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57-735: Clubs also compete against continental rivals in the CONCACAF Champions Cup . It was created in 1937 and is headed by the Fédération Haïtienne de Football , the official governing body of football in the country. The champion and runner-up teams of the league's tournaments qualify to participate in the CONCACAF Champions League from the first round of the CFU Club Championship . 20 teams participate in this league and compete for

114-843: A South American equivalent of the European Cup , so that the champion clubs of both continental confederations could decide "the best club team of the world" in the Intercontinental Cup . On March 5, 1959, at the 24th South American Congress held in Buenos Aires , the competition was ratified by the International Affairs Committee. In 1965, it was named in honor of the heroes of South American liberation , such as Simón Bolívar , José de San Martín , Pedro I , Bernardo O'Higgins , and José Gervasio Artigas , among others. Most teams qualify for

171-473: A central location with single leg ties before changing to a home-and-away format in 2002. Four North American zone clubs qualified from Liga MX or Major League Soccer, three Central American clubs from the UNCAF Interclub Cup , and one Caribbean club from the CFU Club Championship . In 2002 and 2003, the tournament consisted of 16 teams with twice as many qualifying from each zone. Since 2005,

228-512: A final – with each being a home-and-away two-legged basis with the away goals rule . However, beginning in 2019, the away goals rule would not be applied for the final round. In February 2021, CONCACAF announced a major overhaul of the tournament which would have included 50 teams and a regional group stage. Twenty teams from North America, twenty from Central America, and ten from the Caribbean would have been divided into groups of five, and

285-703: A football competition endorsed by UEFA and CONMEBOL, contested against the winners of the European Cup (since renamed the UEFA Champions League) Since 2004, the winner has played in the Club World Cup , an international competition contested by the champion clubs from all six continental confederations. It is organized by the Fédération Internationale de Football Association ( FIFA ), the sport's global governing body. Because Europe and South America are considered

342-573: A possible measure to enter the South American Copa Libertadores , a competition organized by CONMEBOL . The competition had several different formats over its lifetime. Initially, only the champions of the North American leagues participated. In 1971, the runners-up of a few North American leagues began to join and the tournament began to be expanded, incorporating round-robin group phases and more teams. During

399-569: A total of 16 teams would advance to the knockout stage. This format was abandoned and was never used. In September of that year, CONCACAF announced an expansion of the tournament to begin in 2024 . The tournament will retain the all-knockout format used since 2018 but will now consist of five rounds and 27 teams participating: Twenty-two clubs will enter the tournament in Round One while five clubs (the winners of MLS Cup, Liga MX, Leagues Cup, Central American Cup, and Caribbean Cup) receive byes to

456-432: Is Saprissa of Costa Rica, with three titles. The only four teams to successfully defend the trophy are all Mexican: América, Cruz Azul, Pachuca and Monterrey . The current champions of the competition are Pachuca, who defeated Columbus Crew in the 2024 final . Each round of competition consists of a two-leg home-and-away series with the winner determined by aggregate goals over both legs. If aggregate goals are equal,

513-733: Is an annual continental club football competition organized by CONMEBOL since 1960. It is the highest level of competition in South American club football. The tournament is named after the Libertadores (Spanish and Portuguese for liberators ), the leaders of the Latin American wars of independence , so a literal translation of its former name into English is " Liberators of the Americas Cup ". The competition has had several formats over its lifetime. Initially, only

570-448: Is determined by the teams' record in the group stage. The quarterfinals match the team with the best record against the team with the worst record, while the second-best team faces the seventh-best, third against sixth and fourth against fifth. The top four teams play the second leg at home. In the semifinals, the winner of 1-vs-8 faces the winner of 4-vs-5, with the 1-vs-8 winner hosting the second leg, and likewise 2-vs-7 plays 3-vs-6, with

627-406: Is played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. 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 a tie is decided by penalty shoot-out if the aggregate score is level after extra time of the second leg. Unlike previous years where a second draw was conducted to set the pairings for the championship stage, the bracket

