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{{Infobox football match
| title = 2019 CONCACAF League Final
| image = File:Saprissa festeja 3.jpg
| caption = Saprissa players celebrating with the trophy
| event = [[2019 CONCACAF League]]
| team1 = [[Deportivo Saprissa|Saprissa]]
| team1association = {{flagicon|CRC|size=30px}}
| team1score = 1
| team2 = [[F.C. Motagua|Motagua]]
| team2association = {{flagicon|HON|1949|size=30px}}
| team2score = 0
| details = on aggregate
| firstleg = First leg
| team1score1 = 1
| team2score1 = 0
| details1 = 
| date1 = {{Start date|2019|11|7|df=y}}
| stadium1 = [[Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá]]
| city1 = [[San José, Costa Rica|San José]]
| referee1 = [[Daneon Parchment]] ([[Jamaica Football Federation|Jamaica]])
| attendance1 = 
| weather1 = 
| secondleg = Second leg
| team1score2 = 0
| team2score2 = 0
| details2 = 
| date2 = {{Start date|2019|11|26|df=y}}
| stadium2 = [[Estadio Nacional Chelato Uclés|Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino]]
| city2 = [[Tegucigalpa]]
| referee2 = [[César Arturo Ramos|César Ramos]] ([[Mexican Football Federation|Mexico]])
| attendance2 = 
| weather2 = 
| previous = [[2018 CONCACAF League Final|2018]]
| next = [[2020 CONCACAF League Final|2020]]
}}
The '''2019 CONCACAF League Final''' was the final round of the [[2019 CONCACAF League]], the third edition of the [[CONCACAF League]], the secondary club [[Association football|football]] tournament organised by [[CONCACAF]], the regional governing body of [[North America]], [[Central America]], and the [[Caribbean]].<ref name="regulations">{{cite web|url=https://res.cloudinary.com/concacaf-production/image/upload/v1559260706/concacafleague-prod/assets/2019_Concacaf_League_Regulations-_ENG_1.pdf|title=Scotiabank CONCACAF League 2019 Regulations|publisher=CONCACAF|access-date=25 May 2020|archive-date=3 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190603082931/https://res.cloudinary.com/concacaf-production/image/upload/v1559260706/concacafleague-prod/assets/2019_Concacaf_League_Regulations-_ENG_1.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The final was contested in two-legged home-and-away format between [[Deportivo Saprissa|Saprissa]] from [[Costa Rican Football Federation|Costa Rica]] and [[F.C. Motagua|Motagua]] from [[National Autonomous Federation of Football of Honduras|Honduras]]. The first leg was hosted by Saprissa at the [[Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá]] in [[San José, Costa Rica|San José]] on 7 November 2019, while the second leg was hosted by Motagua at the [[Estadio Nacional Chelato Uclés|Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino]] in [[Tegucigalpa]] on 26 November 2019.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.concacafleague.com/en/article/2019-scotiabank-concacaf-league-final-set|title=2019 Scotiabank Concacaf League Final Set|publisher=CONCACAF League|date=1 November 2019}}</ref>

Saprissa won the final 1–0 on aggregate for their first CONCACAF League title.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.concacafleague.com/en/article/venegas-goal-hands-advantage-to-saprissa-against-motagua|title=Venegas goal hands advantage to Saprissa against Motagua|publisher=CONCACAF League|date=8 November 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.concacafleague.com/en/article/saprissa-hold-off-motagua-to-claim-scl|title=Saprissa hold off Motagua to claim SCL|publisher=CONCACAF League|date=27 November 2019}}</ref>

==Teams==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Team
!Zone
!Previous final appearances (bold indicates winners)
|-
|{{flagicon|CRC}} [[Deportivo Saprissa|Saprissa]]
|[[Central American Football Union|Central America (UNCAF)]]
|None
|-
|{{flagicon|HON|1949}} [[F.C. Motagua|Motagua]]
|[[Central American Football Union|Central America (UNCAF)]]
|1 ([[2018 CONCACAF League Final|2018]])
|}

For the third consecutive season, the final of the CONCACAF League was competed between teams from Costa Rica and Honduras.

