2023 CONCACAF Central American Cup group stage

The draw for the group stage was held on 8 June 2023 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 28 May 2023.^[1][3]

Pot 1 Team Rank Olimpia 38 Saprissa 47 Comunicaciones 49 Alajuelense 51

Pot 2 Team Rank Motagua 53 Xelajú 57 Herediano 58 Cobán Imperial 59

Pot 3 Team Rank Real España 60 Independiente 61 Cartaginés 65 Olancho 67

Pot 4 Team Rank Sporting San Miguelito 72 Águila 79 Universitario 95 FAS 109

Pot 5 Team Rank Real Estelí 116 Diriangén 118 Jocoro 132 Verdes 177

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.^[4]

The draw resulted in the following groups:^[5]

Group A Pos Team A1 Saprissa A2 Cobán Imperial A3 Cartaginés A4 Universitario A5 Jocoro

Group B Pos Team B1 Olimpia B2 Xelajú B3 Independiente B4 FAS B5 Real Estelí

Group C Pos Team C1 Comunicaciones C2 Herediano C3 Real España C4 Águila C5 Diriangén

Group D Pos Team D1 Alajuelense D2 Motagua D3 Olancho D4 Sporting San Miguelito D5 Verdes

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]

1. Points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, and 0 points for a loss);
2. Goal difference;
3. Goals scored;
4. If two or more teams are still tied after applying the above criteria, their rankings would be determined as follows:
   1. Head-to-head points in the matches played among the tied teams;
   2. Head-to-head goal difference in the matches played among the tied teams;
   3. Head-to-head goals scored in the matches played among the tied teams;
5. The lowest number of fairplay points, based on the following criteria:
   1. Yellow card: plus 1 point;
   2. Second yellow card/indirect red card: plus 3 points;
   3. Direct red card: plus 4 points;;
   4. Yellow card and direct red card: plus 5 points;
6. Drawing of lots by CONCACAF.

The winners and runners-up of each group advanced to the quarter-finals of the knockout stage.

Matches in the competition are being 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	Dates	Matches
Week 1	1–3 August 2023	Team 1 vs. Team 3, Team 5 vs. Team 2
Week 2	8–10 August 2023	Team 5 vs. Team 1, Team 2 vs. Team 4
Week 3	15–17 August 2023	Team 4 vs. Team 5, Team 2 vs. Team 3
Week 4	22–24 August 2023	Team 4 vs. Team 1, Team 3 vs. Team 5
Week 5	29–31 August 2023	Team 1 vs. Team 2, Team 3 vs. Team 4

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All match times are in EDT (UTC−4) and local times are in parentheses, as listed by CONCACAF.^[6]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		SAP	CAR	UNI	COB	JOC
1	Saprissa	4	3	1	0	10	0	+10	10	Advance to Quarter-finals		—	1–0	—	5–0	—
2	Cartaginés	4	2	1	1	8	3	+5	7			—	—	2–2	—	5–0
3	Universitario	4	1	3	0	6	3	+3	6			0–0	—	—	—	4–1
4	Cobán Imperial	4	1	1	2	4	7	−3	4			—	0–1	0–0	—	—
5	Jocoro	4	0	0	4	2	17	−15	0			0–4	—	—	1–4	—

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		IND	EST	OLI	XEL	FAS
1	Independiente	4	3	1	0	11	3	+8	10	Advance to Quarter-finals		—	2–1	—	—	5–0
2	Real Estelí	4	3	0	1	5	2	+3	9			—	—	1–0	1–0	—
3	Olimpia	4	2	1	1	7	4	+3	7			1–1	—	—	2–0	—
4	Xelajú	4	1	0	3	3	7	−4	3			1–3	—	—	—	2–1
5	FAS	4	0	0	4	3	13	−10	0			—	0–2	2–4	—	—

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		HER	COM	RES	ÁGU	DIR
1	Herediano	4	3	1	0	8	4	+4	10	Advance to Quarter-finals		—	—	3–2	2–0	—
2	Comunicaciones	4	3	0	1	9	4	+5	9			1–2	—	3–1	—	—
3	Real España	4	1	1	2	6	6	0	4			—	—	—	3–0	0–0
4	Águila	4	1	0	3	2	9	−7	3			—	1–4	—	—	1–0
5	Diriangén	4	0	2	2	1	3	−2	2			1–1	0–1	—	—	—

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		ALA	MOT	SSM	OLA	VER
1	Alajuelense	4	4	0	0	10	1	+9	12	Advance to Quarter-finals		—	5–1	—	1–0	—
2	Motagua	4	3	0	1	9	5	+4	9			—	—	2–0	1–0	—
3	Sporting San Miguelito	4	2	0	2	6	3	+3	6			0–1	—	—	—	4–0
4	Olancho	4	1	0	3	3	6	−3	3			—	—	0–2	—	3–2
5	Verdes	4	0	0	4	2	15	−13	0			0–3	0–5	—	—	—

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