1969 CONCACAF Champions' Cup

The 1969 CONCACAF Champions' Cup was the 5th 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 football club champion in the CONCACAF region.

1969 CONCACAF Champions' Cup
Copa de Campeones Concacaf
Tournament details
Dates25 April–30 September 1969
Teams10 (from 9 associations)
Final positions
Champions Cruz Azul
Runners-up Comunicaciones
Third place Saprissa
Tournament statistics
Matches played18
Goals scored53 (2.94 per match)

The tournament was played by 10 teams of 9 nations: Netherlands Antilles, Bermuda, El Salvador, Haiti, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Costa Rica. It was played from 25 April till 30 September 1969 under the home/away match system and for the first time, the teams were not split into zones, playing in a straight round system.[1][2]

Cruz Azul from Mexico won the final after beating Guatemalan club Comunicaaciones 1–0 in the second leg,[3] becoming CONCACAF champion for the first time in its history.[1][4]

First round

25 April 1969 1st leg Saprissa 4–0 Motagua San José, Costa Rica
20:17 (UTC−06:00) Aguilar  19'
Hernández  60'
Umaña  82'
Chavarría  86'
Stadium: Estadio Nacional
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Valentín Gazo (NCA)
1 May 1969 2nd leg Motagua 1–1 Saprissa Tegucigalpa, Honduras
(UTC−06:00) Díaz  15' (o.g.)  19' (o.g.) Navarro Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino
Referee: Clemente Cayez (SLV)
  • Saprissa won 5–1 on aggregate score.

  • Comunicaciones won 4–1 on aggregate score.

  • Águila won 5–3 on aggregate score.

  • Somerset Cricket won 6–1 on aggregate score.

Second round

  • Toluca won 1–0 on aggregate score. Toluca were disqualified for the undue alignment of three players; Cruz Azul advanced.

29 June 1969 2nd leg Comunicaciones 2–2 Águila Guatemala City, Guatemala
(UTC−06:00) Hernán Godoy & Julio Rodas Félix Pineda & Rudy Sobalbarro Stadium: Estadio Mateo Flores
  • Comunicaciones won 7–4 on aggregate score.

  • Saprissa won 7–0 on aggregate score.

Semifinal

31 August 1969 1st leg Saprissa 2–2 Cruz Azul San José, Costa Rica
(UTC−06:00) Chavarría  63'
Hernández  75'
Victorino  43'
Pulido  72'
Stadium: Estadio Nacional
9 September 1969 2nd leg Cruz Azul 2–1 Saprissa Mexico City, Mexico
(UTC−06:00) Guerrero  32'
Flores  54'
Chavarría  56' Stadium: Estadio Olímpico de la Ciudad de los Deportes
Attendance: 35,000
  • Cruz Azul won 4–3 on aggregate score.

Final

First leg

1969 CONCACAF Champions' Cup Final
First leg
Comunicaciones 0–0 Cruz Azul
Report

Second leg

Second leg
Cruz Azul 1–0 Comunicaciones
Alejándrez  82' Report
Attendance: 30,000
  • Cruz Azul won 1–0 on aggregate score.
CONCACAF Champions' Cup
1969 Champion

Cruz Azul
First title

References

  1. Copa Concacaf 1969 by Jim Goloboy and Karel Stokkermans on the RSSSF
  2. Campeones 1969 on Footbase
  3. Comunicaciones en la Concacaf
  4. "Cruz Azul Campeón de la Concacaf 1969" on Reino Azul (blogsite), 7 Mar 2014
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