1974 CONCACAF Champions' Cup

The 1974 CONCACAF Champions' Cup was the 10th 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 5 May till 27 October 1974 with all the matches played under the home/away match.

1974 CONCACAF Champions' Cup

Copa de Campeones Concacaf
Dates	5 May – 27 October
Final positions
Champions	Municipal
Runners-up	Transvaal

The teams were split in 3 zones (North American, Central American and Caribbean), each one qualifying the winner to the final tournament. As no clubs entered in the North American section, the winner of the two remaining zones gained the qualification to the final. Municipal from Guatemala won the tournament, becoming CONCACAF champion for the first time.

North American Zone

Entrants included:
Devonshire Colts
North Village CC
Maccabi Los Angeles

As all clubs withdrew, the zone was cancelled.

Central American Zone

First round

Torneo Centroamericano de Concacaf 1974

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Saprissa	3–3	Aurora	2–1	1–2
Motagua	3–0	Cartaginés	1–0	2–0
Marathón	0–4	Municipal	0–1	0–3
Alianza	5–0*	CD UCA	5–0
Deportivo Santa Cecilia	4–5	Negocios Internacionales	4–1	0–4

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Saprissa v Aurora

12 May 1974	Saprissa	2–1	Aurora	San Juan de Tibás
	Carlos Solano Gerardo Solano		Fernando Solano o.g.'	Stadium: Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá

Aurora v Saprissa

19 May 1974	Aurora	2–1 (3–3 agg.)	Saprissa	Guatemala City, Guatemala
	René Morales Gerardo Granja	[1]	Gerardo Solano	Stadium: Estadio del Ejército

Aurora advanced to the Second Round

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Motagua v Cartaginés

	Motagua	1–0	Cartaginés	Tegucigalpa
	Oscar Hernandez 40'			Stadium: Estadio Nacional Chelato Uclés

Cartaginés v Motagua

	Cartaginés	0–2 (2–3 agg.)	Motagua	Cartago
			Mario Artica Ruben Guifarra	Stadium: Estadio José Rafael "Fello" Meza Ivankovich

Motagua advanced to the Second Round

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Marathón v Municipal

	Marathón	0–1	Municipal	San Pedro Sula
			José Emilio Mitrovich	Stadium: Estadio Francisco Morazán

Municipal v Marathón

27 May 1974	Municipal	3–0 (4–0 agg.)	Marathón	Guatemala City
	José Emilio Mitrovich Julio César Anderson			Stadium: Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores

Municipal advance to the Second Round

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Alianza v CD UCA

27 May 1974	Alianza	5–0	CD UCA	San Salvador
	Manuel Cañada Miguel González Roberto Guerra Miguel Hermosilla Ninon Osorio			Stadium: Estadio Flor Blanca

CD UCA v Alianza

	CD UCA	w/o (0–5 agg.)	Alianza	San Salvador
		The 2nd leg of Alianza FC vs. Universidad Centroamericana was cancelled by mutual agreement, and the 1st leg results stood.		Stadium: Estadio Flor Blanca

Alianza advanced to the Third Round

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Deportivo Santa Cecilia v Negocios Internacionales

	Deportivo Santa Cecilia	4–1	Negocios Internacionales	Diriamba
				Stadium: Estadio Colegio La Salle

Negocios Internacionales v Deportivo Santa Cecilia

Negocios Internacionales advanced to the Second Round

Second round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Motagua	0–4	Municipal	0–0	0–4
Aurora	5–3	Negocios Internacionales	3–1	2–2

• Alianza FC: Bye

Motagua v Municipal

Municipal v Motagua

28 June 1974	Municipal	4–0 (4–0 agg.)	Motagua	Guatemala City, Guatemala
	Emilio Mitrovich Cesar Anderson Raul Benitez			Stadium: Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores

Municipal advance to the Fourth Round

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Aurora v Negocios Internacionales

22 June 1974	Aurora	3–1	Negocios Internacionales	Guatemala City, Guatemala
	René Morales Selvin Pennant			Stadium: Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores

Negocios Internacionales v Aurora

28 June 1974	Negocios Internacionales	2–2 (3–5 agg.)	Aurora	San Salvador, El Salvador
	Mauricio Meneses Ricardo Sosa		Carlos Diaz René Morales	Stadium: Estadio Flor Blanca

Aurora advanced to the Third Round

Third round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Aurora	2–4	Alianza	2–3	0–1

• Municipal: Bye

Aurora v Alianza

	Aurora	2–3	Alianza	Guatemala City
			Hugo Ottensen Miguel Gonzalez	Stadium: Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores

Alianza v Aurora

September 2, 1974	Alianza	1–0 (4–2 agg.)	Aurora	San Salvador, El Salvador
	Manuel Canadas			Stadium: Estadio Flor Blanca

Alianza FC advance to the fourth round.

Fourth round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Alianza	0–3	Municipal	0–1	0–2

Alianza v Municipal

Municipal v Alianza

October 7, 1974	Municipal	2–0 (3–0 agg.)	Alianza	Guatemala City, Guatemala
	Raúl Washington Benítez Felipe Carias			Stadium: Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores

Municipal advances to the CONCACAF Final.

Caribbean Zone

First round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Jong Colombia	3–2	Robinhood	2–2	1–0
Transvaal	12–1	Real Rincon	6–1	6–0

Jong Colombia v Robinhood

Jong Colombia

2–2

Robinhood

Robinhood v Jong Colombia

Robinhood

0–1 (2–3 agg.)

Jong Colombia

Jong Colombia advance to second round.

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Transvaal v Real Rincon

Transvaal

6–1

Real Rincon

Real Rincon v Transvaal

Real Rincon

0–6 (1–12 agg.)

Transvaal

Transvaal advanced to the second round

Second round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Jong Colombia	3–5	Transvaal	1–2	2–3

Jong Colombia v Transvaal

Jong Colombia

1–2

Transvaal

Transvaal v Jong Colombia

Transvaal

3–2 (5–3 agg.)

Jong Colombia

Transvaal advances to the CONCACAF Final.

Final

First leg

1974 CONCACAF Champions' Cup Final

October 24, 1974

First leg

Transvaal	1–2	Municipal
Roy Vanenburg 55'	Report	Cesar Anderson 48' Raul Benítez 75'

Mateo Flores, Guatemala City

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Second leg

October 27, 1974

Second leg

Municipal	2–1	Transvaal
Emilio Mitrovich 33', 73'	Report	Roy Vanenburg 43' (p)

Mateo Flores, Guatemala City

Referee: Javier Galindo (Mexico)

Municipal won 4–0 on points, and 4–2 on goal difference.

Team details

Municipal Transvaal GK Adrián Fernández DF Leonardo McNish DF Carlos Monterroso DF Lijón León DF Armando Melgar Retolaza MF Benjamín Monterroso MF Miguel A. Pérez MF Raúl W. Benítez FW José E. Mitrovich FW Miguel Ángel Cobián FW Julio César Anderson Substitutions: FW Carlos Valdez Manager: Rubén Amorín GK Emile Barron DF Goodrrief DF Gesser DF Fraam DF Regilio Doest MF Roy Vanenburg MF Gerrit Waal MF Headley MF Edwin Schal FW Wensley Bundel FW Humphrey Castillion Substitutions: FW Theo Klein FW Schenlers Manager: Jules Lagadeau

Champion

CONCACAF Champions' Cup 1974 Champion
Municipal First title