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1976 CONCACAF Champions' Cup

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1976 CONCACAF Champions' Cup
Copa de Campeones Concacaf
Dates6 June 1976 till 13 February 1977
Final positions
ChampionsEl Salvador Águila
Runners-upSuriname Robinhood
1975
1977

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 Canada 5 - 3 United States New York Inter-Giuliana 3 - 2 2 - 1

Second Round

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score 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.Tooltip Aggregate score 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
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
Source: [citation needed]
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

15 September 1976 Real España 1–0
(1–0 agg.)
Olimpia San Pedro Sula, Honduras
Ferreira Stadium: Estadio General Francisco Morazán
Note: C.D. Olimpia advances to the second round.

Round 2

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Diriangén Nicaragua w/o Honduras Real España

Round 3

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score 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.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Robinhood Suriname 4 - 2 Netherlands Antilles Jong Colombia 3 - 1 1 - 1
Christianburg Guyana 1 - 20 Suriname Voorwaarts 1 - 8 0 - 12
Thomas United Guyana 1 - 6 Trinidad and Tobago Tesoro Palo Seco 0 - 2 1 - 4

Second Round

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score 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 Voorwaarts 0 - 4 1 - 2

Third Round

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Robinhood Suriname 3 - 0 Suriname Voorwaarts 3 - 0 0 - 0

CONCACAF Final Series

Semi-Final

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score 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

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

15 February 1977 2nd leg Robinhood Suriname 2–3 (a.e.t.)
(3–8 agg.)
El Salvador 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
El Salvador
Águila
First title

References