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2021–22 CONCACAF SuperLiga
Estadio Rommel Fernández in Panama City, Panama will host the final
DatesAugust 2021 (qualifying)
September 2021 – May 2022 (competition proper)
Final positions
ChampionsCanada CF Montréal (1st title)
Runners-upUnited States Seattle Sounders

The 2021–22 CONCACAF SuperLiga is the 16th season of North America's secondary club football tournament organised by CONCACAF.

The 2022 CONCACAF SuperLiga Final will be played at the Estadio Rommel Fernández in Panama City, Panama.

This edition of the tournament will feature 32 teams. The knockout stage will still feature 32 teams. 16 teams from group stage, plus eight third place teams in the Champions League and eight group winners from the newly created CONCACAF Confederations League.

Association team allocation

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A total of 215 (expected) teams from all 41 CONCACAF member associations participate in the 2020–21 CONCACAF SuperLiga. The association ranking based on the CONCACF country coefficients is used to determine the number of participating teams for each association:

  • Associations 1–50 (except Liechtenstein) each have three teams qualify.
  • Associations 51–55 each have two teams qualify (starting from this season, with association 51 losing one spot and association 55 gaining one spot).
  • Moreover, 57 teams eliminated from the 2020–21 CONCACAF Champions League are transferred to the Europa League.

Association ranking

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For the 2019–20 CONCACAF SuperLiga, the associations are allocated places according to their 2017 CONCACAF country coefficients, which takes into account their performance in North American competitions from 2014–15 to 2018–19.

Rank Association Coeff. Teams Notes
1   Mexico 106.500 2 +1 (CRL)
2   United States 94.520
3   Costa Rica 73.243
4   Honduras 59.499
5   Canada 59.083 1
6   Panama 54.350 2
8   El Salvador 49.366 1 +1 (CCL)
7   Trinidad and Tobago 52.357 +1 (CCL)
9   Guatemala 46.433
10   Jamaica 36.550 +1 (CCL)
11   Nicaragua 27.075 +1 (CCL)
12   Guyana 25.150 +1 (CCL)
13   Belize 23.745 +2 (CCL)
14   Haiti 23.150 +1 (CCL)
15   Suriname 21.160 +1 (CCL)
16   Puerto Rico 19.175 0
17   Dominican Republic 16.625 +1 (CCL)
18   Curaçao 16.125 +1 (CCL)
19   Cayman Islands 14.875 +1 (CCL)
Rank Association Coeff. Teams Notes
20   Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 13.125 +1 (CCL)
21   Barbados 12.875 +1 (CCL)
22   Antigua and Barbuda 12.425 +1 (CCL)
23   Bermuda 12.250 +1 (CCL)
24   Cascadia 11.750 +1 (CCL)
25   Cuba 11.000
26   Saint Lucia 9.875 +1 (CCL)
27   Dominica 9.500
28   Saint Kitts and Nevis 9.250 +1 (CCL)
29   French Guiana 9.125 +1 (CCL)
30   Aruba 8.500 +1 (CCL)
31   Bahamas 7.375
32   Martinique 6.500 +1 (CCL)
33   Guadeloupe 6.125
34   Turks and Caicos Islands 5.375
35   U.S. Virgin Islands 5.125 +1 (CCL)
36   British Virgin Islands 4.000 +1 (CCL)
37   Grenada 4.000
38   Bonaire 3.750 +1 (CCL)
Rank Association Coeff. Teams Notes
39   Quebec 0 3.625
40   Saint-Martin 3.375
41   Greenland 3.250
42   Anguilla 2.375
43   Acadiana 2.250 +1 (CCL)
44   San Andrés and Providencia 2.167
45   Sint Maarten 2.000 +1 (CCL)
46   Nueva Esparta 1.667
47   Nevis 1.333
48   Statia 1.333
49   Navajo 0.833
50   Iroquois 0.667
51   Saint Barthélemy 0.167
52   Montserrat 0.000
53   Nunavut 0.000
54   Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0.000
55   Saba 0.000
56   Corn Islands 0.000
57   Casqui Islands 0.000

Distribution

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The following is the access list for this season.