==Venues==
{|
|[[File:Ricardo Saprissa-Clasico 2020.jpg|thumb|[[Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá]] in [[San José, Costa Rica|San José]], Costa Rica, hosted the first leg.]]
|[[File:Estadio Carías.jpg|thumb|[[Estadio Nacional Chelato Uclés|Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino]] in [[Tegucigalpa]], Honduras, hosted the second leg.]]
|}

==Road to the final==
{{Details|2019 CONCACAF League}}

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

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!colspan=4|{{flagicon|CRC}} [[Deportivo Saprissa|Saprissa]]
!Round
!colspan=4|{{flagicon|HON|1949}} [[F.C. Motagua|Motagua]]
|- style="background:#C1E0FF"
|Opponent
|Agg.
|1st leg
|2nd leg
|[[2019 CONCACAF League]]
|Opponent
|Agg.
|1st leg
|2nd leg
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|BLZ|1981}} [[Belmopan Bandits]]
|6–2
|[[2019 CONCACAF League#Match PR-3.1|3–1]] (A)
|[[2019 CONCACAF League#Match PR-3.2|3–1]] (H)
|style="background:#C1E0FF"|Preliminary round
|align=center colspan=4|''Bye''
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|SLV}} [[C.D. Águila|Águila]]
|2–1
|[[2019 CONCACAF League#Match R16-6.1|2–0]] (H)
|[[2019 CONCACAF League#Match R16-6.2|0–1]] (A)
|style="background:#C1E0FF"|Round of 16
|align=left|{{flagicon|NCA}} [[Managua F.C.|Managua]]
|3–2
|[[2019 CONCACAF League#Match R16-1.1|2–1]] (A)
|[[2019 CONCACAF League#Match R16-1.2|1–1]] (H)
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|PAN}} [[C.A. Independiente de La Chorrera|Independiente]]
|4–2
|[[2019 CONCACAF League#Match QF3.1|3–2]] (H)
|[[2019 CONCACAF League#Match QF3.2|1–0]] (A)
|style="background:#C1E0FF"|Quarter-finals
|align=left|{{flagicon|JAM}} [[Waterhouse F.C.|Waterhouse]]
|2–0
|[[2019 CONCACAF League#Match QF1.1|2–0]] (A)
|[[2019 CONCACAF League#Match QF1.2|0–0]] (H)
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|HON|1949}} [[C.D. Olimpia|Olimpia]]
|4–3
|[[2019 CONCACAF League#Match SF2.1|0–2]] (A)
|[[2019 CONCACAF League#Match SF2.2|4–1]] (H)
|style="background:#C1E0FF"|Semi-finals
|align=left|{{flagicon|SLV}} [[Alianza F.C.|Alianza]]
|4–1
|[[2019 CONCACAF League#Match SF1.1|1–1]] (A)
|[[2019 CONCACAF League#Match SF1.2|3–0]] (H)
|}

==Format==
The final was played on a home-and-away [[two-legged tie|two-legged]] basis, with the team with the better performance in previous rounds (excluding preliminary round) hosting the second leg.

The [[away goals rule]] would not be applied, and [[extra time (association football)|extra time]] would be played if the aggregate score was tied after the second leg. If the aggregate score was still tied after extra time, the [[penalty shoot-out (association football)|penalty shoot-out]] would be used to determine the winner (Regulations II, Article G).<ref name="regulations"/>

===Performance ranking===
{{:2019 CONCACAF League|transcludesection=Final Performance Table}}

==Matches==

===First leg===
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|id           = Match F.1
|date         = {{Start date|2019|11|7|df=y}}
|time         = <includeonly>21:00 (</includeonly>{{UTZ|20:00|-6}}<includeonly>)</includeonly>
|team1        = [[Deportivo Saprissa|Saprissa]] {{flagicon|CRC}}
|score        = 1–0
|team2        = {{flagicon|HON|1949}} [[F.C. Motagua|Motagua]]
|goals1       =
*[[Johan Venegas|Venegas]] {{goal|19}}
|goals2       =
|stadium      = [[Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá]], [[San José, Costa Rica|San José]]
|attendance   =
|referee      = [[Daneon Parchment]] ([[Jamaica Football Federation|Jamaica]])
|report       = https://www.concacafleague.com/en/concacaf-league/game-detail/479641
}}</onlyinclude>
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|-
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| leftarm = 79113E
| body = 79113E
| rightarm = 79113E
| shorts = 79113E
| socks = 79113E
| title = Saprissa
}}
|{{Football kit
| pattern_la = _motagua1920h
| pattern_b = _motagua1920h
| pattern_ra = _motagua1920h
| pattern_sh = _shorts
| pattern_so = _socks
| leftarm = 
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| rightarm = 
| shorts = 111322
| socks = 111322
| title = Motagua
}}
|}

