1978 CONCACAF Champions' Cup

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{{Short description|14th edition of premier club football tournament organized by CONCACAF}}
{{One source|date=January 2024}}
{{Infobox international football competition
| tourney_name = CONCACAF Champions' Cup
| year = 1978
| other_titles = Copa de Campeones Concacaf
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| dates = 1 May – 17 September 1978
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| champion_other = {{flagicon|GUA}} [[Comunicaciones F.C.|Comunicaciones]] {{flagicon|TRI}} [[Defence Force F.C.|Defence Force]] {{flagicon|MEX}} [[Leones Negros UdeG|Leones Negros]]
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| prevseason = [[1977 CONCACAF Champions' Cup|1977]]
| nextseason = [[1979 CONCACAF Champions' Cup|1979]]
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The '''1978 CONCACAF Champions' Cup''' was the 14th 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 [[football (soccer)|association football]] in the [[CONCACAF]] region and was played from 1 May until 17 September 1978 and all the matches in the tournament were played under the home/away match system.

The teams were split into 3 zones (North American, Central American and Caribbean), each one qualifying the winner to the final tournament, where the winners of the North American and Central American zones played a semi-final to decide who was going to play against the Caribbean champion in the final.

As the final part of the tournament was cancelled due to administrative problems, three teams, [[Comunicaciones F.C.|Comunicaciones]] (Guatemala) [[Defence Force F.C.|Defence Force]] (Trinidad and Tobago) and [[Leones Negros UdeG|Leones Negros de Guadalajara]] (Mexico) were crowned champions by CONCACAF.<ref>[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/cacups78.html Copa de Campeones 1978] on the RSSSF</ref>

==North American Zone==

===First round===
{{TwoLegStart}}
{{TwoLegResult|[[Club Universidad Nacional|UNAM]]|MEX| w/o'''1''' |[[Maccabi Los Angeles]]|USA| |}}
{{end}}
1 [[Maccabi Los Angeles]] withdrew.

===Second round===
{{TwoLegStart}}
{{TwoLegResult|[[Club Universidad Nacional|UNAM]]|MEX|0 - 2|[[Club Universidad de Guadalajara|U de G]]|MEX|0 - 1|0 - 1}}
{{end}}

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| team1 = [[Club Universidad Nacional|UNAM]] {{flagicon|MEX}}
| score = 0–1
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| team2 = {{flagicon|MEX}} [[Club Universidad de Guadalajara|U de G]]
| goals1 =
| goals2 = Belarmino de Almeida {{goal|}}
| location = [[Mexico City]], [[Mexico]]
| stadium = [[Estadio Olímpico Universitario]]
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| team2 = {{flagicon|MEX}} [[Club Universidad Nacional|UNAM]]
| goals1 = Octavio de Jesús {{goal|}}
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| location = [[Jalisco]], [[Mexico]]
| stadium = [[Estadio Jalisco]]
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==Central American Zone==

===First round===
Torneo Centroamericano de Concacaf 1978
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{{TwoLegResult|[[Deportivo Saprissa|Saprissa]]|CRC|11 - 0|[[Diriangén FC|Diriangén]]|NCA|6 - 0|5 - 0}}
{{TwoLegResult|[[CS Cartaginés|Cartaginés]]|CRC|1 - 3|[[Club Deportivo FAS|FAS]]|SLV|0 - 2|1 - 1}}
{{TwoLegResult|[[CSD Municipal|Municipal]]|GUA|8 - 1|[[Deportivo Universidad Centroamericana|CD UCA]]|NCA|5 - 1|3 - 0}}
{{TwoLegResult|[[CSD Comunicaciones|Comunicaciones]]|GUA|5 - 2|[[Once Municipal]]|SLV|3 - 1|2 - 1}}
{{end}}

