The 2023 CONCACAF Champions League (officially the 2023 Scotiabank CONCACAF Champions League for sponsorship reasons) was the 15th and final edition of the CONCACAF Champions League under its former name, and overall the 58th edition of the premier football club competition organized by CONCACAF, the regional governing body of North America, Central America, and the Caribbean.
Seattle Sounders FC were the title holders, but they did not qualify for this tournament and were unable to defend their title.
León won their first title, defeating Los Angeles FC of MLS in the final 3âÂÂ1 on aggregate. As winners, they earned the right to play in the 2023 FIFA Club World Cup in Saudi Arabia and would have also qualified 2025 FIFA Club World Cup in the United States alongside the winners from 2021 to 2024. However, due to León sharing the same ownership as C.F. Pachuca, another qualified team, and regulations against multi-club ownership, León was later disqualified from the latter; their spot in the Club World Cup was instead awarded to Los Angeles FC, the runners-up to León in the 2023 CONCACAF Champions League, who beaten Club América, the top-ranked team in the CONCACAF confederation ranking at the conclusion of the 2024 CONCACAF Champions Cup in the play-in match on 31 May 2025.
The following 16 teams (from eight associations) qualified for the tournament.
In the following table, the number of appearances, last appearance, and previous best result count only those in the CONCACAF Champions League era starting from 2008âÂÂ09 (not counting those in the era of the Champions' Cup from 1962 to 2008).
The draw took take place in Miami, Florida, United States on 7 November 2022. The seeding of teams was based on the CONCACAF Club Index. The CONCACAF Club Index, instead of ranking each team, was based on the on-field performance of the teams that occupied the respective qualifying slots in the previous five editions of the CONCACAF Champions League. To determine the total points awarded to a slot in any single edition of the CONCACAF Champions League, CONCACAF used the following formula:
The slots were assigned by the following rules:
The 16 teams were distributed in the pots as follows:
Each tie, including the final, was played over two legs, with each team playing on a home-and-away basis.
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In the round of 16, the matchups were decided by draw: R16-1 through R16-8. The teams from Pot 1 in the draw hosted the second leg.
The first legs were played on 7âÂÂ9 March, and the second legs were played on 14âÂÂ16 March 2023.
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Violette won 3âÂÂ2 on aggregate.
León won 3âÂÂ0 on aggregate.
1âÂÂ1 on aggregate. UANL won on away goals.
1âÂÂ1 on aggregate. Motagua won on away goals.
Vancouver Whitecaps FC won 7âÂÂ3 on aggregate.
Los Angeles FC won 4âÂÂ2 on aggregate.
Atlas won 5âÂÂ4 on aggregate.
Philadelphia Union won 4âÂÂ0 on aggregate.
In the quarter-finals, the matchups were determined as follows:
The winners of round of 16 matchups 1, 3, 5 and 7 hosted the second leg.
The first legs were played on 4âÂÂ5 April, and the second legs were played on 11âÂÂ12 April 2023.
León won 6âÂÂ2 on aggregate.
UANL won 6âÂÂ0 on aggregate.
Los Angeles FC won 6âÂÂ0 on aggregate.
Philadelphia Union won 3âÂÂ2 on aggregate.
In the semi-finals, the matchups were determined as follows:
The semi-finalists in each tie which had the better performance across all previous rounds hosted the second leg.
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The first legs were played on 25âÂÂ26 April, and the second legs were played on 2âÂÂ3 May 2023.
León won 4âÂÂ3 on aggregate.
Los Angeles FC won 4âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
In the final (Winner SF1 vs. Winner SF2), the finalist which had the better performances in previous rounds hosted the second leg.<onlyinclude></onlyinclude> <section begin=F />
The first leg was played on 31 May, and the second leg was played on 4 June 2023.
León won 3âÂÂ1 on aggregate.<section end=F />
CONCACAF selected the following players as the team of the tournament.