1976 CONCACAF Champions' Cup

1976 CONCACAF Champions' Cup

Copa de Campeones Concacaf
Dates	6 June 1976 – 13 February 1977
Final positions
Champions	Águila
Runners-up	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.

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

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.

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Toronto Italia v New York Inter-Giuliana

Toronto Italia

3–2

New York Inter-Giuliana

New York Inter-Giuliana v Toronto Italia

New York Inter-Giuliana

1–2 (3–5 agg.)

Toronto Italia

• 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.
• 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

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

Torneo Centroamericano de Concacaf 1976

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	2–1	Aurora
Alianza	1–1	Aurora
Águila	1–0	Alianza

• Águila advances to the third round.

Águila v Aurora

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

Alianza v Aurora

27 June 1976	Alianza	1–1	Aurora	San Salvador, El Salvador
	Óscar Gustavo "Lotario" Guerrero		René Morales	Stadium: Estadio Flor Blanca

Águila v Alianza

5 July 1976	Águila	1–0	Alianza	San Salvador, El Salvador
	Ismael "Cisco" Díaz			Stadium: Estadio Flor Blanca

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Group B

Olimpia v Real España

5 September 1976	Olimpia	0–0	Real España	Tegucigalpa, Honduras
				Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

Real España v Olimpia

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	w/o	Real España	{{{6}}}	{{{7}}}

• Águila on a Bye to the third round
• Real España withdrew
• Diriangén advances to the third round.

Round 3

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.

November 1976

Diriangén	1–6 (a.e.t.)	Águila
TBD		Luis Ramírez Zapata Félix Pineda Moises Gonzalez

Estadio Colegio La Salle , Diriamba

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November 22, 1976

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

Estadio Juan Francisco Barraza , San Miguel

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	Voorwaarts	1–8	0–12
Thomas United	1–6	Tesoro Palo Seco	0–2	1–4

• Malvern United on a Bye

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Robinhood v Jong Colombia

Robinhood

3–1

Jong Colombia

Jong Colombia v Robinhood

Jong Colombia

1–1 (2–4 agg.)

Robinhood

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Christianburg v Voorwaarts

Christianburg

1–8

Voorwaarts

Voorwaarts v Christianburg

Voorwaarts

12–0 (20–1 agg.)

Christianburg

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Thomas United v Tesoro Palo Seco

Thomas United

0–2

Tesoro Palo Seco

Tesoro Palo Seco v Thomas United

Tesoro Palo Seco

4–1 (6–1 agg.)

Thomas United

• Robinhood, Voorwaarts 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	Voorwaarts	0–4	1–2

• Robinhood and Voorwaarts advance to the third round

Robinhood v Malvern United

Robinhood

0–0

Malvern United

Malvern United v Robinhood

Malvern United

0–2 (0–2 agg.)

Robinhood

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Tesoro Palo Seco v Voorwaarts

Tesoro Palo Seco

0–4

Voorwaarts

Voorwaarts v Tesoro Palo Seco

Voorwaarts

2–1 (6–1 agg.)

Tesoro Palo Seco

Third round

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

• Robinhood advances to the CONCACAF Final.

Robinhood v Voorwaarts

	Robinhood	3–0	Voorwaarts
	TBD TBD TBD		Nil

Voorwaarts v Robinhood

	Voorwaarts	0–0 (0–3 agg.)	Robinhood
	Nil		Nil

Semi-final

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.

January 24, 1976

Águila	1–1 (a.e.t.)	León
Félix Pineda		Walter Mantegazza

Estadio Cuscatlán
San Salvador – El Salvador

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January 31, 1976

León	2–1	Águila

Estadio Cuscatlán
San Salvador – El Salvador

Final

First leg

1976 CONCACAF Champions' Cup Final

13 February 1977

(UTC−06:00)

First leg

Águila	5–1	Robinhood
Zepeda 20' Vargas 26'89' Pineda 40', 79' (pen.)	Report	68' Emanuelson

Estadio Cuscatlán , San Salvador

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Second leg

15 February 1977

(UTC−06:00)

Second leg

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

Estadio Cuscatlán , San Salvador

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

Champion

CONCACAF Champions' Cup 1976 Champion
Águila First title

References

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