The 2025 CONCACAF Central American Cup is the third edition of the CONCACAF Central American Cup, the first-tier annual international club football competition in the Central American region, contested by clubs whose football associations are affiliated with the Central American Football Union (UNCAF), a sub-confederation of CONCACAF.
The winners of the 2025 CONCACAF Central American Cup will qualify directly for the 2026 CONCACAF Champions Cup Round of 16, while the second through sixth place teams will qualify to Round One.
Teams Twenty teams from the seven UNCAF member associations qualified for the tournament based on results from their domestic leagues. Eighteen slots were predetermined by CONCACAF while the remaining two slots were again granted to Costa Rica and Nicaragua as the national associations whose clubs were finalists in the previous edition of the tournament. The slot allocation for this edition was as follows:
Costa Rica: 3+1 berths El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Panama: 3 berths Nicaragua: 2+1 berths Belize: 1 berth
AssociationTeamQualifying method Verdes2024–25 Premier League tournament champions (2025 Closing) with better record in aggregate table.Herediano2024–25 Liga FPD Apertura champions Alajuelense2024–25 Liga FPD Clausura champions Saprissa2024–25 Liga FPD aggregate table best team not yet qualifiedCartaginés2024–25 Liga FPD aggregate table second-best team not yet qualifiedHércules 2024–25 Primera División Apertura championsAlianza2024–25 Primera División Clausura championsÁguila2024–25 Primera División aggregate table best team not yet qualifiedXelajú2024–25 Liga Nacional Torneo Apertura championsAntigua2024–25 Liga Nacional Torneo Clausura championsMunicipal2024–25 Liga Nacional aggregate table best team not yet qualifiedMotagua2024–25 Honduran Liga Nacional Apertura championsOlimpia2024–25 Honduran Liga Nacional Clausura championsReal España2024–25 Honduran Liga Nacional aggregate table best team not yet qualifiedDiriangén2024–25 Liga Primera Apertura championsManagua2024–25 Liga Primera Clausura championsReal Estelí2024–25 Liga Primera aggregate table best team not yet qualifiedIndependiente2024 Liga Panameña Torneo Clausura championsPlaza Amador2025 Liga Panameña Torneo Apertura championsSporting San Miguelito2024 Liga Panameña Torneo Clausura and 2025 Liga Panameña Torneo Apertura aggregate table best team not yet qualified
Draw
Schedule The schedule of the competition is as follows.
StageRoundFirst legSecond legGroup StageMatchday 129–31 JulyMatchday 25–7 AugustMatchday 312–14 AugustMatchday 419–21 AugustMatchday 526–28 AugustKnockoutQuarterfinals23–25 September30 September – 2 OctoberSemifinals and Play-in21–23 October28–30 OctoberFinals25–27 November2–4 December
Group stage
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Knockout stage
Qualified teams
Seeding
The following was the seeding for the quarter-finals round only:
Bracket
Quarter-finals
Play-in
Semi-finals
Finals
Top goalscorers
RankPlayerTeamTotal1 Jorge Benguché Olimpia11 1112 1 82 Marco Ureña Cartaginés 311 1 63 Johan Venegas Cartaginés 32 54 Brayan Moya Real España 11 1 1 4 Everardo Rose Plaza Amador1 111 6 Junior Arteaga Diriangén111 3 Pedro Báez Xelajú111 Jerry Bengtson Olimpia 1 11 Mauro Caballero Águila 21 Anthony Hernández Alajuelense 1 11 Marcel Hernández Herediano11 1 Martín Ruíz Sporting San Miguelito 1 11 Jorlian Sánchez Plaza Amador 21 Gustavo Souza Real España2 1
See also 2025 CONCACAF Caribbean Cup 2025 Leagues Cup 2026 CONCACAF Champions Cup
References
Notes
External links at CONCACAF.com