{| style="width:100%;"
|-
|  style="vertical-align:top; width:40%;"|
{| style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"
|-
|colspan="4"|'''[[Deportivo Saprissa|Saprissa]]:'''
|-
!width=25| !!width=25|
|-
| GK || '''13'''|| {{flagicon|CRC}} [[Aarón Cruz]]
|-
| RB || '''12'''|| {{flagicon|CRC}} [[Ricardo Blanco (Costa Rican footballer)|Ricardo Blanco]] || {{yel|52}}
|-
| CB || '''52'''|| {{flagicon|TRI}} [[Aubrey David]]
|-
| CB || '''32'''|| {{flagicon|CRC}} [[Alexander Robinson Delgado|Alexander Robinson]]
|-
| LB || '''3''' || {{flagicon|CRC}} [[Yostin Salinas]] || {{sentoff|2|64|75}}
|-
| RM || '''11'''|| {{flagicon|CRC}} [[Michael Barrantes]] ([[Captain (association football)|c]]) || {{yel|68}}
|-
| CM || '''10'''|| {{flagicon|CRC}} [[Marvin Angulo]] || || {{suboff|77}}
|-
| CM || '''2''' || {{flagicon|CRC}} [[Christian Bolaños]] || || {{suboff|84}}
|-
| LM || '''8''' || {{flagicon|CRC}} [[Randall Leal]]
|-
| ST || '''7''' || {{flagicon|CRC}} [[Johan Venegas]]
|-
| ST || '''27'''|| {{flagicon|CRC}} [[Manfred Ugalde]] || || {{suboff|70}}
|-
|colspan="3"|'''Substitutes:'''
|-
| GK || '''22'''|| {{flagicon|CRC}} [[Alejandro Gómez Bermudez|Alejandro Gómez]]
|-
| DF || '''5''' || {{flagicon|CRC}} [[Jean Carlo Agüero]]
|-
| FW || '''9''' || {{flagicon|CRC}} [[David Ramírez (footballer, born 1993)|David Ramírez]] || || {{subon|70}}
|-
| DF || '''14'''|| {{flagicon|CRC}} [[Jaikel Medina]]
|-
| MF || '''21'''|| {{flagicon|CRC}} [[Esteban Rodríguez Ballestero|Esteban Rodríguez]]
|-
| MF || '''24'''|| {{flagicon|CRC}} [[Suhander Zúñiga]] || || {{subon|84}}
|-
| MF || '''33'''|| {{flagicon|CRC}} [[Jaylon Hadden]] || || {{subon|77}}
|-
|colspan=3|'''Manager:'''<br>{{flagicon|CRC}} [[Walter Centeno]]
|-
|colspan=4| 
|}
|valign="top"|
|  style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;"|
{| cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="font-size:90%; margin:auto;"
|-
|colspan="4"|'''[[F.C. Motagua|Motagua]]:'''
|-
!width=25| !!width=25|
|-
| GK || '''19'''|| {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Jonathan Felipe Rougier|Jonathan Rougier]]
|-
| RB || '''2''' || {{flagicon|HON|1949}} [[Juan Pablo Montes]] ([[Captain (association football)|c]]) || {{yel|63}}
|-
| CB || '''5''' || {{flagicon|HON|1949}} [[Marcelo Pereira]]
|-
| CB || '''17'''|| {{flagicon|HON|1949}} [[Denil Maldonado]]
|-
| LB || '''24'''|| {{flagicon|HON|1949}} [[Omar Elvir]]
|-
| RM || '''34'''|| {{flagicon|HON|1949}} [[Kevin López (footballer)|Kevin López]] || || {{suboff|46}}
|-
| CM || '''3''' || {{flagicon|HON|1949}} [[Emilio Izaguirre]] || {{yel|30}}
|-
| CM || '''16'''|| {{flagicon|HON|1949}} [[Héctor Castellanos]]
|-
| LM || '''10'''|| {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Matías Galvaliz]] || {{yel|58}} || {{suboff|71}}
|-
| ST || '''21'''|| {{flagicon|PAR}} [[Roberto Moreira]]
|-
| ST || '''22'''|| {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Marcelo Estigarribia (footballer)|Marcelo Estigarribia]] || || {{suboff|81}}
|-
|colspan="3"|'''Substitutes:'''
|-
| GK || '''25'''|| {{flagicon|HON|1949}} [[Marlon Licona]] || {{yel|22}}
|-
| MF || '''4''' || {{flagicon|HON|1949}} [[Sergio Peña (Honduran footballer)|Sergio Peña]]
|-
| MF || '''8''' || {{flagicon|HON|1949}} [[Walter Joel Martínez|Walter Martínez]] || || {{subon|46}}
|-
| FW || '''11'''|| {{flagicon|HON|1949}} [[Marco Tulio Vega]] || || {{subon|81}}
|-
| MF || '''12'''|| {{flagicon|HON|1949}} [[Raúl Santos]]
|-
| DF || '''18'''|| {{flagicon|HON|1949}} [[Wilmer Crisanto]]
|-
| DF || '''27'''|| {{flagicon|HON|1949}} [[Félix Crisanto]] || || {{subon|71}}
|-
|colspan=3|'''Manager:'''<br>{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Diego Vásquez]]
|-
|colspan=4| 
|}
|}

