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),[1] becoming CONCACAF champions for the first time in their history.[2]
North American Zone
Team 1
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Team 2
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1st leg
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2nd leg
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Tigres UANL
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3–0
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Soccer Universidad
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2–0
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1–0
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- Tigres UANL advance to the CONCACAF Semifinal.
Central American Zone
Torneo Centroamericano de Concacaf 1979
- Comunicaciones and Alianza withdrew.
- FAS and Cartaginés advance to the second round.
Second round
- FAS, won presumably by walkover and advance to the CONCACAF Semi-final.
Caribbean Zone
Preliminary round
Team 1
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Team 2
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1st leg
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2nd leg
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Santos
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w/o
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Don Bosco FC
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- Santos won, presumably by walkover and advances to the First round.
First round
Jong Holland win 3-0 on aggregate
Jong Colombia win 4-0 on aggregate
- Jong Holland and Jong Colombia advance to the second round.
- Leo Victor qualified for second round.
- Robinhood qualified for third round.
- Defence Force qualified for second round.
- Tesoro Palo Seco qualified for third round
Reportedly these clubs entered the tournament; results from these matches are unknown.
Second round
Defence Force win 2-0 on aggregate
Jong Colombia win 3-2 on aggregate
- Defence Force and Jong Colombia advance to the third round.
- Robinhood bye to third round
- Tesoro Palo Seco bye to third round
Third round
- Jong Colombia advances to the fourth round (Final Round In The Caribbean Section).
- Robin Hood wins and advances to the fourth round (Final Round In The Caribbean Section).
Fourth round
- Jong Colombia is the Champions in the Caribbean Region and advances to the CONCACAF Champions Cup Final.
CONCACAF Final Series
Semi-final
First leg
Second leg
FAS won the series 1–0 on aggregate.
Final
First leg
Second leg
FAS won the series 8–2 on aggregate.
Team details
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GK |
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Nicolás Chávez
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DF |
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Guillermo Rodríguez
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DF |
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Héctor Piccioni
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DF |
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Gonzalo Henríquez
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DF |
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Carlos Recinos
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MF |
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Amado Abraham
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MF |
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Manolo Álvarez
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FW |
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Alfredo Erazo
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FW |
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Mágico González
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FW |
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David Arnoldo Cabrera
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FW |
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Raúl Casadei a'
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Substitutions:
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DF |
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Luis Padilla |
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Manager:
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José E. Castro
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Carlos Bernardina
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DF |
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Wilbert Zimmerman
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DF |
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Elsio Constancia
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DF |
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Rudolph Zimmerman
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DF |
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Huber Martina
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MF |
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Alberto Humbler
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MF |
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Héctor Zimmerman
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FW |
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Julio Constancia
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FW |
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Guillermo Zimmerman
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FW |
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Edwin Bernardina
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FW |
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Frank Victoria
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Manager:
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Champion
CONCACAF Champions' Cup 1979 Champion
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FAS First title
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References
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