2006 Copa Interclubes UNCAF

The 2006 Copa Interclubes UNCAF was the 24th edition of the international club football competition held in the UNCAF region representing the seven nations of Central America. This was the eighth year of the current format using the name Copa Interclubes UNCAF. The tournament was also a qualifying event for the 2007 CONCACAF Champions' Cup. Sixteen teams representing seven football associations took part, beginning with the first qualifying games on August 22, 2006. The tournament concluded with a two-legged final that was won by Puntarenas of Costa Rica making them the Central American club football champions. The top three finishers in the tournament qualify for the 2007 CONCACAF Champions' Cup.

First Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
	Alajuelense	1	2	3
	Vista Hermosa	0	1	1				Alajuelense	0	0	0
	Puntarenas	5	1	6				Puntarenas	3	2	5
	Hankook Verdes	0	1	1											Puntarenas	2	0	2
	Marathón	2	1	3											Marquense	0	0	0
	Águila	0	1	1				Marathón	1	0	1
	Marquense	3	0	3				Marquense	1	1	2
	Plaza Amador	0	0	0																		Puntarenas	3	0	3
	Real Estelí	1	0	1																		Olimpia	2	1	3
	Saprissa	1	1	2				Saprissa	1	0	1
	San Francisco	0	1	1				Victoria	0	2	2
	Victoria	1	3	4											Victoria	2	0	2
	Wagiya	0	0	0											Olimpia	2	2	4
	Municipal	2	8	10				Municipal	1	0	1
	Diriangén	0	1	1				Olimpia	1	3	4
	Olimpia	3	2	5

First round

24 August 2006	Alajuelense	1–0	Vista Hermosa	Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto Alajuela, Costa Rica Attendance: n/a Referee: Rolando Vidal (PAN)
	Carlos Salazar 70'

30 August 2006	Vista Hermosa	1–2	Alajuelense	Estadio Juan Francisco Barraza San Miguel, El Salvador Attendance: n/a Referee: José Pineda(HON)
	Rene Alvarez 78'		Erick Jimenez 26' Rolando Fonseca 75'

Alajuelense advance 3-1 on aggregate.

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22 August 2006	Puntarenas	5–0	Hankook Verdes	Estadio Lito Pérez Puntarenas, Costa Rica Attendance: n/a Referee: Rene Guerrero (NIC)
	Mario Camacho 34' José Macotelo 59' Kurt Bernard 64' (pen) Kevin Sancho 65' Jorge Barbosa 85'

31 August 2006	Hankook Verdes	1–1	Puntarenas	Estadio Norman Broaster San Ignacio Town, Belize Attendance: 1,100 Referee: Walter Lopez (GUA)
	Deris Benavides 13'		Rodolfo Arnáez Villegas 15'

Puntarenas advance 6-1 on aggregate.

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24 August 2006	Marathón	2–0	Águila	Estadio Francisco Morazán San Pedro Sula, Honduras Attendance: 2,863 Referee: Elmar Rodas (GUA)
	Walter Martinez 8' Emil Martinez 29'

31 August 2006	Águila	1–1	Marathón	Estadio Juan Francisco Barraza San Miguel, El Salvador Attendance: n/a Referee: Carlos Batres (GUA)
	Luis Amaya 83'		Emil Martinez 9'

Marathón advance 3-1 on aggregate.

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23 August 2006	Marquense	3–0	Plaza Amador	Estadio Marquesa de la Ensenada San Marcos, Guatemala Attendance: n/a Referee: Ricardo Zelaya (HON)
	César Alegría 31' Ricardo Gutiérrez 48' César Alegría 51'

29 August 2006	Plaza Amador	0–0	Marquense	Estadio Rommel Fernandez Panama City, Panama Attendance: 200 Referee: Joel Aguilar (ELS)

Marquense advance 3-0 on aggregate.

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23 August 2006	Real Estelí	1–1	Saprissa	Estadio Independencia Estelí, Nicaragua Attendance: n/a Referee: Roberto Moreno (PAN)
	Victor Sánchez 22'		Alonso Solis 76'

29 August 2006	Saprissa	1–0	Real Estelí	Estadio Ricardo Saprissa San José, Costa Rica Attendance: 0 (banned) Referee: Lucinio Rodriguez (HON)
	Walter Centeno 53'

Saprissa advance 2-1 on aggregate.

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23 August 2006	San Francisco	0–1	Victoria	Estadio Agustín "Muquita" La Chorrera, Panama Attendance: n/a Referee: Edgar Rodriguez (CRC)
			Fabio de Souza 4'

30 August 2006	Victoria	3–1	San Francisco	Estadio Nilmo Edwards La Ceiba, Honduras Attendance: 2,407 Referee: Vinicio Mena (CRC)
	Jeffrey Brooks 19' Jose Luis Grant 53' Carlos Moran 68'		Ruben Gamboa 61'

Victoria advance 4-1 on aggregate.

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22 August 2006	Wagiya	0–2	Municipal	Estadio Carl Ramos Dangriga, Belize Attendance: n/a Referee: William Mendoza (CRC)
			Edwin Villatoro 12' Edwin Villatoro 72'

31 August 2006	Municipal	8–0	Wagiya	Estadio El Trébol Guatemala City, Guatemala Attendance: n/a Referee: Donald Campos (NIC)
	Edwin Villatoro 16' Claudio Albizuris 46' Selvin Motta 55' Edwin Villatoro 60' Selvin Motta 74' Edwin Villatoro 79' Edwin Villatoro 81' Own goal 90'

Municipal advance 10-0 on aggregate.

