Olimpia|Olimpia]]'''
|[[Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Honduras Clausura 2008|2008 Clausura]] winners
|-
|rowspan="2"|{{flagicon|GUA}} [[National Football Federation of Guatemala|Guatemala]]<br /><small>2 berths</small>
|[[C.D. Jalapa|Jalapa]]
|[[Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala Apertura 2007|2007 Apertura]] winners
|-
|'''[[C.S.D. Municipal|Municipal]]'''
|[[Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala Clausura 2008|2008 Clausura]] winners
|-
|rowspan="2"|{{flagicon|SLV}} [[Salvadoran Football Association|El Salvador]]<br /><small>2 berths</small>
|'''[[C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo|Luis Ángel Firpo]]'''
|[[Primera División de Fútbol Profesional Apertura 2007|2007 Apertura]] and [[Primera División de Fútbol Profesional Clausura 2008|2008 Clausura]] winners
|-
|[[A.D. Isidro Metapán|Isidro Metapán]]
|[[Primera División de Fútbol Profesional Clausura 2008|2008 Clausura]] runners-up<sup>'''3'''</sup>
|-
|rowspan="2"|{{flagicon|PAN}} [[Panamanian Football Federation|Panama]]<br /><small>2 berths</small>
|[[San Francisco F.C.|San Francisco]]
|[[ANAPROF Clausura 2007|2007 Clausura]] and [[ANAPROF Apertura 2008|2008 Apertura]] winner
|-
|[[Tauro F.C.|Tauro]]
|[[ANAPROF Apertura 2008|2008 Apertura]] runners-up<sup>'''4'''</sup>
|-
|{{flagicon|BLZ}} [[Football Federation of Belize|Belize]]<br /><small>1 berth</small>
|[[Hankook Verdes]]
|[[2007–08 Belize Premier Football League]] winners
|-
|{{flagicon|NCA}} [[Nicaraguan Football Federation|Nicaragua]]<br /><small>1 berth</small>
|[[Real Estelí F.C.|Real Estelí]]
|[[2007–08 Primera División de Nicaragua|2007 Apertura and 2008 Clausura]] winners
|-
!colspan="3"|[[Caribbean Football Union|Caribbean]] (3 teams)
|-
|{{flagicon|JAM}} [[Jamaica Football Federation|Jamaica]]
|[[Harbour View F.C.|Harbour View]]
|[[2007 CFU Club Championship]] winners
|-
|{{flagicon|TRI}} [[Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation|Trinidad and Tobago]]
|[[Joe Public F.C.|Joe Public]]
|[[2007 CFU Club Championship]] runners-up
|-
|{{flagicon|PUR}} [[Puerto Rican Football Federation|Puerto Rico]]
|[[Puerto Rico Islanders]]
|[[2007 CFU Club Championship]] third place
|}

<sup>'''1'''</sup> New England was both the 2007 U.S. Open Cup winners and the 2007 MLS Cup runners-up, so Chivas USA  claimed USA4 as the 2007 MLS Supporters' Shield runners-up.

<sup>'''2'''</sup> Saprissa was both the 2007 Invierno and 2008 Verano winners, so Alajuelense has claimed CRC2 as the 2008 Verano runners-up.

<sup>'''3'''</sup> Luis Ángel Firpo was both the 2007 Apertura and 2008 Clausura winners, so Isidro Metapán has claimed SLV2 as the 2008 Clausura runners-up.

<sup>'''4'''</sup> San Francisco was both the 2007 Clausura and 2008 Apertura winners, so Tauro has claimed PAN2 as the 2008 Apertura runners-up.

