| Tourney Name: | CONCACAF Champions Cup |
| Year: | 2024 |
| Size: | 275px |
| Dates: | 6 February – 1 June |
| Num Teams: | 27 |
| Associations: | 10 |
| Champion Other: | Pachuca |
| Count: | 6 |
| Second Other: | Columbus Crew |
| Matches: | 51 |
| Goals: | 161 |
| Top Scorer: |  Salomón Rondón(9 goals) |
| Player: | Salomón Rondón |
| Fair Play: | Columbus Crew |
| Prevseason: | 2023 (Champions League) |
| Nextseason: | 2025 |
The 2024 CONCACAF Champions Cup was the 59th season of the North, Central America, and the Caribbean's premier club football tournament organized by CONCACAF, and the first since it was rebranded as the CONCACAF Champions Cup. This was the first season under a new format featuring 27 teams and a five-round knockout phase.
As winners of the final, Pachuca qualified for the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup in the United States alongside the 2021 winners Monterrey, the 2022 winners Seattle Sounders FC, and the 2023 winners León.[1] [2] The winner also qualified for the 2024 FIFA Intercontinental Cup to be held in December.[3]
Twenty-seven teams qualified for the tournament, with five of them earning direct qualification to the round of 16. The remaining twenty-two teams entered in round one.
In addition to national league competitions in the United States, Mexico, and Canada, 12 of 27 berths were determined by international competitions, including the revamped North American zonal competition, the 2023 Leagues Cup (three), and the existing regional or zonal championships in the Caribbean and Central America, the CONCACAF Caribbean Cup (three) and CONCACAF Central American Cup (six), respectively.[4]
Unlike in previous years, the three MLS teams based in Canada were eligible to qualify for the CONCACAF Champions Cup through slots allocated to MLS (five), in addition to the slot for the Canadian Championship winners, while two Canadian Premier League teams qualified automatically for the first time. The United States-only 2023 U.S. Open Cup knockout competition and the Canada-only equivalent, the 2023 Canadian Championship, provided one berth each.
The winners of the three zonal championships, along with the winner of MLS Cup 2023 and the highest-scored champion from the 2022–23 Liga MX season, received the five byes into the round of 16.[5] [6]
A total of 27 teams (from 10 associations) qualified for the tournament.
Five teams received a bye into the round of 16.
The remaining 22 teams entered in round one.
The following table includes the number of appearances, last appearance, and previous best from the CONCACAF Champions Cup tournament.
| width=15% | Competition | width=15% | Team | width=48% | Qualifying method | width=8% | width=14% | Previous best | |
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| Caribbean Cup | Robinhood | 2023 Caribbean Cup champions | 14th | Runners-up | |||||
| Central American Cup | Alajuelense | 2023 Central American Cup champions | 27th | Champions | |||||
| Leagues Cup | Inter Miami CF | 2023 Leagues Cup champions | 1st | Debut | |||||
| Liga MX | Pachuca | 2022–23 Liga MX Apertura or Clausura champions with higher aggregate table points | 10th | Champions | |||||
| Major League Soccer | Columbus Crew | MLS Cup 2023 champions | 5th | Quarter-finals |
| width=15% | Competition | width=15% | Team | width=48% | Qualifying method | width=8% | width=14% | Previous best | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canadian Championship | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 2023 Canadian Championship champions | 4th | Semi-finals | |||||
| Canadian Premier League | Forge FC | 2023 Canadian Premier League champions | 2nd | Round of 16 | |||||
| Cavalry FC | 2023 Canadian Premier League CPL Shield winners | 1st | Debut | ||||||
| Caribbean Cup | Cavalier | 2023 Caribbean Cup runners-up | 1st | Debut | |||||
| Moca | 2023 Caribbean Cup third place | 1st | Debut | ||||||
| Central American Cup | Real Estelí | 2023 Central American Cup runners-up | 12th | Round of 16 | |||||
| Independiente | 2023 Central American Cup semi-finalists | 2nd | Quarter-finals | ||||||
| Herediano | 16th | Semi-finals | |||||||
| Comunicaciones | 2023 Central American Cup play-in winners | 28th | Champions | ||||||
| Saprissa | 37th | Champions | |||||||
| Leagues Cup | Nashville SC | 2023 Leagues Cup runners-up | 1st | Debut | |||||
| Philadelphia Union | 2023 Leagues Cup third place | 3rd | Semi-finals | ||||||
| Liga MX | UANL | 2022–23 Liga MX Apertura or Clausura champions with lower aggregate table points | 11th | Champions | |||||
| Toluca | 2022–23 Liga MX Apertura runners-up | 13th | Champions | ||||||
| Guadalajara | 2022–23 Liga MX Clausura runners-up | 9th | Champions | ||||||
| Monterrey | Next two best clubs in 2022–23 Liga MX aggregate table | 12th | Champions | ||||||
| América | 15th | Champions | |||||||
| Major League Soccer | FC Cincinnati | 2023 Major League Soccer Supporters' Shield winners | 1st | Debut | |||||
| St. Louis City SC | 2023 Major League Soccer Western Conference regular season winners | 1st | Debut | ||||||
| Orlando City SC | Next two best clubs in the 2023 Supporters' Shield standings | 2nd | Round of 16 | ||||||
| New England Revolution | 5th | Quarter-finals | |||||||
| U.S. Open Cup | Houston Dynamo FC | 2023 U.S. Open Cup champions | 8th | Semi-finals | |||||
The draw for the tournament was held on 13 December 2023. Teams were seeded based on their CONCACAF club ranking as of 11 December 2023. This ranking formula replaced the CONCACAF club index which was used in past editions.[7] Eight teams – the five receiving byes and the top-three ranked teams entering in the first round – were directly assigned positions in the bracket based on their club ranking. The remaining nineteen teams were divided into two pots and then randomly drawn into positions.[8]
| Seed | Team | ||
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| 1 | Pachuca | 1207 | |
| 2 | Columbus Crew | 1203 | |
| 3 | Inter Miami CF | 1182 | |
| 4 | 1145 | ||
| 5 | Robinhood | 1040 |
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The schedule of the competition was as follows.
