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1975 CONCACAF Champions' Cup

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.

1975 CONCACAF Champions' Cup
Copa de Campeones Concacaf
Dates5 July 1975 – 9 May 1976
Final positions
ChampionsMexico Atlético Español
Runners-upSuriname Transvaal
← 1974
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.

Mexican club Atlético Español beat Surinamese side Transvaal in the finals 3–0 and 2–1,[1] becoming CONCACAF champion for their first time.[2]

North American Zone edit

First round edit

5 July 1975 Monterrey   2–0   Serbian White Eagles
Alfredo Jiménez   33'
Jose Sánchez   90+'		 Nil
13 July 1975 Serbian White Eagles   1–1
(1–3 agg.)		   Monterrey Toronto, Ontario
Mike Wareika   35' [[3] Report] Romeo Corbo   6' Stadium: CNE Stadium
Attendance: 2500
Referee: Henry Landauer
Note: Abandoned at 1–1 in 67' due to fight
  • Monterrey advanced to Second Round.

Second round edit

28 September 1975 Atlético Español   1–1   Monterrey Puebla, Mexico
Ramírez   66' (pen.)   11' González Stadium: Estadio Cuauhtémoc
9 October 1975 Monterrey   0–1
(1–2 agg.)		   Atlético Español San Nicolás de los Garza, Mexico
  26' Urbina Stadium: Estadio Universitario
  • Atlético Español advanced to CONCACAF Final Series.

Central American Zone edit

First round edit

Torneo Centroamericano de Concacaf 1975

4 May 1975 Motagua   2–1   Herediano Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Salvador Bernárdez   4'
Pedro Caetano   59'		   69' Vicente Wanchope Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino
15 May 1975 Herediano   2–0
(3–2 agg.)		   Motagua Heredia, Costa Rica
Fernando Montero   33'
Rafael Camacho   75'		 Stadium: Estadio Eladio Rosabal Cordero
8 June 1975 Saprissa   4–1   España San Juan de Tibás, Costa Rica
Asdrúbal Paniagua   20' (pen.)   60'
Odir Jacques   36'
Carlos Santana   90'		 Antonio Pavón   23' Stadium: Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá
15 June 1975 España   2–0
(3–4 agg.)		   Saprissa San Pedro Sula, Honduras
Ramírez   8'
Mejía   28'		 Stadium: Estadio Francisco Morazán
29 June 1975 Negocios Internacionales   0–0   Municipal San Salvador, El Salvador
Stadium: Estadio Jorge "Mágico" González
6 July 1975 Municipal   2–1
(2–1 agg.)		   Negocios Internacionales Guatemala City, Guatemala
Julio César Anderson       Stadium: Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores
6 July 1975 Platense   4–3   Aurora San Salvador, El Salvador
Luis Cesar Condomi   
Oscar Guerrero  
Oscar Armando Payés  		       Stadium: Estadio Flor Blanca
9 July 1975 Platense   0-1
(4–4 agg.)		   Aurora Guatemala City, Guatemala
Miguel Gustavo Perez   Stadium: Estadio del Ejército
Note: Aurora advanced on away goals.[4]
  • Herediano, Saprissa, Municipal and Aurora advanced to the Second Round.

Second round edit

4 September 1975 Saprissa   2–0   Herediano San Juan de Tibás, Costa Rica
Odir Jacques     Stadium: Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá
11 September 1975 Herediano   2–1
(2–3 agg.)		   Saprissa Heredia, Costa Rica
Johnny Alvarado  
Rafael Angel Camacho  		 Javier Jimenez   Stadium: Estadio Eladio Rosabal Cordero
14 September 1975 Municipal   2–1   Aurora Guatemala city, Guatemala
Felipe Antonio Carias     TBD   Stadium: Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores
17 September 1975 Aurora   1–0
(2–2 agg.)
(2–4 p)		   Municipal Guatemala City, Guatemala
  Stadium: Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores
  • Saprissa and Municipal advanced to the Third Round.

Third round edit

5 October 1975 Saprissa   2–2   Municipal San José, Costa Rica
Odir Jacques  
Gerardo Solano  		 Leonardo McNish  
Julio Cesar Anderson  		 Stadium: Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica
12 October 1975 Municipal   0–0
(2–2 agg.)
(5–6 p)		   Saprissa Guatemala City, Guatemala
Stadium: Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores
  • Saprissa advanced to CONCACAF Final Series.

Caribbean Zone edit

Round 1 edit

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Santos   w/o   Universidad Catolica
Racing Haïtien   3 - 3*   Robinhood 2 - 0 1 - 3
Transvaal   2 - 6*   Violette 2 - 2 0 - 4*
  • Universidad apparently disqualified due to the Dominican Republic's failure to pay CONCACAF dues.
  • Robinhood win on lots
  • 2nd leg reportedly abandoned at 4-0 in 70'; Violette disqualified for using ineligible players.
Racing Haïtien   2–0   Robinhood
Nil
Robinhood   3-1
(3-3 agg.)		   Racing Haïtien
Transvaal   2-2   Violette
Violette   4-0
(6-2 agg.)		   Transvaal

Round 2 edit

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Transvaal   4 - 2   Santos 4 - 1 0 - 1
Robinhood   w/o   Montecarlo
  • Monte Carlo disqualified due to the Dominican Republic's failure to pay CONCACAF dues
  • Transvaal and Robinhood advanced to Round 3.
Transvaal   4-1   Santos
Santos   1-0
(2-4 agg.)		   Transvaal
Nil

Round 3 edit

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Transvaal   1 - 0   Robinhood 1 - 0 0 - 0
  • Transvaal advance to the CONCACAF Champions' Cup Final.
Transvaal   1–0   Robinhood
Nil
Robinhood   0-0
(0-1 agg.)		   Transvaal
Nil Nil

Semi-final edit

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Saprissa   2 - 4   Atlético Español 1 - 2 1 - 2
  • Atlético Español advance to the CONCACAF Final.
  • Transvaal bye to the CONCACAF Final.
Saprissa   1–2   Atlético Español
Atlético Español   2–1
(4-2 agg.)		   Saprissa

Final edit

 
The Transvaal team before the start of the first leg.

First leg edit

1975 CONCACAF Champions' Cup Final
First leg
Transvaal  0–3  Atlético Español
Report Borbolla   14'
Rodríguez   35'
Urbina   63'

Second leg edit

Second leg
Atlético Español  2–1  Transvaal
Ramírez   28'
Isordia   83'		 Report Vanenburg   8'

Atlético Español won 4–0 on points (5–1 on aggregate)

Champion edit

CONCACAF Champions' Cup
1975 Champion
 
Atlético Español
First title

References edit

  1. ^ Copa de Campeones 1975 on the RSSSF
  2. ^ Atlético Español, el 'disfraz' de Necaxa by Eric Fong on Medio Tiempo, 25 Apr 2020
  3. ^ Koep, Bob (July 14, 1975). "Players, fans mob visitors". Toronto Star. p. B1.
  4. ^ "Platense – Fútbol de Honduras".
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