1962 CONCACAF Champions' Cup

1962 CONCACAF Champions' Cup

Copa de Campeones CONCACAF 1962
Tournament details
Dates	25 March – 21 August 1962
Teams	8
Final positions
Champions	Guadalajara (1st title)
Runners-up	Comunicaciones
Tournament statistics
Matches played	14
Goals scored	37 (2.64 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Alvarado (6)

The 1962 CONCACAF Champions' Cup was the 1st 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.

The tournament was played by 8 teams of 7 nations: Netherlands Antilles, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras and Mexico. The tournament was played from 25 March 1962 till 21 August 1962.

The tournament was split in 3 zones (North American, Central American and Caribbean), each one qualifying the winner to the final tournament, where the winners of the Central and Caribbean groups played a semi-final to decide who was going to play against the Northern group champion in the final. All the matches in the tournament were played under the home/away match system.

C.D. Guadalajara won that final, and became the first CONCACAF club champion.^[1]

First round

Águila v Comunicaciones

25 March 1962 (UTC−06:00) 1st leg

Águila	1 – 1	Comunicaciones
Soto  40'		Palomo  7'

Estadio Flor Blanca Attendance: 15,000

Comunicaciones v Águila

1 April 1962 (UTC−06:00) 2nd leg

Comunicaciones	1 – 0	Águila
López  16'

Estadio Mateo Flores

• Comunicaciones won 2–1 on aggregate.

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Olimpia v Alajuelense

1 April 1962 (UTC−06:00) 1st leg

Olimpia	0 – 1	Alajuelense
		Alvarado  30'

Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

Alajuelense v Olimpia

8 April 1962 (UTC−06:00) 2nd leg

Alajuelense	1 – 1	Olimpia
Alvarado  41'		Suazo  54'

Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto

• Alajuelense won 2–1 on aggregate.

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Etoile Haïtienne v SITHOC

8 April 1962 (UTC−05:00) 1st leg

Etoile Haïtienne	3 – 2	SITHOC
Pierre  8'  35' Delpeche  59'		Thieman  60' Valeriam  81'

Parc Leconte

SITHOC v Etoile Haïtienne

15 April 1962 2nd leg	SITHOC	6 – 0	Etoile Haïtienne	Willemstad, Netherlands Antilles
(UTC−04:00)	Unavailable			Stadium: Ergilio Hato Stadium

• SITHOC won 8–3 on aggregate.

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Guadalajara v Herediano

29 April 1962 (UTC−06:00) 1st leg

Guadalajara	2 – 0	Herediano
Reyes  28'  33'

Estadio Jalisco

Herediano v Guadalajara

5 May 1962 (UTC−06:00) 2nd leg

Herediano	0 – 3	Guadalajara
		Valdivia  18' Barba  29' Flores  31'

Estadio Eladio Rosabal Cordero

• Guadalajara won 5–0 on aggregate.

Second round

Comunicaciones v Alajuelense

15 April 1962 (UTC−06:00) 1st leg

Comunicaciones	3 – 1	Alajuelense
Peña  7'  50' Pericullo  51'		Alvarado  80'

Estadio Mateo Flores

Alajuelense v Comunicaciones

29 April 1962 (UTC−06:00) 2nd leg

Alajuelense	3 – 2	Comunicaciones
Alvarado  22'  72'  78'		Pensamiento  20' Peña  70' (pen.)

Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto

• Comunicaciones won 5–4 on aggregate.

Semifinal

First Leg

Comunicaciones v SITHOC

15 July 1962

Comunicaciones	2 – 0	SITHOC
Pericullo  8' Masella  43'

Estadio Mateo Flores Guatemala City, Guatemala

Second Leg

SITHOC v Comunicaciones

22 July 1962

SITHOC	1 – 1	Comunicaciones
Comenencia  65'		Peña  29'

Estadio Mateo Flores Guatemala City, Guatemala

• Guadalajara on a bye.
• Comunicaciones won 3–1 on aggregate.
• Both matches played in Guatemala City.

Final

First Leg

Comunicaciones v Guadalajara

29 July 1962

Comunicaciones	0 – 1	Guadalajara
	Report	Valdivia  43'

Estadio Mateo Flores Guatemala City, Guatemala

Second Leg

Guadalajara v Comunicaciones

21 August 1962

Guadalajara	5 – 0	Comunicaciones
Reyes  25', 47', 89' Jasso  42', 61'	Report

Estadio Jalisco Guadalajara, Mexico

• Guadalajara won 6–0 on aggregate.

Champion

CONCACAF Champions' Cup 1962 Winners
C.D. Guadalajara First Title

References

1. RSSSF.com – Central American Club Competitions 1962