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The 2008–09 CONCACAF Champions League group stage took place between 16 September 2008 and 26 November 2008. It consisted of 16 clubs arranged into four groups of four with the top-two in each group advancing to the knockout stage.

Tie-breaking criteria

If two teams are tied on points, the following tie-breaking criteria shall be applied, in order, to determine the ranking of teams:^[1]

Greater number of points earned in matches between the teams concerned
Greater goal difference in matches between the teams concerned
Greater number of goals scored away from home in matches between the teams concerned
Reapply first three criteria if two or more teams are still tied
Greater goal difference in all group matches
Greater number of goals scored in group matches
Greater number of goals scored away in all group matches
Drawing of lots

Groups

Key to colours in group tables
Teams that progressed to the knock-out stage

All times local

Group A

Club	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Marathón	6	4	1	1	12	5	+7	13
Cruz Azul	6	3	1	2	8	4	+4	10
Saprissa	6	3	1	2	7	9	−2	10
D.C. United	6	0	1	5	4	13	−9	1

Cruz Azul is ranked ahead of Saprissa based on head-to-head record, which is the first tiebreaker.^[1]

16 September 2008

20:00 EDT (UTC-4)

D.C. United	0–2	Saprissa
	(Report)	Centeno 32' Arrieta 52'

RFK Stadium, Washington, D.C.

Attendance: 6,105

Referee: Marco Rodríguez (Mexico)

17 September 2008

20:00 CST (UTC-6)

Marathón	2–0	Cruz Azul
Mejía 33' Beata 55'	(Report)^{[permanent dead link]}

Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula

Attendance: 6,540

Referee: Walter López (Guatemala)

23 September 2008

21:00 CDT (UTC-5)

Cruz Azul	4–0	Saprissa
Sabah 23' Torrado 54' Zeballos 60' Riveros 67'	(Report)

Estadio Azul, Mexico City

Attendance: 6,500

Referee: Terry Vaughn (United States)

24 September 2008

20:00 CST (UTC-6)

Marathón	2–0	D.C. United
Núñez 65' Norales 82'	(Report)^{[dead link]}

Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula

Attendance: 8,000

Referee: Wálter Quesada (Costa Rica)

30 September 2008

20:00 CST (UTC-6)

Saprissa	2–1	Marathón
Borges 68' Alpízar 86'	(Report)^{[permanent dead link]}	Núñez 50' (pen.)

Estadio Ricardo Saprissa, San José

Attendance: 6,000

Referee: Jair Marrufo (United States)

1 October 2008

20:00 EDT (UTC-4)

D.C. United	0–1	Cruz Azul
	(Report)^{[dead link]}	Zeballos 56'

RFK Stadium, Washington, D.C.

Attendance: 7,214

Referee: Paul Ward (Canada)

7 October 2008

19:00 CDT (UTC-5)

Cruz Azul	1–1	Marathón
Orozco 14'	(Report)^{[permanent dead link]}	Norales 87'

Estadio Azul, Mexico City

Attendance: 4,926

Referee: Carlos Batres (Guatemala)

9 October 2008

20:00 CST (UTC-6)

Saprissa	2–2	D.C. United
Elizondo 82', 86'	(Report)	Doe 6' Dyachenko 90+2'

Estadio Ricardo Saprissa, San José

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: German Arredondo (Mexico)

21 October 2008

21:00 CDT (UTC-5)

Cruz Azul	2–0	D.C. United
Vigneri 36' Zeballos 88'	(Report)^{[dead link]}

Estadio Azul, Mexico City

Attendance: 4,265

Referee: Roberto Moreno (Panama)

29 October 2008

20:00 EDT (UTC-4)

D.C. United	2–4	Marathón
Doe 10' Janicki 61'	(Report)	Martínez 31' Berríos 46' Núñez 53' Chávez 68'

RFK Stadium, Washington, D.C.

