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1977 CONCACAF Champions' Cup

Copa de Campeones Concacaf
The National Stadion in Paramaribo hosted the final
Dates	17 April 1977 – 18 February 1978
Final positions
Champions	América
Runners-up	Robinhood
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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.

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, winning their first CONCACAF champion cup.

North American Zone

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	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

Torneo Centroamericano de Concacaf 1977

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Águila	1 - 3	Municipal	0 - 2	1 - 1
Diriangén	w/o	Barrio México	2 - 0	2 - 0
Saprissa	w/o	Real España	{{{6}}}	{{{7}}}

• Motagua: Bye

	Águila	0-2	Municipal	San Salvador, El Salvador
				Stadium: Estadio Flor Blanca

	Municipal	1-1 (3-1 agg.)	Águila	Guatemala City, Guatemala
	Miguel Angel Coban		Alfredo Vasquez	Stadium: Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores

• 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.

Second round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	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	Guatemala City, Guatemala
	Julio César Anderson		Mauricio Cruz	Stadium: Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores

June 26, 1977	Diriangén	1-3 (16-2 agg.)	Municipal	Diriamba
	TBD		José Emilio Mitrovich Julio César Anderson	Stadium: Estadio Colegio La Salle

Third round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	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: Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores

	Saprissa	1-0 (3-1 agg.)	Municipal	San Juan de Tibás
				Stadium: Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá

Caribbean Zone

First round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	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

Violette

0-2 (2-3 agg.)

Defence Force

Pele

2–0

Voorwaarts

Voorwaarts

4-1 (4-3 agg.)

Pele

Robinhood

5–0

YMCA

YMCA

0-1 (0-6 agg.)

Robinhood

Second round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Violette	0 - 1	Robinhood	0 - 0	0 - 1

• Robinhood advanced to the third round.

Violette

0–0

Robinhood

Robinhood

1-0 (1-0 agg.)

Violette

Third round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Voorwaarts	0 - 2	Robinhood	0 - 1	0 - 1

• Robinhood advanced to the fourth round.

Voorwaarts

0-1

Robinhood

	Robinhood	1-0 (2-0 agg.)	Voorwaarts
	TBD

Fourth round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	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.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
América	w/o	Saprissa

• Saprissa withdrew.
• América advances to the CONCACAF Final.

Final

First leg

Robinhood	0–1	América
	Report	da Costa 49'

Second leg

Robinhood	1–1	América
Emanuelson	Report (1) Report (2)	Kiesse 70'

Team details
América Robinhood GK Pedro Soto DF Jesús Martínez DF Javier Sánchez G. DF Alfredo Tena DF Mario Pérez MF Narciso Ramírez MF Antonio de la Torre MF Hugo Kiese FW Carlos Reinoso  a' FW Ítalo Estupiñán FW Luisinho Substitutions: FW José Aceves  a' Manager: Raúl Cárdenas GK DF DF DF DF MF MF MF MF FW FW Manager:

• 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

• 1977 in CONCACAF football
• CONCACAF Champions Cup seasons
• Club América matches