1991 CONCACAF Champions' Cup

The 1991 CONCACAF Champions' Cup was the 27th 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 7 April till 24 September 1991.

1991 CONCACAF Champions' Cup
Tournament details
Dates8 September – 24 September
Teams3 (from 3 associations)
Final positions
Champions Puebla (1st title)
Runners-up Police
Tournament statistics
Matches played4
Goals scored7 (1.75 per match)

The teams were split in three zones (North, Central and Caribbean), each one qualifying the winner to the final tournament, where the winners of the Caribbean and Central zones played a semi-final to decide who was going to play against the Northern champion in the final. All the matches in the tournament were played under the home/away match system.

Mexican club Puebla beat Trinidarian Police F.C. 4–2 on aggregate.[1] Therefore Puebla won their first CONCACAF championship, which was also their first international title.[2][3]

North American Zone

First Round

5 May 1991 Eagles 1–2
(1–4 agg.)
Pembroke Hamilton Zebras
Krzyskow  1' Ming
Swan

Second Round

Brooklyn Italians and Pembroke Hamilton Zebras withdrew. Puebla and Universidad de Guadalajara automatically advanced to third round.

Third Round

8 September 1991 Puebla 2–0 Universidad de Guadalajara Puebla, Mexico
Chávez  30'
Poblete  69'
Stadium: Estadio Cuauhtémoc
Note: Played over one leg

Puebla advances to the CONCACAF Final Series.

Central American Zone

First Round

7 April 1991 Tauro 5–0 América Managua
Samaniego
Maldonado
Referee: José Vargas (CRC)
21 April 1991 América Managua 0–0
(0–5 agg.)
Tauro
10 April 1991 Saprissa 4–1 Real Estelí San José, Costa Rica
Badilla
Herra
Picado
Vendana Stadium: Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá
Referee: Francisco Amaya
28 April 1991 Real Estelí 1–4
(2–8 agg.)
Saprissa Estelí, Nicaragua
Arriola  15' Orta
Carabanca
Stadium: Estadio Independencia
Referee: Armando Barrios (PAN)
16 April 1991 Alajuelense 4–1 Plaza Amador Alajuela, Costa Rica
Karoch
Solano
Brenes
Botello Stadium: Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto
Referee: Gonzalo Tejada (HON)
18 April 1991 Plaza Amador 0–7
(1–11 agg.)
Alajuelense Alajuela, Costa Rica
Jakubec
Fernández
 (pen.) Guillén
Arguedas
Stadium: Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto
Referee: Víctor Chinchilla (GUA)
Note: Both legs in Alajuela
21 April 1991 Acros Duurly's 0–4 Luis Ángel Firpo
5 May 1991 Luis Ángel Firpo 4–0
(8–0 agg.)
Acros Duurly's
5 May 1991 Acros Verdes 0–1
(0–6 agg.)
Real España
 74' González
1 May 1991 Motagua 1–1 Comunicaciones Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Ávila  71' Bordon Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino
Attendance: 24,250
Referee: Ronald Gutiérrez (CRC)
3 May 1991 Municipal 2–5 Alianza Guatemala City, Guatemala
Donis
Ochoa
Ramírez
Toro
López
Stadium: Estadio El Trébol
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Rodrigo Badilla (CRC)

Second Round

9 June 1991 Tauro 0–2
(1–5 agg.)
Saprissa
Vieira
Coronado
Referee: Rafael Martínez (SLV)
22 May 1991 Luis Ángel Firpo 2–0 Comunicaciones Usulután, El Salvador
de Moura
Guelmo
Stadium: Sergio Torres Stadium
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Jorge Urías (HON)
15 June 1991 Comunicaciones 4–3
(4–5 agg.)
Luis Ángel Firpo Guatemala City, Guatemala
Pereira
Chacón
Pérez
Bauza
De Moura
Menjívar
Zapata
Stadium: Estadio Mateo Flores
Referee: Rodolfo Martínez
5 June 1991 Alianza 0–1 Real España San Salvador, El Salvador
 45' Vallejo Stadium: Estadio Cuscatlán
Attendance: 4,200
Referee: José Burgos (CRC)
12 June 1991 Real España 1–1
(2–1 agg.)
Alianza San Pedro Sula, Honduras
Hernández Chachagua Stadium: Estadio General Francisco Morazán
Referee: Mario Escobar (GUA)

Alajuelense bye.

Third Round

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Real España 3–0 Alajuelense 2–0 1–0
Firpo 2–4 Saprissa 1–1 1–3
  • Real C.D. España and Deportivo Saprissa advance to the fourth round.

Final

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Saprissa 1–4 Real España 1–2 0–2
  • Real C.D. España advances to the CONCACAF Final Series.

Caribbean Zone

First Round

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Solidarité Scolaire 1–3 Marinoise 0–2 1–1
Strikers 1–2 Racing Gonaïves 0–0 1–2
Capoise 4–3 Sithoc 3–0 1–3
Black Lions 1–2 Scholars International 1–1 0–1
SUBT 0–6 Transvaal 0–3 0–3
Olympique du Marin 3–2 Kouroucien 0–0 3–2
Police 4–4 Reno 2–1 2–3
Robinhood 2–3 Defence Force 1–0 1–3
L'Etoile bye

Second Round

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Racing Gonaïves 3–4 Marinoise 1–1 2–3
Capoise 1–4 L'Etoile 1–1 0–3
Police 4–0 Transvaal 2–0 2–0
Scholars International 0–7 Defence Force 0–6 0–1
Olympique du Marin bye

Third Round

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Olympique du Marin 8–0 L'Etoile 5–0 3–0
Defence Force 2–3 Police 1–0 1–3
Marinoise Bye

Fourth Round

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Marinoise 4–5 Police 3–2 1–3
Olympique du Marin bye

Final

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Olympique du Marin 4–5 Police 3–2 1–3

Semifinal

September 8, 1991

Venue: Estadio Francisco Morazán
City: San Pedro Sula, Honduras

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Real España 0–0 Police F.C.

September 15, 1991

Venue: Hasely Crawford Stadium
City: Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Police F.C. 1–0
AGG. (1–0)
Real España

Puebla F.C. on bye, to the Final.

  • Police F.C. advance to the Final.

Final

First leg

1991 CONCACAF Champions' Cup Final
First leg
Puebla 3–1 Police
Ruiz  5'
Gelinski  34'
Paulo César  74'
Report  59' Alfred

Second leg

Second leg
Police 1–1 Puebla
Boissoen  70' Report  56' Porto

Champion

CONCACAF Champions' Cup
1991 Winners

Puebla F.C.
First title

References

  1. Copa de Campeones 1991 on the RSSSF
  2. Puebla Campeón Concacaf 1991-1992 by Carlos Moreno on Club Puebla blogsite, c. 2011
  3. Conoce la vez que el Puebla quedó Campeón de la CONCACAF by Dereck Sanchez on Periódico Enfoque, 23 Dec 2020
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