2011–12 CONCACAF Champions League#Preliminary round

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Twenty-four teams participated in the 2011–12 CONCACAF Champions League from the North American, Central American, and Caribbean zones. Nine of the teams came from North America, twelve from Central America, and three from the Caribbean.{{cite web|url=http://www.concacafchampions.com/page/CL/201112/0,,12856,00.html |title=Qualifying 2011/2012 |publisher=CONCACAF.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720084823/http://www.concacafchampions.com/page/CL/201112/0%2C%2C12856%2C00.html |archive-date=2011-07-20 }}

Teams could be disqualified and replaced by a team from a different country if the club didn't have an available stadium that met CONCACAF regulations for safety. If a club's own stadium failed to meet the set standards then it could find a suitable replacement stadium within its own country. However, if it was still determined that the club could not provide the adequate facilities then it ran the risk of being replaced.

A total of nine clubs from the North American Football Union participated in the Champions League. Mexico and the United States were allocated four spots, the most of any CONCACAF nation, while Canada was granted one spot in the tournament.

In Mexico, the winners of the Mexican Primera División Apertura and Clausura tournaments earned direct berths into the group stage of the Champions League, while the tournament runners-up earned berths into the preliminary round.

For the United States, three of its four spots were allocated through the Major League Soccer regular season and playoffs, while the fourth spot was allocated to the winner of the domestic cup competition, the U.S. Open Cup. The U.S. Open Cup winner, along with the MLS Cup runner-up, earned berths into the preliminary round of the tournament. The winner of the Supporters' Shield and MLS Cup were given byes into the group stage.

The winners of Canada's domestic cup competition, the Canadian Championship, earned the lone Canadian berth into the tournament, entering in the preliminary round.

Twelve clubs from the Central American Football Union qualified to the Champions League. If one or more clubs was precluded, it was supplanted by a club from another Central American federation. The reallocation would be based on results from previous Champions League tournaments.

For the Central American representatives that qualified via split seasons, in nations that played a playoff to determine a national champion, the winners gained the nation's top spot. In nations that didn't utilize such methods, total points over both seasons, followed by other tiebreakers, determined which team gained the nation's top spot. The top teams from the leagues of Costa Rica, Honduras, Guatemala and Panama entered the group stage, while their second teams entered the preliminary round. The two teams from the league of El Salvador and the sole representatives from the leagues of Nicaragua and Belize entered the preliminary round.

Three berths in the Champions League's Preliminary Round were allocated to the top three finishers of the CFU Club Championship, a subcontinental tournament for clubs from nations of the Caribbean Football Union. In order for a Caribbean club to qualify for the CFU Club Championship, they needed to finish as the champions (or in some cases, runners-up) in their respective nation's top league in the previous season.

If any Caribbean club was precluded, it was supplanted by the fourth-place finisher from the CFU Club Championship.

Teams in bold qualified directly for the group stage.

• Number of appearances and last appearance count only those in the Champions League era starting from 2008–09 (not counting those in the era of the Champions' Cup from 1962 to 2008).

¹ Berth originally awarded to Belize (Belize Defence Force) but Belize failed CONCACAF stadium requirements, so the spot vacated was awarded to Honduras (Olimpia) based on performance from last season.{{cite web|url=http://www.concacaf.com/page/CL/NewsDetail/0,,12813~2362004,00.html|title=Olimpia awarded fourth straight CCL berth|publisher=CONCACAF.com|date=May 17, 2011|access-date=2011-05-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110521025709/http://www.concacaf.com/page/CL/NewsDetail/0%2C%2C12813~2362004%2C00.html|archive-date=2011-05-21|url-status=dead}}

Like the previous editions, the tournament is divided into three phases:{{cite web|url=http://www.concacaf.com/staticFiles/e6/71/0,,12813~160230,00.pdf|title=CONCACAF Champions League Regulations 2011/2012|publisher=CONCACAF.com|access-date=2011-05-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120924101656/http://www.concacaf.com/staticFiles/e6/71/0,,12813~160230,00.pdf|archive-date=2012-09-24|url-status=dead}}

• In the preliminary round, 16 teams are drawn into eight two-legged home-and-away ties, with each tie containing one team from Pot A and one team from Pot B. The eight winners qualify for the group stage to join the eight teams which directly enter the group stage.
• In the group stage, 16 teams are drawn into four groups of four playing in a round-robin home-and-away format, with each group containing two direct entries (one team from Pot A and one team from Pot B) and two Preliminary Round winners. The top two teams from each group advance to the quarterfinals of the championship round.
• In the championship round, the eight teams play in a knockout tournament, with each tie played in two-legged home-and-away format.

Teams from the same association (excluding "wildcard" teams which replace a team from another association) may not be drawn with each other in the preliminary round and Group Stage, but may be drawn with each other in the championship round, where the only restriction is that in the quarterfinals, a group winner has to be drawn with the runner-up of another group and also host the second leg.

For the two-legged ties of the preliminary round and Championship Round, the away goals rule is used, but not after a tie enters extra time, and so a tie is decided by penalty shootout if the aggregate score is level after extra time.

