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.
Tournament details | |
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Dates | 6 August 1967 – 24 March 1968 |
Teams | 10 (from 1 federation) |
Final positions | |
Champions | Alianza (1st title) |
Runners-up | Jong Colombia |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 13 |
Goals scored | 38 (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 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 | 8–0 | Flor de Caña | El Salvador |
CST | Luis Ernesto Tapia Ricardo Sepulveda TBD TBD |
Nil |
13 August 1967 2nd leg | Flor de Caña | 3–2 (3–10 agg.) | Alianza | Nicaragua |
CST | Oscar Calvo TBD |
TBD |
6 August 1967 1st leg | Olimpia | 0–1 | Aurora | Honduras |
CST | Nil | Manuel Recinos | Stadium: Estadio Nacional |
Second round
17 September 1967 2nd leg | Alianza | 1–1 (1–1 agg.) | Aurora | El Salvador |
CST | Luis Hernan Alvarez | Reginaldo Aleman | Stadium: Estadio Flor Blanco |
15 October 1967 Replay | Alianza | 1–0 (a.e.t.) | 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 |
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1 | Jong Colombia | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 1 | +9 | 7 | Qualified to the Final |
2 | Regiment | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 5 | |
3 | Regiment | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 4 | |
4 | Somerset Trojans | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 2 | |
5 | Racing Haïtien | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | −6 | 2 |
- All matches played in Kingston, Jamaica.
- Jong Colombia wins group stage, advances to the Final.
North vs Central playoff
12 November 1967 1st leg | Alianza | 2–1 | Philadelphia Ukrainians | San Salvador, El Salvador |
CST | Mario Flores | Luis Pasache |
15 November 1967 2nd leg | Philadelphia Ukrainians | 0–1 (1–3 agg.) | Alianza | San Salvador, El Salvador |
CST | Nil | Leonardo Salas |
Final
First leg
Jong Colombia | 2–1 | Alianza |
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Juan Obispo Wilfredo Constancia |
Mario Flores |
Second leg
Alianza | 3–0 | Jong Colombia |
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Leonardo Salas Odir Jacques Luis Ernesto Tapia |
Nil |
Goal difference was not taken into account. As both teams won a game, a re-match was required.
Playoff
Alianza | 5–3 | Jong Colombia |
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Mario Flores 13', 85' Luis Ernesto Tapia 43', 52' Odir Jacques 49' |
Report | Jose Constancia 7' Erick Constancia 65' Wilfredo Constancia 77' |
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Champion
CONCACAF Champions Cup 1967 Champion |
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Alianza First title |
References
- Copa de Campeones CONCACAF 1967 by Jim Goloboy, Erik Francisco Lugo and Karel Stokkermans on the RSSSF