The 1977 CONCACAF Champions' Cup was the 13th 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 17 April 1977 till 18 February 1978.
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.
Mexican club América beat Surinamese side Robinhood in the final,Copa de Campeones 1977 on the RSSSF winning their first CONCACAF champion cup.Campeonato de Concacaf 1977–78 on Club América
North American Zone
New York Inter-Giuliana withdrew América advances to the CONCACAF Semi-Final.
Central American Zone
First round Torneo Centroamericano de Concacaf 1977
Motagua: Bye
Barrio México did not have match dates communicated to them by CONCACAF, and failed to appear for the first leg: CONCACAF awarded both legs to Diriangén 2-0. Real España withdrew. Municipal, Diriangén and Saprissa advanced to the second round.
Second round
Motagua withdrew. Municipal and Saprissa advance to the third round.
Third round
Saprissa advances to the CONCACAF Semi-Final.
Caribbean Zone
First round
Victory withdrew. Violette and Robinhood advanced to the Second Round. Voorwaarts on a bye to the Third Round. TECSA on a bye to the Fourth Round.
Second round
Robinhood advanced to the third round.
Third round
Robinhood advanced to the fourth round.
Fourth round
Robinhood advanced to the CONCACAF Champions'Cup Final.
CONCACAF Final Series
Semi-final
Saprissa withdrew. América advances to the CONCACAF Final.
Final
First leg
Second leg
GK Pedro Soto DF Jesús Martínez D. DF Javier Sánchez G. DF Alfredo Tena DF Mario Pérez MF Narciso Ramírez MF Antonio de la Torre MF Hugo Kiese FW Carlos Reinoso FW Ítalo Estupiñán FW LuizinhoSubstitutions: FW José Aceves Manager: Raúl Cárdenas
GK DF DF DF DF MF MF MF MF FW FW Manager: América won 2–1 on aggregate.
Champion
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