Access list for 2021–22 CONCACAF SuperLiga
Teams entering in this round Teams advancing from previous round Teams transferred from Champions League
Third qualifying round Champions Path
(10 teams)
  • 10 teams eliminated from Champions League second qualifying round (Champions Path)
Main Path
(4 teams)
  • 1 domestic cup winner from association 15
  • 3 teams eliminated from Champions League second qualifying round (League Path)
Play-off round
(20 teams)
  • 7 domestic cup winners from associations 8–14
  • 5 winners from the third qualifying round (Champions Path)
  • 2 winners from the third qualifying round (Main Path)
  • 6 teams eliminated from Champions League third qualifying round (Champions Path)
Group stage
(32 teams)
  • 7 domestic cup winners from associations 1–7
  • 1 domestic league fourth-placed team from association 5
  • 4 domestic league fifth-placed teams from associations 1–4
  • 10 winners from the play-off round
  • 4 teams eliminated from Champions League play-off round (Champions Path)
  • 2 teams eliminated from Champions League play-off round (League Path)
  • 4 teams eliminated from Champions League third qualifying round (League Path)
Preliminary knockout round
(16 teams)
  • 8 group runners-up from the group stage
  • 8 group third-placed teams from Champions League group stage
Knockout phase
(16 teams)
  • 8 group winners from the group stage
  • 8 winners from the preliminary knockout round

In the default access list, the title holders of the CONCACAF Confederations League qualify for the group stage. However, since this berth is not used for this season, the following changes to the access list are made:

  • The cup winners of association 7 enter the group stage instead of the play-off round.
  • The cup winners of associations 13 and 14 enter the play-off round instead of the third qualifying round.

Changes will be made to the access list above, if any of the teams that qualify for the SuperLiga via their domestic competitions also qualify for the Champions League as the Champions League or SuperLiga title holders, or if there are fewer teams transferred from the Champions League due to changes in the Champions League access list. In any case where a spot in the SuperLiga is vacated, teams of the highest-ranked associations in earlier rounds will be promoted accordingly.

Teams

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The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:

  • CW: Cup winners
  • 4th, 5th, etc.: League position of the previous season
  • UCL: Transferred from the Champions League
    • GS: Third-placed teams from the group stage
    • CH/LP PO: Losers from the play-off round (Champions/League Path)
    • CH/LP Q3: Losers from the third qualifying round (Champions/League Path)
    • CH/LP Q2: Losers from the second qualifying round (Champions/League Path)

The third qualifying round is divided into Champions Path (CH) and Main Path (MP).

Qualified teams for 2020–21 CONCACAF SuperLiga
Entry round Teams
Preliminary knockout round   Alajuelense (CCL GS)   Bayamón (CCL GS)   Cartaginés (CCL GS)   Santa Lucía (CCL GS)
  Waterhouse (CCL GS)   HFX Wanderers (CCL GS)   Sporting San Miguelito (CCL GS)   León (CCL GS)
Group stage   Guadalajara (8th)   Puebla (9th)[Note MEX]   Seattle Sounders (6th)   New York City FC (7th)[Note USA]
  Herediano (5th)   San Carlos (6th)   Real España (5th)   Honduras Progreso (6th)
  Montreal (LC-3rd)   Tauro (4th)   San Francisco (5th)   Chalatenango (CW)
  Everett Jets (CCL CH PO)   Verdes (CCL CH PO)   FAS (CCL LP PO)   Inter Moengotapoe (CCL LP PO)
  Scherpenheuvel (CCL CH PO)   Grenades (CCL CH PO)   La Horquetta Rangers (CCL LP Q3)   Baltimore (CCL LP Q3)
  Mount Pleasant (CCL LP Q3)   UD Universitario (CCL LP Q3)
Play-off round   Caledonia AIA (CW)   Jalapa (CW)   Tivoli Gardens (3rd)   Juventus (CW)
  Excelsior (CW)   Freedom Fighters (3rd)   Milerock (3rd)   Pinar del Río (CCL CH Q3)
  Scholars International (CCL CH Q3)   Gosier (CCL CH Q3)   O&M (CCL CH Q3)   St. Paul's United (CCL CH Q3)
  Fruta Conquerors (CCL CH Q3)
Third qualifying round CH   Gaffa (CCL CH Q2)   Racing Club Aruba (CCL CH Q2)   Sinnamary (CCL CH Q2)   Academy Jaguars (CCL CH Q2)
  Golden Lion (CCL CH Q2)   Blainville (CCL CH Q2)   Paradise (CCL CH Q2)   Margarita (CCL CH Q2)
  Real Rincon (CCL CH Q2)   Weymouth Wales (CCL CH Q2)
MP   Broki (CW)   Metropolitan (CCL LP Q2)   Managua (CCL LP Q2)   Western Tigers (CCL LP Q2)

