1976 CONCACAF Champions' Cup

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 3 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 first Salvadoran team to win the trophy.

North American Zone

First Round

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

• León on a bye.
• Toronto Italia advances to the second round.

Second Round

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

• Toronto Italia withdrew.
• León advances to the CONCACAF Final.

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	2 – 1	Aurora
Alianza	1 – 1	Aurora
Águila	1 – 0	Alianza

• Águila advances to the third round.

Group B

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Olimpia	1 – 0	Real España	0 – 0	1 – 0

• Olimpia advances to the second round.

Second Round

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

• Águila on a Bye to the third round
• Olimpia withdrew
• Diriangén advances to the third round.

Third Round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Diriangén	2 - 11	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	4 - 2	Jong Colombia	3 - 1	1 - 1
Christianburg	1 - 20	Voorwarts	1 - 8	0 - 12
Thomas United	1 - 6	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	2 - 0	Malvern United	0 - 0	2 - 0
Tesoro Palo Seco	1 - 6	Voorwarts	0 - 4	1 - 2

• Robinhood and Voorwarts advance to the third round

Third Round

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

• Robinhood advances to the CONCACAF Final.

CONCACAF Final Series

Semi-Final

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Águila	3 - 1	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

1st leg 13 February 1977	Águila	5 – 1	Robinhood	San Salvador, El Salvador
(UTC−06:00)	Zepeda  20' Vargas  26',  89' Pineda  40',  79' (pen.)	Report	Emanuelson  68'	Stadium: Estadio Cuscatlán

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2nd leg 15 February 1977	Robinhood	2 – 3 (AET)	Águila	San Salvador, El Salvador
(UTC−06:00)	Nathoe  56' Olmberg  95'	Report	Zepeda  93' Díaz  112' Ramírez  117'	Stadium: Estadio Cuscatlán

• Águila wins the CONCACAF Champions' Cup 8–3 on aggregate score.

Champion

CONCACAF Champions' Cup 1976 Champion
Águila First Title

References

• RSSSF Site