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.
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.
Águila from El Salvador won the final, and became for the first time CONCACAF champion in their history and the first Salvadoran team to win the trophy.
North American Zone
First Round
Team 1 |
Agg. |
Team 2 |
1st leg |
2nd leg |
Toronto Italia |
5 - 3 |
New York Inter-Giuliana |
3 - 2 |
2 - 1 |
- León on a bye.
- Toronto Italia advances to the second round.
Second Round
Team 1 |
Agg. |
Team 2 |
1st leg |
2nd leg |
León |
w/o |
Toronto Italia |
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- Toronto Italia withdrew.
- León advances to the CONCACAF Final.
Central American Zone
First Round
Group A
Pos
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W
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D
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L
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GF
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GA
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GD
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Pts
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Qualification or relegation
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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 |
- Águila advances to the third round.
Group B
- Olimpia advances to the second round.
Second Round
Third Round
- Águila advances to the CONCACAF Final.
Caribbean Zone
First Round
- Malvern United on a Bye
- Robinhood, Voorwarts and Tesoro Palo Seco advance to the second round.
Second Round
Team 1 |
Agg. |
Team 2 |
1st leg |
2nd leg |
Robinhood |
2 - 0 |
Malvern United |
0 - 0 |
2 - 0 |
Tesoro Palo Seco |
1 - 6 |
Voorwarts |
0 - 4 |
1 - 2 |
Third Round
CONCACAF Final Series
Semi-Final
- León abandoned the 2nd leg while leading 2-1 following a fight. Águila was awarded a win 2 - 0.*
Final
- Águila wins the CONCACAF Champions' Cup
Champion
CONCACAF Champions' Cup
1976 Champion |
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Águila
First Title |
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See also International club women's football.
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