# 1979 CONCACAF Champions' Cup

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), becoming CONCACAF champions for the first time in their history.

## North American Zone

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Tigres UANL | 3–0 | Soccer Universidad | 2–0 | 1–0 |
* Tigres UANL advance to the CONCACAF Semifinal.

## Central American Zone

Torneo Centroamericano de Concacaf 1979
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| FAS | w/o | Comunicaciones | | |
| Cartaginés | w/o | Alianza | | |
* Comunicaciones and Alianza withdrew.
* FAS and Cartaginés advance to the second round.

### Second round

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| FAS | w/o | Cartaginés | | |
* FAS, won presumably by walkover and advance to the CONCACAF Semi-final.

## Caribbean Zone
### Preliminary round

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Santos | w/o | Don Bosco FC | | |
* Santos won, presumably by walkover and advances to the First round.

### First round

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Jong Holland | 3–0 | Arnett Gardens | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| Santos | 0–4 | Jong Colombia | 0–2 | 0–2 |
Jong Holland win 3-0 on aggregate
Jong Colombia win 4-0 on aggregate
* Jong Holland and Jong Colombia advance to the second round.
* Leo Victor qualified for second round.
* Robinhood qualified for third round.
* Defence Force qualified for second round.
* Tesoro Palo Seco qualified for third round
Reportedly these clubs entered the tournament; results from these matches are unknown.

### Second round

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Jong Holland | 0–2 | Defence Force | 0–0 | 0–2 |
| Leo Victor | 2–3 | Jong Colombia | 2–1 | 0–2 |
Defence Force win 2-0 on aggregate
Jong Colombia win 3-2 on aggregate
* Defence Force and Jong Colombia advance to the third round.
* Robinhood bye to third round
* Tesoro Palo Seco bye to third round

### Third round

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Defence Force | 2–3 | Jong Colombia | 2–0 | 0–3 |
| SV Robinhood | 3–0 | Tesoro Palo Seco | 2–0 | 1–0 |
* Jong Colombia advances to the fourth round (Final Round In The Caribbean Section).
* Robin Hood wins and advances to the fourth round (Final Round In The Caribbean Section).

### Fourth round

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Robinhood | 0–1 | Jong Colombia | 0–0 | 0–1 |
* Jong Colombia is the Champions in the Caribbean Region and advances to the CONCACAF Champions Cup Final.

## CONCACAF Final Series
### Semi-final

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Tigres UANL | 0–1 | FAS | 0–0 | 0–1 |

#### Second leg

FAS won the series 1–0 on aggregate.

### Final

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Jong Colombia | 2–8 | FAS | 1–1 | 1–7 |

#### Second leg

FAS won the series 8–2 on aggregate.
Team details :
FAS
Jong Colombia
GK Nicolás Chávez
DF Guillermo Rodríguez
DF Héctor Piccioni
DF Gonzalo Henríquez
DF Carlos Recinos
MF Amado Abraham
MF Manolo Álvarez
FW Alfredo Erazo
FW Mágico González
FW David Arnoldo Cabrera
FW9 Raúl Casadei  a'
Substitutions:
DF Luis Padilla a'
Manager:
José E. Castro
GK Carlos Bernardina
DF Wilbert Zimmerman
DF Elsio Constancia
DF Rudolph Zimmerman
DF Huber Martina
MF Alberto Humbler
MF Héctor Zimmerman
FW Julio Constancia
FW Guillermo Zimmerman
FW Edwin Bernardina
FW Frank Victoria
Manager:

## Champion

* CONCACAF Champions' Cup 1979 Champion
* FAS First title