Notes

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    Mexico (MEX): Due to the 2020–21 Copa MX being canceled by the COVID-19 pandemic, Puebla qualified for the SuperLiga by having the best regular season aggregate record for a team that has not reached the Apertura or Clausura finals.
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    Suriname (SUR): Notch qualified for the SuperLiga in the vacated 2019 SVB Cup spot, which was won by Inter Moengotapoe, who qualified for the 2020–21 CONCACAF Champions League by finishing second at the time of abandonment of the 2019–20 SVB Topklasse.
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    United States (USA): Due to the 2021 U.S. Open Cup being canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, New York City FC who had the best MLS regular season record of American-based teams that did not already qualify for the SuperLiga or Champions League qualified.

Round and draw dates

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Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, and concerns surrounding the COVID-19 Delta variant on 1 July 2021, CONCACAF announced that for the second season in a row, the qualifying rounds of the Champions League would be single legs at a neutral location to minimize cross-contamination. On 8 July 2021, CONCACAF announced that the qualifying matches would be held at the soccer complex adjacent to IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida, United States (near Tampa) with the third round of qualifying matches being held on 26 August 2021 and the playoff round being held on 29 August 2019. Unvaccinated players would report to the facility at least 10 days ahead of qualification matches and stay on the premises. Vaccinated teams would report to the facility at least five days ahead of qualification. Unlike last year's qualification, qualification matches would be open to the public.

The group stage would return to each team hosting three matches in their home stadium, with three matches on the road. The exception is Haitian teams would play outside of Haiti due to the 2018–2021 Haitian protests unless determined by CONCACAF to meet safety protocols. Match attendance would be determined by local regulations. The knockout round is expected to retain normal procedures.

Schedule for 2021–22 CONCACAF SuperLiga
Phase Round Draw date First leg Second leg
Qualifying Third qualifying round 13 August 2021 26 August 2021
Play-off round 29 August 2021
Group stage Matchday 1 7 September 2021
(New York City)
16 September 2021
Matchday 2 30 September 2021
Matchday 3 21 October 2021
Matchday 4 4 November 2021
Matchday 5 25 November 2021
Matchday 6 9 December 2021
Knockout phase Preliminary knockout round 13 December 2021 17 February 2022 24 February 2022
Round of 16 10 March 2022 17 March 2022
Quarter-finals 26 March 2022 7 April 2022 14 April 2022
Semi-finals 5 May 2022 19 May 2022
Final 1 June 2022 at Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City.

Qualification

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Main: 2021–22 CONCACAF SuperLiga qualifying phase and play-off round

Third qualifying round

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Third qualifying round matches were held on 26 August 2021. Due to the COVID-19 Delta variant, matches were played as a single leg at a neutral venue.

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Champions Path
Racing Club Aruba   1–1 (1–3 p)   Margarita
Paradise   1–2   Weymouth Wales
Academy Jaguars   1–0   Real Rincon
Blainville   2–0   Gaffa
Golden Lion   7–4   Sinnamary
Team 1  Score  Team 2
Main Path
Broki   1–4   Western Tigers
Metropolitan   1–0   Managua

Play-off round

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Play-off round matches were held on 29 August 2021. Due to the COVID-19 Delta variant, matches were played as a single leg at a neutral venue.

