1974 CONCACAF Champions' Cup

1974 CONCACAF Champions' Cup
Copa de Campeones Concacaf
Dates	5 May – 27 October
Final positions
Champions	Municipal
Runners-up	Transvaal

The 1974 CONCACAF Champions' Cup was the 10th 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 5 May till 27 October 1974 with all the matches played under the home/away match.

The teams were split in 3 zones (North American, Central American and Caribbean), each one qualifying the winner to the final tournament. As no clubs entered in the North American section, the winner of the two remaining zones gained the qualification to the final. Municipal from Guatemala won the tournament,[1] becoming CONCACAF champion for the first time.[2]

North American Zone

Entrants included:
Devonshire Colts
North Village CC
Maccabi Los Angeles

As all clubs withdrew, the zone was cancelled.

Central American Zone

First round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Saprissa	3–3	Aurora	2–1	1–2
Motagua	3–0	Cartaginés	1–0	2–0
Marathón	0–4	Municipal	0–1	0–3
Alianza	5–0*	CD UCA	5–0
Deportivo Santa Cecilia	4–5	Negocios Internacionales	4–1	0–4

Aurora FC won on lots.
The 2nd leg of Alianza FC vs. Universidad Centroamericana was cancelled by mutual agreement, and the 1st leg results stood.
Aurora FC, Motagua, Municipal and Negocios Internacionales all advanced to the second round.

12 May 1974	Saprissa	2–1	Aurora

19 May 1974	Aurora	2–1 (3–3 agg.)	Saprissa	Guatemala City, Guatemala
	René Morales

	Motagua	1–0	Cartaginés
	Oscar Hernandez 40'		Nil

	Cartaginés	0–2 (2–3 agg.)	Motagua
	Nil		Mario Artica Ruben Guifarra

	Marathón	0–1	Municipal
	Nil		José Emilio Mitrovich

27 May 1974	Municipal	3–0 (4–0 agg.)	Marathón
	José Emilio Mitrovich Julio César Anderson		Nil

27 May 1974	Alianza	5–0	CD UCA	San Salvador
	Manuel Cañada Miguel González Roberto Guerra Miguel Hermosilla Ninon Osorio		Nil	Stadium: Estadio Flor Blanco

CD UCA

DNP
(0–5 agg.)

Alianza

	Deportivo Santa Cecilia	4–1	Negocios Internacionales

	Negocios Internacionales	4–0 (5–4 agg.)	Deportivo Santa Cecilia
			Nil

Second round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Motagua	0–4	Municipal	0–0	0–4
Aurora	5–3	Negocios Internacionales	3–1	2–2

Alianza FC: Bye
Aurora FC advanced to the third round.

	Motagua	0–0	Municipal
	Nil		Nil

28 June 1974	Municipal	4–0 (2–3 agg.)	Motagua	Guatemala City, Guatemala
	Emilio Mitrovich Cesar Anderson Raul Benitez		Nil	Stadium: Estadio Mateo Flores

June 22, 1974	Aurora	3–1	Negocios Internacionales	Guatemala City, Guatemala
	René Morales Selvin Pennant

28 June 1974	Negocios Internacionales	2–2 (3–5 agg.)	Aurora	San Salvador, El Salvador
	Mauricio Meneses Ricardo Sosa		Carlos Diaz René Morales	Stadium: Flor Blanca Stadium

Third round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Aurora	2–4	Alianza	2–3	0–1

Municipal: Bye
Alianza FC advance to the fourth round.

	Aurora	2–3	Alianza
			Hugo Ottensen Miguel Gonzalez

September 2, 1974	Alianza	1–0 (4–2 agg.)	Aurora	San Salvador, El Salvador
	Manuel Canadas		Nil	Stadium: Flor Blanca Stadium

Fourth round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Alianza	0–3	Municipal	0–1	0–2

Municipal advances to the CONCACAF Final.

	Alianza	0–1	Municipal
	Nil

October 7, 1974	Municipal	2–0 (3–0 agg.)	Alianza	Guatemala City, Guatemala
	Raúl Washington Benítez Felipe Carias		Nil	Stadium: Mateo Flores Stadium

Caribbean Zone

First round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Jong Colombia	3–2	Robinhood	2–2	1–0
Transvaal	12–1	Real Rincon	6–1	6–0

Jong Colombia and Transvaal advance to second round.

	Jong Colombia	2–2	Robinhood
	TBD TBD		TBD TBD

	Robinhood	0–1 (2–3 agg.)	Jong Colombia
	Nil		TBD

	Transvaal	6–1	Real Rincon
	TBD TBD TBD		TBD

	Real Rincon	0–6 (1–12 agg.)	Transvaal
	Nil		TBD TBD TBD TBD

Second round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Jong Colombia	3–5	Transvaal	1–2	2–3

Transvaal advances to the CONCACAF Final.

	Jong Colombia	1–2	Transvaal
	TBD		TBD TBD

	Transvaal	3–2 (5–3 agg.)	Jong Colombia
	TBD TBD TBD		TBD TBD

Final

First leg

1974 CONCACAF Champions' Cup Final

October 24, 1974

First leg

Transvaal	1–2	Municipal
Vanenburg 55'	Report	Cesar Anderson 48' Benítez 75'

Mateo Flores, Guatemala City

Second leg

October 27, 1974

Second leg

Municipal	2–1	Transvaal
Emilio Mitrovich 33', 73'	Report	Vanenburg 43' (p)

Mateo Flores, Guatemala City

Referee: Javier Galindo (Mexico)

Municipal won 4–0 on points, and 4–2 on goal difference.

Team details

Municipal

Transvaal


GK		Adrián Fernández
DF		Leonardo McNish
DF		Carlos Monterroso
DF		Lijón León
DF		Armando Melgar Retolaza
MF		Benjamín Monterroso
MF		Miguel A. Pérez
MF		Raúl W. Benítez
FW		José E. Mitrovich
FW		Miguel Ángel Cobián
FW		Julio César Anderson
Substitutions:
FW		Carlos Valdez
Manager:
Rubén Amorín


GK		Emile Barron
DF		Goodrrief
DF		Gesser
DF		Fraam
DF		Regilio Doest
MF		Roy Vanenburg
MF		Gerrit Waal
MF		Headley
MF		Edwin Schal
FW		Wensley Bundel
FW		Humphrey Castillion
Substitutions:
FW		Theo Klein
FW		Schenlers
Manager:
Jules Lagadeau

Champion

CONCACAF Champions' Cup 1974 Champion
Municipal First title

References

Copa de Campeones 1974 on the RSSSF
Rojos, campeones de Concacaf on Prensa Libre, 27 Oct 2020

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[1] Copa de Campeones 1974 on the RSSSF

[2] Rojos, campeones de Concacaf on Prensa Libre, 27 Oct 2020