==Format==
There was a two-legged preliminary round for 16 clubs, with the eight winners advancing to the group stage.  They were joined by the other eight teams who were seeded directly into the group stage.  The clubs involved in the group stage were placed into four groups of four with each team playing the others in its group in both home and away matches.  The top two teams from each group will advance to the knockout rounds, which will consist of two-legged ties.  The final round, to be held in late April 2009, was also two-legged.  Also, unlike the previously contested CONCACAF Champions' Cup, the [[away goals]] rule is used in the CONCACAF Champions League, but does not apply after a tie goes into extra time.<ref name="regulations">{{cite press release|title=CONCACAF Champions League Regulations 2008/2009 |url=http://www.concacaf.com/graphics/stats-regs/pdf/Regulations%20CONCACAF%20Champions%20Leaguev10.pdf |format=PDF |publisher=CONCACAF |access-date=2008-07-27 }}{{dead link|date=June 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!colspan=5|Group Stage
|-
!Pot A
| {{flagicon|MEX}} [[Atlante F.C.|Atlante]]
| {{flagicon|MEX}} [[Santos Laguna]]
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Houston Dynamo]]
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[D.C. United]]
|-
!Pot B
| {{flagicon|CRC}} [[C.D. Saprissa|Saprissa]]
| {{flagicon|HON|1949}} [[C.D. Olimpia|Olimpia]]
| {{flagicon|GUA}} [[C.S.D. Municipal|Municipal]]
| {{flagicon|SLV}} [[C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo|Luis Ángel Firpo]]
|-
!colspan=5|Preliminary round
|-
!rowspan=2|Pot A
| {{flagicon|MEX}} [[Club Universidad Nacional|Universidad Nacional]]
| {{flagicon|MEX}} [[Cruz Azul]]
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[New England Revolution]]
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Chivas USA]]
|-
| {{flagicon|CRC}} [[L.D. Alajuelense|Alajuelense]]
| {{flagicon|HON|1949}} [[C.D. Marathón|Marathón]]
| {{flagicon|PAN}} [[San Francisco F.C.|San Francisco]]
| {{flagicon|CAN}} [[Montreal Impact (1992–2011)|Montreal Impact]]
|-
!rowspan=2|Pot B
| {{flagicon|GUA}} [[C.D. Jalapa|Jalapa]]
| {{flagicon|SLV}} [[A.D. Isidro Metapán|Isidro Metapán]]
| {{flagicon|PAN}} [[Tauro F.C.|Tauro]]
| {{flagicon|BLZ}} [[Hankook Verdes]]
|-
| {{flagicon|NIC}} [[Real Estelí F.C.|Real Estelí]]
| {{flagicon|JAM}} [[Harbour View F.C.|Harbour View]]
| {{flagicon|TRI}} [[Joe Public F.C.|Joe Public]]
| {{flagicon|PUR}} [[Puerto Rico Islanders]]
|}

==Schedule==
{|class="wikitable"
|-
!colspan=2|Round
!Draw date
!First leg
!Second leg
|-align="center"
|Preliminary round
|Preliminary
|rowspan=7|June 11, 2008<br> ([[New York City|New York]], [[United States|US]])
|August 26–29, 2008
|September 2–4, 2008
|-align="center"
|rowspan=6|Group Stage
|Matchday 1
|colspan=2|August 16–18, 2008
|-align="center"
|Matchday 2
|colspan=2|August 23–25, 2008
|-align="center"
|Matchday 3
|colspan=2|September 30–October 2, 2008
|-align="center"
|Matchday 4
|colspan=2|October 7–9, 2008
|-align="center"
|Matchday 5
|colspan=2|October 21–23, 2008
|-align="center"
|Matchday 6
|colspan=2|October 28–30, 2008
|-align="center"
|rowspan=3|Championship round
|Quarterfinals
|rowspan=3|December 10, 2008
|February 24–26, 2009
|March 3–5, 2009
|-align="center"
|Semifinals
|March 17–18, 2009
|April 7–8, 2009
|-align="center"
|Final
|April 22, 2009
|May 12, 2009
|}

==Preliminary round==
{{main|2008–09 CONCACAF Champions League preliminary round}}
The draw for the preliminary round was held on 11 June 2008 in New York City.  The first legs of the preliminary round were played  26–28 August 2008, while the second legs were played 2–4 September 2008.<ref name="Prelim Round Draw">{{cite press release|title=Preliminary round match-ups unveiled for 2008-09 CONCACAF Champions League |url=http://concacaf.com/view_article.aspx?id=4209 |publisher=CONCACAF |date=2008-06-11 |access-date=2008-06-11 |url-status = dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080614000436/http://www.concacaf.com/view_article.aspx?id=4209 |archive-date=2008-06-14}}</ref>

