2025 CONCACAF Champions Cup
The 2025 CONCACAF Champions Cup was the 60th season of the CONCACAF Champions Cup, the premier club association football tournament for North, Central America, and the Caribbean's organized by CONCACAF. It was a five-round knockout tournament, with 27 teams that qualified based on their national and zonal league and cup competitions; the first four rounds were played as a two-legged series at the home stadiums of the respective teams.
Cruz Azul won their record-tying seventh title, defeating Vancouver Whitecaps of MLS in the final 5–0. As winners, they qualified for the 2029 FIFA Club World Cup and the 2025 FIFA Intercontinental Cup.
Qualification
Twenty-seven teams qualified for the tournament, with five qualifying directly to the round of 16. The remaining 22 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 2024 Leagues Cup, and the existing regional or zonal championships in the Caribbean and Central America, the CONCACAF Caribbean Cup and CONCACAF Central American Cup, respectively.
Two Canadian Premier League teams qualified automatically, while the United States-only 2024 U.S. Open Cup knockout competition and the Canada-only equivalent, the 2024 Canadian Championship, provided one berth each.
The winners of the three zonal championships, along with the winner of MLS Cup 2024 and the champion of the 2023–24 Liga MX season, received the five byes into the round of 16.
Distribution
A total of 27 teams qualified for the tournament.- North American Zone: 18 teams
- Central American Zone: Six teams
- Caribbean Zone: Three teams
- 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
- 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 with the worse record, 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
Teams
| Competition | Team | Qualifying method | Previous best | |
| Caribbean Cup | Cavalier | 2024 Caribbean Cup champions | 2nd | First round |
| Central American Cup | Alajuelense | 2024 Central American Cup champions | 28th | Champions |
| Leagues Cup | Columbus Crew | 2024 Leagues Cup champions | 6th | Runners-up |
| Liga MX | América | 2023–24 Liga MX Apertura and Clausura champions | 16th | Champions |
| Major League Soccer | LA Galaxy | MLS Cup 2024 champions | 11th | Champions |
| Competition | Team | Qualifying method | Previous best | |
| Canadian Championship | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 2024 Canadian Championship winners | 5th | Semi-finals |
| Canadian Premier League | Cavalry FC | 2024 Canadian Premier League champions | 2nd | First round |
| Canadian Premier League | Forge FC | 2024 CPL Shield winners | 3rd | Round of 16 |
| Caribbean Cup | Cibao | 2024 Caribbean Cup finalists | 2nd | Round of 16 |
| Caribbean Cup | Real Hope | 2024 Caribbean Cup third place | 1st | Debut |
| Central American Cup | Real Estelí | 2024 Central American Cup runners-up | 13th | Round of 16 |
| Central American Cup | Antigua | 2024 Central American Cup semi-finalists | 2nd | Group stage |
| Central American Cup | Herediano | 2024 Central American Cup semi-finalists | 17th | Semi-finals |
| Central American Cup | Saprissa | 2024 Central American Cup play-in winners | 38th | Champions |
| Central American Cup | Motagua | 2024 Central American Cup play-in winners | 21st | Quarter-finals |
| Leagues Cup | Los Angeles FC | 2024 Leagues Cup runners-up | 3rd | Runners-up |
| Leagues Cup | Colorado Rapids | 2024 Leagues Cup third place | 4th | Round of 16 |
| Liga MX | Cruz Azul | 2023–24 Liga MX Clausura runners-up | 18th | Champions |
| Liga MX | UANL | 2023–24 Liga MX Apertura runners-up | 12th | Champions |
| Liga MX | Monterrey | Next three best clubs in 2023–24 Liga MX aggregate table | 13th | Champions |
| Liga MX | Guadalajara | Next three best clubs in 2023–24 Liga MX aggregate table | 10th | Champions |
| Liga MX | UNAM | Next three best clubs in 2023–24 Liga MX aggregate table | 12th | Champions |
| Major League Soccer | Inter Miami CF | 2024 Major League Soccer Supporters' Shield winners | 2nd | Quarter-finals |
| Major League Soccer | FC Cincinnati | Next best clubs in the 2024 Supporters' Shield standings | 2nd | Round of 16 |
| Major League Soccer | Real Salt Lake | Next best clubs in the 2024 Supporters' Shield standings | 4th | Runners-up |
| Major League Soccer | Seattle Sounders FC | Next best clubs in the 2024 Supporters' Shield standings | 8th | Champions |
| U.S. Open Cup | Sporting Kansas City | 2024 U.S. Open Cup runners-up | 7th | Semi-finals |
Draw
The draw for the tournament took place on 10 December 2024 in Miami. The ceremony was streamed on CONCACAF's YouTube channel and broadcast live on Fox Sports in the United States and Mexico and ESPN in most of the Americas. Teams were seeded and placed in draw pots based on their CONCACAF club ranking as of 9 December 2024.The champions of CONCACAF's three regional cup competitions, as well as the Liga MX winners with the most accumulated points and the MLS Cup winners, received a bye to the round of 16. The three remaining highest-ranked clubs were pre-seeded into a round one bracket position.
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