1975 CONCACAF Champions' Cup
Appearance
Copa de Campeones Concacaf | |
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Dates | 5 July 1975 – 9 May 1976 |
Final positions | |
Champions | Transvaal |
The 1975 CONCACAF Champions' Cup was the 11th edition of the annual international club football competition held in the
association football in the CONCACAF
region and was played from 5 July 1975 till 9 May 1976.
The teams were split in 3 zones (North American, Central American and the 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.
Mexican club Atlético Español beat Surinamese side Transvaal in the finals 3–0 and 2–1,[1] becoming CONCACAF champion for their first time.[2]
North American Zone
First round
5 July 1975 | Monterrey ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() | |
Alfredo Jiménez ![]() Jose Sánchez ![]() |
Nil |
13 July 1975 | Toronto, Ontario | |||
Mike Wareika ![]() |
[[3] Report] | Romeo Corbo ![]() |
Stadium: CNE Stadium Attendance: 2500 Referee: Henry Landauer | |
Note: Abandoned at 1–1 in 67' due to fight |
- Monterrey advanced to Second Round.
Second round
28 September 1975 | Atlético Español ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() | Puebla, Mexico |
Ramírez ![]() |
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Stadium: Estadio Cuauhtémoc |
9 October 1975 | Monterrey ![]() | 0–1 (1–2 agg.) | ![]() | San Nicolás de los Garza, Mexico |
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Stadium: Estadio Universitario |
- Atlético Español advanced to CONCACAF Final Series.
Central American Zone
First round
Torneo Centroamericano de Concacaf 1975
4 May 1975 | Motagua ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() | Tegucigalpa, Honduras |
Salvador Bernárdez ![]() Pedro Caetano ![]() |
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Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino |
15 May 1975 | Herediano ![]() | 2–0 (3–2 agg.) | ![]() | Heredia, Costa Rica |
Fernando Montero ![]() Rafael Camacho ![]() |
Stadium: Estadio Eladio Rosabal Cordero |
8 June 1975 | Saprissa ![]() | 4–1 | ![]() | San Juan de Tibás, Costa Rica |
Asdrúbal Paniagua ![]() ![]() Odir Jacques ![]() Carlos Santana ![]() |
Antonio Pavón ![]() |
Stadium: Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá |
15 June 1975 | España ![]() | 2–0 (3–4 agg.) | ![]() | San Pedro Sula, Honduras |
Ramírez ![]() Mejía ![]() |
Stadium: Estadio Francisco Morazán |
29 June 1975 | 0–0 | ![]() | San Salvador, El Salvador | |
Stadium: Estadio Jorge "Mágico" González |
6 July 1975 | Negocios Internacionales | Guatemala City, Guatemala | ||
Julio César Anderson ![]() ![]() |
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Stadium: Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores |
6 July 1975 | Platense ![]() | 4–3 | ![]() | San Salvador, El Salvador |
Luis Cesar Condomi ![]() ![]() Oscar Guerrero ![]() Oscar Armando Payés ![]() |
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Stadium: Estadio Flor Blanca |
9 July 1975 | Platense ![]() | 0-1 (4–4 agg.) | ![]() | Guatemala City, Guatemala |
Miguel Gustavo Perez ![]() |
Stadium: Estadio del Ejército | |||
Note: Aurora advanced on away goals.[4] |
- Herediano, Saprissa, Municipal and Aurora advanced to the Second Round.
Second round
4 September 1975 | Saprissa ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() | San Juan de Tibás, Costa Rica |
Odir Jacques ![]() ![]() |
Stadium: Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá |
11 September 1975 | Herediano ![]() | 2–1 (2–3 agg.) | ![]() | Heredia, Costa Rica |
Johnny Alvarado ![]() Rafael Angel Camacho ![]() |
Javier Jimenez ![]() |
Stadium: Estadio Eladio Rosabal Cordero |
14 September 1975 | Guatemala city, Guatemala | |||
Felipe Antonio Carias ![]() ![]() |
TBD ![]() |
Stadium: Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores |
17 September 1975 | Aurora ![]() | 1–0 (2–2 agg.) (2–4 p) | ![]() | Guatemala City, Guatemala |
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Stadium: Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores |
- Saprissa and Municipal advanced to the Third Round.
Third round
5 October 1975 | Saprissa ![]() | 2–2 | ![]() | San José, Costa Rica |
Odir Jacques ![]() Gerardo Solano ![]() |
Leonardo McNish ![]() Julio Cesar Anderson ![]() |
Stadium: Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica |
12 October 1975 | Municipal ![]() | 0–0 (2–2 agg.) (5–6 p) | ![]() | Guatemala City, Guatemala |
Stadium: Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores |
- Saprissa advanced to CONCACAF Final Series.
Caribbean Zone
Round 1
Team 1 | Agg.
|
Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Santos ![]() |
w/o | ![]() |
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Racing Haïtien ![]() |
3 - 3* | Robinhood
|
2 - 0 | 1 - 3 |
2 - 6* | ![]() |
2 - 2 | 0 - 4* |
- Universidad apparently disqualified due to the Dominican Republic's failure to pay CONCACAF dues.
- Robinhood win on lots
- 2nd leg reportedly abandoned at 4-0 in 70'; Violette disqualified for using ineligible players.
Robinhood | ||||
Nil |
3-1 (3-3 agg.) | ![]() |
2-2 | ![]() |
Transvaal |
Round 2
Team 1 | Agg.
|
Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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4 - 2 | ![]() |
4 - 1 | 0 - 1 | |
w/o | ![]() |
- Monte Carlo disqualified due to the Dominican Republic's failure to pay CONCACAF dues
- Transvaal and Robinhood advanced to Round 3.
4-1 | ![]() |
Transvaal | ||||
Nil |
Round 3
Team 1 | Agg.
|
Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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1 - 0 | Robinhood
|
1 - 0 | 0 - 0 |
- Transvaal advance to the CONCACAF Champions' Cup Final.
Robinhood | ||||
Nil |
Transvaal | ||||
Nil | Nil |
Semi-final
Team 1 | Agg.
|
Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Saprissa ![]() |
2 - 4 | Atlético Español
|
1 - 2 | 1 - 2 |
- Atlético Español advance to the CONCACAF Final.
- Transvaal bye to the CONCACAF Final.
Atlético Español |
Final
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Transvaal_1975.jpg/220px-Transvaal_1975.jpg)
First leg
1975 CONCACAF Champions' Cup Final
First leg
Transvaal ![]() | 0–3 | ![]() |
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Report | Borbolla ![]() Rodríguez ![]() Urbina ![]() |
Second leg
Second leg
Atlético Español ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
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Ramírez ![]() Isordia ![]() |
Report | Vanenburg ![]() |
Atlético Español won 4–0 on points (5–1 on aggregate)
Champion
CONCACAF Champions' Cup 1975 Champion |
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Atlético Español First title |
References
- ^ Copa de Campeones 1975 on the RSSSF
- ^ Atlético Español, el 'disfraz' de Necaxa by Eric Fong on Medio Tiempo, 25 Apr 2020
- ^ Koep, Bob (July 14, 1975). "Players, fans mob visitors". Toronto Star. p. B1.
- ^ "Platense – Fútbol de Honduras".