CONCACAF Champions' Cup 2005
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The 2005 CONCACAF Champions' Cup was the 40th edition of the annual international club football competition held in the CONCACAF
CONCACAF
The Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football is the continental governing body for association football in North America, Central America and the Caribbean...

 region (North America, Central America and the Caribbean), the CONCACAF Champions' Cup. The tournament was also a qualifying event for the 2005 FIFA Club World Championship. Qualifying began September 21, 2004 and final rounds took place in 2005.

Costa Rica
Costa Rica
Costa Rica , officially the Republic of Costa Rica is a multilingual, multiethnic and multicultural country in Central America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, Panama to the southeast, the Pacific Ocean to the west and the Caribbean Sea to the east....

's Deportivo Saprissa won the title with a 3-2 aggregate win over Mexico
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...

's UNAM Pumas in the final. Saprissa had advanced with dramatic wins, once in extra time and once on penalty kicks. Saprissa qualified for the FIFA Club World Championship 2005 in Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

, finishing third.

North American zone

 Mexico UNAM Pumas - 2004 Clausura and 2004 Apertura champion

 Mexico Monterrey
Club de Fútbol Monterrey
The Club de Fútbol Monterrey is a Mexican football club from Monterrey, Nuevo León, and the current champion of the CONCACAF Champions League. Founded on June 28, 1945, it is the oldest active team in the professional division from the northern part of Mexico....

 - 2004 Apertura runner-up

 United States DC United - 2004 MLS Cup
MLS Cup 2004
The 2004 MLS Cup was a soccer match that took place at 12:30 EST on November 14, 2004 at The Home Depot Center in Carson, California to determine the champion of the 2004 Major League Soccer season. D.C. United defeated the Kansas City Wizards 3-2. The winning goal for United came from an own goal...

 champion

 United States Kansas City Wizards
Kansas City Wizards
Sporting Kansas City is an American professional soccer club based in Kansas City, Kansas that competes in Major League Soccer , the top professional soccer league in the United States of America and Canada...

 - 2004 MLS Cup runner-up

Central American zone

 Guatemala Municipal
CSD Municipal
Club Social y Deportivo Municipal, also known as Municipal or Los Rojos , are a Guatemalan professional football club based in Guatemala City...

 - 2004 Torneo UNCAF champion

 Costa Rica Deportivo Saprissa - 2004 Torneo UNCAF runner-up

 Honduras Olimpia - 2004 Torneo UNCAF third place

Caribbean zone

 Jamaica Harbour View
Harbour View
-Jamaica:* Harbour View, Jamaica, a community at the eastern extreme of the city of Kingston, Jamaica.-Schools:* Harbour View Elementary School, a public school on the north end of Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada....

 - 2004 CFU Club Championship
CFU Club Championship 2004
The 2004 Caribbean Football Union Club Championship was an international club football competition held in the Caribbean to determine the region's qualifier to the CONCACAF Champions' Cup. The 2004 edition included eight teams from six football associations, contested on a two-legged basis...

 winner

Bracket

Quarterfinals

Deportivo Saprissa advance 2-1 on aggregate after extra time.
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Monterrey
Club de Fútbol Monterrey
The Club de Fútbol Monterrey is a Mexican football club from Monterrey, Nuevo León, and the current champion of the CONCACAF Champions League. Founded on June 28, 1945, it is the oldest active team in the professional division from the northern part of Mexico....

 advance 2-1 on aggregate.
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DC United advance 4-2 on aggregate.
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UNAM Pumas advance 3-2 on aggregate.

Semifinals

Deportivo Saprissa advance 5-3 on penalty kicks after 3-3 aggregate tie.
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UNAM Pumas advance 6-1 on aggregate.

First leg

Second leg

Deportivo Saprissa win 2005 CONCACAF Champions' Cup 3-2 on aggregate,
advance to 2005 FIFA Club World Championship.

Champions

CONCACAF Champions' Cup
2005 Winners
 
Deportivo Saprissa
Third Title

Top scorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1  Costa Rica Ronald Gomez  Costa Rica Deportivo Saprissa 3
2  Costa Rica Gerrold Drummond  Costa Rica Deportivo Saprissa 2
 Mexico Ricardo Martinez  Mexico Monterrey 2
 Argentina Bruno Marioni
Bruno Marioni
Bruno Marioni is a retired Argentine striker.- Career :Marioni made his debut under the last name Giménez for Newell's Old Boys in 1995 before moving to Estudiantes in 1997. After 2 seasons in Argentina, Marioni went to Portugal joining Sporting in 1998...

 Mexico UNAM Pumas 2
 Mexico Joaquin Beltran
Joaquin Beltran
Joaquín Beltrán Vargas is a Mexican professional football defender, currently will play for Querétaro FC.Beltran has spent most of his career with Pumas UNAM...

 Mexico UNAM Pumas 2
6  United States Alecko Eskandarian
Alecko Eskandarian
Alecko Eskandarian is a former American soccer player who last played for Los Angeles Galaxy. He currently is the youth technical director for Philadelphia Union.-High School and College:...

 United States D.C. United
D.C. United
D.C. United is an American professional soccer club based in Washington, D.C. which competes in Major League Soccer , the top professional soccer league in the United States and Canada. It is one of the ten charter clubs of MLS, having competed in the league since its inception, in 1996.Over the...

1
 United States Joshua Gros  United States D.C. United
D.C. United
D.C. United is an American professional soccer club based in Washington, D.C. which competes in Major League Soccer , the top professional soccer league in the United States and Canada. It is one of the ten charter clubs of MLS, having competed in the league since its inception, in 1996.Over the...