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22 August 2006	Diriangén	0–3/f	Olimpia	Estadio Cacique Diriangén Diriamba, Nicaragua Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Ricardo Cerdas (CRC)
	Ricardo Valenzuela 5'		Luciano Emilio 39' Luciano Emilio 90'

/f match forfeited¹- Diriangén used ineligible players, and CONCACAF awarded Olimpia a 3-0 win.¹

30 August 2006	Olimpia	2–1	Diriangén	Estadio Tiburcio Carias Andino Tegucigalpa, Honduras Attendance: 1,128 Referee: Jose Angel Rodriguez (PAN)
	Milton Palacios 8' Luciano Emilio 72'		Ricardo Valenzuela 4'

Olimpia advance 5-1 on aggregate.

Quarterfinals

20 September 2006	Alajuelense	0–3	Puntarenas	Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto Alajuela, Costa Rica Attendance: n/a Referee: Oscar Bardelez (HON)
			Mario Camacho 15' José Macotelo 78' Álvaro Guerrero 89'

27 August 2006	Puntarenas	2–0	Alajuelense	Estadio Lito Pérez Puntarenas, Costa Rica Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Carlos Batres (GUA)
	Kurt Bernard 26' (pen) José Macotelo 77'

Puntarenas advance 5-0 on aggregate.

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28 September 2006	Marathón	1–1	Marquense	Estadio Francisco Morazán San Pedro Sula, Honduras Attendance: 5,057 Referee: Walter Queseda (CRC)
	Marcelo Segales 38'		César Alegría 37'

3 October 2006	Marquense	1–0	Marathón	Estadio Marquesa de la Ensenada San Marcos, Guatemala Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Rolando Vidal (PAN)
	Cristian Cayeta 86' (pen)

Marquense advance 2-1 on aggregate.

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26 September 2006	Saprissa	1–0	Victoria	Estadio Ricardo Saprissa San José, Costa Rica Attendance: n/a Referee: Elmar Rodas (GUA)
	Gabriel Badilla 27'

5 October 2006	Victoria	2–0	Saprissa	Estadio Nilmo Edwards La Ceiba, Honduras Attendance: 5,384 Referee: Roberto Moreno (PAN)
	Hector Flores 3' Fabio de Souza 74'

Victoria advance 2-1 on aggregate.

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27 September 2006	Municipal	1–1	Olimpia	Estadio Mateo Flores Guatemala City, Guatemala Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Alexander Jimenez (CRC)
	Carlos Figueroa 59'		Luciano Emilio 78'

4 October 2006	Olimpia	3–0	Municipal	Estadio Tiburcio Carias Andino Tegucigalpa, Honduras Attendance: 5,370 Referee: Joel Aguilar (ELS)
	Wilmer Velasquez 15' Wilson Palacios 79' Rony Morales 90'

Olimpia advance 4-1 on aggregate.

Semifinals

25 October 2006	Puntarenas	2–0	Marquense	Estadio Lito Pérez Puntarenas, Costa Rica Attendance: n/a Referee: Joel Aguilar (ELS)
	Vicente Rosella 62' Álvaro Guerrero 77'

31 October 2006	Marquense	0–0	Puntarenas	Estadio Marquesa de la Ensenada San Marcos, Guatemala Attendance: 6,500 Referee: José Pineda (HON)

Puntarenas qualify to 2007 CONCACAF Champions' Cup 2-0 on aggregate.

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24 October 2006	Victoria	2–2	Olimpia	Estadio Nilmo Edwards La Ceiba, Honduras Attendance: 7,915 Referee: Walter Quesada (CRC)
	Jose Anthony 10' Hector Flores 70'		Luciano Emilio 5' Luciano Emilio 66'

31 October 2006	Olimpia	2–0	Victoria	Estadio Tiburcio Carias Andino Tegucigalpa, Honduras Attendance: 4,766 Referee: Carlos Batres (GUA)
	Wilson Palacios 32' Luciano Emilio 73'

Olimpia qualify to 2007 CONCACAF Champions' Cup 4-2 on aggregate.

Third Place

21 November 2006	Marquense	3–0	Victoria	Estadio Marquesa de la Ensenada San Marcos, Guatemala Attendance: n/a Referee: Walter Quesada (CRC)
	Erick Priego 5' Erick Priego 37' Ricardo Gutiérrez 87'

28 November 2006	Victoria	1–1	Marquense	Estadio Nilmo Edwards La Ceiba, Honduras Attendance: 1,245 Referee: Joel Aguilar (ELS)
	Carlos Morán 2'		César Alegría 61'

Marquense qualify to 2007 CONCACAF Champions' Cup 4-1 on aggregate.

Final

22 November 2006	Puntarenas	3–2	Olimpia	Estadio Lito Pérez Puntarenas, Costa Rica Attendance: n/a Referee: Rolando Vidal (PAN)
	Kurt Bernard 43' Álvaro Guerrero 70' Álvaro Guerrero 90'		Nahún Avila 27' Wilson Palacios 75'

29 November 2006	Olimpia	1–0	Puntarenas	Estadio Tiburcio Carias Andino Tegucigalpa, Honduras Referee: Carlos Batres(GUA)
	Luciano Emilio 14'
		Penalties
	Danilo Tosello: missed Arnold Cruz: scored Juan Pedro Yalet: Shane Moody-Orio saved Mynor Figueroa: missed	1-3	Max Sanchez: scored Roberto Wong: scored Vicente Rocella: scored

Champion Puntarenas of the 2006 UNCAF Club Cup, and runner up Olimpia qualify to 2007 CONCACAF Champions' Cup.

Trivia

• At the quarter finals there were 2 clubs with a Monster as team mascot and 3 clubs with a Lion as mascot.
• The winning team received $10,000 as a prize