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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 (Guatemala) Defence Force (Trinidad and Tobago) and Leones Negros de Guadalajara (Mexico) were crowned champions by CONCACAF.[1]

North American Zone

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First round

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

1 Maccabi Los Angeles withdrew.

Second round

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
UNAM Mexico 0 - 2 Mexico U de G 0 - 1 0 - 1
UNAM Mexico 0–1 Mexico U de G Mexico City, Mexico
Belarmino de Almeida Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Universitario
U de G Mexico 1-0
(2-0 agg.)
Mexico UNAM Jalisco, Mexico
Octavio de Jesús Stadium: Estadio Jalisco

Central American Zone

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First round

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Torneo Centroamericano de Concacaf 1978

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score 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
May 7, 1978 Saprissa Costa Rica 6–0 Nicaragua Diriangén San Juan de Tibás, Costa Rica
Miguel Ángel Mansilla 30' 57' 64' 89'
Gerardo Laterza
Nelson Bastos 43'
Stadium: Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá
May 9, 1978 Diriangén Nicaragua 0-5
(0-11 agg.)
Costa Rica Saprissa San Juan de Tibás, Costa Rica
Guillermo Valenciano 13' 32' 86'
Marco Valverde 55'
Hernán Morales 65'
Stadium: Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá

Cartaginés Costa Rica0-2El Salvador FAS
Jorge Gonzalez
David Arnoldo Cabrera
FAS El Salvador1-1Costa Rica Cartaginés
Eduardo Valdez Oscar Manuel Caceres

Comunicaciones Guatemala3-1El Salvador Once Municipal
Guillermo Dubon
Felix McDonald
Byron Perez
Second leg
Once Municipal El Salvador1-2Guatemala Comunicaciones
Juan Ramon Martinez Ramon Zambrina

Municipal Guatemala5-1Nicaragua CD UCA
Miguel Cruz
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
Second leg
CD UCA Nicaragua1-3Guatemala Comunicaciones
TBD Julio César Anderson
TBD
Estadio Stanley Cayasso, Managua, Nicaragua

Second round

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score 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
FAS El Salvador 1-2
(1-2 agg.)
Costa Rica Saprissa Santa Ana, El Salvador
TBD Emilio Valle Stadium: Estadio Óscar Quiteño

Third round

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

Caribbean Zone

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First round

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score 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 Thomas United 1–0 3–2
Voorwaarts Suriname 3–2 Trinidad and Tobago TECSA 2–1 1–1
Pele Guyana 5–2 Netherlands Antilles RCA 3–1 2–1





Pele Guyana 3-1 Netherlands Antilles RCA
RCA Netherlands Antilles 1-2 Guyana Pele

Voorwaarts, Transvaal, Pele and Defence Force advanced to the second round

Second round

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score 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

Voorwaarts and Defence Force advanced to the third round

Third round

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

Trinidad and Tobago Defence Force qualified to the CONCACAF Final Series

CONCACAF final series

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The final series was scratched and the three qualifying teams declared joint champions due to administrative problems and disagreements over the dates for the matches.

Champions

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

References

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  1. ^ Copa de Campeones 1978 on the RSSSF