{| style="width:100%; font-size:90%;"
|
'''[[Assistant referee (association football)|Assistant referees]]:'''<ref name="first leg">{{cite web|url=https://www.concacafleague.com/en/article/stage-set-for-dramatic-scl-final-between-saprissa-and-motagua|title=Stage set for dramatic SCL final between Saprissa and Motagua|publisher=CONCACAF League|date=6 November 2019}}</ref>
<br>Ojay Duhaney ([[Jamaica Football Federation|Jamaica]])
<br>Caleb Wales ([[Trinidad and Tobago Football Association|Trinidad&nbsp;and&nbsp;Tobago]])
<br>'''[[Assistant referee (association football)#Fourth official|Fourth official]]:'''<ref name="first leg"/>
<br>Reon Radix ([[Grenada Football Association|Grenada]])
|style="width:60%; vertical-align:top;"|
'''Match rules'''<ref name="regulations"/>
*90 minutes.
*Seven named substitutes, of which up to three may be used.
|}

===Second leg===
<onlyinclude>{{Football box
|id           = Match F.2
|date         = {{Start date|2019|11|26|df=y}}
|time         = <includeonly>22:00 (</includeonly>{{UTZ|21:00|-6}}<includeonly>)</includeonly>
|team1        = [[F.C. Motagua|Motagua]] {{flagicon|HON|1949}}
|score        = 0–0
|team2        = {{flagicon|CRC}} [[Deportivo Saprissa|Saprissa]]
|goals1       =
|goals2       =
|stadium      = [[Estadio Nacional Chelato Uclés|Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino]], [[Tegucigalpa]]
|attendance   =
|referee      = [[César Arturo Ramos|César Ramos]] ([[Mexican Football Federation|Mexico]])
|report       = https://www.concacafleague.com/en/concacaf-league/game-detail/479642
}}</onlyinclude>
{| width=92% |
|-
|{{Football kit
| pattern_la = _motagua1920h
| pattern_b = _motagua1920h
| pattern_ra = _motagua1920h
| pattern_sh = _shorts
| pattern_so = _socks
| leftarm = 
| body = 
| rightarm = 
| shorts = 111322
| socks = 111322
| title = Motagua
}}
|{{Football kit
| pattern_la = _saprissa1819a
| pattern_b = _saprissa1819a
| pattern_ra = _saprissa1819a
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|}