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684-782: The Caribbean . It is the most important tournament in CONCACAF club football. The winner of the CONCACAF Champions Cup automatically qualifies for the FIFA Club World Cup and the FIFA Intercontinental Cup . The tournament currently uses a knockout format ; it had a group stage prior to the 2018 competition . Unlike its European and South American counterparts, the winner of the CONCACAF Champions Cup does not automatically qualify for

741-813: The InterLiga from 2004 to 2010, respectively). Argentina used an analogous method only once in 1992 . Since 2011, the winner of the Copa Sudamericana has qualified automatically for the following Copa Libertadores. For the 2019 edition , the different stages of the competition were contested by the following teams: Bolivia Ecuador Paraguay Peru Uruguay Venezuela Argentina Bolivia Brazil Chile Colombia Ecuador Paraguay Peru Uruguay Venezuela Argentina Bolivia Brazil Chile Colombia Ecuador Paraguay Peru Uruguay Venezuela The winners of

798-619: The Spanish Apertura , and "F" stands for Fermeture or "C" stands for Clôture (closing), corresponding to the Spanish Clausura . The Haitian Football Federation has an exclusive broadcasting agreement with French premium pay TV channel, Canal+ . The agreement was made official on 7 March 2016, a five-year deal to start at the end of April, 2016. However the financial details are not disclosed. The deal includes coverage and live broadcasts; 15 matches of its choice for

855-435: The away goals rule is applied. If away goals are also equal, the game goes to an extra time period. If it is still tied, the game is decided through a penalty shoot-out. Prior to 2018, the tournament had two parts: a group stage held from August to October, and a knockout phase held from March to May of the following year. The group stage consisted of 24 teams playing in eight groups of three teams each, with each team playing

912-408: The "founding fathers" of the European Cup ), in a 2015 interview with a Brazilian TV sports programme. In 1958, the basis and format of the competition were created by Peñarol 's board leaders. On October 8, 1958, João Havelange announced, at a UEFA meeting he attended as an invitee, the creation of Copa de Campeones de America (American Champions Cup, renamed in 1965 as Copa Libertadores), as

969-492: The 2-vs-7 winner hosting the second leg. In the finals, the team that prevails out of the upper bracket of 1-8-4-5 hosts the second leg. This means that the higher-seeded team does not necessarily host the second leg in the semifinals and finals. In December 2016, Manuel Quintanilla, president of the Nicaraguan Football Federation , spoke of a possible new format for the competition, a statement that

1026-427: The 2016 season as well as interviews before and after each match. Canal+ Haiti, a subsidiary, offers three packages to view games domestically. CONCACAF Champions Cup The CONCACAF Champions Cup (previously known as the CONCACAF Champions League ) is an annual continental club football competition organized by CONCACAF . The tournament is contested by clubs from North America , Central America , and

1083-728: The CONCACAF Executive Committee reported some of the details. The last eight-team Champions' Cup format was used as planned in March and April 2008. Then, a newly expanded 24-team Champions League tournament was conducted starting in August 2008 and concluding in May 2009. The expanded tournament meant that Central American clubs would qualify directly and thus the UNCAF Interclub Cup was ended after 2007. In

1140-539: The Copa Libertadores becomes eligible to play in the FIFA Club World Cup , FIFA Intercontinental Cup and the Recopa Sudamericana . Independiente of Argentina is the most successful club in the cup's history, having won the tournament seven times. Argentine clubs have accumulated the most victories with 25 wins, while Brazil has the largest number of winning teams, with 11 clubs having won

1197-469: The Copa Libertadores by winning half-year tournaments called the Apertura and Clausura tournaments or by finishing among the top teams in their championship. The countries that use this format are Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela. Peru and Ecuador have developed new formats for qualification to the Copa Libertadores involving several stages. Argentina, Brazil and Chile are

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1254-576: The Copa Libertadores, was played and organized by the Chilean club Colo-Colo after years of planning and organization. Held in Santiago , it brought together the champions of each nation's top national leagues. The tournament was won by Vasco da Gama of Brazil . The 1948 South American tournament began, in continent-wide reach, the "champions cup" model, resulting in the creation of the European Cup in 1955, as confirmed by Jacques Ferran (one of

