1975 CONCACAF Champions' Cup

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1975 CONCACAF Champions' Cup
Copa de Campeones Concacaf
Dates5 July 1975 – 9 May 1976
Final positions
ChampionsMexico Atlético Español
Runners-upSuriname Transvaal
← 1974
1976 →

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.

Mexican club Atlético Español beat Surinamese side Transvaal in the finals 3–0 and 2–1,[1] becoming CONCACAF champion for their first time.[2]

North American Zone[edit]

First round[edit]

5 July 1975 Monterrey Mexico 2–0 Canada Serbian White Eagles
Alfredo Jiménez 33'
Jose Sánchez 90+'		 Nil
13 July 1975 Serbian White Eagles Canada 1–1
(1–3 agg.)		 Mexico Monterrey Toronto, Ontario
Mike Wareika 35' [[3] Report] Romeo Corbo 6' Stadium: CNE Stadium
Attendance: 2500
Referee: Henry Landauer
Note: Abandoned at 1–1 in 67' due to fight
  • Monterrey advanced to Second Round.

Second round[edit]

28 September 1975 Atlético Español Mexico 1–1 Mexico Monterrey Puebla, Mexico
Ramírez 66' (pen.) 11' González Stadium: Estadio Cuauhtémoc
9 October 1975 Monterrey Mexico 0–1
(1–2 agg.)		 Mexico Atlético Español San Nicolás de los Garza, Mexico
26' Urbina Stadium: Estadio Universitario
  • Atlético Español advanced to CONCACAF Final Series.

Central American Zone[edit]

First round[edit]

Torneo Centroamericano de Concacaf 1975

4 May 1975 Motagua Honduras 2–1 Costa Rica Herediano Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Salvador Bernárdez 4'
Pedro Caetano 59'		 69' Vicente Wanchope Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino
15 May 1975 Herediano Costa Rica 2–0
(3–2 agg.)		 Honduras Motagua Heredia, Costa Rica
Fernando Montero 33'
Rafael Camacho 75'		 Stadium: Estadio Eladio Rosabal Cordero
8 June 1975 Saprissa Costa Rica 4–1 Honduras España San Juan de Tibás, Costa Rica
Asdrúbal Paniagua 20' (pen.) 60'
Odir Jacques 36'
Carlos Santana 90'		 Antonio Pavón 23' Stadium: Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá
15 June 1975 España Honduras 2–0
(3–4 agg.)		 Costa Rica Saprissa San Pedro Sula, Honduras
Ramírez 8'
Mejía 28'		 Stadium: Estadio Francisco Morazán
29 June 1975 Negocios Internacionales El Salvador 0–0 Guatemala Municipal San Salvador, El Salvador
Stadium: Estadio Jorge "Mágico" González
6 July 1975 Municipal Guatemala 2–1
(2–1 agg.)		 El Salvador Negocios Internacionales Guatemala City, Guatemala
Julio César Anderson Stadium: Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores
6 July 1975 Platense El Salvador 4–3 Guatemala Aurora San Salvador, El Salvador
Luis Cesar Condomi
Oscar Guerrero
Oscar Armando Payés 		Stadium: Estadio Flor Blanca
9 July 1975 Platense El Salvador 0-1
(4–4 agg.)		 Guatemala Aurora Guatemala City, Guatemala
Miguel Gustavo Perez Stadium: Estadio del Ejército
Note: Aurora advanced on away goals.[4]
  • Herediano, Saprissa, Municipal and Aurora advanced to the Second Round.

Second round[edit]

4 September 1975 Saprissa Costa Rica 2–0 Costa Rica Herediano San Juan de Tibás, Costa Rica
Odir Jacques Stadium: Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá
11 September 1975 Herediano Costa Rica 2–1
(2–3 agg.)		 Costa Rica Saprissa Heredia, Costa Rica
Johnny Alvarado
Rafael Angel Camacho 		Javier Jimenez Stadium: Estadio Eladio Rosabal Cordero
14 September 1975 Municipal Guatemala 2–1 Guatemala Aurora Guatemala city, Guatemala
Felipe Antonio Carias TBD Stadium: Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores
17 September 1975 Aurora Guatemala 1–0
(2–2 agg.)
(2–4 p)		 Guatemala Municipal Guatemala City, Guatemala
Stadium: Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores
  • Saprissa and Municipal advanced to the Third Round.

