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2021–22 CONCACAF SuperLiga
	Estadio Rommel Fernández in Panama City, Panama will host the final
Dates	August 2021 (qualifying); September 2021 – May 2022 (competition proper)
Final positions
Champions	CF Montréal (1st title)
Runners-up	Seattle Sounders
	← 2020–21 2022–23 →

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

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

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

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)
Third qualifying round	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

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)
Preliminary knockout round		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

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
Qualifying	Play-off round	13 August 2021	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	13 December 2021	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

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

Third qualifying round

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.

Champions Path
Team 1	Score	Team 2
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

Main Path
Team 1	Score	Team 2
Broki	1–4	Western Tigers
Metropolitan	1–0	Managua

Play-off round

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.

Champions Path
Team 1	Score	Team 2
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

Main Path
Team 1	Score	Team 2
Metropolitan	3–1	Western Tigers

Group stage

Main article: 2021–22 CONCACAF SuperLiga group stage

Group A

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

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

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

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

Source: CONCACAF.com

Group E

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

Source: CONCACAF.com

Group F

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

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

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

Source: CONCACAF.com

Knockout round

Main article: 2021–22 CONCACAF SuperLiga knockout phase

Bracket

Knockout round play-offs				Round of 16				Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final



Sporting San Miguelito	1	7	8

Inter Moengotapoe	2	0	2
				Sporting San Miguelito	0	0	0

				Guadalajara	0	5	5



								Guadalajara	1	3	4

								Santa Lucía	1	0	1
Santa Lucía	2	1	3

Honduras Progreso	1	0	1
				Santa Lucía	0	2	2 (a)

				Herediano	1	1	2



												Guadalajara	0	1	1

												CF Montréal	0	2	2
Everett Jets	1	0	1

Waterhouse (a.e.t.)	0	2	2
				Waterhouse	0	1	1

				CF Montréal (a.e.t.)	1	3	4



								CF Montréal (p)	1	2	3 (5)

								New York City FC	2	1	3 (4)
Cartaginés	1	2	3

San Francisco	0	2	2
				Cartaginés	0	0	0

				New York City FC	2	4	6

																21 May – Panama City

																CF Montréal	3

																Seattle Sounders	2
Verdes	0	2	2

Bayamón	0	1	1
				Verdes	2	1	3

				Excelsior	0	1	1



								Verdes (a.e.t.)	2	1	3

								Mount Pleasant	0	2	2
San Carlos	2	1	3

León	0	1	1
				San Carlos	2	0	2

				Mount Pleasant (a)	1	1	2



												Verdes	0	0	0

												Seattle Sounders	2	2	4
Baltimore	0	0	0

Alajuelense	3	3	6
				Alajuelense	4	1	5

				Puebla	2	2	4



								Alajuelense	1	2	3

								Seattle Sounders	0	5	5
Tauro	1	0	1

HFX Wanderers	1	2	3
				HFX Wanderers	3	1	4

				Seattle Sounders	2	4	6

Preliminary knockout round

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

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

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

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

The final will be played on 21 May 2022.

21 May 2022

20:00

CF Montréal	3–2	Seattle Sounders
	Report

Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City

Attendance: 21,734

Association team allocation

Association ranking

Distribution

Teams

Round and draw dates

Qualification

Third qualifying round

Play-off round

Group stage

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Group E

Group F

Group G

Group H

Knockout round

Bracket

Preliminary knockout round

Round of 16

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

See also