1
 United States Jamil Walker
Jamil Walker
Jamil Walker is a retired American soccer forward and midfielder, who played professionally in Major League Soccer and the USL First Division.-College:...

 United States D.C. United
D.C. United
D.C. United is an American professional soccer club based in Washington, D.C. which competes in Major League Soccer , the top professional soccer league in the United States and Canada. It is one of the ten charter clubs of MLS, having competed in the league since its inception, in 1996.Over the...

1
 Bolivia Jaime Moreno
Jaime Moreno
Jaime Moreno Morales is a former Bolivian footballer now serving as Youth Academy Technical Training Coach for D.C. United in Major League Soccer, and as the head coach of D.C. United's U-23 side....

 United States DC United 1
 Argentina Christian Gomez
Christian Gómez
Christian Gómez is an Argentine footballer currently playing for Nueva Chicago.-Argentina:Gómez began playing professional soccer at the age of 17 with Argentine club Nueva Chicago, which was at the time playing in the second division. He played with the team from 1991 to 1996, appearing in 155...

 United States DC United 1
 Honduras Wilson Palacios
Wilson Palacios
Wilson Roberto Palacios Suazo is a Honduran footballer who plays in the Premier League for Stoke City.Born in La Ceiba, he played for Victoria and Olimpia in Honduras before moving to England where he played for Birmingham City and Wigan Athletic. In 2009 he joined Tottenham Hotspur, generally...

 Honduras Olimpia
Club Deportivo Olimpia
Club Deportivo Olimpia is a Honduran football and baseball club based in Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán. They compete in the Liga Nacional de Honduras, the top division in the country, and play their home matches in the Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino...

1
 Honduras Jerry Palacios
Jerry Palacios
Jerry Palacios is a Honduran football striker, who currently plays for Hunan Billows in China League One.-Career:He signed for Chinese Super League side Hangzhou Greentown in January 2010....

 Honduras Olimpia
Club Deportivo Olimpia
Club Deportivo Olimpia is a Honduran football and baseball club based in Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán. They compete in the Liga Nacional de Honduras, the top division in the country, and play their home matches in the Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino...

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Diego Alonso  Mexico UNAM Pumas 1
 Bolivia Joaquin Botero
Joaquín Botero
Joaquín Botero Vaca is a Bolivian football striker. He was the top goalscorer in world football in the 2002 season, with 49 goals scored for Club Bolívar...

 Mexico UNAM Pumas 1
 Mexico David Toledo
David Toledo
José David Toledo Bosquez is a Mexican footballer who plays as a midfielder.Toledo plays for Tigres UANL in the Primera Division de Mexico, following his transfer from Pumas UNAM for the 2009 Torneo Apertura...

 Mexico UNAM Pumas 1
 Mexico Joaquin Del Olmo
Joaquín del Olmo
Joaquín Alberto del Olmo Blanco is a retired Mexican football midfielder and current manager of Club Tijuana of the Mexican Primera División....

 Mexico UNAM Pumas 1
 Brazil José Aílton da Silva
José Aílton da Silva
José Aílton da Silva or simply Aílton , is a Mexican-Brazilian left-sided attacking midfielder for Tiburones Rojos de Veracruz in the Primera División A of Mexico.-Career:...

 Mexico UNAM Pumas 1
 Brazil Leandro Augusto
Leandro Augusto
Leandro Augusto Oldoni Stachelski , known simply as Leandro Augusto, is a Brazilian born, Mexican football midfielder, who plays for the Club Tijuana in the Mexican First Division.- Biography :...

 Mexico UNAM Pumas 1
 Mexico Jame Lozano  Mexico UNAM Pumas 1
 Argentina Pablo Rotchen  Mexico Monterrey 1
 Argentina Carlos Casartelli
Carlos Casartelli
Carlos Casartelli is an Argentine footballer, currently playing for Merida FC in Mexico.Casartelli made his professional debut for Textil Mandiyú in 1994...

 Mexico Monterrey 1
 Brazil Argemiro Veiga  Mexico Monterrey 1
Victor Muller  Guatemala CSD Municipal
CSD Municipal
Club Social y Deportivo Municipal, also known as Municipal or Los Rojos , are a Guatemalan professional football club based in Guatemala City...

1
 United States Jose Burciaga  United States Kansas City Wizards
Kansas City Wizards
Sporting Kansas City is an American professional soccer club based in Kansas City, Kansas that competes in Major League Soccer , the top professional soccer league in the United States of America and Canada...

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 Costa Rica Gabriel Badilla  Costa Rica Deportivo Saprissa 1
 Costa Rica Cristian Bolanos  Costa Rica Deportivo Saprissa 1
 Costa Rica Allan Aleman
Allan Alemán
Allan Alemán is a Costa Rican professional football player who plays for Deportivo Saprissa in the Primera División de Costa Rica.-Club career:...

 Costa Rica Deportivo Saprissa 1
Donald Stewart  Jamaica Harbour View
Harbour View
-Jamaica:* Harbour View, Jamaica, a community at the eastern extreme of the city of Kingston, Jamaica.-Schools:* Harbour View Elementary School, a public school on the north end of Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada....

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 Jamaica Luton Shelton
Luton Shelton
Luton Shelton is a Jamaican footballer who plays as a striker or winger for the Turkish club Karabükspor.-Harbour View:...

 Jamaica Harbour View
Harbour View
-Jamaica:* Harbour View, Jamaica, a community at the eastern extreme of the city of Kingston, Jamaica.-Schools:* Harbour View Elementary School, a public school on the north end of Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada....

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