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{{Short description|32nd edition of premier club football tournament organized by CONCACAF}}
{{Infobox international football competition
| year = 1996
| dates = 15 July– 20 July
| city = Guatemala City
| country = Guatemala
| num_teams = 4
| associations = 3
| champion_other = {{Flagicon|MEX}} [[C.D.S.C. Cruz Azul|Cruz Azul]]
| count = 4
| second_other = {{Flagicon|MEX}} [[Club Necaxa|Necaxa]]
| matches = 6
| goals = 29
| attendance = 
| top_scorer = 
|prevseason=[[1995 CONCACAF Champions' Cup|1995]]
|nextseason=[[1997 CONCACAF Champions' Cup|1997]]
}}

The '''1996 CONCACAF Champions' Cup''' was the 32nd 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 9 March 1996 through 20 July 1997.

The teams were split into 2 zones (North/ Central and Caribbean). The North/Central zone was split into 3 groups, qualifying each winner to the final tournament. The winner of the Caribbean zone, earned a place in a playoff against the U.S. representative for a spot in the final tournament. All qualifying matches in the tournament were played under the home/away match system, while the final tournament was played in [[Guatemala City]].

That final stage composed of four teams which played each other in a single [[round-robin tournament]]. Mexican team [[Cruz Azul]] won their fourth CONCACAF trophy, after finishing 1st. in the final table with 7 points over 3 matches played.<ref>[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/cacups96.html Copa de Campeones 1996] on the RSSSF</ref>

==North/Central American Zone==

===Group 1===
'''First Round'''<br>
[[Cruz Azul]] on bye to the Third round.
{{football box collapsible
| date       = 9 March 1996
| time       = 
| round      = 1st leg
| team1      = [[Liga Deportiva Alajuelense|Alajuelense]] {{flagicon|CRC}}
| score      = 4–2
| report     = 
| team2      = {{flagicon|SLV}} [[C.D. FAS|FAS]]
| goals1     = [[Rónald Gómez]] {{goal|}} {{goal|}}<br>[[Mauricio Montero]] {{goal|}}<br>[[Luis Marín Murillo]] {{goal|}}
| goals2     = {{goal|}} [[Jorge Rodríguez (footballer, born 1971)|Rodríguez]]<br>{{goal|}} [[Mario Mayén Meza|Mayén]]
| location   = [[Alajuela]], [[Costa Rica]]
| stadium    = 
| attendance = 2,000
| referee    = 
| result     = 
| nobars     = Y
}}
{{football box collapsible
| date       = 31 March 1996
| time       = 
| round      = 2nd leg
| team1      = [[C.D. FAS|FAS]] {{flagicon|SLV}}
| score      = 1–2
| report     = 
| team2      = {{flagicon|CRC}} [[Liga Deportiva Alajuelense|Alajuelense]]
| goals1     = [[Leonel Bolsonello|Bolsonello]] {{goal|6}}
| goals2     = {{goal|56}} [[Nahamán González|González]]<br>{{goal|89}} [[Jozef Miso|Miso]]
| location   = [[El Salvador]]
| stadium    = 
| attendance = 
| referee    = 
| result     = 
| nobars     = Y
}}
* ''Alajuelense won 6–3 on aggregated.''
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{{football box collapsible
| date       = 15 March 1996
| time       = 
| round      = 1st leg
| team1      = [[C.D. Árabe Unido|Árabe Unido]] {{flagicon|PAN}}
| score      = 1–1
| report     = 
| team2      = {{flagicon|NCA}} [[Real Estelí F.C.|Real Estelí]]
| goals1     = [[Rogelio Clarke|Clarke]] {{goal|58}}
| goals2     = {{goal|35|pen.}} Oliva
| location   = [[Panama]]
| stadium    = 
| attendance = 
| referee    = 
| result     = 
| nobars     = Y
}}
{{football box collapsible
| date       = 17 March 1996
| time       = 
| round      = 2nd leg
| team1      = [[Real Estelí F.C.|Real Estelí]] {{flagicon|NCA}}
| score      = 0–1
| report     = 
| team2      = {{flagicon|PAN}} [[C.D. Árabe Unido|Árabe Unido]]
| goals1     = 
| goals2     = {{goal|74}} [[Abdul Chiari|Chiari]]
| location   = [[Panama]]
| stadium    = 
| attendance = 
| referee    = 
| result     = 
| nobars     = Y
}}
* ''Árabe Unido won 2–1 on aggregated.''
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{{football box collapsible
| date       = 17 March 1996
| time       = 
| round      = 1st leg
| team1      = [[Nizhee Corozal FC|La Victoria]] {{flagicon|BLZ}}
| score      = 1–3
| report     = 
| team2      = {{flagicon|HON|1949}} [[C.D. Victoria|Victoria]]
| goals1     = 
| goals2     = 
| location   = [[Belize]]
| stadium    = 
| attendance = 
| referee    = 
| result     = 
| nobars     = Y
}}
{{football box collapsible
| date       = 14 April 1996
| time       = 
| round      = 2nd leg
| team1      = [[C.D. Victoria|Victoria]] {{flagicon|HON|1949}}
| score      = 4–2
| report     = 
| team2      = {{flagicon|BLZ}} [[Nizhee Corozal FC|La Victoria]]
| goals1     = 
| goals2     = 
| location   = [[Honduras]]
| stadium    = 
| attendance = 
| referee    = 
| result     = 
| nobars     = Y
}}
* ''Victoria won 7–3 on aggregated.''

