1975 CONCACAF Champions' Cup

1975 CONCACAF Champions' Cup

Copa de Campeones Concacaf
Dates	5 July 1975 till 9 May 1976
Final positions
Champions	Atlético Español

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.

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

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Monterrey	3 - 1	Serbian White Eagles	2 - 0	1 - 1*

• 1st leg, Alfredo "Alacrán" Jiménez and Pepe Sánchez
• 2nd leg abandoned at 1-1 in 67' due to fight.^[1]

Toronto Serbian White Eagles (Mike Wareika ) Monterrey (Ruben Romeo Corbo )

• Monterrey advances to second round.

Second Round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Monterrey	1 - 2	Atlético Español	1 - 1	0 - 1

• 1st leg. Puebla.- Atletico Español Oswaldo "Cachito" Ramírez (pen) Monterrey Juanito González
• 2nd leg. Monterrey, Estadio Universitario.- Atletico Español Leonel Urbina
• Atlético Español advances to the CONCACAF Final.

Central American Zone

First Round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Deportivo Saprissa	4 - 3	Real CD España	4 - 1	0 - 2
Negocios Internacionales	1 - 2	CSD Municipal	0 - 0	1 - 2
CD Platense	4 - 4*	Aurora FC	4 - 3	0 - 1

• CS Herediano on a Bye to the second round.
• Unknown if Aurora FC qualified on away goals, on a draw, or after penalties*
• Saprissa, Municipal and Aurora FC advance to the second round.

Second Round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Deportivo Saprissa	3 - 2	CS Herediano	2 - 0	1 - 2
CSD Municipal	2 - 2 (4 - 2 pen)	Aurora FC	2 - 1	0 - 1

• Saprissa and Municipal advance to the third round.

Third Round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Deportivo Saprissa	2 - 2 (6 - 5 pen)	CSD Municipal	2 - 2	0 - 0

• Saprissa advances to the CONCACAF Final.

Caribbean Zone

Withdrew or were disqualified:
Montecarlo
Racing Club Haïtien
SV Robinhood

First Round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
SV Transvaal	w/o	Violette AC
Santos F.C.	w/o	Universidad Catolica

• Violette AC withdrew.
• Universidad apparently disqualified due to the Dominican Republic's failure to pay FIFA dues.
• SV Transvaal and Santos F.C. advance to the second round.

Second Round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
SV Transvaal	5 - 1	Santos F.C.	4 - 1	1 - 0

• SV Transvaal advance to the CONCACAF Final.

CONCACAF Final Series

Semi-Final

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Deportivo 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
SV 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

References

External links

• RSSSF Site

International men's 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, 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