1975 CONCACAF Champions' Cup

The 1975 CONCACAF Champions' Cup was the 11th 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 5 July 1975 till 9 May 1976.

1975 CONCACAF Champions' Cup
Copa de Campeones Concacaf
Dates5 July 1975 till 9 May 1976
Final positions
Champions Atlético Español
Runners-up Transvaal

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.

Atlético Español from Mexico won the final, and became for the first time CONCACAF champion.

North American Zone

First Round
5 July 1975 Monterrey 2–0 Serbian White Eagles
Jiménez  33'
Sánchez  90+'
13 July 1975 Serbian White Eagles 1–1
(1–3 agg.)		 Monterrey
Wareika  35'  6' Corbo
Note: Abandoned at 1–1 in 67' due to fight
  • Monterrey advanced to Second Round.

Second Round
28 September 1975 Atlético Español 1–1 MonterreyPuebla, Mexico
Ramírez  66' (pen.)  11' González Stadium: Estadio Cuauhtémoc
9 October 1975 Monterrey 0–1
(1–2 agg.)		 Atlético EspañolSan Nicolás de los Garza, Mexico
 26' Urbina Stadium: Estadio Universitario
  • Atlético Español advanced to CONCACAF Final Series.

Central American Zone

First Round
4 May 1975 Motagua 2–1 HeredianoTegucigalpa, Honduras
Bernárdez  4'
Caetano  59'		  69' Wanchope Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino
15 May 1975 Herediano 2–0
(3–2 agg.)		 MotaguaHeredia, Costa Rica
Montero  33'
Camacho  75'		 Stadium: Estadio Eladio Rosabal Cordero
8 June 1975 Saprissa 4–1 EspañaSan José, Costa Rica
Paniagua  20' (pen.)  60'
Jacques  36'
Santana  90'		  23' Pavón Stadium: Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá
15 June 1975 España 2–0
(3–4 agg.)		 SaprissaSan Pedro Sula, Honduras
Ramírez  8'
Mejía  28'		 Stadium: Estadio General Francisco Morazán
29 June 1975 Negocios Internacionales 0–0 Municipal
6 July 1975 Municipal 2–1
(2–1 agg.)		 Negocios Internacionales
6 July 1975 Platense 4–3 Aurora
9 July 1975 Aurora 1–0
(4–4 agg.)		 Platense
Note: Aurora advanced on away goals.[1]
  • Herediano, Saprissa, Municipal and Aurora advanced to the Second Round.

Second Round
4 September 1975 Saprissa 2–0 HeredianoSan José, Costa Rica
Stadium: Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá
11 September 1975 Herediano 2–1
(2–3 agg.)		 SaprissaHeredia, Costa Rica
Stadium: Estadio Eladio Rosabal Cordero
14 September 1975 Municipal 2–1 Aurora
17 September 1975 Aurora 1–0
(2–2 agg.)
(2–4 p)		 Municipal
  • Saprissa and Municipal advanced to the Third Round.

Third Round
5 October 1975 Saprissa 2–2 MunicipalSan José, Costa Rica
Stadium: Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá
12 October 1975 Municipal 0–0
(2–2 agg.)
(5–6 p)		 SaprissaGuatemala
  • Saprissa advanced to CONCACAF Final Series.

Caribbean Zone

Withdrew or were disqualified:
Montecarlo
Racing Haïtien
Robinhood

First Round
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Transvaal w/o Violette
Santos w/o Universidad Católica
  • Violette AC withdrew.
  • Universidad apparently disqualified due to the Dominican Republic's failure to pay CONCACAF dues.
  • Transvaal and Santos advance to the second round.

Second Round
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Transvaal 5 - 1 Santos 4 - 1 1 - 0
  • Transvaal advance to the CONCACAF Final.

CONCACAF Final Series

Semi-Final
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Saprissa 2 - 4 Atlético Español 1 - 2 1 - 2
  • Atlético Español advance to the CONCACAF Final.

Final
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Transvaal 1 - 5 Atlético Español 0 - 3 1 - 2
  • Atlético Español wins the CONCACAF Champions Cup.

Champion
CONCACAF Champions' Cup
1975 Champion

Atlético Español
First title
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References
  1. "Platense – Fútbol de Honduras".
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