1979 CONCACAF Champions' Cup

1979 CONCACAF Champions' Cup

Dates	20 May – 29 December 1979
Teams	14
Champions	FAS
Runners-up	Jong Colombia
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The 1979 CONCACAF Champions' Cup was the 15th 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 20 May till 29 December 1979.

The teams were split in 3 zones (North American, Central American and 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.

Salvadorean Club Deportivo FAS won the two-legged series final v Antillean team Jong Colombia (8–2 on aggregate),^[1] becoming CONCACAF champions for the first time in their history.^[2]

North American Zone[]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Tigres UANL	3 - 0		2 - 0	1 - 0

• Tigres UANL advance to the CONCACAF Semi-final.

Central American Zone[]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
FAS	w/o	Comunicaciones
Cartaginés	w/o	Alianza

• Comunicaciones and Alianza withdrew.
• FAS and Cartaginés advance to the second round.

Second Round[]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
FAS	w/o	Cartaginés

• FAS, won presumably by walkover and advance to the CONCACAF Semi-final.

Caribbean Zone[]

Preliminary Round[]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Santos	w/o

• Santos won, presumably by walkover and advances to the First round.

First Round[]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Jong Holland	3 - 0	Arnett Gardens	1 - 0	2 - 0
Santos	0 - 4	Jong Colombia	0 - 2	0 - 2

• Leo Victor
  Robinhood
  Defence Force
  
  Reportedly these clubs entered the tournament; results from these matches are unknown.
• Jong Holland and Jong Colombia advance to the second round.

Second Round[]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Jong Holland	0 - 2	Defence Force	0 - 0	0 - 2
Leo Victor	2 - 3	Jong Colombia	2 - 1	0 - 2

• Other fixtures (if any) not known.
• Defence Force and Jong Colombia advance to the third round.

Third Round[]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Defence Force	2 - 3	Jong Colombia	2 - 0	0 - 3
SV Robinhood	3 - 0		2 - 0	1 - 0

• Robin Hood wins and advances to the fourth round (Final Round In The Caribbean Section).
• Jong Colombia advances to the fourth round (Final Round In The Caribbean Section).

Fourth Round[]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Robinhood	0 - 1	Jong Colombia	0 - 0	0 - 1

• Jong Colombia is the Champions in the Caribbean Region and advances to the CONCACAF Champions Cup Final.

CONCACAF Final Series[]

Semi-Final[]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Tigres UANL	0 - 1	FAS	0 - 0	0 - 1

• FAS advances to the CONCACAF Final.

First leg[]

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Second leg[]

FAS won the series 1-0 on aggregate.

Final[]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Jong Colombia	2 - 8	FAS	1 - 1	1 - 7

• Deportivo FAS wins the CONCACAF Champions' Cup.

Final[]

First leg[]

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Second leg[]

FAS won the series 8–2 on aggregate.

Team details

FAS Jong Colombia GK Nicolás Chávez DF Guillermo Rodríguez DF Héctor Piccioni DF Gonzalo Henríquez DF Carlos Recinos MF Amado Abraham MF Manolo Álvarez FW Alfredo Erazo FW Mágico González FW David Arnoldo Cabrera FW 9 Raúl Casadei Substitutions: DF Luis Padilla  a' Manager: José E. Castro GK Carlos Bernardina DF Wilbert Zimmerman DF Elsio Constancia DF Rudolph Zimmerman DF Huber Martina MF Alberto Humbler MF Héctor Zimmerman FW Julio Constancia FW Guillermo Zimmerman FW Edwin Bernardina FW Frank Victoria Manager: ?

Champion[]

CONCACAF Champions' Cup 1979 Champion
FAS First title

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