2013–14 CONCACAF Champions League

{{location map+|CONCACAF|float=right|width=600|caption=Location of teams of the 2013–14 CONCACAF Champions League
8px Brown: Group 1; 8px Red: Group 2; 8px Orange: Group 3; 8px Yellow: Group 4;
8px Green: Group 5; 8px Blue: Group 6; 8px Purple: Group 7; 8px Pink: Group 8.|places=

{{Location map~|CONCACAF|lat=19.433333|long=-99.133333|label_size=80|label=Mexico City|mark=Black pog.svg|position=bottom}}

{{location map~|CONCACAF|lat=32.506067|long=-116.993092|label_size=80|label=Tijuana|mark=Purple pog.svg|position=bottom}}

{{location map~|CONCACAF|lat=19.287286|long=-99.666794|label_size=80|label=Toluca|mark=Blue pog.svg|position=left}}

{{location map~|CONCACAF|lat=33.864444|long=-118.261111|label_size=80|label=LA Galaxy|mark=Pink pog.svg|position=right}}

{{location map~|CONCACAF|lat=37.350556|long=-121.936667|label_size=80|label=San Jose
Earthquakes|mark=Green pog.svg|position=right}}

{{location map~|CONCACAF|lat=29.7522|long=-95.3524|label_size=80|label=Houston
Dynamo|mark=Brown pog.svg|position=left}}

{{location map~|CONCACAF|lat=39.1218|long=-94.8237|label_size=80|label=Sporting
Kansas City|mark=Red pog.svg|position=right}}

{{location map~|CONCACAF|lat=45.563056|long=-73.5525|label_size=80|label=Montreal
Impact|mark=Green pog.svg|position=left}}

{{Location map~|CONCACAF|lat=10|long=-84|label_size=80|label=Costa Rica|mark=Black pog.svg|position=left}}

{{location map~|CONCACAF|lat=14.098403|long=-87.203978|label_size=80|label=Olimpia|mark=Red pog.svg|position=right}}

{{location map~|CONCACAF|lat=15.786107|long=-86.785945|label_size=80|label=Victoria|mark=Purple pog.svg|position=top}}

{{location map~|CONCACAF|lat=14.676078|long=-90.488547|label_size=80|label=Comunicaciones|mark=Blue pog.svg|position=left}}

{{location map~|CONCACAF|lat=16.981944|long=-89.903889|label_size=80|label=Heredia|mark=Green pog.svg|position=left}}

{{Location map~|CONCACAF|lat=9|long=-80|label_size=80|label=Panama|mark=Black pog.svg|position=bottom}}

{{Location map~|CONCACAF|lat=13.683333|long=-89.183333|label_size=80|label=El Salvador|mark=Black pog.svg|position=left}}

{{location map~|CONCACAF|lat=13.097778|long=-86.353056|label_size=80|label=Real Estelí|mark=Red pog.svg|position=bottom}}

{{location map~|CONCACAF|lat=18.533333|long=-72.333333|label_size=80|label=Valencia|mark=Orange pog.svg|position=bottom}}

{{Location map~|CONCACAF|lat=10.6|long=-61.1|label_size=80|label=Trinidad and Tobago|mark=Black pog.svg|position=top}}

{{Location map~ |Europe |mark=TransparentPlaceholder.png |marksize=1 |lat=65 |long=55 |label_size=80 |label=

{{nowrap|Mexico City teams}}

{{nowrap|8px América

8px Cruz Azul}}

{{nowrap|Costa Rica teams}}

{{nowrap|8px Alajuelense
8px Cartaginés
8px Herediano}}

{{nowrap|El Salvador teams}}

{{nowrap|8px Firpo

8px Metapán}}

{{nowrap|Panama teams}}

{{nowrap|8px Árabe Unido

8px Sporting San Miguelito}}

{{nowrap|Trinidad and Tobago teams}}

{{nowrap|8px Caledonia AIA

8px W Connection}}

|position=right}}

}}

Twenty-four teams participate in the CONCACAF Champions League: nine from the North American Zone, twelve from the Central American Zone, and three from the Caribbean Zone.

Clubs may be disqualified and replaced by a club from another association if the club does not have an available stadium that meets CONCACAF regulations for safety. If a club's own stadium fails to meet the set standards then it may find a suitable replacement stadium within its own country. However, if it is still determined that the club cannot provide the adequate facilities then it runs the risk of being replaced.

Nine teams from the North American Football Union qualify to the Champions League. Mexico and the United States are each allocated four spots, the most of any of the CONCACAF's member associations, while Canada is granted one spot in the tournament.

For Mexico, the winners of the Liga MX Apertura and Clausura tournaments earn berths in Pot A of the tournament's group stage, while the Apertura and Clausura runners-up earn berths in Pot B.

