User:Quidster4040/sandbox/2015–16 CONCACAF SuperLiga

The 2015–16 CONCACAF League was the 10th season of Europe's secondary club football tournament organised by CONCACAF, and the 7th season since it was renamed from the UEFA Cup to the UEFA Europa League.

The 2016 UEFA Europa League Final was played between Querétaro and Columbus Crew at Children's Mercy Park in Kansas City, United States and won by Querétaro, their first title.

Querétaro qualified for the 2015–16 UEFA Champions League group stage as the Europa League title holders, but qualified for the Europa League by finishing third in the Champions League group stage and successfully defended their title.

Teams

 * CW: Cup winners
 * 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, etc.: League position
 * LC: League Cup winners
 * P-W: End-of-season Europa League play-off winners
 * FP: Fair Play
 * UCL: Transferred from the Champions League
 * GS: Third-placed teams from the group stage
 * PO: Losers from the play-off round
 * Q3: Losers from the third qualifying round


 * Notes

Round and draw dates
The schedule of the competition is as follows (all draws held at CONCACAF headquarters in Miami, United States, unless stated otherwise).

Matches in the qualifying, play-off, and knockout rounds may also be played on Tuesdays or Wednesdays instead of the regular Thursdays due to scheduling conflicts.

Qualifying rounds
In the qualifying rounds and the play-off round, teams are divided into seeded and unseeded teams based on their 2015 CONCACAF club coefficients, and then drawn into two-legged home-and-away ties. Teams from the same association cannot be drawn against each other.

First qualifying round

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Second qualifying round

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Third qualifying round

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Playoff-round

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Group stage

 * Main article: 2015–16 CONCACAF SuperLiga group stage

Knockout stage

 * Main article: 2015–16 CONCACAF SuperLiga knockout phase