User:Quidster4040/sandbox/2016–17 CONCACAF SuperLiga group stage

The 2016–17 CONCACAF SuperLiga group stage will begin on 15 September and end on 8 December 2016. A total of 48 teams compete in the group stage to decide 24 of the 32 places in the knockout phase of the 2016–17 CONCACAF SuperLiga.

Draw
The draw will be held on 26 August 2016, at the Radio City Music Hall in New York City. The 48 teams will be drawn into twelve groups of four, with the restriction that teams from the same association can not be drawn against each other. For the draw, the teams are seeded into four pots based on their 2016 UEFA club coefficients.

Moreover, the draw will be 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 will be decided after the draw. On each matchday, six groups play their matches at 19:00 EST, while the other six groups play their matches at 21:05 EST, 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 in general do not play at home on the same matchday (CONCACAF 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) do not play at home on the last matchday (due to cold weather and simultaneous kick-off times).

Teams
Below are the participating teams (with their 2016 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 15 September, 29 September, 20 October, 3 November, 24 November, and 8 December 2016.

Times up to 29 October 2016 (matchdays 1–3) are CEST (UTC+2), thereafter (matchdays 4–6) times are CET (UTC+1).

Group D
(A) Advance to a further round; (E) Eliminated.

Top goalscorers

 * 7 goals


 * 🇲🇽 Ángel Zaldívar — Guadalajara
 * Diego Rubio — Sporting Kansas City


 * 5 goals


 * Willis Plaza — San Juan Jabloteh
 * Oalex Anderson — Seattle Sounders


 * 4 goals


 * 🇧🇷 Aloisio Teixeira — Belmopan Bandits
 * 🇵🇦 Yuriel Prestán — Chepo
 * Lesly St. Fleur — Montego Bay United
 * 🇺🇸 Cameron Porter — Sporting Kansas City
 * 🇨🇩 Danny Mwanga — Ottawa Fury


 * 3 goals


 * Pierre Desmangles — Agouado
 * 🇯🇲 Newton Sterling — Arnett Gardens
 * 🇯🇲 Leon Strickland — Arnett Gardens
 * Ángel Tejeda — Honduras Progreso
 * 🇺🇸 Mike Magee — LA Galaxy
 * 🇲🇽 Raúl Mendiola — LA Galaxy
 * 🇻🇮 Trevor Wrensford — Raymix
 * 🇺🇸 Jordan Morris — Seattle Sounders
 * Rolly Bodden — Scholars International
 * Xavier Dolmus — Walter Ferretti
 * Raúl Leguías — Walter Ferretti


 * 2 goals


 * 🇸🇻 Rodolfo Zelaya — Alianza
 * 🇲🇽 Agustín Herrera — Antigua
 * 🇯🇲 Andre Clennon — Arnett Gardens
 * 🇯🇲 Jay Martin — Arnett Gardens
 * 🇨🇺 Yosniel Mesa — Cienfuegos
 * 🇨🇺 Yodan Santa Cruz — Cienfuegos
 * 🇨🇺 Kiki Villaurrutia — Cienfuegos
 * 🇲🇽 Carlos Peña — Guadalajara
 * 🇲🇽 Orbelín Pineda — Guadalajara
 * 🇧🇷 Armando Filho — Lane United
 * 🇺🇸 Alan Gordon — LA Galaxy
 * 🇺🇸 Jeff Larentowicz — LA Galaxy
 * Ariel Lassiter — LA Galaxy
 * 🇨🇦 Carl Haworth — Ottawa Fury
 * 🇨🇦 Kyle Porter — Ottawa Fury
 * 🇯🇲 Ajay Richards — Reno
 * Jamal Gay — San Juan Jabloteh