| Round | First leg | Second leg | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Round one | 6–8 and 20–22 February | 13–15 and 27–29 February | |
| Round of 16 | 5–7 March | 12–14 March | |
| Quarter-finals | 2–3 April | 9–10 April | |
| Semi-finals | 23–24 April | 30 April – 1 May | |
| Final | 1 June at Estadio Hidalgo, Pachuca | ||
The first legs were played on 6 and 7 February and 20, 21 and 22 February, and the second legs were played on 13, 14 and 15 February and 27, 28 and 29 February 2024.
Philadelphia Union won 6–5 on aggregate.----4–4 on aggregate. Herediano won on away goals.----América won 3–2 on aggregate.----Guadalajara won 5–2 on aggregate.----New England Revolution won 4–0 on aggregate.----2–2 on aggregate. Houston Dynamo FC won on away goals.----UANL won 4–1 on aggregate.----Orlando City SC won 6–1 on aggregate.----Monterrey won 7–1 on aggregate.----FC Cincinnati won 6–0 on aggregate.----Nashville SC won 7–0 on aggregate.
The first legs were played on 5, 6, and 7 March, and the second legs were played on 12, 13, and 14 March 2024.
Pachuca won 6–0 on aggregate.----Herediano won 3–1 on aggregate.----América won 5–3 on aggregate.----New England Revolution won 5–1 on aggregate.----Columbus Crew won 2–1 on aggregate.----UANL won 4–2 on aggregate.----Monterrey won 3–1 on aggregate.----Inter Miami CF won 5–3 on aggregate.
In the quarter-finals, the matchups were determined as follows:
The quarter-finalists in each tie which had the better performance in previous rounds (excluding round one) hosted the second leg.
The first legs were played on 2 and 3 April, and the second legs were played on 9 and 10 April 2024.
Notes
Pachuca won 7–1 on aggregate.----América won 9–2 on aggregate.----2–2 on aggregate. Columbus Crew won 4–3 on penalties.----Monterrey won 5–2 on aggregate.
In the semi-finals, the matchups were determined as follows:
The semi-finalists in each tie which had the better performance in previous rounds (excluding round one) hosted the second leg.
The first legs were played on 23 and 24 April, and the second legs were played on 30 April and 1 May 2024.
Pachuca won 3–2 on aggregate.----Columbus Crew won 5–2 on aggregate.
See main article: 2024 CONCACAF Champions Cup final.
The final was played on 1 June at Estadio Hidalgo. Pachuca hosted as they had an overall better performance in the competition (excluding the first round).[9]
| Rank | Player | Team | Goals[10] | By round | |||||||||
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| 1 | Salomón Rondón | Pachuca | 9 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | ||||||
| 2 |  Alejandro Zendejas | América | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| 3 |  Julián Carranza | Philadelphia Union | 4 | 3 | 1 | ||||||||
| Tomás Chancalay | New England Revolution | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
 André-Pierre Gignac | UANL | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
 Henry Martín | América | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Brandon Vázquez | Monterrey | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| 8 | Cade Cowell | Guadalajara | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||
| Julián Quiñones | América | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Diego Rossi | Columbus Crew | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
 Jacob Shaffelburg | Nashville SC | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Facundo Torres | Orlando City SC | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||
 Giacomo Vrioni | New England Revolution | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Golden Ball | Salomón Rondón | Pachuca | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Golden Boot | Salomón Rondón | Pachuca | |
| Best Young Player | Miguel Rodríguez | Pachuca | |
| Golden Glove | Columbus Crew | ||
| Fair Play Award | — | Columbus Crew |
| Patrick Schulte | Columbus Crew | ||
| align=center rowspan=3 | Igor Lichnovsky | América | |
 Yevhen Cheberko | Columbus Crew | ||
| Bryan Gonzalez | Pachuca | ||
| align=center rowspan=4 |  Nelson Deossa | Pachuca | |
| Miguel Rodríguez | Pachuca | ||
| Diego Valdes | América | ||
| Diego Rossi | Columbus Crew | ||
| align=center rowspan=3 | Alejandro Zendejas | América | |
| Salomón Rondón | Pachuca | ||
 Oussama Idrissi | Pachuca |