The 1979 CONCACAF Champions' Cup was the 15th edition of the annual international club football competition held in the CONCACAF

CONCACAF

The Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football is the continental governing body for association football in North America, Central America and the Caribbean...

 region (North America, Central America and the Caribbean), the CONCACAF Champions' Cup. It determined that year's club champion of association football

Football (soccer)

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...

 in the CONCACAF

CONCACAF

The Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football is the continental governing body for association football in North America, Central America and the Caribbean...

 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.

Club Deportivo FAS from El Salvador

El Salvador

El Salvador or simply Salvador is the smallest and the most densely populated country in Central America. The country's capital city and largest city is San Salvador; Santa Ana and San Miguel are also important cultural and commercial centers in the country and in all of Central America...

 won the final, and became for the first time CONCACAF champion in their history.

North American Zone

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• UANL Tigres advance to the CONCACAF Semi-final.

Central American Zone

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• Comunicaciones and Alianza withdrew.
• Deportivo FAS and Cartaginés advance to the second round.

Second Round

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• Deportivo FAS, won presumably by walkover and advance to the CONCACAF Semi-final.

Preliminary Round

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• Santos F.C. won, presumably by walkover and advances to the First round.

First Round

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CRKSV Jong Colombia

CRKSV Jong Colombia is a Curaçao football club playing in the Curaçao League. It was founded on July 23, 1951. -Overview:The side topped the league in 1998, 2000 and 2001 as well as finishing second in the 2005-2006 season behind SV Centro Social Deportivo Barber. The club is based in the town of...

  Leo Victor

SV Leo Victor

Sport Vereniging Leo Victor is a Surinamese football club, which currently plays in Surinam's first division. They play their home games in Paramaribo at Dr.Ir.F.Essed Stadion.-Achievements:*Surinamese League: 4...

  Robinhood

SV Robinhood

Sporting Vereniging Robinhood is a Surinamese football club based in Paramaribo that competes in the Surinamese Hoofdklasse, the highest level of football in Suriname. Founded on 6 February 1945, Robinhood is the most successful club in Surinamese football, having won a record 23 league titles, and...

  Defence Force
  Tesoro Palo Seco
Reportedly these clubs entered the tournament; results from these matches are unknown.

• Jong Holland and Jong Colombia advance to the second round.

Second Round
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• Other fixtures (if any) not known.
• Defence Force and Jong Colombia advance to the third round.

Third Round
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• Results unknown, Robin Hood wins and advances to the fourth round.***
• Jong Colombia advances to the fourth round.

Fourth Round

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• Jong Colombia advances to the CONCACAF Final.

Semi-Final

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• Deportivo FAS advances to the CONCACAF Final.

Final
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• Deportivo FAS wins the CONCACAF Champions' Cup.

Champion

CONCACAF Champions' Cup 1979 Champions
El Salvador
Club Deportivo FAS First Title