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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

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First round

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Toronto Italia   5–3   New York Inter-Giuliana 3–2 2–1
Toronto Italia   3–2   New York Inter-Giuliana
New York Inter-Giuliana   1–2
(3–5 agg.)		   Toronto Italia
  • Toronto Italia advances to the second round.

Second round

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd 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.


Third round

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
León   w/o   Toronto Italia

Central American Zone

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First round

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Torneo Centroamericano de Concacaf 1976

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Águila 2 2 0 0 3 1 +2 4 Advances to third round
2 Aurora 2 0 1 1 2 3 −1 1
3 Alianza 2 0 1 1 1 2 −1 1
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
5 September 1976 Olimpia 0–0 Real España Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino
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

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Diriangén   w/o   Real España {{{6}}} {{{7}}}

Round 3

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Diriangén   2–11   Águila 1–6 1–5
  • Águila advances to the CONCACAF Final.
Diriangén  1–6 (a.e.t.)  Águila
TBD   Luis Ramírez Zapata     
Félix Pineda  
Moises Gonzalez  
Águila  5–1  Diriangén
Ismael Díaz  
Félix Pineda  
Sergio Méndez  
Luis Ramírez Zapata    		 TBD  

Caribbean Zone

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First round

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Robinhood   4–2   Jong Colombia 3–1 1–1
Christianburg   1–20   Voorwaarts 1–8 0–12
Thomas United   1–6   Tesoro Palo Seco 0–2 1–4
  • Malvern United on a Bye
Robinhood   3–1   Jong Colombia
Jong Colombia   1–1
(2–4 agg.)		   Robinhood
Christianburg   1–8   Voorwaarts
Voorwaarts   12–0
(12–0 agg.)		   Christianburg
Thomas United   0–2   Tesoro Palo Seco
Tesoro Palo Seco   4–1
(6–1 agg.)		   Thomas United

Second round

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Robinhood   2–0   Malvern United 0–0 2–0
Tesoro Palo Seco   1–6   Voorwaarts 0–4 1–2
Robinhood   0–0   Malvern United
Malvern United   0–2
(0–2 agg.)		   Robinhood
Tesoro Palo Seco   0–4   Voorwaarts
Voorwaarts   2–1
(6–1 agg.)		   Tesoro Palo Seco

Third round

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Robinhood   3–0   Voorwaarts 3–0 0–0
Robinhood   3–0   Voorwaarts
TBD  
TBD  
TBD  		 Nil
Voorwaarts   0–0
(0–3 agg.)		   Robinhood
Nil Nil

Semi-final

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Águila   3–1   León 1–1 2–0*
  • 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.
Águila  1–1 (a.e.t.)  León
Félix Pineda   Walter Mantegazza  
León  2–1  Águila
     

Final

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First leg

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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

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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

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CONCACAF Champions' Cup
1976 Champion
 
Águila
First title

References

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  1. ^ Copa de Campeones 1976 on the RSSSF
  2. ^ "Copa de Campeones Concacaf 1976 Águila Campeón" on Historicas Coperas blogsite, 30 Jan 2015
  3. ^ Hace 40 años el Aguila fue el rey by Cristian López on El Gráfico, 16 Feb 2017
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