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2002 CONCACAF Champions' Cup

37th edition of premier club football tournament organized by CONCACAF

37th edition of premier club football tournament organized by CONCACAF

FieldValue
year2002
datesFebruary 3 – September 18
imageEstadio-azul-2015.jpg
captionEstadio Ciudad de los Deportes in Mexico City hosted the Final
num_teams16
associations7
champion_otherMEX Pachuca
count1
second_otherMEX Morelia
matches29
goals74
top_scorerBRA Alex Fernandes
VEN Juan Arango
(4 goals)
prevseason[2000](2000-concacaf-champions-cup)
nextseason[2003](2003-concacaf-champions-cup)

VEN Juan Arango (4 goals) The 2002 CONCACAF Champions' Cup was the 37th edition of the annual international club football competition held in the CONCACAF region (North America, Central America and the Caribbean), the CONCACAF Champions' Cup. It featured a league format with 16 clubs. As part of the expansion, the quarterfinal stage for the current Champions Cup was moved to the first months of the 2002. Those clubs that had already qualified for the quarterfinal stage of the 2001 CONCACAF Champions' Cup were moved directly into the new league format.

To facilitate the shift to the new cycle of qualifying rounds in the latter half of one year and the league stage in the first half of the following, the decision was taken to use the current competition as the transition period and fold those clubs already qualified into the league format.

In addition, the winner and runner-up of the 2001 CONCACAF Giants Cup (Club América and D.C. United) was also merged into the first edition to provide both of those clubs the opportunity to compete for a spot in the 2003 FIFA Club World Championship, as they would have done under the previous competition system. This was convenient, as one of the qualifying MLS teams, Miami Fusion F.C., was folded after the 2001 season despite winning the MLS Supporters' Shield that year.

Club Comunicaciones, Tauro FC and Alajuelense, were elected as the top Central American non-qualifiers for the 2001 CONCACAF Champions Cup and finally the 2001 MLS Cup champions San Jose Earthquakes and the Mexican 2001 Invierno season champions Pachuca. Originally, four groups of four teams each, to be drawn in December or January, were planned, but at the end of November, CONCACAF changed plans once again and decided to play the tournament in a two-legs knock-out format, without a group stage. Because of this, the tournament's name was changed from CONCACAF Champions League back to CONCACAF Champions Cup.

The two finalists were supposed to qualify for the cancelled 2003 FIFA Club World Championship. Mexican club Pachuca beat countryfellow Morelia 1–0 in the final to win their first CONCACAF trophy.

Qualified teams

North American zone

Mexico Morelia – 2000 Invierno champion

Mexico Pachuca – 2001 Invierno champion

Mexico Santos Laguna – 2001 Verano champion

Mexico Club América – 2001 Giants Cup champion

United States Kansas City Wizards – 2000 MLS Cup champion and 2000 MLS Supporters' Shield winner