{{TwoLeg start}}
{{TwoLegResult|[[C.D. Jalapa|Jalapa]]|GUA|1–5|'''[[San Francisco F.C.|San Francisco]]'''|PAN|[[CONCACAF Champions League 2008–09 preliminary round#Jalapa v San Francisco|1–0]]|[[CONCACAF Champions League 2008–09 preliminary round#San Francisco v Jalapa|0–5]]}}
{{TwoLegResult|'''[[Joe Public F.C.|Joe Public]]'''|TRI|6–1|[[New England Revolution]]|USA|[[CONCACAF Champions League 2008–09 preliminary round#Joe Public v New England Revolution|2–1]]|[[CONCACAF Champions League 2008–09 preliminary round#New England Revolution v Joe Public|4–0]]}}
{{TwoLegResult|[[L.D. Alajuelense|Alajuelense]]|CRC|2–3|'''[[Puerto Rico Islanders]]'''|PUR|[[CONCACAF Champions League 2008–09 preliminary round#Alajuelense v Puerto Rico Islanders|1–1]]|[[CONCACAF Champions League 2008–09 preliminary round#Puerto Rico Islanders v Alajuelense|1–2]]}}
{{TwoLegResult|'''[[Cruz Azul]]'''|MEX|12–0|[[Hankook Verdes]]|BLZ|[[CONCACAF Champions League 2008–09 preliminary round#Cruz Azul v Hankook Verdes|6–0]]|[[CONCACAF Champions League 2008–09 preliminary round#Hankook Verdes v Cruz Azul|6–0]]}}
{{TwoLegResult|[[Harbour View F.C.|Harbour View]]|JAM|0–3|'''[[Club Universidad Nacional|UNAM]]'''|MEX|[[CONCACAF Champions League 2008–09 preliminary round#Harbour View v UNA|N/A]]<ref name="Match rescheduled due to Hurricane Gustav">{{cite press release|title=CONCACAF Champions League match rescheduled due to Hurricane Gustav |url=http://www.concacaf.com/view_article.aspx?id=4328 |publisher=CONCACAF |date=2008-08-28 |access-date=2008-08-28 |url-status = dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080903050137/http://www.concacaf.com/view_article.aspx?id=4328 |archive-date=2008-09-03 }}</ref>|[[CONCACAF Champions League 2008–09 preliminary round#Universidad Nacional v Harbour View|0–3]]}}
{{TwoLegResult|'''[[Tauro F.C.|Tauro]]'''|PAN|3–1|[[Chivas USA]]|USA|[[CONCACAF Champions League 2008–09 preliminary round#Tauro v Chivas USA|2–0]]|[[CONCACAF Champions League 2008–09 preliminary round#Chivas USA v Tauro|1–1]]}}
{{TwoLegResult|'''[[Montreal Impact (1992–2011)|Montreal Impact]]'''|CAN|1–0|[[Real Estelí F.C.|Real Estelí]]|NCA|[[CONCACAF Champions League 2008–09 preliminary round#Montreal Impact v Real Estelí|1–0]]|[[CONCACAF Champions League 2008–09 preliminary round#Real Estelí v Montreal Impact|0–0]]}}
{{TwoLegResult|[[A.D. Isidro Metapán|Isidro Metapán]]|SLV|3–4|'''[[C.D. Marathón|Marathón]]'''|HON|var2=1949|[[CONCACAF Champions League 2008–09 preliminary round#Isidro Metapán v Marathón|2–2]]|[[CONCACAF Champions League 2008–09 preliminary round#Marathón v Isidro Metapán|1–2]]}}
|}

The effects of [[Hurricane Gustav]] led to the cancellation of the first leg of the [[Harbour View F.C.|Harbour View]] - [[Club Universidad Nacional|UNAM]] tie, and as a result the tie was contested as a single match.<ref name="CONCACAF Champions League match between Harbour View - Pumas UNAM canceled">{{cite press release | title=CONCACAF Champions League match between Harbour View - Pumas UNAM canceled | url=http://www.concacaf.com/view_article.aspx?id=4329 | publisher=CONCACAF | date=2008-08-29 | access-date=2008-08-29 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080903202450/http://www.concacaf.com/view_article.aspx?id=4329 | archive-date=2008-09-03 |url-status = dead}}</ref>

==Group stage==
{{main|2008–09 CONCACAF Champions League group stage}}
The Group Stage draw was held on 11 June 2008 in New York City and was unveiled on 16 June 2008.<ref name="Prelim Round Draw"/> Winners and runners-up of each group advance to the quarterfinals.<ref name="regulations"/>

