1968 CONCACAF Champions' Cup

1968 CONCACAF Champions' Cup

Tournament details
Dates	26 May – 1 December 1968
Teams	10
Final positions
Champions	Toluca (1st title)
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The 1968 CONCACAF Champions' Cup was the 4th 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 football club champion in the CONCACAF region.

The tournament was played by 10 teams of 10 nations: Netherlands Antilles, Bermuda, El Salvador, United States, Guatemala, Mexico, Honduras, Suriname, Nicaragua, Costa Rica.

It was played from 26 May till 1 December 1968 under the home/away match system. The tournament was split in 3 zones (North American, Central American and Caribbean), each one qualifying the winner to the final tournament, where the winners of the Central and Caribbean zones played a semi-final to decide who was going to play against the Northern champion in the final. The final was scratched and Toluca were declared champions after both semi-finalists, Aurora and Transvaal, were ejected from the competition (Aurora due to crowd violence and Transvaal for using ineligible players).

Club Deportivo Toluca (actually known as Deportivo Toluca FC) from Mexico thus became for the first time in its history CONCACAF champion. ^{[1] [2]}

Caribbean zone

Scherpenheuvel v Transvaal

22 April 19681st leg	Scherpenheuvel	1–1	Transvaal
	TBD		TBD

Transvaal v Scherpenheuvel

2 May 19682nd leg	Transvaal	3–1	Scherpenheuvel
	TBD TBD TBD		TBD

• Transvaal won 4–2 on aggregate score.

Northern zone

First round

Somerset Trojans v NY Greek Americans

26 May 19681st leg	Somerset Trojans	2–1	NY Greek Americans
	TBD TBD		TBD

NY Greek Americans v Somerset Trojans

2 June 19682nd leg	NY Greek Americans	1–0	Somerset Trojans
	TBD		Nil

NY Greek Americans v Somerset Trojans

Play-off	NY Greek Americans	2–1	Somerset Trojans	New York, New York
	TBD TBD		TBD

• NY Greek Americans won 4–3 on aggregate score.

Second round

Toluca v NY Greek Americans

29 September 19681st leg	Toluca	4–1	NY Greek Americans	Mexico
CST	Amaury Epaminondas 14'85' (pen.) Felipe Ruvalcaba 25' Francisco Linares 59'		Tonorezos 33' (pen.)

NY Greek Americans v Toluca

6 October 19682nd leg	NY Greek Americans	2–3	Toluca	United States
EST	Víctor Jurisenvik John Kosmidis		Felipe Ruvalcaba Juan Dosal Amaury Epaminondas

• Toluca won 7–3 on aggregate score.

Central American Zone

First round

Alajuelense v Aurora

3 April 19681st leg	Alajuelense	0–2	Aurora	Costa Rica
CST	Nil		Oscar Molina Jorge Roldán

Aurora v Alajuelense

7 April 19682nd leg	Aurora	0–1	Alajuelense	Guatemala
CST	Nil		TBD

• Aurora won 2–1 on aggregate score.

Alianza v Olimpia

21 April 19681st leg	Alianza	1–2	Olimpia	El Salvador
CST	Odir Jacques		Ricardo Taylor Donaldo Rosales

Olimpia v Alianza

28 April 19682nd leg	Olimpia	1–0	Alianza	Honduras
CST	Conrado Flores		Nil	Stadium: Estadio Nacional

• Olimpia won 3–1 on aggregate score.

Second round

Olimpia v Aurora

3 November 19681st leg	Olimpia	1–1	Aurora	Honduras
CST	TBD		TBD	Stadium: Estadio Nacional

Aurora v Olimpia

10 November 19682nd leg	Aurora	4–0	Olimpia	Guatemala
CST	TBD TBD TBD TBD		Nil

• Aurora won 5–1 on aggregate score.

Semi-final

Transvaal v Aurora

27 November 19681st leg	Transvaal	1–1	Aurora	Paramaribo, Dutch Guiana
AST	Swie		TBD

Aurora v Transvaal

1 December 19682nd leg	Aurora	0–2	Transvaal	Paramaribo, Dutch Guiana
AST	Nil		TBD TBD

The semi-final was declared null and void, and both teams were ejected from the competition: Aurora after their fans invaded the pitch following the end of the 2nd leg and caused a mass brawl between celebrating Transvaal fans, and Transvaal for using three ineligible players in both legs.

Final

After Aurora and Transvaal were both ejected from the competition, the final was scratched and Toluca were declared champions. ^[1]

Champion

CONCACAF Champions' Cup 1968 champion
Toluca 1st title

References

1. Copa de Campeones 1968 on the RSSSF
2. Todos los campeones de Concacaf on Goal.com, 20 Dec 2020