| Tourney Name: | CONCACAF Central American Cup |
| Year: | 2024 |
| Dates: | 30 July – 4 December |
| Num Teams: | 20 |
| Associations: | 7 |
| Champion Other: | Alajuelense |
| Count: | 2 |
| Second Other: | Real Estelí |
| Matches: | 58 |
| Goals: | 152 |
| Top Scorer: | Diego Campos (6 goals) |
| Prevseason: | 2023 |
| Nextseason: | 2025 |
| Updated: | 4 December 2024 |
The 2024 CONCACAF Central American Cup is the second edition of the CONCACAF Central American Cup, the first-tier annual international club football competition in the Central American region. It is contested by clubs whose football associations are affiliated with the Central American Football Union (UNCAF), a sub-confederation of CONCACAF.
The winners of the 2024 CONCACAF Central American Cup will qualify directly for the 2025 CONCACAF Champions Cup Round of 16, while the second through sixth-place teams will qualify to Round One of the same competition.[1]
Twenty teams from the seven UNCAF member associations qualified for the tournament based on results from their domestic leagues.[2] [3] Eighteen slots are predetermined by CONCACAF and the remaining two slots were granted to Costa Rica and Nicaragua as the national associations whose clubs were finalists in the previous edition of the tournament.[4] [5] The slot allocation for this edition was as follows:
| Association | Team | Qualifying method |
|---|---|---|
| Port Layola | 2023–24 Premier League tournament champions (2024 Closing) with better record in aggregate table. | |
| Saprissa | 2023–24 Liga FPD Apertura and Clausura champions[6] | |
| Herediano | 2023–24 Liga FPD aggregate table best team not yet qualified | |
| Alajuelense | 2023–24 Liga FPD aggregate table second-best team not yet qualified | |
| Guanacasteca | 2023–24 Liga FPD aggregate table third-best team not yet qualified | |
| Águila | 2023–24 Primera División Apertura champions[7] | |
| Alianza | 2023–24 Primera División Clausura champions | |
| Luis Ángel Firpo | 2023–24 Primera División aggregate table best team not yet qualified | |
| Comunicaciones | 2023–24 Liga Nacional Torneo Apertura champions[8] | |
| Municipal | 2023–24 Liga Nacional Torneo Clausura champions | |
| Antigua | 2023–24 Liga Nacional aggregate table best team not yet qualified | |
| Olimpia | 2023–24 Honduran Liga Nacional Apertura and Clausura champions | |
| Marathón | 2023–24 Honduran Liga Nacional aggregate table best team not yet qualified | |
| Motagua | 2023–24 Honduran Liga Nacional aggregate table second-best team not yet qualified | |
| Diriangén | 2023–24 Liga Primera Apertura and Clausura champions | |
| Managua | 2023–24 Liga Primera aggregate table best team not yet qualified | |
| Real Estelí | 2023–24 Liga Primera aggregate table second-best team not yet qualified | |
| Independiente | 2023 Liga Panameña Torneo Clausura champions[9] [10] | |
| Tauro | 2024 Liga Panameña Torneo Apertura champions | |
| San Francisco | 2023 Liga Panameña Torneo Clausura and 2024 Liga Panameña Torneo Apertura aggregate table best team not yet qualified |
The schedule of the competition is as follows.[1]
| Stage | Round | First leg | Second leg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Group Stage | Matchday 1 | 30 July – 1 August | |
| Matchday 2 | 6–8 August | ||
| Matchday 3 | 13–15 August | ||
| Matchday 4 | 20–22 August | ||
| Matchday 5 | 27–29 August | ||
| Knockout | Quarterfinals | 24–26 September | 1–3 October |
| Semifinals and play-in | 22–24 October | 29–31 October | |
| Finals | 27 November | 4 December | |
See main article: 2024 CONCACAF Central American Cup group stage.
See main article: 2024 CONCACAF Central American Cup knockout stage.
The following was the seeding for the quarter-finals round only:
| Rank | Player | Team | Total | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Diego Campos | Alajuelense | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 |  Agustín Auzmendi | Motagua | 2 | 1 | 1 | bgcolor=silver colspan=4 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Diego Casas | Comunicaciones | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | bgcolor=silver colspan=4 | ||||||||||||||||||
 Javon East | Saprissa | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | bgcolor=silver colspan=4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Santiago Gómez | Antigua | 1 | 1 | 2 | bgcolor=silver colspan=2 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | José Ardón | Antigua | 3 | bgcolor=silver colspan=2 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Byron Bonilla | Real Estelí | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
 Gustavo Souza | Luis Ángel Firpo | 1 | 1 | 1 | bgcolor=silver colspan=8 | |||||||||||||||||||
 Styven Vásquez | Luis Ángel Firpo | 2 | 1 | bgcolor=silver colspan=8 | - | 9 | Rodrigo Auzmendi | Motagua | 1 | 1 | bgcolor=silver colspan=4 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Jefferson Brenes | Saprissa | 1 | 1 | bgcolor=silver colspan=4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Anderson Canhoto | Alajuelense | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
 José González | Herediano | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Dionatan Machado | Águila | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Emerson Mauricio | Alianza | 1 | 1 | bgcolor=silver colspan=8 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Carlos Mejía | Comunicaciones | 1 | 1 | bgcolor=silver colspan=4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Yeison Mejía | Motagua | 2 | bgcolor=silver colspan=4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| José Pinto | Olimpia | 1 | 1 | bgcolor=silver colspan=8 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Ányelo Rodríguez | Alianza | 2 | bgcolor=silver colspan=8 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Ariel Rodríguez | Saprissa | 1 | 1 | bgcolor=silver colspan=4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| John Jairo Ruiz | Herediano | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
 Carlos Salazar | Águila | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Edwin Solano | Olimpia | 1 | 1 | bgcolor=silver colspan=8 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Luis Vega | Motagua | 1 | 1 | bgcolor=silver colspan=4 | --> |