Individual Awards Winners Announced for Scotiabank CONCACAF Champions League 2015/16

Miami (Wednesday, April 27, 2016) – The Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) revealed today the individual award winners for the 2015/16 Scotiabank CONCACAF Champions League season, following Club America’s victory over two legs against Tigres UANL in the Finals.

 Following the final match Wednesday night at the Estadio Azteca in Mexico City, individual awards were presented in five categories: Golden Glove for the best goalkeeper of the tournament, Scotiabank Best Young Player Award for the best under-20 player in the tournament, Jarritos Golden Boot to the season’s top scorer, the Golden Ball for the best player overall, and the Fair Play Award to the club which displays the best conduct on and off the field during the course of the tournament.

 The Golden Glove Award for the top goalkeeper was presented to Hugo Gonzalez Duran from Club America. Gonzalez started three of the four group stage matches in addition to both quarterfinals and Finals, helping lead Club America to the title.

 The Jarritos Golden Boot was awarded to Emanuel Alejandro Villa from Queretaro, the tournament’s top scorer with six goals.

 Rubens Sambueza, the captain of Club America, provided seven assists during the course of the 2015/16 Champions League. He also added one goal and started nine games in earning the Golden Ball for the tournament’s top player.

 Honduran Alberth Elis from Club Olimpia was named the Scotiabank Best Young Player. The 20-year-old scored two goals in group stage, and appeared in all four games for Club Olimpia. The forward is a rising national team star and was one of the standouts at the 2015 CONCACAF Men’s Olympic Qualifying Championship.

 The Fair Play Award was presented to Club Queretaro, for fair play on the field and excellent collaboration off of it during the course of the tournament.

 With Wednesday night’s match, the 2015/16 Scotiabank CONCACAF Champions League draws to a close, and Club America will once again represent the region in the FIFA World Cup, to be played this December in Japan. The 2016/17 edition of the Scotiabank CONCACAF Champions League kicks off officially with the tournament’s live draw, May 30 in Miami, live on UDN.

Draw Determines Groups for the Scotiabank CONCACAF Under-13 Champions League 2016

Miami (Wednesday, April 27, 2016) – The Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) and Scotiabank today conducted the draw for the Scotiabank CONCACAF Under-13 Champions League 2016, at the World Trade Center in Mexico City.

The draw, which determined the groups for the tournament to be played from July 23-30 in Mexico City, was opened with a welcoming address from Jurgen Mainka, CONCACAF Deputy General Secretary. Also present in the conduction of the event were Scotiabank Vice President of Marketing and Public Relations Richard Mainella, and Adalberto Lopez, Director of Amateur Programs of the Mexican Football Federation.

The event sorted the twelve participating club teams, representing ten CONCACAF nations, into three groups of four, for round robin play starting in July.

Group A will consist of Mexican club Buhos de Hermosillo FC, as well as Real Esteli from Nicaragua, and two Caribbean teams: Harbour View FC (Jamaica) and San Juan Jabloteh (Trinidad and Tobago).

In Group B, Menor Tijuana (Mexico) is joined by Central America clubs Comunicaciones FC (Guatemala) and Liga Deportiva Alajuelense (Costa Rica). Vancouver Whitecaps FC (Canada) rounds out the group.

Pungarabato Guerrero, the final Mexican club in the competition, heads Group C, and will compete with Sporting KC (USA), Chorrillo FC (Panama) and CD Santa Ana (El Salvador).

The defending Champion of the Scotiabank CONCACAF Under-13 Champions League is CD Toluca, from Mexico. This year’s event will be played at sites to be determined in Mexico City.

The second leg of the Final of the Scotiabank CONCACAF Champions League 2015/16, the first team version of the region’s most important club tournament, will be played this evening at the Estadio Azteca in Mexico City. Defending champion Club America takes a 2-0 lead into the return match versus Liga MX rival Tigres UANL.

Scotiabank CONCACAF Under-13 Champions League 2016 Groups
(in order of group position)

Group A
Buhos de Hermosillo FC (MEX)
Real Esteli (NCA)
Harbour View FC (JAM)
San Juan Jabloteh (TRI)

Group B
Menor Tijuana (MEX)
Comunicaciones FC (GUA)
Liga Deportiva Alajuelense (CRC)
Vancouver Whitecaps (CAN)

Group C
Pungarabato Guerrero (MEX)
Sporting KC (USA)
Chorrillo FC (PAN)
CD Santa Ana (SLV)

Club America and Tigres UANL unite with the Confederation to promote diversity on the eve of the 2015/16 Scotiabank CONCACAF Champions League Final

The champion will be crowned in Mexico City, on April 27th

Miami (Monday, April 25th 2016) – The Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF), Club America and Tigres UANL are joining forces on Tuesday, April 26th to send out a strong message on social responsibility focused on promoting diversity and respect, on the eve of the final of the 2015/16 Scotiabank CONCACAF Champions League (SCCL).

Through the power of football, the SCCL finalists will provide an opportunity for children and youth of different ages to participate in an educational workshop aimed at raising awareness about the importance of understanding and respecting diversity and inclusion. The workshop will be followed by a soccer clinic, including activities to improve football skills. The initiative will culminate with a match at the headquarters of each club.

The workshops will be conducted with the cooperation of expert coaches from the Confederation, the clubs and the global organization The Non-Violence Project Foundation (NVP), which promotes inclusion, peace and respect through sport.

The clubs’ initiative is related to the CONCACAF Embrace Diversity program and Liga MX’s Abrazados por el Futbol campaign.

The Confederation launched its Embrace Diversity initiative in 2013 to promote integration, equality, respect and fair-play through football.

On this occasion, Mexico’s football family, as the host of the SCCL final, is uniting with the Confederation to promote a common cause through the Abrazados por el Futbol campaign. This recently-launched initiative is a collective effort aimed at encouraging respect toward others.

The 2015-16 champion will be determined in Mexico City, on April 27 at 9:45 PM ET, at the historic Estadio Azteca. The winner of the 2015-16 CONCACAF Champions earns the prized ticket to the FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2016.

The Scotiabank CONCACAF Champions League is the region’s most important club championship, disputed among the club champions of leagues from around the CONCACAF region. The tournament begins with a group phase, followed by a three-round knockout phase.