1991 CONCACAF Champions' Cup

The 1991 CONCACAF Champions' Cup was the 27th 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 7 April till 24 September 1991.

1991 CONCACAF Champions' Cup
Tournament details
Dates8 September – 24 September
Teams3 (from 3 associations)
Final positions
Champions Puebla (1st title)
Runners-up Police
Tournament statistics
Matches played4
Goals scored7 (1.75 per match)

The teams were split in three zones (North, Central and Caribbean), each one qualifying the winner to the final tournament, where the winners of the Caribbean and Central zones played a semi-final to decide who was going to play against the Northern champion in the final. All the matches in the tournament were played under the home/away match system.

Mexican club Puebla beat Trinidarian Police F.C. 4–2 on aggregate.[1] Therefore, Puebla won their first CONCACAF championship, which was also their first international title.[2][3]

North American Zone

First Round
13 April 1991 Dandy Town Hornets 3–1 Brooklyn Italians
27 April 1991 Brooklyn Italians 3–0
(4–3 agg.)		 Dandy Town Hornets
27 April 1991 Pembroke Hamilton Zebras 2–0 Eagles
Dill
5 May 1991 Eagles 1–2
(1–4 agg.)		 Pembroke Hamilton Zebras
Krzyskow 1' Ming
Swan

Second Round
Puebla v Brooklyn Italians
Universidad de Guadalajara v Pembroke Hamilton Zebras

Brooklyn Italians and Pembroke Hamilton Zebras withdrew. Puebla and Universidad de Guadalajara automatically advanced to third round.

Third Round
8 September 1991 Puebla 2–0 Universidad de Guadalajara Puebla, Mexico
Chávez 30'
Poblete 69'		 Stadium: Estadio Cuauhtémoc
Note: Played over one leg

Puebla advances to the CONCACAF Final Series.

Central American Zone

First Round
7 April 1991 Tauro 5–0 América Managua
Edgar Samaniego
Maldonado 		Referee: José Vargas (CRC)
21 April 1991 América Managua 0–0
(0–5 agg.)		 Tauro
Nil Nil
10 April 1991 Saprissa 4–1 Real Estelí San José, Costa Rica
Victor Badilla
Herra
Picado 		Vendana Stadium: Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá
Referee: Francisco Amaya
28 April 1991 Real Estelí 1–4
(2–8 agg.)		 Saprissa Estelí, Nicaragua
Arriola 15' Orta
Carabanca		 Stadium: Estadio Independencia
Referee: Armando Barrios (PAN)
16 April 1991 Alajuelense 4–1 Plaza Amador Alajuela, Costa Rica
Karoch
Solano
Brenes 		Botello Stadium: Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto
Referee: Gonzalo Tejada (HON)
18 April 1991 Plaza Amador 0–7
(1–11 agg.)		 Alajuelense Alajuela, Costa Rica
TBD Jakubec
Fernández
Guillén (pen.)
Arguedas 		Stadium: Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto
Referee: Víctor Chinchilla (GUA)
Note: Both legs in Alajuela
21 April 1991 Acros Duurly's 0–4 Luis Ángel Firpo Belize City, Belize
Nil Fernando De Moura
5 May 1991 Luis Ángel Firpo 4–0
(8–0 agg.)		 Acros Duurly's
Osmel Zapata

Nil
27 April 1991 Real España 5–0 Acros Verdes San Pedro Sula, Honduras
Anariba
Aguirre
González
Castillo 		Nil Stadium: Estadio General Francisco Morazán
5 May 1991 Acros Verdes 0–1
(0–6 agg.)		 Real España
Nil González 74'
1 May 1991 Motagua 1–1 Comunicaciones Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Ávila Bordon 71' Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino
Attendance: 24,250
Referee: Ronald Gutiérrez (CRC)
5 May 1991 Comunicaciones 1–0
(2–1 agg.)		 Motagua Guatemala City, Guatemala
Di Luca Nil Stadium: Estadio Mateo Flores
3 May 1991 Municipal 2–5 Alianza Guatemala City, Guatemala
Donis
Ochoa 		Eduardo Ramírez
Raul Toro
Hector López 		Stadium: Estadio El Trébol
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Rodrigo Badilla (CRC)
8 May 1991 Alianza 1–1
(6–3 agg.)		 Municipal San Salvador, El Salvador
Raul Toro TBD Stadium: Estadio Cuscatlán

Second Round
22 May 1991 Saprissa 3–1 Tauro San José, Costa Rica
Vladimir Quesada
Evaristo Coronado
Alexandre Guimarães (pen.)		 Edgar Samaniego Stadium: Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá
9 June 1991 Tauro 0–2
(1–5 agg.)		 Saprissa
Nil Adonis Vieira
Evaristo Coronado 		Referee: Rafael Martínez (SLV)
22 May 1991 Luis Ángel Firpo 2–0 Comunicaciones Usulután, El Salvador
Fernando de Moura
Luis Guelmo 		Nil Stadium: Sergio Torres Stadium
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Jorge Urías (HON)
15 June 1991 Comunicaciones 4–3
(4–5 agg.)		 Luis Ángel Firpo Guatemala City, Guatemala
Pereira
Chacón
Pérez
Bauza 		Fernando de Moura
Marlon Menjívar
Zapata 		Stadium: Estadio Mateo Flores
Referee: Rodolfo Martínez
5 June 1991 Alianza 0–1 Real España San Salvador, El Salvador
Nil Luis Vallejo 45' Stadium: Estadio Cuscatlán
Attendance: 4,200
Referee: José Burgos (CRC)
12 June 1991 Real España 1–1
(2–1 agg.)		 Alianza San Pedro Sula, Honduras
Washington Hernández William Chachagua Stadium: Estadio General Francisco Morazán
Referee: Mario Escobar (GUA)

Alajuelense bye.

