1976 CONCACAF Champions' Cup

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.

1976 CONCACAF Champions' Cup
Copa de Campeones Concacaf
Dates6 June 1976 – 13 February 1977
Final positions
ChampionsEl Salvador Águila
Runners-upSuriname Robinhood
1975
1977

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 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Toronto Italia 5–3 New York Inter-Giuliana3–22–1
v New York Inter-Giuliana
Toronto Italia 3–2 New York Inter-Giuliana
v Toronto Italia
New York Inter-Giuliana 1–2
(3–5 agg.)
Toronto Italia

Second round

Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
León w/o Serbian White Eagles
Toronto Italia w/o Toluca
  • Serbian White Eagles withdrew.
  • The Toronto Italia v Toluca matches were originally scheduled for July 16 and August 31, but Toluca asked to reschedule the series to September 5 and 8. After the matches were not played by September 8, CONCACAF disqualified Toluca.
  • León and Toronto Italia advanced to the third round.

Third round

Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
León w/o Toronto Italia

Central American Zone

First round

Torneo Centroamericano de Concacaf 1976

Group A
PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Águila220031+24Advances to third round
2Aurora201123−11
3Alianza201112−11
Source: [citation needed]
Team 1 Score Team 2
Águila 2–1 Aurora
Alianza 1–1 Aurora
Águila 1–0 Alianza
  • Águila advances to the third round.
20 June 1976 Águila 2–1 Aurora San Salvador, El Salvador
Félix "Garrobita" Pineda
Luis Baltazar Ramírez "Pelé" Zapata
René Morales Stadium: Estadio Flor Blanca
27 June 1976 Alianza 1–1 Aurora San Salvador, El Salvador
Óscar Gustavo "Lotario" Guerrero René Morales Stadium: Estadio Flor Blanca
5 July 1976 Águila 1–0 Alianza San Salvador, El Salvador
Ismael "Cisco" Díaz Stadium: Estadio Flor Blanca

Group B
15 September 1976 Real España 1–0
(1–0 agg.)
Olimpia San Pedro Sula, Honduras
Ferreira Stadium: Estadio General Francisco Morazán
Note: C.D. Olimpia advances to the second round.

Round 2

Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Diriangén w/o Real España{{{6}}}{{{7}}}

Round 3

Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Diriangén 2–11 Águila1–61–5
  • Águila advances to the CONCACAF Final.

Caribbean Zone

First round

Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Robinhood 4–2 Jong Colombia3–11–1
Christianburg 1–20 Voorwaarts1–80–12
Thomas United 1–6 Tesoro Palo Seco0–21–4
v Voorwaarts
Christianburg 1–0 Voorwaarts
TBD Nil
v Christianburg
Voorwaarts 12–0
(12–0 agg.)
Christianburg
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
Nil
v Tesoro Palo Seco
Thomas United 0–2 Tesoro Palo Seco
NilTBD
TBD
v Thomas United
Tesoro Palo Seco 4–1
(6–1 agg.)
Thomas United
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD

Second round

Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Robinhood 2–0 Malvern United0–02–0
Tesoro Palo Seco 1–6 Voorwaarts0–41–2
v Malvern United
Robinhood 0–0 Malvern United
NilNil
v Robinhood
Malvern United 0–2
(0–2 agg.)
Robinhood
NilTBD
TBD
v Voorwaarts
Tesoro Palo Seco 0–4 Voorwaarts
NilTBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
v Tesoro Palo Seco
Voorwaarts 2–1
(6–1 agg.)
Tesoro Palo Seco
TBD
TBD
TBD

Third round

Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Robinhood 3–0 Voorwaarts3–00–0

Semi-final

Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Águila 3–1 León1–12–0*
  • Due to several players being sent off after a brawl, León forfeited the 2nd leg while leading 2–1: Águila was awarded a 2–0 win.

Final

First leg

1976 CONCACAF Champions' Cup Final
First leg
Águila 5–1 Robinhood
Zepeda 20'
Vargas 26' 89'
Pineda 40', 79' (pen.)
Report 68' Emanuelson

Second leg

Second leg
Robinhood 2–3 (a.e.t.) Águila
Nathoe 56'
Olmberg 95'
Report 93' Zepeda
112' Díaz
117' Ramírez

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

Champion

CONCACAF Champions' Cup
1976 Champion

Águila
First title

References