'''Second Round'''<br>
[[Liga Deportiva Alajuelense|Alajuelense]] on bye to the Fourth round.
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| date       = 16 June 1996
| time       = 
| round      = 1st leg
| team1      = [[C.D. Victoria|Victoria]] {{flagicon|HON|1949}}
| score      = 1–0
| report     = 
| team2      = {{flagicon|PAN}} [[C.D. Árabe Unido|Árabe Unido]]
| goals1     = 
| goals2     = 
| location   = [[Honduras]]
| stadium    = 
| attendance = 
| referee    = 
| result     = 
| nobars     = Y
}}
{{football box collapsible
| date       = 18 June 1996
| time       = 
| round      = 2nd leg
| team1      = [[C.D. Árabe Unido|Árabe Unido]] {{flagicon|PAN}}
| score      = 2–2
| report     = 
| team2      = {{flagicon|HON|1949}} [[C.D. Victoria|Victoria]]
| goals1     = [[Abdul Chiari]] <br/> Carlos Brown
| goals2     = Renán Aguilera x2
| location   = Colon, [[Panama]]
| stadium    = Roberto Mariano Bula Stadium
| attendance = 
| referee    = 
| result     = 
| nobars     = Y
}}
* ''Victoria won 3–2 on aggregated.''

'''Third Round'''
{{football box collapsible
| date       = 23 October 1996
| time       = 
| round      = 1st leg
| team1      = [[C.D. Victoria|Victoria]] {{flagicon|HON|1949}}
| score      = 1–0
| report     = 
| team2      = {{flagicon|MEX}} [[Cruz Azul]]
| goals1     = [[Renán Aguilera|Aguilera]] {{goal|32}}
| goals2     = 
| location   = [[Honduras]]
| stadium    = 
| attendance = 
| referee    = 
| result     = 
| nobars     = Y
}}
{{football box collapsible
| date       = 5 November 1996
| time       = 
| round      = 2nd leg
| team1      = [[Cruz Azul]] {{flagicon|MEX}}
| score      = 2–0
| report     = 
| team2      = {{flagicon|HON|1949}} [[C.D. Victoria|Victoria]]
| goals1     = [[Luis Carlos de Oliveira|de Oliveira]] {{goal|45}}<br>[[Julio Zamora|Zamora]] {{goal|87}}
| goals2     = 
| location   = [[Mexico]]
| stadium    = 
| attendance = 
| referee    = 
| result     = 
| nobars     = Y
}}
* ''Cruz Azul won 2–1 on aggregated.''

