1975 CONCACAF Champions' Cup

1975 CONCACAF Champions' Cup

Copa de Campeones Concacaf
Dates	5 July 1975 – 9 May 1976
Final positions
Champions	Atlético Español
Runners-up	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

First round

Monterrey v Serbian White Eagles

5 July 1975	Monterrey	2–0	Serbian White Eagles	San Nicolás de los Garza, Nuevo León
	Alfredo Jiménez 33' Jose Sánchez 90+'			Stadium: Estadio Universitario Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Mile Wortf

Serbian White Eagles v Monterrey

13 July 1975	Serbian White Eagles	1–1 (1–3 agg.)	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

Atlético Español v Monterrey

28 September 1975	Atlético Español	1–1	Monterrey	Puebla, Mexico
	Ramírez 66' (pen.)		11' González	Stadium: Estadio Cuauhtémoc

Monterrey v Atlético Español

9 October 1975	Monterrey	0–1 (1–2 agg.)	Atlético Español	San Nicolás de los Garza, Mexico
			26' Urbina	Stadium: Estadio Universitario

• Atlético Español advanced to CONCACAF Final Series.

Central American Zone

First round

Torneo Centroamericano de Concacaf 1975

Motagua v Herediano

4 May 1975	Motagua	2–1	Herediano	Tegucigalpa, Honduras
	Salvador Bernárdez 4' Pedro Caetano 59'		69' Vicente Wanchope	Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

Herediano v Motagua

15 May 1975	Herediano	2–0 (3–2 agg.)	Motagua	Heredia, Costa Rica
	Fernando Montero 33' Rafael Camacho 75'		Nil	Stadium: Estadio Eladio Rosabal Cordero

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Saprissa v España

8 June 1975	Saprissa	4–1	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

España v Saprissa

15 June 1975	España	2–0 (3–4 agg.)	Saprissa	San Pedro Sula, Honduras
	Ramírez 8' Mejía 28'		Nil	Stadium: Estadio Francisco Morazán

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Negocios Internacionales v Municipal

29 June 1975	Negocios Internacionales	0–0	Municipal	San Salvador, El Salvador
	Nil		Nil	Stadium: Estadio Flor Blanca

Municipal v Negocios Internacionales

6 July 1975	Municipal	2–1 (2–1 agg.)	Negocios Internacionales	Guatemala City, Guatemala
	Julio César Anderson 62'92'		Mario Méndez “Zurdo” 80'	Stadium: Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores

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Platense v Aurora

6 July 1975	Platense	4–3	Aurora	San Salvador, El Salvador
	Oscar Armando Payés 15' Luis Cesar Condomi 28'32' Oscar Guerrero 39'		Sansogni Morales 53' Miguel Gustavo Perez 74'	Stadium: Estadio Flor Blanca Referee: Julio Cesar Soto Paris

Platense v Aurora

9 July 1975	Platense	0-1 (4–4 agg.)	Aurora	Guatemala City, Guatemala
	Nil		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

Saprissa v Herediano

4 September 1975	Saprissa	2–0	Herediano	San Juan de Tibás, Costa Rica
	Odir Jacques			Stadium: Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá

Herediano v Saprissa

11 September 1975	Herediano	2–1 (2–3 agg.)	Saprissa	Heredia, Costa Rica
	Johnny Alvarado Rafael Angel Camacho		Javier Jimenez	Stadium: Estadio Eladio Rosabal Cordero

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Municipal v Aurora

14 September 1975	Municipal	2–1	Aurora	Guatemala city, Guatemala
	Felipe Antonio Carias		TBD	Stadium: Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores

Aurora v Municipal

17 September 1975	Aurora	1–0 (2–2 agg.) (2–4 p)	Municipal	Guatemala City, Guatemala
				Stadium: Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores

• Saprissa and Municipal advanced to the Third Round.

Third round

Saprissa v Municipal

5 October 1975	Saprissa	2–2	Municipal	San José, Costa Rica
	Odir Jacques Gerardo Solano		Leonardo McNish Julio Cesar Anderson	Stadium: Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica

Municipal v Saprissa

12 October 1975	Municipal	0–0 (2–2 agg.) (5–6 p)	Saprissa	Guatemala City, Guatemala
				Stadium: Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores

• Saprissa advanced to CONCACAF Final Series.

Caribbean Zone

Round 1

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Santos	w/o	Universidad Catolica
Racing Haïtien	3 - 3*	Robinhood	2 - 0	1 - 3
Transvaal	2 - 6*	Violette	2 - 2	0 - 4*

• Universidad apparently disqualified due to the Dominican Republic's failure to pay CONCACAF dues.

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Racing Haïtien v Robinhood

	Racing Haïtien	2–0	Robinhood
			Nil

Robinhood v Racing Haïtien

Robinhood

3-1 (3-3 agg.)

Racing Haïtien

• Robinhood win on lots

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Transvaal v Violette

Transvaal

2-2

Violette

Violette v Transvaal

Violette

4-0 (6-2 agg.)

Transvaal

• 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	4 - 2	Santos	4 - 1	0 - 1
Robinhood	w/o	Montecarlo

• Monte Carlo disqualified due to the Dominican Republic's failure to pay CONCACAF dues

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Transvaal v Santos

Transvaal

4-1

Santos

Santos v Transvaal

Santos

1-0 (2-4 agg.)

Transvaal

• Transvaal and Robinhood advanced to Round 3.

Round 3

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Transvaal	1 - 0	Robinhood	1 - 0	0 - 0

Transvaal v Robinhood

Transvaal

1–0

Robinhood

Robinhood v Transvaal

Robinhood

0-0 (0-1 agg.)

Transvaal

• Transvaal advance to the CONCACAF Champions' Cup Final.

Semi-final

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Saprissa	2 - 4	Atlético Español	1 - 2	1 - 2

• Transvaal bye to the CONCACAF Final.

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Saprissa v Atlético Español

	Saprissa	1–2	Atlético Español	San Juan de Tibás, Costa Rica
				Stadium: Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá

Atlético Español v Saprissa

	Atlético Español	2–1 (4-2 agg.)	Saprissa	San Juan de Tibás, Costa Rica
				Stadium: Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá

both legs in San Juan de Tibás

• Atlético Español advance to the CONCACAF Final.

Final

The Transvaal team before the start of the first leg.

First leg

1975 CONCACAF Champions' Cup Final

March 7, 1976

First leg

Transvaal	0–3	Atlético Español
	Report	Borbolla 14' Rodríguez 35' Urbina 63'

National Stadium , Paramaribo

Second leg

March 9, 1976

Second leg

Atlético Español	2–1	Transvaal
Ramírez 28' Isordia 83'	Report	Vanenburg 8'

National Stadium , Paramaribo

both legs in Paramaribo

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

Champion

CONCACAF Champions' Cup 1975 Champion
Atlético Español First title

References

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".