2005 CONCACAF Champions' Cup

2005 CONCACAF Champions' Cup

Tournament details
Dates	March 9 – May 11
Teams	8 (from 6 associations)
Final positions
Champions	Saprissa (3rd title)
Runners-up	UNAM
Tournament statistics
Matches played	14
Goals scored	35 (2.5 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Rónald Gómez (3 goals)
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The 2005 CONCACAF Champions' Cup was the 40th edition of the annual international club football competition held in the CONCACAF region (North America, Central America and the Caribbean), the CONCACAF Champions' Cup. The tournament was also a qualifying event for the FIFA Club World Championship. Qualifying began September 21, 2004 and final rounds took place in 2005.

Costa Rica's Deportivo Saprissa won the title with a 3–2 aggregate win over Mexico's UNAM Pumas in the final.^[1] Saprissa had advanced with dramatic wins, once in extra time and once on penalties. Saprissa qualified for the 2005 FIFA Club World Championship in Japan,^[2] finishing third.

This was the last time a non-Mexican team had won the CONCACAF Champions' Cup until 2022, when Seattle Sounders FC of the United States also defeated UNAM Pumas in the final.

Qualified teams

North American zone

UNAM Pumas - 2004 Clausura and 2004 Apertura champion
Monterrey - 2004 Apertura runner-up
D.C. United - 2004 MLS Cup champion
Kansas City Wizards - 2004 MLS Cup runner-up

Central American zone

Municipal - UNCAF champion
Saprissa - UNCAF runner-up
Olimpia - UNCAF third place

Caribbean zone

Harbour View - 2004 CFU Club Championship winner

Bracket

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
		Kansas City Wizards	0	1	1
		Saprissa (a.e.t.)	0	2	2
									Saprissa (a.e.t.) (pen.)	2	1	3 (5)
									Monterrey	2	1	3 (3)
		Monterrey	2	0	2
		Municipal	1	0	1
																Saprissa	2	1	3
																UNAM	0	2	2
		D.C. United	2	2	4
		Harbour View	1	1	2
									D.C. United	1	0	1
									UNAM	1	5	6
		Olimpia	1	1	2
		UNAM (a.e.t.)	1	2	3

Quarterfinals

March 9, 2005

Kansas City Wizards	0–0	Saprissa

Arrowhead Stadium
Kansas City, Missouri, United States

Attendance: 1,207

March 16, 2005

Saprissa	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Kansas City Wizards
Drummond 90', 96'		Burciaga 79'

Estadio Ricardo Saprissa
San José, Costa Rica

Saprissa won 2–1 on aggregate.

March 9, 2005

Monterrey	2–1	Municipal
Martínez 3' Rotchen 43'		Muller 70'

Estadio Tecnológico
Monterrey, Mexico

Attendance: 20,000

March 16, 2005

Municipal	0–0	Monterrey

Estadio Mateo Flores
Guatemala City, Guatemala

Attendance: 15,000

Monterrey won 2–1 on aggregate.

March 9, 2005

D.C. United	2–1	Harbour View
Eskandarian 5' Gros 64'		Shelton 23'

Maryland SoccerPlex
Germantown, Maryland, United States

Attendance: 3,825

March 16, 2005

Harbour View	1–2	D.C. United
Stewart 45+'		Walker 74' Moreno 77'

Harbour View Stadium
Kingston, Jamaica

D.C. United won 4–2 on aggregate.

March 9, 2005

Olimpia	1–1	UNAM
Palacios 48'		Alonso 83' (pen.)

Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino
Tegucigalpa, Honduras

March 16, 2005

UNAM	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Olimpia
Botero 17' Marioni 117'		Palacios 30'

Estadio Olímpico Universitario
Mexico City, Mexico

Attendance: 25,200

UNAM won 3–2 on aggregate.

Semifinals

April 7, 2005

Saprissa	2–2	Monterrey
Gómez 45+' (pen.) Aleman 85'		Martínez 43' Veiga 67'

Estadio Ricardo Saprissa
San José, Costa Rica

April 13, 2005

Monterrey	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Saprissa
Casartelli 40'		Gómez 71' (pen.)
Penalties
	3–5

Estadio Tecnológico
Monterrey, Mexico

Attendance: 30,000

3–3 on aggregate. Saprissa won 5–3 on penalties.

April 6, 2005

D.C. United	1–1	UNAM
Gómez 10'		Da Silva 51' (pen.)

RFK Stadium
Washington, D.C., USA

Attendance: 21,185

April 13, 2005

UNAM	5–0	D.C. United
Marioni 11' Beltrán 48', 73' Toledo 85' Lozano 88'

Estadio Olímpico Universitario
Mexico City, Mexico

Attendance: 22,000

UNAM won 6–1 on aggregate.

Final

First leg

2005 CONCACAF Champions' Cup Final

May 4, 2005

Second leg

Saprissa	2–0	UNAM
Bolaños 21' Badilla 43'	Report

Estadio Ricardo Saprissa, San José, Costa Rica

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Brian Hall (United States)

Second leg

May 11, 2005

Second leg

UNAM	2–1	Saprissa
Del Olmo 66' Augusto 88'	Report	Gómez 33'

Estadio Olímpico Universitario, Mexico City

Attendance: 40,000

Referee: Kevin Stott (United States)

Team details

UNAM Saprissa GK Sergio Bernal DF Darío Verón DF Israel Castro DF Jaime Lozano DF David Toledo  46' MF Fernando Espinosa  46' MF Gonzalo Pineda MF Leandro Augusto MF Joaquín Botero  78' FW José Aílton da Silva FW Diego Alonso Substitutions: FW Pablo Bonells  78' DF Marco A. Palacios  46' MF Joaquín del Olmo  46' Manager: Hugo Sánchez GK José Porras DF Christian Bolaños  75' DF Víctor Cordero DF Jervis Drummond DF Try Bennett MF Walter Centeno  90' MF Alonso Solís  68' MF Gabriel Badilla MF José L. López FW Rónald Gómez FW Juan Bautista Substitutions: FW Allan Alemán  68' MF Saúl Phillips  75' DF Andrés Núñez  90' Manager: Hernán Medford

Saprissa won 3–2 on aggregate.

Champions

CONCACAF Champions' Cup 2005 Winners
Saprissa Third Title

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Rónald Gómez	Saprissa	3
2	Gerald Drummond	Saprissa	2
	Ricardo Martínez	Monterrey
	Bruno Marioni	UNAM
	Joaquín Beltrán	UNAM
6	24 players		1

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