Attendance: 7,156

Referee: Benito Archundia (Mexico)

29 October 2008

18:00 CST (UTC-6)

Saprissa	1–0	Cruz Azul
Alpízar 60'	(Report)^{[permanent dead link]}

Estadio Ricardo Saprissa, San José

Attendance: 12,800

Referee: Ricardo Salazar (United States)

5 November 2008^[1]

19:00 CST (UTC-6)

Marathón	2–0	Saprissa
Chávez 11' Núñez 75'	(Report)^{[permanent dead link]}

Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula

Attendance: 2,915

Referee: Roberto Moreno (Panama)

^1 The Marathón – Saprissa match originally scheduled for 23 October 2008 was rescheduled for 5 November 2008 due to flooding in San Pedro Sula.^[2]

Group B

Club	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
UNAM	6	3	3	0	18	7	+11	12
Houston Dynamo	6	2	3	1	9	9	0	9
Luis Ángel Firpo	6	2	2	2	6	8	−2	8
San Francisco	6	0	2	4	4	13	−9	2

16 September 2008

21:00 EST (UTC-5)

San Francisco	1–1	UNAM
Zapata 42'	(Report)	Espinoza 7'

Estadio Nacional Rod Carew, Panama City

Attendance: 7,000

Referee: Joel Aguilar (El Salvador)

23 September 2008

19:00 EST (UTC-5)

San Francisco	0–0	Houston Dynamo
	(Report)^{[permanent dead link]}

Estadio Nacional Rod Carew, Panama City

Attendance: 3,400

Referee: Geoffrey Hospedales (Trinidad & Tobago)

24 September 2008

21:00 CDT (UTC-5)

UNAM	3–0	Luis Ángel Firpo
Cabrera 11', 37' Pineda 35'	(Report)^{[permanent dead link]}

Estadio Olímpico Universitario, Mexico City

Attendance: 8,205

Referee: Baldomero Toledo (United States)

30 September 2008

21:00 CDT (UTC-5)

UNAM	4–4	Houston Dynamo
López 18' Juárez 26' Palencia 41' Verón 45+2'	(Report)^{[permanent dead link]}	Waibel 3', 50' Kamara 16', 33' (pen.)

Estadio Olímpico Universitario, Mexico City

Attendance: 9,179

Referee: Wálter Quesada (Costa Rica)

1 October 2008

20:00 CST (UTC-6)

Luis Ángel Firpo	1–0	San Francisco
Ávila 90+1'	(Report)^{[permanent dead link]}

Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador

Attendance: 426

Referee: Marco Rodríguez (Mexico)

7 October 2008

21:00 CDT (UTC-5)

Houston Dynamo	2–1	San Francisco
Wondolowski 13' De Rosario 88'	(Report)^{[permanent dead link]}	Pérez 47'

Robertson Stadium, Houston

Attendance: 4,178

Referee: Benito Archundia (Mexico)

9 October 2008

20:00 CST (UTC-6)

Luis Ángel Firpo	1–1	UNAM
Quintanilla 52'	(Report)^{[permanent dead link]}	Bravo 55'

Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador

Attendance: 1,509

Referee: Ricardo Zelaya (Honduras)

22 October 2008

22:00 CDT (UTC-5)

Houston Dynamo	1–3	UNAM
Palacios 39' (o.g.)	(Report)	Cacho 18' (pen.) Espinoza 30' Palacios 70'

Robertson Stadium, Houston

Attendance: 8,741

Referee: Neal Brizan (Trinidad & Tobago)

22 October 2008

19:00 EST (UTC-5)

San Francisco	2–3	Luis Ángel Firpo
Pérez 38' Jiménez 83'	(Report)^{[permanent dead link]}	Alas 44' Sánchez 49' Gómez 52'

Estadio Nacional Rod Carew, Panama City

Attendance: 300

Referee: Jair Marrufo (United States)

28 October 2008

20:00 CST (UTC-6)

Luis Ángel Firpo	1–1	Houston Dynamo
Leguizamón 87'	(Report)^{[permanent dead link]}	Holden 16'

Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: Jorge Gasso (Mexico)

29 October 2008

20:00 CST (UTC-6)

UNAM	6–0	San Francisco
Palencia 29', 54' Bravo 40' Toledo 49' Cortés 60' Santana 73'	(Report)

Estadio Olímpico Universitario, Mexico City

Attendance: 5,982

Referee: Terry Vaughn (United States)

26 November 2008 ²

19:00 CST (UTC-6)

Houston Dynamo	1–0	Luis Ángel Firpo
Ching 13'

Robertson Stadium, Houston

Attendance: 14,142

Referee: Roberto García (Mexico)

^2 The Houston Dynamo – Luis Ángel Firpo match originally scheduled for 17 September 2008 was rescheduled for 26 November 2008 due to the effects of Hurricane Ike.^[3]

