1971 CONCACAF Champions' Cup

1971 CONCACAF Champions' Cup

Tournament details
Dates	August 22, 1971 – April 19, 1972
Teams	22 (from 12 associations)
Final positions
Champions	Cruz Azul (3rd title)
Runners-up	Alajuelense
← 1970 1972 → All statistics correct as of On January 6, 2012.

The 1971 CONCACAF Champions' Cup was the 7th 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. It was played from August 22, 1971, till April 19, 1972, under the home/away match system.

The teams were split into 3 zones (North American, Central American and Caribbean), each one qualifying two teams to the final tournament, played for the first time in a group system. After the end of the group, a playoff match had to be played because two teams ended with the same points in the lead of the group. This tournament included the Rochester Lancers, the only team from the original North American Soccer League to take part.

Cruz Azul from Mexico won the final, and became for the third time in its history became CONCACAF champion.^[1][2]

North American Zone

Elizabeth v Cruz Azul

October 3, 1971

Elizabeth

0–0

Cruz Azul

Cruz Azul v Elizabeth

October 13, 1971	Cruz Azul	2–0 (2–0 agg.)	Elizabeth
Note: Elizabeth S.C. forfeit.

Rochester Lancers v Pembroke Hamilton

September 19, 1971	Rochester Lancers	4–1	Pembroke Hamilton
Note: [3]

Pembroke Hamilton v Rochester Lancers

September 26, 1971	Pembroke Hamilton	3–1 (4–5 agg.)	Rochester Lancers
Note: [4]

• Cruz Azul and Rochester Lancers advanced to the CONCACAF Final Tournament.

Central American Zone

Preliminary round

Diriangén v Comunicaciones

August 22, 1971	Diriangén	0–5	Comunicaciones
			Omar Larrosa Enrique Mendoza Hector Tambasco

Comunicaciones v Diriangén

August 29, 1971	Comunicaciones	10–1 (15–1 agg.)	Diriangén	Guatemala City, Guatemala
	Hernán Godoy Omar Larrosa		TBD

• Comunicaciones advanced to the First Round.

First round

Aurora v Atlético Marte

August 22, 1971	Aurora	2–1	Atlético Marte
	Alex Frank Edgar Gonzalez		TBD

Atlético Marte v Aurora

August 29, 1971	Atlético Marte	1–1 (2–3 agg.)	Aurora	San Salvador, El Salvador
	Sergio Mendez		Edgar Gonzalez	Stadium: Flor Blanca Stadium

Motagua v Saprissa

September 19, 1971	Motagua	0–3	Saprissa	Tegucigalpa, Honduras
			Hernán Morales 10' Fernando Hernández 18' Edgar Marín 60'	Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Referee: Ramón Molinero (GUA)

Saprissa v Motagua

September 26, 1971	Saprissa	2–0 (5–0 agg.)	Motagua	San José, Costa Rica
	Odir Jacques 22' 65'			Stadium: Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá Referee: Ramón Molinero (GUA)

Comunicaciones v FAS

September 26, 1971	Comunicaciones	5–2	FAS
	Omar Larrosa Oscar Molina Hugo Torres		David Cabrera Ricardo “la Tuca” Gómez

FAS v Comunicaciones

October 3, 1971	FAS	0–3 (2–8 agg.)	Comunicaciones	Santa Ana, El Salvador
			Hernán Godoy Peter Sandoval Hugo Torres	Stadium: Municipal de Santa Ana Stadium

Olimpia v Alajuelense

September 26, 1971	Olimpia	0–0	Alajuelense	Tegucigalpa, Honduras
				Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

Alajuelense v Olimpia

October 12, 1971	Alajuelense	1–0 (1–0 agg.)	Olimpia	Alajuela, Costa Rica
	Walter Elizondo			Stadium: Alejandro Morera Soto Stadium Attendance: 5,775

• Aurora, Saprissa, Comunicaciones and Alajuelense advanced to the Second Round.

Second round

Aurora v Comunicaciones

November 7, 1971	Aurora	1–2	Comunicaciones	Estadio Del Ejército
	Rolando Valdez		Oscar Molina

Comunicaciones v Aurora

November 14, 1971	Comunicaciones	1–0 (3–1 agg.)	Aurora
	(o.g.)

Saprissa v Alajuelense

November 14, 1971	Saprissa	1–5	Alajuelense
	Carlos Solano 52'		Mario Vega 27' Alfredo Piedra 47' Chávez 49' Victor Ruiz 65' Oscar Cordero 88'

Alajuelense v Saprissa

November 21, 1971	Alajuelense	0–3 (5–4 agg.)	Saprissa
			Francisco Hernández 5' Jaime Grant 10' 48'

Caribbean Zone

Transvaal v Thomas United

September 30, 1971	Transvaal	3–1	Thomas United
			Pierre

Thomas United v Transvaal

October 5, 1971

Thomas United

0–3 (1–6 agg.)

Transvaal

Estrella v Aigle Noir

Estrella

w.o.