1311-466: The adequate facilities, it runs the risk of being replaced by another team. Real Esteli of Nicaragua failed stadium requirements and was replaced by another team for the 2009–10 and 2010–11 seasons. Estadio Independencia in Nicaragua has since been renovated, including upgrades to stadium lighting, and Nicaraguan teams now participate. The qualifying team from Belize failed stadium requirements and

1368-614: The boards around the perimeter of the field, and boards for pre-game and post-game interviews and press conferences. Nike is also the official provider of game balls and referee uniforms. American Airlines was the title sponsor for the Champions' Cup in the 1990s. The CONCACAF Champions Cup broadcast is also available in South America in all languages on ESPN (Star+) and globally in English through Concacaf GO. Since

1425-564: The champion of the competition gained entry into the FIFA Club World Cup , giving clubs an added incentive for a strong participation and greater interest from fans. At their 2006 November meeting, the CONCACAF Executive Committee decided to "act upon" a proposal at their next meeting by the CONCACAF Secretariat to develop the CONCACAF Champions' Cup into a larger "Champions League" style event. On 14 November 2007,

1482-479: The champions of the South American leagues participated. In 1966, the runners-up of the South American leagues began to join. In 1998, Mexican teams were invited to compete and contested regularly from 2000 until 2016. In 2000 the tournament was expanded from 20 to 32 teams. Today at least four clubs per country compete in the tournament, with Argentina and Brazil having the most representatives (six and seven clubs, respectively). A group stage has always been used but

1539-490: The finals became an exception to the away goals rule and employed extra time. From 1995 onwards, the " Three points for a win " standard, a system adopted by FIFA in 1995 that places additional value on wins, was adopted in CONMEBOL, with teams now earning 3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for a loss. The current tournament features 47 clubs competing over a six- to eight-month period. There are three stages:

1596-430: The first, the second and the knockout stage. The first stage involves 12 clubs in a series of two-legged knockout ties. The six survivors join 26 clubs in the second stage, in which they are divided into eight groups of four. The teams in each group play in a double round-robin format, with each team playing home and away games against every other team in their group. The top two teams from each group are then drawn into

1653-450: The following season's competition. The title has been won by 29 clubs, 14 of which have won the title more than once. Mexican clubs have accumulated the highest number of victories, with 39 titles in total. The second most successful league has been Costa Rica's Primera División , with six titles in total. Mexican side América are the most successful club in the competition's history, with seven titles. The most successful non-Mexican club

1710-572: The following year's Champions League where they would be joined by nine North American teams, the Caribbean Club Championship winner, and five Central American league champions who qualified directly. For the 2019–20 competition cycle, the direct Central American berths were removed and CONCACAF League was expanded so that the top-six clubs would qualify to Champions League. The CONCACAF Champions League under this format had four rounds – round of 16, quarterfinals, semifinals, and

1767-483: The group stage, and each group is guaranteed to contain a team from either the United States or Mexico, meaning U.S. and Mexican teams cannot play each other in the group stage. Each group is played on a home-and-away round-robin basis. The winners of each group advance to the quarterfinal round of the championship stage. In the championship stage, the eight teams play a single-elimination tournament . Each tie

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1824-467: The group stage. Prior to the 2012–13 season, the competition had involved four groups of four, with one Mexican team and one U.S. team in each group. A preliminary round was used to reduce the number of teams from 24 to 16. Prior to 2008, the tournament was called the CONCACAF Champions' Cup , but was usually referred to simply as the Champions' Cup. The competition was initially created as

1881-702: The inaugural edition of the CONCACAF Champions League, the finals have only ever been contested by clubs from Mexico , United States or Canada . The first 14 were won by Mexican clubs. The most recent final was contested by Pachuca and Columbus Crew , with the former winning 3–0. †Title shared. * When sorted by years won or lost, the table is sorted by the year of each team's most recent inaugural win or loss. †Including one title shared. Copa Libertadores The CONMEBOL Libertadores , also known as Copa Libertadores de América ( Portuguese : Copa/Taça Libertadores da América ),

