User:Quidster4040/sandbox/2015–16 CONCACAF SuperLiga group stage

The 2015–16 CONCACAF SuperLiga group stage was played from 17 September to 10 December 2015. A total of 48 teams compete in the group stage to decide 24 of the 32 places in the knockout phase of the 2015–16 CONCACAF SuperLiga.

Draw
The draw was held on 28 August 2015, 13:00 Eastern Standard Time, at the Port of Spain International Waterfront Centre in Port of Spain. The 48 teams were drawn into twelve groups of four, with the restriction that teams from the same association could not be drawn against each other. For the draw, the teams were seeded into four pots based on their 2015 club coefficients. Moreover, the draw was controlled for teams from the same association in order to split the teams evenly into the two sets of groups (A–F, G–L) for maximum television coverage.

The fixtures were decided after the draw. On each matchday, six groups play their matches at 19:00 ET, while the other six groups play their matches at 21:05 ET, with the two sets of groups (A–F, G–L) alternating between each matchday. There are other restrictions: for example, teams from the same city (e.g., ??) in general do not play at home on the same matchday (UEFA tries to avoid teams from the same city playing at home on the same day, due to logistics and crowd control), and teams in certain countries (e.g., Canada and the United States) do not play at home on the last matchday (due to cold weather and simultaneous kick-off times).

Teams
Below are the 48 teams which qualified for the group stage (with their 2015 club coefficients), grouped by their seeding pot. They include 16 teams which enter in this stage, the 22 winners of the play-off round, and the 10 losers of the Champions League play-off round.


 * Notes

Format
In each group, teams play against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The group winners and runners-up advance to the round of 32, where they are joined by the eight third-placed teams from the Champions League group stage.

Tiebreakers
The teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If two or more teams are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria are applied in the order given to determine the rankings (regulations Article 16.01):
 * 1) higher number of points obtained in the group matches played among the teams in question;
 * 2) superior goal difference from the group matches played among the teams in question;
 * 3) higher number of goals scored in the group matches played among the teams in question;
 * 4) higher number of goals scored away from home in the group matches played among the teams in question;
 * if, after having applied criteria 1 to 4, teams still have an equal ranking, criteria 1 to 4 are reapplied exclusively to the matches between the teams in question to determine their final rankings. If this procedure does not lead to a decision, criteria 6 to 12 apply;
 * 1) superior goal difference in all group matches;
 * 2) higher number of goals scored in all group matches;
 * 3) higher number of away goals scored in all group matches;
 * 4) higher number of wins in all group matches;
 * 5) higher number of away wins in all group matches;
 * 6) lower disciplinary points total based only on yellow and red cards received in all group matches (red card = 3 points, yellow card = 1 point, expulsion for two yellow cards in one match = 3 points);
 * 7) higher club coefficient.

Groups
The matchdays are 17 September, 1 October, 22 October, 5 November, 26 November, and 10 December 2015. The match kickoff times are 19:00 and 21:05 ET.

Group A

 * Tiebreakers
 * Bauger and Chorrillo are ranked by their head-to-head records, as shown below.

Group B
 

 







 

Group C


 

 

 

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Group E
<div id="Pérez Zeledón v Sporting Kansas City">

<div id="York Region Shooters v Pérez Zeledón">

<div id="Chiapas v Pérez Zeledón">

<div id="Pérez Zeledón v Chiapas">

<div id="Sporting Kansas City v Pérez Zeledón">

<div id="Pérez Zeledón v York Region Shooters">


 * <div id="notes_qr1"> Note 1: Match was moved to the Ontario Soccer Centre's indoor field house due to potential severe/cold weather.

Group F
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<div id="Kitsap Pumas v Marathón">

<div id="Marathón v Ottawa Fury">

<div id="Ottawa Fury v Marathón">

<div id="Marathón v Kitsap Pumas">

Group G

 * Tiebreakers
 * Edmonton and Pachuca are ranked by their head-to-head records, as shown below.


 * Edmonton won on away goals (1–0)

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Group H
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<div id="Racing Club v Diriangén">

<div id="Tauro v Diriangén">

<div id="Diriangén v Tauro">

<div id="Yabuco SUAL v Diriangén">

<div id="Diriangén v Racing Club">

Group J
(A) Advances to a further round; (E) Eliminated.


 * <div id="notes_qr3"> Note 3: Legs reversed due to potential severe/cold weather.

Group K
(A) Advances to a further round; (E) Eliminated.

<div id="Águila v UCR">

<div id="WBC v Águila">

<div id="Santos Laguna v Águila">

<div id="Águila v Santos Laguna">

<div id="UCR v Águila">

<div id="Águila v WBC">