1996 CONCACAF Champions' Cup

The 1996 CONCACAF Champions' Cup was the 32nd 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 9 March 1996 through 20 July 1996.

1996 CONCACAF Champions' Cup
Tournament details
Host countryGuatemala
CityGuatemala City
Dates15 July – 20 July
Teams4 (from 3 associations)
Final positions
Champions Cruz Azul (4th title)
Runners-up Necaxa
Tournament statistics
Matches played6
Goals scored29 (4.83 per match)

The teams were split into 2 zones (North/ Central and Caribbean). The North/Central zone was split into 3 groups, qualifying each winner to the final tournament. The winner of the Caribbean zone, earned a place in a playoff against the USA representative for a spot in the final tournament. All qualifying matches in the tournament were played under the home/away match system, while the final tournament was played in Guatemala City.

Club Deportivo Cruz Azul from Mexico won the final, its fourth CONCACAF championship.

North/Central American Zone

Group 1

First Round
Cruz Azul on bye to the Third round.

9 March 1996 1st leg Alajuelense 4–2 FAS Costa Rica
Gómez
Montero
Marín 		Rodríguez
Mayén
31 March 1996 2nd leg FAS 1–2 Alajuelense El Salvador
Bolsonello  6'  56' González
 89' Miso
  • Alajuelense won 6–3 on aggregated.
15 March 1996 1st leg Árabe Unido 1–1 Real Estelí Panama
Clarke  58'  35' (pen.) Oliva
17 March 1996 2nd leg Real Estelí 0–1 Árabe Unido Panama
 74' Chiari
  • Árabe Unido won 2–1 on aggregated.
17 March 1996 1st leg La Victoria 1–3 Victoria Belize
14 April 1996 2nd leg Victoria 4–2 La Victoria Honduras
  • Victoria won 7–3 on aggregated.

Second Round
Alajuelense on bye to the Fourth round.

16 June 1996 1st leg Victoria 1–0 Árabe Unido Honduras
18 June 1996 2nd leg Árabe Unido 2–2 Victoria Honduras
  • Victoria won 3–2 on aggregated.

Third Round

23 October 1996 1st leg Victoria 1–0 Cruz Azul Honduras
Aguilera  32'
5 November 1996 2nd leg Cruz Azul 2–0 Victoria Mexico
de Oliveira  45'
Zamora  87'
  • Cruz Azul won 2–1 on aggregated.

Fourth Round

4 January 1997 1st leg Alajuelense 0–2 Cruz Azul Costa Rica
 5' Hermosillo
 75' Reynoso
8 January 1997 2nd leg Cruz Azul 3–2 Alajuelense Mexico
Hermosillo  42'  58'
Verdirame  54'		  66'  73' Ledesma
  • Cruz Azul won 5–2 on aggregated.

Group 2

First Round

  • Necaxa on bye to second round.
17 March 1996 Saprissa 4–0 Olimpia San José, Costa Rica
Stadium: Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá
7 May 1996 Olimpia 3–0
(3–4 agg.)		 Saprissa Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

Second Round

15 September 1996 Saprissa 2–2 Necaxa San José, Costa Rica
González  6'  79'  10' (pen.) Aguinaga
 16' Zárate		 Stadium: Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá
7 January 1997 Necaxa 2–1
(4–3 agg.)		 Saprissa Querétaro City, Mexico
Zárate  48'
Peláez  84'		  17' Drummond Stadium: Estadio Corregidora
  • Necaxa advanced to the CONCACAF Final Group Stage.

Group 3

First Round

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
CSD Comunicaciones 6 - 0 Cosmos 4 - 0 2 - 0
C.S.D. Sacachispas 5 - 3 Juventus Managua 3 - 1 2 - 2

Second Round

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
CSD Comunicaciones 5 - 1 C.S.D. Sacachispas 2 - 1 3 - 0

Third Round

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Juventus 1 - 8 CSD Comunicaciones 1 - 1 0 - 7
  • CSD Comunicaciones advance to the Final Group Stage.

Caribbean Zone

First Round
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
US Sinnamary w/o* SV Prakash 0 - 0
SV Transvaal w/o** Red Star (Pointe-à-Pitre)
  • US Sinnamary withdrew after 1st leg*
  • Red Star withdrew before 1st leg**

Second Round
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
SV Transvaal 1 - 0 SV Prakash 0 - 0 1 - 0
  • SV Transvaal advance to the USA/Caribbean playoff.

USA/Caribbean Playoff
Team 1  Score  Team 2
Seattle Sounders 10 - 0 SV Transvaal
  • Seattle Sounders advance to the Final Group Stage.

CONCACAF Final Group Stage

Final stage was played in Guatemala City, Guatemala. July 15 - 20, 1997.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Cruz Azul 3 2 1 0 14 2 +12 7
2 Necaxa 3 1 2 0 8 5 +3 5
3 Comunicaciones 3 1 1 1 6 5 +1 4
4 Seattle Sounders 3 0 0 3 1 17 −16 0
Source:
Team 1  Score  Team 2
Comunicaciones
Nicolas Suazo  44'
Jose Fernandez  83'		 2 - 0 Seattle Sounders
Team 1  Score  Team 2
Necaxa
Carlos Pavón  14'		 1 - 1 Cruz Azul
Carlos Hermosillo  48'
Team 1  Score  Team 2
Seattle Sounders
Peter Hattrup  91' (pen.)		 1 - 4 Necaxa
Sergio Almaguer  32'
Cuauhtémoc Blanco  47', 89'
Sergio Vásquez  75'
Team 1  Score  Team 2
Comunicaciones
Milton Núñez  90'		 1 - 2 Cruz Azul
Hector Adomaitis  33', 37'
Team 1  Score  Team 2
Comunicaciones
Julio Rodas  24', 48'
Milton Núñez  32'		 3 - 3 Necaxa
Pedro Pineda  47' (pen)
Carlos Pavón  60'
José Luis Montes de Oca  70'
Team 1  Score  Team 2
Seattle Sounders 0 -11 Cruz Azul
Francisco Palencia  3'
Carlos Hermosillo  13', 32', 49'
Julio César Yegros  15', 53', 62'
Hector Adomaitis  34'
Benjamin Galindo  35'
Kieran Barton  72' (OG)
Francisco Ramírez  74' (pen.)

Champion
CONCACAF Champions' Cup
1996 Winners

Deportivo Cruz Azul
4th title

References
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