1979 CONCACAF Champions' Cup

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.

1979 CONCACAF Champions' Cup
Dates20 May – 29 December 1979
Teams14
Champions FAS
Runners-up Jong Colombia
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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.

Salvadorean 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 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Tigres UANL 3 - 0 Soccer Universidad 2 - 0 1 - 0
  • Tigres UANL advance to the CONCACAF Semi-final.

Central American Zone
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
FAS w/o Comunicaciones
Cartaginés w/o Alianza
  • Comunicaciones and Alianza withdrew.
  • FAS and Cartaginés advance to the second round.

Second Round
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
FAS w/o Cartaginés
  • FAS, won presumably by walkover and advance to the CONCACAF Semi-final.

Caribbean Zone

Preliminary Round
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Santos w/o Don Bosco FC
  • Santos won, presumably by walkover and advances to the First round.

First Round
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Jong Holland 3 - 0 Arnett Gardens 1 - 0 2 - 0
Santos 0 - 4 Jong Colombia 0 - 2 0 - 2
  • Leo Victor
    Robinhood
    Defence Force
    Tesoro Palo Seco
    Reportedly these clubs entered the tournament; results from these matches are unknown.
  • Jong Holland and Jong Colombia advance to the second round.

Second Round
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Jong Holland 0 - 2 Defence Force 0 - 0 0 - 2
Leo Victor 2 - 3 Jong Colombia 2 - 1 0 - 2
  • Other fixtures (if any) not known.
  • Defence Force and Jong Colombia advance to the third round.

Third Round
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Defence Force 2 - 3 Jong Colombia 2 - 0 0 - 3
SV Robinhood 3 - 0 Tesoro Palo Seco 2 - 0 1 - 0
  • Robin Hood wins and advances to the fourth round (Final Round In The Caribbean Section).
  • Jong Colombia advances to the fourth round (Final Round In The Caribbean Section).

Fourth Round
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Robinhood 0 - 1 Jong Colombia 0 - 0 0 - 1
  • Jong Colombia is the Champions in the Caribbean Region and advances to the CONCACAF Champions Cup Final.

CONCACAF Final Series

Semi-Final
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Tigres UANL 0 - 1 FAS 0 - 0 0 - 1
  • FAS advances to the CONCACAF Final.

Final
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Jong Colombia 2 - 8 FAS 1 - 1 1 - 7
  • Deportivo FAS wins the CONCACAF Champions' Cup.

Final

First leg
1979 CONCACAF Champions' Cup Final
First leg
Jong Colombia 1–1 FAS
Victoria  70' (Report) Cabrera  72'
Attendance: 10,000

Second leg
Second leg
FAS 7–1 Jong Colombia
Casadei  12', 43'
González  56', 81'
Cabrera  64', 87'
Erazo  63'		 (Report) E. Bernardina  90'
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Jorge M. Ramírez (Guatemala)

FAS won the series 8–2 on aggregate.

Champion
CONCACAF Champions' Cup
1979 Champion

FAS
First title

References
  1. Copa de Campeones 1979 on the RSSSF
  2. FAS, a 35 años del campeonato on El Salvador.com, 29 Dec 2014
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