1979 CONCACAF Champions' Cup explained

CONCACAF Champions' Cup
Year:	1979
Dates:	20 May – 29 December
Num Teams:	14
Winners:	FAS
Second:	Jong Colombia
Matches:	18
Goals:	27
Prev Season:	1978
Next Season:	1980

The 1979 CONCACAF Champions' Cup was the 15th 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 20 May till 29 December 1979.

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.

Salvadoran Club Deportivo FAS won the two-legged series final v Antillean team Jong Colombia (8–2 on aggregate),^[1] becoming CONCACAF champions for the first time in their history.^[2]

North American Zone

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• Tigres UANL advance to the CONCACAF Semifinal.

Central American Zone

Torneo Centroamericano de Concacaf 1979

• Comunicaciones and Alianza withdrew.
• FAS and Cartaginés advance to the second round.

Second round

• FAS, won presumably by walkover and advance to the CONCACAF Semi-final.

Caribbean Zone

Preliminary round

• Santos won, presumably by walkover and advances to the First round.

First round

• Leo Victor
  Robinhood
  Defence Force
  Tesoro Palo Seco
  Reportedly these clubs entered the tournament; results from these matches are unknown.

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• Jong Holland and Jong Colombia advance to the second round.

Second round

• Other fixtures (if any) not known.
• Defence Force and Jong Colombia advance to the third round.

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Third round

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• Jong Colombia advances to the fourth round (Final Round In The Caribbean Section).

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• Robin Hood wins and advances to the fourth round (Final Round In The Caribbean Section).

Fourth round

• Jong Colombia is the Champions in the Caribbean Region and advances to the CONCACAF Champions Cup Final.

CONCACAF Final Series

First leg

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Second leg

FAS won the series 1–0 on aggregate.

Final

First leg

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Second leg

FAS won the series 8–2 on aggregate.

Notes and References

1. https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/cacups79.html Copa de Campeones 1979
2. https://historico.elsalvador.com/historico/278837/fas-35-anos-del-campeonato-concacaf.html FAS, a 35 años del campeonato