2024 CONCACAF Central American Cup group stage

The draw for the group stage was held on 6 June 2024 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 3 June 2024.^[3][4]

Pot 1 Team Rank Saprissa 41 Olimpia 43 Alajuelense 50 Herediano 51

Pot 2 Team Rank Municipal 52 Comunicaciones 54 Antigua 55 Motagua 56

Pot 3 Team Rank Tauro 58 Marathón 59 Independiente 60 Guanacasteca 71

Pot 4 Team Rank San Francisco 77 Alianza 80 Real Estelí 83 Águila 86

Pot 5 Team Rank Diriangén 98 Luis Ángel Firpo 113 Managua 146 Port Layola 175

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]

Group A Pos Team A1 Herediano A2 Motagua A3 Tauro A4 San Francisco A5 Diriangén

Group B Pos Team B1 Alajuelense B2 Comunicaciones B3 Marathón B4 Alianza B5 Luis Ángel Firpo

Group C Pos Team C1 Olimpia C2 Antigua C3 Independiente C4 Águila C5 Port Layola

Group D Pos Team D1 Saprissa D2 Municipal D3 Guanacasteca D4 Real Estelí D5 Managua

In the group stage, each group was 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 were 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 were played on either Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday as decided by CONCACAF. The schedule of each week was as follows (Regulations Article 2).^[2][5][6]