2015–16 CONCACAF Champions League group stage

The 2015–16 CONCACAF Champions League group stage was played from August 4 to October 22, 2015. A total of 24 teams competed in the group stage to decide the eight places in the knockout stage of the 2015–16 CONCACAF Champions League.^[1]

Draw

The draw for the tournament was held on June 1, 2015, 20:00 EDT (UTC−4), at the New World Center in Miami Beach, Florida.^[2] The 24 teams were drawn into eight groups of three, with each group containing one team from each of the three pots.^[3]

For the draw, the 24 teams were seeded into three pots. Teams from the same association (excluding "wildcard" teams which replace a team from another association) were placed in the same pot such that they could not be drawn into the same group:^[4]

• Pot 1 contained two teams from El Salvador, one team each from Canada, Nicaragua, and Belize, and three teams from the Caribbean.
• Pot 2 contained two teams each from Costa Rica, Honduras, Guatemala, and Panama.
• Pot 3 contained four teams each from Mexico and the United States.

The seeding was changed from previous seasons where teams from the same association were placed in different pots.

Pot 1
Isidro Metapán	Santa Tecla	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	Walter Ferretti
Verdes	Central	W Connection	Montego Bay United
Pot 2
Saprissa	Herediano	Olimpia	Motagua
Comunicaciones	Municipal	Árabe Unido	San Francisco
Pot 3
América	Santos Laguna	UANL	Querétaro
LA Galaxy	Seattle Sounders FC	D.C. United	Real Salt Lake

Format

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

Tiebreakers

The teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers would be applied in the following order (Regulations, II. C. Tie-Breaker Procedures):^[1]

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. Greater goal difference in all group matches;
5. Greater number of goals scored in group matches;
6. Greater number of goals scored away in all group matches;
7. Drawing of lots.

Groups

The matchdays were August 4–6, August 18–20, August 25–27, September 15–17, September 22–24, and October 20–22, 2015.^[5][6]

All times U.S. Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−4)

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		SAN	SAP	WCO
1	Santos Laguna	4	3	0	1	12	3	+9	9	Knockout stage		—	6–1	4–0
2	Saprissa	4	2	0	2	8	9	−1	6			2–1	—	4–0
3	W Connection	4	1	0	3	2	10	−8	3			0–1	2–1	—

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Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		UAN	HER	MET
1	UANL	4	2	2	0	5	3	+2	8	Knockout stage		—	0–0	2–1
2	Herediano	4	1	2	1	4	3	+1	5			1–1	—	3–0
3	Isidro Metapán	4	1	0	3	4	7	−3	3			1–2	2–0	—

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Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		QUE	SFO	VER
1	Querétaro	4	2	1	1	11	2	+9	7	Knockout stage		—	2–0	8–0
2	San Francisco	4	2	0	2	11	5	+6	6			2–1	—	8–0
3	Verdes	4	1	1	2	2	17	−15	4			0–0	2–1	—

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Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		LAX	CEN	COM
1	LA Galaxy	4	2	2	0	12	3	+9	8	Knockout stage		—	5–1	5–0
2	Central	4	1	1	2	3	7	−4	4			1–1	—	1–0
3	Comunicaciones	4	1	1	2	2	7	−5	4			1–1	1–0	—

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Group E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		AMÉ	MOT	WAL
1	América	4	3	1	0	9	2	+7	10	Knockout stage		—	4–0	1–0
2	Motagua	4	2	1	1	5	6	−1	7			1–1	—	2–0
3	Walter Ferretti	4	0	0	4	2	8	−6	0			1–3	1–2	—

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Group F

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		SEA	OLI	VAN
1	Seattle Sounders FC	4	2	1	1	6	3	+3	7	Knockout stage		—	2–1	3–0
2	Olimpia	4	2	0	2	3	3	0	6			1–0	—	1–0
3	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	4	1	1	2	2	5	−3	4			1–1	1–0	—

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Group G

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		RSL	MUN	TEC
1	Real Salt Lake	4	3	1	0	4	1	+3	10	Knockout stage		—	1–0	2–1
2	Municipal	4	1	1	2	3	4	−1	4			0–1	—	2–1
3	Santa Tecla	4	0	2	2	3	5	−2	2			0–0	1–1	—

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Group H

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		DCU	ÁRA	MBU
1	D.C. United	4	3	1	0	9	3	+6	10	Knockout stage		—	2–0	3–0
2	Árabe Unido	4	2	0	2	5	4	+1	6			0–1	—	3–0
3	Montego Bay United	4	0	1	3	4	11	−7	1			3–3	1–2	—

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References

External links

• CONCACAF Champions League, CONCACAF.com