1975 CONCACAF Champions' Cup

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.

1975 CONCACAF Champions' Cup
Copa de Campeones Concacaf
Dates5 July 1975 – 9 May 1976
Final positions
Champions Atlético Español
Runners-up Transvaal

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,[1] becoming CONCACAF champion for their first time.[2]

North American Zone

First Round
5 July 1975 Monterrey 2–0 Serbian White Eagles
Jiménez  33'
Sánchez  90+'
13 July 1975 Serbian White Eagles 1–1
(1–3 agg.)		 Monterrey
Wareika  35'  6' Corbo
Note: Abandoned at 1–1 in 67' due to fight
  • Monterrey advanced to Second Round.

Second Round
28 September 1975 Atlético Español 1–1 Monterrey Puebla, Mexico
Ramírez  66' (pen.)  11' González Stadium: Estadio Cuauhtémoc
9 October 1975 Monterrey 0–1
(1–2 agg.)		 Atlético Español San Nicolás de los Garza, Mexico
 26' Urbina Stadium: Estadio Universitario
  • Atlético Español advanced to CONCACAF Final Series.

Central American Zone

First Round
4 May 1975 Motagua 2–1 Herediano Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Bernárdez  4'
Caetano  59'		  69' Wanchope Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino
15 May 1975 Herediano 2–0
(3–2 agg.)		 Motagua Heredia, Costa Rica
Montero  33'
Camacho  75'		 Stadium: Estadio Eladio Rosabal Cordero
8 June 1975 Saprissa 4–1 España San José, Costa Rica
Paniagua  20' (pen.)  60'
Jacques  36'
Santana  90'		  23' Pavón Stadium: Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá
15 June 1975 España 2–0
(3–4 agg.)		 Saprissa San Pedro Sula, Honduras
Ramírez  8'
Mejía  28'		 Stadium: Estadio General Francisco Morazán
29 June 1975 Negocios Internacionales 0–0 Municipal
6 July 1975 Municipal 2–1
(2–1 agg.)		 Negocios Internacionales
6 July 1975 Platense 4–3 Aurora
9 July 1975 Aurora 1–0
(4–4 agg.)		 Platense
Note: Aurora advanced on away goals.[3]
  • Herediano, Saprissa, Municipal and Aurora advanced to the Second Round.

Second Round
4 September 1975 Saprissa 2–0 Herediano San José, Costa Rica
Stadium: Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá
11 September 1975 Herediano 2–1
(2–3 agg.)		 Saprissa Heredia, Costa Rica
Stadium: Estadio Eladio Rosabal Cordero
14 September 1975 Municipal 2–1 Aurora
17 September 1975 Aurora 1–0
(2–2 agg.)
(2–4 p)		 Municipal
  • Saprissa and Municipal advanced to the Third Round.

Third Round
5 October 1975 Saprissa 2–2 Municipal San José, Costa Rica
Stadium: Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá
12 October 1975 Municipal 0–0
(2–2 agg.)
(5–6 p)		 Saprissa Guatemala
  • Saprissa advanced to CONCACAF Final Series.

Caribbean Zone

Round 1
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Santos w/o Universidad Catolica
Racing Haïtien 3 - 3* Robinhood 2 - 0 1 - 3
Transvaal 2 - 6* Violette 2 - 2 0 - 4*
  • Universidad apparently disqualified due to the Dominican Republic's failure to pay CONCACAF dues.
  • Robinhood win on lots
  • 2nd leg reportedly abandoned at 4-0 in 70'; Violette disqualified for using ineligible players.

Round 2
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Transvaal 4 - 2 Santos 4 - 1 0 - 1
Robinhood w/o Montecarlo
  • Monte Carlo disqualified due to the Dominican Republic's failure to pay CONCACAF dues
  • Transvaal and Robinhood advanced to Round 3.

Round 3
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Transvaal 1 - 0 Robinhood 1 - 0 0 - 0
  • Transvaal advance to the CONCACAF Champions' Cup Final.

Semi-Final
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Saprissa 2 - 4 Atlético Español 1 - 2 1 - 2
  • Atlético Español advance to the CONCACAF Final.
  • Transvaal bye to the CONCACAF Final.

Final

First leg
1975 CONCACAF Champions' Cup Final
First leg
Transvaal 0–3 Atlético Español
Report Borbolla  14'
Rodríguez  35'
Urbina  63'

Second leg
Second leg
Atlético Español 2–1 Transvaal
Ramírez  28'
Isordia  83'		 Report Vanenburg  8'

Atlético Español won 4–0 on points (5–1 on aggregate)

Champion
CONCACAF Champions' Cup
1975 Champion

Atlético Español
First title

References
  1. Copa de Campeones 1975 on the RSSSF
  2. Atlético Español, el 'disfraz' de Necaxa by Eric Fong on Medio Tiempo, 25 Apr 2020
  3. "Platense – Fútbol de Honduras".
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