The 2025 CONCACAF Central American Cup group stage will be played from 29 July to 28 August 2025.[1] A total of 20 teams competed in the group stage to decide the 8 places in the knockout stage of the 2025 CONCACAF Central American Cup.[2]
Draw
The draw for the group stage was held on 8 June 2023, 18:30 EDT (UTC−4), in Miami, Florida, United States. The 20 involved teams were previously seeded into five pots of four teams each based on their CONCACAF Club Ranking as of 2 June 2025.[3][4]
For the group stage, the 20 teams were drawn into four groups (Groups A–D) of five containing a team from each of the five pots. Teams from pot 1 were drawn first and were placed in the first position of their group, starting from Group A to Group D. The same procedure was followed for teams from pots 2, 3, 4 and 5, and they were placed in positions 2, 3, 4 and 5, respectively, within the group to which they were drawn. Each group must contain no more than two clubs from the same national association.[3]
The draw resulted in the following groups:[5]
In the group stage, each group is played on a single home-and-away round-robin basis, with teams playing against each other once, for a total of four matches per team (two home and two away). The teams are ranked according to the following criteria (Regulations Article 12.10.1):[2]
- Points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, and 0 points for a loss);
- Goal difference;
- Goals scored;
- If two or more teams are still tied after applying the above criteria, their rankings would be determined as follows:
- Head-to-head points in the matches played among the tied teams;
- Head-to-head goal difference in the matches played among the tied teams;
- Head-to-head goals scored in the matches played among the tied teams;
- The lowest number of fairplay points, based on the following criteria:
- Yellow card: plus 1 point;
- Second yellow card/indirect red card: plus 3 points;
- direct red card: plus 4 points;;
- Yellow card and direct red card: plus 5 points;
- CONCACAF Club Ranking after the group stage is completed.
- Drawing of lots by CONCACAF.
The winners and runners-up of each group advanced to the quarter-finals of the knockout stage.
Schedule
Matches in the competition will be played on either Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday as decided by CONCACAF. The schedule of each week is as follows (Regulations Article 2).[2][5][6]
| Weeks
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Dates
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Matches
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| Week 1
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29–31 July 2025
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Team 1 vs. Team 3, Team 5 vs. Team 2
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| Week 2
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5–7 August 2025
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Team 5 vs. Team 1, Team 2 vs. Team 4
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| Week 3
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12–14 August 2025
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Team 4 vs. Team 5, Team 2 vs. Team 3
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| Week 4
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19–21 August 2025
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Team 4 vs. Team 1, Team 3 vs. Team 5
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| Week 5
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26–28 August 2025
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Team 1 vs. Team 2, Team 3 vs. Team 4
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Groups
All match times are in EDT (UTC−4) and local times are in parentheses, as listed by CONCACAF.[6][7]
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Notes
- ^ a b Plaza Amador will play their home matches at Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City instead of their regular stadium COS Sports Plaza, Panama City which did not meet CONCACAF requirements.
- ^ a b Herediano will play their home matches at Estadio Nacional, San José instead of their regular stadium Estadio Eladio Rosabal Cordero, Heredia which is being rebuilt since 2020.[18][19][20]
- ^ a b Sporting San Miguelito will play their home matches at Estadio Universitario, Penonomé instead of their regular stadium Complejo Deportivo Los Andes 2, San Miguelito which did not meet CONCACAF requirements.
- ^ a b Verdes will play their home matches at FFB Stadium, Belmopan instead of their regular stadium Norman Broaster Stadium, San Ignacio which did not meet CONCACAF requirements.
- ^ a b Independiente will play their home matches at Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City instead of their regular stadium Estadio Agustín Sánchez, La Chorrera which did not meet CONCACAF requirements.
- ^ a b Xelajú will play their home matches at Estadio Cementos Progreso, Guatemala City instead of their regular stadium Estadio Mario Camposeco, Quetzaltenango which did not meet CONCACAF requirements.[40][41]
- ^ a b Águila will play their home matches at Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador instead of their regular stadium Estadio Juan Francisco Barraza, San Miguel which is undergoing maintenance work.[43]
References
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- ^ a b "Concacaf confirms 2025 Concacaf Central American Cup participating clubs and draw pots". Miami, FL: CONCACAF. 2 June 2025. Retrieved 2 June 2025.
