1979 CONCACAF Champions' Cup

1979 CONCACAF Champions' Cup

Tournament details
Dates	May 20 - December 29, 1979
Teams	14
Final positions
Champions	CD FAS
Runner-up	CRKSV Jong Colombia

The 1979 CONCACAF Champions' Cup was the 15th 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 20 May till 29 December 1979.

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.

Club Deportivo FAS from El Salvador won the final, and became CONCACAF champion for the first time in their history.

North American Zone

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
UANL Tigres	3 - 0	Soccer Universidad A.C.	2 - 0	1 - 0

• UANL Tigres advance to the CONCACAF Semi-final.

Central American Zone

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
CD FAS	w/o	CSD Comunicaciones
CS Cartaginés	w/o	Alianza FC

• Comunicaciones and Alianza withdrew.
• Deportivo FAS and Cartaginés advance to the second round.

Second Round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
CD FAS	w/o	CS Cartaginés

• Deportivo FAS, won presumably by walkover and advance to the CONCACAF Semi-final.

Caribbean Zone

Preliminary Round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Santos Kingston FC	w/o	Don Bosco Jarabacoa FC

• Santos F.C. won, presumably by walkover and advances to the First round.

First Round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
CRKSV Jong Holland	3 - 0	Arnett Gardens FC	1 - 0	2 - 0
Santos Kingston FC	0 - 4	CRKSV Jong Colombia	0 - 2	0 - 2

• CRKSV Jong Colombia
  SV Leo Victor
  SV Robinhood
  Defence Force FC
  Tesoro Palo Seco FC
  Reportedly these clubs entered the tournament; results from these matches are unknown.
• CRKSV Jong Holland and CRKSV Jong Colombia advance to the second round.

Second Round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
CRKSV Jong Holland	0 - 2	Defence Force F.C.	0 - 0	0 - 2
SV Leo Victor	2 - 3	CRKSV Jong Colombia	2 - 1	0 - 2

• Other fixtures (if any) not known.
• Defence Force and CRKSV Jong Colombia advance to the third round.

Third Round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Defence Force	2 - 3	Jong Colombia	2 - 0	0 - 3
SV Robinhood	3 - 0	Tesoro Palo Seco	2 - 0	1 - 0

• Robin Hood wins and advances to the fourth round (Final Round In The Caribbean Section).
• Jong Colombia advances to the fourth round (Final Round In The Caribbean Section).

Fourth Round

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

• CRKSV Jong Colombia is the Champions in the Caribbean Region and advances to the CONCACAF Champions Cup Final.

CONCACAF Final Series

Semi-Final

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
UANL Tigres	0 - 1	CD FAS	0 - 0	0 - 1

• Deportivo FAS advances to the CONCACAF Final.

Final

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
CRKSV Jong Colombia	2 - 8	CD FAS	1 - 1	1 - 7

• Deportivo FAS wins the CONCACAF Champions' Cup.

Final

First leg

CRKSV Jong Colombia v C.D. FAS

1979-12-22

CRKSV Jong Colombia	1 – 1	C.D. FAS
Frank Victoria  70'	(Report)	David Arnoldo Cabrera  72'

Ergilio Hato Stadium Willemstad, Netherlands Antilles Attendance: 10.000

Second leg

C.D. FAS v CRKSV Jong Colombia

1979-12-29

C.D. FAS	7 – 1	CRKSV Jong Colombia
Roberto Raul Casadei  12',  43' Jorge González  56',  81' David Arnoldo Cabrera  64',  87' Alfredo Erazo  63'	(Report)	Edwin Bernardina  90'

Estadio Cuscatlan San Salvador, El Salvador Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Jorge Mario Ramirez

C.D. FAS wins 1979 CONCACAF Champions' Cup 8-2 on aggregate,
advance to Confederation title.

Champion

CONCACAF Champions' Cup 1979 Champions
CD FAS First Title

References

• RSSSF Site