1975 CONCACAF Champions' Cup

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1975 CONCACAF Champions' Cup
Copa de Campeones Concacaf
Dates5 July 1975 till 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.

Atlético Español from Mexico won the final, and became for the first time CONCACAF champion.

North American Zone

First Round

5 July 1975 Monterrey Mexico 2–0 Canada Serbian White Eagles
Jiménez 33'
Sánchez 90+'
13 July 1975 Serbian White Eagles Canada 1–1
(1–3 agg.)
Mexico Monterrey
Wareika 35' 6' Corbo
Note: Abandoned at 1–1 in 67' due to fight
  • Monterrey advanced to Second Round.

Second Round

  • Atlético Español advanced to CONCACAF Final Series.

Central American Zone

First Round

15 June 1975 España Honduras 2–0
(3–4 agg.)
Costa Rica Saprissa San Pedro Sula, Honduras
Ramírez 8'
Mejía 28'
Stadium: Estadio General Francisco Morazán
6 July 1975 Platense El Salvador 4–3 Guatemala Aurora
9 July 1975 Aurora Guatemala 1–0
(4–4 agg.)
El Salvador Platense
Note: Aurora advanced on away goals.[1]
  • Herediano, Saprissa, Municipal and Aurora advanced to the Second Round.

Second Round

14 September 1975 Municipal Guatemala 2–1 Guatemala Aurora
17 September 1975 Aurora Guatemala 1–0
(2–2 agg.)
(2–4 p)
Guatemala Municipal
  • Saprissa and Municipal advanced to the Third Round.

Third Round

12 October 1975 Municipal Guatemala 0–0
(2–2 agg.)
(5–6 p)
Costa Rica Saprissa Guatemala
  • Saprissa advanced to CONCACAF Final Series.

Caribbean Zone

Round 1

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.

Round 2

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.

Round 3

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.

CONCACAF Final Series

Semi-Final

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.

Final

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Transvaal Suriname 1 - 5 Mexico Atlético Español 0 - 3 1 - 2
  • Atlético Español wins the CONCACAF Champions Cup.

Champion

CONCACAF Champions' Cup
1975 Champion
Mexico
Atlético Español
First title

References

  1. ^ "Platense – Fútbol de Honduras".

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