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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
ChampionsMexico Atlético Español
Runners-upSuriname Transvaal
1974
1976

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

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First round

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5 July 1975 Monterrey Mexico  2–0 Canada  Serbian White Eagles San Nicolás de los Garza, Nuevo León
Alfredo Jiménez   33'
Jose Sánchez   90+'
Stadium: Estadio Universitario
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Mile Wortf
13 July 1975 Serbian White Eagles Canada  1–1
(1–3 agg.)
Mexico  Monterrey Toronto, Ontario
Mike Wareika   35' [[3] Report] Romeo Corbo   6' Stadium: CNE Stadium
Attendance: 2500
Referee: Henry Landauer
Note: Abandoned at 1–1 in 67' due to fight
  • Monterrey advanced to Second Round.

Second round

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  • Atlético Español advanced to CONCACAF Final Series.

Central American Zone

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First round

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Torneo Centroamericano de Concacaf 1975


15 June 1975 España Honduras  2–0
(3–4 agg.)
Costa Rica  Saprissa San Pedro Sula, Honduras
Ramírez   8'
Mejía   28'
Stadium: Estadio Francisco Morazán


6 July 1975 Platense El Salvador  4–3 Guatemala  Aurora San Salvador, El Salvador
Luis Cesar Condomi   
Oscar Guerrero  
Oscar Armando Payés  
      Stadium: Estadio Flor Blanca
9 July 1975 Platense El Salvador  0-1
(4–4 agg.)
Guatemala  Aurora Guatemala City, Guatemala
Miguel Gustavo Perez   Stadium: Estadio del Ejército
Note: Aurora advanced on away goals.[4]
  • Herediano, Saprissa, Municipal and Aurora advanced to the Second Round.

Second round

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11 September 1975 Herediano Costa Rica  2–1
(2–3 agg.)
Costa Rica  Saprissa Heredia, Costa Rica
Johnny Alvarado  
Rafael Angel Camacho  
Javier Jimenez   Stadium: Estadio Eladio Rosabal Cordero

14 September 1975 Municipal Guatemala  2–1 Guatemala  Aurora Guatemala city, Guatemala
Felipe Antonio Carias     TBD   Stadium: Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores
17 September 1975 Aurora Guatemala  1–0
(2–2 agg.)
(2–4 p)
Guatemala  Municipal Guatemala City, Guatemala
  Stadium: Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores
  • Saprissa and Municipal advanced to the Third Round.

Third round

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5 October 1975 Saprissa Costa Rica  2–2 Guatemala  Municipal San José, Costa Rica
Odir Jacques  
Gerardo Solano  
Leonardo McNish  
Julio Cesar Anderson  
Stadium: Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica
  • Saprissa advanced to CONCACAF Final Series.

Caribbean Zone

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Round 1

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Santos Jamaica  w/o Dominican Republic  Universidad Catolica
Racing Haïtien Haiti  3 - 3* Suriname  Robinhood 2 - 0 1 - 3
Transvaal Suriname  2 - 6* Haiti  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

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Transvaal Suriname  4 - 2 Jamaica  Santos 4 - 1 0 - 1
Robinhood Suriname  w/o Dominican Republic  Montecarlo
  • Monte Carlo disqualified due to the Dominican Republic's failure to pay CONCACAF dues

  • Transvaal and Robinhood advanced to Round 3.

Round 3

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Transvaal Suriname  1 - 0 Suriname  Robinhood 1 - 0 0 - 0
  • Transvaal advance to the CONCACAF Champions' Cup Final.

Semi-final

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Saprissa Costa Rica  2 - 4 Mexico  Atlético Español 1 - 2 1 - 2
  • Transvaal bye to the CONCACAF Final.

both legs in San Juan de Tibás

  • Atlético Español advance to the CONCACAF Final.

Final

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The Transvaal team before the start of the first leg.

First leg

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

Second leg

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

both legs in Paramaribo

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

Champion

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CONCACAF Champions' Cup
1975 Champion
Mexico 
Atlético Español
First title

References

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  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. ^ Koep, Bob (July 14, 1975). "Players, fans mob visitors". Toronto Star. p. B1.
  4. ^ "Platense – Fútbol de Honduras".