The 2016 CONCACAF Champions League Final was the final of the 2015–16 CONCACAF Champions League, the eighth edition of the

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under its current format, and overall the 51st edition of the premium

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club competition organized by

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, the regional governing body of

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, and the

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. The final was contested in two-legged home-and-away format between Mexican teams UANL and América. The first leg was hosted by UANL at Estadio Universitario in

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on 20 April 2016, while the second leg was hosted by América at

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on 27 April 2016. The winner earned the right to represent

at the 2016 FIFA Club World Cup, entering at the quarterfinal stage. América defeated UANL 4–1 on aggregate to win their second consecutive and seventh overall CONCACAF club title.

Background

For the sixth time in eight seasons of the CONCACAF Champions League, the final was played between two Mexican sides. This guaranteed a Mexican champion for the eleventh straight year and 32nd time since the confederation began staging the tournament in 1962 (including the tournament's predecessor, the CONCACAF Champions' Cup). América were the defending champions and also the record holders of six CONCACAF club titles (

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, 2014–15), which they achieved in last year's final, where they beat the Montreal Impact. This was the first CONCACAF club final for UANL, although they had played in a continental club final before, where as a guest team they lost in last year's Copa Libertadores final to River Plate.

Road to the final

''Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).''

Rules

The final was played on a home-and-away

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basis, with the higher-seeded team hosting the second leg. The

away goals rule The away goals rule is a method of tiebreaker, tiebreaking in association football and other sports when teams play each other twice, once at each team's home ground. Under the away goals rule, if the total goals scored by each team are equal, the ...

would be used if the aggregate score was level after normal time of the second leg, but not after

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, and so the final would be decided by

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if the aggregate score was level after extra time of the second leg.

Matches

First leg

Summary

The first leg was held on 20 April at Estadio Universitario in

. In the 32nd minute, Tigres had a great chance to open the scoring, but

Javier Aquino Javier Ignacio Aquino Carmona (, born 11 February 1990) is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a full-back for Liga MX club Tigres UANL. He is an Olympic gold medalist. Aquino made his debut with Cruz Azul in 2010, playing in over ...

sent a one on one chance flying over the crossbar. In the 49th minute,

Darío Benedetto Darío Ismael Benedetto (born 17 May 1990) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a striker for Argentine Primera División club Boca Juniors. Club career Early career Darío Benedetto began his career playing for Arsenal de Sara ...

opened the scoring with a header from close range following a lobbed pass from Osvaldo Martínez. Seven minutes later, Andrés Andrade finished into an empty net from about 40 yards out, but the goal was disallowed for offside. This was a controversial decision because the goalkeeper had rushed out to the halfway line, and replays showed Andrade was inches behind the ball and the goalkeeper when he received it. In the 92nd minute, Oswaldo Martinez scored from long range into the bottom left corner after a counter attack.

Details

Second leg

Summary

The second leg was played at the

in Mexico City on 27 April. In the 38th minute,

André-Pierre Gignac André-Pierre Christian Gignac (born 5 December 1985) is a French professional footballer who plays as a striker for Liga MX club Tigres UANL. Gignac is described as a "powerful and dangerous" striker who is known for his "aerial presence". He ...

scored the first goal of the game with a close range finish into the bottom left corner. In the 67th minute,

Michael Arroyo Michael Antonio Arroyo Mina (; born 23 April 1987) is an Ecuadorian footballer, and plays as an attacking midfielder. Club career Emelec Michael Arroyo started his career in the youth ranks of Emelec. He was seen as a very talented player for ...

scored from long range into the bottom right, to level the scores, just one minute after being subbed on. In the 87th minute, Oswaldo Martinez drilled a penalty, into the top left corner, after

Hugo Ayala Hugo Ayala Castro (born 31 March 1987) is a Mexican former professional footballer who played as a centre-back. Club career Atlas Hugo Ayala started his professional career with Atlas. He made his official debut in 2006 as a starter against C ...

fouled Miguel Samudio in the box.

Details

''América won 4–1 on aggregate.'' Final CONCACAF 33

References

External links

CONCACAF Champions League
, CONCACAF.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Concacaf Champions League Finals 2016 *Finals Tigres UANL matches Club América matches 2015–16 in Mexican football International club association football competitions hosted by Mexico CONCACAF Champions League finals