Aigle Noir

CONCACAF Final Tournament

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Rochester Lancers	2–0	Transvaal
Comunicaciones	7–0	Estrella
Alajuelense	2–1	Estrella
Cruz Azul	1–1	Transvaal
Cruz Azul	1–1	Rochester Lancers
Comunicaciones	3–1	Transvaal
Rochester Lancers	2–0	Estrella
Comunicaciones	1–2	Alajuelense
Alajuelense	2–0	Transvaal
Cruz Azul	9–0	Estrella
Cruz Azul	3–1	Alajuelense
Comunicaciones	3–1	Rochester Lancers
Transvaal	1–0	Estrella
Alajuelense	1–0	Rochester Lancers
Cruz Azul	3–1	Comunicaciones

• After the end of the group stage a playoff match had to be played due to Cruz Azul and Alajuelense ended with the same points in the lead of the group.
• The final tournament was played in Guatemala City.

Rochester Lancers v Transvaal

	Rochester Lancers	2–0	Transvaal	Guatemala City, Guatemala
	Eli Durante Carlos Dell’Omodarme			Stadium: Mateo Flores Stadium Attendance: 42,000

Comunicaciones v Estrella

March 16, 1972	Comunicaciones	7–0	Estrella	Guatemala City, Guatemala
	Héctor Tambasco Carlos Guzmán Enrique Mendoza Antonio Rojas Oscar Molina			Stadium: Mateo Flores Stadium Attendance: 42,000

Alajuelense v Estrella

March 14, 1972	Alajuelense	2–1	Estrella
	Emilio Valle		Ismael Croes

Cruz Azul v Transvaal

March 14, 1972	Cruz Azul	1–1	Transvaal	Guatemala City, Guatemala
	Octavio Muciño		Edwin Schal	Stadium: Mateo Flores Stadium

Cruz Azul v Rochester Lancers

March 16, 1972	Cruz Azul	1–1	Rochester Lancers	Guatemala City, Guatemala
	Manfred Seissler		José Luis Desachy	Stadium: Mateo Flores Stadium Attendance: 25,000

Comunicaciones v Transvaal

March 16, 1972	Comunicaciones	3–1	Transvaal	Guatemala City, Guatemala
	Héctor Tambasco		Edwin Schal	Stadium: Mateo Flores Stadium Attendance: 25,000

Rochester Lancers v Estrella

March 20, 1972	Rochester Lancers	2–0	Estrella	Guatemala City, Guatemala
	Francisco Escos Charlie Mitchell			Stadium: Mateo Flores Stadium Attendance: 20,000

Comunicaciones v Alajuelense

March 20, 1972	Comunicaciones	1–2	Alajuelense	Guatemala City, Guatemala
	Antonio Rojas		Walter Elizondo	Stadium: Mateo Flores Stadium Attendance: 20,000

Alajuelense v Transvaal

March 22, 1972	Alajuelense	2–0	Transvaal	Guatemala City, Guatemala
	Roy Saénz Emilio Valle			Stadium: Mateo Flores Stadium Attendance: 6,000

Cruz Azul v Estrella

March 22, 1972	Cruz Azul	9–0	Estrella	Guatemala City, Guatemala
	Octavio Muciño Cesareo Victorino Alberto Gómez Fernando Bustos Antonio Munguía			Stadium: Mateo Flores Stadium

Cruz Azul v Alajuelense

March 23, 1972	Cruz Azul	3–1	Alajuelense
	Fernando Busto Octavio Muciño		Carlos Mejía

Comunicaciones v Rochester Lancers

March 23, 1972	Comunicaciones	3–1	Rochester Lancers
	Oscar Molina Peter Sandoval		Manfred Seissler

Transvaal v Estrella

March 26, 1972	Transvaal	1–0	Estrella	Guatemala City, Guatemala
	Edwin Schal			Stadium: Mateo Flores Stadium Attendance: 1,500

Alajuelense v Rochester Lancers

March 26, 1972	Alajuelense	1–0	Rochester Lancers	Guatemala City, Guatemala
	Walter Elizondo			Stadium: Mateo Flores Stadium Attendance: 40,000

Cruz Azul v Comunicaciones

March 26, 1972	Cruz Azul	3–1	Comunicaciones	Guatemala City, Guatemala
	Octavio Muciño Javier Guzmán		Oscar Molina	Stadium: Mateo Flores Stadium Attendance: 40,000

Playoff

April 19, 1972

Playoff

Cruz Azul	5–1	Alajuelense
Bustos 16' Vera 25', 60' Muciño 70', 75' (pen.)		Villalobos 43'

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City

Referee: Henry Dandawer (USA)

Team details

Cruz Azul Alajuelense GK Miguel Marín DF Marco Antonio Ramírez DF Javier Guzmán DF Alberto Quintano DF Javier Sánchez MF Jesús Prado MF Héctor Pulido MF Antonio Munguía  75' FW Fernando Bustos  72' FW Octavio Muciño FW Eladio Vera Substitutions: MF Antonio Gutiérrez  72' FW Cesáreo Victorino  75' Manager: Raúl Cárdenas GK Roberto Tyrrel DF Luis Castro DF Walter Elizondo DF José Cedeño DF José M. Agüero MF Álvaro Vega MF Oscar Cordero MF Juan José Gámez MF Roy Sáenz FW Rolando Villalobos FW William Quiroz Manager: Juan Colecchio

Champion

CONCACAF Champions' Cup 1971 Champion
Cruz Azul Third title

References