1979 CONCACAF Champions' Cup

15th edition of premier club football tournament organized by CONCACAF
Football tournament season
1979 CONCACAF Champions' Cup
Tournament details
Dates20 May – 29 December
Teams14
Final positions
ChampionsEl Salvador FAS
Runner-upNetherlands Antilles Jong Colombia
Tournament statistics
Matches played18
Goals scored27 (1.5 per match)
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The 1979 CONCACAF Champions' Cup was the 15th 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 20 May till 29 December 1979.

The teams were split in 3 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.

Salvadoran Club Deportivo FAS won the two-legged series final v Antillean team Jong Colombia (8–2 on aggregate),[1] becoming CONCACAF champions for the first time in their history.[2]

North American Zone

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Tigres UANL Mexico 3–0 United States Soccer Universidad 2–0 1–0
Tigres UANL Mexico2–0United States Soccer Universidad

Soccer Universidad United States0–1Mexico Tigres UANL
  • Tigres UANL advance to the CONCACAF Semifinal.

Central American Zone

Torneo Centroamericano de Concacaf 1979

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
FAS El Salvador w/o Guatemala Comunicaciones
Cartaginés Costa Rica w/o El Salvador Alianza
  • Comunicaciones and Alianza withdrew.
  • FAS and Cartaginés advance to the second round.

Second round

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
FAS El Salvador w/o Costa Rica Cartaginés
  • FAS, won presumably by walkover and advance to the CONCACAF Semi-final.

Caribbean Zone

Preliminary round

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Santos Jamaica w/o Dominican Republic Don Bosco FC
  • Santos won, presumably by walkover and advances to the First round.

First round

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Jong Holland Netherlands Antilles 3–0 Jamaica Arnett Gardens 1–0 2–0
Santos Jamaica 0–4 Netherlands Antilles Jong Colombia 0–2 0–2


Santos Jamaica0–2Netherlands Antilles Jong Colombia

Jong Colombia Netherlands Antilles2–0Jamaica Santos
  • Jong Holland and Jong Colombia advance to the second round.

Second round

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Jong Holland Netherlands Antilles 0–2 Trinidad and Tobago Defence Force 0–0 0–2
Leo Victor Suriname 2–3 Netherlands Antilles Jong Colombia 2–1 0–2
  • Other fixtures (if any) not known.
  • Defence Force and Jong Colombia advance to the third round.



Third round

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Defence Force Trinidad and Tobago 2–3 Netherlands Antilles Jong Colombia 2–0 0–3
SV Robinhood Suriname 3–0 Trinidad and Tobago Tesoro Palo Seco 2–0 1–0

  • Jong Colombia advances to the fourth round (Final Round In The Caribbean Section).

Robinhood Suriname2–0Trinidad and Tobago Tesoro Palo Seco

Tesoro Palo Seco Trinidad and Tobago0–1Suriname Robinhood
  • Robin Hood wins and advances to the fourth round (Final Round In The Caribbean Section).

Fourth round

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Robinhood Suriname 0–1 Netherlands Antilles Jong Colombia 0–0 0–1
Robinhood Suriname0–0Netherlands Antilles Jong Colombia
Nil Nil
  • Jong Colombia is the Champions in the Caribbean Region and advances to the CONCACAF Champions Cup Final.

CONCACAF Final Series

Semi-final

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Tigres UANL Mexico 0–1 El Salvador FAS 0–0 0–1

First leg

1979 CONCACAF Champions' Cup
First leg
Tigres UANL Mexico0–0El Salvador FAS
Estadio Universitario, San Nicolas de los Garza

Second leg

FAS won the series 1–0 on aggregate.

Final

Final

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Jong Colombia Netherlands Antilles 2–8 El Salvador FAS 1–1 1–7

First leg

1979 CONCACAF Champions' Cup Final
First leg
Jong Colombia Netherlands Antilles1–1El Salvador FAS
Frank Victoria 70' (Report) David Cabrera 72'
Attendance: 10,000

Second leg

Second leg
FAS El Salvador7–1Netherlands Antilles Jong Colombia
Roberto Casadei 12', 43'
Jorge González 56', 81'
David Cabrera 64', 87'
Alfredo Erazo 63'
(Report) Edwin Bernardina 90'
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Jorge M. Ramírez (Guatemala)

FAS won the series 8–2 on aggregate.

Team details
FAS
Jong Colombia

GK El Salvador Nicolás Chávez
DF El Salvador Guillermo Rodríguez
DF El Salvador Héctor Piccioni
DF El Salvador Gonzalo Henríquez
DF El Salvador Carlos Recinos
MF El Salvador Amado Abraham
MF El Salvador Manolo Álvarez
FW El Salvador Alfredo Erazo
FW El Salvador Mágico González
FW El Salvador David Arnoldo Cabrera
FW 9 Argentina Raúl Casadei downward-facing red arrow a'
Substitutions:
DF El Salvador Luis Padilla upward-facing green arrow a'
Manager:
El Salvador José E. Castro
GK Netherlands Antilles Carlos Bernardina
DF Netherlands Antilles Wilbert Zimmerman
DF Netherlands Antilles Elsio Constancia
DF Netherlands Antilles Rudolph Zimmerman
DF Netherlands Antilles Huber Martina
MF Netherlands Antilles Alberto Humbler
MF Netherlands Antilles Héctor Zimmerman
FW Netherlands Antilles Julio Constancia
FW Netherlands Antilles Guillermo Zimmerman
FW Netherlands Antilles Edwin Bernardina
FW Netherlands Antilles Frank Victoria
Manager:
?

Champion

CONCACAF Champions' Cup
1979 Champion
El Salvador
FAS
First title

References

  1. ^ Copa de Campeones 1979 on the RSSSF
  2. ^ FAS, a 35 años del campeonato on El Salvador.com, 29 Dec 2014