1969 CONCACAF Champions' Cup

5th edition of premier club football tournament organized by CONCACAF CONCACAF Champions' Cup 1969 Copa de Campeones Concacaf 25 April – 30 September 10 9 MEX Cruz Azul 1 GUA 1968 Comunicaciones CRC Saprissa 18 53 1968 1970 The 1969 CONCACAF Champions' Cup was the 5th 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 football club champion in the CONCACAF region. The tournament was played by 10 teams of 9 nations: Netherlands Antilles, Bermuda, El Salvador, Haiti, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Costa Rica. It was played from 25 April to 30 September 1969 under the home/away match system and for the first time, the teams were not split into zones, playing in a straight round system.Copa Concacaf 1969 by Jim Goloboy and Karel Stokkermans on the RSSSFCampeones 1969 on Footbase Cruz Azul from Mexico won the final after beating Guatemalan club Comunicaciones 1–0 in the second leg,Comunicaciones en la Concacaf becoming CONCACAF champion for the first time in its history."Cruz Azul Campeón de la Concacaf 1969" on Reino Azul (blogsite), 7 Mar 2014 First round 1st leg 25 April 1969 20:17 (UTC−06:00) Saprissa CRC 4–0 HON 1949 Motagua Luís Aguilar 19Fernando Hernández 60Eduardo Umaña 82Eduardo Chavarría 86 Nil San José, Costa Rica Estadio Nacional 15,000 Valentín Gazo (NCA) 2nd leg 1 May 1969 (UTC−06:00) Motagua HON 1949 1–1 CRC Saprissa Dagoberto Díaz 15 o.g. 19 o.g. Navarro Tegucigalpa, Honduras Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Clemente Cayez (SLV) Saprissa won 5–1 on aggregate score. 1st leg 11 May 1969 (UTC−06:00) Comunicaciones GUA 1968 1–1 NCA 1908 CD UCA TBD TBD Guatemala City, Guatemala Estadio Mateo Flores 2nd leg 13 May 1969 (UTC−06:00) CD UCA NCA 1908 0–3 GUA 1968 Comunicaciones Nil TBD TBD TBD Guatemala City, Guatemala Estadio Mateo Flores Comunicaciones won 4–1 on aggregate score. 1st leg 18 May 1969 (UTC−06:00) Águila SLV 3–1 ANT Jong Colombia Juan Ramon Martinez Felix Pineda Franklin Victoria San Salvador, El Salvador Estadio Nacional De la Flor Blanca 2nd leg 20 May 1969 (UTC−06:00) Jong Colombia ANT 2–2 SLV Águila Hubert Martina Rudy Sobalvarro Carlos Goncalvez San Salvador, El Salvador Estadio Nacional De la Flor Blanca Águila won 5–3 on aggregate score. 1st leg 14 June 1969 (UTC−06:00) Somerset Trojans BER 1–1 HAI 1964 Violette TBD TBD Hamilton, Bermuda 2nd leg 16 June 1969 (UTC−06:00) Violette HAI 1964 0–5 BER Somerset Trojans Nil TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD Hamilton, Bermuda Somerset Cricket won 6–1 on aggregate score. Second round 1st leg 12 June 1969 (UTC−06:00) Toluca MEX 0–0 MEX Cruz Azul Nil Nil Toluca, Mexico Estadio Nemesio Díez 2nd leg 18 June 1969 (UTC−06:00) Cruz Azul MEX 0–1 MEX Toluca Nil Pereda 5 Mexico City, Mexico Estadio Olímpico de la Ciudad de los Deportes Toluca won 1–0 on aggregate score. Toluca were disqualified for the undue alignment of three players; Cruz Azul advanced. 1st leg 22 June 1969 (UTC−06:00) Águila SLV 2–5 GUA 1968 Comunicaciones Hernán Godoy Hugo Peña Héctor Tambasco San Salvador, El Salvador Estadio Nacional Jorge "Mágico" González 2nd leg 29 June 1969 (UTC−06:00) Comunicaciones GUA 1968 2–2 SLV Águila Hernán Godoy Julio Rodas Félix Pineda Rudy Sobalbarro Guatemala City, Guatemala Estadio Mateo Flores Comunicaciones won 7–4 on aggregate score. 1st leg 24 July 1969 (UTC−06:00) Saprissa CRC 3–0 BER Somerset Trojans Nil San José, Costa Rica Estadio Nacional 2nd leg 27 July 1969 (UTC−06:00) Somerset Trojans BER 0–4 CRC Saprissa Nil San José, Costa Rica Estadio Nacional Saprissa won 7–0 on aggregate score. Semifinal 1st leg 31 August 1969 (UTC−06:00) Saprissa CRC 2–2 MEX Cruz Azul Chavarría 63Hernández 75 Victorino 43Pulido 72 San José, Costa Rica Estadio Nacional 2nd leg 9 September 1969 (UTC−06:00) Cruz Azul MEX 2–1 CRC Saprissa Guerrero 32Flores 54 Chavarría 56 Mexico City, Mexico Estadio Olímpico de la Ciudad de los Deportes 35,000 Cruz Azul won 4–3 on aggregate score. Comunicaciones received a bye to the final. Final First leg 18 September 1969 (UTC−06:00) 1969 CONCACAF Champions' Cup Final First leg Comunicaciones GUA 1968 0–0 Report MEX Cruz Azul Estadio Mateo Flores Guatemala City 30,000 Second leg 30 September 1969 (UTC−06:00) Second leg Cruz Azul MEX 1–0 Report GUA 1968 Comunicaciones Alejándrez 82 Estadio Ciudad de los Deportes Mexico City 30,000 Cruz Azul won 1–0 on aggregate score. Team details _whiteborder _vneckwhite _whiteborder 0000ff 0000ff 0000ff 0000ff 0000ff Cruz Azul ffffff ffffff ffffff ffffff ffffff Comunicaciones GK MEX Roberto Alatorre DF MEX Juan Alejándrez DF MEX Gustavo Peña DF MEX Javier Guzmán DF MEX Javier Sánchez a MF MEX Jesús Prado b MF MEX Antonio Munguía FW MEX Héctor Pulido FW MEX Fernando Bustos FW MEX Lupe Flores FW MEX Rafael HernándezSubstitutions: FW MEX Cesáreo Victorino a MF MEX Marco Arévalo bManager: MEX Raúl Cárdenas GK GUA 1968 Julio Rodolfo García DF GUA 1968 Henry Stokes DF ARG Luis Contini DF GUA 1968 Erwin Torres DF GUA 1968 Luis Villavicencio MF GUA 1968 Hugo Torres MF ARG Jorge L. López FW GUA 1968 Nelson Melgar FW ARG Héctor Tambasco FW CHI Hernán Godoy FW GUA 1968 Enrique MendozaSubstitutions: FW GUA 1968 Lugo Manager: GUA 1968 Enrique Wellam CONCACAF Champions' Cup1969 Champion MEX Cruz Azul First References 1969 Champions' Cup