1978 CONCACAF Champions' Cup

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1978 CONCACAF Champions' Cup
Copa de Campeones Concacaf
Dates1 May – 17 September 1978
Final positions
Champions Flag of Guatemala.svg Comunicaciones
Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Defence Force
Flag of Mexico.svg Leones Negros
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The 1978 CONCACAF Champions' Cup was the 14th 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 1 May until 17 September 1978 and all the matches in the tournament were played under the home/away match system.

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The teams were split into 3 zones (North American, Central American and Caribbean), each one qualifying the winner to the final tournament, where the winners of the North American and Central American zones played a semi-final to decide who was going to play against the Caribbean champion in the final.

As the final part of the tournament was cancelled due to administrative problems, three teams, Comunicaciones (Guatemala) Defence Force (Trinidad and Tobago) and Leones Negros de Guadalajara (Mexico) were crowned champions by CONCACAF. [1]

North American Zone

First round

Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
UNAM Flag of Mexico.svg w/o1 Flag of the United States.svg Maccabi Los Angeles

1 Maccabi Los Angeles withdrew.

Second round

Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
UNAM Flag of Mexico.svg 0 - 2 Flag of Mexico.svg U de G 0 - 10 - 1
UNAM Flag of Mexico.svg 0–1 Flag of Mexico.svg U de G
NilBelarmino de Almeida Soccerball shade.svg
U de G Flag of Mexico.svg 1-0
(2-0 agg.)		 Flag of Mexico.svg UNAM
Octavio de Jesús Soccerball shade.svgNil

Central American Zone

First round

Torneo Centroamericano de Concacaf 1978

Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Saprissa Flag of Costa Rica.svg 11 - 0 Flag of Nicaragua.svg Diriangén 6 - 05 - 0
Cartaginés Flag of Costa Rica.svg 1 - 3 Flag of El Salvador.svg FAS 0 - 21 - 1
Municipal Flag of Guatemala.svg 8 - 1 Flag of Nicaragua.svg CD UCA 5 - 13 - 0
Comunicaciones Flag of Guatemala.svg 5 - 2 Flag of El Salvador.svg Once Municipal 3 - 12 - 1
May 7, 1978 Saprissa Flag of Costa Rica.svg 6–0 Flag of Nicaragua.svg Diriangén San Juan de Tibás, Costa Rica
Miguel Ángel Mansilla Soccerball shade.svg30'Soccerball shade.svg57'Soccerball shade.svg64'Soccerball shade.svg89'
Gerardo Laterza Soccerball shade.svg
Nelson Bastos Soccerball shade.svg43'		Stadium: Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá
May 9, 1978 Diriangén Flag of Nicaragua.svg 0-5
(0-11 agg.)		 Flag of Costa Rica.svg Saprissa San Juan de Tibás, Costa Rica
Guillermo Valenciano Soccerball shade.svg13'Soccerball shade.svg32'Soccerball shade.svg86'
Marco Valverde Soccerball shade.svg55'
Hernán Morales Soccerball shade.svg65'		Stadium: Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá
Cartaginés Flag of Costa Rica.svg 0-2 Flag of El Salvador.svg FAS
Jorge Gonzalez Soccerball shade.svg
David Arnoldo Cabrera Soccerball shade.svg
Estadio Jose Rafael "Fello" Meza Ivankovich , Cartago, Costa Rica
FAS Flag of El Salvador.svg 1-1 Flag of Costa Rica.svg Cartaginés
Eduardo Valdez Soccerball shade.svgOscar Manuel Caceres Soccerball shade.svg
Estadio Óscar Quiteño , Santa Ana, El Salvador
Comunicaciones Flag of Guatemala.svg 3-1 Flag of El Salvador.svg Once Municipal
Guillermo Dubon Soccerball shade.svg
Felix McDonald Soccerball shade.svg
Byron Perez Soccerball shade.svg		Soccerball shade.svg
Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores , Guatemala City, Guatemala
Second leg
Once Municipal Flag of El Salvador.svg 1-2 Flag of Guatemala.svg Comunicaciones
Juan Ramon Martinez Soccerball shade.svgRamon Zambrina Soccerball shade.svgSoccerball shade.svg
Estadio Cuscatlán , San Salvador, El Salvador
Municipal Flag of Guatemala.svg 5-1 Flag of Nicaragua.svg CD UCA
Miguel Cruz Soccerball shade.svgSoccerball shade.svg
TBD Soccerball shade.svg
TBD Soccerball shade.svg
TBD Soccerball shade.svg		TBD Soccerball shade.svg
Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores , Guatemala City, Guatemala
Second leg
CD UCA Flag of Nicaragua.svg 1-3 Flag of Guatemala.svg Comunicaciones
TBD Soccerball shade.svgJulio César Anderson Soccerball shade.svgSoccerball shade.svg
TBD Soccerball shade.svg
Estadio Stanley Cayasso, Managua, Nicaragua

Second round

Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Saprissa Flag of Costa Rica.svg 2 - 1 Flag of El Salvador.svg FAS 0 - 02 - 1
Comunicaciones Flag of Guatemala.svg 2 - 0 Flag of Guatemala.svg Municipal 2 - 00 - 0
FAS Flag of El Salvador.svg 1-2
(1-2 agg.)		 Flag of Costa Rica.svg Saprissa Santa Ana, El Salvador
TBD Soccerball shade.svgEmilio Valle Soccerball shade.svgSoccerball shade.svgStadium: Estadio Óscar Quiteño

Third round

Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Saprissa Flag of Costa Rica.svg 0 - 3 Flag of Guatemala.svg Comunicaciones 0 - 10 - 2

Caribbean Zone

First round

Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Jong Holland Flag of the Netherlands Antilles (1986-2010).svg 2–4 Flag of Suriname.svg Transvaal 0–02–4
Defence Force Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg 4–2 Flag of Guyana.svg Thomas United 1–03–2
Voorwaarts Flag of Suriname.svg 3–2 Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg TECSA 2–11–1
Pele Flag of Guyana.svg 5–2 Flag of the Netherlands Antilles (1986-2010).svg RCA 3–12–1


Pele Flag of Guyana.svg 3-1 Flag of the Netherlands Antilles (1986-2010).svg RCA
RCA Flag of the Netherlands Antilles (1986-2010).svg 1-2 Flag of Guyana.svg Pele

Second round

Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Transvaal Flag of Suriname.svg 2–4 Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Defence Force 1–11–3
Voorwaarts Flag of Suriname.svg 5–2 Flag of Guyana.svg Pele 5–10–1

Third round

Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Voorwaarts Flag of Suriname.svg 1–4 Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Defence Force 1–20–2

CONCACAF final series

The final series was scratched and the three qualifying teams declared joint champions due to administrative problems and disagreements over the dates for the matches.

Champions

 CONCACAF Champions' Cup
1978 
Flag of Guatemala.svg Comunicaciones
Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Defence Force
Flag of Mexico.svg Leones Negros

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