User:Bmf 051/sandbox/2015–16 CONCACAF SuperLiga
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The CONCACAF SuperLiga was a proposed annual continental club football competition. The tournament would be a secondary tournament to an expanded version of the CONCACAF Champions League. It would serve the same purpose as the UEFA Europa League. It is unlikely that such a design would work in reality, because many of the Caribbean Football Union associations could not be relied upon to provide teams on a regular basis (see the low participation for some nations in CFU Club Championship). Also, many associations do not have stadiums that meet FIFA and CONCACAF requirements for hosting matches in a tournament such as this. But this is just an idea.
The tournament would consist of two qualification rounds and a play-off round, with 22 surviving teams entering the group stage, joining 16 teams that qualify automatically and 10 losers from the play-off round of the CONCACAF Champions League. The 48 teams are drawn into twelve groups of four teams and play each other in a double round-robin system. The twelve group winners and twelve runners-up proceed to the knockout phase, joined by the third-placed teams from the group stage of the Champions League, ultimately culminating with the two-legged final.
UNAM were the title holders. As they automatically qualified for the 2015–16 CONCACAF Champions League as the SuperLiga title holder and advanced to the knockout stage, they were not able to defend their title.
Toluca won the tournament, defeating Santos de Guápiles 3–2 on aggregate in the final after extra time.