Group C

Club	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Atlante	6	3	2	1	6	3	+3	11
Montreal Impact	6	3	2	1	10	5	+5	11
Olimpia	6	2	2	2	10	6	+4	8
Joe Public	6	1	0	5	3	15	−12	3

Atlante is ranked ahead of Montreal Impact based on head-to-head record, which is the first tiebreaker.^[1]

17 September 2008

20:00 EDT (UTC-4)

Montreal Impact	2–0	Joe Public
Pesoli 14' Donatelli 47'	(Report)^{[permanent dead link]}

Stade Saputo, Montreal

Attendance: 7,631

Referee: Jair Marrufo (United States)

18 September 2008

21:00 CDT (UTC-5)

Atlante	1–0	Olimpia
A. Muñoz 26'	(Report)^{[permanent dead link]}

Estadio Andrés Quintana Roo, Cancún

Attendance: 13,000

Referee: Paul Ward (Canada)

24 September 2008

20:00 AST (UTC-4)

Joe Public	1–3	Olimpia
Richardson 77'	(Report)^{[permanent dead link]}	Bruschi 32', 76' Thomas 60'

Marvin Lee Stadium, Macoya

Attendance: 847

Referee: Antonius Pinas (Suriname)

24 September 2008

20:00 EDT (UTC-4)

Montreal Impact	0–0	Atlante
	(Report)^{[permanent dead link]}

Stade Saputo, Montreal

Attendance: 12,187

Referee: Courtney Campbell (Jamaica)

1 October 2008

20:00 CST (UTC-6)

Olimpia	1–2	Montreal Impact
Turcios 32'	(Report)^{[permanent dead link]}	Brown 3', 71' (pen.)

Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino, Tegucigalpa

Attendance: 7,224

Referee: Elmer Bonilla (El Salvador)

2 October 2008

21:00 CDT (UTC-5)

Atlante	0–1	Joe Public
	(Report)^{[permanent dead link]}	Nelson 56'

Estadio Andrés Quintana Roo, Cancún

Attendance: 13,000

Referee: Carlos Batres (Guatemala)

8 October 2008

20:00 AST (UTC-4)

Joe Public	1–4	Montreal Impact
Noray 9'	(Report)^{[permanent dead link]}	Placentino 5' Donatelli 13', 79' Byers 44'

Hasely Crawford Stadium, Port of Spain

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Enrico Wijngaarde (Suriname)

8 October 2008

20:00 CST (UTC-6)

Olimpia	1–1	Atlante
Hernández 83'	(Report)	Vilar 38'

Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino, Tegucigalpa

Attendance: 3,200

Referee: Mark Geiger (United States)

21 October 2008

20:00 EDT (UTC-4)

Montreal Impact	1–1	Olimpia
Brown 40'	(Report)	Bruschi 45+1'

Stade Saputo, Montreal

Attendance: 8,961

Referee: Benito Archundia (Mexico)

21 October 2008

20:00 AST (UTC-4)

Joe Public	0–2	Atlante
	(Report)^{[permanent dead link]}	Valadez 7' Pereyra 56'

Marvin Lee Stadium, Macoya

Attendance: 400

Referee: Baldomero Toledo (United States)

28 October 2008

18:00 CST (UTC-6)

Olimpia	4–0	Joe Public
Dos Santos 26', 38' García 72' Silva 85'	(Report)^{[permanent dead link]}

Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino, Tegucigalpa

Attendance: 1,000

Referee: Walter López (Guatemala)

28 October 2008

20:00 CST (UTC-6)

Atlante	2–1	Montreal Impact
Ovalle 13' Pereyra 83'	(Report)	Gjertsen 4'

Estadio Andrés Quintana Roo, Cancún

Attendance: 4,312

Referee: Joel Aguilar (El Salvador)

Group D

Club	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Santos Laguna	6	3	1	2	14	11	+3	10
Puerto Rico Islanders	6	2	2	2	9	10	−1	8
Tauro	6	2	2	2	9	10	−1	8
Municipal	6	1	3	2	12	13	−1	6

Puerto Rico Islanders is ranked ahead of Tauro based on head-to-head record, which is the first tiebreaker.^[1]

16 September 2008

20:00 AST (UTC-4)

