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.

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.

Club Deportivo FAS from El Salvador won the final, and became for the first time CONCACAF champion in their history.

North American Zone

• UANL Tigres advance to the CONCACAF Semi-final.

Central American Zone

• Comunicaciones and Alianza withdrew.
• Deportivo FAS and Cartaginés advance to the second round.

Second Round

• Deportivo FAS, won presumably by walkover and advance to the CONCACAF Semi-final.

Caribbean Zone

Preliminary Round

• Santos F.C. won, presumably by walkover and advances to the First round.

First Round

• Jong Colombia
  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

• Other fixtures (if any) not known.
• Defence Force and Jong Colombia advance to the third round.

Third Round

• Results unknown, Robin Hood wins and advances to the fourth round.***
• Jong Colombia advances to the fourth round.

Fourth Round

• Jong Colombia advances to the CONCACAF Final.

CONCACAF Final Series

Semi-Final

• Deportivo FAS advances to the CONCACAF Final.

Final

• Deportivo FAS wins the CONCACAF Champions' Cup.

Champion

References

• RSSSF Site