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Champions Path
Caledonia AIA   1–0   Margarita
Milerock   4–0   Weymouth Wales
Freedom Fighters   6–3   Gosier
Excelsior   2–0   Golden Lion
Jalapa   5–1   Juventus
Tivoli Gardens   8–2   Academy Jaguars
Fruta Conquerors   2–2 (5–4 p)   Blainville
Scholars International   2–3   Pinar del Río
O&M   2–1   St. Paul's United
Team 1  Score  Team 2
Main Path
Metropolitan   3–1   Western Tigers

Group stage

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Main article: 2021–22 CONCACAF SuperLiga group stage

Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification MTP IMT FRU PDR
1   Mount Pleasant 6 3 1 2 12 8 +4 10 Advance to knockout stage 3–1 1–1 3–0
2   Inter Moengotapoe 6 3 1 2 6 5 +1 10 Advance to preliminary knockout stage 1–0 1–0 2–0
3   Fruta Conquerors 6 2 2 2 10 9 +1 8 Transfer to Confederations League 4–5 2–1 2–0
4   Pinar del Río 6 1 2 3 3 9 −6 5 1–0 0–0 2–2
Source: CONCACAF.com

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification PUE HON FAS MRK
1   Puebla 6 5 0 1 12 6 +6 15 Advance to knockout stage 2–1 2–1 3–0
2   Honduras Progreso 6 3 1 2 11 9 +2 10 Advance to preliminary knockout stage 3–2 1–0 3–1
3   FAS 6 2 0 4 8 10 −2 6 Transfer to Confederations League 1–2 3–2 2–0
4   Milerock 6 1 1 4 4 10 −6 4 0–1 1–1 2–0
Source: CONCACAF.com

Group C

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification SEA SCA SCH GRN
1   Seattle Sounders 6 4 1 1 17 3 +14 13 Advance to knockout stage 2–0 7–1 5–0
2   San Carlos 6 3 2 1 13 5 +8 11 Advance to preliminary knockout stage 2–1 3–0 6–0
3   Scherpenheuvel 6 1 2 3 6 16 −10 5 Transfer to Confederations League 0–2 1–1 2–2
4   Grenades 6 0 3 3 4 16 −12 3 0–0 1–1 1–2
Source: CONCACAF.com

Group D

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification EXC VER O&M ESP
1   Excelsior 6 4 1 1 0 0 0 13 Advance to knockout stage 1–0 2–1 2–3
2   Verdes 6 3 0 3 0 0 0 9 Advance to preliminary knockout stage 2–3 4–0 2–1
3   O&M 6 2 1 3 0 0 0 7 Transfer to Confederations League 1–2 2–0 1–0
4   Real España 6 1 2 3 0 0 0 5 1–1 0–2 1–1
Source: CONCACAF.com

Group E

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification NYC BAL TIV HQA
1   New York City FC 6 4 2 0 0 0 0 14 Advance to knockout stage 3–0 3–0 2–0
2   Baltimore 6 2 2 2 0 0 0 8 Advance to preliminary knockout stage 1–1 2–0 3–1
3   Tivoli Gardens 6 1 3 2 0 0 0 6 Transfer to Confederations League 1–1 2–2 3–2
4   La Horquetta Rangers 6 1 1 4 0 0 0 4 1–2 1–0 1–1
Source: CONCACAF.com

Group F

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification GUA TAU MET CDA
1   Guadalajara 6 4 1 1 20 4 +16 13 Advance to knockout stage 3–0 5–0 8–0
2   Tauro 6 3 1 2 9 10 −1 10 Advance to preliminary knockout stage 2–1 3–2 1–0
3   Metropolitan 6 2 1 3 8 13 −5 7 Transfer to Confederations League 0–0 2–1 4–3
4   Caledonia AIA 6 1 1 4 8 18 −10 4 2–3 2–2 1–0
Source: CONCACAF.com

Group G

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification HDO EVE CTG UNI
1   Herediano 6 2 4 0 4 2 +2 10 Advance to knockout stage 1–1 0–0 1–0
2   Everett Jets 6 1 5 0 4 3 +1 8 Advance to preliminary knockout stage 1–1 1–0 0–0
3   Chalatenango 6 1 3 2 3 3 0 6 Transfer to Confederations League 0–0 1–1 2–0
4   UD Universitario 6 1 2 3 1 4 −3 5 0–1 0–0 1–0
Source: CONCACAF.com

