1968 CONCACAF Champions' Cup

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.

1968 CONCACAF Champions' Cup
Tournament details
Dates26 May – 1 December 1968
Teams10
Final positions
ChampionsMexico Toluca (1st title)
1967
1969

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

v Transvaal
22 April 1968 1st leg Scherpenheuvel 1–1 Transvaal
TBD TBD
v Scherpenheuvel
2 May 1968 2nd leg Transvaal 3–1 Scherpenheuvel
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
  • Transvaal won 4–2 on aggregate score.

Northern zone

First round

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

Second round

v NY Greek Americans
29 September 1968 1st leg Toluca 4–1 NY Greek Americans Mexico
CSTAmaury Epaminondas 14' 85' (pen.)
Felipe Ruvalcaba 25'
Francisco Linares 59'
Tonorezos 33' (pen.)
v Toluca
6 October 1968 2nd leg NY Greek Americans 2–3 Toluca United States
ESTVíctor Jurisenvik
John Kosmidis
Felipe Ruvalcaba
Juan Dosal
Amaury Epaminondas
  • Toluca won 7–3 on aggregate score.

Central American Zone

First round

Torneo Centroamericano de Concacaf 1968

v Aurora
3 April 1968 1st leg Alajuelense 0–2 Aurora San José, Costa Rica
CSTOscar Molina
Jorge Roldán
Stadium: Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica
  • Aurora won 2–1 on aggregate score.
v Olimpia
21 April 1968 1st leg Alianza 1–2 Olimpia San Salvador, El Salvador
CSTOdir Jacques Ricardo Taylor
Donaldo Rosales
Stadium: Estadio Flor Blanca
  • Olimpia won 3–1 on aggregate score.

Second round

v Olimpia
10 November 1968 2nd leg Aurora 4–0 Olimpia Guatemala City, Guatemala
CSTTBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
Stadium: Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores
  • Aurora won 5–1 on aggregate score.

Semi-final

v Aurora
27 November 1968 1st leg Transvaal 1–1 Aurora Paramaribo, Dutch Guiana
ASTSwie TBD
v Transvaal
1 December 1968 2nd leg Aurora 0–2 Transvaal Paramaribo, Dutch Guiana
ASTNilTBD
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