'''Fourth Round'''
{{football box collapsible
| date       = 4 January 1997
| time       = 
| round      = 1st leg
| team1      = [[Liga Deportiva Alajuelense|Alajuelense]] {{flagicon|CRC}}
| score      = 0–2
| report     = 
| team2      = {{flagicon|MEX}} [[Cruz Azul]]
| goals1     = 
| goals2     = {{goal|5}} [[Carlos Hermosillo|Hermosillo]]<br>{{goal|75}} [[Juan Reynoso Guzmán|Reynoso]]
| location   = [[Costa Rica]]
| stadium    = 
| attendance = 
| referee    = 
| result     = 
| nobars     = Y
}}
{{football box collapsible
| date       = 8 January 1997
| time       = 
| round      = 2nd leg
| team1      = [[Cruz Azul]] {{flagicon|MEX}}
| score      = 3–2
| report     = 
| team2      = {{flagicon|CRC}} [[Liga Deportiva Alajuelense|Alajuelense]]
| goals1     = [[Carlos Hermosillo|Hermosillo]] {{goal|42}} {{goal|58}}<br>[[Sergio Verdirame|Verdirame]] {{goal|54}}
| goals2     = {{goal|66}} {{goal|73}} [[Froylan Ledesma|Ledesma]]
| location   = [[Mexico]]
| stadium    = 
| attendance = 
| referee    = 
| result     = 
| nobars     = Y
}}
* ''Cruz Azul won 5–2 on aggregated.''

===Group 2===
'''First Round'''
* ''[[Club Necaxa|Necaxa]] on bye to second round.''
{{Football box collapsible
| date       = 17 March 1996
| time       = 
| round      = 
| team1      = [[Deportivo Saprissa|Saprissa]] {{flagicon|CRC}}
| score      = 4–0
| report     = 
| team2      = {{flagicon|HON|1949}} [[Club Deportivo Olimpia|Olimpia]]
| goals1     = 
| goals2     = 
| location   = [[San José, Costa Rica|San José]], [[Costa Rica]]
| stadium    = [[Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá]]
| attendance = 
| referee    = 
| nobars     = Y
| note       = 
}}
{{Football box collapsible
| date       = 7 May 1996
| time       = 
| round      = 
| team1      = [[Club Deportivo Olimpia|Olimpia]] {{flagicon|HON|1949}}
| score      = 3–0
| aggregatescore = 3–4
| report     = 
| team2      = {{flagicon|CRC}} [[Deportivo Saprissa|Saprissa]]
| goals1     = 
| goals2     = 
| location   = [[Tegucigalpa]], [[Honduras]]
| stadium    = [[Estadio Nacional Chelato Uclés|Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino]]
| attendance = 
| referee    = 
| nobars     = Y
| note       = 
}}

'''Second Round'''
{{Football box collapsible
| date       = 15 September 1996
| time       = 
| round      = 
| team1      = [[Deportivo Saprissa|Saprissa]] {{flagicon|CRC}}
| score      = 2–2
| report     = 
| team2      = {{flagicon|MEX}} [[Club Necaxa|Necaxa]]
| goals1     = [[Rónald González Brenes|González]] {{goal|6}} {{goal|79}}
| goals2     = {{goal|10|pen.}} [[Álex Aguinaga|Aguinaga]]<br>{{goal|16}} [[Sergio Zárate|Zárate]]
| location   = [[San José, Costa Rica|San José]], [[Costa Rica]]
| stadium    = [[Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá]]
| attendance = 
| referee    = 
| nobars     = Y
| note       = 
}}
{{Football box collapsible
| date       = 7 January 1997
| time       = 
| round      = 
| team1      = [[Club Necaxa|Necaxa]] {{flagicon|MEX}}
| score      = 2–1
| aggregatescore = 4–3
| report     = 
| team2      = {{flagicon|CRC}} [[Deportivo Saprissa|Saprissa]]
| goals1     = [[Sergio Zárate|Zárate]] {{goal|48}}<br>[[Ricardo Peláez|Peláez]] {{goal|84}}
| goals2     = {{goal|17}} [[Gerald Drummond|Drummond]]
| location   = [[Querétaro City]], [[Mexico]]
| stadium    = [[Estadio Corregidora]]
| attendance = 
| referee    = 
| nobars     = Y
| note       = 
}}

* ''[[Club Necaxa|Necaxa]] advanced to the CONCACAF Final Group stage.''

===Group 3===
'''First Round'''
{{TwoLegStart}}
{{TwoLegResult|'''[[CSD Comunicaciones]]'''|Guatemala|6–0|[[Cosmos (Panama)|Cosmos]]|Panama|4–0|2–0}}
{{TwoLegResult|'''[[Sacachispas|C.S.D. Sacachispas]]'''|Guatemala|5–3|[[Juventus Managua]]|Nicaragua|3–1|2–2}}
|}
*{{flagicon|BLZ}} ''[[Juventus (Belize)|Juventus F.C.]] on bye, to the second round.''