For the United States, three spots are allocated through the Major League Soccer (MLS) regular season and playoffs; the fourth spot is allocated to the winner of its domestic cup competition, the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup. The MLS Cup winner and the Supporters' Shield winner (if U.S.-based) are placed in Pot A; the MLS Cup runner-up (if U.S.-based) and the U.S. Open Cup winner are placed in Pot B. If any of the above spots are taken by a Canada-based MLS team, the Champions League place is allocated to the U.S.-based team with the best MLS regular season record who has failed to otherwise qualify.

For Canada, the winner of the domestic cup competition, the Voyageurs Cup competed for in the Canadian Championship, earns the lone Canadian berth into the tournament, in Pot B.

Twelve teams from the Central American Football Union qualify to the Champions League. The allocation is as follows: two teams from each of Costa Rica, Honduras, Guatemala, Panama and El Salvador, and one team from each of Nicaragua and Belize.

For the Central American teams that qualify via split seasons, the aggregate record of the two tournaments within the season is used to determine which team gains the association's top spot. The pots of the teams are as follows:

• The top teams from the leagues of Costa Rica, Honduras, Guatemala and Panama are placed in Pot A.
• The top team from the league of El Salvador, and the second teams from the leagues of Costa Rica and Honduras are placed in Pot B.
• The second teams from the leagues of Guatemala, Panama and El Salvador, and the teams from the leagues of Nicaragua and Belize are placed in Pot C.

If one or more clubs is precluded, it is supplanted by a club from another Central American association. The reallocation is based on results from previous Champions League tournaments.

Three teams from the Caribbean Football Union qualify to the Champions League. The three berths, in Pot C, are allocated to the top three finishers of the CFU Club Championship, a subcontinental tournament for clubs from associations of the Caribbean Football Union. In order for a team to qualify for the CFU Club Championship, they usually need to finish as the champion or runner-up of their respective association's league in the previous season, but professional teams may also be selected by their associations if they play in the league of another country.

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

The following teams qualified for the tournament.

In the following table, the number of appearances, last appearance, and previous best result count only those in the CONCACAF Champions League era starting from 2008–09 (not counting those in the era of the Champions' Cup from 1962 to 2008).

;Notes

{{Cnote2 Begin}}

{{Cnote2|A|Montreal Impact's previous appearance in 2008–09 was made by an earlier incarnation of the franchise with the same name, which played in the USL First Division. The current MLS club began play in 2012.}}

{{Cnote2|B|Because Belize could not provide a stadium which met CONCACAF'S minimum standards for the Champions League, the berth normally reserved for Belize was reallocated to Costa Rica, based on the results of the 2012–13 CONCACAF Champions League.{{cite web|url=http://www.aldia.cr/futbol-costa-rica/cartagines/Uncaf-participacion-Cartagines-Liga-Campeones_0_143985618.html|title=Concacaf confirma presencia de Cartaginés en la Liga de Campeones|publisher=aldia.cr|date=29 May 2013|language=Spanish}}}}

{{Cnote2|C|n=3|No final round was played in the 2013 CFU Club Championship. W Connection and Valencia, the two first round group winners, and Caledonia AIA, the playoff round winner between the two first round group runners-up, qualified for the 2013–14 CONCACAF Champions League.}}

{{Cnote2 End}}

The draw for the group stage was held on June 3, 2013 at Doral, Florida, United States.{{cite web|url=http://www.mlssoccer.com/ccl/news/article/2013/05/30/ccl-24-team-field-nearly-set-upcoming-2013-14-tournament-draw-scheduled-june|title=CCL: 24-team field nearly set for upcoming 2013-14 tournament, draw scheduled for June 3|publisher=mlssoccer.com|date=May 30, 2013|access-date=June 2, 2013|archive-date=September 7, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140907093904/http://www.mlssoccer.com/ccl/news/article/2013/05/30/ccl-24-team-field-nearly-set-upcoming-2013-14-tournament-draw-scheduled-june|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://www.concacaf.com/article/2013-14-concacaf-champions-league-draw-takes-place-in-miami|title=2013-14 CONCACAF Champions League Draw Takes Place in Miami|publisher=CONCACAF.com|date=June 3, 2013|access-date=2013-07-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130709144001/http://www.concacaf.com/article/2013-14-concacaf-champions-league-draw-takes-place-in-miami|archive-date=2013-07-09|url-status=dead}}

The 24 teams were drawn into eight groups of three, with each group containing one team from each of the three pots. The allocation of teams into pots was based on their national association and qualifying berth. Teams from the same association (excluding "wildcard" teams which replace a team from another association) could not be drawn with each other in the group stage, and each group was guaranteed to contain a team from either the United States or Mexico, meaning U.S. and Mexican teams could not play each other in the group stage.{{cite web|url=http://www.concacaf.com/article/concacaf-champions-league-20132014-regulations|title=CONCACAF Champions League 2013/2014 Regulations|publisher=CONCACAF.com|date=June 4, 2013|access-date=2013-08-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130710183301/http://www.concacaf.com/article/concacaf-champions-league-20132014-regulations|archive-date=2013-07-10|url-status=dead}}

