1994 CONCACAF Champions' Cup

The 1994 CONCACAF Champions' Cup was the 30th 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 12 December 1993 till 5 February 1994.

1994 CONCACAF Champions' Cup
Tournament details
Host countryUnited States
CitySan Jose, California
Dates3 February – 5 February
Teams4 (from 4 associations)
Final positions
ChampionsCosta Rica Cartaginés (1st title)
Runners-upMexico Atlante
Tournament statistics
Matches played4
Goals scored8 (2 per match)
1993
1995

The teams were split in 2 zones (North/Central and Caribbean). The North/Central zone was split in 3 groups, qualifying the best team of each to the final stage. The winner of the Caribbean zone got the qualification too. All qualifying matches in the tournament were played under the home/away match system, while the final tournament was played in San Jose, California, U.S..

Costa Rican club Cartaginés beat Mexican team Atlante in the final,[1] becoming CONCACAF champion for the first time in their history.[2][3]

North and Central American Zone edit

  • The winner of each group advanced to the Final Round.

Group 1 edit

Preliminary Round

22 December 1993 Comunicaciones   2–1
(5–2 agg.)
  Real Verdes
  • Comunicaciones advanced to First Round.

First Round

26 January 1994 Comunicaciones   2–0   Cartaginés
Jose Mendez  
Carlos Vasquez  
Nil
2 February 1994 Cartaginés   4–0
(4–2 agg.)
  Comunicaciones
Acuna    
Mullins    
Nil
  • Petrotela and Cartaginés advanced to Second Round.

Second Round

16 March 1994 Cartaginés   1–0   Petrotela Cartago, Costa Rica
Cristian Mena   16' Nil Stadium: Jose Rafael Fello Meza Stadium
23 March 1994 Petrotela   2–1
(2–2 agg.)
(2–3 p)
  Cartaginés
Alexis Duarte   27'
Alex Bahr   68'
Cristian Mena   21'
  • Cartaginés advanced to CONCACAF Final Tournament.

Group 2 edit

Preliminary Round

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Aurora   5 - 3   La Victoria 2 - 2 3 - 1
  • Aurora advance to the First round.
Aurora   2–2   La Victoria Guatemala City, Guatemala
Washington Castagnero (pk)  
Edwin Westphal  
Edmund Pandy  
Norman Pipersburg  
La Victoria   1–3
(3–6 agg.)
  Aurora
Edmund Pandy   Washington Castagnero  
Martin Machon  
Mynor Jimenez  

First Round

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Aurora   9–0   Juventus Managua 4–0 5–0
Alianza   3–2   Los Angeles Salsa 1–0 2–2
  • Aurora and Alianza advance to the Second round.
Juventus Managua   0–5   Aurora
Martin Machon    
Rony Archila  
Minor Jiménez  
31 January 1994 Alianza   1–0   Los Angeles Salsa San Salvador, El Salvador
Milton Melendez   47' Stadium: Estadio Cuscatlán
Attendance: 4,000[4]
6 February 1994 Los Angeles Salsa   2–2
(2–3 agg.)
  Alianza Fullerton, California, U.S.
Paulinho   10', unknown'
Stadium: Titan Stadium
Attendance: 5,285[5]

Second Round

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Aurora   2–3   Alianza 1–1 1–2
  • Alianza F.C. advances to the CONCACAF Final tournament.
Aurora   1–1   Alianza
Rony Archilla   55' Oscar Ulloa   78'
Alianza   2–1
(3–2 agg.)
  Aurora
Oscar Ulloa   56'
Sergio Bufarini   119'
Edwin Westphal   30'

Group 3 edit

Preliminary Round

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Diriangén   2 - 9   Herediano 0 - 5 2 - 4
  • Herediano advance to the First round.
December 9, 1993 Diriangén   0-5   Herediano Estadio Cacique Diriangén
Nil Roger Gomez    
German Chavarria  
Rodinei Martins  
Herediano   4–2
(9-2 agg.)
  Diriangén Heredia, Costa Rica
Alberto Castillo   
Róger Gómez  
Nahamán González  
Jairo Aguirre    Stadium: Eladio Rosabal Cordero Stadium