Puerto Rico Islanders	2–1	Tauro
Villegas 11' Jagdeosingh 26'	(Report)	Aguilar 58'

Estadio Juan Ramón Loubriel, Bayamón

Attendance: 3,500

Referee: Benito Archundia (Mexico)

17 September 2008

19:00 CDT (UTC-5)

Santos Laguna	3–2	Municipal
Torres 10' Benítez 32' Vuoso 90'	(Report)^{[permanent dead link]}	Ramírez 47' Acevedo 83'

Estadio Corona, Torreón

Attendance: 8,000

Referee: Roberto Moreno (Panama)

23 September 2008

19:00 AST (UTC-4)

Puerto Rico Islanders	3–1	Santos Laguna
Telesford 14' Delgado 38' Miranda 49'	(Report)	Herrera 71'

Estadio Juan Ramón Loubriel, Bayamón

Attendance: 10,112

Referee: Mark Geiger (United States)

25 September 2008

20:00 EST (UTC-5)

Tauro	2–1	Municipal
Hay 47', 90+6'	(Report)^{[permanent dead link]}	Ramírez 45+2'

Estadio Nacional Rod Carew, Panama City

Referee: Neal Brizan (Trinidad & Tobago)

1 October 2008

20:00 CST (UTC-6)

Municipal	2–2	Puerto Rico Islanders
Leguizamón 79' Plata 90+1'	(Report)^{[permanent dead link]}	Noël 9' Gbandi 90'

Estadio Cementos Progreso, Guatemala City

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: Roberto García (Mexico)

2 October 2008

19:00 EST (UTC-5)

Tauro	2–0	Santos Laguna
Hay 42' Rojas 55'	(Report)^{[permanent dead link]}

Estadio Nacional Rod Carew, Panama City

Attendance: 1,500

Referee: Baldomero Toledo (United States)

9 October 2008

20:00 CST (UTC-6)

Municipal	2–2	Tauro
Plata 15' Acevedo 90+1'	(Report)^{[permanent dead link]}	Escobar 58' Aguilar 61'

Estadio Mateo Flores, Guatemala City

Attendance: 1,000

Referee: Marco Rodríguez (Mexico)

8 October 2008

19:00 CDT (UTC-5)

Santos Laguna	3–0	Puerto Rico Islanders
Peralta 29' Hernández 54' Herrera 70'	(Report)^{[permanent dead link]}

Estadio Corona, Torreón

Attendance: 12,000

Referee: Joel Aguilar (El Salvador)

22 October 2008

19:00 CDT (UTC-5)

Santos Laguna	3–0	Tauro
Benítez 10', 27' Torres 53'	(Report)^{[permanent dead link]}

Estadio Corona, Torreón

Attendance: 16,000

Referee: Carlos Batres (Guatemala)

23 October 2008

20:00 AST (UTC-4)

Puerto Rico Islanders	0–1	Municipal
	(Report)^{[permanent dead link]}	Acevedo 86'

Estadio Juan Ramón Loubriel, Bayamón

Attendance: 7,500

Referee: Geoffrey Hospedales (Trinidad & Tobago)

29 October 2008

19:00 EST (UTC-5)

Tauro	2–2	Puerto Rico Islanders
Hay 42' (pen.), 77'	(Report)^{[permanent dead link]}	Telesford 16' Noël 28'

Estadio Nacional Rod Carew, Panama City

Attendance: 1,500

Referee: Germán Arredondo (Mexico)

30 October 2008

20:00 CST (UTC-6)

Municipal	4–4	Santos Laguna
Ramírez 38' (pen.), 64' (pen.), 90+5' Leguizamón 71'	(Report)^{[permanent dead link]}	Herrera 10', 47' (pen.), 57' (pen.) Peralta 74'

Estadio Mateo Flores, Guatemala City

Attendance: 1,764

Referee: Wálter Quesada (Costa Rica)

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "CONCACAF Champions League Regulations 2008/2009" (PDF). CONCACAF. Retrieved 25 September 2008.^{[permanent dead link]}

^ "Marathon-Saprissa match rescheduled for 5 November". CONCACAF. 2008-10-23. Retrieved 23 October 2008.^{[permanent dead link]}

^ "Houston-Firpo match in Champions League rescheduled for 26 November". CONCACAF. 22 September 2008. Archived from the original on 24 September 2008. Retrieved 25 September 2008.

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