1995 CONCACAF Champions' Cup

The 1995 CONCACAF Champions' Cup was the 31st 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 19 February till 17 December 1995.

1995 CONCACAF Champions' Cup
Tournament details
Host countryCosta Rica
CitySan José
Dates13 December – 17 December
Teams4 (from 3 associations)
Final positions
ChampionsCosta Rica Saprissa (2nd title)
Runners-upGuatemala Municipal
Tournament statistics
Matches played6
Goals scored35 (5.83 per match)
1994
1996

The teams were split in 2 zones (North/ Central and Caribbean). The North/Central zone was split in 3 groups, qualifying each winner to the final tournament. The winner of the Caribbean zone, also got a place in that tournament. All qualifying matches in the tournament were played under the home/away match system, while the final tournament stage was played in San José, Costa Rica.

That final stage composed of four teams which played each other in a single round-robin tournament. Costa Rican team Saprissa crowned CONCACAF champion for second time, after finishing 1st in the final table with 7 points over 3 matches played.[1][2]

North and Central American Zone

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Group 1

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First Round

19 March 1995 Acros Crystal   2–1   Alajuelense Belize City, Belize
Nelson Moss   44'
Gilroy 'Coro' Usher   65'
Juan Carlos Arguedas   54' Stadium: MCC Grounds
22 March 1995 Alajuelense   4–1
(5–3 agg.)
  Acros Crystal Alajuela, Costa Rica
Roy Lassiter   35'
González   45'
Juan Carlos Arguedas   70'
Luis Diego Arnáez   84'
Wellington 'Spooners' Hall   67' Stadium: Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto


Second Round

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
UAG   15–0   Projusa-Veraguas 5–0 10–0
  •   Alajuelense on bye, to the third round.

Projusa-Veraguas   0–5   UAG Panama City, Panama
Agustín García   29'
Javier Hernández   42'
Osmar Donizette   57'
Mauricio Gallaga   62'   80'
Stadium: Estadio Javier Cruz
Attendance: 2,500
UAG   10–0
(15–0 agg.)
  Projusa-Veraguas Zapopan, Mexico
Juan Parra   4'   25'
Javier Hernández   9'
Porfirio Jiménez   37'   62'
Fernando Guijarro   39'   70'   74'
Eustacio Rizo   52'
Agustín García [es]   89'
Stadium: Estadio 3 de Marzo

Third Round

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
UAG   3–4   Alajuelense 2–1 1–3
UAG   2–1   LD Alajuelense Zapopan, Mexico
Armando González   7'
Agustín García   88'
Froylan Ledesma   71' Stadium: Estadio 3 de Marzo
LD Alajuelense   3–1
(4–3 agg.)
  UAG Alajuela, Costa Rica
Bernal Mullins   60'
Froylán Ledezma   70'
Wilmer López   104'
Arturo Reyna   30' Stadium: Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto

Group 2

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First Round

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Real Verdes   0–6   Municipal 0–3 0–3
Real España   3–7   Santos Laguna 1–1 2–6
FAS   5–1   Árabe Unido 4–0 1–1
Real Verdes   0–3   Municipal
Juan José Oficialdegui   71'
Juan Carlos Plata   82'
Gardiner   86'
Municipal   3–0
(6–0 agg.)
  Real Verdes Guatemala City, Guatemala
Édgar Valencia   3'   23'
Juan Manuel Funes   46'
Stadium: Mateo Flores Stadium
Real España   1–1   Santos Laguna
Raúl Dolmo   5' Antonio González   31'
Santos Laguna   6–2
(7–3 agg.)
  Real España
Antonio González   31'
Juan José Balcázar   33'  35'
Richard Zambrano   51'   60'
Rogelio Romero   89'
Edward Barahona   45'
Camilo Bonilla   57'
FAS   4–0   Árabe Unido
Fulgencio Deonel Bordón   31'
Marcelo Bauzá   67'   76'
Hugo Pérez   79'
Árabe Unido   1–1
(1–5 agg.)
  FAS
Rogelio Clark   77' Fulgencio Deonel Bordón   46'

Second Round

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
FAS   3–0   Santos Laguna 3–0 0–0
  •   CSD Municipal on bye, to the third round.
FAS   3–0   Santos Laguna
herbert Burgos   5'
Hugo Pérez   15'
Fulgencio Deonel Bordón   88'

