1967 CONCACAF Champions' Cup

The 1967 CONCACAF Champions' Cup was the 3rd 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.

1967 CONCACAF Champions' Cup
Tournament details
Dates6 August 1967 – 24 March 1968
Teams10 (from 1 federation)
Final positions
ChampionsEl Salvador Alianza (1st title)
Runners-upNetherlands Antilles Jong Colombia
Tournament statistics
Matches played13
Goals scored38 (2.92 per match)

The tournament was played by 10 teams of 10 nations: Netherlands Antilles, Bermuda, El Salvador, United States, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Nicaragua, Trinidad and Tobago. The tournament was played from 6 August 1967 till 24 March 1968.

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.

Alianza from El Salvador won the final, and became CONCACAF champion for the first time.[1]

North American Zone

The Zone was scratched and United States Philadelphia Ukrainians advanced to the North/Central American Zone Final as they were the only entrant.

Central American Zone

First round

6 August 1967 1st leg Alianza El Salvador 8–0 Nicaragua Flor de Caña El Salvador
CST Luis Ernesto Tapia
Ricardo Sepulveda
TBD
TBD
Nil
13 August 1967 2nd leg Flor de Caña Nicaragua 3–2
(3–10 agg.)
El Salvador Alianza Nicaragua
CST Oscar Calvo
TBD
TBD
6 August 1967 1st leg Olimpia Honduras 0–1 Guatemala Aurora Honduras
CST Nil Manuel Recinos Stadium: Estadio Nacional
13 August 1967 2nd leg Aurora Guatemala 0–1
(1–1 agg.)
Honduras Olimpia Guatemala
CST Nil
20 August 1967 Replay Aurora Guatemala 2–0 Honduras Olimpia Guatemala
CST Nil

Second round

10 September 1967 1st leg Aurora Guatemala 0–0 El Salvador Alianza Guatemala
CST Nil Nil
17 September 1967 2nd leg Alianza El Salvador 1–1
(1–1 agg.)
Guatemala Aurora El Salvador
CST Luis Hernan Alvarez Reginaldo Aleman Stadium: Estadio Flor Blanco
15 October 1967 Replay Alianza El Salvador 1–0 (a.e.t.) Guatemala Aurora San Salvador, El Salvador
CST Mario Monge Nil Stadium: Estadio Flor Blanco
Attendance: 30,000

Caribbean Zone

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Netherlands Antilles Jong Colombia 4 3 1 0 10 1 +9 7 Qualified to the Final
2 Trinidad and Tobago Regiment 4 2 1 1 5 7 2 5
3 Jamaica Regiment 4 2 0 2 5 6 1 4
4 Bermuda Somerset Trojans 4 1 0 3 8 8 0 2
5 Haiti Racing Haïtien 4 1 0 3 3 9 6 2
Source:

North vs Central playoff

12 November 1967 1st leg Alianza El Salvador 2–1 United States Philadelphia Ukrainians San Salvador, El Salvador
CST Mario Flores Luis Pasache

Final

First leg

1967 CONCACAF Champions' Cup Final
First leg
Jong Colombia Netherlands Antilles2–1El Salvador Alianza
Juan Obispo
Wilfredo Constancia
Mario Flores

Second leg

Goal difference was not taken into account. As both teams won a game, a re-match was required.


Playoff

Playoff
Alianza El Salvador5–3Netherlands Antilles Jong Colombia
Mario Flores 13', 85'
Luis Ernesto Tapia 43', 52'
Odir Jacques 49'
Report Jose Constancia 7'
Erick Constancia 65'
Wilfredo Constancia 77'

Champion

CONCACAF Champions Cup
1967 Champion
El Salvador
Alianza
First title

References

  1. Copa de Campeones CONCACAF 1967 by Jim Goloboy, Erik Francisco Lugo and Karel Stokkermans on the RSSSF
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