2025 CONCACAF Champions Cup

The 2025 CONCACAF Champions Cup will be the 60th season of North, Central America, and the Caribbean's premier club association football tournament organized by CONCACAF.

The final will be played on 1 June 2025.^[1] The winners of the 2025 CONCACAF Champions Cup will qualify for the 2025 FIFA Intercontinental Cup, and the 2029 FIFA Club World Cup.

Twenty-seven teams will qualify for the tournament, with five qualifying directly to the round of 16. The remaining 22 teams enter in round one.

In addition to national league competitions in the United States, Mexico, and Canada, 12 of 27 berths will be determined by international competitions, including the revamped North American zonal competition, the 2024 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.^[2]

Two Canadian Premier League teams qualify automatically, while the United States-only 2024 U.S. Open Cup knockout competition and the Canada-only equivalent, the 2024 Canadian Championship, provide one berth each.

The winners of the three zonal championships, along with the winner of MLS Cup 2024 and the highest-scoring champion from the 2023–24 Liga MX season, will receive the five byes into the round of 16.^[2][3][4]

Vancouver Whitecaps FC

Forge FC

Cavalry FC

Herediano

Alajuelense

Saprissa

Cibao

Antigua

Motagua

Cavalier

Mexico City

Monterrey

Guadalajara

Real Estelí

FC Cincinnati

Colorado Rapids

Columbus Crew

Sporting Kansas City

Los Angeles

Inter Miami CF

Real Salt Lake

Los Angeles teams
LA Galaxy
Los Angeles FC

Mexico City teams
América
UNAM
Cruz Azul

Monterrey teams
Monterrey
UANL

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Location of teams of the 2025 CONCACAF Champions Cup
North American Zone Central American Zone Caribbean Zone

A total of 27 teams (from 10 associations) qualify for the tournament.^[1]

• North American Zone: 18 teams (from 3 associations)
• Central American Zone: 6 teams (from 4 associations)
• Caribbean Zone: 3 teams (from up to 3 associations)

Five teams receive a bye into the round of 16.

• The champion of the regional competitions for each of CONCACAF's constituent zones; North American, Central American, and Caribbean
• The champions of Liga MX of Mexico and Major League Soccer of the United States and Canada (Liga MX have a split Clausura and Apertura system, so the champion team with the higher aggregate points take this place)

The remaining 22 teams will enter in round one.

• The runners-up and third-place team from the MLS–Liga MX Leagues Cup
• The runners-up and third-place team from the Caribbean Cup
• The runners-up, remaining semi-finalists and two play-in winners from the Central American Cup
• The U.S. Open Cup champion
• The Canadian Championship winner
• The Canadian Premier League regular season winner and playoff champion
• The remaining winner, two runners-up, and the two best next clubs by season aggregate from Liga MX
• The MLS Supporters' Shield winner
• The remaining MLS Conference regular season leader, and the next two teams in the Supporters' Shield table

The following table includes the number of appearances, last appearance, and previous best from the CONCACAF Champions Cup tournament.

Teams entering in Round of 16 (5)

Competition	Team	Qualifying method	App. (last)	Previous best (last)
Caribbean Cup		2024 Caribbean Cup champions
Central American Cup		2024 Central American Cup champions
Leagues Cup	Columbus Crew	2024 Leagues Cup champions	6th (2024)	Runners-up (2024)
Liga MX	América	2023–24 Liga MX Apertura and Clausura champions	16th (2024)	Champions (2015–16)
Major League Soccer		2024 MLS Cup champions

Teams entering in Round One (22)

Competition	Team	Qualifying method	App. (last)	Previous best (last)
Canadian Championship (1 berth)	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	2024 Canadian Championship winners	5th (2024)	Semi-finals (2016–17)
Canadian Premier League (2 berths)	Cavalry FC	2024 Canadian Premier League champions	2nd (2024)	First round (2024)
	Forge FC	2024 CPL Shield winners	3rd (2024)	Round of 16 (2022)
Caribbean Cup (2 berths)	Cavalier[Note JAM]	2024 Caribbean Cup finalists	2nd (2024)	First round (2024)
	Cibao[Note DOM]		2nd (2018)	Round of 16 (2018)
		2024 Caribbean Cup third place
Central American Cup (5 berths)		2024 Central American Cup runners-up
	Alajuelense[Note CRC]	2024 Central American Cup semi-finalists	28th (2024)	Champions (2004)
	Antigua		2nd (2016-17)	Group stage (2016-17)
	Real Estelí[Note NCA]		13th (2024)	Round of 16 (2021)
	Herediano		17th (2024)	Semi-finals (2014–15)
	Saprissa	2024 Central American Cup play-in winners	38th (2024)	Champions (2005)
	Motagua		21st (2023)	Quarter-finals (2023)
Leagues Cup (2 berths)	Los Angeles FC[Note USA2]	2024 Leagues Cup runners-up	3rd (2023)	Runners-up (2023)
	Colorado Rapids	2024 Leagues Cup third place	4th (2022)	Round of 16 (2022)
Liga MX (5 berths)	Cruz Azul	2023–24 Liga MX Clausura runners-up	18th (2022)	Champions (2013–14)
	UANL	2023–24 Liga MX Apertura runners-up	12th (2024)	Champions (2020)
	Monterrey	Next three best clubs in 2023–24 Liga MX aggregate table[Note MEX]	13th (2024)	Champions (2021)
	Guadalajara		10th (2024)	Champions (2018)
	UNAM		12th (2022)	Champions (1989)
Major League Soccer (4 berths)	Inter Miami CF	2024 Major League Soccer Supporters' Shield winners	2nd (2024)	Quarter-finals (2024)
	LA Galaxy[Note USA2]	2024 Major League Soccer Western conference regular season runners up[Note USA1]	11th (2015–16)	Champions (2000)
	FC Cincinnati	Next two best clubs in the 2024 Supporters' Shield standings	2nd (2024)	Round of 16 (2024)
	Real Salt Lake		4th (2015–16)	Runners-up (2010–11)
U.S. Open Cup (1 berth)	Sporting Kansas City	2024 U.S. Open Cup runners-up[Note USA]	7th (2019)	Semi-finals (2019)

The competition schedule is as follows.^[7]

Times are EST or EDT,^{[note 1]} as listed by CONCACAF (local times, if different, are in parentheses).

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