1969 CONCACAF Champions' Cup

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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 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 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[edit]

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.

  • 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.

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[edit]

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[edit]

  • Cruz Azul won 4–3 on aggregate score.

Final[edit]

First leg[edit]

1969 CONCACAF Champions' Cup Final
First leg
Comunicaciones Guatemala0–0Mexico Cruz Azul
Report

Second leg[edit]

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[edit]

  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