Third Round
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Real España 3–0 Alajuelense 2–0 1–0
Firpo 1–4 Saprissa 1–1 0–3
  • Real C.D. España and Deportivo Saprissa advance to the fourth round.
Real España 2–0 Alajuelense
Ciro Castillo
José Luis Aguirre		 Nil Attendance: 5,500
Alajuelense 0-1
(0-3 agg.)		 Real España
Nil Camilo Bonilla 70
Firpo 1–1 Saprissa
Raul Diaz Arce Adonis Hilario Vieira
Saprissa 3-0
(4-1 agg.)		 Firpo
Adonis Hilario Vieira
Roland González Brenes
Rolando Fonseca Jiménez		 Nil

Final
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Saprissa 1–4 Real España 1–2 0–2
  • Real C.D. España advances to the CONCACAF Final Series.
Saprissa 1–2 Real España
Adonis Hilario Vieira 15 Washington Hernández 71
Marco Antonio Anariba 76
Real España 2–0
(4-1 agg.)		 Saprissa
Marco Vinicio Ortega 32
José Luis Aguirre 90		 Nil

Caribbean Zone

First Round
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Solidarité Scolaire 1–3 Marinoise 0–2 1–1
Strikers 1–2 Racing Gonaïves 0–0 1–2
Capoise 4–3 Sithoc 3–0 1–3
Black Lions 1–2 Scholars International 1–1 0–1
SUBT 0–6 Transvaal 0–3 0–3
Olympique du Marin 3–2 Kouroucien 0–0 3–2
Police 4–4 Reno 2–1 2–3
Robinhood 2–3 Defence Force 1–0 1–3
L'Etoile bye
Solidarité Scolaire 0-2 Marinoise
Nil
Marinoise 1-1
(3-1 agg.)		 Solidarité Scolaire
Strikers 0–0 Racing Gonaïves
Nil Nil
Racing Gonaïves 2–1
(2-1 agg.)		 Strikers
Capoise 3–0 Sithoc
Nil
Sithoc 3-1
(3-4 agg.)		 Capoise
Black Lions 1–1 Scholars International
Scholars International 1-0
(2-1 agg.)		 Black Lions
Nil
SUBT 0-3 Transvaal
Nil
Transvaal 3-0
(6-0 agg.)		 SUBT
Nil
Olympique du Marin 0–0 Kouroucien
Nil Nil
Kouroucien 2-3
(2-3 agg.)		 Olympique du Marin
Police 2-1 Reno
Reno 3–2
(4-4 agg.)		 Police
Robinhood 1–0 Defence Force
Nil
Defence Force 3-1
(3-2 agg.)		 Robinhood

Second Round
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Racing Gonaïves 3–4 Marinoise 1–1 2–3
Capoise 1–4 L'Etoile 1–1 0–3
Police 4–0 Transvaal 2–0 2–0
Scholars International 0–7 Defence Force 0–6 0–1
Olympique du Marin bye
Racing Gonaïves 1–1 Marinoise
Marinoise 3–2
(4-3 agg.)		 Racing Gonaïves
Capoise 1–1 L'Etoile
L'Etoile 3-0
(4-1 agg.)		 Capoise
Nil
Police 2–0 Transvaal
Nil
Transvaal 0–2
(0-4 agg.)		 Police
Nil
Scholars International 0-6 Defence Force
Nil
Defence Force 1-0
(7-0 agg.)		 Scholars International
Nil

Third Round
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Olympique du Marin 8–0 L'Etoile 5–0 3–0
Defence Force 2–3 Police 1–0 1–3
Marinoise Bye
Olympique du Marin 5–0 L'Etoile
Nil
L'Etoile 0-3
(0-8 agg.)		 Olympique du Marin
Nil
Defence Force 1–0 TBD
Nil
Police 3–1
(3-2 agg.)		 Defence Force

Fourth Round
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Marinoise 4–5 Police 3–2 1–3
Olympique du Marin bye
Marinoise 3-2 Police
Police 3-1
(5-4 agg.)		 Marinoise

Final
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Olympique du Marin 4–5 Police 3–2 1–3
Olympique du Marin 3-2 Police
Police 3-1
(5-4 agg.)		 Olympique du Marin

Semifinal

September 8, 1991

Venue: Estadio Francisco Morazán
City: San Pedro Sula, Honduras

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Real España 0–0 Police F.C.
Real España 0–0 Police F.C.
Nil Nil

September 15, 1991

Venue: Hasely Crawford Stadium
City: Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Police F.C. 1–0
AGG. (1–0)		 Real España

Puebla F.C. on bye, to the Final.

  • Police F.C. advance to the Final.
Police F.C. 1-0
(1-0 agg.)		 Real España
Nil

Final

First leg
1991 CONCACAF Champions' Cup Final
First leg
Puebla 3–1 Police
Ruiz 5'
Gelinski 34'
Paulo César 74'		 Report 59' Alfred

Second leg
Second leg
Police 1–1 Puebla
Boissoen 70' Report 56' Porto

Puebla won 3–1 on points (4–2 on aggregate)

Champion
CONCACAF Champions' Cup
1991 Winners

Puebla F.C.
First title

References
  1. Copa de Campeones 1991 on the RSSSF
  2. Puebla Campeón Concacaf 1991-1992 by Carlos Moreno on Club Puebla blogsite, c. 2011
  3. Conoce la vez que el Puebla quedó Campeón de la CONCACAF by Dereck Sanchez on Periódico Enfoque, 23 Dec 2020
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