{{Football box collapsible
| date       = 
| time       = 
| round      = 
| team1      = [[CSD Comunicaciones]] {{flagicon|GUA}}
| score      = 4–0
| report     = 
| team2      = {{flagicon|PAN}} [[Cosmos (Panama)|Cosmos]]
| goals1     = 
| goals2     = 
| location   = 
| stadium    = 
| attendance = 
| referee    = 
| nobars     = Y
| note       = 
}}
{{Football box collapsible
| date       = 
| time       = 
| round      = 
| team1      = [[Cosmos (Panama)|Cosmos]] {{flagicon|PAN}}
| score      = 0–2
| aggregatescore = 0-6
| report     = 
| team2      = {{flagicon|GUA}} [[CSD Comunicaciones]]
| goals1     = 
| goals2     = 
| location   = 
| stadium    = 
| attendance = 
| referee    = 
| nobars     = Y
| note       = 
}}
{{Football box collapsible
| date       = March 21, 1996
| time       = 
| round      = 
| team1      = [[Sacachispas|C.S.D. Sacachispas]] {{flagicon|GUA}}
| score      = 3–1
| report     = 
| team2      = {{flagicon|NCA}} [[Juventus Managua]]
| goals1     = Gustavo Benzano <br/> Lucio Catarino Da Silva <br/> Araeli López
| goals2     = Ivan Bravo 
| location   = 
| stadium    = 
| attendance = 
| referee    = 
| nobars     = Y
| note       = 
}}
{{Football box collapsible
| date       = 
| time       = 
| round      = 
| team1      = [[Juventus Managua]] {{flagicon|NCA}}
| score      = 2–2
| aggregatescore = 3–5
| report     = 
| team2      = {{flagicon|GUA}} [[Sacachispas|C.S.D. Sacachispas]]
| goals1     = 
| goals2     = 
| location   = 
| stadium    = 
| attendance = 
| referee    = 
| nobars     = Y
| note       = 
}}

'''Second Round'''
{{TwoLegStart}}
{{TwoLegResult|'''[[CSD Comunicaciones]]'''|Guatemala|5–1|[[Sacachispas|C.S.D. Sacachispas]]|Guatemala|2–1|3–0}}
|}
*{{flagicon|BLZ}} ''[[Juventus (Belize)|Juventus F.C.]] on bye, to the third round.''

{{Football box collapsible
| date       = 
| time       = 
| round      = 
| team1      = [[CSD Comunicaciones]] {{flagicon|GUA}}
| score      = 2–1
| report     = 
| team2      = {{flagicon|GUA}} [[Sacachispas|C.S.D. Sacachispas]]
| goals1     = 
| goals2     = 
| location   = 
| stadium    = 
| attendance = 
| referee    = 
| nobars     = Y
| note       = 
}}
{{Football box collapsible
| date       = 
| time       = 
| round      = 
| team1      = [[Sacachispas|C.S.D. Sacachispas]] {{flagicon|GUA}}
| score      = 0–3
| aggregatescore = 1–5
| report     = 
| team2      = {{flagicon|GUA}} [[CSD Comunicaciones]]
| goals1     = 
| goals2     = 
| location   = 
| stadium    = 
| attendance = 
| referee    = 
| nobars     = Y
| note       = 
}}

'''Third Round'''
{{TwoLegStart}}
{{TwoLegResult|[[Juventus (Belize)|Juventus]]|Belize|1–8|'''[[CSD Comunicaciones]]'''|Guatemala|1–1|0–7}}
|}
*''CSD Comunicaciones advance to the Final Group stage.''

