1979 Copa Fraternidad

Tournament details
Teams	12 (from 3 associations)
Final positions
Champions	Aurora (2nd title)
Runners-up	Real España
Tournament statistics
Matches played	63
Goals scored	159 (2.52 per match)

The Copa Fraternidad 1979 was played in two groups of six teams, the winners of each group decided the title in a double headed. It was the ninth edition of this tournament under this name.^[1]

Teams

Association	Team	Qualifying method	App.	Previous best
El Salvador	FAS	1978–79 Champions	2nd	Second Round (1978)
	Alianza	1978–79 Runners-up	5th	5th (1971, 1974)
	Atlético Marte	1978–79 Third place	4th	4th (1971)
	Santiagueño	1978–79 Fourth place	1st	—
Guatemala	Aurora	1978 Champions	7th	Champions (1976)
	Comunicaciones	1978 Runners-up	7th	Champions (1971)
	Cobán Imperial	1978 Third place	1st	—
	Municipal	1978 Fourth place	7th	Champions (1974, 1977)
Honduras	Motagua	1978–79 Champions	1st	—
	Real España	1978–79 Runners-up	1st	—
	Olimpia	1978–79 Third place	1st	—
	Broncos	1978–79 Fourth place	1st	—

Group I

Results

Aurora	1–0	Municipal
		Nil

11 February 1979

15:00

Olimpia	1–1	Motagua
Rigoberto Gómez 16'		Rigoberto Sosa 22'

Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

Referee: José Andino (HON)

Alianza	2–1	Santiagueño

Aurora	1–4	Santiagueño

Municipal	2–1	Alianza

Municipal	1–0	Santiagueño
		Nil

Aurora	3–0	Alianza
		Nil

Olimpia	0–1	Aurora
Nil

Motagua	1–0	Municipal
		Nil

Motagua	0–1	Aurora

Olimpia	1–2	Municipal

Motagua	1–1	Alianza

Olimpia	4–1	Santiagueño

Motagua	0–2	Santiagueño
Nil

Olimpia	2–0	Alianza
		Nil

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7 March 1979

20:00

Motagua	1–0	Olimpia
Angel Obando 25'		Nil

Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

Referee: José Andino (HON)

Santiagueño	2–2	Alianza

Municipal	2–1	Aurora

Santiagueño	2–3	Aurora

Alianza	0–0	Municipal
Nil		Nil

Alianza	1–0	Aurora
		Nil

Santiagueño	0–0	Municipal
Nil		Nil

Aurora	0–0	Olimpia
Nil		Nil

Municipal	0–0	Motagua
Nil		Nil

Municipal	2–0	Olimpia
		Nil

Aurora	4–2	Motagua

Santiagueño	1–1	Olimpia

Alianza	3–2	Motagua

Alianza	1–4	Olimpia

Santiagueño	4–2	Motagua

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Aurora	10	6	1	3	15	11	+4	13
2	Municipal	10	5	3	2	9	5	+4	13
3	Olimpia	10	3	3	4	13	10	+3	9
4	Santiagueño	10	3	3	4	17	16	+1	9
5	Alianza	10	3	3	4	11	17	−6	9
6	Motagua	10	2	3	5	10	16	−6	7

Source:

1st Place playoff

1979

Aurora	1–1	Municipal

• Abandoned at 1–1 during second half of extra time; awarded 2–0 Aurora.

Group II

Results

Comunicaciones	1–0	Cobán Imperial
		Nil

Atlético Marte	2–2	FAS

Broncos	2–1	Real España

FAS	0–0	Comunicaciones
Nil		Nil

Atlético Marte	5–1	Cobán Imperial

Atlético Marte	3–2	Comunicaciones

FAS	0–0	Cobán Imperial
Nil		Nil

Cobán Imperial	2–3	Real España

Comunicaciones	0–0	Broncos
Nil		Nil

Comunicaciones	2–3	Real España

Cobán Imperial	1–3	Broncos

Atlético Marte	5–3	Real España

FAS	1–3	Broncos

FAS	0–2	Real España
Nil

4 March 1979

Atlético Marte	2–0	Broncos
Norberto Huezo Miguel Martinez		Nil

Estadio Cuscatlan

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Real España	1–0	Broncos
		Nil

FAS	2–1	Atlético Marte

Cobán Imperial	1–0	Comunicaciones
		Nil

Cobán Imperial	2–1	Atlético Marte

Comunicaciones	2–1	FAS

Cobán Imperial	1–1	FAS

Comunicaciones	0–0	Atlético Marte
Nil		Nil

Broncos	1–2	Comunicaciones

Real España	2–1	Cobán Imperial

Real España	1–1	Comunicaciones

Broncos	1–2	Cobán Imperial

Broncos	0–2	FAS
Nil

Real España	1–1	Atlético Marte

Real España	1–0	FAS
		Nil

Broncos	0–3	Atlético Marte
Nil

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Real España	10	6	2	2	18	14	+4	14
2	Atlético Marte	10	5	3	2	23	13	+10	13
3	Comunicaciones	10	3	4	3	10	10	0	10
4	FAS	10	2	4	4	9	12	−3	8
5	Cobán Imperial	10	3	2	5	11	17	−6	8
6	Broncos	10	3	1	6	10	15	−5	7

Source:

Final

8 April 1979

Aurora	1–0	Real España
Ramon Ramírez		Nil

Estadio Mateo Flores

1979

Real España	0–0	Aurora
Nil		Nil

Champion

1979 Copa Fraternidad champion
Aurora 2nd title

References