===Group A===
{|
|-
|
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
! style="width:175px;"|Club
!width="20"|Pld
!width="20"|W
!width="20"|D
!width="20"|L
!width="20"|GF
!width="20"|GA
!width="20"|GD
!width="20"|Pts
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|align=left|{{flagicon|HON|1949}} [[C.D. Marathón|Marathón]]
|6||4||1||1||12||5||+7||'''13'''
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|align=left|{{flagicon|MEX}} [[Cruz Azul]]
|6||3||1||2||8||4||+4||'''10'''
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|CRC}} [[C.D. Saprissa|Saprissa]]
|6||3||1||2||7||9||−2||'''10'''
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} [[D.C. United]]
|6||0||1||5||4||13||−9||'''1'''
|}
|
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! style="width:140px;"|&nbsp;!!width="50"|[[D.C. United|DCU]]!!width="50"|[[C.D. Saprissa|SAP]]!!width="50"|[[Cruz Azul|CRU]]!!width="50"|[[C.D. Marathón|MAR]]
|-
!style="text-align:right;"|[[D.C. United]]
!|–
|title="D.C. United v Saprissa"|[[CONCACAF Champions League 2008-09 Group Stage#D.C. United v Saprissa|0–2]]
|title="D.C. United v Cruz Azul"|[[CONCACAF Champions League 2008-09 Group Stage#D.C. United v Cruz Azul|0–1]]
|title="D.C. United v Marathón"|[[CONCACAF Champions League 2008-09 Group Stage#D.C. United v Marathón|2–4]]
|-
!style="text-align:right;"|[[C.D. Saprissa|Saprissa]]
|title="Saprissa v D.C. United"|[[CONCACAF Champions League 2008-09 Group Stage#Saprissa v D.C. United|2–2]]
!|–
|title="Saprissa v Cruz Azul"|[[CONCACAF Champions League 2008-09 Group Stage#Saprissa v Cruz Azul|1–0]]
|title="Saprissa v Marathón"|[[CONCACAF Champions League 2008-09 Group Stage#Saprissa v Marathón|2–1]]
|-
!style="text-align:right;"|[[Cruz Azul]]
|title="Cruz Azul v D.C. United"|[[CONCACAF Champions League 2008-09 Group Stage#Cruz Azul v D.C. United|2–0]]
|title="Cruz Azul v Saprissa"|[[CONCACAF Champions League 2008-09 Group Stage#Cruz Azul v Saprissa|4–0]]
!|–
|title="Cruz Azul v Marathón"|[[CONCACAF Champions League 2008-09 Group Stage#Cruz Azul v Marathón|1–1]]
|-
!style="text-align:right;"|[[C.D. Marathón|Marathón]]
|title="Marathón v D.C. United"|[[CONCACAF Champions League 2008-09 Group Stage#Marathón v D.C. United|2–0]]
|title="Marathón v Saprissa"|[[CONCACAF Champions League 2008-09 Group Stage#Marathón v Saprissa|2–0]]
|title="Marathón v Cruz Azul"|[[CONCACAF Champions League 2008-09 Group Stage#Marathón v Cruz Azul|2–0]]
!|–
|}
|}
*Cruz Azul were ranked ahead of Saprissa based on head-to-head record, which is the first tiebreaker.<ref name="regulations"/>

===Group B===
{|
|-
|
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
! style="width:175px;"|Club
!width="20"|Pld
!width="20"|W
!width="20"|D
!width="20"|L
!width="20"|GF
!width="20"|GA
!width="20"|GD
!width="20"|Pts
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|align=left|{{flagicon|MEX}} [[Club Universidad Nacional|UNAM]]
|6||3||3||0||18||7||+11||'''12'''
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Houston Dynamo]]
|6||2||3||1||9||9||0||'''9'''
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|SLV}} [[C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo|Luis Ángel Firpo]]
|6||2||2||2||6||8||−2||'''8'''
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|PAN}} [[San Francisco F.C.|San Francisco]]
|6||0||2||4||4||13||−9||'''2'''
|}
|
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! style="width:140px;"|&nbsp;!!width="50"|[[Houston Dynamo|HOU]]!!width="50"|[[C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo|LAF]]!!width="50"|[[San Francisco F.C.|SFR]]!!width="50"|[[Club Universidad Nacional|UNAM]]
|-
!style="text-align:right;"|[[Houston Dynamo]]
!|–
|title="Houston Dynamo v Luis Ángel Firpo"|[[CONCACAF Champions League 2008-09 Group Stage#Houston Dynamo v Luis Ángel Firpo|1–0]]
|title="Houston Dynamo v San Francisco"|[[CONCACAF Champions League 2008-09 Group Stage#Houston Dynamo v San Francisco|2–1]]
|title="Houston Dynamo v Universidad Nacional"|[[CONCACAF Champions League 2008-09 Group Stage#Houston Dynamo v Universidad Nacional|1–3]]
|-
!style="text-align:right;"|[[C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo|Luis Ángel Firpo]]
|title="Luis Ángel Firpo v Houston Dynamo"|[[CONCACAF Champions League 2008-09 Group Stage#Luis Ángel Firpo v Houston Dynamo|1–1]]
!|–
|title="Luis Ángel Firpo v San Francisco"|[[CONCACAF Champions League 2008-09 Group Stage#Luis Ángel Firpo v San Francisco|1–0]]
|title="Luis Ángel Firpo v Universidad Nacional"|[[CONCACAF Champions League 2008-09 Group Stage#Firpo v Universidad Nacional|1–1]]
|-
!style="text-align:right;"|[[San Francisco F.C.|San Francisco]]
|title="San Francisco v Houston Dynamo"|[[CONCACAF Champions League 2008-09 Group Stage#San Francisco v Houston Dynamo|0–0]]
|title="San Francisco v Luis Ángel Firpo"|[[CONCACAF Champions League 2008-09 Group Stage#San Francisco v Luis Ángel Firpo|2–3]]
!|–
|title="San Francisco v Universidad Nacional"|[[CONCACAF Champions League 2008-09 Group Stage#San Francisco v Universidad Nacional|1–1]]
|-
!style="text-align:right;"|[[Club Universidad Nacional|UNAM]]
|title="Universidad Nacional v Houston Dynamo"|[[CONCACAF Champions League 2008-09 Group Stage#Universidad Nacional v Houston Dynamo|4–4]]
|title="Universidad Nacional v Luis Ángel Firpo"|[[CONCACAF Champions League 2008-09 Group Stage#Universidad Nacional v Luis Ángel Firpo|3–0]]
|title="Universidad Nacional v San Francisco"|[[CONCACAF Champions League 2008-09 Group Stage#Universidad Nacional v San Francisco|6–0]]
!|–
|}
|}

