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),Copa de Campeones 1979 on the RSSSF becoming CONCACAF champions for the first time in their history.FAS, a 35 años del campeonato on El Salvador.com, 29 Dec 2014
North American Zone
Tigres UANL advance to the CONCACAF Semifinal.
Central American Zone Torneo Centroamericano de Concacaf 1979
Comunicaciones and Alianza withdrew. FAS and Cartaginés advance to the second round.
Second round
FAS, won presumably by walkover and advance to the CONCACAF Semi-final.
Caribbean Zone
Preliminary round
Santos won, presumably by walkover and advances to the First round.
First round
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
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
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
Jong Colombia is the Champions in the Caribbean Region and advances to the CONCACAF Champions Cup Final.
CONCACAF Final Series
Semi-final
First leg
Second leg
FAS won the series 1–0 on aggregate.
Final
First leg
Second leg
FAS won the series 8–2 on aggregate. 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 FW 9 Raúl Casadei Substitutions: DF Luis Padilla 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 VictoriaManager: ?
Champion
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