1969 CONCACAF Champions' Cup
5th edition of premier club football tournament organized by CONCACAF
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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.
Dates25 April – 30 September
Teams10 (from 9 associations)
Champions
Cruz Azul (1st title)
Cruz Azul (1st title)Runners-up
Comunicaciones
Comunicaciones| Copa de Campeones Concacaf | |
|---|---|
| Tournament details | |
| Dates | 25 April – 30 September |
| Teams | 10 (from 9 associations) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Cruz Azul (1st title) |
| Runners-up | Comunicaciones |
| Third place |  Saprissa |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 18 |
| Goals scored | 53 (2.94 per match) |
← 1968 1970 → | |
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 | 4–0 |  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 | 1–1 | 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.
| 11 May 1969 1st leg | Comunicaciones | 1–1 |  CD UCA | Guatemala City, Guatemala |
| (UTC−06:00) | TBD |
TBD |
Stadium: Estadio Mateo Flores |
| 13 May 1969 2nd leg | CD UCA | 0–3 | Comunicaciones | Guatemala City, Guatemala |
| (UTC−06:00) | Nil | TBD TBD TBD |
Stadium: Estadio Mateo Flores |
- Comunicaciones won 4–1 on aggregate score.
| 18 May 1969 1st leg | Águila  | 3–1 |  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 | 2–2 | 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.
| 14 June 1969 1st leg | Somerset Trojans  | 1–1 |  Violette | Hamilton, Bermuda |
| (UTC−06:00) | TBD |
TBD |
| 16 June 1969 2nd leg | Violette | 0–5 | 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 | 0–0 | Cruz Azul | Toluca, Mexico |
| (UTC−06:00) | Nil | Nil | Stadium: Estadio Nemesio Díez |
| 18 June 1969 2nd leg | Cruz Azul | 0–1 | Toluca | Mexico City, Mexico |
| (UTC−06:00) | Nil | Pereda 5' |
Stadium: Estadio Olímpico de la Ciudad de los Deportes |
- 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 | 2–5 | 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 | 2–2 | 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.
| 24 July 1969 1st leg | Saprissa | 3–0 | Somerset Trojans | San José, Costa Rica |
| (UTC−06:00) | |
Nil | Stadium: Estadio Nacional |
| 27 July 1969 2nd leg | Somerset Trojans | 0–4 | Saprissa | San José, Costa Rica |
| (UTC−06:00) | Nil | |
Stadium: Estadio Nacional |
- Saprissa won 7–0 on aggregate score.
Semifinal
| 31 August 1969 1st leg | Saprissa | 2–2 | 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 | 2–1 | 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.
- Comunicaciones received a bye to the final.
Final
First leg
1969 CONCACAF Champions' Cup Final
First leg
Attendance: 30,000
Second leg
- Cruz Azul won 1–0 on aggregate score.
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| CONCACAF Champions' Cup 1969 Champion |
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 Cruz Azul First title |