1977 CONCACAF Champions' Cup

13th edition of premier club football tournament organized by CONCACAF CONCACAF Champions' Cup 1977 Copa de Campeones Concacaf File:KamperveenStadion.jpg 225 The National Stadion in Paramaribo hosted the final 17 April 1977 – 18 February 1978 MEX América SUR Robinhood 1976 1978 The 1977 CONCACAF Champions' Cup was the 13th 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 17 April 1977 till 18 February 1978. 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. Mexican club América beat Surinamese side Robinhood in the final,Copa de Campeones 1977 on the RSSSF winning their first CONCACAF champion cup.Campeonato de Concacaf 1977–78 https://web.archive.org/web/20240605173353/https://www.clubamerica.com.mx/comunicados/campeonato-concacaf-1977-78/ 2024-06-05 on Club América North American Zone América MEX w/o New York Inter-Giuliana USA New York Inter-Giuliana withdrew América advances to the CONCACAF Semi-Final. Central American Zone First round Torneo Centroamericano de Concacaf 1977 Águila SLV 1–3 Municipal GUA 0–2 1–1 Diriangén NCA w/o Barrio México CRC 2–0 2–0 Saprissa CRC w/o Real España HON 1949 Motagua: Bye 17 April 1977 Águila SLV 0–2 GUA 1968 Municipal San Salvador, El Salvador Estadio Flor Blanca Y 5 May 1977 Municipal GUA 1968 1–1 3–1 SLV Águila Miguel Angel Coban Alfredo Vasquez Guatemala City, Guatemala Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores Y Barrio México did not have match dates communicated to them by CONCACAF, and failed to appear for the first leg: CONCACAF awarded both legs to Diriangén 2-0. Real España withdrew. Municipal, Diriangén and Saprissa advanced to the second round. Second round Municipal GUA 16–2 Diriangén NCA 13–1 3–1 Saprissa CRC w/o Motagua HON 1949 Motagua withdrew. Municipal and Saprissa advance to the third round. 12 June 1977 Municipal GUA 1968 13–1 NCA Diriangén Julio César Anderson Mauricio Cruz Guatemala City, Guatemala Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores Y 26 June 1977 Diriangén NCA 1–3 16-2 GUA 1968 Municipal TBD José Emilio Mitrovich Julio César Anderson Diriamba Estadio Colegio La Salle Y Third round Municipal GUA 1–3 Saprissa CRC 1–2 0–1 Saprissa advances to the CONCACAF Semi-Final. 10 July 1977 Municipal GUA 1968 1–2 CRC Saprissa Omar Sanzogni Wilbert Barquero Gerardo Solano Guatemala City, Guatemala Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores Y 24 July 1977 Saprissa CRC 1–0 3–1 GUA 1968 Municipal San Juan de Tibás Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá Y Caribbean Zone First round Defence Force TRI 0 - 4 Violette HAI 0 - 2 0 - 2 1964 Pele GUY 3 - 4 Voorwaarts SUR 2 - 0 1 - 4 Robinhood SUR 6 - 0 YMCA GUY 5 - 0 1 - 0 TECSA TRI w/o Victory HAI 1964 Victory withdrew. Violette and Robinhood advanced to the Second Round. Voorwaarts on a bye to the Third Round. TECSA on a bye to the Fourth Round. Defence Force TRI 0–2 HAI Violette Y Violette HAI 2-0 4-0 TRI Defence Force Y Pele GUY 2–0 SUR Voorwaarts Y Voorwaarts SUR 4-1 4-3 GUY Pele Y Robinhood SUR 5–0 GUY YMCA Y YMCA GUY 0-1 0-6 SUR Robinhood Y Second round Violette HAI 0 - 1 Robinhood SUR 0 - 0 0 - 1 1964 Robinhood advanced to the third round. Violette HAI 0–0 SUR Robinhood Y Robinhood SUR 1-0 1-0 HAI Violette Y Third round Voorwaarts SUR 2 - 3 Robinhood SUR 0 - 1 2 - 2 Robinhood advanced to the fourth round. Voorwaarts SUR 0-1 SUR Robinhood Y Robinhood SUR 2-2 3-2 SUR Voorwaarts TBD Y Fourth round TECSA TRI 2 - 4 Robinhood SUR 1 - 1 1 - 3 Robinhood advanced to the CONCACAF Champions'Cup Final. TECSA TRI 1–1 SUR Robinhood Y Robinhood SUR 3-1 4-2 TRI TECSA Y CONCACAF Final Series Semi-final América MEX w/o Saprissa CRC Saprissa withdrew. América advances to the CONCACAF Final. Final First leg January 15, 1978 1977 CONCACAF Champions' Cup Final First leg Robinhood SUR 0–1 Report MEX América Luizinho 49 National Stadion Paramaribo Second leg January 17, 1978 Second leg Robinhood SUR 1–1 Report (1) Report (2) MEX América Emanuelson Kiesse 70 National Stadion Paramaribo 5,000 Team details _bluelines _2blueshoulderstripes _bluelines _yellow_stripes_adidas ffff66 ffff66 ffff66 0000cc ffff66 América _red_green_stripes _red_green_whitestripes _red_green_stripes ffffff ffffff ffffff ffffff ffffff Robinhood GK MEX Pedro Soto DF MEX Jesús Martínez D. DF MEX Javier Sánchez G. DF MEX Alfredo Tena DF MEX Mario Pérez MF MEX Narciso Ramírez MF MEX Antonio de la Torre MF PAR Hugo Kiese FW CHI Carlos Reinoso a FW ECU Ítalo Estupiñán FW BRA LuizinhoSubstitutions: FW MEX José Aceves aManager: MEX Raúl Cárdenas GK SUR DF SUR DF SUR DF SUR DF SUR MF SUR MF SUR MF SUR MF SUR FW SUR FW SUR Manager: SUR América won 2–1 on aggregate. 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