1979 CONCACAF Champions' Cup

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1979 CONCACAF Champions' Cup
Tournament details
Dates20 May – 29 December
Teams14
Final positions
Champions Flag of El Salvador.svg FAS
Runners-up Flag of the Netherlands Antilles (1986-2010).svg Jong Colombia
Tournament statistics
Matches played18
Goals scored27 (1.5 per match)
  1978
1980  

The 1979 CONCACAF Champions' Cup was the 15th 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 20 May till 29 December 1979.

Contents

The teams were split in 3 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.

Salvadoran Club Deportivo FAS won the two-legged series final v Antillean team Jong Colombia (8–2 on aggregate), [1] becoming CONCACAF champions for the first time in their history. [2]

North American Zone

Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Tigres UANL Flag of Mexico.svg 3–0 Flag of the United States.svg Soccer Universidad 2–01–0
Tigres UANL Flag of Mexico.svg 2–0 Flag of the United States.svg Soccer Universidad
Soccer Universidad Flag of the United States.svg 0–1 Flag of Mexico.svg Tigres UANL
  • Tigres UANL advance to the CONCACAF Semifinal.

Central American Zone

Torneo Centroamericano de Concacaf 1979

Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
FAS Flag of El Salvador.svg w/o Flag of Guatemala.svg Comunicaciones
Cartaginés Flag of Costa Rica.svg w/o Flag of El Salvador.svg Alianza

Second round

Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
FAS Flag of El Salvador.svg w/o Flag of Costa Rica.svg Cartaginés

Caribbean Zone

Preliminary round

Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Santos Flag of Jamaica.svg w/o Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Don Bosco FC

First round

Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Jong Holland Flag of the Netherlands Antilles (1986-2010).svg 3–0 Flag of Jamaica.svg Arnett Gardens 1–02–0
Santos Flag of Jamaica.svg 0–4 Flag of the Netherlands Antilles (1986-2010).svg Jong Colombia 0–20–2


Second round

Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Jong Holland Flag of the Netherlands Antilles (1986-2010).svg 0–2 Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Defence Force 0–00–2
Leo Victor Flag of Suriname.svg 2–3 Flag of the Netherlands Antilles (1986-2010).svg Jong Colombia 2–10–2

Third round

Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Defence Force Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg 2–3 Flag of the Netherlands Antilles (1986-2010).svg Jong Colombia 2–00–3
SV Robinhood Flag of Suriname.svg 3–0 Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Tesoro Palo Seco 2–01–0

Fourth round

Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Robinhood Flag of Suriname.svg 0–1 Flag of the Netherlands Antilles (1986-2010).svg Jong Colombia 0–00–1

CONCACAF Final Series

Semi-final

Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Tigres UANL Flag of Mexico.svg 0–1 Flag of El Salvador.svg FAS 0–00–1

First leg

1979 CONCACAF Champions' Cup
First leg
Tigres UANL Flag of Mexico.svg 0–0 Flag of El Salvador.svg FAS

Second leg

FAS won the series 1–0 on aggregate.

Final

Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Jong Colombia Flag of the Netherlands Antilles (1986-2010).svg 2–8 Flag of El Salvador.svg FAS 1–11–7

First leg

1979 CONCACAF Champions' Cup Final
First leg
Jong Colombia Flag of the Netherlands Antilles (1986-2010).svg 1–1 Flag of El Salvador.svg FAS
Frank Victoria Soccerball shade.svg70' (Report) David Cabrera Soccerball shade.svg72'
Attendance: 10,000

Second leg

Second leg
FAS Flag of El Salvador.svg 7–1 Flag of the Netherlands Antilles (1986-2010).svg Jong Colombia
Roberto Casadei Soccerball shade.svg12', 43'
Jorge González Soccerball shade.svg56', 81'
David Cabrera Soccerball shade.svg64', 87'
Alfredo Erazo Soccerball shade.svg63'
(Report) Edwin Bernardina Soccerball shade.svg90'
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Jorge M. Ramírez (Guatemala)

FAS won the series 8–2 on aggregate.

Champion

CONCACAF Champions' Cup
1979 Champion
Flag of El Salvador.svg
FAS
First title

References

  1. Copa de Campeones 1979 on the RSSSF
  2. FAS, a 35 años del campeonato on El Salvador.com, 29 Dec 2014