1996 CONCACAF Champions' Cup

1996 CONCACAF Champions' Cup

Tournament details
Host country	Guatemala
City	Guatemala City
Dates	15 July – 20 July
Teams	4 (from 3 associations)
Final positions
Champions	Cruz Azul (4th title)
Runners-up	Club Necaxa
Tournament statistics
Matches played	6
Goals scored	29 (4.83 per match)

The 1996 CONCACAF Champions' Cup was the 32nd 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 9 March through 20 July 1996.

The teams were split into 2 zones (North/ Central and Caribbean). The North/Central zone was split into 3 groups, qualifying each winner to the final tournament. The winner of the Caribbean zone, earned a place in a playoff against the USA representative for a spot in the final tournament. All qualifying matches in the tournament were played under the home/away match system, while the final tournament was played in Guatemala City.

Club Deportivo Cruz Azul from Mexico won the final, its fourth CONCACAF championship.

North/Central American Zone

Group 1

First Round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
LD Alajuelense	6 - 3	FAS	4 - 2	2 - 1
Árabe Unido	2 - 1	Real Estelí	1 - 1	1 - 0
Corozal Victory FC	3 - 7	Victoria	1 - 3	2 - 4

• Cruz Azul on Bye, to the second round.
• L.D. Alajuelense, Arabe Unido and C.D. Victoria advance to the second round.

Second Round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Árabe Unido	1 - 3	C.D. Victoria	0 - 1	1 - 2

• Cruz Azul on Bye, to the third round.
• L.D. Alajuelense on Bye, to the third round.
• C.D. Victoria advance to the third round.

Third Round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
C.D. Victoria	1 - 2	Cruz Azul	1 - 0	0 - 2

• L.D. Alajuelense on Bye, to the fourth round.
• Cruz Azul advances to the fourth round.

Fourth Round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
L.D. Alajuelense	2 - 5	Cruz Azul	0 - 2	2 - 3

• Cruz Azul advance to the Final Group Stage.

Group 2

First Round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Deportivo Saprissa	4 - 3	C.D. Olimpia	4 - 0	0 - 3

• Club Necaxa on bye, to the second round.
• Saprissa advances to the second round.

Second Round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Deportivo Saprissa	3 - 4	Club Necaxa	2 - 2	1 - 2

• Necaxa advance to the Final Group Stage.

Group 3

First Round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
CSD Comunicaciones	6 - 0	Cosmos	4 - 0	2 - 0
C.S.D. Sacachispas	5 - 3	Juventus Managua	3 - 1	2 - 2

• Juventus F.C. on bye, to the second round.
• Comunicaciones and Sacachispas advance to the second round.

Second Round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
CSD Comunicaciones	5 - 1	C.S.D. Sacachispas	2 - 1	3 - 0

• Juventus F.C. on bye, to the third round.
• Comunicaciones advance to the third round.

Third Round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Juventus	1 - 8	CSD Comunicaciones	1 - 1	0 - 7

• CSD Comunicaciones advance to the Final Group Stage.

Caribbean Zone

First Round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
US Sinnamary	w/o*	SV Prekesh	0 - 0
SV Transvaal	w/o**	Red Star (Pointe-à-Pitre)

• US Sinnamary withdrew after 1st leg*
• Red Star withdrew before 1st leg**

Second Round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
SV Transvaal	1 - 0	SV Prekesh	0 - 0	1 - 0

• SV Transvaal advance to the USA/Caribbean playoff.

USA/Caribbean Playoff

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Seattle Sounders	10 - 0	SV Transvaal

• Seattle Sounders advance to the Final Group Stage.

CONCACAF Final Group Stage

Final stage was played in Guatemala City, Guatemala.

July 15 - 20, 1997

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Cruz Azul	3	2	1	0	14	2	+12	7
2	Necaxa	3	1	2	0	8	5	+3	5
3	Comunicaciones	3	1	1	1	6	5	+1	4
4	Seattle Sounders	3	0	0	3	1	17	−16	0

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Comunicaciones Nicolas Suazo  44' Jose Fernandez  83'	2 - 0	Seattle Sounders

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Necaxa Carlos Pavón  14'	1 - 1	Cruz Azul Carlos Hermosillo  48'

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Seattle Sounders Peter Hattrup  91' (pen.)	1 - 4	Necaxa Sergio Almaguer  32' Cuauhtémoc Blanco  47', 89' Sergio Vásquez  75'

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Comunicaciones Milton Núñez  90'	1 - 2	Cruz Azul Hector Adomaitis  33', 37'

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Comunicaciones Julio Rodas  24', 48' Milton Núñez  32'	3 - 3	Necaxa Pedro Pineda  47' (pen) Carlos Pavón  60' José Luis Montes de Oca  70'

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Seattle Sounders	0 -11	Cruz Azul Francisco Palencia  3' Carlos Hermosillo  13', 32', 49' Julio César Yegros  15', 53', 62' Hector Adomaitis  34' Benjamin Galindo  35' Kieran Barton  72' (OG) Francisco Ramírez  74' (pen.)

Champion

CONCACAF Champions' Cup 1996 Winners
Deportivo Cruz Azul Fourth Title

References

• RSSSF Site