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

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.

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 to 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 Comunicaciones 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 Costa Rica 4–0 Honduras Motagua San José, Costa Rica
20:17 (UTC−06:00) Luís Aguilar 19'
Fernando Hernández 60'
Eduardo Umaña 82'
Eduardo Chavarría 86'		 Nil Stadium: Estadio Nacional
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Valentín Gazo (NCA)
1 May 1969 2nd leg Motagua Honduras 1–1 Costa Rica Saprissa Tegucigalpa, Honduras
(UTC−06:00) Dagoberto 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.
18 May 1969 1st leg Águila El Salvador 3–1 Netherlands Antilles Jong Colombia San Salvador, El Salvador
(UTC−06:00) Juan Ramon Martinez
Felix Pineda 		Franklin Victoria Stadium: Estadio Nacional De la Flor Blanca
20 May 1969 2nd leg Jong Colombia Netherlands Antilles 2–2 El Salvador Águila San Salvador, El Salvador
(UTC−06:00) Hubert Martina Rudy Sobalvarro
Carlos Goncalvez 		Stadium: Estadio Nacional De la Flor Blanca
  • Águila won 5–3 on aggregate score.
16 June 1969 2nd leg Violette Haiti 0–5 Bermuda Somerset Trojans Hamilton, Bermuda
(UTC−06:00) Nil TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
  • Somerset Cricket won 6–1 on aggregate score.

Second round

12 June 1969 1st leg Toluca Mexico 0–0 Mexico Cruz Azul Toluca, Mexico
(UTC−06:00) Nil Nil Stadium: Estadio Nemesio Díez
  • Toluca won 1–0 on aggregate score. Toluca were disqualified for the undue alignment of three players; Cruz Azul advanced.
22 June 1969 1st leg Águila El Salvador 2–5 Guatemala Comunicaciones San Salvador, El Salvador
(UTC−06:00)
Hernán Godoy
Hugo Peña
Héctor Tambasco 		Stadium: Estadio Nacional Jorge "Mágico" González
29 June 1969 2nd leg Comunicaciones Guatemala 2–2 El Salvador 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 Costa Rica 2–2 Mexico 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 Mexico 2–1 Costa Rica 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 Guatemala0–0Mexico Cruz Azul
Report
Attendance: 30,000

Second leg

Second leg
Cruz Azul Mexico1–0Guatemala Comunicaciones
Alejándrez 82' Report
Attendance: 30,000
  • Cruz Azul won 1–0 on aggregate score.
CONCACAF Champions' Cup
1969 Champion
Mexico
Cruz Azul
First title

References

  1. 1 2 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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