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.
Dates | 20 May - 29 December 1979 |
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Teams | 14 |
Champions | |
Runners-up | |
← 1978 1980 → |
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.
FAS from El Salvador won the final, and became CONCACAF champion for the first time in their history.
North American Zone
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Tigres UANL |
3 - 0 | 2 - 0 | 1 - 0 |
- Tigres UANL advance to the CONCACAF Semi-final.
Central American Zone
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
---|---|---|---|---|
FAS |
w/o | |||
Cartaginés |
w/o |
- Comunicaciones and Alianza withdrew.
- FAS and Cartaginés advance to the second round.
Caribbean Zone
Preliminary Round
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Santos |
w/o |
- Santos won, presumably by walkover and advances to the First round.
First Round
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Jong Holland |
3 - 0 | 1 - 0 | 2 - 0 | |
Santos |
0 - 4 | 0 - 2 | 0 - 2 |
Leo Victor Robinhood Defence Force Tesoro Palo Seco
Reportedly these clubs entered the tournament; results from these matches are unknown.- Jong Holland and Jong Colombia advance to the second round.
Second Round
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Jong Holland |
0 - 2 | 0 - 0 | 0 - 2 | |
Leo Victor |
2 - 3 | 2 - 1 | 0 - 2 |
- Other fixtures (if any) not known.
- Defence Force and Jong Colombia advance to the third round.
Third Round
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Defence Force |
2 - 3 | 2 - 0 | 0 - 3 | |
SV Robinhood |
3 - 0 | 2 - 0 | 1 - 0 |
- Robin Hood wins and advances to the fourth round (Final Round In The Caribbean Section).
- Jong Colombia advances to the fourth round (Final Round In The Caribbean Section).
Fourth Round
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
---|---|---|---|---|
Robinhood |
0 - 1 | 0 - 0 | 0 - 1 |
- Jong Colombia is the Champions in the Caribbean Region and advances to the CONCACAF Champions Cup Final.
CONCACAF Final Series
Semi-Final
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
---|---|---|---|---|
Tigres UANL |
0 - 1 | 0 - 0 | 0 - 1 |
- FAS advances to the CONCACAF Final.
Final
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Jong Colombia |
2 - 8 | 1 - 1 | 1 - 7 |
- Deportivo FAS wins the CONCACAF Champions' Cup.
Final
First leg
Jong Colombia | 1 – 1 | |
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Frank Victoria |
(Report) | David Arnoldo Cabrera |
Second leg
FAS | 7 – 1 | |
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Roberto Raul Casadei Jorge González David Arnoldo Cabrera Alfredo Erazo |
(Report) | Edwin Bernardina |
FAS wins 1979 CONCACAF Champions' Cup 8-2 on aggregate,
advance to Confederation title.