Third round[edit]

5 October 1975 Saprissa Costa Rica 2–2 Guatemala Municipal San José, Costa Rica
Odir Jacques
Gerardo Solano 		Leonardo McNish
Julio Cesar Anderson 		Stadium: Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica
12 October 1975 Municipal Guatemala 0–0
(2–2 agg.)
(5–6 p)		 Costa Rica Saprissa Guatemala City, Guatemala
Stadium: Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores
  • Saprissa advanced to CONCACAF Final Series.

Caribbean Zone[edit]

Round 1[edit]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Santos Jamaica w/o Dominican Republic Universidad Catolica
Racing Haïtien Haiti 3 - 3* Suriname Robinhood 2 - 0 1 - 3
Transvaal Suriname 2 - 6* Haiti Violette 2 - 2 0 - 4*
  • Universidad apparently disqualified due to the Dominican Republic's failure to pay CONCACAF dues.
  • Robinhood win on lots
  • 2nd leg reportedly abandoned at 4-0 in 70'; Violette disqualified for using ineligible players.
Racing Haïtien Haiti 2–0 Suriname Robinhood
Nil
Robinhood Suriname 3-1
(3-3 agg.)		 Haiti Racing Haïtien
Transvaal Suriname 2-2 Haiti Violette
Violette Haiti 4-0
(6-2 agg.)		 Suriname Transvaal

Round 2[edit]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Transvaal Suriname 4 - 2 Jamaica Santos 4 - 1 0 - 1
Robinhood Suriname w/o Dominican Republic Montecarlo
  • Monte Carlo disqualified due to the Dominican Republic's failure to pay CONCACAF dues
  • Transvaal and Robinhood advanced to Round 3.
Transvaal Suriname 4-1 Jamaica Santos
Santos Jamaica 1-0
(2-4 agg.)		 Suriname Transvaal
Nil

Round 3[edit]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Transvaal Suriname 1 - 0 Suriname Robinhood 1 - 0 0 - 0
  • Transvaal advance to the CONCACAF Champions' Cup Final.
Transvaal Suriname 1–0 Suriname Robinhood
Nil
Robinhood Suriname 0-0
(0-1 agg.)		 Suriname Transvaal
Nil Nil

Semi-final[edit]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Saprissa Costa Rica 2 - 4 Mexico Atlético Español 1 - 2 1 - 2
  • Atlético Español advance to the CONCACAF Final.
  • Transvaal bye to the CONCACAF Final.
Saprissa Costa Rica 1–2 Mexico Atlético Español
Atlético Español Mexico 2–1
(4-2 agg.)		 Costa Rica Saprissa

Final[edit]

The Transvaal team before the start of the first leg.

First leg[edit]

1975 CONCACAF Champions' Cup Final
First leg
Transvaal Suriname0–3Mexico Atlético Español
Report Borbolla 14'
Rodríguez 35'
Urbina 63'

Second leg[edit]

Second leg
Atlético Español Mexico2–1Suriname Transvaal
Ramírez 28'
Isordia 83'		 Report Vanenburg 8'

Atlético Español won 4–0 on points (5–1 on aggregate)

Champion[edit]

CONCACAF Champions' Cup
1975 Champion
Mexico
Atlético Español
First title

References[edit]

  1. ^ Copa de Campeones 1975 on the RSSSF
  2. ^ Atlético Español, el 'disfraz' de Necaxa by Eric Fong on Medio Tiempo, 25 Apr 2020
  3. ^ Koep, Bob (July 14, 1975). "Players, fans mob visitors". Toronto Star. p. B1.
  4. ^ "Platense – Fútbol de Honduras".
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