The 2025 CONCACAF Central American Cup group stage will be played from 29 July to 28 August 2025. A total of 20 teams competed in the group stage to decide the 8 places in the knockout stage of the 2025 CONCACAF Central American Cup.
Draw
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. +Pot 1 Team Herediano 40 Alajuelense 46 Olimpia 48 Saprissa 52+Pot 2 Team Antigua 54 Motagua 55 Municipal 56 Xelajú 60+Pot 3 Team Plaza Amador 61 Cartaginés 62 Real España 63 Real Estelí 66+Pot 4 Team Independiente 68 Sporting San Miguelito 74 Águila 83 Alianza 88+Pot 5 Team 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.
The draw resulted in the following groups:
+ Group ATeamA1 AlajuelenseA2 AntiguaA3 Plaza AmadorA4 AlianzaA5 Managua+ Group BTeamB1 HeredianoB2 MunicipalB3 Real EspañaB4 Sporting San MiguelitoB5 Diriangén+ Group CTeamC1 SaprissaC2 MotaguaC3 CartaginésC4 IndependienteC5 Verdes+ Group DTeamD1 OlimpiaD2 XelajúD3 Real EstelíD4 ÁguilaD5 Hércules
Format
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): Points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, and 0 points for a loss); Goal difference; Goals scored; If two or more teams are still tied after applying the above criteria, their rankings would be determined as follows: Head-to-head points in the matches played among the tied teams; Head-to-head goal difference in the matches played among the tied teams; Head-to-head goals scored in the matches played among the tied teams; The lowest number of fairplay points, based on the following criteria: Yellow card: plus 1 point; Second yellow card/indirect red card: plus 3 points; direct red card: plus 4 points;; Yellow card and direct red card: plus 5 points; CONCACAF Club Ranking after the group stage is completed. Drawing of lots by CONCACAF. The winners and runners-up of each group advanced to the quarter-finals of the knockout stage.
Schedule 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).
WeeksDatesMatchesWeek 129–31 July 2025Team 1 vs. Team 3, Team 5 vs. Team 2Week 25–7 August 2025Team 5 vs. Team 1, Team 2 vs. Team 4Week 312–14 August 2025Team 4 vs. Team 5, Team 2 vs. Team 3Week 419–21 August 2025Team 4 vs. Team 1, Team 3 vs. Team 5Week 526–28 August 2025Team 1 vs. Team 2, Team 3 vs. Team 4
Groups All match times are in EDT (UTC−4) and local times are in parentheses, as listed by CONCACAF.
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
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