1976 CONCACAF Champions' Cup

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1976 CONCACAF Champions' Cup
Copa de Campeones Concacaf
Dates6 June 1976 – 13 February 1977
Final positions
Champions Flag of El Salvador.svg Águila
Runners-up Flag of Suriname.svg Robinhood
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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.

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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 scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Toronto Italia Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg 5–3 Flag of the United States.svg New York Inter-Giuliana 3–22–1
Toronto Italia Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg 3–2 Flag of the United States.svg New York Inter-Giuliana
New York Inter-Giuliana Flag of the United States.svg 1–2
(3–5 agg.)		 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Toronto Italia

Second round

Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
León Flag of Mexico.svg w/o Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Serbian White Eagles
Toronto Italia Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg w/o Flag of Mexico.svg Toluca

Third round

Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
León Flag of Mexico.svg w/o Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Toronto Italia

Central American Zone

First round

Torneo Centroamericano de Concacaf 1976

Group A
PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 Águila 220031+24Advances to third round
2 Aurora 201123−11
3 Alianza 201112−11
Source: [ citation needed ]
Team 1 Score Team 2
Águila Flag of El Salvador.svg 2–1 Flag of Guatemala.svg Aurora
Alianza Flag of El Salvador.svg 1–1 Flag of Guatemala.svg Aurora
Águila Flag of El Salvador.svg 1–0 Flag of El Salvador.svg Alianza
20 June 1976 Águila 2–1 Aurora San Salvador, El Salvador
Félix "Garrobita" Pineda Soccerball shade.svg
Luis Baltazar Ramírez "Pelé" Zapata Soccerball shade.svg		René Morales Soccerball shade.svgStadium: Estadio Flor Blanca
27 June 1976 Alianza 1–1 Aurora San Salvador, El Salvador
Óscar Gustavo "Lotario" Guerrero Soccerball shade.svgRené Morales Soccerball shade.svgStadium: Estadio Flor Blanca
5 July 1976 Águila 1–0 Alianza San Salvador, El Salvador
Ismael "Cisco" Díaz Soccerball shade.svgStadium: Estadio Flor Blanca
Group B
15 September 1976 Real España 1–0
(1–0 agg.)		 Olimpia San Pedro Sula, Honduras
Ferreira Soccerball shade.svgStadium: Estadio General Francisco Morazán
Note: C.D. Olimpia advances to the second round.

Round 2

Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Diriangén Flag of Nicaragua.svg w/o Flag of Honduras (1949-2022).svg Real España {{{6}}}{{{7}}}

Round 3

Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Diriangén Flag of Nicaragua.svg 2–11 Flag of El Salvador.svg Águila 1–61–5
Águila Flag of El Salvador.svg 5–1 Flag of Nicaragua.svg Diriangén
Ismael Díaz Soccerball shade.svg
Félix Pineda Soccerball shade.svg
Sergio Méndez Soccerball shade.svg
Luis Ramírez Zapata Soccerball shade.svgSoccerball shade.svg		TBD Soccerball shade.svg
Estadio Juan Francisco Barraza , San Miguel

Caribbean Zone

First round

Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Robinhood Flag of Suriname.svg 4–2 Flag of the Netherlands Antilles (1986-2010).svg Jong Colombia 3–11–1
Christianburg Flag of Guyana.svg 1–20 Flag of Suriname.svg Voorwaarts 1–80–12
Thomas United Flag of Guyana.svg 1–6 Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Tesoro Palo Seco 0–21–4
Voorwaarts Flag of Suriname.svg 12–0
(12–0 agg.)		 Flag of Guyana.svg Christianburg
TBD Soccerball shade.svgSoccerball shade.svgSoccerball shade.svgSoccerball shade.svg
TBD Soccerball shade.svgSoccerball shade.svg
TBD Soccerball shade.svgSoccerball shade.svg
TBD Soccerball shade.svg
TBD Soccerball shade.svg
TBD Soccerball shade.svg
TBD Soccerball shade.svg		Nil

Second round

Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Robinhood Flag of Suriname.svg 2–0 Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Malvern United 0–02–0
Tesoro Palo Seco Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg 1–6 Flag of Suriname.svg Voorwaarts 0–41–2

Third round

Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Robinhood Flag of Suriname.svg 3–0 Flag of Suriname.svg Voorwaarts 3–00–0
Robinhood Flag of Suriname.svg 3–0 Flag of Suriname.svg Voorwaarts
TBD Soccerball shade.svg
TBD Soccerball shade.svg
TBD Soccerball shade.svg		Nil
Voorwaarts Flag of Suriname.svg 0–0
(0–3 agg.)		 Flag of Suriname.svg Robinhood
NilNil

Semi-final

Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Águila Flag of El Salvador.svg 3–1 Flag of Mexico.svg León 1–12–0*
Águila Flag of El Salvador.svg 1–1 (a.e.t.) Flag of Mexico.svg León
Félix Pineda Soccerball shade.svg Walter Mantegazza Soccerball shade.svg
Estadio Cuscatlán
San Salvador – El Salvador
León Flag of Mexico.svg 2–1 Flag of El Salvador.svg Águila
Soccerball shade.svgSoccerball shade.svgSoccerball shade.svg
Estadio Cuscatlán
San Salvador – El Salvador

Final

First leg

1976 CONCACAF Champions' Cup Final
First leg
Águila Flag of El Salvador.svg 5–1 Flag of Suriname.svg Robinhood
Zepeda Soccerball shade.svg20'
Vargas Soccerball shade.svg26'Soccerball shade.svg89'
Pineda Soccerball shade.svg40', Soccerball shade.svg79' (pen.)		 Report Soccerball shade.svg68' Emanuelson
Estadio Cuscatlán , San Salvador

Second leg

Second leg
Robinhood Flag of Suriname.svg 2–3 (a.e.t.) Flag of El Salvador.svg Águila
Nathoe Soccerball shade.svg56'
Olmberg Soccerball shade.svg95'		 Report Soccerball shade.svg93' Zepeda
Soccerball shade.svg112' Díaz
Soccerball shade.svg117' Ramírez
Estadio Cuscatlán , San Salvador

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

Champion

CONCACAF Champions' Cup
1976 Champion
Flag of El Salvador.svg
Águila
First title

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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
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