MIAMI – The field for the 2025 Concacaf Champions Cup is complete, with 2022 winners Seattle Sounders FC becoming the final club to book its place in the continental tournament.
The 60th edition of the Concacaf Champions Cup, which will feature the best clubs in the region, is scheduled to be played between February and June 2025. In addition to crowning the Confederation’s club champion, the Concacaf Champions Cup is the sole path through which clubs in North America, Central America, and the Caribbean can qualify for the expanded 32-club FIFA Club World Cup and the FIFA Intercontinental Cup.
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Next year’s Concacaf Champions Cup will continue to be played in a five-round direct elimination knockout stage format. The first four rounds — Round One, Round of 16, Quarterfinals, and Semifinals — all include home and away play, while the Final is played as a single-leg match.
Of the 27 participating clubs, 22 will begin play in Round One, and five will receive a bye to the Round of 16. Details on the twenty-seven clubs that have qualified are available below.
The current Concacaf Champions Cup champion is Mexico’s CF Pachuca, who defeated Columbus Crew (USA) in an epic 2024 sold-out Final at Estadio Hidalgo. The six-time Champions Cup winners joined Club Leon (2023), Seattle Sounders FC (2022), and CF Monterrey (2021) as Concacaf’s four representatives in next summer’s FIFA Club World Cup.
CF Pachuca will also participate in the 2024 FIFA Intercontinental Cup, beginning with the FIFA Derby of the Americas on December 11 against the 2024 CONMEBOL Copa Libertadores champion. Should they advance, they will compete for the FIFA Challenger Cup and a place in the Final on December 14. The Final between Real Madrid (2023-24 UEFA Champions League champion) and the winner of the FIFA Challenger Cup is scheduled for December 18.
Clubs qualify for the Concacaf Champions Cup via the Leagues Cup (North America), Concacaf Central American Cup, and Concacaf Caribbean Cup, as well as domestic leagues and cups in Canada, Mexico, and the United States.
Twenty-seven clubs have qualified through regional cups or domestic leagues for the 2025 Concacaf Champions Cup (explained below).
