The CONCACAF Central American Cup is the top regional tournament for clubs from Central America. Although, this tournament was first contested in 2023, multiple different former competitions have been played before to crown a regional champion. The official competitions that grant this title are the CONCACAF Champions Cup qualification stage (1964–1991), the UNCAF Interclub Cup (1999–2007) and the already mentioned CONCACAF Central American Cup (2023–present). Several clubs have also won the CONCACAF Champions Cup, the CONCACAF League and the CONCACAF Cup Winners Cup, however, these tournaments, although officials, also included teams from other regions from CONCACAF outside of Central America, therefore, not added to this list. There were other non-official tournaments played during the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s, such as the Copa Fraternidad and the Torneo Grandes de Centro América, being the most prominents.
Winners Year Winners (number of titles) Runners-up CONCACAF Champions Cup qualifying stage (1964–1998) 1964 Uruguay (1) Municipal 1965 Saprissa (1) Águila 1966 Not held 1967 Alianza (1) Aurora 1968 Aurora (1) Olimpia 1969 No proper Central American stage programed; all rounds mixed with northern and/or Caribbean clubs 1970 Saprissa (2) Olimpia 1971 Central American stage for qualifying purposes only; no final programed. Both Comunicaciones (GUA) and Alajuelense (CRC) advanced to further stage 1972 No proper Central American stage programed; all rounds mixed with northern and/or Caribbean clubs 1973 Saprissa (3) Alajuelense 1974 Municipal (1) Alianza 1975 Saprissa (4) Municipal 1976 Águila (1) Diriangén 1977 Saprissa (5) Municipal 1978 Comunicaciones (1) Saprissa 1979 FAS (1) Cartaginés (withdrew) 1980 Universidad (1) Marathón 1981–1985 No proper Central American stage programed; all rounds mixed with northern and/or Caribbean clubs 1986 Central American stage for qualifying purposes only; no final programed. Both Alajuelense (CRC) and Motagua (HON) advanced to further stage 1987 Olimpia (1) Saprissa 1988 Alajuelense (1) Olimpia 1989 Olimpia (2) Herediano 1990 Olimpia (3) Luis Ángel Firpo 1991 Real España (1) Saprissa 1992–1996 No proper Central American stage programed; all rounds mixed with northern and/or Caribbean clubs 1997 Central American stage for qualifying purposes only; no final programed. All Comunicaciones (GUA), Luis Ángel Firpo (SLV) and Cartaginés (CRC) advanced to further stage 1998 Central American stage for qualifying purposes only; no final programed. All Saprissa (CRC), Luis Ángel Firpo (SLV) and Alajuelense (CRC) advanced to further stage 2008–2017 No proper Central American stage programed; all Central American clubs qualified through their domestic leagues and the CONCACAF League on-forward UNCAF Interclub Cup (1999–2007) 1999 Olimpia (4) Alajuelense 2000 Olimpia (5) Alajuelense 2001 Municipal (2) Saprissa 2002 Alajuelense (2) Árabe Unido 2003 Saprissa (6) Comunicaciones 2004 Municipal (3) Saprissa 2005 Alajuelense (3) Olimpia 2006 Puntarenas (1) Olimpia 2007 Motagua (1) Saprissa CONCACAF Central American Cup (2023–) 2023 Alajuelense (4) Real Estelí 2024 Alajuelense (5) Real Estelí 2025 Alajuelense (6) Xelajú
Other versions The CONCACAF League was a second-tier competition organized by CONCACAF between 2017 and 2022 which served as a method of qualification to the CONCACAF Champions League. The tournament was open to Central American, Caribbean and Canadian clubs, however more than 80% of the berths in each tournament were allocated to Central American clubs. Although not officially a regional tournament, in the Central American lore, the winners of this cup have been considered "Central American champions"; even more because after all editions, all winners and finalists happened to be from Central America.
Year Winners (number of titles) Runners-up CONCACAF League (2017–2022) 2017 Olimpia (1) Santos de Guápiles 2018 Herediano (1) Motagua 2019 Saprissa (1) Motagua 2020 Alajuelense (1) Saprissa 2021 Comunicaciones (1) Motagua 2022 Olimpia (2) Alajuelense
Non-official competitions These tournaments were exhibition association football cups played between Central American clubs, not necessarily by the domestic cup or league holders, but more often by invitation.
Year Winners (number of titles) Runners-up Championship of Central America and the Caribbean (1961) 1961 Alajuelense (1) Águila Copa Fraternidad (1971–1984) 1971 Comunicaciones (1) Saprissa 1972 Saprissa (1) Aurora 1973 Saprissa (2) Águila 1974 Municipal (1) Saprissa 1975 Platense (1) Aurora 1976 Aurora (1) Comunicaciones 1977 Municipal (2) Comunicaciones 1978 Saprissa (3) Cartaginés 1979 Aurora (2) Real España 1980 Broncos (1) Alianza 1981 Real España (1) Olimpia 1982 Real España (2) Xelajú 1983 Comunicaciones (2) Aurora 1984 Final round abandoned Torneo Grandes de Centro América (1996–1998) 1996 Alajuelense (1) Saprissa 1997 Alianza (1) Saprissa 1997–98 Saprissa (1) Municipal Copa Premier Centroamericana (2019) 2019–20 Real España (1) Olimpia
Titles by club Club Titles Winning years Official only (Includes CONCACAF League) Saprissa 7 1965, 1970, 1973, 1975, 1977, 2003, 2019 Olimpia 7 1987, 1989, 1990, 1999, 2000, 2017, 2022 Alajuelense 7 1988, 2002, 2005, 2020, 2023, 2024, 2025 Municipal 3 1974, 2001, 2004 Comunicaciones 2 1978, 2021 Uruguay 1 1964 Alianza 1 1967 Aurora 1 1968 Águila 1 1976 FAS 1 1979 Universidad 1 1980 Real España 1 1991 Puntarenas 1 2006 Motagua 1 2007 Herediano 1 2018 Including non-officials Saprissa 11 1965, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1997–98, 2003, 2019 Alajuelense 9 1961, 1988, 1996, 2002, 2005, 2020, 2023, 2024, 2025 Olimpia 7 1987, 1989, 1990, 1999, 2000, 2017, 2022 Municipal 5 1974, 1974, 1977, 2001, 2004 Real España 4 1981, 1982, 1991, 2019–20 Comunicaciones 4 1971, 1978, 1983, 2021 Aurora 3 1968, 1976, 1979 Alianza 2 1967, 1997 Uruguay 1 1964 Platense 1 1975 Águila 1 1976 FAS 1 1979 Universidad 1 1980 Broncos 1 1980 Puntarenas 1 2006 Motagua 1 2007 Herediano 1 2018
See also CONCACAF Central American Cup UNCAF Interclub Cup
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