1979 CONCACAF Champions' Cup

1979 CONCACAF Champions' Cup

Tournament details
Dates	20 May – 29 December
Teams	14
Final positions
Champions	FAS
Runner-up	Jong Colombia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	18
Goals scored	27 (1.5 per match)

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	3–0	Soccer Universidad	2–0	1–0

22 July 1979

Tigres UANL	2–0	Soccer Universidad

29 July 1979

Soccer Universidad	0–1	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	w/o	Comunicaciones
Cartaginés	w/o	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	w/o	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	w/o	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	3–0	Arnett Gardens	1–0	2–0
Santos	0–4	Jong Colombia	0–2	0–2

Jong Holland	1–0	Arnett Gardens

Arnett Gardens	0-2	Jong Holland

Jong Holland win 3-0 on aggregate

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Santos	0–2	Jong Colombia

Jong Colombia	2–0	Santos

Jong Colombia win 4-0 on aggregate

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• Jong Holland and Jong Colombia advance to the second round.
• Leo Victor qualified for second round.
• Robinhood qualified for third round.
• Defence Force qualified for second round.
• Tesoro Palo Seco qualified for third round

Reportedly these clubs entered the tournament; results from these matches are unknown.

Second round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Jong Holland	0–2	Defence Force	0–0	0–2
Leo Victor	2–3	Jong Colombia	2–1	0–2

Jong Holland	0–0	Defence Force

Defence Force	2–0	Jong Holland

Defence Force win 2-0 on aggregate

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Leo Victor	2–1	Jong Colombia

Jong Colombia	2–0	Leo Victor

Jong Colombia win 3-2 on aggregate

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• Defence Force and Jong Colombia advance to the third round.
• Robinhood bye to third round
• Tesoro Palo Seco bye to third round

Third round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Defence Force	2–3	Jong Colombia	2–0	0–3
SV Robinhood	3–0	Tesoro Palo Seco	2–0	1–0

Defence Force	2–0	Jong Colombia

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Jong Colombia	3–0	Defence Force

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

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Robinhood	2–0	Tesoro Palo Seco

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Tesoro Palo Seco	0–1	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	0–1	Jong Colombia	0–0	0–1

Robinhood	0–0	Jong Colombia
Nil		Nil

Jong Colombia	1–0	Robinhood
TBD		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	0–1	FAS	0–0	0–1

First leg

1979 CONCACAF Champions' Cup

22 December 1979

First leg

Tigres UANL	0–0	FAS

Estadio Universitario, San Nicolas de los Garza

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Second leg

1979

Second leg

FAS	1–0	Tigres UANL
David Arnoldo Cabrera

Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador

FAS won the series 1–0 on aggregate.

Final

Final

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

First leg

1979 CONCACAF Champions' Cup Final

22 December 1979

First leg

Jong Colombia	1–1	FAS
Frank Victoria 70'	(Report)	David Cabrera 72'

Ergilio Hato Stadium, Willemstad

Attendance: 10,000

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Second leg

29 December 1979

Second leg

FAS	7–1	Jong Colombia
Roberto Casadei 12', 43' Jorge González 56', 81' David Cabrera 64', 87' Alfredo Erazo 63'	(Report)	Edwin Bernardina 90'

Estadio Cuscatlan, San Salvador

Attendance: 50,000

Referee: Jorge M. Ramírez (Guatemala)

FAS won the series 8–2 on aggregate.

Team details

FAS Jong Colombia GK Nicolás Chávez DF Guillermo Rodríguez DF Héctor Piccioni DF Gonzalo Henríquez DF Carlos Recinos MF Amado Abraham MF Manolo Álvarez FW Alfredo Erazo FW Mágico González FW David Arnoldo Cabrera FW 9 Raúl Casadei  a' Substitutions: DF Luis Padilla  a' Manager: José E. Castro GK Carlos Bernardina DF Wilbert Zimmerman DF Elsio Constancia DF Rudolph Zimmerman DF Huber Martina MF Alberto Humbler MF Héctor Zimmerman FW Julio Constancia FW Guillermo Zimmerman FW Edwin Bernardina FW Frank Victoria Manager: ?

Champion

CONCACAF Champions' Cup 1979 Champion
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