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The 2008–09 CONCACAF Champions League group stage took place between 16 September 2008 and 26 November 2008. It consisted of 16 clubs arranged into four groups of four with the top-two in each group advancing to the knockout stage.

Tie-breaking criteria

If two teams are tied on points, the following tie-breaking criteria shall be applied, in order, to determine the ranking of teams:

1. Greater number of points earned in matches between the teams concerned
2. Greater goal difference in matches between the teams concerned
3. Greater number of goals scored away from home in matches between the teams concerned
4. Reapply first three criteria if two or more teams are still tied
5. Greater goal difference in all group matches
6. Greater number of goals scored in group matches
7. Greater number of goals scored away in all group matches
8. Drawing of lots

Groups

All times local

Group A

Club	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Marathón	6	4	1	1	12	5	+7	13
Cruz Azul	6	3	1	2	8	4	+4	10
Saprissa	6	3	1	2	7	9	−2	10
D.C. United	6	0	1	5	4	13	−9	1

• Cruz Azul is ranked ahead of Saprissa based on head-to-head record, which is the first tiebreaker.

D.C. United	0–2	Saprissa
	(Report)	Centeno 32' Arrieta 52'

Marathón	2–0	Cruz Azul
Mejía 33' Beata 55'	(Report)

Cruz Azul	4–0	Saprissa
Sabah 23' Torrado 54' Zeballos 60' Riveros 67'	(Report)

Marathón	2–0	D.C. United
Núñez 65' Norales 82'	(Report)

Saprissa	2–1	Marathón
Borges 68' Alpízar 86'	(Report)	Núñez 50' (pen.)

D.C. United	0–1	Cruz Azul
	(Report)	Zeballos 56'

Cruz Azul	1–1	Marathón
Orozco 14'	(Report)	Norales 87'

Saprissa	2–2	D.C. United
Elizondo 82', 86'	(Report)	Doe 6' Dyachenko 90+2'

Cruz Azul	2–0	D.C. United
Vigneri 36' Zeballos 88'	(Report)

D.C. United	2–4	Marathón
Doe 10' Janicki 61'	(Report)	Martínez 31' Berríos 46' Núñez 53' Chávez 68'

Saprissa	1–0	Cruz Azul
Alpízar 60'	(Report)

Marathón	2–0	Saprissa
Chávez 11' Núñez 75'	(Report)

• ^1 The Marathón – Saprissa match originally scheduled for 23 October 2008 was rescheduled for 5 November 2008 due to flooding in San Pedro Sula.

Group B

Club	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
UNAM	6	3	3	0	18	7	+11	12
Houston Dynamo	6	2	3	1	9	9	0	9
Luis Ángel Firpo	6	2	2	2	6	8	−2	8
San Francisco	6	0	2	4	4	13	−9	2

San Francisco	1–1	UNAM
Zapata 42'	(Report)	Espinoza 7'

San Francisco	0–0	Houston Dynamo
	(Report)

UNAM	3–0	Luis Ángel Firpo
Cabrera 11', 37' Pineda 35'	(Report)

UNAM	4–4	Houston Dynamo
López 18' Juárez 26' Palencia 41' Verón 45+2'	(Report)	Waibel 3', 50' Kamara 16', 33' (pen.)

Luis Ángel Firpo	1–0	San Francisco
Ávila 90+1'	(Report)

Houston Dynamo	2–1	San Francisco
Wondolowski 13' De Rosario 88'	(Report)	Pérez 47'

Luis Ángel Firpo	1–1	UNAM
Quintanilla 52'	(Report)	Bravo 55'

Houston Dynamo	1–3	UNAM
Palacios 39' (o.g.)	(Report)	Cacho 18' (pen.) Espinoza 30' Palacios 70'

San Francisco	2–3	Luis Ángel Firpo
Pérez 38' Jiménez 83'	(Report)	Alas 44' Sánchez 49' Gómez 52'

Luis Ángel Firpo	1–1	Houston Dynamo
Leguizamón 87'	(Report)	Holden 16'

UNAM	6–0	San Francisco
Palencia 29', 54' Bravo 40' Toledo 49' Cortés 60' Santana 73'	(Report)

Houston Dynamo	1–0	Luis Ángel Firpo
Ching 13'

• ^2 The Houston Dynamo – Luis Ángel Firpo match originally scheduled for 17 September 2008 was rescheduled for 26 November 2008 due to the effects of Hurricane Ike.

