1967 CONCACAF Champions' Cup

1967 CONCACAF Champions' Cup
Tournament details
Dates	6 August 1967 – 24 March 1968
Teams	10 (from 1 federation)
Final positions
Champions	Alianza (1st title)
Runners-up	Jong Colombia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	13
Goals scored	38 (2.92 per match)
	← 1965 1968 →

The 1967 CONCACAF Champions' Cup was the 3rd 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.

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The tournament was played by 10 teams of 10 nations: Netherlands Antilles, Bermuda, El Salvador, United States, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Nicaragua, Trinidad and Tobago. The tournament was played from 6 August 1967 till 24 March 1968.

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.

Alianza from El Salvador won the final, and became CONCACAF champion for the first time.^[1]

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North American Zone

The Zone was scratched and Philadelphia Ukrainians advanced to the North/Central American Zone Final as they were the only entrant.

Central American Zone

First round

Torneo Centroamericano de Concacaf 1967.

6 August 1967 1st leg	Alianza	8–0	Flor de Caña	San Salvador, El Salvador
CST	Luis Ernesto Tapia Ricardo Sepulveda TBD TBD			Stadium: Estadio Jorge "Mágico" González

13 August 1967 2nd leg	Flor de Caña	3–2 (3–10 agg.)	Alianza	Managua, Nicaragua
CST	Oscar Calvo TBD			Stadium: Estadio Stanley Cayasso

6 August 1967 1st leg	Olimpia	0–1	Aurora	Tegucigalpa, Honduras
CST	Nil		Manuel Recinos	Stadium: Estadio Nacional

13 August 1967 2nd leg	Aurora	0–1 (1–1 agg.)	Olimpia	Guatemala City, Guatemala
CST				Stadium: Estadio del Ejército

20 August 1967 Replay	Aurora	2–0	Olimpia	Guatemala City, Guatemala
CST				Stadium: Estadio del Ejército

Second round

10 September 1967 1st leg	Aurora	0–0	Alianza	Guatemala City, Guatemala
CST				Stadium: Estadio del Ejército

17 September 1967 2nd leg	Alianza	1–1 (1–1 agg.)	Aurora	San Salvador, El Salvador
CST	Luis Hernan Alvarez		Reginaldo Aleman	Stadium: Estadio Flor Blanca

15 October 1967 Replay	Alianza	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Aurora	San Salvador, El Salvador
CST	Mario Monge			Stadium: Estadio Flor Blanca Attendance: 30,000

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Caribbean Zone

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Jong Colombia	4	3	1	0	10	1	+9	7	Qualified to the Final
2	Regiment	4	2	1	1	5	7	−2	5
3	Regiment	4	2	0	2	5	6	−1	4
4	Somerset Trojans	4	1	0	3	8	8	0	2
5	Racing Haïtien	4	1	0	3	3	9	−6	2

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Source: ^{[citation needed]}

All matches played in Kingston, Jamaica.
Jong Colombia wins group stage, advances to the Final.

North vs Central playoff

12 November 1967 1st leg	Alianza	2–1	Philadelphia Ukrainians	San Salvador, El Salvador
CST	Mario Flores		Luis Pasache	Stadium: Estadio Flor Blanca

15 November 1967 2nd leg	Philadelphia Ukrainians	0–1 (1–3 agg.)	Alianza	San Salvador, El Salvador
CST			Leonardo Salas	Stadium: Estadio Flor Blanca