1968 CONCACAF Champions' Cup
The 1968 CONCACAF Champions' Cup was the 4th 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.
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 26 May – 1 December 1968 |
| Teams | 10 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Toluca (1st title) |
The tournament was played by 10 teams of 10 nations: Netherlands Antilles, Bermuda, El Salvador, United States, Guatemala, Mexico, Honduras, Suriname, Nicaragua, Costa Rica.
It was played from 26 May till 1 December 1968 under the home/away match system. The tournament was split in 3 zones (North American, Central American and Caribbean), each one qualifying the winner to the final tournament, where the winners of the Central and Caribbean zones played a semi-final to decide who was going to play against the Northern champion in the final. The final was scratched and Toluca were declared champions after both semi-finalists, Aurora and Transvaal, were ejected from the competition (Aurora due to crowd violence and Transvaal for using ineligible players).
Club Deportivo Toluca (actually known as Deportivo Toluca FC) from Mexico thus became for the first time in its history CONCACAF champion.[1][2]
Caribbean zone
| 22 April 1968 1st leg | Scherpenheuvel .svg.png.webp){kind=small} | 1–1 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Transvaal | |
TBD  |
TBD |
| 2 May 1968 2nd leg | Transvaal | 3–1 | Scherpenheuvel | |
| TBD TBD TBD |
TBD |
- Transvaal won 4–2 on aggregate score.
Northern zone
First round
| 26 May 1968 1st leg | Somerset Trojans  | 2–1 |  NY Greek Americans | |
| TBD TBD |
TBD |
| 2 June 1968 2nd leg | NY Greek Americans | 1–0 | Somerset Trojans | |
| TBD |
Nil |
| Play-off | NY Greek Americans | 2–1 | Somerset Trojans | New York, New York |
| TBD TBD |
TBD |
- NY Greek Americans won 4–3 on aggregate score.
Second round
| 29 September 1968 1st leg | Toluca | 4–1 | NY Greek Americans | Mexico |
| CST | Amaury Epaminondas 14' 85' (pen.) Felipe Ruvalcaba 25'Francisco Linares 59' |
Tonorezos 33' (pen.) |
| 6 October 1968 2nd leg | NY Greek Americans | 2–3 | Toluca | United States |
| EST | Víctor Jurisenvik John Kosmidis |
Felipe Ruvalcaba Juan Dosal Amaury Epaminondas |
- Toluca won 7–3 on aggregate score.
Central American Zone
First round
| 3 April 1968 1st leg | Alajuelense  | 0–2 |  Aurora | Costa Rica |
| CST | Nil | Oscar Molina Jorge Roldán |
| 7 April 1968 2nd leg | Aurora | 0–1 | Alajuelense | Guatemala |
| CST | Nil | TBD |
- Aurora won 2–1 on aggregate score.
| 21 April 1968 1st leg | Alianza  | 1–2 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Olimpia | El Salvador |
| CST | Odir Jacques |
Ricardo Taylor Donaldo Rosales |
| 28 April 1968 2nd leg | Olimpia | 1–0 | Alianza | Honduras |
| CST | Conrado Flores |
Nil | Stadium: Estadio Nacional |
- Olimpia won 3–1 on aggregate score.
Semi-final
| 27 November 1968 1st leg | Transvaal | 1–1 | Aurora | Paramaribo, Dutch Guiana |
| AST | Swie |
TBD |
| 1 December 1968 2nd leg | Aurora | 0–2 | Transvaal | Paramaribo, Dutch Guiana |
| AST | Nil | TBD TBD |
The semi-final was declared null and void, and both teams were ejected from the competition: Aurora after their fans invaded the pitch following the end of the 2nd leg and caused a mass brawl between celebrating Transvaal fans, and Transvaal for using three ineligible players in both legs.
Final
After Aurora and Transvaal were both ejected from the competition, the final was scratched and Toluca were declared champions.[1]
Champion
| CONCACAF Champions' Cup 1968 champion |
|---|
Toluca 1st title |
References
- Copa de Campeones 1968 on the RSSSF
- Todos los campeones de Concacaf on Goal.com, 20 Dec 2020