2025 CONCACAF Central American Cup group stage

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]

Pot 1 Team Rank Herediano 40 Alajuelense 46 Olimpia 48 Saprissa 52

Pot 2 Team Rank Antigua 54 Motagua 55 Municipal 56 Xelajú 60

Pot 3 Team Rank Plaza Amador 61 Cartaginés 62 Real España 63 Real Estelí 66

Pot 4 Team Rank Independiente 68 Sporting San Miguelito 74 Águila 83 Alianza 88

Pot 5 Team Rank Diriangén 96 Managua 121 Hércules 137 Verdes 186

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 Alajuelense A2 Antigua A3 Plaza Amador A4 Alianza A5 Managua

Group B Pos Team B1 Herediano B2 Municipal B3 Real España B4 Sporting San Miguelito B5 Diriangén

Group C Pos Team C1 Saprissa C2 Motagua C3 Cartaginés C4 Independiente C5 Verdes

Group D Pos Team D1 Olimpia D2 Xelajú D3 Real Estelí D4 Águila D5 Hércules

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. CONCACAF Club Ranking after the group stage is completed.
7. 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 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	Dates	Matches
Week 1	29–31 July 2025	Team 1 vs. Team 3, Team 5 vs. Team 2
Week 2	5–7 August 2025	Team 5 vs. Team 1, Team 2 vs. Team 4
Week 3	12–14 August 2025	Team 4 vs. Team 5, Team 2 vs. Team 3
Week 4	19–21 August 2025	Team 4 vs. Team 1, Team 3 vs. Team 5
Week 5	26–28 August 2025	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][7]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		PLA	ALA	ANT	ALI	MAN
1	Plaza Amador	4	4	0	0	11	6	+5	12	Advance to Quarter-finals		—	—	—	1–0	3–2
2	Alajuelense	4	3	0	1	5	3	+2	9			1–2	—	1–0	—	—
3	Antigua	4	1	1	2	7	7	0	4			3–5	—	—	0–0	—
4	Alianza	4	1	1	2	1	2	−1	4			—	0–1	—	—	1–0
5	Managua	4	0	0	4	4	10	−6	0			—	1–2	1–4	—	—

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		SSM	RES	MUN	DIR	HER
1	Sporting San Miguelito	4	2	1	1	4	5	−1	7	Advance to Quarter-finals		—	—	—	2–1	2–0
2	Real España	4	2	0	2	8	6	+2	6			4–0	—	—	1–0	—
3	Municipal	4	1	3	0	8	7	+1	6			1–1	2–1	—	—	—
4	Diriangén	4	1	1	2	5	5	0	4			—	—	1–1	—	4–2
5	Herediano	4	1	1	2	10	12	−2	4			—	4–2	4–4	—	—

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		MOT	CAR	SAP	CAI	VER
1	Motagua	4	2	2	0	6	2	+4	8	Advance to Quarter-finals		—	0–0	—	2–1	—
2	Cartaginés	4	2	1	1	12	3	+9	7			—	—	—	4–0	8–1
3	Saprissa	4	2	1	1	4	2	+2	7			0–0	2–0	—	—	—
4	Independiente	4	2	0	2	5	7	−2	6			—	—	1–0	—	3–1
5	Verdes	4	0	0	4	4	17	−13	0			1–4	—	1–2	—	—

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		OLI	XEL	EST	ÁGU	HER
1	Olimpia	4	3	1	0	11	3	+8	10	Advance to Quarter-finals		—	3–0	3–0	—	—
2	Xelajú	4	3	0	1	9	4	+5	9			—	—	4–1	3–0	—
3	Real Estelí	4	2	0	2	6	7	−1	6			—	—	—	2–0	3–0
4	Águila	4	1	1	2	4	7	−3	4			2–2	—	—	—	2–0
5	Hércules	4	0	0	4	1	10	−9	0			1–3	0–2	—	—	—

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