1976 CONCACAF Champions' Cup

1976 CONCACAF Champions' Cup
Copa de Campeones Concacaf
Dates 6 June 1976 till 13 February 1977
Final positions
Champions El Salvador Águila

The 1976 CONCACAF Champions' Cup was the 12th 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 6 June 1976 till 13 February 1977.

The teams were split in three zones (North American, Central American and 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.

Águila from El Salvador won the final, and became for the first time CONCACAF champion in their history and the second Salvadoran team to win the trophy.

North American Zone

First Round

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Toronto Italia Canada 5 - 3 United States New York Inter-Giuliana 3 - 2 2 - 1

Second Round

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
León Mexico w/o Canada Serbian White Eagles
Toronto Italia Canada w/o Mexico Toluca
  • Serbian White Eagles withdrew.
  • Originally scheduled for July 16 & August 31, Toluca ask to reschedule the series to September 5 & 8. The matches were not played and Toluca was disqualified on Sep. 8
  • León and Toronto Italia advances to the third round.

Third Round

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
León Mexico w/o Canada Toronto Italia


Central American Zone

First Round

Group A

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Águila 2 2 0 0 3 1+2 4 Advances to third round
2 Aurora 2 0 1 1 2 3−1 1
3 Alianza 2 0 1 1 1 2−1 1
Team 1  Score  Team 2
Águila El Salvador 2 – 1 Guatemala Aurora
Alianza El Salvador 1 – 1 Guatemala Aurora
Águila El Salvador 1 – 0 El Salvador Alianza
  • Águila advances to the third round.

Group B

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Olimpia Honduras 1 – 0 Honduras Real España 0 – 0 1 – 0
  • Olimpia advances to the second round.

Second Round

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Diriangén Nicaragua w/o Honduras Olimpia

Third Round

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Diriangén Nicaragua 2 - 11 El Salvador Águila 1 - 6 1 - 5
  • Águila advances to the CONCACAF Final.

Caribbean Zone

First Round

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Robinhood Suriname 4 - 2 Netherlands Antilles Jong Colombia 3 - 1 1 - 1
Christianburg Netherlands Antilles 1 - 20 Suriname Voorwarts 1 - 8 0 - 12
Thomas United Guyana 1 - 6 Trinidad and Tobago Tesoro Palo Seco 0 - 2 1 - 4
  • Malvern United on a Bye
  • Robinhood, Voorwarts and Tesoro Palo Seco advance to the second round.

Second Round

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Robinhood Suriname 2 - 0 Trinidad and Tobago Malvern United 0 - 0 2 - 0
Tesoro Palo Seco Trinidad and Tobago 1 - 6 Suriname Voorwarts 0 - 4 1 - 2

Third Round

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Robinhood Suriname 3 - 0 Suriname Voorwarts 3 - 0 0 - 0

CONCACAF Final Series

Semi-Final

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Águila El Salvador 3 - 1 Mexico León 1 - 1 2 - 0*
  • León abandoned the 2nd leg while leading 2-1 following a fight. Águila was awarded a win 2 - 0.*

Final

Champion

CONCACAF Champions' Cup
1976 Champion
El Salvador
Águila
First Title

References

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