2019–20 Copa Premier Centroamericana

2019–20 Copa Premier Centroamericana
Tournament details
Dates	July 2019 – January 2020
Teams	8 (from 5 countries)
Final positions
Champions	Real España (1st title)
Runners-up	Olimpia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	17
Top scorer(s)	Rony Martínez: 5 goals
	2020 →

The 2019 Copa Premier Centroamericana will be the first edition of the Copa Premier Centroamericana.

Invited teams

Association	Team
Costa Rica	Alajuelense
Costa Rica	Herediano
El Salvador	Alianza
Guatemala	Comunicaciones
Guatemala	Municipal
Honduras	Olimpia
Honduras	Real España
Panama	Árabe Unido

Competition format

The competition will be divided into two groups of four. The top two will advance to the semifinals and the winners will compete for the cup.^[1]

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Alianza	3	2	0	1	6	3	+3	6	Advance to Knockout stage
2	Real España	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4	Advance to Knockout stage
3	Alajuelense	3	1	1	1	5	7	−2	4
4	Municipal	3	0	2	1	3	4	−1	2

Updated to match(es) played on 14 July 2019. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

10 July 2019	Alianza	1–0	Municipal	San Salvador, El Salvador
18:30	Olivera 50'			Stadium: Estadio Cuscatlán

10 July 2019	Real España	1–2	Alajuelense	San Pedro Sula, Honduras
20:30	Martínez 17'		Rojas 61' López 89'	Stadium: Estadio General Francisco Morazán Referee: Raúl Castro Zuniga (Honduras)

13 July 2019	Municipal	2–2	Alajuelense	Guatemala City, Guatemala
15:00	Arce 31' Guerra 33' (pen.)		Zavala 62' Montenegro 90+6'	Stadium: Estadio El Trébol Referee: Iván Barton (El Salvador)

13 July 2019	Alianza	1–2	Real España	San Salvador, El Salvador
19:00	Peña 81' (pen.)		Martínez 22' (pen.) Vuelto 82'	Stadium: Estadio Cuscatlán Referee: Benjamin Pineda Avila (Costa Rica)

17 July 2019	Alianza	4–1	Alajuelense	San Salvador, El Salvador
20:00	Peñaranda 48', 90+1' Cerén 57' Óscar Rodríguez 90+4'		McDonald 38'	Stadium: Estadio Cuscatlán Referee: Walter López Castellanos (Guatemala)

20 July 2019	Municipal	1–1	Real España	Guatemala City, Guatemala
	José Mario Rosales 10'		Vuelto 42'

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Comunicaciones	3	2	1	5	1	+4	6	Advance to Knockout stage
2	Olimpia	3	2	1	7	5	+2	6	Advance to Knockout stage
3	Herediano	3	2	1	3	3	0	6
4	Árabe Unido	3	0	3	2	8	−6	0

Updated to match(es) played on 11 July 2019. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

11 July 2019	Olimpia	3–0	Herediano	Tegucigalpa, Honduras
19:00	Garrido 51' Benguché 71' Lacayo 78'			Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Referee: Nelson Salgado (Honduras)

14 July 2019	Comunicaciones	3–0	Olimpia	Guatemala City, Guatemala
11:00	Lombardi 6' Herrera 54' (pen.), 58'			Stadium: Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores

14 July 2019	Herediano	2–0	Árabe Unido	Heredia, Costa Rica
13:00	Rubio 45+1' Galo 85'			Stadium: Estadio Eladio Rosabal Cordero Referee: Walter López Castellanos (Guatemala)

17 July 2019	Árabe Unido	2–4	Olimpia	Colón, Panama
18:00	Cox 6', 81'		Garrido 38' Benguche 53' Alvarado 61' (pen.) Róchez 90+2'	Stadium: Estadio Armando Dely Valdés

18 July 2019	Herediano	1–0	Comunicaciones	Heredia, Costa Rica
15:00	Villalobos 51'			Stadium: Estadio Eladio Rosabal Cordero Referee: Ismael Cornejo (El Salvador)

21 July 2019	Comunicaciones	3–0	Árabe Unido	Guatemala City, Guatemala
	Gordillo 47' García 73' Herrera 90'			Stadium: Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores Referee: Oscar Macías (Mexico)

Knockout stage

Semi-finals

1st-leg

13 November 2019	Real España	2–0	Comunicaciones	San Pedro Sula, Honduras
20:00	Martínez 7' (pen.), 55'			Stadium: Francisco Morazán

13 November 2019	Olimpia	1–0	Alianza	Tegucigalpa, Honduras
6:00	Hernández 44'			Stadium: Tiburcio Carías Andino

2nd-leg

17 November 2019	Comunicaciones	2–1	Real España	Guatemala City, Guatemala
11:00	Chinchilla 45+2' Montes 78' (o.g.)		Benavídez 24'	Stadium: Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores

8 January 2020	Alianza	Not played	Olimpia	San Salvador, El Salvador
				Stadium: Cuscatlán

Final

16 January 2020	Real España	0–0	Olimpia	San Pedro Sula, Honduras
03:00				Stadium: Estadio Olimpico Metropolitano

22 January 2020	Olimpia	0-2	Real España	San Pedro Sula, Honduras
				Stadium: Estadio Olimpico Metropolitano

2019 Copa Premier Centroamericana winners
Real España 1st title

Goalscorers

Rony Martínez: 5 goals

References

^ "Cremas y Rojos participarán en la Copa Premier Centroamérica". LaRed.com.gt. La Red 106.1. Archived from the original on 13 April 2019. Retrieved 12 April 2019.

[1] "Cremas y Rojos participarán en la Copa Premier Centroamérica". LaRed.com.gt. La Red 106.1. Archived from the original on 13 April 2019. Retrieved 12 April 2019.

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