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1976 CONCACAF Champions' Cup
12th edition of premier club football tournament organized by CONCACAF
12th edition of premier club football tournament organized by CONCACAF
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| tourney_name | CONCACAF Champions' Cup |
| year | 1976 |
| other_titles | Copa de Campeones Concacaf |
| dates | 6 June 1976 – 13 February 1977 |
| champion_other | SLV Águila |
| second_other | SUR Robinhood |
| prevseason | 1975 |
| nextseason | 1977 |
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.
Salvadorean club Águila beat Surinamese Robinhood in the final to became CONCACAF champion for the first time in their history, and the second Salvadoran team to win the trophy.
North American Zone
First round
- León on a bye.
- Toluca on a bye.
- Serbian White Eagles on a bye.
- Toronto Italia advances to the second round.
Second round
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Serbian White Eagles withdrew.
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The Toronto Italia v Toluca matches were originally scheduled for July 16 and August 31, but Toluca asked to reschedule the series to September 5 and 8. After the matches were not played by September 8, CONCACAF disqualified Toluca.
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León and Toronto Italia advanced to the third round.
Third round
- Toronto Italia withdrew.
- León advances to the CONCACAF Final.
Central American Zone
First round
Torneo Centroamericano de Concacaf 1976 ;Group A
- Águila advances to the third round.
Luis Baltazar Ramírez "Pelé" Zapata
;Group B
Round 2
- Águila on a Bye to the third round
- Real España withdrew
- Diriangén advances to the third round.
Round 3
- Águila advances to the CONCACAF Final.
Félix Pineda
Moises Gonzalez
Félix Pineda
Sergio Méndez
Luis Ramírez Zapata
Caribbean Zone
First round
- Malvern United on a Bye
- Robinhood, Voorwaarts and Tesoro Palo Seco advance to the second round.
Second round
- Robinhood and Voorwaarts advance to the third round
Third round
- Robinhood advances to the CONCACAF Final.
TBD
TBD
Semi-final
- Due to several players being sent off after a brawl, León forfeited the 2nd leg while leading 2–1: Águila was awarded a 2–0 win.
San Salvador – El Salvador
San Salvador – El Salvador
Final
First leg
Vargas
Pineda ,
Second leg
Olmberg Díaz Ramírez Aguila won the series 4–2 on points (8–3 on aggregate).
Champion
References
References
- [https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/cacups76.html Copa de Campeones 1976] on the RSSSF
- "Copa de Campeones Concacaf 1976 Águila Campeón" on Historicas Coperas blogsite, 30 Jan 2015
- [https://www.elgrafico.com/futbol/Hace-40-anos-el-Aguila-fue-el-rey-de-CONCACAF-20170216-0016.html Hace 40 años el Aguila fue el rey] by Cristian López on ''El Gráfico'', 16 Feb 2017
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