1975 CONCACAF Champions' Cup

11th edition of premier club football tournament organized by CONCACAF CONCACAF Champions' Cup 1975 Copa de Campeones Concacaf 5 July 1975 – 9 May 1976 18 9 MEX Atlético Español SUR Transvaal 1974 1976 The 1975 CONCACAF Champions' Cup was the 11th 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 5 July 1975 till 9 May 1976. The teams were split in 3 zones (North American, Central American and the 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 Atlético Español beat Surinamese side Transvaal in the finals 3–0 and 2–1,Copa de Campeones 1975 on the RSSSF becoming CONCACAF champion for their first time.Atlético Español, el 'disfraz' de Necaxa by Eric Fong on Medio Tiempo, 25 Apr 2020 North American Zone First round 5 July 1975 Monterrey MEX 2–0 CAN Serbian White Eagles Alfredo Jiménez 33Jose Sánchez 90+ San Nicolás de los Garza, Nuevo León Estadio Universitario 18,000 Mile Wortf Y 13 July 1975 Serbian White Eagles CAN 1–1 1–3 [Koep Bob July 14, 1975 Players, fans mob visitors B1 Toronto Star Report] MEX Monterrey Mike Wareika 35 Romeo Corbo 6 Toronto, Ontario CNE Stadium 2500 Henry Landauer Y Abandoned at 1–1 in 67' due to fight Monterrey advanced to Second Round. Second round 28 September 1975 Atlético Español MEX 1–1 MEX Monterrey Ramírez 66 pen. 11 González Puebla, Mexico Estadio Cuauhtémoc Y 9 October 1975 Monterrey MEX 0–1 1–2 MEX Atlético Español 26 Urbina San Nicolás de los Garza, Mexico Estadio Universitario Y Atlético Español advanced to CONCACAF Final Series. Central American Zone First round Torneo Centroamericano de Concacaf 1975 4 May 1975 Motagua HON 1949 2–1 CRC Herediano Salvador Bernárdez 4Pedro Caetano 59 69 Vicente Wanchope Tegucigalpa, Honduras Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Y 15 May 1975 Herediano CRC 2–0 3–2 HON 1949 Motagua Fernando Montero 33Rafael Camacho 75 Nil Heredia, Costa Rica Estadio Eladio Rosabal Cordero Y 8 June 1975 Saprissa CRC 4–1 HON 1949 España Asdrúbal Paniagua 20 pen. 60Odir Jacques 36Carlos Santana 90 Antonio Pavón 23 San Juan de Tibás, Costa Rica Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá Y 15 June 1975 España HON 1949 2–0 3–4 CRC Saprissa Ramírez 8Mejía 28 Nil San Pedro Sula, Honduras Estadio Francisco Morazán Y 29 June 1975 Negocios Internacionales SLV 0–0 GUA 1968 Municipal Nil Nil San Salvador, El Salvador Estadio Flor Blanca Y 6 July 1975 Municipal GUA 1968 2–1 2–1 SLV Negocios Internacionales Julio César Anderson 62 92 Mario Méndez “Zurdo” 80 Guatemala City, Guatemala Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores Y 6 July 1975 Platense SLV 4–3 GUA 1968 Aurora Oscar Armando Payés 15 Luis Cesar Condomi 2832 Oscar Guerrero 39 Sansogni Morales 53 Miguel Gustavo Perez 74 San Salvador, El Salvador Estadio Flor Blanca Julio Cesar Soto Paris Y 9 July 1975 Platense SLV 0-1 4–4 GUA 1968 Aurora Nil Miguel Gustavo Perez Guatemala City, Guatemala Estadio del Ejército Y Aurora advanced on away goals.Platense – Fútbol de Honduras http://hondurasfutbol.com/clubes/platense/ Herediano, Saprissa, Municipal and Aurora advanced to the Second Round. Second round 4 September 1975 Saprissa CRC 2–0 CRC Herediano Odir Jacques San Juan de Tibás, Costa Rica Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá Y 11 September 1975 Herediano CRC 2–1 2–3 CRC Saprissa Johnny Alvarado Rafael Angel Camacho Javier Jimenez Heredia, Costa Rica Estadio Eladio Rosabal Cordero Y 14 September 1975 Municipal GUA 1968 2–1 GUA 1968 Aurora Felipe Antonio Carias TBD Guatemala city, Guatemala Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores Y 17 September 1975 Aurora GUA 1968 1–0 2–2 2–4 GUA 1968 Municipal Guatemala City, Guatemala Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores Y Saprissa and Municipal advanced to the Third Round. Third round 5 October 1975 Saprissa CRC 2–2 GUA 1968 Municipal Odir Jacques Gerardo Solano Leonardo McNish Julio Cesar Anderson San José, Costa Rica Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica Y 12 October 1975 Municipal GUA 1968 0–0 2–2 5–6 CRC Saprissa Guatemala City, Guatemala Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores Y Saprissa advanced to CONCACAF Final Series. Caribbean Zone Round 1 Santos JAM w/o Universidad Catolica DOM Racing Haïtien HAI 1964 3 - 3* Robinhood SUR 2 - 0 1 - 3 Transvaal SUR 2 - 6* Violette HAI 1964 2 - 2 0 - 4* Universidad apparently disqualified due to the Dominican Republic's failure to pay CONCACAF dues. Racing Haïtien HAI 2–0 SUR Robinhood Nil Y Robinhood SUR 3-1 3-3 HAI Racing Haïtien Y Robinhood win on lots Transvaal SUR 2-2 HAI Violette Y Violette HAI 4-0 6-2 SUR Transvaal Y 2nd leg reportedly abandoned at 4-0 in 70'; Violette disqualified for using ineligible players. Round 2 Transvaal SUR 4 - 2 Santos JAM 4 - 1 0 - 1 Robinhood SUR w/o Montecarlo DOM Monte Carlo disqualified due to the Dominican Republic's failure to pay CONCACAF dues Transvaal SUR 4-1 JAM Santos Y Santos JAM 1-0 2-4 SUR Transvaal Y Transvaal and Robinhood advanced to Round 3. Round 3 Transvaal SUR 1 - 0 Robinhood SUR 1 - 0 0 - 0 Transvaal SUR 1–0 SUR Robinhood Y Robinhood SUR 0-0 0-1 SUR Transvaal Y Transvaal advance to the CONCACAF Champions' Cup Final. Semi-final Saprissa CRC 2–4 Atlético Español MEX 1–2 1–2 Transvaal bye to the CONCACAF Final. 18 January 1976 Saprissa CRC 1–2 MEX Atlético Español San Juan de Tibás, Costa Rica Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá Y 20 January 1976 Atlético Español MEX 2–1 4–2 CRC Saprissa San Juan de Tibás, Costa Rica Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá Y both legs in San Juan de Tibás Atlético Español advance to the CONCACAF Final. Final thumb|The Transvaal team before the start of the first leg. First leg March 7, 1976 1975 CONCACAF Champions' Cup Final First leg Transvaal SUR 0 MEX Atlético Español 3 Report Borbolla 14 Rodríguez 35 Urbina 63 National Stadium Paramaribo Second leg March 9, 1976 Second leg Atlético Español MEX 2 SUR Transvaal 1 Report Ramírez 28 Isordia 83 Vanenburg 8 National Stadium Paramaribo both legs in Paramaribo Atlético Español won 4–0 on points (5–1 on aggregate) Champion CONCACAF Champions' Cup1975 Champion MEX Atlético Español First References 1975 Champions' Cup