1979 CONCACAF Champions' Cup

The 1979 CONCACAF Champions' Cup was the 15th 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 20 May till 29 December 1979.

1979 CONCACAF Champions' Cup
Tournament details
Dates20 May – 29 December
Teams14
Final positions
ChampionsEl Salvador FAS
Runner-upNetherlands Antilles Jong Colombia
Tournament statistics
Matches played18
Goals scored27 (1.5 per match)
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The teams were split in 3 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.

Salvadoran Club Deportivo FAS won the two-legged series final v Antillean team Jong Colombia (8–2 on aggregate),[1] becoming CONCACAF champions for the first time in their history.[2]

North American Zone

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Tigres UANL   3–0   Soccer Universidad 2–0 1–0
Tigres UANL  2–0  Soccer Universidad
Soccer Universidad  0–1  Tigres UANL
  • Tigres UANL advance to the CONCACAF Semifinal.

Central American Zone

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Torneo Centroamericano de Concacaf 1979

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
FAS   w/o   Comunicaciones
Cartaginés   w/o   Alianza
  • Comunicaciones and Alianza withdrew.
  • FAS and Cartaginés advance to the second round.

Second round

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
FAS   w/o   Cartaginés
  • FAS, won presumably by walkover and advance to the CONCACAF Semi-final.

Caribbean Zone

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Preliminary round

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Santos   w/o   Don Bosco FC
  • Santos won, presumably by walkover and advances to the First round.

First round

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Jong Holland   3–0   Arnett Gardens 1–0 2–0
Santos   0–4   Jong Colombia 0–2 0–2


Jong Holland win 3-0 on aggregate


Jong Colombia win 4-0 on aggregate


Reportedly these clubs entered the tournament; results from these matches are unknown.

Second round

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Jong Holland   0–2   Defence Force 0–0 0–2
Leo Victor   2–3   Jong Colombia 2–1 0–2
Defence Force  2–0  Jong Holland
   

Defence Force win 2-0 on aggregate


Jong Colombia win 3-2 on aggregate


Third round

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Defence Force   2–3   Jong Colombia 2–0 0–3
SV Robinhood   3–0   Tesoro Palo Seco 2–0 1–0

  • Jong Colombia advances to the fourth round (Final Round In The Caribbean Section).


  • Robin Hood wins and advances to the fourth round (Final Round In The Caribbean Section).

Fourth round

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Robinhood   0–1   Jong Colombia 0–0 0–1
  • Jong Colombia is the Champions in the Caribbean Region and advances to the CONCACAF Champions Cup Final.

CONCACAF Final Series

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Semi-final

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Tigres UANL   0–1   FAS 0–0 0–1

First leg

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1979 CONCACAF Champions' Cup
First leg
Tigres UANL  0–0  FAS

Second leg

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FAS won the series 1–0 on aggregate.

Final

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Final

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Jong Colombia   2–8   FAS 1–1 1–7

First leg

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1979 CONCACAF Champions' Cup Final
First leg
Jong Colombia  1–1  FAS
Frank Victoria   70' (Report) David Cabrera   72'
Attendance: 10,000

Second leg

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Second leg
FAS  7–1  Jong Colombia
Roberto Casadei   12', 43'
Jorge González   56', 81'
David Cabrera   64', 87'
Alfredo Erazo   63'
(Report) Edwin Bernardina   90'
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Jorge M. Ramírez (Guatemala)

FAS won the series 8–2 on aggregate.

Champion

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CONCACAF Champions' Cup
1979 Champion
 
FAS
First title

References

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  1. ^ Copa de Campeones 1979 on the RSSSF
  2. ^ FAS, a 35 años del campeonato on El Salvador.com, 29 Dec 2014