===Group C===
{|
|-
|
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
! style="width:175px;"|Club
!width="20"|Pld
!width="20"|W
!width="20"|D
!width="20"|L
!width="20"|GF
!width="20"|GA
!width="20"|GD
!width="20"|Pts
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|align=left|{{flagicon|MEX}} [[Atlante F.C.|Atlante]]
|6||3||2||1||6||3||+3||'''11'''
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|align=left|{{flagicon|CAN}} [[Montreal Impact (1992–2011)|Montreal Impact]]
|6||3||2||1||10||5||+5||'''11'''
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|HON|1949}} [[C.D. Olimpia|Olimpia]]
|6||2||2||2||10||6||+4||'''8'''
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|TRI}} [[Joe Public F.C.|Joe Public]]
|6||1||0||5||3||15||−12||'''3'''
|}
|
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! style="width:140px;"|&nbsp;!!width="50"|[[Atlante F.C.|ATL]]!!width="50"|[[C.D. Olimpia|OLI]]!!width="50"|[[Joe Public F.C.|JOE]]!!width="50"|[[Montreal Impact (1992–2011)|MON]]
|-
!style="text-align:right;"|[[Atlante F.C.|Atlante]]
!|–
|title="Atlante v Olimpia"|[[CONCACAF Champions League 2008-09 Group Stage#Atlante v Olimpia|1–0]]
|title="Atlante v Joe Public"|[[CONCACAF Champions League 2008-09 Group Stage#Atlante v Joe Public|0–1]]
|title="Atlante v Montreal Impact"|[[CONCACAF Champions League 2008-09 Group Stage#Atlante v Montreal Impact|2–1]]
|-
!style="text-align:right;"|[[C.D. Olimpia|Olimpia]]
|title="Olimpia v Atlante"|[[CONCACAF Champions League 2008-09 Group Stage#Olimpia v Atlante|1–1]]
!|–
|title="Olimpia v Joe Public"|[[CONCACAF Champions League 2008-09 Group Stage#Olimpia v Joe Public|4–0]]
|title="Olimpia v Montreal Impact"|[[CONCACAF Champions League 2008-09 Group Stage#Olimpia v Montreal Impact|1–2]]
|-
!style="text-align:right;"|[[Joe Public F.C.|Joe Public]]
|title="Joe Public v Atlante"|[[CONCACAF Champions League 2008-09 Group Stage#Joe Public v Atlante|0–2]]
|title="Joe Public v Olimpia"|[[CONCACAF Champions League 2008-09 Group Stage#Joe Public v Olimpia|1–3]]
!|–
|title="Joe Public v Montreal Impact"|[[CONCACAF Champions League 2008-09 Group Stage#Joe Public v Montreal Impact|1–4]]
|-
!style="text-align:right;"|[[Montreal Impact (1992–2011)|Montreal Impact]]
|title="Montreal Impact v Atlante"|[[CONCACAF Champions League 2008-09 Group Stage#Montreal Impact v Atlante|0–0]]
|title="Montreal Impact v Olimpia"|[[CONCACAF Champions League 2008-09 Group Stage#Montreal Impact v Olimpia|1–1]]
|title="Montreal Impact v Joe Public"|[[CONCACAF Champions League 2008-09 Group Stage#Montreal Impact v Joe Public|2–0]]
!|–
|}
|}
*Atlante were ranked ahead of Montreal Impact based on head-to-head record, which is the first tiebreaker.<ref name="regulations"/>

