1976 CONCACAF Champions' Cup

12th edition of premier club football tournament organized by CONCACAF CONCACAF Champions' Cup 1976 Copa de Campeones Concacaf 6 June 1976 – 13 February 1977 18 11 SLV Águila SUR Robinhood 1975 1977 The 1976 CONCACAF Champions' Cup was the 12th 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 6 June 1976 till 13 February 1977. The teams were split in three 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. Salvadorean club Águila beat Surinamese Robinhood in the finalCopa de Campeones 1976 on the RSSSF to became CONCACAF champion for the first time in their history, and the second Salvadoran team to win the trophy."Copa de Campeones Concacaf 1976 Águila Campeón" on Historicas Coperas blogsite, 30 Jan 2015Hace 40 años el Aguila fue el rey by Cristian López on El Gráfico, 16 Feb 2017 North American Zone First round Toronto Italia CAN 5–3 New York Inter-Giuliana USA 3–2 2–1 León on a bye. Toluca on a bye. Serbian White Eagles on a bye. Toronto Italia CAN 3–2 USA New York Inter-Giuliana New York Inter-Giuliana USA 1–2 3–5 CAN Toronto Italia Toronto Italia advances to the second round. Second round León MEX w/o Serbian White Eagles CAN Toronto Italia CAN w/o Toluca MEX Serbian White Eagles withdrew. The Toronto Italia v Toluca matches were originally scheduled for July 16 and August 31, but Toluca asked to reschedule the series to September 5 and 8. After the matches were not played by September 8, CONCACAF disqualified Toluca. León and Toronto Italia advanced to the third round. Third round León MEX w/o Toronto Italia CAN Toronto Italia withdrew. León advances to the CONCACAF Final. Central American Zone First round Torneo Centroamericano de Concacaf 1976 Group A main WDL Q 2 AGU Águila AUR Aurora ALI Alianza 2 0 0 3 1 0 1 1 2 3 0 1 1 1 2 green1 Advances to third round A complete Águila SLV 2–1 Aurora GUA 1968 Alianza SLV 1–1 Aurora GUA 1968 Águila SLV 1–0 Alianza SLV Águila advances to the third round. 20 June 1976 Águila 2–1 Aurora Félix "Garrobita" Pineda Luis Baltazar Ramírez "Pelé" Zapata René Morales San Salvador, El Salvador Estadio Flor Blanca 27 June 1976 Alianza 1–1 Aurora Óscar Gustavo "Lotario" Guerrero René Morales San Salvador, El Salvador Estadio Flor Blanca 5 July 1976 Águila 1–0 Alianza Ismael "Cisco" Díaz San Salvador, El Salvador Estadio Flor Blanca Group B 5 September 1976 Olimpia 0–0 Real España Tegucigalpa, Honduras Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino 15 September 1976 Real España 1–0 1–0 Olimpia Ferreira San Pedro Sula, Honduras Estadio General Francisco Morazán C.D. Olimpia advances to the second round. Round 2 Diriangén NCA w/o Real España HON 1949 Águila on a Bye to the third round Real España withdrew Diriangén advances to the third round. Round 3 Diriangén NCA 2–11 Águila SLV 1–6 1–5 Águila advances to the CONCACAF Final. 3 November 1976 Diriangén NCA 1–6 yes SLV Águila TBD Luis Ramírez Zapata Félix Pineda Moises Gonzalez Estadio Colegio La Salle Diriamba 21 November 1976 Águila SLV 5–1 NCA Diriangén Ismael Díaz Félix Pineda Sergio Méndez Luis Ramírez Zapata TBD Estadio Juan Francisco Barraza San Miguel Caribbean Zone First round Robinhood SUR 4–2 Jong Colombia ANT 3–1 1–1 Christianburg GUY 1–20 Voorwaarts SUR 1–8 0–12 Thomas United GUY 1–6 Tesoro Palo Seco TRI 0–2 1–4 Malvern United on a Bye Robinhood SUR 3–1 ANT Jong Colombia Jong Colombia ANT 1–1 2–4 SUR Robinhood Christianburg GUY 1–8 SUR Voorwaarts Voorwaarts SUR 12–0 20–1 GUY Christianburg Thomas United GUY 0–2 TRI Tesoro Palo Seco Tesoro Palo Seco TRI 4–1 6–1 GUY Thomas United Robinhood, Voorwaarts and Tesoro Palo Seco advance to the second round. Second round Robinhood SUR 2–0 Malvern United TRI 0–0 2–0 Tesoro Palo Seco TRI 1–6 Voorwaarts SUR 0–4 1–2 Robinhood and Voorwaarts advance to the third round Robinhood SUR 0–0 TRI Malvern United Malvern United TRI 0–2 0–2 SUR Robinhood Tesoro Palo Seco TRI 0–4 SUR Voorwaarts Voorwaarts SUR 2–1 6–1 TRI Tesoro Palo Seco Third round Robinhood SUR 3–0 Voorwaarts SUR 3–0 0–0 Robinhood advances to the CONCACAF Final. Robinhood SUR 3–0 SUR Voorwaarts TBD TBD TBD Nil Voorwaarts SUR 0–0 0–3 SUR Robinhood Nil Nil Semi-final Águila SLV 3–1 León MEX 1–1 2–0* Due to several players being sent off after a brawl, León forfeited the 2nd leg while leading 2–1: Águila was awarded a 2–0 win. 24 January 1977 Águila SLV 1–1 yes MEX León Félix Pineda Walter Mantegazza Estadio Cuscatlán San Salvador – El Salvador 31 January 1977 León MEX 2–1 SLV Águila Estadio Cuscatlán San Salvador – El Salvador Final First leg 1976 CONCACAF Champions' Cup Final First leg 13 February 1977 (UTC−06:00) Águila SLV 5–1 Report SUR Robinhood Zepeda 20Vargas 26 89Pineda 40, 79 pen. 68 Emanuelson Estadio Cuscatlán San Salvador Second leg Second leg 15 February 1977 (UTC−06:00) Robinhood SUR 2–3 yes Report SLV Águila Nathoe 56Olmberg 95 93 Zepeda 112 Díaz117 Ramírez Estadio Cuscatlán San Salvador Aguila won the series 4–2 on points (8–3 on aggregate). Champion CONCACAF Champions' Cup1976 Champion SLV Águila First References 1976 Champions' Cup