 * 1 goal


 * Olivier Dupre — Agouado
 * Orem Hardouin — Agouado
 * Yannis Vernet — Agouado
 * 🇫🇷 Ronald Zesnadbor — Agouado
 * 🇸🇻 Óscar Cerén — Alianza
 * 🇨🇴 Oscar Guerrero — Alianza
 * 🇸🇻 Christopher Ramírez — Alianza
 * 🇸🇻 Gerson Serpas — Alianza
 * Óscar Isaula — Antigua
 * Roberto Peña — Antigua
 * Brian Ramirez — Antigua
 * 🇯🇲 Raffique Bryan — Arnett Gardens
 * 🇯🇲 Kenniel Hyde — Arnett Gardens
 * 🇯🇲 Jabeur Johnson— Arnett Gardens
 * 🇯🇲 Kemal Malcolm— Arnett Gardens
 * 🇯🇲 Vanado Manning— Arnett Gardens
 * 🇯🇲 Marshawn Webb — Arnett Gardens
 * 🇵🇦 Julio Castillo — Chepo
 * 🇵🇦 Daniel Cortina — Chepo
 * 🇨🇴 Anderson Lobón — Chepo
 * 🇵🇦 Ismael Menal — Chepo
 * 🇨🇺 Lazaro Stuart — Cienfuegos
 * 🇩🇲 Sidney Lockhart — Dublanc
 * 🇲🇽 Marco Bueno — Guadalajara
 * 🇲🇽 Carlos Cisneros — Guadalajara
 * 🇲🇽 Marco Granados — Guadalajara
 * 🇲🇽 Alan Pulido — Guadalajara
 * 🇲🇽 Daniel Ríos — Guadalajara
 * 🇲🇽 Carlos Salcido — Guadalajara
 * 🇲🇽 Alejandro Zendejas — Guadalajara
 * Denis Aguilar — Honduras Progreso
 * Christopher Anariba — Honduras Progreso
 * Francisco Benítez — Honduras Progreso
 * Edwin León — Honduras Progreso
 * 🇧🇷 Ney Costa — Juticalpa
 * Horacio Cruz — Juticalpa
 * Carlos Ovidio Lanza — Juticalpa
 * Marco Mejía — Juticalpa
 * 🇬🇭 Emmanuel Boateng — LA Galaxy
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ashley Cole — LA Galaxy
 * 🇺🇸 Landon Donovan — LA Galaxy
 * 🇺🇸 Bradford Jamieson IV — LA Galaxy
 * 🇧🇦 Baggio Hušidić — LA Galaxy
 * 🇺🇸 Jack McBean — LA Galaxy
 * 🇺🇸 Kharlton Belmar — Lane United
 * Nathan Braaten — Lane United
 * 🇪🇸 Alberto Cobos — Lane United
 * 🇺🇸 Aidan Johnson — Lane United
 * 🇪🇸 Vicente Mora — Lane United
 * John Noonkester — Lane United
 * 🇦🇷 Gerardo Bruna — Ottawa Fury
 * Thomas Stewart — Ottawa Fury
 * 🇬🇾 Konata Mannings — Pele
 * 🇬🇾 Gregory Richardson — Pele
 * 🇯🇲 Shashamarley Barrett — Reno
 * 🇯🇲 Orpheous McPherson — Reno
 * 🇯🇲 Wanique Pinnock — Reno
 * Sean Bonval — San Juan Jabloteh
 * Jerrell Britto — San Juan Jabloteh
 * Tyrone Charles — San Juan Jabloteh
 * 🇧🇷 Ronaldo Viana — San Juan Jabloteh
 * 🇯🇲 Conroy Rotsy — Scholars International
 * Marcin Adams — Scholars International
 * Tom Elliot — Scholars International
 * 🇨🇴 Marlon Barrios — Walter Ferretti
 * Eulises Pavón — Walter Ferretti
 * Rodrigo Valiente — Walter Ferretti


 * Own goals


 * 🇵🇦 Francisco Portillo — Atlético Nacional (playing against Diriangén)
 * Saad Abdul-Salaam — Sporting Kansas City (playing against Arnett Gardens)
 * 🇨🇴 Jimmy Medranda — Sporting Kansas City (playing against FC Edmonton)
 * 🇵🇪 Pedro Gallese — Veracruz (playing against Marathón)