1978 CONCACAF Champions' Cup

14th edition of premier club football tournament organized by CONCACAF January 2024 CONCACAF Champions' Cup 1978 Copa de Campeones Concacaf 1 May – 17 September 1978 GUA ComunicacionesTRI Defence ForceMEX Leones Negros 1977 1979 The 1978 CONCACAF Champions' Cup was the 14th 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 1 May until 17 September 1978 and all the matches in the tournament were played under the home/away match system. The teams were split into 3 zones (North American, Central American and Caribbean), each one qualifying the winner to the final tournament, where the winners of the North American and Central American zones played a semi-final to decide who was going to play against the Caribbean champion in the final. As the final part of the tournament was cancelled due to administrative problems, three teams, Comunicaciones (Guatemala) Defence Force (Trinidad and Tobago) and Leones Negros de Guadalajara (Mexico) were crowned champions by CONCACAF.Copa de Campeones 1978 on the RSSSF North American Zone First round UNAM MEX w/o1 Maccabi Los Angeles USA 1 Maccabi Los Angeles withdrew. Second round UNAM MEX 0 - 2 U de G MEX 0 - 1 0 - 1 UNAM MEX 0–1 MEX U de G Belarmino de Almeida Mexico City, Mexico Estadio Olímpico Universitario Y U de G MEX 1-0 2-0 MEX UNAM Octavio de Jesús Jalisco, Mexico Estadio Jalisco Y Central American Zone First round Torneo Centroamericano de Concacaf 1978 Saprissa CRC 11–0 Diriangén NCA 6–0 5–0 Cartaginés CRC 1–3 FAS SLV 0–2 1–1 Municipal GUA 8–1 CD UCA NCA 5–1 3–0 Comunicaciones GUA 5–2 Once Municipal SLV 3–1 2–1 7 May 1978 Saprissa CRC 6–0 NCA Diriangén Miguel Ángel Mansilla 30576489 Gerardo Laterza Nelson Bastos 43 San Juan de Tibás, Costa Rica Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá Y 9 May 1978 Diriangén NCA 0–5 0–11 CRC Saprissa Guillermo Valenciano 133286 Marco Valverde 55 Hernán Morales 65 San Juan de Tibás, Costa Rica Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá Y 14 May 1978 Cartaginés CRC 0–2 SLV FAS Jorge Gonzalez David Arnoldo Cabrera Estadio Jose Rafael "Fello" Meza Ivankovich Cartago, Costa Rica 28 May 1978 FAS SLV 1–1 CRC Cartaginés Eduardo Valdez Oscar Manuel Caceres Estadio Óscar Quiteño Santa Ana, El Salvador 4 June 1978 Comunicaciones GUA 3–1 SLV Once Municipal Guillermo Dubon Felix McDonald Byron Perez Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores Guatemala City, Guatemala 10 June 1978 Second leg Once Municipal SLV 1–2 GUA Comunicaciones Juan Ramon Martinez Ramon Zambrina Estadio Cuscatlán San Salvador, El Salvador 21 May 1978 Municipal GUA 5–1 NCA CD UCA Miguel Cruz TBD TBD TBD TBD Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores Guatemala City, Guatemala 28 May 1978 Second leg CD UCA NCA 1–3 GUA Municipal TBD Julio César Anderson TBD Estadio Stanley Cayasso Managua, Nicaragua Second round Saprissa CRC 2–1 FAS SLV 0–0 2–1 Comunicaciones GUA 2–0 Municipal GUA 2–0 0–0 4 June 1978 Saprissa CRC 0–0 SLV FAS San Juan de Tibás, Costa Rica Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá Y 11 June 1978 FAS SLV 1–2 1–2 CRC Saprissa TBD Emilio Valle Santa Ana, El Salvador Estadio Óscar Quiteño Y 5 July 1978 Comunicaciones GUA 2–0 GUA Municipal Oscar Sanchez Guatemala City, Guatemala Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores Y 16 July 1978 Municipal GUA 0–0 0–2 GUA Comunicaciones Guatemala City, Guatemala Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores Y Third round Saprissa CRC 0–3 Comunicaciones GUA 0–1 0–2 6 August 1978 Saprissa CRC 0–1 GUA Comunicaciones San Juan de Tibás, Costa Rica Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá Y 13 August 1978 Comunicaciones GUA 2–0 3–0 CRC Saprissa Guatemala City, Guatemala Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores Y Caribbean Zone First round Jong Holland ANT 2–4 Transvaal SUR 0–0 2–4 Defence Force TRI 4–2 Thomas United GUY 1–0 3–2 Voorwaarts SUR 3–2 TECSA TRI 2–1 1–1 Pele GUY 5–2 RCA ANT 3–1 2–1 1964 Jong Holland ANT 0-0 SUR Transvaal Y Transvaal GPE 4-2 4-2 ANT Jong Holland Y Defence Force TRI 1–0 GUY Thomas United Y Thomas United GUY 2-3 2-4 TRI Defence Force Y Voorwaarts SUR 2-1 GPE TECSA Y TECSA GPE 1-1 2-3 SUR Voorwaarts Y Pele GUY 3-1 ANT RCA Y RCA ANT 1-2 GUY Pele Y Voorwaarts, Transvaal, Pele and Defence Force advanced to the second round Second round Transvaal SUR 2–4 Defence Force TRI 1–1 1–3 Voorwaarts SUR 5–2 Pele GUY 5–1 0–1 Transvaal SUR 1-1 TRI Defence Force Y Defence Force TRI 3-1 4-2 SUR Transvaal Y Voorwaarts SUR 5-1 GUY Pele Y Pele GUY 1-0 2-5 SUR Voorwaarts Y Voorwaarts and Defence Force advanced to the third round Third round Voorwaarts SUR 1–4 Defence Force TRI 1–2 0–2 Voorwaarts SUR 1-2 TRI Defence Force Y Defence Force TRI 2-0 4-1 SUR Voorwaarts Y TRI Defence Force qualified to the CONCACAF Final Series CONCACAF final series The final series was scratched and the three qualifying teams declared joint champions due to administrative problems and disagreements over the dates for the matches. Champions CONCACAF Champions' Cup1978 GUA ComunicacionesTRI Defence ForceMEX Leones Negros References 1978 Champions' Cup