2012 CONCACAF Champions League final

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{{Infobox football match

|title=2012 CONCACAF Champions League final

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|event=2011–12 CONCACAF Champions League

|team1=Monterrey

|team1association={{flagicon|MEX|size=30px}}

|team1score=3

|team2=Santos Laguna

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|details=on aggregate

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|date1=18 April 2012

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|date2=25 April 2012

|stadium2=Estadio Corona

|city2=Torreón

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The 2012 CONCACAF Champions League final was the final of the 2011–12 CONCACAF Champions League, the 4th edition of the CONCACAF Champions League under its current format, and overall the 47th edition of the premium football club competition organized by CONCACAF, the regional governing body of North America, Central America, and the Caribbean.

The final was contested in a two-leg aggregate format on 18 and 25 April 2012, between two Mexican teams, Monterrey and Santos Laguna. After winning the first leg 2–0,{{cite web|url=http://www.concacafchampions.com/page/CL/NewsDetail/0,,12856~2740390,00.html|title=Suazo's pair gives Monterrey first leg 2-0|publisher=CONCACAF.com|date=2012-04-18|access-date=2012-04-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120425221622/http://www.concacafchampions.com/page/CL/NewsDetail/0,,12856~2740390,00.html|archive-date=2012-04-25|url-status=dead}} a 2–1 loss in the second leg gave Monterrey the title 3–2 on aggregate.{{cite web|url=http://www.concacafchampions.com/page/CL/NewsDetail/0,,12856~2749383,00.html|title=Cardozo gives Monterrey second CCL title|publisher=CONCACAF.com|date=2012-04-25|access-date=2012-04-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120502181644/http://www.concacafchampions.com/page/CL/NewsDetail/0,,12856~2749383,00.html|archive-date=2012-05-02|url-status=dead}} As a result, Monterrey earned the right to represent CONCACAF at the 2012 FIFA Club World Cup, entering at the quarterfinal stage.{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/clubworldcup/news/newsid=1624921/index.html

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120513095816/http://www.fifa.com/clubworldcup/news/newsid=1624921/index.html

|url-status=dead

|archive-date=May 13, 2012

|title= Monterrey reign among regional elite|date=3 May 2012 |work=FIFA.com|accessdate=13 December 2012 }}

Background

For the third time in four seasons of the CONCACAF Champions League, the final was played between two Mexican sides. This guaranteed a Mexican champion for the seventh straight year and 28th time since the confederation began staging the tournament in 1962 (including the tournament's predecessor, the CONCACAF Champions' Cup).{{cite web|url=http://www.concacafchampions.com/page/CL/NewsDetail/0,,12856~2737823,00.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120722163936/http://www.concacafchampions.com/page/CL/NewsDetail/0,,12856~2737823,00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-07-22|title=Rayados, Santos to give Mexico 28th title|author=Dylan Butler|publisher=CONCACAF.com|date=2012-04-16}}

Monterrey were the defending champions, winning the title in 2010–11 after beating Real Salt Lake in the final. They defeated two Mexican sides in the knockout round.

Santos Laguna's previous best record was in 2008–09 when they reached the semifinals. Santos Laguna defeated two teams from Major League Soccer in the knockout round, scoring 6 goals in each of the two home victories.

Both teams qualified for the CONCACAF Champions League tournament by reaching the final of the Torneo Apertura 2010 in which Monterrey won with a score of 5–3.

Road to the final

{{details|2011–12 CONCACAF Champions League}}

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colspan=4|{{flagicon|MEX}} Monterrey

!Round

!colspan=4|{{flagicon|MEX}} Santos Laguna

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|Opponent

|Agg.

|1st leg

|2nd leg

|rowspan=2|Preliminary round

|Opponent

|Agg.

|1st leg

|2nd leg

colspan=4|Bye

|align=left|{{flagicon|HON|1949}} Olimpia

|4–3

|3–1 (H)

|1–2 (A)