1938-416: The knockout rounds, which consisted of two-legged ties. The final round 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. On January 12, 2012, CONCACAF announced that the 2012–13 tournament would be played under a different format than previous editions, where

1995-462: The knockout stage, which consists of two-legged knockout ties. From that point, the competition proceeds with two-legged knockout ties to quarterfinals, semifinals, and the finals. Between 1960 and 1987 the previous winners did not enter the competition until the semifinal stage, making it much easier to retain the cup. Between 1960 and 2004, the winner of the tournament participated in the now-defunct Intercontinental Cup or (after 1980) Toyota Cup,

2052-488: The national title. Racing CH , with 14 national titles, is the most successful club in the league to date. The following 18 clubs compete in the 2020–21 season. Since 2002 (with the exception of 2012 and 2013), the league has employed a two-stage season with separate champions for both stages, a system found in many Latin American countries. In French-speaking Haiti, "O" stands for Ouverture (opening), corresponding to

2109-445: The new Champions League tournament, 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 qualified directly to 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 advanced to quarterfinals of

2166-478: The number of teams per group has varied. In the present format, the tournament consists of eight stages, with the first stage taking place in late January. The four surviving teams from the first three stages join 28 teams in the group stage, which consists of eight groups of four teams each. The eight group winners and eight runners-up enter the knockout stages, which end with the final in November. The winner of

2223-560: The only South American leagues to use a European league format instead of the Apertura and Clausura format. However, one berth for the Copa Libertadores can be won by winning the domestic cups in these countries. Peru, Uruguay and Mexico formerly used a second tournament to decide qualification for the Libertadores (the "Liguilla Pre-Libertadores" between 1992 and 1997, the "Liguilla Pre-Libertadores de América" from 1974 to 2009, and

2280-470: The opening rounds of the tournament, teams would compete within one of three regional zones: North America, Central America, and the Caribbean. Typically the winner of one zone would receive a bye to the Champions' Cup final while the winner of the other two zones would compete in a semifinal. From 1981, the North and Central American zones were usually combined meaning that the winner of the joint zone would face

2337-423: The other two teams in its group twice. United States and Mexican sides could not be drawn into the same group. The winners of each of the eight groups advanced to the quarterfinals. Each phase of the knockout rounds (quarterfinals, semifinals, finals) consisted of a two-leg home-and-away series with the winner determined by aggregate goal differential. Seeding in the knockout phase was determined by performance during

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2394-457: The preliminary round is eliminated and all qualified teams enter the group stage. In the group stage, the 24 teams are drawn into eight groups of three, with each group containing one team from each of the three pots. The allocation of teams into pots are based on their national association and qualifying berth. Teams from the same association (excluding "wildcard" teams which replace a team from another association) cannot be drawn with each other in

2451-400: The previous season's Copa Libertadores are given an additional entry to the group stage even if they do not qualify for the tournament through their domestic performance; however, if the title holders qualify for the tournament through their domestic performance, an additional entry is granted to the next eligible team, "replacing" the titleholder. Unlike most other football competitions around

2508-487: The prize money paid to clubs was as follows: Each year, the winning team is presented with the CONCACAF Champions Cup trophy. The current trophy design was introduced in 2018. The CONCACAF Champions Cup has several corporate sponsors: Scotiabank (which was a title sponsor of the Champions League from 2014–15 until 2023), Miller Lite , MoneyGram , Maxxis Tires , and Nike . The sponsors' names appear on

2565-531: The round of 16. Teams may qualify for the CONCACAF Champions League through their domestic leagues or cups, or through their regional cup competitions: the Leagues Cup for teams from North America , the Central American Cup for teams from Central America , and a CONCACAF Caribbean Cup for teams from the Caribbean . All matches will include home and away series between the first round to

2622-457: The season, the full name of the winning club, and the city and nation from which the champions hail. To the left of that information is the club logo. Any club which wins three consecutive tournaments has the right to keep the trophy. The current trophy is the third in the history of the competition. Two clubs have kept the actual trophy after three consecutive wins: As of 2023 , clubs in the Copa Libertadores receive US$ 500,000 for advancing into

