1969 CONCACAF Champions' Cup
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| Copa de Campeones Concacaf | |
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| Tournament details | |
| Dates | 25 April – 30 September 1969 |
| Teams | 10 (from 9 associations) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Cruz Azul |
| Runners-up |  Comunicaciones |
| Third place |  Saprissa |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 18 |
| Goals scored | 53 (2.94 per match) |
The 1969 CONCACAF Champions' Cup was the 5th 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.
The tournament was played by 10 teams of 9 nations: Netherlands Antilles, Bermuda, El Salvador, Haiti, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Costa Rica.
It was played from 25 April till 30 September 1969 under the home/away match system and for the first time, the teams were not split into zones, playing in a straight round system.
Club Deportivo Cruz Azul from Mexico won the final, and became for the first time in its history CONCACAF champion.
First round
| 25 April 1969 1st leg | Saprissa |
4 – 0 |  Motagua |
San José, Costa Rica |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (UTC−06:00) | Aguilar  19'Chico 60'Umaña 82'Chavarría 86' |
Stadium: Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica |
| 1 May 1969 2nd leg | Motagua |
1 – 1 | Saprissa |
Tegucigalpa, Honduras |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (UTC−06:00) | Guifarro |
Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino |
- Saprissa won 5–1 on aggregate score.
| 11 May 1969 1st leg | Comunicaciones |
1 – 1 |  Universidad Católica |
Guatemala City, Guatemala |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (UTC−06:00) | Stadium: Estadio Mateo Flores |
| 13 May 1969 2nd leg | Universidad Católica |
0 – 3 | Comunicaciones |
Guatemala City, Guatemala |
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| (UTC−06:00) | Stadium: Estadio Mateo Flores |
- Comunicaciones won 4–1 on aggregate score.
| 18 May 1969 1st leg | Águila  |
3 – 1 |  Jong Colombia |
San Salvador, El Salvador |
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| (UTC−06:00) | Stadium: Estadio Nacional De la Flor Blanca |
| 20 May 1969 2nd leg | Jong Colombia |
2 – 2 | Águila |
San Salvador, El Salvador |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (UTC−06:00) | Stadium: Estadio Nacional De la Flor Blanca |
- Águila won 5–3 on aggregate score.
| 14 June 1969 1st leg | Somerset Cricket  |
1 – 1 |  Violette |
Hamilton, Bermuda |
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| (UTC−06:00) |
| 16 June 1969 2nd leg | Violette |
0 – 5 | Somerset Cricket |
Hamilton, Bermuda |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (UTC−06:00) |
- Somerset Cricket won 6–1 on aggregate score.
Second round
| 12 June 1969 1st leg | Toluca |
0 – 0 | Cruz Azul |
Toluca, Mexico |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (UTC−06:00) | Stadium: Estadio Nemesio Díez |
| 18 June 1969 2nd leg | Cruz Azul |
0 – 1 | Toluca |
Mexico City, Mexico |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (UTC−06:00) | Pereda 5' |
Stadium: Estadio Olímpico de la Ciudad de los Deportes |
- Toluca won 1–0 on aggregate score. Toluca were disqualified for the undue alignment of three players; Cruz Azul advanced.
| 22 June 1969 1st leg | Águila |
2 – 5 | Comunicaciones |
San Salvador, El Salvador |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (UTC−06:00) | Stadium: Estadio Nacional Jorge "Mágico" González |
| 29 June 1969 2nd leg | Comunicaciones |
2 – 2 | Águila |
Guatemala City, Guatemala |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (UTC−06:00) | Stadium: Estadio Mateo Flores |
- Comunicaciones won 7–4 on aggregate score.
| 24 July 1969 1st leg | Saprissa |
3 – 0 | Somerset Cricket |
San José, Costa Rica |
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| (UTC−06:00) | Stadium: Estadio Nacional |
| 27 July 1969 2nd leg | Somerset Cricket |
0 – 4 | Saprissa |
San José, Costa Rica |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (UTC−06:00) | Stadium: Estadio Nacional |
- Saprissa won 7–0 on aggregate score.
Semifinal
| 31 August 1969 1st leg | Saprissa |
2 – 2 | Cruz Azul |
San José, Costa Rica |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (UTC−06:00) | Chavarría 63' Hernández 75' |
Victorino 43' Pulido 72' |
Stadium: Estadio Nacional |
| 9 September 1969 2nd leg | Cruz Azul |
2 – 1 | Saprissa |
Mexico City, Mexico |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (UTC−06:00) | Guerrero 32' Flores 54' |
Chavarría 56' |
Stadium: Estadio Olímpico de la Ciudad de los Deportes Attendance: 35,000 |
- Cruz Azul won 4–3 on aggregate score.
Final
| 18 September 1969 1st leg | Comunicaciones |
0 – 0 | Cruz Azul |
Guatemala City, Guatemala |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (UTC−06:00) | Stadium: Estadio Mateo Flores Attendance: 30,000 |
| 30 September 1969 2nd leg | Cruz Azul |
1 – 0 | Comunicaciones |
Mexico City, Mexico |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (UTC−06:00) | Alejándrez 82' |
Stadium: Estadio Olímpico de la Ciudad de los Deportes Attendance: 35,000 |
- Cruz Azul won 1–0 on aggregate score.
| CONCACAF Champions' Cup 1969 Champion |
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| Cruz Azul First Title |
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See also: International women's club football
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