Group C

Club	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Atlante	6	3	2	1	6	3	+3	11
Montreal Impact	6	3	2	1	10	5	+5	11
Olimpia	6	2	2	2	10	6	+4	8
Joe Public	6	1	0	5	3	15	−12	3

• Atlante is ranked ahead of Montreal Impact based on head-to-head record, which is the first tiebreaker.

Montreal Impact	2–0	Joe Public
Pesoli 14' Donatelli 47'	(Report)

Atlante	1–0	Olimpia
A. Muñoz 26'	(Report)

Joe Public	1–3	Olimpia
Richardson 77'	(Report)	Bruschi 32', 76' Thomas 60'

Montreal Impact	0–0	Atlante
	(Report)

Olimpia	1–2	Montreal Impact
Turcios 32'	(Report)	Brown 3', 71' (pen.)

Atlante	0–1	Joe Public
	(Report)	Nelson 56'

Joe Public	1–4	Montreal Impact
Noray 9'	(Report)	Placentino 5' Donatelli 13', 79' Byers 44'

Olimpia	1–1	Atlante
Hernández 83'	(Report)	Vilar 38'

Montreal Impact	1–1	Olimpia
Brown 40'	(Report)	Bruschi 45+1'

Joe Public	0–2	Atlante
	(Report)	Valadez 7' Pereyra 56'

Olimpia	4–0	Joe Public
Dos Santos 26', 38' García 72' Silva 85'	(Report)

Atlante	2–1	Montreal Impact
Ovalle 13' Pereyra 83'	(Report)	Gjertsen 4'

Group D

Club	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Santos Laguna	6	3	1	2	14	11	+3	10
Puerto Rico Islanders	6	2	2	2	9	10	−1	8
Tauro	6	2	2	2	9	10	−1	8
Municipal	6	1	3	2	12	13	−1	6

• Puerto Rico Islanders is ranked ahead of Tauro based on head-to-head record, which is the first tiebreaker.

Puerto Rico Islanders	2–1	Tauro
Villegas 11' Jagdeosingh 26'	(Report)	Aguilar 58'

Santos Laguna	3–2	Municipal
Torres 10' Benítez 32' Vuoso 90'	(Report)	Ramírez 47' Acevedo 83'

Puerto Rico Islanders	3–1	Santos Laguna
Telesford 14' Delgado 38' Miranda 49'	(Report)	Herrera 71'

Tauro	2–1	Municipal
Hay 47', 90+6'	(Report)	Ramírez 45+2'

Municipal	2–2	Puerto Rico Islanders
Leguizamón 79' Plata 90+1'	(Report)	Noël 9' Gbandi 90'

Tauro	2–0	Santos Laguna
Hay 42' Rojas 55'	(Report)

Municipal	2–2	Tauro
Plata 15' Acevedo 90+1'	(Report)	Escobar 58' Aguilar 61'

Santos Laguna	3–0	Puerto Rico Islanders
Peralta 29' Hernández 54' Herrera 70'	(Report)

Santos Laguna	3–0	Tauro
Benítez 10', 27' Torres 53'	(Report)

Puerto Rico Islanders	0–1	Municipal
	(Report)	Acevedo 86'

Tauro	2–2	Puerto Rico Islanders
Hay 42' (pen.), 77'	(Report)	Telesford 16' Noël 28'

Municipal	4–4	Santos Laguna
Ramírez 38' (pen.), 64' (pen.), 90+5' Leguizamón 71'	(Report)	Herrera 10', 47' (pen.), 57' (pen.) Peralta 74'

References

1. ^ "CONCACAF Champions League Regulations 2008/2009" (PDF). CONCACAF. Retrieved 25 September 2008.
2. "Marathon-Saprissa match rescheduled for 5 November". CONCACAF. 2008-10-23. Retrieved 23 October 2008.
3. "Houston-Firpo match in Champions League rescheduled for 26 November". CONCACAF. 22 September 2008. Archived from the original on 24 September 2008. Retrieved 25 September 2008.

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