1978 CONCACAF Champions' Cup

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1978 CONCACAF Champions' Cup
Copa de Campeones Concacaf
Dates1 May – 17 September 1978
Final positions
ChampionsGuatemala Comunicaciones
Trinidad and Tobago Defence Force
Mexico Leones Negros
← 1977
1979 →

The 1978 CONCACAF Champions' Cup was the 14th 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 1 May until 17 September 1978 and all the matches in the tournament were played under the home/away match system.

The teams were split into 3 zones (North American, Central American and Caribbean), each one qualifying the winner to the final tournament, where the winners of the North American and Central American zones played a semi-final to decide who was going to play against the Caribbean champion in the final.

As the final part of the tournament was cancelled due to administrative problems, three teams, Comunicaciones (Guateamala) Defence Force (Trinidad and Tobago) and Leones Negros de Guadalajara (Mexico) were crowned champions by Concacaf.[1]

North American Zone[]

First Round[]

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
UNAM Mexico w/o1 United States Maccabi Los Angeles

1 Maccabi Los Angeles withdrew.

Second Round[]

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
UNAM Mexico 0 - 2 Mexico U de G 0 - 1 0 - 1

Central American Zone[]

First Round[]

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Saprissa Costa Rica 11 - 0 Nicaragua Diriangén 6 - 0 5 - 0
Cartaginés Costa Rica 1 - 3 El Salvador FAS 0 - 2 1 - 1
Municipal Guatemala 8 - 1 Nicaragua CD UCA 5 - 1 3 - 0
Comunicaciones Guatemala 5 - 2 El Salvador Once Municipal 3 - 1 2 - 1
Saprissa Costa Rica 6–0 Nicaragua Diriangén San Jose, Costa Rica
Miguel Ángel Mansilla

Nil Stadium: Ricardo Saprissa Stadium
Diriangén Nicaragua 0-5
(0-11 agg.)		 Costa Rica Saprissa
Nil
Cartaginés Costa Rica0-2El Salvador FAS
Nil Nil
FAS El Salvador1-1Costa Rica Cartaginés
Eduardo Valdez Oscar Manuel Caceres
Comunicaciones Guatemala3-1El Salvador Once Municipal
Guillermo Dubon
Felix McDonald
Byron Perez 		TBD
Second leg
Once Municipal El Salvador2-1Costa Rica Comunicaciones
TBD

Second Round[]

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Saprissa Costa Rica 2 - 1 El Salvador FAS 0 - 0 2 - 1
Comunicaciones Guatemala 2 - 0 Guatemala Municipal 2 - 0 0 - 0

Third Round[]

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Saprissa Costa Rica 0 - 3 Guatemala Comunicaciones 0 - 1 0 - 2

Caribbean Zone[]

First Round[]

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Jong Holland Netherlands Antilles 2–4 Suriname Transvaal 0–0 2–4
Defence Force Trinidad and Tobago 4–2 Guyana 1–0 3–2
Voorwaarts Suriname 3–2 Trinidad and Tobago 2–1 1–1
Pele Guyana 5–2 Aruba Racing Club Aruba 3–1 2–1

Second Round[]

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Transvaal Suriname 2–4 Trinidad and Tobago Defence Force 1–1 1–3
Voorwaarts Suriname 5–2 Guyana Pele 5–1 0–1

Third Round[]

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Voorwaarts Suriname 1–4 Trinidad and Tobago Defence Force 1–2 0–2

CONCACAF final series[]

The final round was not played due to administrative problems and disagreements of dates for the matches; So the three teams in this final phase were declared CONCACAF champions.

Champions[]

 CONCACAF Champions' Cup
1978 
Guatemala Comunicaciones
Trinidad and Tobago Defence Force
Mexico Leones Negros

References[]

  1. ^ Copa de Campeones 1978 on the RSSSF
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