2017–18 in CONCACAF club competitions
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Dates |
CONCACAF League: 1 August – 26 October 2017 CONCACAF Champions League: 20 February – 26 April 2018 |
| Teams |
CONCACAF League: 16 CONCACAF Champions League: 16 Total: 31 (from 12 associations) |
The 2017–18 season of CONCACAF club competitions will be overall the 53rd season of the football club competitions organized by CONCACAF, the regional governing body of North America, Central America, and the Caribbean, and the 10th season since the name of the premier tournament was changed to its current name, CONCACAF Champions League.
Starting from this season, the overall CONCACAF club competition platform consists of two tournaments, the newly created CONCACAF League and the CONCACAF Champions League:
Therefore, a total of 31 teams will compete during the season (an increase from the previous 24 teams), with the 2017 CONCACAF League being held from August to October 2017, and the 2018 CONCACAF Champions League being held from February to April 2018, both of home-and-away two-legged single-elimination format.
The winners of the 2018 CONCACAF Champions League will qualify as the CONCACAF representative at the 2018 FIFA Club World Cup in the United Arab Emirates. Pachuca are the Champions League title holders, but did not qualify for this season and will not be able to defend their title.
In December 2016, Manuel Quintanilla, president of the Nicaraguan Football Federation, spoke of a possible new format for the competition, a statement that was later corroborated by Garth Lagerwey, the general manager of Seattle Sounders FC. On 23 January 2017, CONCACAF confirmed the new format, eliminating the group stage which had been employed since the re-branding of the competition to the CONCACAF Champions League in 2008.
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