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1969 CONCACAF Champions' Cup

The 1969 CONCACAF Champions' Cup was the 5th 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 football club champion in the CONCACAF region.

1969 CONCACAF Champions' Cup
Copa de Campeones Concacaf
Tournament details
Dates25 April – 30 September
Teams10 (from 9 associations)
Final positions
ChampionsMexico Cruz Azul
Runners-upGuatemala Comunicaciones
Third placeCosta Rica Saprissa
Tournament statistics
Matches played18
Goals scored53 (2.94 per match)
1968
1970

The tournament was played by 10 teams of 9 nations: Netherlands Antilles, Bermuda, El Salvador, Haiti, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Costa Rica. It was played from 25 April to 30 September 1969 under the home/away match system and for the first time, the teams were not split into zones, playing in a straight round system.[1][2]

Cruz Azul from Mexico won the final after beating Guatemalan club Comunicaciones 1–0 in the second leg,[3] becoming CONCACAF champion for the first time in its history.[1][4]

First round

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25 April 1969 1st leg Saprissa Costa Rica  4–0 Honduras  Motagua San José, Costa Rica
20:17 (UTC−06:00) Luís Aguilar   19'
Fernando Hernández   60'
Eduardo Umaña   82'
Eduardo Chavarría   86'
Nil Stadium: Estadio Nacional
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Valentín Gazo (NCA)
  • Saprissa won 5–1 on aggregate score.

13 May 1969 2nd leg CD UCA Nicaragua  0–3 Guatemala  Comunicaciones Guatemala City, Guatemala
(UTC−06:00) Nil TBD  
TBD  
TBD  
Stadium: Estadio Mateo Flores
  • Comunicaciones won 4–1 on aggregate score.

18 May 1969 1st leg Águila El Salvador  3–1 Netherlands Antilles  Jong Colombia San Salvador, El Salvador
(UTC−06:00) Juan Ramon Martinez    
Felix Pineda  
Franklin Victoria   Stadium: Estadio Nacional De la Flor Blanca
20 May 1969 2nd leg Jong Colombia Netherlands Antilles  2–2 El Salvador  Águila San Salvador, El Salvador
(UTC−06:00) Hubert Martina     Rudy Sobalvarro  
Carlos Goncalvez  
Stadium: Estadio Nacional De la Flor Blanca
  • Águila won 5–3 on aggregate score.

14 June 1969 1st leg Somerset Trojans Bermuda  1–1 Haiti  Violette Hamilton, Bermuda
(UTC−06:00) TBD   TBD  
16 June 1969 2nd leg Violette Haiti  0–5 Bermuda  Somerset Trojans Hamilton, Bermuda
(UTC−06:00) Nil TBD  
TBD  
TBD  
TBD  
TBD  
  • Somerset Cricket won 6–1 on aggregate score.

Second round

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12 June 1969 1st leg Toluca Mexico  0–0 Mexico  Cruz Azul Toluca, Mexico
(UTC−06:00) Nil Nil Stadium: Estadio Nemesio Díez
  • Toluca won 1–0 on aggregate score. Toluca were disqualified for the undue alignment of three players; Cruz Azul advanced.

22 June 1969 1st leg Águila El Salvador  2–5 Guatemala  Comunicaciones San Salvador, El Salvador
(UTC−06:00)  
 
Hernán Godoy   
Hugo Peña   
Héctor Tambasco  
Stadium: Estadio Nacional Jorge "Mágico" González
29 June 1969 2nd leg Comunicaciones Guatemala  2–2 El Salvador  Águila Guatemala City, Guatemala
(UTC−06:00) Hernán Godoy  
Julio Rodas  
Félix Pineda  
Rudy Sobalbarro  
Stadium: Estadio Mateo Flores
  • Comunicaciones won 7–4 on aggregate score.

  • Saprissa won 7–0 on aggregate score.

Semifinal

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31 August 1969 1st leg Saprissa Costa Rica  2–2 Mexico  Cruz Azul San José, Costa Rica
(UTC−06:00) Chavarría   63'
Hernández   75'
Victorino   43'
Pulido   72'
Stadium: Estadio Nacional
9 September 1969 2nd leg Cruz Azul Mexico  2–1 Costa Rica  Saprissa Mexico City, Mexico
(UTC−06:00) Guerrero   32'
Flores   54'
Chavarría   56' Stadium: Estadio Olímpico de la Ciudad de los Deportes
Attendance: 35,000
  • Cruz Azul won 4–3 on aggregate score.

Final

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First leg

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1969 CONCACAF Champions' Cup Final
First leg
Comunicaciones Guatemala 0–0Mexico  Cruz Azul
Report

Second leg

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Second leg
Cruz Azul Mexico 1–0Guatemala  Comunicaciones
Alejándrez   82' Report
Attendance: 30,000
  • Cruz Azul won 1–0 on aggregate score.
CONCACAF Champions' Cup
1969 Champion
Mexico 
Cruz Azul
First title

References

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  1. ^ a b Copa Concacaf 1969 by Jim Goloboy and Karel Stokkermans on the RSSSF
  2. ^ Campeones 1969 on Footbase
  3. ^ Comunicaciones en la Concacaf
  4. ^ "Cruz Azul Campeón de la Concacaf 1969" on Reino Azul (blogsite), 7 Mar 2014