===Group D===
{|
|-
|
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
! style="width:175px;"|Club
!width="20"|Pld
!width="20"|W
!width="20"|D
!width="20"|L
!width="20"|GF
!width="20"|GA
!width="20"|GD
!width="20"|Pts
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|align=left|{{flagicon|MEX}} [[Santos Laguna]]
|6||3||1||2||14||11||+3||'''10'''
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|align=left|{{flagicon|PUR}} [[Puerto Rico Islanders]]
|6||2||2||2||9||10||−1||'''8'''
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|PAN}} [[Tauro F.C.|Tauro]]
|6||2||2||2||9||10||−1||'''8'''
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|GUA}} [[C.S.D. Municipal|Municipal]]
|6||1||3||2||12||13||−1||'''6'''
|}
|
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! style="width:140px;"|&nbsp;!!width="50"|[[Santos Laguna|SAN]]!!width="50"|[[C.S.D. Municipal|MUN]]!!width="50"|[[Puerto Rico Islanders|PRI]]!!width="50"|[[Tauro F.C.|TAU]]
|-
!style="text-align:right;"|[[Santos Laguna]]
!|–
|title="Santos Laguna v Municipal"|[[CONCACAF Champions League 2008-09 Group Stage#Santos Laguna v Municipal|3–2]]
|title="Santos Laguna v Puerto Rico Islanders"|[[CONCACAF Champions League 2008-09 Group Stage#Santos Laguna v Puerto Rico Islanders|3–0]]
|title="Santos Laguna v Tauro"|[[CONCACAF Champions League 2008-09 Group Stage#Santos Laguna v Tauro|3–0]]
|-
!style="text-align:right;"|[[C.S.D. Municipal|Municipal]]
|title="Municipal v Santos Laguna"|[[CONCACAF Champions League 2008-09 Group Stage#Municipal v Santos Laguna|4–4]]
!|–
|title="Municipal v Puerto Rico Islanders"|[[CONCACAF Champions League 2008-09 Group Stage#Municipal v Puerto Rico Islanders|2–2]]
|title="Municipal v Tauro"|[[CONCACAF Champions League 2008-09 Group Stage#Municipal v Tauro|2–2]]
|-
!style="text-align:right;"|{{nowrap|[[Puerto Rico Islanders]]}}
|title="Puerto Rico Islanders v Santos Laguna"|[[CONCACAF Champions League 2008-09 Group Stage#Puerto Rico Islanders v Santos Laguna|3–1]]
|title="Puerto Rico Islanders v Municipal"|[[CONCACAF Champions League 2008-09 Group Stage#Puerto Rico Islanders v Municipal|0–1]]
!|–
|title="Puerto Rico Islanders v Tauro"| [[CONCACAF Champions League 2008-09 Group Stage#Puerto Rico Islanders v Tauro|2–1]]
|-
!style="text-align:right;"|[[Tauro F.C.|Tauro]]
|title="Tauro v Santos Laguna"|[[CONCACAF Champions League 2008-09 Group Stage#Tauro v Santos Laguna|2–0]]
|title="Tauro v Municipal"|[[CONCACAF Champions League 2008-09 Group Stage#Tauro v Municipal|2–1]]
|title="Tauro v Puerto Rico Islanders"|[[CONCACAF Champions League 2008-09 Group Stage#Tauro v Puerto Rico Islanders|2–2]]
!|–
|}
|}
*Puerto Rico Islanders were ranked ahead of Tauro based on head-to-head record, which is the first tiebreaker.<ref name="regulations"/>

==Championship round==
{{main|2008–09 CONCACAF Champions League championship round}}
The draw for the championship round was held on 10 December 2008. In each round, teams will play their opponent once at home and once away. The four group winners from the group stage will play the second leg at home in the quarterfinals. The order of the home and away matches for the semifinals and Finals were determined at the draw.

