1996 CONCACAF Champions' Cup

1996 CONCACAF Champions' Cup

Tournament details
Host country	Guatemala
City	Guatemala City
Dates	15 July– 20 July
Teams	4 (from 3 associations)
Final positions
Champions	Cruz Azul (4th title)
Runners-up	Necaxa
Tournament statistics
Matches played	6
Goals scored	29 (4.83 per match)
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The 1996 CONCACAF Champions' Cup was the 32nd edition of the annual international club football competition held in the

The teams were split into 2 zones (North/ Central and Caribbean). The North/Central zone was split into 3 groups, qualifying each winner to the final tournament. The winner of the Caribbean zone, earned a place in a playoff against the U.S. representative for a spot in the final tournament. All qualifying matches in the tournament were played under the home/away match system, while the final tournament was played in Guatemala City.

That final stage composed of four teams which played each other in a single round-robin tournament. Mexican team Cruz Azul won their fourth CONCACAF trophy, after finishing 1st. in the final table with 7 points over 3 matches played.^[1]

North/Central American Zone

Group 1

First Round
Cruz Azul on bye to the Third round.

Alajuelense v FAS

9 March 1996 1st leg	Alajuelense	4–2	FAS	Alajuela, Costa Rica
	Luis Marín Murillo		Rodríguez Mayén	Attendance: 2,000

FAS v Alajuelense

31 March 1996 2nd leg	FAS	1–2	Alajuelense	El Salvador
	Bolsonello 6'		56' González 89' Miso

• Alajuelense won 6–3 on aggregated.

Real Estelí

15 March 1996 1st leg	Real Estelí	Panama
	Clarke 58'		35' (pen.) Oliva

Real Estelí v Árabe Unido

17 March 1996 2nd leg	Real Estelí	0–1	Árabe Unido	Panama
			74' Chiari

La Victoria v Victoria

17 March 1996 1st leg

La Victoria

1–3

Victoria

Belize

Victoria v La Victoria

14 April 1996 2nd leg

Victoria

4–2

La Victoria

Honduras

• Victoria won 7–3 on aggregated.

Second Round
Alajuelense on bye to the Fourth round.

Victoria v Árabe Unido

16 June 1996 1st leg

Victoria

1–0

Árabe Unido

Honduras

Árabe Unido v Victoria

18 June 1996 2nd leg	Árabe Unido	2–2	Victoria	Colon, Panama
	Abdul Chiari Carlos Brown		Renán Aguilera x2	Stadium: Roberto Mariano Bula Stadium

• Victoria won 3–2 on aggregated.

Third Round

Victoria v Cruz Azul

23 October 1996 1st leg	Victoria	1–0	Cruz Azul	Honduras
	Aguilera 32'

Cruz Azul v Victoria

5 November 1996 2nd leg	Cruz Azul	2–0	Victoria	Mexico
	de Oliveira 45' Zamora 87'

• Cruz Azul won 2–1 on aggregated.

Fourth Round

Alajuelense v Cruz Azul

4 January 1997 1st leg	Alajuelense	0–2	Cruz Azul	Costa Rica
			5' Reynoso

Cruz Azul v Alajuelense

8 January 1997 2nd leg	Cruz Azul	3–2	Alajuelense	Mexico
	Hermosillo 42' 58' Verdirame 54'		66' 73' Ledesma

• Cruz Azul won 5–2 on aggregated.

Group 2

First Round

• Necaxa on bye to second round.

Olimpia v Saprissa

7 May 1996	Olimpia	3–0 (3–4 agg.)	Saprissa	Tegucigalpa, Honduras
				Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

Saprissa v Necaxa

15 September 1996	Saprissa	2–2	Necaxa	San José, Costa Rica
	González 6' 79'		10' (pen.) Aguinaga 16' Zárate	Stadium: Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá

Necaxa v Saprissa

7 January 1997	Querétaro City, Mexico
	Zárate 48' Peláez 84'		17' Drummond	Stadium: Estadio Corregidora

• Necaxa advanced to the CONCACAF Final Group stage.

Group 3

First Round

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
CSD Comunicaciones	6–0	Cosmos	4–0	2–0
C.S.D. Sacachispas	5–3	Juventus Managua	3–1	2–2

• Juventus F.C.
  on bye, to the second round.

CSD Comunicaciones v Cosmos

CSD Comunicaciones

4–0

Cosmos

Juventus Managua v C.S.D. Sacachispas

Juventus Managua

2–2 (3–5 agg.)

C.S.D. Sacachispas

Second Round

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
CSD Comunicaciones	5–1	C.S.D. Sacachispas	2–1	3–0

• Juventus F.C.
  on bye, to the third round.

CSD Comunicaciones v C.S.D. Sacachispas

CSD Comunicaciones

2–1

C.S.D. Sacachispas

CSD Comunicaciones

CSD Comunicaciones

Third Round

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Juventus	1–8	CSD Comunicaciones	1–1	0–7

• CSD Comunicaciones advance to the Final Group stage.

CSD Comunicaciones

CSD Comunicaciones

Juventus

Juventus

Caribbean Zone

First round

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
US Sinnamary	w/o*	SV Prakash	0–0
SV Transvaal	w/o**	Red Star (Pointe-à-Pitre)

• US Sinnamary withdrew after 1st leg*
• Red Star withdrew before 1st leg**

Second round

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
SV Transvaal	1–0	SV Prakash	0–0	1–0

• SV Transvaal advance to the USA/Caribbean playoff.

SV Prakash

SV Prakash

SV Transvaal

SV Transvaal

U.S./Caribbean Playoff

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Seattle Sounders	10–0	SV Transvaal

• Seattle Sounders advance to the Final Group stage.[2]

Final group stage

Final stage was played in Guatemala City, Guatemala. July 15–20, 1997.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Cruz Azul	3	2	1	0	14	2	+12	7
2	Necaxa	3	1	2	0	8	5	+3	5
3	Comunicaciones	3	1	1	1	6	5	+1	4
4	Seattle Sounders	3	0	0	3	1	17	−16	0

Matches

All the games played in Guatemala City:

1996 CONCACAF Champions' Cup Final Stage

July 15, 1997

Round 1

Comunicaciones	2–0	Seattle Sounders
Nicolás Suazo 44' José Fernández 83'

July 15, 1997

Round 1

Necaxa	1–1	Cruz Azul
Pavón 14'		Hermosillo 48'

July 18, 1997

Round 2

Seattle Sounders	1–4	Necaxa
Hattrup 91' (p)		Almaguer 32' Blanco 47', 89' Vásquez 75'

July 18, 1997

Round 2

Comunicaciones	1–2	Cruz Azul
Núñez 90'		Adomaitis 33' (37)

July 20, 1997

Round 3

Comunicaciones	3–3	Necaxa
Rodas 24', 48' Núñez 32'		Pineda 47' (p) Pavón 60' Montes de Oca 70'

July 20, 1997

Round 3

Seattle Sounders	0–11	Cruz Azul
		Palencia 3' Hermosillo 13', 32', 49' Yegros 15', 53', 62' Adomaitis 34' Galindo 35' Barton 72' (o.g.) Ramírez 74' (p)

Champion

CONCACAF Champions' Cup 1996 Winners
Cruz Azul 4th title

References