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| date = May 7, 1978
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| team1 = [[Deportivo Saprissa|Saprissa]] {{flagicon|CRC}}
| score = 6–0
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| team2 = {{flagicon|NCA}} [[Diriangén FC|Diriangén]]
| goals1 = Miguel Ángel Mansilla {{goal|30}}{{goal|57}}{{goal|64}}{{goal|89}} Gerardo Laterza {{goal|}} Nelson Bastos {{goal|43}}
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| location = [[San Juan District, Tibás |San Juan de Tibás]], [[Costa Rica]]
| stadium = [[Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá]]
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| nobars = Y
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| date = May 9, 1978
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| team1 = [[Diriangén FC|Diriangén]] {{flagicon|NCA}}
| score = 0-5
| aggregatescore = 0-11
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| team2 = {{flagicon|CRC}} [[Deportivo Saprissa|Saprissa]]
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| goals2 = Guillermo Valenciano {{goal|13}}{{goal|32}}{{goal|86}} Marco Valverde {{goal|55}} Hernán Morales {{goal|65}}
| location = [[San Juan District, Tibás |San Juan de Tibás]], [[Costa Rica]]
| stadium = [[Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá]]
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| nobars = Y
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|team2 = {{flagicon|SLV}} [[C.D. FAS|FAS]]
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|goals2 = Jorge Gonzalez {{goal|}} David Arnoldo Cabrera {{goal|}}
|stadium = [[Estadio José Rafael Fello Meza Ivankovich| Estadio Jose Rafael "Fello" Meza Ivankovich]]
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|goals1 = Eduardo Valdez {{goal|}}
|goals2 = Oscar Manuel Caceres {{goal|}}
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|team1 = [[CSD Comunicaciones|Comunicaciones]] {{flagicon|GUA}}
|score = 3-1
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|team2 = {{flagicon|SLV}} [[Once Municipal]]
|goals1 = Guillermo Dubon {{goal|}} Felix McDonald {{goal|}} Byron Perez {{goal|}}
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|stadium = [[Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores]]
|location = [[Guatemala City]], [[Guatemala]]
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|goals1 = Juan Ramon Martinez {{goal|}}
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|date = May 22, 1978
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|team1 = [[CSD Municipal|Municipal]] {{flagicon|GUA}}
|score = 5-1
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|team2 = {{flagicon|NCA}} [[Deportivo Universidad Centroamericana|CD UCA]]
|goals1 = Miguel Cruz {{goal|}} {{goal|}} TBD {{goal|}} TBD {{goal|}} TBD {{goal|}}
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|goals1 = TBD {{goal|}}
|goals2 = Julio César Anderson {{goal|}} {{goal|}} TBD {{goal|}}
|stadium = Estadio Stanley Cayasso
|location = [[Managua]], [[Nicaragua]]
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===Second round===
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{{TwoLegResult|[[Deportivo Saprissa|Saprissa]]|CRC|2 - 1|[[Club Deportivo FAS|FAS]]|SLV|0 - 0|2 - 1}}
{{TwoLegResult|[[CSD Comunicaciones|Comunicaciones]]|GUA|2 - 0|[[CSD Municipal|Municipal]]|GUA|2 - 0|0 - 0}}
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| location = [[San Juan District, Tibás| San Juan de Tibás]], [[Costa Rica]]
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| date = July 5, 1978
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| team1 = [[CSD Comunicaciones|Comunicaciones]] {{flagicon|GUA}}
| score = 2–0
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| team2 = {{flagicon|GUA}} [[CSD Municipal|Municipal]]
| goals1 = Oscar Sanchez {{goal|}}{{goal|}}
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| nobars = Y
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===Third round===
{{TwoLegStart}}
{{TwoLegResult|[[Deportivo Saprissa|Saprissa]]|CRC|0 - 3|[[CSD Comunicaciones|Comunicaciones]]|GUA|0 - 1|0 - 2}}
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==Caribbean Zone==

===First round===
{{TwoLegStart}}
{{TwoLegResult|[[CRKSV Jong Holland|Jong Holland]]|ANT|2–4|[[SV Transvaal|Transvaal]]|SUR|0–0|2–4}}
{{TwoLegResult|[[Defence Force F.C.|Defence Force]]|TRI|4–2|[[Thomas United]]|GUY|1–0|3–2}}
{{TwoLegResult|[[SV Voorwaarts, Suriname|Voorwaarts]]|SUR|3–2|[[TECSA]]|TRI|2–1|1–1}}
{{TwoLegResult|[[Pele FC|Pele]]|GUY|5–2|[[SV Racing Club Aruba|RCA]]|ANT|3–1|2–1|var2=1964}}
{{end}}

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Voorwaarts, Transvaal, Pele and Defence Force advanced to the second round

===Second round===
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{{TwoLegResult|[[SV Transvaal|Transvaal]]|SUR|2–4|[[Defence Force F.C.|Defence Force]]|TRI|1–1|1–3}}
{{TwoLegResult|[[SV Voorwaarts, Suriname|Voorwaarts]]|SUR|5–2|[[Pele FC|Pele]]|GUY|5–1|0–1}}
{{end}}

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Voorwaarts and Defence Force advanced to the third round

===Third round===
{{TwoLegStart}}
{{TwoLegResult|[[SV Voorwaarts, Suriname|Voorwaarts]]|SUR|1–4|[[Defence Force F.C.|Defence Force]]|TRI|1–2|0–2}}
{{end}}

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{{flagicon|TRI}} [[Defence Force F.C.|Defence Force]] qualified to the CONCACAF Final Series

==CONCACAF final series==
The final series was scratched and the three qualifying teams declared joint champions due to administrative problems and disagreements over the dates for the matches.

==Champions==
{{winners||CONCACAF Champions' Cup 1978|{{flagicon|GUA}} [[Comunicaciones F.C.|Comunicaciones]] {{flagicon|TRI}} [[Defence Force F.C.|Defence Force]] {{flagicon|MEX}} [[Leones Negros UdeG|Leones Negros]]}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{CONCACAF Champions' Cup}}

[[Category:1978 in CONCACAF football|1]]
[[Category:CONCACAF Champions Cup seasons]]

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1978 CONCACAF Champions' Cup