2679-414: The second stage and US$ 1,000,000 per home match in the group phase, with an additional US$ 300,000 awarded per match won in that stage. That amount is derived from television rights and stadium advertising. The payment per home match increases to US$ 1,250,000 in the round of 16. The prize money then increases as each quarterfinalist receives US$ 1,700,000, US$ 2,300,000 is given to each semifinalist, US$ 7,000,000

2736-418: The semi-finals, with the final being a single match. The CONCACAF League would also cease in 2022 with this new format. On 6 June 2023, it was announced that to coincide with the new format, the competition had been renamed back to CONCACAF Champions Cup. If a club fails to meet the standards for its home stadium , the club must find a suitable stadium in its own country, and if the club fails to provide

2793-623: The strongest centers of the sport, the champions of those continents enter the tournament at the semifinal stage. The winning team also qualifies to play in the Recopa Sudamericana, a two-legged final series against the winners of the Copa Sudamericana . The tournament shares its name with the trophy, also called the Copa Libertadores or simply la Copa , which is awarded to the Copa Libertadores winner. It

2850-414: The third match was drawn. If the third match did not produce an outright winner, a penalty shootout was used to determine a winner. From 1988 onwards, two-legged ties were decided on points, followed by goal difference, with an immediate penalty shootout if the tie was level on aggregate after full-time in the second leg. Starting with the 2005 season, CONMEBOL began to use the away goals rule. In 2008,

2907-546: The title. The cup has been won by 26 clubs, 15 of them have done it more than once, and seven clubs have won two years in a row. The clashes for the Copa Aldao between the champions of Argentina and Uruguay kindled the idea of continental competition in the 1930s. In 1948, the South American Championship of Champions (Spanish: Campeonato Sudamericano de Campeones ), the most direct precursor to

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2964-500: The winner of the Caribbean zone in the final. From 1993 to 1996, three clubs from the North/Central American zone and one club from the Caribbean zone qualified for the final round of the tournament which was held in a central location. After the creation of the United States' Major League Soccer , the competition became an eight-team knockout tournament with zonal qualification. The first four editions were hosted in

3021-420: The world, the Copa Libertadores historically did not use extra time , or away goals . From 1960 to 1987, two-legged ties were decided on points (teams would be awarded 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for a loss), without considering goal differences. If both teams were level on points after two legs, a third match would be played at a neutral venue. Goal difference would only come into play if

3078-525: Was designed by goldsmith Alberto de Gasperi, an Italian-born immigrant to Peru, in Camusso Jewelry in Lima at the behest of CONMEBOL. The top of the laurel is made of sterling silver , except for the football player at the top (which is made of bronze with a silver coating). The pedestal , which contains badges from every winner of the competition, is made of hardwood plywood . The badges show

3135-526: Was later corroborated by Garth Lagerwey , the general manager of Seattle Sounders FC . On 23 January 2017, CONCACAF confirmed the new 16-team format beginning with the 2018 edition, eliminating the group stage which had been employed since the re-branding of the competition to the CONCACAF Champions League in 2008. Under the new CONCACAF competition platform, a new secondary tournament called CONCACAF League would be played from August to December beginning in 2017. The winner of CONCACAF League would qualify to

3192-531: Was replaced by another team in each season from 2009–10 through 2014–15. On 8 April 2015, Mexican side Club América broke the all time CONCACAF Champions League match attendance record when a reported 66,208 spectators gathered at the Estadio Azteca in Mexico City to watch América play Costa Rican club Herediano in the second leg of the semifinals of the 2015 edition of the tournament. This

3249-482: Was surpassed by the Seattle Sounders FC on 4 May 2022, at Lumen Field in the final against UNAM with an announced attendance of 68,741. Starting with the 2024 edition of the competition, the winning club will receive over US$ 5,000,000 in prize money and financial distributions. In addition, the winning club qualifies for the FIFA Club World Cup , which includes additional prize money. In 2022,

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