{{Football box collapsible
| date       = 
| time       = 
| round      = 
| team1      = [[Juventus (Belize)|Juventus]] {{flagicon|BLZ}}
| score      = 1–1
| report     = 
| team2      = {{flagicon|GUA}} [[CSD Comunicaciones]]
| goals1     = 
| goals2     = 
| location   = 
| stadium    = 
| attendance = 
| referee    = 
| nobars     = Y
| note       = 
}}
{{Football box collapsible
| date       = 
| time       = 
| round      = 
| team1      = [[CSD Comunicaciones]] {{flagicon|GUA}}
| score      = 7–0
| aggregatescore = 8–1
| report     = 
| team2      = {{flagicon|BLZ}} [[Juventus (Belize)|Juventus]]
| goals1     = 
| goals2     = 
| location   = 
| stadium    = 
| attendance = 
| referee    = 
| nobars     = Y
| note       = 
}}

==Caribbean Zone==

===First round===

{{TwoLegStart}}
{{TwoLegResult|[[US Sinnamary]]|French Guiana| w/o* |'''[[SV Prakash]]'''|Suriname|0–0|}}
{{TwoLegResult|'''[[SV Transvaal]]'''|SUR| w/o** |[[Red Star (Pointe-à-Pitre)]]|Guadeloupe| |}}
|}
*''US Sinnamary withdrew after 1st leg*''
*''Red Star withdrew before 1st leg**''

===Second round===
{{TwoLegStart}}
{{TwoLegResult|'''[[SV Transvaal]]'''|Suriname|1–0|[[SV Prakash]]|Suriname|0–0|1–0}}
|}
*''SV Transvaal advance to the USA/Caribbean playoff.''

{{Football box collapsible
| date       = 
| time       = 
| round      = 
| team1      = [[SV Transvaal]] {{flagicon|SUR}}
| score      = 0–0
| report     = 
| team2      = {{flagicon|SUR}} [[SV Prakash]]
| goals1     = 
| goals2     = 
| location   = 
| stadium    = 
| attendance = 
| referee    = 
| nobars     = Y
| note       = 
}}
{{Football box collapsible
| date       = 
| time       = 
| round      = 
| team1      = [[SV Prakash]] {{flagicon|SUR}}
| score      = 1–0
| aggregatescore = 1–0
| report     = 
| team2      = {{flagicon|SUR}} [[SV Transvaal]]
| goals1     = 
| goals2     = 
| location   = 
| stadium    = 
| attendance = 
| referee    = 
| nobars     = Y
| note       = 
}}

==U.S./Caribbean Playoff==
{{OneLegStart}}
{{OneLegResult|'''[[Seattle Sounders (1994–2008)|Seattle Sounders]]'''|USA|10–0|[[SV Transvaal]]|Suriname}}
|}
*''Seattle Sounders advance to the Final Group stage.''<ref>{{cite news |last=Rice |first=Micah |date=June 18, 1997 |title=Sounders earn Guatemala trip with rout of Suriname club |page=D6 |work=[[The News Tribune]] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/115146307/sounders-earn-guatemala-trip-with-rout/ |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |accessdate=December 25, 2022}}</ref>
{{Football box collapsible
| date       = 17 June 1997
| time       = 7:30&nbsp;p.m. [[Pacific Time Zone|PDT]]
| round      = 
| team1      = [[Seattle Sounders (1994–2008)|Seattle Sounders]] {{flagicon|USA}}
| score      = 10–0
| report     = https://seattlepitch.tripod.com/matches/97/june17.html
| team2      = {{flagicon|SUR}} [[SV Transvaal]]
| goals1     = 
* [[Charles Adair (soccer)|Adair]] {{goal|2||15||79}}
* [[Mike Gailey|Gailey]] {{goal|32||38}}
* [[Neil Megson (soccer)|Megson]] {{goal|42}}
* [[Paul Gelvezon|Gelvezon]] {{goal|49}}
* [[Derek Crothers (soccer)|Crothers]] {{goal|70}}
* [[Kieran Barton|Barton]] {{goal|73||82}}
| goals2     = 
| location   = [[Federal Way, Washington]]
| stadium    = [[Federal Way Memorial Stadium]]
| attendance = 2,153
| referee    = 
| nobars     = Y
| note       = 
}}

