2014/15 CONCACAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE Game Notes WEEK THREE – GROUP 5
Olimpia (Honduras) v Alpha United (Guyana) Estadio Tiburcio Carias Andino – Tegucigalpa, Honduras August 28, 2014 Olimpia (1-0-0, 3 points) -- one of only two teams to qualify for all seven editions of the CONCACAF Champions League (CCL) – will face visiting Alpha United (0-0-2, 0 points) for the second time in slightly more than three weeks, when they meet on Thursday. In their first encounter, 18-yearold Alberth Elis (17’) struck for the game’s only goal as the Honduran power extended its CCL away unbeaten streak to four games. REFEREE: Cesar Ramos (Mexico); AR1: Jose Luis Camargo (Mexico); AR2: Alberto Morin (Mexico); 4th: Roberto Garcia (Mexico) SUSPENDED: none ALL-TIME CCL SERIES RECORD: Olimpia won only previous meeting, 1-0, on August 5, 2014.
CCL COMPARISON Olimpia
Alpha United
27
Games Played
4
12
Wins
0
6
Draws
1
9
Losses
3
37
Goals For
3
28
Goals Against
15
OLIMPIA
ALPHA UNITED
• Group 5 results: 1-0 away win v Alpha United (Goal: Alberth Elis 17’)
• Group 5 results: 1-0 home loss v Olimpia; 4-1 home loss v Portland Timbers (Goal: Barbosa Murilo 45’)
• Method of Qualification: 2014 Honduran Clausura champion
• Method of Qualification: 2014 Caribbean Club Championship Group 3 winner
• CCL appearances (7): 2008/09; 2009/10; 2010/11, 2011/12, 2012/13, 2013/14, 2014/15
• CCL appearances (2): 2011/12, 2014/15
• Best CCL finish: Quarterfinals (2010/11)
• Best CCL finish: Preliminary Round (2011/12)
• Won 2 CONCACAF Champions Cup titles (1972, 1988)
• All-Time CCL away record: GP - 1; W - 0; D - 0; L - 1; GF - 0; GA - 8
• All-Time CCL home record: GP - 13; W - 8; D - 2; L - 3; GF - 23; GA - 11 • All-Time CCL group stage record: GP - 21; W - 10; D - 6; L - 5; GF - 31; GA - 19
• Fell to Costa Rica’s Herediano in the preliminary round of 2011/12 CCL, 10-2 on aggregate (1st leg: 8-0 away loss, 2nd leg: 2-2 home draw) • Won last 5 Guyana league titles
• Posted 3 consecutive CCL shutouts • 2014 Caribbean Club Championship results: 2-0 win v Defence Force (Goals: Andrew Murray 20’, Kithson Bain 48’); 1-0 win v Harbour View (Goal: Kithson Bain 24’)
• Unbeaten in 8 of last 10 CCL games (5-3-2) • Largest CCL win: 4-0 home v Joe Public FC on October 28, 2008
• Gregory Richardson has 7 career CCL goals (5 for Joe Public FC; 2 for Puerto Rico Islanders)
• Unbeaten in 5 all-time CCL games v Caribbean opposition (4-1-0), conceding only 2 goals
• Kithson Bain has 1 career CCL goal (1 for Caledonia AIA)
• Last 5 in CCL: W(a) D(a) W(h) L(h) W(a)
• Last 5 in CCL: L(h) L(h) D(h) L(a)
• All-Time leading CCL scorers: Roger Rojas (8 goals); Ramiro Bruschi (5 goals); Bryan Beckeles, Dougals Caetano Mattoso, Oscar Boniek Garcia, Allan Kardeck Dos Santos, Antony Lozano (2 goals each)
• All-Time CCL scorers: Anthony Abrams, Travis Grant, Barbosa Murilo (1 goal each)
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