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.

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

Salvadorean club Águila beat Surinamese Robinhood in the final[1] to became CONCACAF champion for the first time in their history, and the second Salvadoran team to win the trophy.[2][3]

North American Zone edit

First round edit

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Toronto Italia   5–3   New York Inter-Giuliana 3–2 2–1
Toronto Italia   3–2   New York Inter-Giuliana
New York Inter-Giuliana   1–2
(3–5 agg.)
  Toronto Italia

Second round edit

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.
  • The Toronto Italia v Toluca matches were originally scheduled for July 16 and August 31, but Toluca asked to reschedule the series to September 5 and 8. After the matches were not played by September 8, CONCACAF disqualified Toluca.
  • León and Toronto Italia advanced to the third round.

Third round edit

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

Central American Zone edit

First round edit

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
Team 1  Score  Team 2
Águila   2–1   Aurora
Alianza   1–1   Aurora
Águila   1–0   Alianza
  • Águila advances to the third round.
20 June 1976 Águila 2–1 Aurora San Salvador, El Salvador
Félix "Garrobita" Pineda  
Luis Baltazar Ramírez "Pelé" Zapata  
René Morales   Stadium: Estadio Flor Blanca
27 June 1976 Alianza 1–1 Aurora San Salvador, El Salvador
Óscar Gustavo "Lotario" Guerrero   René Morales   Stadium: Flor Blanca Stadium
5 July 1976 Águila 1–0 Alianza San Salvador, El Salvador
Ismael "Cisco" Díaz   Nil Stadium: Estadio Flor Blanca
Group B
15 September 1976 Real España 1–0
(1–0 agg.)
Olimpia San Pedro Sula, Honduras
Ferreira   Nil Stadium: Estadio General Francisco Morazán
Note: C.D. Olimpia advances to the second round.

Round 2 edit

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Diriangén   w/o   Real España {{{6}}} {{{7}}}

Round 3 edit

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.

Águila  5–1  Diriangén
Ismael Díaz  
Félix Pineda  
Sergio Méndez  
Luis Ramírez Zapata    
TBD  

Caribbean Zone edit

First round edit

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Robinhood   4–2   Jong Colombia 3–1 1–1
Christianburg   1–20   Voorwaarts 1–8 0–12
Thomas United   1–6   Tesoro Palo Seco 0–2 1–4
Robinhood   3–1   Jong Colombia
TBD  
TBD  
TBD  
TBD  
Jong Colombia   1–1
(2–4 agg.)
  Robinhood
TBD   TBD  
Voorwaarts   12–0
(12–0 agg.)
  Christianburg
TBD        
TBD    
TBD    
TBD  
TBD  
TBD  
TBD  
Nil
Tesoro Palo Seco   4–1
(6–1 agg.)
  Thomas United
TBD  
TBD  
TBD  
TBD  

Second round edit

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   Voorwaarts 0–4 1–2
Malvern United   0–2
(0–2 agg.)
  Robinhood
Nil TBD  
TBD  
Tesoro Palo Seco   0–4   Voorwaarts
Nil TBD  
TBD  
TBD  
TBD  
Voorwaarts   2–1
(6–1 agg.)
  Tesoro Palo Seco
TBD  
TBD  
TBD  

Third round edit

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Robinhood   3–0   Voorwaarts 3–0 0–0
Robinhood   3–0   Voorwaarts
TBD  
TBD  
TBD  
Nil

Semi-final edit

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Águila   3–1   León 1–1 2–0*
  • Due to several players being sent off after a brawl, León forfeited the 2nd leg while leading 2–1: Águila was awarded a 2–0 win.
Águila  1–1 (a.e.t.)  León
Félix Pineda   Walter Mantegazza  
Estadio Cuscatlan
San SalvadorEl Salvador

León  2–1  Águila
    TBD  

Final edit

First leg edit

1976 CONCACAF Champions' Cup Final
First leg
Águila  5–1  Robinhood
Zepeda   20'
Vargas   26'   89'
Pineda   40',   79' (pen.)
Report   68' Emanuelson

Second leg edit

Second leg
Robinhood  2–3 (a.e.t.)  Águila
Nathoe   56'
Olmberg   95'
Report   93' Zepeda
  112' Díaz
  117' Ramírez

Aguila won the series 4–2 on points (8–3 on aggregate).

Champion edit

CONCACAF Champions' Cup
1976 Champion
 
Águila
First title

References edit

  1. ^ Copa de Campeones 1976 on the RSSSF
  2. ^ "Copa de Campeones Concacaf 1976 Águila Campeón" on Historicas Coperas blogsite, 30 Jan 2015
  3. ^ Hace 40 años el Aguila fue el rey by Cristian López on El Gráfico, 16 Feb 2017