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|Opponent

|colspan=3|Result

|Group stage

|Opponent

|colspan=3|Result

align=left|{{flagicon|CRC}} Herediano

|colspan=3|5–0 (A)

|bgcolor=#c1e0ff|Matchday 1

|align=left|{{flagicon|HON|1949}} Real España

|colspan=3|3–2 (H)

align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} Seattle Sounders FC

|colspan=3|0–1 (H)

|bgcolor=#c1e0ff|Matchday 2

|align=left|{{flagicon|SLV}} Isidro Metapán

|colspan=3|0–2 (A)

align=left|{{flagicon|GUA}} Comunicaciones

|colspan=3|0–1 (A)

|bgcolor=#c1e0ff|Matchday 3

|align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} Colorado Rapids

|colspan=3|4–1 (A)

align=left|{{flagicon|GUA}} Comunicaciones

|colspan=3|3–1 (H)

|bgcolor=#c1e0ff|Matchday 4

|align=left|{{flagicon|SLV}} Isidro Metapán

|colspan=3|6–0 (H)

align=left|{{flagicon|CRC}} Herediano

|colspan=3|1–0 (H)

|bgcolor=#c1e0ff|Matchday 5

|align=left|{{flagicon|HON|1949}} Real España

|colspan=3|1–1 (A)

align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} Seattle Sounders FC

|colspan=3|2–1 (A)

|bgcolor=#c1e0ff|Matchday 6

|align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} Colorado Rapids

|colspan=3|2–0 (H)

colspan=4 align=center valign=top|Group D winner

{|class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"

width="175"|Team

!width="20"|Pld

!width="20"|W

!width="20"|D

!width="20"|L

!width="20"|GF

!width="20"|GA

!width="20"|GD

!width="20"|Pts

align=left|{{flagicon|MEX}} Monterrey

|6

402114+712
align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} Seattle Sounders FC

|6

312107+310
align=left|{{flagicon|GUA}} Comunicaciones

|6

213813−57
align=left|{{flagicon|CRC}} Herediano

|6

204611−56

|bgcolor=#c1e0ff|Final standings

|colspan=4 align=center valign=top|Group B winner

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width="175"|Team

!width="20"|Pld

!width="20"|W

!width="20"|D

!width="20"|L

!width="20"|GF

!width="20"|GA

!width="20"|GD

!width="20"|Pts

align=left|{{flagicon|MEX}} Santos Laguna

|6

411166+1013
align=left|{{flagicon|SLV}} Isidro Metapán

|6

3031015−59
align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} Colorado Rapids

|6

213912−37
align=left|{{flagicon|HON|1949}} Real España

|6

123911−25

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|Opponent

|Agg.

|1st leg

|2nd leg

|Championship round

|Opponent

|Agg.

|1st leg

|2nd leg

|-

|align=left|{{flagicon|MEX}} Morelia

|7–2

|3–1 (A)

|4–1 (H)

|bgcolor=#c1e0ff|Quarterfinals

|align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} Seattle Sounders FC

|7–3

|1–2 (A)

|6–1 (H)

|-

|align=left|{{flagicon|MEX}} UNAM

|4–1

|3–0 (H)

|1–1 (A)

|bgcolor=#c1e0ff|Semifinals

|align=left|{{flagicon|CAN}} Toronto FC

|7–3

|1–1 (A)

|6–2 (H)

|}

Rules

Like other match-ups in the knockout round, the teams played two games, one at each team's home stadium. If the teams remained tied after 90 minutes of play during the 2nd leg, the away goals rule would be used, but not after a tie enters extra time, and so a tie would be decided by penalty shootout if the aggregate score is level after extra time.{{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=2012-04-28|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}}

Final summary

=First leg=

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|time=21:00 UTC−05:00

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|goals1=Suazo {{goal|60||86}}

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|colspan="4"|MONTERREY:

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GK1{{flagicon|MEX}} Jonathan Orozco
RB2{{flagicon|MEX}} Severo Meza
CB15{{flagicon|ARG}} José María Basanta
CB21{{flagicon|MEX}} Hiram Mier
LB5{{flagicon|MEX}} Dárvin Chávez
CM8{{flagicon|MEX}} Luis Ernesto Pérez (c)
CM17{{flagicon|MEX}} Jesús Zavala{{suboff|58}}
CM10{{flagicon|MEX}} Ángel Reyna
RF7{{flagicon|CHI}} Humberto Suazo{{yel|4}}
CF9{{flagicon|MEX}} Aldo de Nigris{{suboff|88}}
LF18{{flagicon|ARG}} Neri Cardozo{{yel|10}}{{suboff|71}}
colspan=3|Substitutes:
FW13{{flagicon|MEX}} Darío Carreño{{subon|58}}
MF20{{flagicon|ECU}} Walter Ayoví{{subon|71}}
DF6{{flagicon|MEX}} Héctor Morales{{subon|88}}
colspan=3|Manager:
colspan=4|{{flagicon|MEX}} Víctor Manuel Vucetich

