1976 CONCACAF Champions' Cup

1976 CONCACAF Champions' Cup

Copa de Campeones Concacaf
Dates	6 June 1976 till 13 February 1977
Final positions
Champions	Águila
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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.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Toronto Italia	5 - 3	New York Inter-Giuliana	3 - 2	2 - 1

• León on a bye.
• Toluca on a bye.
• Serbian White Eagles on a bye.
• Toronto Italia advances to the second round.

Second Round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
León	w/o	Serbian White Eagles
Toronto Italia	w/o	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.Tooltip Aggregate score	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

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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.Tooltip Aggregate score	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.Tooltip Aggregate score	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.Tooltip Aggregate score	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.Tooltip Aggregate score	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.Tooltip Aggregate score	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.Tooltip Aggregate score	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.Tooltip Aggregate score	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

Águila v Robinhood

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

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Robinhood v Águila

15 February 1977 2nd leg	Robinhood	2–3 (a.e.t.) (3–8 agg.)	Águila	San Salvador, El Salvador
(UTC−06:00)	Nathoe 56' Olmberg 95'	Report	93' Zepeda 112' Díaz 117' Ramírez	Stadium: Estadio Cuscatlán

Champion

CONCACAF Champions' Cup 1976 Champion
Águila First Title

References

• RSSSF Site