Group H

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification MTL SFO JAL FRE
1   CF Montréal 6 4 0 2 16 7 +9 12 Advance to knockout stage 2–1 3–1 6–2
2   San Francisco 6 4 0 2 12 8 +4 12 Advance to preliminary knockout stage 1–0 2–0 3–2
3   Jalapa 6 4 0 2 9 6 +3 12 Transfer to Confederations League 2–1 2–0 3–0
4   Freedom Fighters 6 0 0 6 6 22 −16 0 0–4 2–5 0–1
Source: CONCACAF.com

Knockout round

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Main article: 2021–22 CONCACAF SuperLiga knockout phase

Bracket

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Knockout round play-offsRound of 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
                            
  Sporting San Miguelito178
  Inter Moengotapoe202
  Sporting San Miguelito000
  Guadalajara055
  Guadalajara134
  Santa Lucía101
  Santa Lucía213
  Honduras Progreso101
  Santa Lucía022 (a)
  Herediano112
  Guadalajara011
  CF Montréal022
  Everett Jets101
  Waterhouse (a.e.t.)022
  Waterhouse011
  CF Montréal (a.e.t.)134
  CF Montréal (p)123 (5)
  New York City FC213 (4)
  Cartaginés123
  San Francisco022
  Cartaginés000
  New York City FC246
21 May – Panama City
  CF Montréal3
  Seattle Sounders2
  Verdes022
  Bayamón011
  Verdes213
  Excelsior011
  Verdes (a.e.t.)213
  Mount Pleasant022
  San Carlos213
  León011
  San Carlos202
  Mount Pleasant (a)112
  Verdes000
  Seattle Sounders224
  Baltimore000
  Alajuelense336
  Alajuelense415
  Puebla224
  Alajuelense123
  Seattle Sounders055
  Tauro101
  HFX Wanderers123
  HFX Wanderers314
  Seattle Sounders246

Preliminary knockout round

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The third place finishers from the Champions League group stage and the runners-up from the SuperLiga group stage will participate in the preliminary knockout round. The first legs will be played on 17 February 2022, and the return legs will be played on 24 February 2022.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Bayamón   1–2   Verdes 0–0 1–2
Santa Lucía   2–1   Honduras Progreso 1–1 1–0
Alajuelense   6–0   Baltimore 3–0 3–0
León   1–3   San Carlos 0–2 1–1
Sporting San Miguelito   8–2   Inter Moengotapoe 1–2 7–0
Cartaginés   3–2   San Francisco 1–0 2–2
HFX Wanderers   3–1   Tauro 1–1 2–0
Waterhouse   2–1   Everett Jets 0–1 2–0 (a.e.t.)

Round of 16

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The preliminary knockout round winners and the group winners from the SuperLiga group stage will participate in the round of 16. The first legs will be played on 10 March 2022, and the return legs will be played on 17 March 2022.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Herediano   2–2 (a)   Santa Lucía 0–1 2–1
Guadalajara   5–0   Sporting San Miguelito 0–0 5–0
Mount Pleasant   2–2 (a)   San Carlos 1–2 1–0
Puebla   4–5   Alajuelense 2–4 2–1
Seattle Sounders   6–4   HFX Wanderers 2–3 4–1
CF Montréal   4–1   Waterhouse 1–0 3–1
New York City FC   6–0   Cartaginés 2–0 4–0
Excelsior   1–3   Verdes 0–2 1–1

Quarterfinals

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The round of 16 winners will participate in the quarterfinals. The first legs will be played on 7 April 2022, and the return legs will be played on 14 April 2022.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Guadalajara   4–1   Santa Lucía 1–1 3–0
Mount Pleasant   2–3   Verdes 0–2 2–1 (a.e.t.)
Seattle Sounders   5–3   Alajuelense 0–1 5–2
CF Montréal   3–3 (5–4 p)   New York City FC 1–2 2–1

Semifinals

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The quarterfinal winners will participate in the semifinals. The first legs will be played on 28 April 2022, and the return legs will be played on 5 May 2022.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
CF Montréal   2–1   Guadalajara 0–0 2–1
Seattle Sounders   4–0   Verdes 2–0 2–0

Final

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The final will be played on 21 May 2022.

CF Montréal  3–2  Seattle Sounders
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See also

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