1996 CONCACAF Champions' Cup

1996 CONCACAF Champions' Cup
Tournament details
Host country Guatemala
City Guatemala City
Dates 15 July – 20 July
Teams 4 (from 3 associations)
Final positions
Champions Mexico Cruz Azul (4th title)
Runners-up Mexico Club Necaxa
Tournament statistics
Matches played 6
Goals scored 29 (4.83 per match)

The 1996 CONCACAF Champions' Cup was the 32nd 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 9 March 1996 through 20 July 1997.

The teams were split into 2 zones (North/ Central and Caribbean). The North/Central zone was split into 3 groups, qualifying each winner to the final tournament. The winner of the Caribbean zone, earned a place in a playoff against the USA representative for a spot in the final tournament. All qualifying matches in the tournament were played under the home/away match system, while the final tournament was played in Guatemala City.

Club Deportivo Cruz Azul from Mexico won the final, its fourth CONCACAF championship.

North/Central American Zone

Group 1

First Round
Cruz Azul on bye to the Third round.

  • Alajuelense won 6–3 on aggregated.
  • Árabe Unido won 2–1 on aggregated.
  • Victoria won 7–3 on aggregated.

Second Round
Alajuelense on bye to the Fourth round.

  • Victoria won 3–2 on aggregated.

Third Round

  • Cruz Azul won 2–1 on aggregated.

Fourth Round

  • Cruz Azul won 5–2 on aggregated.

Group 2

First Round

  • Necaxa on bye to second round.

Second Round

  • Necaxa advanced to the CONCACAF Final Group Stage.

Group 3

First Round

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
CSD Comunicaciones Guatemala 6 - 0 Panama Cosmos 4 - 0 2 - 0
C.S.D. Sacachispas Guatemala 5 - 3 Nicaragua Juventus Managua 3 - 1 2 - 2
  • Belize Juventus F.C. on bye, to the second round.
  • Comunicaciones and Sacachispas advance to the second round.

Second Round

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
CSD Comunicaciones Guatemala 5 - 1 Guatemala C.S.D. Sacachispas 2 - 1 3 - 0
  • Belize Juventus F.C. on bye, to the third round.
  • Comunicaciones advance to the third round.

Third Round

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Juventus Belize 1 - 8 Guatemala CSD Comunicaciones 1 - 1 0 - 7
  • CSD Comunicaciones advance to the Final Group Stage.

Caribbean Zone

First Round

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
US Sinnamary French Guiana w/o* Suriname SV Prekesh 0 - 0
SV Transvaal Suriname w/o** Guadeloupe Red Star (Pointe-à-Pitre)
  • US Sinnamary withdrew after 1st leg*
  • Red Star withdrew before 1st leg**

Second Round

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
SV Transvaal Suriname 1 - 0 Suriname SV Prekesh 0 - 0 1 - 0
  • SV Transvaal advance to the USA/Caribbean playoff.

USA/Caribbean Playoff

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Seattle Sounders United States 10 - 0 Suriname SV Transvaal
  • Seattle Sounders advance to the Final Group Stage.

CONCACAF Final Group Stage

Final stage was played in Guatemala City, Guatemala.

July 15 - 20, 1997

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
1 Mexico Cruz Azul 3 2 1 0 14 2 +12 7
2 Mexico Necaxa 3 1 2 0 8 5 +3 5
3 Guatemala Comunicaciones 3 1 1 1 6 5 +1 4
4 United States Seattle Sounders 3 0 0 3 1 17 −16 0
Team 1  Score  Team 2
Comunicaciones Guatemala
Nicolas Suazo  44'
Jose Fernandez  83'		 2 - 0 United States Seattle Sounders
Team 1  Score  Team 2
Necaxa Mexico
Carlos Pavón  14'		 1 - 1 Mexico Cruz Azul
Carlos Hermosillo  48'
Team 1  Score  Team 2
Seattle Sounders United States
Peter Hattrup  91' (pen.)		 1 - 4 Mexico Necaxa
Sergio Almaguer  32'
Cuauhtémoc Blanco  47', 89'
Sergio Vásquez  75'
Team 1  Score  Team 2
Comunicaciones Guatemala
Milton Núñez  90'		 1 - 2 Mexico Cruz Azul
Hector Adomaitis  33', 37'
Team 1  Score  Team 2
Comunicaciones Guatemala
Julio Rodas  24', 48'
Milton Núñez  32'		 3 - 3 Mexico Necaxa
Pedro Pineda  47' (pen)
Carlos Pavón  60'
José Luis Montes de Oca  70'
Team 1  Score  Team 2
Seattle Sounders United States 0 -11 Mexico Cruz Azul
Francisco Palencia  3'
Carlos Hermosillo  13', 32', 49'
Julio César Yegros  15', 53', 62'
Hector Adomaitis  34'
Benjamin Galindo  35'
Kieran Barton  72' (OG)
Francisco Ramírez  74' (pen.)

Champion

CONCACAF Champions' Cup
1996 Winners
Mexico
Deportivo Cruz Azul
Fourth Title

References

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