2019 CONCACAF Champions League Final
# 2019 CONCACAF Champions League Final

The 2019 CONCACAF Champions League Final was the final round of the 2019 CONCACAF Champions League, the 11th edition of the CONCACAF Champions League under its current name, and overall the 54th edition of the premier football club competition organised by CONCACAF, the regional governing body of North America, Central America and the Caribbean.

The final was contested in two-legged home-and-away format between Mexican teams UANL and Monterrey in a Clásico Regiomontano. The first leg was hosted by UANL at the Estadio Universitario in San Nicolás de los Garza on 23 April 2019, while the second leg was hosted by Monterrey at the Estadio BBVA Bancomer in Guadalupe on 1 May 2019.

Monterrey won the final 2–1 on aggregate for their fourth CONCACAF Champions League title.

## Teams

In the following table, final until 2008 were in the CONCACAF Champions' Cup era, since 2009 were in the CONCACAF Champions League era.

| Team | Zone | Previous final appearances (bold indicates winners) |
| - | - | - |
| UANL | North America (NAFU) | 2 (2016, 2017) |
| Monterrey | North America (NAFU) | 3 (2011, 2012, 2013) |

This was the eighth all-Mexican final in the eleven editions of the CONCACAF Champions League, and guaranteed that for the fourteenth season in a row the CONCACAF club champions were from Mexico.

## Venues

| The Estadio Universitario in San Nicolás de los Garza, Mexico hosted the first leg. | The Estadio BBVA Bancomer in Guadalupe, Mexico hosted the second leg. |
| - | - |

## Road to the final

Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).

| UANL | UANL | UANL | UANL | Round | Monterrey | Monterrey | Monterrey | Monterrey |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Opponent | Agg. | 1st leg | 2nd leg | | Opponent | Agg. | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Saprissa | 5–2 | 0–1 (A) | 5–1 (H) | Round of 16 | Alianza | 1–0 | 0–0 (A) | 1–0 (H) |
| Houston Dynamo | 3–0 | 2–0 (A) | 1–0 (H) | Quarter-finals | Atlanta United FC | 3–1 | 3–0 (H) | 0–1 (A) |
| Santos Laguna | 5–3 | 3–0 (H) | 2–3 (A) | Semi-finals | Sporting Kansas City | 10–2 | 5–0 (H) | 5–2 (A) |

## Format

The final was played in a home-and-away two-legged series, with the team with the better performance in previous rounds (Monterrey) hosting the second leg.

If the aggregate score was tied after the second leg, the away goals rule would not be applied, and extra time would be played. If the aggregate score was still tied after extra time, a penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner (Regulations II, Article G).

### Performance ranking

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Host |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Monterrey | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 3 | +11 | 13 | Second leg |
| 2 | UANL | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 5 | +8 | 12 | First leg |

## Matches

### First leg

| UANL | Monterrey |
| - | - |
| LB | 3 | Carlos Salcedo |
| CB | 4 | Hugo Ayala 20' |
| CB | 21 | Francisco Meza |
| RB | 29 | Jesús Dueñas |
| LM | 20 | Javier Aquino 59' |
| CM | 19 | Guido Pizarro |
| CM | 5 | Rafael Carioca |
| RM | 26 | Luis Quiñones |
| FW | 9 | Eduardo Vargas 60' |
| FW | 13 | Enner Valencia |
| Substitutes ||||
| MF | 25 | Jürgen Damm 59' |
| CF | 10 | André-Pierre Gignac 60' |
| Manager ||||
| Ricardo Ferretti ||||
| LB | 17 | Jesús Gallardo 90' |
| CB | 33 | Stefan Medina |
| CB | 4 | Nicolás Sánchez 14' |
| RB | 21 | Miguel Layún |
| CM | 29 | Carlos Rodríguez 89' |
| CM | 16 | Celso Ortiz 58' |
| AM | 18 | Avilés Hurtado 72' 33' |
| AM | 20 | Rodolfo Pizarro |
| FW | 8 | Dorlan Pabón 88' |
| FW | 7 | Rogelio Funes Mori |
| Substitutes ||||
| MF | 32 | Maximiliano Meza 72' |
| LB | 11 | Leonel Vangioni 88' |
| MF | 35 | Eric Cantú 89' |
| Manager ||||
| Diego Alonso ||||
| Man of the Match: Nicolás Sánchez (Monterrey) Assistant referees: Christian Ramírez (Honduras) Alejandro Camarena (Panama) Fourth official: Héctor Martínez (Honduras) | Match rules 90 minutes. Seven named substitutes, of which up to three may be used. |

### Second leg

| Monterrey | UANL |
| - | - |
| LB | 17 | Jesús Gallardo |
| CB | 33 | Stefan Medina 48' |
| CB | 4 | Nicolás Sánchez |
| RB | 21 | Miguel Layún 43' |
| CM | 29 | Carlos Rodríguez 77' |
| CM | 16 | Celso Ortiz |
| AM | 18 | Avilés Hurtado 61' |
| AM | 20 | Rodolfo Pizarro |
| FW | 8 | Dorlan Pabón 83' |
| FW | 7 | Rogelio Funes Mori |
| Substitutes ||||
| CB | 3 | César Montes 61' 90' |
| CM | 25 | Jonathan González 77' |
| MF | 32 | Maximiliano Meza 83' |
| Manager ||||
| Diego Alonso ||||
| LB | 29 | Jesús Dueñas |
| CB | 3 | Carlos Salcedo 90+3' |
| CB | 4 | Hugo Ayala 72' |
| RB | 28 | Luis Rodríguez |
| LM | 25 | Jürgen Damm 46' |
| CM | 19 | Guido Pizarro |
| CM | 5 | Rafael Carioca 42' |
| RM | 26 | Luis Quiñones 45+1' |
| FW | 9 | Eduardo Vargas 46' |
| FW | 13 | Enner Valencia |
| Substitutes ||||
| MF | 20 | Javier Aquino 46' |
| CF | 10 | André-Pierre Gignac 46' |
| MF | 8 | Lucas Zelarayán 72' |
| Manager ||||
| Ricardo Ferretti ||||
| Man of the Match: Marcelo Barovero (Monterrey) Assistant referees: Corey Rockwell (United States) Frank Anderson (United States) Fourth official: Malcolm Villarreal (Saint Kitts and Nevis) | Match rules 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra time if tied on aggregate (away goals rule not applied). Penalty shoot-out if still tied on aggregate after extra time. Seven named substitutes, of which up to three may be used, with a fourth allowed in extra time. |