{{Main|2011–12 CONCACAF Champions League preliminary round}}

The draw for the preliminary round and the group stage was held on May 18, 2011.{{cite web|url=http://www.concacaf.com/page/CL/NewsDetail/0,,12813~2362542,00.html|title=CCL draw pits Monterrey vs. Comunicaciones|publisher=CONCACAF.com|date=May 18, 2011|access-date=2011-05-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110521183222/http://www.concacaf.com/page/CL/NewsDetail/0,,12813~2362542,00.html|archive-date=2011-05-21|url-status=dead}} The first legs of the preliminary round were played July 26–28, 2011, while the second legs were played August 2–4, 2011.

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{{TwoLegResult|Motagua|HON|var1=1949|4–2|Municipal|GUA|4–0|0–2}}

{{TwoLegResult|Morelia|MEX|7–0|Tempête|HAI|5–0|2–0}}

{{TwoLegResult|Isidro Metapán|SLV|3–3 (a)|Puerto Rico Islanders|PUR|2–0|1–3}}

{{TwoLegResult|Santos Laguna|MEX|4–3|Olimpia|HON|var2=1949|3–1|1–2}}

{{TwoLegResult|Alianza|SLV|0–2|FC Dallas|USA|0–1|0–1}}

{{TwoLegResult|Toronto FC|CAN|4–2|Real Estelí|NCA|2–1|2–1}}

{{TwoLegResult|San Francisco|PAN|1–2|Seattle Sounders FC|USA|1–0|0–2 {{aet}}}}

{{TwoLegResult|Herediano|CRC|10–2|Alpha United|GUY|8–0|2–2}}

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{{Main|2011–12 CONCACAF Champions League group stage}}

The Group Stage were played in 6 matchdays during August–October 2011: August 16–18, August 23–25, September 13–15, September 20–22, September 27–29, and October 18–20. The top two teams of each group advanced to the championship round.

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{{Main|2011–12 CONCACAF Champions League championship round}}

The draw for the championship round was held on November 8, 2011.{{cite web|url=http://www.concacaf.com/page/CL/NewsDetail/0,,12813~2510266,00.html|title=CCL Championship Round draw held in NYC|publisher=CONCACAF.com|date=November 8, 2011|access-date=2011-11-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111110094512/http://www.concacaf.com/page/CL/NewsDetail/0,,12813~2510266,00.html|archive-date=2011-11-10|url-status=dead}} In the quarterfinals, the group winners were assured of playing the second leg at home, and were drawn against the group runners-up, with the only restriction being that they could not face the same team that they played in the group stage (and thus they could face a team from the same association).

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The first legs of the quarter-finals were played March 6–8, 2012, and the second legs were played March 13–15, 2012.

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{{TwoLegResult|Seattle Sounders FC|USA|3–7|Santos Laguna|MEX|2–1|1–6}}

{{TwoLegResult|Isidro Metapán|SLV|2–9|UNAM|MEX|2–1|0–8}}

{{TwoLegResult|Toronto FC|CAN|4–3|Los Angeles Galaxy|USA|2–2|2–1}}

{{TwoLegResult|Morelia|MEX|2–7|Monterrey|MEX|1–3|1–4}}

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The first legs of the semi-finals were played March 28, 2012, and the second legs were played April 4, 2012.

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{{TwoLegResult|Toronto FC|CAN|3–7|Santos Laguna|MEX|1–1|2–6}}

{{TwoLegResult|Monterrey|MEX|4–1|UNAM|MEX|3–0|1–1}}

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{{main|2012 CONCACAF Champions League final}}

The first leg of the final was played April 18, 2012, and the second leg was played April 25, 2012.

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{{TwoLegResult|Monterrey|MEX|3–2|Santos Laguna|MEX|2–0|1–2}}

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Source:{{Cite web|title=Champions League 2011/2012 — Topscorers |url=http://concacaf.globalsportsmedia.com/page.php?sport=soccer&language_id=us&page=tournament&view=statistics&season_id=6086 |publisher=CONCACAF.com |access-date=5 April 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120119124736/http://concacaf.globalsportsmedia.com/page.php?sport=soccer&language_id=us&page=tournament&view=statistics&season_id=6086 |archive-date=19 January 2012 }}

For the first time, CONCACAF awarded a Golden Boot trophy to the top scorer and a Golden Ball trophy to the player of the tournament. Humberto Suazo won the Golden Boot over Oribe Peralta by the tie-breaker of scoring more goals over the two-leg final.{{cite web|url=http://www.concacaf.com/page/CL/Video/FeaturesDetail2/0,,12813~2750770,00.html|title=CCL - Golden Boot: Humberto Suazo (Monterrey)|publisher=CONCACAF.com}}{{Dead link|date=August 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Oribe Peralta won the Golden Ball, determined by a combination of fan and media votes.{{cite web|url=http://www.concacaf.com/page/CL/Video/FeaturesDetail2/0,,12813~2750771,00.html|title=CCL - Golden Ball: Oribe Peralta (Santos Laguna)|publisher=CONCACAF.com|access-date=2012-04-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120501174311/http://www.concacaf.com/page/CL/Video/FeaturesDetail2/0,,12813~2750771,00.html|archive-date=2012-05-01|url-status=dead}}

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• [http://www.concacafchampions.com CONCACAF Champions League] official website

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