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|colspan="4"|SANTOS LAGUNA:

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GK1{{flagicon|MEX}} Oswaldo Sánchez (c)
RB23{{flagicon|PAN}} Felipe Baloy{{yel|40}}
CB5{{flagicon|MEX}} Aarón Galindo
CB4{{flagicon|MEX}} Jorge Iván Estrada
LB20{{flagicon|MEX}} Osmar Mares{{yel|73}}
DM8{{flagicon|MEX}} Juan Pablo Rodríguez
CM6{{flagicon|ESP}} Marc Crosas{{suboff|86}}
CM37{{flagicon|MEX}} Cándido Ramírez{{suboff|63}}
FW16{{flagicon|USA}} Herculez Gomez
FW3{{flagicon|COL}} Carlos Quintero{{suboff|83}}
FW13{{flagicon|ECU}} Christian Suárez
colspan=3|Substitutes:
DF28{{flagicon|MEX}} Carlos Adrián Morales{{subon|63}}
MF10{{flagicon|ARG}} Daniel Ludueña{{subon|83}}
MF17{{flagicon|MEX}} Rodolfo Salinas{{yel|88}}{{subon|86}}
colspan=3|Manager:
colspan=4|{{flagicon|MEX}} Benjamín Galindo

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Assistant referees:


Marvin Torrentera (Mexico)


Marcos Quintero (Mexico)


Fourth official:


Ricardo Arellano (Mexico)

=Second leg=

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Peralta {{goal|51}}

|goals2=Cardozo {{goal|82}}

|stadium=Estadio Corona, Torreón

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|referee=Roberto García (Mexico)

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|colspan="4"|SANTOS LAGUNA:

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GK1{{flagicon|MEX}} Oswaldo Sánchez (c)
RB19{{flagicon|MEX}} Rafael Figueroa
CB5{{flagicon|MEX}} Aarón Galindo
CB4{{flagicon|MEX}} Jorge Iván Estrada
LB14{{flagicon|MEX}} César Ibáñez
DM8{{flagicon|MEX}} Juan Pablo Rodríguez
CM10{{flagicon|ARG}} Daniel Ludueña{{yel|45+2}}{{suboff|57}}
CM17{{flagicon|MEX}} Rodolfo Salinas{{suboff|84}}
FW24{{flagicon|MEX}} Oribe Peralta
FW3{{flagicon|COL}} Carlos Quintero
FW13{{flagicon|ECU}} Christian Suárez{{suboff|73}}
colspan=3|Substitutes:
MF16{{flagicon|USA}} Herculez Gómez{{subon|57}}
DF28{{flagicon|MEX}} Carlos Adrián Morales{{subon|73}}
MF10{{flagicon|MEX}} Cándido Ramírez{{subon|84}}
colspan=3|Manager:
colspan=4|{{flagicon|MEX}} Benjamín Galindo

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|colspan="4"|MONTERREY:

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GK1{{flagicon|MEX}} Jonathan Orozco{{yel|7}}
RB2{{flagicon|MEX}} Severo Meza
CB15{{flagicon|ARG}} José María Basanta
CB21{{flagicon|MEX}} Hiram Mier
LB5{{flagicon|MEX}} Dárvin Chávez
CM8{{flagicon|MEX}} Luis Ernesto Pérez (c){{yel|90+1}}
CM17{{flagicon|MEX}} Jesús Zavala{{yel|33}}
CM10{{flagicon|MEX}} Ángel Reyna{{suboff|65}}
RF19{{flagicon|ARG}} César Delgado{{suboff|84}}
CF9{{flagicon|MEX}} Aldo de Nigris{{yel|5}}{{suboff|87}}
LF18{{flagicon|ARG}} Neri Cardozo
colspan=3|Substitutes:
MF20{{flagicon|ECU}} Walter Ayoví{{subon|65}}
FW13{{flagicon|MEX}} Darío Carreño{{subon|84}}
DF6{{flagicon|MEX}} Héctor Morales{{subon|87}}
colspan=3|Manager:
colspan=4|{{flagicon|MEX}} Víctor Manuel Vucetich

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|

Assistant referees:


José Luis Camargo (Mexico)


Alberto Morín (Mexico)


Fourth official:


Mauricio Morales (Mexico)

References

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