1977 CONCACAF Champions' Cup

1977 CONCACAF Champions' Cup

Copa de Campeones Concacaf
Dates	17 April 1977 till 18 February 1978
Final positions
Champions	América

The 1977 CONCACAF Champions' Cup was the 13th 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 17 April 1977 till 18 February 1978.

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

América from Mexico won the final, and became for the first time CONCACAF champion in their history.

North American Zone

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Club América	w/o	New York Inter-Giuliana

• New York Inter-Giuliana withdrew
• Club América advances to the CONCACAF Semi-Final.

Central American Zone

First Round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
CD Águila	1 - 3	CSD Municipal	0 - 2	1 - 1
Diriangén FC	w/o	AD Barrio México
Deportivo Saprissa	w/o	Real CD España

• CD Motagua on a Bye.
• Barrio México did not have match dates communicated to them by CONCACAF and forfeited.
• Real España withdrew.
• C.D. Águila, Diriangén FC, Saprissa advances to the second round.

Second Round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
CSD Municipal	16 - 1	Diriangén FC	13 - 1	3 - 1
Deportivo Saprissa	w/o	CD Motagua

• CD Motagua withdrew.
• Municipal and Saprissa advance to the third round.

Third Round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
CSD Municipal	1 - 3	Deportivo Saprissa	1 - 2	0 - 1

• Saprissa advances to the CONCACAF Semi-Final.

Caribbean Zone

First Round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Defence Force	0 - 4	Violette AC	0 - 2	0 - 2
Pele FC	3 - 4	SV Voorwaarts	2 - 0	1 - 4
SV Robinhood	6 - 0	Y.M.C.A.	5 - 0	1 - 0
TECSA	w/o	Victory SC

• Victory SC withdrew.
• Violette AC advance to the third round.
• SV Voorwaarts, and SV Robinhood advance to the second round.

Second Round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
SV Voorwaarts	0 - 2	SV Robinhood	0 - 1	0 - 1

• SV Robinhood advances to the third round.
• TECSA on a Bye to the fourth round.
• Violette AC on a Bye to the third round.

Third Round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Violette AC	0 - 1	SV Robinhood	0 - 0	0 - 1

• SV Robinhood advances to the fourth round.

Fourth Round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
TECSA	2 - 4	SV Robinhood	1 - 1	1 - 3

• SV Robinhood advances to the CONCACAF Final.

CONCACAF Final Series

Semi-Final

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Club América	w/o	Deportivo Saprissa

• Saprissa withdrew.
• Club América advances to the CONCACAF Final.

Final

SV Robinhood v Club América

1978-01-15

SV Robinhood	0 – 1	Club América
		da Costa  49'

Paramaribo, Suriname

SV Robinhood v Club América

1978-01-17

SV Robinhood	1 – 1	Club América
Emanuelson		Kiesse  70'

Paramaribo, Suriname

• Club América wins the CONCACAF Champions' Cup, 2 - 1 on aggregate.

Champion

CONCACAF Champions' Cup 1977 Champions
Club América First Title

References

• RSSSF Site