Third Round

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
FAS   2–4   Municipal 2–2 0–2
FAS   2–2   Municipal
Fulgencio Deonel Bordón  
Hugo Pérez  
Edgar Everaldo Valencia  
Longi  

Group 3

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First Round

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Bautista   2–5   Alianza 0–2 2–3
Motagua   0–4   Saprissa 0–1 0–3
Bautista   0–2   Alianza
Eradio Espinoza   20'
William Enrique Chachagua   77'
Alianza   3–2
(5–2 agg.)
  Bautista
René Durán  
Milton Meléndez  
Julio Santos Navarrete  
Cruz  
Zambrano  
Saprissa   3–0
(4–0 agg.)
  Motagua
Javier Wanchope Watson   53'
Luis Herra   65'
Duarte   89' (o.g.)

Second Round

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Saprissa   4–2   Alianza 3–1 1–1
Saprissa   3–1   Alianza
Rolando Fonseca   
Juan Cayasso  
René Durán  
Alianza   1–1
(2–4 agg.)
  Saprissa
René Durán   Giancarlo Morera  

Caribbean Zone

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First round

Matches and results are unavailable:
  L'Aiglon
  US Sinnamary
  Topp XX FC

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
RCA   w/o   Beacon FC
AS Javouhey Mana   1–3   Corona Boys 1–1 0–2
CS Moulien   4–3   River Plate 4–1 0–2
Club Franciscain   0–1   AS Capoise 0–1
San Cristóbal FC   1–2   FICA 1–1 0–1
  • Second leg apparently not played.*
  • RCA withdrew, Beacon F.C. advances to the second round.
  • Corona Boys, CS Moulien, AS Capoise, FICA, L'Aiglon, US Sinnamar and Topp XX FC advance to the second round.




Second round

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Beacon FC   w/o   L'Aiglon
FICA   ***   US Sinnamary
Corona Boys   1–1
2–4 (pen.)
  CS Moulien 1–0 0–1
Topp XX FC   w/o   AS Capoise 2–0
  • Beacon FC advanced; presumably L'Aiglon withdrew.
  • AS Capoise withdrew.
  • Both clubs apparently withdrew.***
  • CS Moulien advance to the third round.
CS Moulien   1–0
(1–1 (pen. 4–2) agg.)
  Corona Boys

Third round

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Topp XX FC   4– 4
4–5 (pen.)
  Beacon FC 2–0 2–4
  •   CS Moulien on bye, to the fourth round.
  • Beacon FC advance to the fourth round.
Beacon FC   4–2
(4–4 (pen 5–4) agg.)
  Topp XX FC

Fourth round

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
  CS Moulien 4–0*   Beacon FC
  • Beacon withdrew, both legs awarded 2–0 to CS Moulien.*
  • CS Moulien advance to Final Group stage.

Final Group stage

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All matches played in San José, Costa Rica

As of 17 December 1995

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1   Saprissa 3 2 1 0 8 2 +6 7
2   Municipal 3 2 0 1 13 3 +10 6
3   Alajuelense 3 1 1 1 13 6 +7 4
4   Moulien 3 0 0 3 1 24 −23 0
Source: [citation needed]

Matches

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13 December 1995 Round 1 Saprissa   5–0   Moulien San José, Costa Rica
(UTC−06:00) González   26'
Myers   39'
Fonseca   69'
Drummond   78'
Morera   81'
Stadium: Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá

15 December 1995 Round 2 Alajuelense   9–1   Moulien San José, Costa Rica
(UTC−06:00) Badilla   5'
Ledezma   19'   35'   62'
Marín   20'
Montero   38'   44'
Mullins   47'
Gómez   72'
Makongo   56' Stadium: Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá

17 December 1995 Round 3 Saprissa   2–2   Alajuelense San José, Costa Rica
(UTC−06:00) Fonseca   16'   20' López   34'
Arnáez   53'
Stadium: Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá
17 December 1995 Round 3 Moulien   0–10   Municipal San José, Costa Rica
(UTC−06:00) Plata   8'   37'   51'   70'   72'   80'
Ivaldi   12'
Funes   40'
Oficialdegui   55'
Méndez   65'
Stadium: Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá

Champion

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CONCACAF Champions' Cup
1995 Winners
 
Saprissa
Second title

References

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  1. ^ Copa de Campeones 1995 on the RSSSF
  2. ^ Equipos memorables: Saprissa 1995 on Sólo Fútbol Costa Rica, 7 Apr 2020