1994 CONCACAF Champions' Cup

30th edition of premier club football tournament organized by CONCACAF
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)
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International football competition

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.

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

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

Group 1

Preliminary Round

Real Verdes Belize v Guatemala Comunicaciones
12 December 1993 Real Verdes Belize 1–3 Guatemala Comunicaciones
Comunicaciones Guatemala v Belize Real Verdes
22 December 1993 Comunicaciones Guatemala 2–1
(5–2 agg.)		 Belize Real Verdes
  • Comunicaciones advanced to First Round.

First Round

Petrotela Honduras v Mexico Monterrey
1 December 1993 Petrotela Honduras 4–1 Mexico Monterrey San Pedro Sula, Honduras
Alberto García Saavedra 9' 44'
Luis Enrique Cálix 46'
Alexis Duarte 80'		 Mario Jáuregui 39' Stadium: Estadio General Francisco Morazán
Monterrey Mexico v Honduras Petrotela
7 December 1993 Monterrey Mexico 3–2
(4–6 agg.)		 Honduras Petrotela Monterrey, Mexico
Luis Hernández 18'
José Nieves Castro 21'
Mario Jáuregui 42'		 Alexis Duarte 27'
Luis Salas 41'		 Stadium: Estadio Tecnológico
Comunicaciones Guatemala v Costa Rica Cartaginés
26 January 1994 Comunicaciones Guatemala 2–0 Costa Rica Cartaginés
Jose Mendez
Carlos Vasquez 		Nil
Cartaginés Costa Rica v Guatemala Comunicaciones
2 February 1994 Cartaginés Costa Rica 4–0
(4–2 agg.)		 Guatemala Comunicaciones
Acuna
Mullins 		Nil
  • Petrotela and Cartaginés advanced to Second Round.

Second Round

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

Group 2

Preliminary Round

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

First Round

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Aurora Guatemala 9–0 Nicaragua Juventus Managua 4–0 5–0
Alianza El Salvador 3–2 United States Los Angeles Salsa 1–0 2–2
  • Aurora and Alianza advance to the Second round.
Juventus Managua Nicaragua v Guatemala Aurora
Juventus Managua Nicaragua 0–5 Guatemala Aurora
Martin Machon
Rony Archila
Minor Jiménez
Alianza El Salvador v United States Los Angeles Salsa
31 January 1994 Alianza El Salvador 1–0 United States Los Angeles Salsa San Salvador, El Salvador
Milton Melendez 47' Stadium: Estadio Cuscatlán
Attendance: 4,000[4]
Los Angeles Salsa United States v El Salvador Alianza
6 February 1994 Los Angeles Salsa United States 2–2
(2–3 agg.)		 El Salvador Alianza Fullerton, California, U.S.
Paulinho 10', unknown'
  • Joaquin Escobar 22'
  • Oscar Ulloa 77'
 Stadium: Titan Stadium
Attendance: 5,285[5]

Second Round

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

Group 3

Preliminary Round

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Diriangén Nicaragua 2 - 9 Costa Rica Herediano 0 - 5 2 - 4
  • Herediano advance to the First round.
Diriangén Nicaragua v Costa Rica Herediano
December 9, 1993 Diriangén Nicaragua 0-5 Costa Rica Herediano Estadio Cacique Diriangén
Nil Roger Gomez
German Chavarria
Rodinei Martins
Herediano Costa Rica v Nicaragua Diriangén
Herediano Costa Rica 4–2
(9-2 agg.)		 Nicaragua 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 El Salvador 2 - 6 Mexico Atlante 1 - 4 1 - 2
Olimpia Honduras 0 - 2 Costa Rica Herediano 0 - 0 0 - 2
  • Atlante and Herediano advance to the Second round.
Firpo El Salvador v Mexico Atlante
Firpo El Salvador 1–4 Mexico Atlante
Raul Toro Luis M. Salvador 15' 71'
Gastón Obledo 44'
Roberto Andrade 82'
Atlante Mexico v El Salvador Firpo
Atlante Mexico 2–1
(6-2 agg.)		 El Salvador Firpo
Miguel Herrera 14'
René Isidoro García 50'		 Miguel Herrera own goal 35'
Herediano Costa Rica v Honduras Olimpia
Herediano Costa Rica 2–0
(2-3 agg.)		 Honduras Olimpia
Roger Gómez
Marvin Obando 		Nil

