2019 CONCACAF Champions League final

2019 CONCACAF Champions League final
	Monterrey players celebrate winning the title
Event	2019 CONCACAF Champions League
	on aggregate
First leg
Date	23 April 2019
Venue	Estadio Universitario, San Nicolás de los Garza
Man of the Match	Nicolás Sánchez (Monterrey)
Referee	John Pitti (Panama)
Attendance	41,615
Second leg
Date	1 May 2019
Venue	Estadio BBVA Bancomer, Guadalupe
Man of the Match	Marcelo Barovero (Monterrey)
Referee	Jair Marrufo (United States)
Attendance	52,229
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The 2019 CONCACAF Champions League final was the final round of the 2019 CONCACAF Champions League, the 11th edition of the CONCACAF Champions League under its current name, and overall the 54th edition of the premier football club competition organised by CONCACAF, the regional governing body of North America, Central America and the Caribbean.

The final was contested in two-legged home-and-away format between Mexican teams UANL and Monterrey in a Clásico Regiomontano. The first leg was hosted by UANL at the Estadio Universitario in San Nicolás de los Garza on 23 April 2019, while the second leg was hosted by Monterrey at the Estadio BBVA Bancomer in Guadalupe on 1 May 2019.^[5]

Monterrey won the final 2–1 on aggregate for their fourth CONCACAF Champions League title.

Teams

In the following table, final until 2008 were in the CONCACAF Champions' Cup era, since 2009 were in the CONCACAF Champions League era.

Team	Zone	Previous final appearances (bold indicates winners)
UANL	North America (NAFU)	2 (2016, 2017)
Monterrey	North America (NAFU)	3 (2011, 2012, 2013)

This was the eighth all-Mexican final in the eleven editions of the CONCACAF Champions League, and guaranteed that for the fourteenth season in a row the CONCACAF club champions were from Mexico.^[6]

Venues

Road to the final

Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).

UANL				Round	Monterrey
Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg		Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg
Saprissa	5–2	0–1 (A)	5–1 (H)	Round of 16	Alianza	1–0	0–0 (A)	1–0 (H)
Houston Dynamo	3–0	2–0 (A)	1–0 (H)	Quarter-finals	Atlanta United FC	3–1	3–0 (H)	0–1 (A)
Santos Laguna	5–3	3–0 (H)	2–3 (A)	Semi-finals	Sporting Kansas City	10–2	5–0 (H)	5–2 (A)

Format

The final was played in a home-and-away two-legged series, with the team with the better performance in previous rounds (Monterrey) hosting the second leg.

If the aggregate score was tied after the second leg, the away goals rule would not be applied, and extra time would be played. If the aggregate score was still tied after extra time, a penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner (Regulations II, Article G).^[7]

Performance ranking

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Host
1	Monterrey	6	4	1	1	14	3	+11	13	Second leg
2	UANL	6	4	0	2	13	5	+8	12	First leg

Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Away goals scored; 5) Wins; 6) Away wins; 7) Disciplinary points; 8) Drawing of lots (Regulations II, Article H).

Matches

First leg

23 April 2019

21:00 UTC−5

UANL	0–1	Monterrey
	Report	Sánchez 43'

Estadio Universitario, San Nicolás de los Garza

Attendance: 41,615^[3]

Referee: John Pitti (Panama)

UANL^[2]

Monterrey^[2]



GK	1	Nahuel Guzmán
LB	3	Carlos Salcedo
CB	4	Hugo Ayala 20'
CB	21	Francisco Meza
RB	29	Jesús Dueñas
LM	20	Javier Aquino 59'
CM	19	Guido Pizarro
CM	5	Rafael Carioca
RM	26	Luis Quiñones
FW	9	Eduardo Vargas 60'
FW	13	Enner Valencia
Substitutes
MF	25	Jürgen Damm 59'
CF	10	André-Pierre Gignac 60'
Manager
Ricardo Ferretti



GK	1	Marcelo Barovero
LB	17	Jesús Gallardo 90'
CB	33	Stefan Medina
CB	4	Nicolás Sánchez 14'
RB	21	Miguel Layún
CM	29	Carlos Rodríguez 89'
CM	16	Celso Ortiz 58'
AM	18	Avilés Hurtado 72' 33'
AM	20	Rodolfo Pizarro
FW	8	Dorlan Pabón 88'
FW	7	Rogelio Funes Mori
Substitutes
MF	32	Maximiliano Meza 72'
LB	11	Leonel Vangioni 88'
MF	35	Eric Cantú 89'
Manager
Diego Alonso

Man of the Match:
Nicolás Sánchez (Monterrey)^[1]

Assistant referees:^[2]
Christian Ramírez (Honduras)
Alejandro Camarena (Panama)
Fourth official:^[2]
Saíd Martínez (Honduras)

Match rules^[7]

90 minutes.
Seven named substitutes, of which up to three may be used.

Second leg

1 May 2019

21:00 UTC−5

Monterrey	1–1	UANL
Sánchez 26' (pen.)	Report	Gignac 85'

Estadio BBVA Bancomer, Guadalupe

Attendance: 52,229^[3]

Referee: Jair Marrufo (United States)

Monterrey^[4]

UANL^[4]



GK	1	Marcelo Barovero
LB	17	Jesús Gallardo
CB	33	Stefan Medina 48'
CB	4	Nicolás Sánchez
RB	21	Miguel Layún 43'
CM	29	Carlos Rodríguez 77'
CM	16	Celso Ortiz
AM	18	Avilés Hurtado 61'
AM	20	Rodolfo Pizarro
FW	8	Dorlan Pabón 83'
FW	7	Rogelio Funes Mori
Substitutes
CB	3	César Montes 61' 90'
CM	25	Jonathan González 77'
MF	32	Maximiliano Meza 83'
Manager
Diego Alonso



GK	1	Nahuel Guzmán
LB	29	Jesús Dueñas
CB	3	Carlos Salcedo 90+3'
CB	4	Hugo Ayala 72'
RB	28	Luis Rodríguez
LM	25	Jürgen Damm 46'
CM	19	Guido Pizarro
CM	5	Rafael Carioca 42'
RM	26	Luis Quiñones 45+1'
FW	9	Eduardo Vargas 46'
FW	13	Enner Valencia
Substitutes
MF	20	Javier Aquino 46'
CF	10	André-Pierre Gignac 46'
MF	8	Lucas Zelarayán 72'
Manager
Ricardo Ferretti

Man of the Match:
Marcelo Barovero (Monterrey)^[1]

Assistant referees:^[4]
Corey Rockwell (United States)
Frank Anderson (United States)
Fourth official:^[4]
Malcolm Villarreal (Saint Kitts and Nevis)

Match rules^[7]

90 minutes.
30 minutes of extra time if tied on aggregate (away goals rule not applied).
Penalty shoot-out if still tied on aggregate after extra time.
Seven named substitutes, of which up to three may be used, with a fourth allowed in extra time.