- ^ "Concacaf Club Ranking as of June 2, 2025". CONCACAF. 2 June 2025. Retrieved 2 June 2025.
- ^ a b "Draw Sets Groups for 2025 Concacaf Central American Cup". CONCACAF. 3 June 2025. Retrieved 13 June 2025.
- ^ a b "Concacaf announces schedule for 2025 Concacaf Central American Cup". CONCACAF. 10 June 2025. Retrieved 13 June 2025.
- ^ "CONCACAF Central American Cup Calendario 2025" (PDF) (in Spanish). CONCACAF. 10 July 2025.
- ^ "Antigua 4-1 Managua (Jul 29, 2025) Final Score". ESPN. Retrieved 1 August 2025.
- ^ "Plaza Amador 2-1 Alajuelense (Jul 31, 2025) Final Score". ESPN. Retrieved 2 August 2025.
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- ^ "Alajuelense 2-1 Managua (Aug 7, 2025) Final Score". ESPN. Retrieved 9 August 2025.
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- ^ "Diriangén 1-1 Municipal (Jul 31, 2025) Final Score". ESPN. Retrieved 2 August 2025.
- ^ "Municipal 1-1 San Miguelito (Aug 7, 2025) Final Score". ESPN. Retrieved 9 August 2025.
- ^ "San Miguelito 2-1 Diriangén (Aug 13, 2025) Final Score". ESPN. Retrieved 15 August 2025.
- ^ "Municipal 2-1 Real Espana (Aug 13, 2025) Final Score". ESPN. Retrieved 15 August 2025.
- ^ "Real Espana 1-0 Diriangén (Aug 20, 2025) Final Score". ESPN. Retrieved 22 August 2025.
- ^ "San Miguelito 2-0 Herediano (Aug 21, 2025) Final Score". ESPN. Retrieved 22 August 2025.
- ^ "Herediano 4-4 Municipal (Aug 28, 2025) Final Score". ESPN. Retrieved 30 August 2025.
- ^ "Real Espana 4-0 San Miguelito (Aug 28, 2025) Final Score". ESPN. Retrieved 4 September 2025.
- ^ "Motagua 4-1 Verdes (Jul 29, 2025) Final Score". ESPN. Retrieved 1 August 2025.
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- ^ "Cartagines 8-1 Verdes (Aug 20, 2025) Final Score". ESPN. Retrieved 22 August 2025.
- ^ "Saprissa 0-0 Motagua (Aug 26, 2025) Final Score". ESPN. Retrieved 30 August 2025.
- ^ "Cartagines 4-0 Ind. Chorrera (Aug 26, 2025) Final Score". ESPN. Retrieved 30 August 2025.
- ^ "Xelaju 2-0 Hércules (Jul 30, 2025) Final Score". ESPN. Retrieved 1 August 2025.
- ^ "Olimpia 3-0 Real Estelí (Jul 30, 2025) Final Score". ESPN. Retrieved 1 August 2025.
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- ^ Villahoz, Santiago (18 July 2025). "Confirmado el estadio donde Xelajú hará como local en la Copa Centroamericana 2025" [The stadium where Xelajú will play their home games in the 2025 Central American Cup has been confirmed] (in Spanish). Claro Sports.
- ^ "Xelaju 3-0 Aguila (Aug 6, 2025) Final Score". ESPN. Retrieved 8 August 2025.
- ^ Rubio, Enrique (15 July 2025). "Águila abandona temporalmente el estadio Juan Francisco Barraza" [Águila temporarily leaves Juan Francisco Barraza stadium] (in Spanish). La Prensa Gráfica.
- ^ "Aguila 2-0 Hércules (Aug 12, 2025) Final Score". ESPN. Retrieved 15 August 2025.
- ^ "Xelaju 4-1 Real Estelí (Aug 14, 2025) Final Score". ESPN. Retrieved 15 August 2025.
- ^ "Aguila 2-2 Olimpia (Aug 19, 2025) Final Score". ESPN. Retrieved 21 August 2025.
- ^ "Real Estelí 3-0 Hércules (Aug 21, 2025) Final Score". ESPN. Retrieved 23 August 2025.
- ^ "Olimpia 3-0 Xelaju (Aug 27, 2025) Final Score". ESPN. Retrieved 30 August 2025.
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