1977 CONCACAF Champions' Cup

The 1977 CONCACAF Champions' Cup was the 13th 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 17 April 1977 till 18 February 1978.

1977 CONCACAF Champions' Cup
Copa de Campeones Concacaf
The National Stadion in Paramaribo hosted the final
Dates17 April 1977 – 18 February 1978
Final positions
Champions América
Runners-up Robinhood

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.

Mexican club América beat Surinamese side Robinhood in the final,[1] winning their first CONCACAF champion cup.[2]

North American Zone
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
América w/o New York Inter-Giuliana
  • New York Inter-Giuliana withdrew
  • América advances to the CONCACAF Semi-Final.

Central American Zone

First Round
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Águila 1 - 3 Municipal 0 - 2 1 - 1
Diriangén 4 - 0 Barrio México 2 - 0 0 - 2
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  • Motagua: Bye
  • Barrio México did not have match dates communicated to them by CONCACAF, and failed to appear for the first leg: CONCACAF awarded both legs to Diriangén 2-0.
  • Real España withdrew.
  • Municipal, Diriangén and Saprissa advanced to the second round.
Águila 0-2 Municipal
Nil
Municipal 1-1
(3-1 agg.)		 Águila
Miguel Angel Coban Alfredo Vasquez

Second Round
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Municipal 16 - 2 Diriangén 13 - 1 3 - 1
Saprissa w/o Motagua {{{6}}} {{{7}}}
  • Motagua withdrew.
  • Municipal and Saprissa advance to the third round.
Municipal 13–1 Diriangén
Julio César Anderson
Mauricio Cruz
June 26, 1977 Diriangén 1-3
(16-2 agg.)		 Municipal Guatemala City, Guatemala
TBD José Emilio Mitrovich
Julio César Anderson

Third Round
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Municipal 1 - 3 Saprissa 1 - 2 0 - 1
  • Saprissa advances to the CONCACAF Semi-Final.
July 11, 1977 Municipal 1–2 Saprissa Guatemala City, Guatemala
Omar Sanzogni Wilbert Barquero
Gerardo Solano		 Stadium: Mateo Flores Stadium
Saprissa 1-0
(3-1 agg.)		 Municipal

Caribbean Zone

First Round
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Defence Force 0 - 4 Violette 0 - 2 0 - 2
Pele 3 - 4 Voorwaarts 2 - 0 1 - 4
Robinhood 6 - 0 YMCA 5 - 0 1 - 0
TECSA w/o Victory
  • Victory withdrew.
  • Violette and Robinhood advanced to the Second Round.
  • Voorwaarts on a bye to the Third Round.
  • TECSA on a bye to the Fourth Round.
Defence Force 2–0 Violette
Nil
Violette 0-2
(2-3 agg.)		 Defence Force
Nil'
Pele 2–0 Voorwaarts
Nil
Voorwaarts 4-1
(4-3 agg.)		 Pele
Robinhood 5–0 YMCA
Nil
YMCA 0-1
(0-6 agg.)		 Robinhood
Nil

Second Round
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Violette 0 - 1 Robinhood 0 - 0 0 - 1
  • Robinhood advanced to the third round.
Violette 0–0 Robinhood
Nil Nil
Robinhood 1-0
(1-0 agg.)		 Violette
Nil

Third Round
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Voorwaarts 0 - 2 Robinhood 0 - 1 0 - 1
  • Robinhood advanced to the fourth round.
Voorwaarts 0-1 Robinhood
Nil
Robinhood 1-0
(2-0 agg.)		 Voorwaarts
TBD Nil

Fourth Round
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
TECSA 2 - 4 Robinhood 1 - 1 1 - 3
  • Robinhood advanced to the CONCACAF Champions'Cup Final.
TECSA 1–1 Robinhood
Robinhood 3-1
(4-2 agg.)		 TECSA

CONCACAF Final Series

Semi-Final
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
América w/o Saprissa
  • Saprissa withdrew.
  • América advances to the CONCACAF Final.

Final

First leg
1977 CONCACAF Champions' Cup Final
First leg
Robinhood 0–1 América
Report da Costa 49'

Second leg
Second leg
Robinhood 1–1 América
Emanuelson Report (1)
Report (2)		 Kiesse 70'
Attendance: 5,000
  • América won 2–1 on aggregate.

Champion
CONCACAF Champions' Cup
1977 Champions

América
First title

References
  1. Copa de Campeones 1977 on the RSSSF
  2. Campeonato de Concacaf 1977–78 on Club América
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