First Round

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Firpo   2 - 6   Atlante 1 - 4 1 - 2
Olimpia   0 - 2   Herediano 0 - 0 0 - 2
  • Atlante and Herediano advance to the Second round.
Firpo   1–4   Atlante
Raul Toro   Luis M. Salvador   15'  71'
Gastón Obledo   44'
Roberto Andrade   82'
Atlante   2–1
(6-2 agg.)
  Firpo
Miguel Herrera   14'
René Isidoro García   50'
Miguel Herrera own goal   35'
Herediano   2–0
(2-3 agg.)
  Olimpia
Roger Gómez  
Marvin Obando  
Nil

Second Round

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Herediano   4 - 6   Atlante 3 - 3 1 - 3
  • Atlante advances to the CONCACAF Final tournament.
Herediano   3-3   Atlante
Juan Carlos Chávez   15'
Roger Gómez   21'
Carlos Javier Angulo   89'
Luis Miguel Salvador   10'  33'  34'
Atlante   3-1
(6-4 agg.)
  Herediano
Luis Miguel Salvador   25'
Gastón Obledo   59'
René Isidoro García   73'
Rodinei Martins   78'

Caribbean Zone edit

Preliminary Round

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
RCA   2 - 8   SV Robinhood 2 - 1 0 - 7
River Plate   0 - 2   SV Leo Victor 0 - 0 0 - 2
  • SV Robinhood and SV Leo Victor advance to the First round.

First Round

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Club Franciscain   6 - 2   Red Star (Pointe-á-Pitre) 4 - 1 2 - 1
RKVFC Sithoc   4 - 3   Solidarité Scolaire (Baie-Mahault) 4 - 2 0 - 1
Villa Lions   1- 2   Newtown United FC 0 - 0 1 - 2
FC AK Regina   w/o*   Racing Gonaïves
CRKSV Jong Colombia   2 - 1   Violette AC 2 - 0 0 - 1
J&J Construction Parham   0 - 1**   Union Sportive Sinnamary 0 - 1
SV Robinhood   3 - 4   SV Leo Victor 1 - 0 2 - 4
Union Sportive Robert   bye
  • Racing Gonaïves withdrew before 1st leg.*
  • Parham withdrew before 2nd leg, awarded 0–2 against them**
  • All clubs in BOLD advance to the Second round.

Second Round

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
RKVFC Sithoc   0 - 3   Newtown United FC 0 - 2 0 - 1
Club Franciscain   5 - 2   Union Sportive Sinnamary 5 - 0 0 - 2
CRKSV Jong Colombia   1 - 1
5-4(Pen.)
  SV Leo Victor 1 - 0 0 - 1
FC AK Regina   2 - 4   Union Sportive Robert 1 - 1 1 - 3
  • All clubs in BOLD advance to the Third round.

Third Round

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Club Franciscain   2 - 3   CRKSV Jong Colombia 2 - 1 0 - 2
Union Sportive Robert   4 - 0   Newtown United FC 4 - 0 0 - 0
  • CRKSV Jong Colombia and Union Sportive Robert advance to the Fourth round.

Fourth Round

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Union Sportive Robert   3 - 2   CRKSV Jong Colombia 3 - 0 0 - 2
  • Union Sportive Robert advances to the CONCACAF Final tournament.

Final round bracket edit

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
3 February - San Jose
 
 
  Cartaginés0 (5)
 
5 February - San Jose
 
  Robert0 (4)
 
  Cartaginés3
 
3 February - San Jose
 
  Atlante2
 
  Atlante2
 
 
  Alianza1
 
Third place
 
 
5 February - San Jose
 
 
  Robert0 (2)
 
 
  Alianza0 (4)

Semifinals edit


Atlante  2–1  Alianza
Salvador   15'
Romano   43'
Durán   47'

Third Place Match edit

Final edit

Cartaginés  3–2  Atlante
Quiros   20', 32'
Hidalgo   69' (p)
Report García   51'
Obledo   56'
Attendance: 6,270
Referee: Brian Hall (USA)

Champion edit

CONCACAF Champions' Cup
1994 winners
 
Cartaginés
First title

References edit

  1. ^ Copa de Campeones 1994 on the RSSSF
  2. ^ Cartaginés se consagró rey de la Concacaf by Rodrigo Calvo, 5 Feb 2021
  3. ^ Hace 24 años Cartago gritó campeón by Luis E. Bolaños, 5 Feb 2019
  4. ^ "Alianza Beats Salsa With Penalty Kick". Los Angeles Times. January 30, 1994. p. C18. Retrieved December 23, 2022.
  5. ^ Dauber, Bill (February 7, 1994). "Salsa players too hot for their own good". The Orange County Register. p. C9. Retrieved December 23, 2022 – via NewsBank.