Second Round

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

Caribbean Zone

Preliminary Round

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

First Round

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Club Franciscain Martinique 6 - 2 Guadeloupe Red Star (Pointe-á-Pitre) 4 - 1 2 - 1
RKVFC Sithoc Netherlands Antilles 4 - 3 Guadeloupe Solidarité Scolaire (Baie-Mahault) 4 - 2 0 - 1
Villa Lions Antigua and Barbuda 1- 2 Saint Kitts and Nevis Newtown United FC 0 - 0 1 - 2
FC AK Regina French Guiana w/o* Haiti Racing Gonaïves
CRKSV Jong Colombia Netherlands Antilles 2 - 1 Haiti Violette AC 2 - 0 0 - 1
J&J Construction Parham Antigua and Barbuda 0 - 1** French Guiana Union Sportive Sinnamary 0 - 1
SV Robinhood Suriname 3 - 4 Suriname SV Leo Victor 1 - 0 2 - 4
Union Sportive Robert Martinique 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.
Club Franciscain Martinique v Guadeloupe Red Star (Pointe-á-Pitre)
Club Franciscain Martinique 4-1 Guadeloupe Red Star (Pointe-á-Pitre)
Red Star (Pointe-á-Pitre) Guadeloupe v Martinique Club Franciscain
Red Star (Pointe-á-Pitre) Guadeloupe 1–2
(2-6 agg.)		 Martinique Club Franciscain
RKVFC Sithoc Netherlands Antilles v Guadeloupe Solidarité Scolaire (Baie-Mahault)
RKVFC Sithoc Netherlands Antilles 4-2 Guadeloupe Solidarité Scolaire (Baie-Mahault)
Solidarité Scolaire (Baie-Mahault) Guadeloupe v Netherlands Antilles RKVFC Sithoc
Solidarité Scolaire (Baie-Mahault) Guadeloupe 1-0
(3-4 agg.)		 Netherlands Antilles RKVFC Sithoc
Dario Donavin Nil
J&J Construction Parham Antigua and Barbuda v French Guiana Union Sportive Sinnamary
J&J Construction Parham Antigua and Barbuda 0-1 French Guiana Union Sportive Sinnamary
Nil
Union Sportive Sinnamary French Guiana v Antigua and Barbuda J&J Construction Parham
Union Sportive Sinnamary French Guiana 2–0 * (Parham withdrew)
(3-0 agg.)		 Antigua and Barbuda J&J Construction Parham
Nil Nil

Second Round

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
RKVFC Sithoc Netherlands Antilles 0 - 3 Saint Kitts and Nevis Newtown United FC 0 - 2 0 - 1
Club Franciscain Martinique 5 - 2 French Guiana Union Sportive Sinnamary 5 - 0 0 - 2
CRKSV Jong Colombia Netherlands Antilles 1 - 1
5-4(Pen.) 		Suriname SV Leo Victor 1 - 0 0 - 1
FC AK Regina French Guiana 2 - 4 Martinique Union Sportive Robert 1 - 1 1 - 3
  • All clubs in BOLD advance to the Third round.
FC AK Regina French Guiana v Martinique Union Sportive Robert
FC AK Regina French Guiana 1–1 Martinique Union Sportive Robert
Union Sportive Robert Martinique v French Guiana FC AK Regina
Union Sportive Robert Martinique 3-1
(4-2 agg.)		 French Guiana FC AK Regina

Third Round

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Club Franciscain Martinique 2 - 3 Netherlands Antilles CRKSV Jong Colombia 2 - 1 0 - 2
Union Sportive Robert Martinique 4 - 0 Saint Kitts and Nevis 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 Martinique 3 - 2 Netherlands Antilles CRKSV Jong Colombia 3 - 0 0 - 2
  • Union Sportive Robert advances to the CONCACAF Final tournament.

Final round bracket

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
3 February - San Jose
 
 
Costa Rica Cartaginés0 (5)
 
5 February - San Jose
 
Martinique Robert0 (4)
 
Costa Rica Cartaginés3
 
3 February - San Jose
 
Mexico Atlante2
 
Mexico Atlante2
 
 
El Salvador Alianza1
 
Third place
 
 
5 February - San Jose
 
 
Martinique Robert0 (2)
 
 
El Salvador Alianza0 (4)

Semifinals

Cartaginés Costa Rica0–0 (a.e.t.)Martinique Robert
Penalties
5–4
Atlante Mexico2–1El Salvador Alianza
Salvador 15'
Romano 43'		 Durán 47'
Spartan Stadium, San Jose, California

Third Place Match

Alianza El Salvador0–0 (a.e.t.)Martinique Robert
Penalties
4–2
Spartan Stadium, San Jose, California

Final

Cartaginés Costa Rica3–2Mexico Atlante
Quiros 20', 32'
Hidalgo 69' (p)		 Report García 51'
Obledo 56'
Spartan Stadium, San Jose, California
Attendance: 6,270
Referee: Brian Hall (USA)
Team details
Cartaginés
Atlante

GK Costa Rica Marvin Solórzano Yellow card
DF Costa Rica Humberto Brenes
DF Costa Rica Martín Estrada
DF Costa Rica Dager Villalobos
DF Costa Rica Juan Alvarado
MF Costa Rica Alexander Madrigal Yellow card
MF Brazil Luiz dos Santos
MF Costa Rica Marco Hidalgo
MF Costa Rica Heriberto Quirós Red card
FW Costa Rica Bernal Mullins Yellow card downward-facing red arrow 76'
FW Costa Rica Ciro Castillo downward-facing red arrow 61'
Substitutions:
Costa Rica Norman Gómez upward-facing green arrow 61'
Costa Rica Alejandro Loria upward-facing green arrow 76'
Manager:
Brazil Flavio Ortega
GK Mexico Félix Fernández
DF Mexico Miguel Herrera Red card
DF Uruguay Wilson Graniolatti
DF Mexico José G. Cruz downward-facing red arrow 77'
DF Mexico José E. García
MF Mexico Roberto Andrade
MF Argentina Rubén Romano Yellow card
MF Mexico Mario García
MF Mexico Gastón Obledo
FW Mexico Luis Salvador
FW Mexico Hugo Sánchez Yellow card downward-facing red arrow 46'
Substitutions:
Mexico Jorge Salas upward-facing green arrow 46'
Mexico Carlos Elizalde upward-facing green arrow 77'
Manager:
Argentina Ricardo Lavolpe

Champion

CONCACAF Champions' Cup
1994 winners
Costa Rica
Cartaginés
First title

References

  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.