1974 CONCACAF Champions' Cup

The 1974 CONCACAF Champions' Cup was the 10th 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 5 May till 27 October 1974 with all the matches played under the home/away match.

1974 CONCACAF Champions' Cup
Copa de Campeones Concacaf
Dates5 May–27 October 1974
Final positions
Champions Municipal
Runners-upTransvaal

The teams were split in 3 zones (North American, Central American and Caribbean), each one qualifying the winner to the final tournament. As no clubs entered in the North American section, the winner of the two remaining zones gained the qualification to the final. Municipal from Guatemala won the tournament,[1] becoming CONCACAF champion for the first time.[2]

North American Zone

Entrants included:
Devonshire Colts
North Village CC
Maccabi Los Angeles

  • Apparently no matches were played.

Central American Zone

First Round
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Saprissa 3–3
(draw)		 Aurora 2–1 1–2
Motagua 3–0 Cartaginés 1–0 2–0
Marathón 0–4 Municipal 0–1 0–3
Alianza 5–0* CD UCA 5–0
Deportivo Santa Cecilia 4–5 Negocios Internacionales 4–1 0–4
  • Aurora FC wins the draw.
  • Alianza FC vs. Universidad Centroamericana 2nd leg was not played. (1st leg results stand)*
  • Aurora FC, Motagua, Municipal and Negocios Internacionales advance to second round.
12 May, 1974 Saprissa 2-1 Aurora
19 May, 1974 Aurora 2–1
(3-3 agg.)		 Saprissa
Motagua 1–0 Cartaginés
Oscar Hernandez 40' Nil
Cartaginés 0–2
(2-3 agg.)		 Motagua
Nil Mario Artica
Ruben Guifarra
Marathón 0-1 Municipal
Nil José Emilio Mitrovich
Municipal 3-0
(4-0 agg.)		 Marathón
José Emilio Mitrovich
Julio César Anderson 		Nil
Alianza 5–0 CD UCA
Nil
CD UCA DNP
(0-5 agg.)		 Alianza
Deportivo Santa Cecilia 4-1 Negocios Internacionales
Negocios Internacionales 4-0
(5-4 agg.)		 Deportivo Santa Cecilia
Nil

Second Round
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Motagua 0–4 Municipal 0–0 0–4
Aurora 5–3 Negocios Internacionales 3–1 2–2
  • Alianza FC advances on a Bye to the third round.
  • Aurora FC advance to the third round.
Motagua 0–0 Municipal
Nil Nil
Municipal 4-0
(2-3 agg.)		 Motagua
Nil
Aurora 3-1 Negocios Internacionales
Negocios Internacionales 2–2
(3-5 agg.)		 Aurora

Third Round
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Aurora 2–4 Alianza 2–3 0–1
  • Municipal advances on a Bye to the fourth round.
  • Alianza FC advance to the fourth round.
Aurora 2-3 Alianza
Alianza 1-0
(4-2 agg.)		 Aurora
Nil

Fourth Round
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Alianza 0–3 Municipal 0–1 0–2
  • Municipal advances to the CONCACAF Final.
Alianza 0-1 Municipal
Nil
Municipal 2–0
(3-0 agg.)		 Alianza
Nil

Caribbean Zone

First Round
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Jong Colombia 3–2 Robinhood 2–2 1–0
Transvaal 12–1 Real Rincon 6–1 6–0
  • Jong Colombia and Transvaal advance to second round.
Jong Colombia 2-2 Robinhood
Robinhood 0-1
(2-3 agg.)		 Jong Colombia
Nil
Transvaal 6-1 Real Rincon
Real Rincon 0-6
(1-12 agg.)		 Transvaal
Nil

Second Round
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Jong Colombia 3–5 Transvaal 1–2 2–3
  • Transvaal advances to the CONCACAF Final.
Jong Colombia 1–2 Transvaal
Transvaal 3-2
(5-3 agg.)		 Jong Colombia

Final

First leg
1974 CONCACAF Champions' Cup Final
First leg
Transvaal 1–2 Municipal
Vanenburg 55' Report Anderson 48'
Benítez 75'

Second leg
Second leg
Municipal 2–1 Transvaal
Mitrovich 33', 73' Report Vanenburg 43' (p)
Referee: Javier Galindo (Mexico)

Municipal won 4–0 on points, and 4–2 on goal difference.

Champion
CONCACAF Champions' Cup
1974 Champion

Municipal
First title

References
  1. Copa de Campeones 1974 on the RSSSF
  2. Rojos, campeones de Concacaf on Prensa Libre, 27 Oct 2020
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