In all rounds, if two teams are tied after both legs then two 15-minute halves of [[extra time]] are played. If the two teams are still tied on total goals after extra time, a [[Penalty shootout (association football)|penalty shootout]] determines the winner.

===Bracket===
{{8TeamBracket-2Leg| noseeds=y

| team-width=200
| RD1-team1={{flagicon|PUR}} '''[[Puerto Rico Islanders]]'''
| RD1-score1-1=2
| RD1-score1-2=1
| RD1-score1-agg='''3'''
| RD1-team2={{flagicon|HON|1949}} [[C.D. Marathón|Marathón]]
| RD1-score2-1=1
| RD1-score2-2=0
| RD1-score2-agg='''1'''
| RD1-team3={{flagicon|MEX}} '''[[Cruz Azul]]'''
| RD1-score3-1=1
| RD1-score3-2=1
| RD1-score3-agg='''2'''
| RD1-team4={{flagicon|MEX}} [[Club Universidad Nacional|UNAM]]
| RD1-score4-1=0
| RD1-score4-2=0
| RD1-score4-agg='''0'''
| RD1-team5={{flagicon|CAN}} [[Montreal Impact (1992–2011)|Montreal Impact]]
| RD1-score5-1=2
| RD1-score5-2=2
| RD1-score5-agg='''4'''
| RD1-team6={{flagicon|MEX}} '''[[Santos Laguna]]'''
| RD1-score6-1=0
| RD1-score6-2=5
| RD1-score6-agg='''5'''
| RD1-team7={{flagicon|USA}} [[Houston Dynamo]]
| RD1-score7-1=1
| RD1-score7-2=0
| RD1-score7-agg='''1'''
| RD1-team8={{flagicon|MEX}} '''[[Atlante F.C.|Atlante]]'''
| RD1-score8-1=1
| RD1-score8-2=3
| RD1-score8-agg='''4'''
| RD2-team1={{flagicon|PUR}} [[Puerto Rico Islanders]]
| RD2-score1-1=2
| RD2-score1-2=1
| RD2-score1-agg='''3 (2)'''
| RD2-team2={{flagicon|MEX}} '''[[Cruz Azul]]''' ([[Penalty shootout (football)|p]])
| RD2-score2-1=0
| RD2-score2-2=3
| RD2-score2-agg='''3 (4)'''
| RD2-team3={{flagicon|MEX}} [[Santos Laguna]]
| RD2-score3-1=2
| RD2-score3-2=1
| RD2-score3-agg='''3'''
| RD2-team4={{flagicon|MEX}} '''[[Atlante F.C.|Atlante]]'''
| RD2-score4-1=1
| RD2-score4-2=3
| RD2-score4-agg='''4'''
| RD3-team1={{flagicon|MEX}} [[Cruz Azul]]
| RD3-score1-1=0
| RD3-score1-2=0
| RD3-score1-agg=0
| RD3-team2={{flagicon|MEX}} '''[[Atlante F.C.|Atlante]]'''
| RD3-score2-1=2
| RD3-score2-2=0
| RD3-score2-agg='''2'''
}}

===Quarterfinals===
The first legs of the quarterfinals were played from 24 February 2009 to 26 February 2009, while the second legs were played from 3 March 2009 to 5 March 2009.

{{TwoLeg start}}
{{TwoLegResult | [[Houston Dynamo]] | USA | 1–4 | '''[[Atlante F.C.|Atlante]]''' | MEX | [[CONCACAF Champions League 2008–09 championship round#Houston Dynamo v Atlante|1–1]] | [[CONCACAF Champions League 2008–09 championship round#Atlante v Houston Dynamo|0–3]]}}
{{TwoLegResult | [[Montreal Impact (1992–2011)|Montreal Impact]] | CAN | 4–5 | '''[[Santos Laguna]]''' | MEX | [[CONCACAF Champions League 2008–09 championship round#Montreal Impact v Santos Laguna|2–0]] | [[CONCACAF Champions League 2008–09 championship round#Santos Laguna v Montreal Impact|2–5]] }}
{{TwoLegResult | '''[[Puerto Rico Islanders]]''' | PUR | 3–1 | [[C.D. Marathón|Marathón]] | HON | var2=1949 | [[CONCACAF Champions League 2008–09 championship round#Puerto Rico Islanders v Marathón|2–1]] | [[CONCACAF Champions League 2008–09 championship round#Marathón v Puerto Rico Islanders|1–0]] }}
{{TwoLegResult | '''[[Cruz Azul]]''' | MEX | 2–0 | [[Club Universidad Nacional|UNAM]] | MEX | [[CONCACAF Champions League 2008–09 championship round#Cruz Azul v Universidad Nacional|1–0]] | [[CONCACAF Champions League 2008–09 championship round#Universidad Nacional v Cruz Azul|1–0]] }}
|}

===Semifinals===
The first legs of the semifinals were played on 17 March and 18 March 2009, while the second legs were played on 7 April and 8 April 2009.

