1975 CONCACAF Champions' Cup

1975 CONCACAF Champions' Cup

Copa de Campeones Concacaf
Dates	5 July 1975 till 9 May 1976
Final positions
Champions	Atlético Español

The 1975 CONCACAF Champions' Cup was the 11th edition of the annual international club football competition held in the CONCACAF region (North America, Central America and the Caribbean), the CONCACAF Champions' Cup. It determined that year's club champion of association football in the CONCACAF region and was played from 5 July 1975 till 9 May 1976.

The teams were split in 3 zones (North American, Central American and the Caribbean), each one qualifying the winner to the final tournament, where the winners of the North and Central zones played a semi-final to decide who was going to play against the Caribbean champion in the final. All the matches in the tournament were played under the home/away match system.

Atlético Español from Mexico won the final, and became for the first time CONCACAF champion.

North American Zone

First Round

Monterrey v Serbian White Eagles

5 July 1975	Monterrey	2–0	Serbian White Eagles
	Jiménez  33' Sánchez  90+'

Serbian White Eagles v Monterrey

13 July 1975	Serbian White Eagles	1–1 (1–3 agg.)	Monterrey
	Wareika  35'		6' Corbo
Note: Abandoned at 1–1 in 67' due to fight

• Monterrey advanced to Second Round.

Second Round

Atlético Español v Monterrey

28 September 1975	Atlético Español	1–1	Monterrey	Puebla, Mexico
	Ramírez  66' (pen.)		11' González	Stadium: Estadio Cuauhtémoc

Monterrey v Atlético Español

9 October 1975	Monterrey	0–1 (1–2 agg.)	Atlético Español	San Nicolás de los Garza, Mexico
			26' Urbina	Stadium: Estadio Universitario

• Atlético Español advanced to CONCACAF Final Series.

Central American Zone

First Round

Motagua v Herediano

4 May 1975	Motagua	2–1	Herediano	Tegucigalpa, Honduras
	Bernárdez  4' Caetano  59'		69' Wanchope	Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

Herediano v Motagua

15 May 1975	Herediano	2–0 (3–2 agg.)	Motagua	Heredia, Costa Rica
	Montero  33' Camacho  75'			Stadium: Estadio Eladio Rosabal Cordero

Saprissa v España

8 June 1975	Saprissa	4–1	España	San José, Costa Rica
	Paniagua  20' (pen.)  60' Jacques  36' Santana  90'		23' Pavón	Stadium: Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá

España v Saprissa

15 June 1975	España	2–0 (3–4 agg.)	Saprissa	San Pedro Sula, Honduras
	Ramírez  8' Mejía  28'			Stadium: Estadio General Francisco Morazán

Negocios Internacionales v Municipal

29 June 1975	Negocios Internacionales	0–0	Municipal

Municipal v Negocios Internacionales

6 July 1975	Municipal	2–1 (2–1 agg.)	Negocios Internacionales

Platense v Aurora

6 July 1975	Platense	4–3	Aurora

Aurora v Platense

9 July 1975	Aurora	1–0 (4–4 agg.)	Platense
Note: Aurora advanced on away goals.[1]

• Herediano, Saprissa, Municipal and Aurora advanced to the Second Round.

Second Round

Saprissa v Herediano

4 September 1975	Saprissa	2–0	Herediano	San José, Costa Rica
				Stadium: Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá

Herediano v Saprissa

11 September 1975	Herediano	2–1 (2–3 agg.)	Saprissa	Heredia, Costa Rica
				Stadium: Estadio Eladio Rosabal Cordero

Municipal v Aurora

14 September 1975	Municipal	2–1	Aurora

Aurora v Municipal

17 September 1975	Aurora	1–0 (2–2 agg.) (2–4 p)	Municipal

• Saprissa and Municipal advanced to the Third Round.

Third Round

Saprissa v Municipal

5 October 1975	Saprissa	2–2	Municipal	San José, Costa Rica
				Stadium: Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá

Municipal v Saprissa

12 October 1975	Municipal	0–0 (2–2 agg.) (5–6 p)	Saprissa	Guatemala

• Saprissa advanced to CONCACAF Final Series.

Caribbean Zone

Withdrew or were disqualified:
Montecarlo
Racing Club Haïtien
SV Robinhood

First Round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
SV Transvaal	w/o	Violette AC
Santos F.C.	w/o	Universidad Catolica

• Violette AC withdrew.
• Universidad apparently disqualified due to the Dominican Republic's failure to pay FIFA dues.
• SV Transvaal and Santos F.C. advance to the second round.

Second Round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
SV Transvaal	5 - 1	Santos F.C.	4 - 1	1 - 0

• SV Transvaal advance to the CONCACAF Final.

CONCACAF Final Series

Semi-Final

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Deportivo Saprissa	2 - 4	Atlético Español	1 - 2	1 - 2

• Atlético Español advance to the CONCACAF Final.

Final

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
SV Transvaal	1 - 5	Atlético Español	0 - 3	1 - 2

• Atlético Español wins the CONCACAF Champions Cup.

Champion

CONCACAF Champions' Cup 1975 Champion
Atlético Español First Title

References

External links

• RSSSF Site