The schedule of the competition was as follows.{{cite web|url=http://www.concacaf.com/article/concacaf-champions-league-announces-2013-14-schedule|title=CONCACAF Champions League Announces 2013-14 Schedule|publisher=CONCACAF.com|date=July 1, 2013|access-date=2013-07-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130707014950/http://www.concacaf.com/article/concacaf-champions-league-announces-2013-14-schedule|archive-date=2013-07-07|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://www.concacaf.com/article/2013-14-concacaf-champions-league-quarterfinals-schedule-set|title=2013-14 CONCACAF Champions League Quarterfinals Schedule Set|publisher=CONCACAF.com|date=January 6, 2014|access-date=2014-01-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140110105615/http://www.concacaf.com/article/2013-14-concacaf-champions-league-quarterfinals-schedule-set|archive-date=2014-01-10|url-status=dead}}

{{Main article|2013–14 CONCACAF Champions League group stage}}

In the group stage, each group was played on a home-and-away round-robin basis. The winners of each group advanced to the championship stage.

{{anchor|Tiebreakers}}

;Tiebreakers

The teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:

1. Greater number of points earned in matches between the teams concerned
2. Greater goal difference in matches between the teams concerned
3. Greater number of goals scored away from home in matches between the teams concerned
4. Reapply first three criteria if two or more teams are still tied
5. Greater goal difference in all group matches
6. Greater number of goals scored in group matches
7. Greater number of goals scored away in all group matches
8. Drawing of lots

{{:2013–14 CONCACAF Champions League group stage|transcludesection=Group 1}}

{{:2013–14 CONCACAF Champions League group stage|transcludesection=Group 2}}

{{:2013–14 CONCACAF Champions League group stage|transcludesection=Group 3}}

{{:2013–14 CONCACAF Champions League group stage|transcludesection=Group 4}}

{{:2013–14 CONCACAF Champions League group stage|transcludesection=Group 5}}

{{:2013–14 CONCACAF Champions League group stage|transcludesection=Group 6}}

{{:2013–14 CONCACAF Champions League group stage|transcludesection=Group 7}}

{{:2013–14 CONCACAF Champions League group stage|transcludesection=Group 8}}

{{Main article|2013–14 CONCACAF Champions League championship stage}}

In the championship stage, the eight teams played a single-elimination tournament. Each tie was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. The away goals rule was used if the aggregate score was level after normal time of the second leg, but not after extra time, and so a tie was decided by penalty shoot-out if the aggregate score was level after extra time of the second leg.

{{trim|{{#section-h:2013–14 CONCACAF Champions League championship stage|Seeding}}}}

{{trim|{{#section-h:2013–14 CONCACAF Champions League championship stage|Bracket}}}}

{{TwoLegStart}}

{{TwoLegResult|San Jose Earthquakes|USA|2–2 (4–5 p)|Toluca|MEX|1–1|1–1 {{aet}}}}

{{TwoLegResult|Sporting Kansas City|USA|2–5|Cruz Azul|MEX|1–0|1–5}}

{{TwoLegResult|LA Galaxy|USA|3–4|Tijuana Xolos|MEX|1–0|2–4}}

{{TwoLegResult|Alajuelense|CRC|2–0|Árabe Unido|PAN|0–0|2–0}}

{{end}}

{{TwoLegStart}}

{{TwoLegResult|Alajuelense|CRC|0–3|Toluca|MEX|0–1|0–2}}

{{TwoLegResult|Tijuana Xolos|MEX|1–2|Cruz Azul|MEX|1–0|0–2}}

{{end}}

{{Main article|2014 CONCACAF Champions League final}}

{{TwoLegStart}}

{{TwoLegResult|Cruz Azul|MEX|1–1 (a)|Toluca|MEX|0–0|1–1}}

{{end}}

{{small|Source:{{Cite web|title=CONCACAF Champions League — Statistics|url=http://www.concacaf.com/category/champions-league/stats|publisher=CONCACAF.com|access-date=2013-12-26|archive-date=2018-01-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180121102810/http://www.concacaf.com/category/champions-league/stats|url-status=dead}}}}

• 2014 FIFA Club World Cup

{{reflist|2}}

• [http://www.concacaf.com/category/champions-league CONCACAF Champions League], CONCACAF.com

{{CONCACAF Champions League seasons}}

{{2013–14 in North and Central America, and Caribbean football (CONCACAF)}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:2013-14 Concacaf Champions League}}

1