1979 CONCACAF Champions' Cup

15th edition of premier club football tournament organized by CONCACAF CONCACAF Champions' Cup 1979 20 May – 29 December 14 El Salvador FAS ANT Jong Colombia 18 27 1978 1980 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),Copa de Campeones 1979 on the RSSSF becoming CONCACAF champions for the first time in their history.FAS, a 35 años del campeonato on El Salvador.com, 29 Dec 2014 North American Zone Tigres UANL MEX 3–0 Soccer Universidad USA 2–0 1–0 22 July 1979 Tigres UANL MEX 2–0 USA Soccer Universidad 29 July 1979 Soccer Universidad USA 0–1 MEX Tigres UANL Tigres UANL advance to the CONCACAF Semifinal. Central American Zone Torneo Centroamericano de Concacaf 1979 FAS SLV w/o Comunicaciones GUA Cartaginés CRC w/o Alianza SLV Comunicaciones and Alianza withdrew. FAS and Cartaginés advance to the second round. Second round FAS SLV w/o Cartaginés CRC FAS, won presumably by walkover and advance to the CONCACAF Semi-final. Caribbean Zone Preliminary round Santos JAM w/o Don Bosco FC DOM Santos won, presumably by walkover and advances to the First round. First round Jong Holland ANT 3–0 Arnett Gardens JAM 2–0 1–0 Santos JAM 0–4 Jong Colombia ANT 0–2 0–2 Jong Holland ANT 2–0 JAM Arnett Gardens Arnett Gardens JAM 0-1 ANT Jong Holland Jong Holland win 3-0 on aggregate Santos JAM 0–2 ANT Jong Colombia Jong Colombia ANT 2–0 JAM Santos Jong Colombia win 4-0 on aggregate Jong Holland and Jong Colombia advance to the second round. SUR Leo Victor qualified for second round. SUR Robinhood qualified for third round. TRI Defence Force qualified for second round. TRI Tesoro Palo Seco qualified for third round Reportedly these clubs entered the tournament; results from these matches are unknown. Second round Jong Holland ANT 0–2 Defence Force TRI 0–0 0–2 Leo Victor SUR 2–3 Jong Colombia ANT 2–1 0–2 Jong Holland ANT 0–0 TRI Defence Force Defence Force TRI 2–0 ANT Jong Holland Defence Force win 2-0 on aggregate Leo Victor SUR 2–1 ANT Jong Colombia Jong Colombia ANT 2–0 SUR Leo Victor Jong Colombia win 3-2 on aggregate Defence Force and Jong Colombia advance to the third round. SUR Robinhood bye to third round TRI Tesoro Palo Seco bye to third round Third round Defence Force TRI 2–3 Jong Colombia ANT 2–0 0–3 SV Robinhood SUR 3–0 Tesoro Palo Seco TRI 2–0 1–0 Defence Force TRI 2–0 ANT Jong Colombia Jong Colombia ANT 3–0 TRI Defence Force Jong Colombia advances to the fourth round (Final Round In The Caribbean Section). Robinhood SUR 2–0 TRI Tesoro Palo Seco Tesoro Palo Seco TRI 0–1 SUR Robinhood Robin Hood wins and advances to the fourth round (Final Round In The Caribbean Section). Fourth round Robinhood SUR 0–1 Jong Colombia ANT 0–0 0–1 Robinhood SUR 0–0 ANT Jong Colombia Nil Nil Jong Colombia ANT 1–0 SUR 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 Tigres UANL MEX 0–1 FAS SLV 0–0 0–1 First leg 14 November 1979 1979 CONCACAF Champions' Cup First leg Tigres UANL MEX 0–0 SLV FAS Estadio Universitario San Nicolas de los Garza Second leg 28 November 1979 Second leg FAS SLV 1–0 MEX Tigres UANL David Arnoldo Cabrera Estadio Cuscatlán San Salvador FAS won the series 1–0 on aggregate. Final Jong Colombia ANT 2–8 FAS SLV 1–1 1–7 First leg 22 December 1979 1979 CONCACAF Champions' Cup Final First leg Jong Colombia ANT 1–1 (Report) SLV FAS Frank Victoria 70 David Cabrera 72 Ergilio Hato Stadium Willemstad 10,000 Second leg 29 December 1979 Second leg FAS SLV 7–1 (Report) ANT Jong Colombia Roberto Casadei 12 43 Jorge González 56 81 David Cabrera 64 87 Alfredo Erazo 63 Edwin Bernardina 90 Estadio Cuscatlan San Salvador 50,000 Jorge M. Ramírez (Guatemala) FAS won the series 8–2 on aggregate. Team details _whiteborder _navyhorizontal _whiteborder ff0000 ff0000 ff0000 ffffff ffffff FAS _yellow_stripes _yellowstripes _yellow_stripes ff0000 ff0000 ff0000 0000ff ffff00 Jong Colombia GK SLV Nicolás Chávez DF SLV Guillermo Rodríguez DF SLV Héctor Piccioni DF SLV Gonzalo Henríquez DF SLV Carlos Recinos MF ARG Amado Abraham MF ARG Manolo Álvarez FW SLV Alfredo Erazo FW SLV Mágico González FW SLV David Arnoldo Cabrera FW 9 ARG Raúl Casadei aSubstitutions: DF SLV Luis Padilla aManager: SLV José E. Castro GK ANT Carlos Bernardina DF ANT Wilbert Zimmerman DF ANT Elsio Constancia DF ANT Rudolph Zimmerman DF ANT Huber Martina MF ANT Alberto Humbler MF ANT Héctor Zimmerman FW ANT Julio Constancia FW ANT Guillermo Zimmerman FW ANT Edwin Bernardina FW ANT Frank VictoriaManager: ? Champion CONCACAF Champions' Cup1979 Champion SLV FAS First References 1979 Champions' Cup