The 1969 CONCACAF Champions' Cup was the 5th edition of the annual international club football competition held in the

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region (North America, Central America and the Caribbean), the

CONCACAF Champions' Cup The CONCACAF Champions League, known officially as the Scotiabank CONCACAF Champions League for sponsorship reasons, is an annual continental club football competition organized by CONCACAF. The tournament is contested by clubs from North Ameri ...

. It determined that year's

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club champion in the

region. The tournament was played by 10 teams of 9 nations:

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Bermuda ) , anthem = "God Save the King" , song_type = National song , song = " Hail to Bermuda" , image_map = , map_caption = , image_map2 = , mapsize2 = , map_caption2 = , subdivision_type = Sovereign state , subdivision_name = , e ...

El Salvador El Salvador (; , meaning " The Saviour"), officially the Republic of El Salvador ( es, República de El Salvador), is a country in Central America. It is bordered on the northeast by Honduras, on the northwest by Guatemala, and on the south b ...

Haiti Haiti (; ht, Ayiti ; French: ), officially the Republic of Haiti (); ) and formerly known as Hayti, is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean Sea, east of Cuba and Jamaica, and ...

Guatemala Guatemala ( ; ), officially the Republic of Guatemala ( es, República de Guatemala, links=no), is a country in Central America. It is bordered to the north and west by Mexico; to the northeast by Belize and the Caribbean; to the east by H ...

Honduras Honduras, officially the Republic of Honduras, is a country in Central America. The republic of Honduras is bordered to the west by Guatemala, to the southwest by El Salvador, to the southeast by Nicaragua, to the south by the Pacific Oce ...

, Mexico, Nicaragua,

Costa Rica Costa Rica (, ; ; literally "Rich Coast"), officially the Republic of Costa Rica ( es, República de Costa Rica), is a country in the Central American region of North America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the no ...

. It was played from 25 April till 30 September 1969 under the home/away match system and for the first time, the teams were not split into zones, playing in a straight round system.Copa Concacaf 1969
by Jim Goloboy and Karel Stokkermans on the RSSSF Cruz Azul from Mexico won the final after beating Guatemalan club Comunicaaciones 1–0 in the second leg, becoming CONCACAF champion for the first time in its history."Cruz Azul Campeón de la Concacaf 1969" on Reino Azul (blogsite), 7 Mar 2014

First round

* ''Saprissa won 5–1 on aggregate score.'' ---- * ''Comunicaciones won 4–1 on aggregate score.'' ---- * ''Águila won 5–3 on aggregate score.'' ---- * ''Somerset Cricket won 6–1 on aggregate score.''

Second round

* ''Toluca won 1–0 on aggregate score. Toluca were disqualified for the undue alignment of three players; Cruz Azul advanced.'' ---- * ''Comunicaciones won 7–4 on aggregate score.'' ---- * ''Saprissa won 7–0 on aggregate score.''

Semifinal

* ''Cruz Azul won 4–3 on aggregate score.'' * Comunicaciones received a bye to the final.

Final

First leg

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Second leg

* ''Cruz Azul won 1–0 on aggregate score.''

References

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