1975 CONCACAF Champions' Cup

The 1975 CONCACAF Champions' Cup was the 11th 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 July 1975 till 9 May 1976.

1975 CONCACAF Champions' Cup
Copa de Campeones Concacaf
Dates5 July 1975 – 9 May 1976
Final positions
Champions Atlético Español
Runners-up Transvaal

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

Mexican club Atlético Español beat Surinamese side Transvaal in the finals 3–0 and 2–1,[1] becoming CONCACAF champion for their first time.[2]

North American Zone

First Round
5 July 1975 Monterrey 2–0 Serbian White Eagles
Jiménez 33'
Sánchez 90+'
13 July 1975 Serbian White Eagles 1–1
(1–3 agg.)		 Monterrey Toronto, Ontario
Wareika 35' [[3] Report] 6' Corbo Stadium: CNE Stadium
Attendance: 2500
Referee: Henry Landauer
Note: Abandoned at 1–1 in 67' due to fight
  • Monterrey advanced to Second Round.

Second Round
28 September 1975 Atlético Español 1–1 Monterrey Puebla, Mexico
Ramírez 66' (pen.) 11' González Stadium: Estadio Cuauhtémoc
9 October 1975 Monterrey 0–1
(1–2 agg.)		 Atlético Español San Nicolás de los Garza, Mexico
26' Urbina Stadium: Estadio Universitario
  • Atlético Español advanced to CONCACAF Final Series.

Central American Zone

First Round
4 May 1975 Motagua 2–1 Herediano Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Bernárdez 4'
Caetano 59'		 69' Wanchope Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino
15 May 1975 Herediano 2–0
(3–2 agg.)		 Motagua Heredia, Costa Rica
Montero 33'
Camacho 75'		 Stadium: Estadio Eladio Rosabal Cordero
8 June 1975 Saprissa 4–1 España San José, Costa Rica
Paniagua 20' (pen.) 60'
Jacques 36'
Santana 90'		 23' Pavón Stadium: Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá
15 June 1975 España 2–0
(3–4 agg.)		 Saprissa San Pedro Sula, Honduras
Ramírez 8'
Mejía 28'		 Stadium: Estadio General Francisco Morazán
29 June 1975 Negocios Internacionales 0–0 Municipal
6 July 1975 Municipal 2–1
(2–1 agg.)		 Negocios Internacionales
6 July 1975 Platense 4–3 Aurora
Luis Cesar Condomi x 2
Oscar Guerrero
Oscar Armando Payés
9 July 1975 Aurora 1–0
(4–4 agg.)		 Platense
Nil
Note: Aurora advanced on away goals.[4]
  • Herediano, Saprissa, Municipal and Aurora advanced to the Second Round.

Second Round
4 September 1975 Saprissa 2–0 Herediano San José, Costa Rica
Stadium: Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá
11 September 1975 Herediano 2–1
(2–3 agg.)		 Saprissa Heredia, Costa Rica
Stadium: Estadio Eladio Rosabal Cordero
14 September 1975 Municipal 2–1 Aurora
17 September 1975 Aurora 1–0
(2–2 agg.)
(2–4 p)		 Municipal
  • Saprissa and Municipal advanced to the Third Round.

Third Round
5 October 1975 Saprissa 2–2 Municipal San José, Costa Rica
Stadium: Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá
12 October 1975 Municipal 0–0
(2–2 agg.)
(5–6 p)		 Saprissa Guatemala
  • Saprissa advanced to CONCACAF Final Series.

Caribbean Zone

Round 1
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Santos w/o Universidad Catolica
Racing Haïtien 3 - 3* Robinhood 2 - 0 1 - 3
Transvaal 2 - 6* Violette 2 - 2 0 - 4*
  • Universidad apparently disqualified due to the Dominican Republic's failure to pay CONCACAF dues.
  • Robinhood win on lots
  • 2nd leg reportedly abandoned at 4-0 in 70'; Violette disqualified for using ineligible players.
Racing Haïtien 2–0 Robinhood
Nil
Robinhood 3-1
(3-3 agg.)		 Racing Haïtien
Transvaal 2-2 Violette
Violette 4-0
(6-2 agg.)		 Transvaal

Round 2
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Transvaal 4 - 2 Santos 4 - 1 0 - 1
Robinhood w/o Montecarlo
  • Monte Carlo disqualified due to the Dominican Republic's failure to pay CONCACAF dues
  • Transvaal and Robinhood advanced to Round 3.
Transvaal 4-1 Santos
Santos 1-0
(2-4 agg.)		 Transvaal
Nil

Round 3
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Transvaal 1 - 0 Robinhood 1 - 0 0 - 0
  • Transvaal advance to the CONCACAF Champions' Cup Final.
Transvaal 1–0 Robinhood
Nil
Robinhood 0-0
(0-1 agg.)		 Transvaal
Nil Nil

Semi-Final
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Saprissa 2 - 4 Atlético Español 1 - 2 1 - 2
  • Atlético Español advance to the CONCACAF Final.
  • Transvaal bye to the CONCACAF Final.
Saprissa 1–2 Atlético Español
Atlético Español 2–1
(4-2 agg.)		 Saprissa

Final

First leg
1975 CONCACAF Champions' Cup Final
First leg
Transvaal 0–3 Atlético Español
Report Borbolla 14'
Rodríguez 35'
Urbina 63'

Second leg
Second leg
Atlético Español 2–1 Transvaal
Ramírez 28'
Isordia 83'		 Report Vanenburg 8'

Atlético Español won 4–0 on points (5–1 on aggregate)

Champion
CONCACAF Champions' Cup
1975 Champion

Atlético Español
First title

References
  1. Copa de Campeones 1975 on the RSSSF
  2. Atlético Español, el 'disfraz' de Necaxa by Eric Fong on Medio Tiempo, 25 Apr 2020
  3. Koep, Bob (July 14, 1975). "Players, fans mob visitors". Toronto Star. p. B1.
  4. "Platense – Fútbol de Honduras".
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