{| style="width:100%;"
|-
|  style="vertical-align:top; width:40%;"|
{| style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"
|-
|colspan="4"|'''[[F.C. Motagua|Motagua]]:'''
|-
!width=25| !!width=25|
|-
| GK || '''19'''|| {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Jonathan Rougier (footballer)|Jonathan Rougier]]
|-
| RB || '''2''' || {{flagicon|HON|1949}} [[Juan Pablo Montes]] ([[Captain (association football)|c]])
|-
| CB || '''5''' || {{flagicon|HON|1949}} [[Marcelo Pereira]] || || {{suboff|46}}
|-
| CB || '''17'''|| {{flagicon|HON|1949}} [[Denil Maldonado]]
|-
| LB || '''24'''|| {{flagicon|HON|1949}} [[Omar Elvir]]
|-
| RM || '''34'''|| {{flagicon|HON|1949}} [[Kevin López (footballer)|Kevin López]]
|-
| CM || '''3''' || {{flagicon|HON|1949}} [[Emilio Izaguirre]] || || {{suboff|64}}
|-
| CM || '''16'''|| {{flagicon|HON|1949}} [[Héctor Castellanos]]
|-
| LM || '''10'''|| {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Matías Galvaliz]]
|-
| ST || '''21'''|| {{flagicon|PAR}} [[Roberto Moreira]]
|-
| ST || '''22'''|| {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Marcelo Estigarribia (footballer)|Marcelo Estigarribia]] || || {{suboff|46}}
|-
|colspan="3"|'''Substitutes:'''
|-
| GK || '''25'''|| {{flagicon|HON|1949}} [[Marlon Licona]]
|-
| MF || '''4''' || {{flagicon|HON|1949}} [[Sergio Peña (Honduran footballer)|Sergio Peña]]
|-
| MF || '''8''' || {{flagicon|HON|1949}} [[Walter Joel Martínez|Walter Martínez]] || || {{subon|64}}
|-
| FW || '''11'''|| {{flagicon|HON|1949}} [[Marco Tulio Vega]] || || {{subon|46}}
|-
| DF || '''18'''|| {{flagicon|HON|1949}} [[Wilmer Crisanto]]
|-
| DF || '''27'''|| {{flagicon|HON|1949}} [[Félix Crisanto]] || || {{subon|46}}
|-
| DF || '''35'''|| {{flagicon|HON|1949}} [[Cristopher Meléndez]]
|-
|colspan=3|'''Manager:'''<br>{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Diego Vásquez]]
|-
|colspan=4| 
|}
|valign="top"|
|  style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;"|
{| cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="font-size:90%; margin:auto;"
|-
|colspan="4"|'''[[Deportivo Saprissa|Saprissa]]:'''
|-
!width=25| !!width=25|
|-
| GK || '''13'''|| {{flagicon|CRC}} [[Aarón Cruz]] || {{yel|90+3}}
|-
| RB || '''12'''|| {{flagicon|CRC}} [[Ricardo Blanco (Costa Rican footballer)|Ricardo Blanco]] || {{yel|83}}
|-
| CB || '''52'''|| {{flagicon|TRI}} [[Aubrey David]]
|-
| CB || '''32'''|| {{flagicon|CRC}} [[Alexander Robinson Delgado|Alexander Robinson]]
|-
| LB || '''31'''|| {{flagicon|CRC}} [[Roy Miller (footballer)|Roy Miller]]
|-
| RM || '''11'''|| {{flagicon|CRC}} [[Michael Barrantes]] ([[Captain (association football)|c]]) || || {{suboff|84}}
|-
| CM || '''10'''|| {{flagicon|CRC}} [[Marvin Angulo]] || || {{suboff|78}}
|-
| CM || '''2''' || {{flagicon|CRC}} [[Christian Bolaños]]
|-
| LM || '''8''' || {{flagicon|CRC}} [[Randall Leal]]
|-
| ST || '''7''' || {{flagicon|CRC}} [[Johan Venegas]]
|-
| ST || '''27'''|| {{flagicon|CRC}} [[Manfred Ugalde]] || || {{suboff|63}}
|-
|colspan="3"|'''Substitutes:'''
|-
| GK || '''22'''|| {{flagicon|CRC}} [[Alejandro Gómez Bermudez|Alejandro Gómez]]
|-
| DF || '''5''' || {{flagicon|CRC}} [[Jean Carlo Agüero]] || || {{subon|78}}
|-
| FW || '''9''' || {{flagicon|CRC}} [[David Ramírez (footballer, born 1993)|David Ramírez]] || || {{subon|63}}
|-
| DF || '''14'''|| {{flagicon|CRC}} [[Jaikel Medina]]
|-
| MF || '''19'''|| {{flagicon|CRC}} [[Yael López]]
|-
| MF || '''20'''|| {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Mariano Torres]] || || {{subon|84}}
|-
| MF || '''24'''|| {{flagicon|CRC}} [[Suhander Zúñiga]]
|-
|colspan=3|'''Manager:'''<br>{{flagicon|CRC}} [[Walter Centeno]]
|-
|colspan=4| 
|}
|}

{| style="width:100%; font-size:90%;"
|
'''[[Assistant referee (association football)|Assistant referees]]:'''
<br>Christian Espinosa ([[Mexican Football Federation|Mexico]])
<br>Michel Morales ([[Mexican Football Federation|Mexico]])
<br>'''[[Assistant referee (association football)#Fourth official|Fourth official]]:'''
<br>[[Luis Enrique Santander]] ([[Mexican Football Federation|Mexico]])
|style="width:60%; vertical-align:top;"|
'''Match rules'''<ref name="regulations"/>
*90 minutes.
*30 minutes of [[Overtime (sports)#Association football|extra time]] if tied on [[Playoff format#Total points series (aggregate)|aggregate]] (no [[away goals rule]] applied).
*[[Penalty shoot-out (association football)|Penalty shoot-out]] if still tied after extra time.
*Seven named substitutes, of which up to three may be used, with a fourth allowed in extra time.
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{Official website|https://www.concacafleague.com/en}}

{{CONCACAF League seasons}}
{{2019–20 in North and Central America, and Caribbean football (CONCACAF)}}
{{Deportivo Saprissa matches}}
{{F.C. Motagua matches}}

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