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 three 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 second 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

Toronto Italia withdrew.
León advances to the CONCACAF Final.

Central American Zone

First Round

Group A


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	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

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Águila	2 – 1	Aurora
Alianza	1 – 1	Aurora
Águila	1 – 0	Alianza

Águila advances to the third round.

Group B

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Olimpia	1 – 0	Real España	0 – 0	1 – 0

Olimpia advances to the second round.

Second Round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Diriangén	w/o	Olimpia

Águila on a Bye to the third round
Olimpia withdrew
Diriangén advances to the third round.

Third Round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Diriangén	2 - 11	Águila	1 - 6	1 - 5

Águila advances to the CONCACAF Final.

Caribbean Zone

First Round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Robinhood	4 - 2	Jong Colombia	3 - 1	1 - 1
Christianburg	1 - 20	Voorwarts	1 - 8	0 - 12
Thomas United	1 - 6	Tesoro Palo Seco	0 - 2	1 - 4

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

Robinhood and Voorwarts advance to the third round

Third Round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Robinhood	3 - 0	Voorwarts	3 - 0	0 - 0

Robinhood advances to the CONCACAF Final.

CONCACAF Final Series

Semi-Final

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Águila	3 - 1	León	1 - 1	2 - 0*

León abandoned the 2nd leg while leading 2-1 following a fight. Águila was awarded a win 2 - 0.*

Final

13 February 1977 1st leg	Águila	5 – 1	Robinhood	San Salvador, El Salvador
(UTC−06:00)	Zepeda 20' Vargas 26', 89' Pineda 40', 79' (pen.)	Report	Emanuelson 68'	Stadium: Estadio Cuscatlán

15 February 1977 2nd leg	Robinhood	2 – 3 (AET)	Águila	San Salvador, El Salvador
(UTC−06:00)	Nathoe 56' Olmberg 95'	Report	Zepeda 93' Díaz 112' Ramírez 117'	Stadium: Estadio Cuscatlán

Águila wins the CONCACAF Champions' Cup 8–3 on aggregate score.

Champion

CONCACAF Champions' Cup 1976 Champion

Águila First Title

References

RSSSF Site

CONCACAF Champions' Cup and Champions League

Champions' Cup era, 1962–2008

Seasons	1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008

Champions League era, 2008–present

Seasons	2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18

Finals	2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

Finals Records and statistics

CONCACAF competitions

National team tournaments

CONCACAF era

Current	CONCACAF Gold Cup U-20 U-17 U-15 CONCACAF Cup CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup U-20 U-17 U-15 CONCACAF Futsal Championship CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship Regional Copa Centroamericana Caribbean Cup Multi-sport events Pan-American Games Central American and Caribbean Games Central American Games Copa América Centenario

Defunct	CONCACAF Championship North American Nations Cup CFU Championship

Pre-CONCACAF

Defunct	NAFC (NAFC Championship) CCCF (CCCF Championship CCCF Youth Championship)

Club tournaments

CONCACAF tournaments	CONCACAF Champions League CONCACAF Futsal Club Championship Regional CFU Club Championship Supercopa Centroamericana

Invitational tournaments	Copa Libertadores Copa Sudamericana (2004–2008) Recopa Sudamericana

Defunct tournaments	Copa Interamericana Copa Interclubes UNCAF CONCACAF Cup Winners Cup CONCACAF Giants Cup North American SuperLiga

International club football

FIFA FIFA Club World Cup List of association football clubs

Africa	CAF – Champions League Confederation Cup Super Cup Top-division clubs

Asia	AFC – Champions League AFC Cup Top-division clubs

Europe	UEFA – Champions League Europa League Super Cup Top-division clubs

North America, Central America and the Caribbean	CONCACAF – Champions League Top-division clubs

Oceania	OFC – Champions League Top-division clubs

South America	CONMEBOL – Copa Libertadores Copa Sudamericana Recopa Sudamericana Top-division clubs

See also: International women's club football

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