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
ChampionsMexico Puebla (1st title)
Runners-upTrinidad and Tobago Police
Tournament statistics
Matches played4
Goals scored7 (1.75 per match)
1990
1992

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 4–2 on aggregate.[1] Therefore, Puebla won their first CONCACAF championship, which was also their first international title.[2][3]

North American Zone

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First round

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27 April 1991 Pembroke Hamilton Zebras   2–0   Eagles
Dill    

Second round

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

Third round

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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

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First round

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Torneo Centroamericano de Concacaf 1991

7 April 1991 Tauro   5–0   América Managua Panama City, Panama
Edgar Samaniego    
Maldonado      
Stadium: Estadio Rommel Fernández
Referee: José Vargas (CRC)
21 April 1991 América Managua   0–0
(0–5 agg.)
  Tauro Managua, Nicaragua
Stadium: Estadio Stanley Cayasso

10 April 1991 Saprissa   4–1   Real Estelí San Juan de Tibás, Costa Rica
Victor 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
TBD   Jakubec    
Fernández      
Guillén   (pen.)
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 Belize City, Belize
Fernando De Moura      
 
Stadium: MCC Grounds


1 May 1991 Motagua   1–1   Comunicaciones Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Ávila   Bordon   71' Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino
Attendance: 24,250
Referee: Ronald Gutiérrez (CRC)

3 May 1991 Municipal   2–5   Alianza Guatemala City, Guatemala
Donis  
Ochoa  
Eduardo Ramírez    
Raul Toro    
Hector López  
Stadium: Estadio El Trébol
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Rodrigo Badilla (CRC)
8 May 1991 Alianza   1–1
(6–3 agg.)
  Municipal San Salvador, El Salvador
Raul Toro   TBD   Stadium: Estadio Cuscatlán

Second round

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22 May 1991 Saprissa   3–1   Tauro [[San Juan District, Tibás| San Juan de Tibás]], Costa Rica
Vladimir Quesada  
Evaristo Coronado  
Alexandre Guimarães   (pen.)
Edgar Samaniego   Stadium: Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá

15 June 1991 Comunicaciones   4–3
(4–5 agg.)
  Luis Ángel Firpo Guatemala City, Guatemala
Pereira  
Chacón  
Pérez  
Bauza  
Fernando de Moura  
Marlon Menjívar  
Zapata  
Stadium: Estadio Mateo Flores
Referee: Rodolfo Martínez

5 June 1991 Alianza   0–1   Real España San Salvador, El Salvador
Luis Vallejo   45' 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
Washington Hernández   William Chachagua   Stadium: Estadio Francisco Morazán
Referee: Mario Escobar (GUA)

Alajuelense bye.

Third round

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Real España   3–0   Alajuelense 2–0 1–0
Firpo   1–4   Saprissa 1–1 0–3
  • Real C.D. España and Deportivo Saprissa advance to the fourth round.
Real España   2–0   Alajuelense San Pedro Sula, Honduras
Ciro Castillo
José Luis Aguirre
Stadium: Estadio Francisco Morazán
Attendance: 5,500

Firpo   1–1   Saprissa San Salvador, El Salvador
Raul Diaz Arce Adonis Hilario Vieira Stadium: Estadio Cuscatlán
Saprissa   3-0
(4-1 agg.)
  Firpo San Juan de Tibás, Costa Rica
Adonis Hilario Vieira
Roland González Brenes
Rolando Fonseca Jiménez
Stadium: Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá

Final

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score 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.
Saprissa   1–2   Real España San Juan de Tibás, Costa Rica
Adonis Hilario Vieira 15 Washington Hernández 71
Marco Antonio Anariba 76
Stadium: Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá
Real España   2–0
(4-1 agg.)
  Saprissa San Pedro Sula
Marco Vinicio Ortega 32
José Luis Aguirre 90
Stadium: Estadio Francisco Morazán

Caribbean Zone

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First round

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score 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
Reno   3–2
(4-4 agg.)
  Police

Second round

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score 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

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score 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

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

Final

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

Semifinal

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Real España   0–1   Police 0–0 0–1

Final

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First leg

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

Second leg

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

Puebla won 3–1 on points (4–2 on aggregate)

Champion

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CONCACAF Champions' Cup
1991 Winners
 
Puebla
First title

References

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  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