1969 CONCACAF Champions' Cup

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1969 CONCACAF Champions' Cup
Copa de Campeones Concacaf
Tournament details
Dates25 April–30 September 1969
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 →
All statistics correct as of 3 August 2011.

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.

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 till 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 Comunicaaciones 1–0 in the second leg,[3] becoming CONCACAF champion for the first time in its history.[1][4]

First round[]

25 April 1969 1st leg Saprissa Costa Rica 4–0 Honduras Motagua San José, Costa Rica
20:17 (UTC−06:00) 19'
Hernández 60'
82'
86'		 Stadium: Estadio Nacional
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: (NCA)
1 May 1969 2nd leg Motagua Honduras 1–1 Costa Rica Saprissa Tegucigalpa, Honduras
(UTC−06:00) 15' (o.g.) 19' (o.g.) Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino
Referee: (SLV)
  • Saprissa won 5–1 on aggregate score.
11 May 1969 1st leg Comunicaciones Guatemala 1–1 Nicaragua CD UCA Guatemala City, Guatemala
(UTC−06:00) Stadium: Estadio Mateo Flores
13 May 1969 2nd leg CD UCA Nicaragua 0–3 Guatemala Comunicaciones Guatemala City, Guatemala
(UTC−06:00) 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) 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)
16 June 1969 2nd leg Violette Haiti 0–5 Bermuda Somerset Trojans Hamilton, Bermuda
(UTC−06:00)
  • Somerset Cricket won 6–1 on aggregate score.

Second round[]

12 June 1969 1st leg Toluca Mexico 0–0 Mexico Cruz Azul Toluca, Mexico
(UTC−06:00) Stadium: Estadio Nemesio Díez
18 June 1969 2nd leg Cruz Azul Mexico 0–1 Mexico Toluca Mexico City, Mexico
(UTC−06:00) Pereda 5' Stadium: Estadio Olímpico de la Ciudad de los Deportes
  • 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) 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.
24 July 1969 1st leg Saprissa Costa Rica 3–0 Bermuda Somerset Trojans San José, Costa Rica
(UTC−06:00) Stadium: Estadio Nacional
27 July 1969 2nd leg Somerset Trojans Bermuda 0–4 Costa Rica Saprissa San José, Costa Rica
(UTC−06:00) Stadium: Estadio Nacional
  • Saprissa won 7–0 on aggregate score.

Semifinal[]

31 August 1969 1st leg Saprissa Costa Rica 2–2 Mexico Cruz Azul San José, Costa Rica
(UTC−06:00) 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) 32'
54'		 56' Stadium: Estadio Olímpico de la Ciudad de los Deportes
Attendance: 35,000
  • Cruz Azul won 4–3 on aggregate score.

Final[]

First leg[]

1969 CONCACAF Champions' Cup Final
First leg
Comunicaciones Guatemala0–0Mexico Cruz Azul
Report
Estadio Mateo Flores, Guatemala City
Attendance: 30,000

Second leg[]

Second leg
Cruz Azul Mexico1–0Guatemala 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[]

  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
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