{{TwoLeg start}}
{{TwoLegResult | [[Puerto Rico Islanders]] | PUR |3–3 (2–4 [[Penalty shootout (football)|p]])| '''[[Cruz Azul]]''' | MEX | [[CONCACAF Champions League 2008–09 championship round#Puerto Rico Islanders v Cruz Azul|2–0]] | [[CONCACAF Champions League 2008–09 championship round#Cruz Azul v Puerto Rico Islanders|1–3]] ([[Extra time|aet]])}}
{{TwoLegResult | [[Santos Laguna]] | MEX | 3–4 | '''[[Atlante F.C.|Atlante]]''' | MEX | [[CONCACAF Champions League 2008–09 championship round#Santos Laguna v Atlante|2–1]] | [[CONCACAF Champions League 2008–09 championship round#Atlante v Santos Laguna|1–3]]}}
|}

===Final===
{{main|2009 CONCACAF Champions League final}}
The two-legged Final was played on 22 April and 12 May 2009.  The second leg was originally scheduled for 29 April, but was postponed until 12 May by CONCACAF due to concerns over an [[2009 swine flu pandemic|outbreak of Swine Flu]] in Mexico.

{{TwoLeg start}}
{{TwoLegResult|[[Cruz Azul]]|MEX|0–2|'''[[Atlante F.C.|Atlante]]'''| MEX|[[2009 CONCACAF Champions League Final#First leg|0–2]]|[[2009 CONCACAF Champions League Final#Second leg|0–0]]}}
|}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; margin: 0 auto; width: 20%"
|-
!CONCACAF Champions League<br />2008–09 champions
|-
|{{flagicon|MEX|size=100px}}
|-
|'''[[Atlante F.C.|Atlante]]'''<br />'''Second title'''
|}

==Top goalscorers==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Rank
!Name
!Club
!Goals
|-
!align=center|1
|{{flagicon|MEX}} [[Javier Orozco]]
|{{flagicon|MEX}} [[Cruz Azul]]
|align=center|7
|-
!rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;"|2
|{{flagicon|MEX}} [[Agustín Enrique Herrera]]
|{{flagicon|MEX}} [[Santos Laguna]]
| rowspan="4" align=center|5
|-
|{{flagicon|MEX}} [[Francisco Palencia]]
|{{flagicon|MEX}} [[Club Universidad Nacional|UNAM]]
|-
|{{flagicon|GUA}} [[Guillermo Ramírez]]
|{{flagicon|GUA}} [[C.S.D. Municipal|Municipal]]
|-
|{{flagicon|GUY}} [[Gregory Richardson]]
|{{flagicon|TRI}} [[Joe Public F.C.|Joe Public]]
|-
!rowspan="8" style="text-align:center;"|6
|{{flagicon|PAN}} [[Brunet Hay]]
|{{flagicon|PAN}} [[Tauro F.C.|Tauro]]
|rowspan="8" align=center|4
|-
|{{flagicon|PAN}} [[Edwin Aguilar]]
|{{flagicon|PAN}} [[Tauro F.C.|Tauro]]
|-
|{{flagicon|ECU}} [[Christian Benítez]]
|{{flagicon|MEX}} [[Santos Laguna]]
|-
|{{flagicon|PAN}} [[Roberto Brown]]
|{{flagicon|CAN}} [[Montreal Impact (1992–2011)|Montreal Impact]]
|-
|{{flagicon|HON|1949}} [[Milton Núñez]]
|{{flagicon|HON|1949}} [[C.D. Marathón|Marathón]]
|-
|{{flagicon|COL}} [[Carlos Quintero]]
|{{flagicon|MEX}} [[Santos Laguna]]
|-
|{{flagicon|MEX}} [[Vicente Matías Vuoso]]
|{{flagicon|MEX}} [[Santos Laguna]]
|-
|{{flagicon|PAR}} [[Pablo Zeballos]]
|{{flagicon|MEX}} [[Cruz Azul]]
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{CONCACAF Champions League seasons}}
{{International club football}}
{{North American club football competitions}}
{{2008–09 in North and Central America, and Caribbean Football (CONCACAF)}}

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