United States Chicago Fire – 2000 MLS Cup runner-up

United States San Jose Earthquakes – 2001 MLS Cup champion

United States D.C. United – 2001 Giants Cup runner-up

Central American zone

Guatemala Municipal – UNCAF champion

Costa Rica Saprissa – UNCAF runner-up

Honduras Olimpia – UNCAF third place

Guatemala Comunicaciones – UNCAF fourth place

Panama Tauro – UNCAF semifinal qualifier

Costa Rica Alajuelense – UNCAF semifinal qualifier

Caribbean zone

Trinidad and Tobago Defence Force – 2001 CFU Club Championship finalist

Trinidad and Tobago W Connection – 2001 CFU Club Championship finalist

Bracket

| RD1-team01=Mexico Morelia | RD1-score01-1=2 | RD1-score01-2=1 | RD1-score01-agg=3 | RD1-team02=Costa Rica Saprissa | RD1-score02-1=0 | RD1-score02-2=1 | RD1-score02-agg=1 | RD1-team03=Guatemala Municipal | RD1-score03-1=0 | RD1-score03-2=0 | RD1-score03-agg=0 | RD1-team04=United States Chicago Fire | RD1-score04-1=1 | RD1-score04-2=2 | RD1-score04-agg=3 | RD1-team05=Panama Tauro | RD1-score05-1=1 | RD1-score05-2=2 | RD1-score05-agg=3 | RD1-team06=Mexico Santos Laguna | RD1-score06-1=1 | RD1-score06-2=4 | RD1-score06-agg=5 | RD1-team07=Trinidad and Tobago W Connection | RD1-score07-1=0 | RD1-score07-2=0 | RD1-score07-agg=0 | RD1-team08=United States Kansas City Wizards | RD1-score08-1=1 | RD1-score08-2=2 | RD1-score08-agg=3 | RD1-team09=Guatemala** Comunicaciones** | RD1-score09-1=4 | RD1-score09-2=1 | RD1-score09-agg=5 | RD1-team10=United States D.C. United | RD1-score10-1=0 | RD1-score10-2=2 | RD1-score10-agg=2 | RD1-team11=Costa Rica** Alajuelense** | RD1-score11-1=1 | RD1-score11-2=2 | RD1-score11-agg=3 | RD1-team12=Mexico Club América | RD1-score12-1=0 | RD1-score12-2=0 | RD1-score12-agg=0 | RD1-team13=Trinidad and Tobago Defence Force | RD1-score13-1=1 | RD1-score13-2=0 | RD1-score13-agg=1 | RD1-team14=Mexico** Pachuca** | RD1-score14-1=0 | RD1-score14-2=4 | RD1-score14-agg=4 | RD1-team15=Honduras Olimpia | RD1-score15-1=0 | RD1-score15-2=1 | RD1-score15-agg=1 | RD1-team16=United States** S.J. Earthquakes** | RD1-score16-1=1 | RD1-score16-2=3 | RD1-score16-agg=4 | RD2-team01=Mexico Morelia | RD2-score01-1=2 | RD2-score01-2=1 | RD2-score01-agg=3 | RD2-team02=United States Chicago Fire | RD2-score02-1=0 | RD2-score02-2=2 | RD2-score02-agg=2 | RD2-team03=Mexico Santos Laguna | RD2-score03-1=2 | RD2-score03-2=0 | RD2-score03-agg=2 | RD2-team04=United States Kansas City Wizards | RD2-score04-1=1 | RD2-score04-2=2 | RD2-score04-agg=3 | RD2-team05=Guatemala Comunicaciones | RD2-score05-1=2 | RD2-score05-2=0 | RD2-score05-agg=2 | RD2-team06=Costa Rica Alajuelense | RD2-score06-1=3 | RD2-score06-2=3 | RD2-score06-agg=6 | RD2-team07=Mexico Pachuca | RD2-score07-1=3 | RD2-score07-2=0 | RD2-score07-agg=3 | RD2-team08=United States S.J. Earthquakes | RD2-score08-1=0 | RD2-score08-2=1 | RD2-score08-agg=1 | RD3-team01=Mexico Morelia | RD3-score01-1=6 | RD3-score01-2=1 | RD3-score01-agg=7 | RD3-team02=United States Kansas City Wizards | RD3-score02-1=1 | RD3-score02-2=1 | RD3-score02-agg=2 | RD3-team03=Costa Rica Alajuelense | RD3-score03-1=2 | RD3-score03-2=0 | RD3-score03-agg=2 | RD3-team04=Mexico Pachuca | RD3-score04-1=1 | RD3-score04-2=2 | RD3-score04-agg=3 | RD4-team01=Mexico Morelia | RD4-score01=0 | RD4-team02=Mexico Pachuca | RD4-score02=1

First round

First leg and Second leg matches were played between February 3, 2002, and March 27, 2002.

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Alajuelense win 3-0 on aggregate

Comunicaciones win 5-2 on aggregate

Pachuca win 5-0 on aggregate

San Jose win 4-1 on aggregate

Morelia win 3-1 on aggregate

Ante Razov Chicago Fire win 3-0 on aggregate

Santos win 5-3 on aggregate

Kansas City win 3-0 on aggregate

Quarterfinals

First leg and Second leg matches were played between April 14, 2002, and April 24, 2002. |} Kansas City win 3-2 on aggregate

Alajuelense win 6-2 on aggregate

Pachuca win 3-1 on aggregate

Morelia win 3-2 on aggregate

Semifinals

First leg and Second leg matches were played between August 7, 2002, and August 28, 2002. |}

López Silvani

Pachuca won 2–1 on aggregate.

Buján Bautista
Saavedra

Morelia won 7–2 on aggregate.

Final

ARG Rubén Omar Romano
MEX Alfredo Tena

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Top scorers

RankPlayerClubGoals
1MEX Alex FernandesMEX Morelia4
Venezuela Juan ArangoMEX C.F. Pachuca4
3Ukraine Dema KovalenkoUSA Chicago Fire3
HON Milton NúñezGUA Comunicaciones3
MEX Eduardo LillingstonMEX Santos Laguna3
6Pedro JiménezMEX Santos Laguna2
CRC Sandro AlfaroCRC LD Alajuelense2
Erick JimenezCRC LD Alajuelense2
USA Chris BrownUSA Kansas City Wizards2
CRC Wilmer LopezCRC LD Alajuelense2
Franz TorresMEX Morelia2
Antonio GonzalezMEX Morelia2
Colombia Andrés ChitivaMEX C.F. Pachuca2
MEX Sergio SantanaMEX C.F. Pachuca2
ARG Walter SilvaniMexico C.F. Pachuca2

References

References

  1. [https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/cacups02.html CONCACAF Champions' Cup 2002] on the RSSSF
  2. (March 2019)
  3. [https://www.vavel.com/mx/futbol-mexicano/2018/02/03/pachuca/875459-concacaf-2002.html Legado Glorioso, Copa Concacaf 2002] by Héctor Gómez on Vavel, 2 Feb 2018
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