== Final group stage==
Final stage was played in [[Guatemala City]], [[Guatemala]]. July 15–20, 1997.
{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL
|res_col_header=Q

|team1=CRU|name_CRU={{flagicon|MEX}} [[Cruz Azul]]
|team2=NEC|name_NEC={{flagicon|MEX}} [[Club Necaxa|Necaxa]]
|team3=COM|name_COM={{flagicon|GUA}} [[C.S.D. Comunicaciones|Comunicaciones]]
|team4=SEA|name_SEA={{flagicon|USA}} [[Seattle Sounders (1994–2008)|Seattle Sounders]]
|win_CRU=2|draw_CRU=1|loss_CRU=0|gf_CRU=14|ga_CRU=2
|win_NEC=1|draw_NEC=2|loss_NEC=0|gf_NEC=8|ga_NEC=5
|win_COM=1|draw_COM=1|loss_COM=1|gf_COM=6|ga_COM=5
|win_SEA=0|draw_SEA=0|loss_SEA=3|gf_SEA=1|ga_SEA=17
|col_C=green1
|result1=C
|update=complete|source=
}}

=== Matches ===
All the games played in [[Guatemala City]]:
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|id           =
|date         = July 15, 1997
|time         =
|event        = 1996 CONCACAF Champions' Cup Final Stage
|round        = Round 1
|team1        = [[C.S.D. Comunicaciones|Comunicaciones]] {{flagicon|GUA}}
|score1       = 2
|team2        = {{flagicon|USA}} [[Seattle Sounders (1994–2008)|Seattle Sounders]] 
|score2       = 0
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|goals1       = Nicolás Suazo {{goal|44}}<br>José Fernández {{goal|83}} 
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|id           =
|date         = July 15, 1997
|time         =
|event        = 
|round        = Round 1 
|team1        = [[Club Necaxa|Necaxa]] {{flagicon|MEX}} 
|score1       = 1
|team2        = {{flagicon|MEX}} [[Cruz Azul]]
|score2       = 1
|scorenote    = 
|aet          =
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|goals1       = [[Carlos Pavón|Pavón]] {{goal|14}}
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}}
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|id           =
|date         = July 18, 1997
|time         =
|event        = 
|round        = Round 2
|team1        = [[Seattle Sounders (1994–2008)|Seattle Sounders]] {{flagicon|USA}}
|score1       = 1 
|team2        = {{flagicon|MEX}} [[Club Necaxa|Necaxa]]
|score2       = 4
|scorenote    = 
|aet          =
|report       =
|goals1       = Hattrup {{goal|91|p}}
|goals2       = Almaguer {{goal|32}}<br> Blanco {{goal|47||89}}<br> Vásquez {{goal|75}}
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|id           =
|date         = July 18, 1997
|time         =
|event        = 
|round        = Round 2
|team1        = [[C.S.D. Comunicaciones|Comunicaciones]] {{flagicon|GUA}}
|score1       = 1 
|team2        = {{flagicon|MEX}} [[Cruz Azul]]
|score2       = 2
|scorenote    = 
|aet          =
|report       =
|goals1       = [[Milton Núñez|Núñez]] {{goal|90}} 
|goals2       = Adomaitis {{goal|33|37}}
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}}
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|id           =
|date         = July 20, 1997
|time         =
|event        = 
|round        = Round 3
|team1        = [[C.S.D. Comunicaciones|Comunicaciones]] {{flagicon|GUA}}
|score1       = 3
|team2        = {{flagicon|MEX}} [[Club Necaxa|Necaxa]] 
|score2       = 3
|scorenote    = 
|aet          =
|report       =
|goals1       = Rodas {{goal|24||48}}<br> Núñez {{goal|32}}
|goals2       = Pineda {{goal|47|p}}<br> Pavón {{goal|60}}<br> Montes de Oca {{goal|70}}
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{{Football box
|id           =
|date         = July 20, 1997
|time         =
|event        = 
|round        = Round 3
|team1        = [[Seattle Sounders (1994–2008)|Seattle Sounders]] {{flagicon|USA}}
|score1       = 0
|team2        = {{flagicon|MEX}} [[Cruz Azul]]
|score2       = 11
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|goals2       = Palencia {{goal|3}} <br> Hermosillo {{goal|13||32||49}}<br> Yegros {{goal|15||53||62}}<br>Adomaitis {{goal|34}}<br>Galindo {{goal|35}}<br>Barton {{goal|72|o.g.}}<br> Ramírez {{goal|74|p}}
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==Champion==
{{winners-other|CONCACAF Champions' Cup<br />1996 Winners|MEX|[[Cruz Azul]]|4th}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{CONCACAF Champions' Cup}}

[[Category:CONCACAF Champions Cup seasons]]
[[Category:1996 in CONCACAF football|1]]