1996 CONCACAF Champions' Cup

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1996 CONCACAF Champions' Cup
Tournament details
Host countryGuatemala
CityGuatemala City
DatesJuly 15 – 20
Teams4 (from 3 associations)
Final positions
ChampionsMexico Cruz Azul (4th title)
Runners-upMexico Necaxa
Tournament statistics
Matches played6
Goals scored29 (4.83 per match)
1995
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 association football in the CONCACAF region and was played from March 9, 1996, through July 20, 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.[1]

North/Central American Zone

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Group 1

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First Round
Cruz Azul on bye to the Third round.

  • Alajuelense won 6–3 on aggregated.

  • Árabe Unido won 2–1 on aggregated.

  • Victoria won 7–3 on aggregated.

Second Round
Alajuelense on bye to the Fourth round.

June 18, 1996 2nd leg Árabe Unido Panama 2–2 Honduras Victoria Colon, Panama
Abdul Chiari
Carlos Brown
Renán Aguilera x2 Stadium: Roberto Mariano Bula Stadium
  • Victoria won 3–2 on aggregated.

Third Round

  • Cruz Azul won 2–1 on aggregated.

Fourth Round

  • Cruz Azul won 5–2 on aggregated.

Group 2

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First Round

  • Necaxa on bye to second round.

Second Round

  • Necaxa advanced to the CONCACAF Final Group stage.

Group 3

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First Round

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
CSD Comunicaciones Guatemala 6–0 Panama Cosmos 4–0 2–0
C.S.D. Sacachispas Guatemala 5–3 Nicaragua Juventus Managua 3–1 2–2
March 21, 1996 C.S.D. Sacachispas Guatemala 3–1 Nicaragua Juventus Managua
Gustavo Benzano
Lucio Catarino Da Silva
Araeli López
Ivan Bravo

Second Round

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
CSD Comunicaciones Guatemala 5–1 Guatemala C.S.D. Sacachispas 2–1 3–0

Third Round

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Juventus Belize 1–8 Guatemala CSD Comunicaciones 1–1 0–7
  • CSD Comunicaciones advance to the Final Group stage.

Caribbean Zone

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First round

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
US Sinnamary French Guiana w/o* Suriname SV Prakash 0–0
SV Transvaal Suriname w/o** Guadeloupe Red Star (Pointe-à-Pitre)
  • US Sinnamary withdrew after 1st leg*
  • Red Star withdrew before 1st leg**

Second round

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
SV Transvaal Suriname 1–0 Suriname SV Prakash 0–0 1–0
  • SV Transvaal advance to the USA/Caribbean playoff.

U.S./Caribbean Playoff

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Team 1  Score  Team 2
Seattle Sounders Error creating thumbnail: 10–0 Suriname SV Transvaal
  • Seattle Sounders advance to the Final Group stage.[2]
June 17, 1997 Seattle Sounders Error creating thumbnail: 10–0 Suriname SV Transvaal Federal Way, Washington
19:30 PDT (UTC−7) Report Stadium: Federal Way Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 2,153

Final group stage

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Final stage was played in Guatemala City, Guatemala. July 15–20, 1997.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Mexico Cruz Azul 3 2 1 0 14 2 +12 7
2 Mexico Necaxa 3 1 2 0 8 5 +3 5
3 Guatemala Comunicaciones 3 1 1 1 6 5 +1 4
4 Error creating thumbnail: Seattle Sounders 3 0 0 3 1 17 −16 0
Source: RSSSF[1]

Matches

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All the games played in Guatemala City:


1996 CONCACAF Champions' Cup Final Stage
Round 1
Comunicaciones Guatemala2–0Error creating thumbnail: Seattle Sounders





Champion

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CONCACAF Champions' Cup
1996 Winners
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Cruz Azul
4th title

References

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