1962 CONCACAF Champions' Cup
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.
| Copa de Campeones CONCACAF 1962 | |
|---|---|
| Tournament details | |
| Dates | 25 March – 21 August |
| Teams | 8 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Guadalajara (1st title) |
| Runners-up |  Comunicaciones |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 14 |
| Goals scored | 37 (2.64 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Guido Alvarado (6 goals) |
The tournament was contested by eight teams from seven different nations: Netherlands Antilles, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras and Mexico. The tournament was played from 25 March 1962 to 21 August 1962.
The tournament was split in three 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.
CD Guadalajara won that final, and became the first CONCACAF club champion.[1]
First round
| 25 March 1962 Central American Zone 1 | Águila  | 1–1 | Comunicaciones | San Salvador, El Salvador |
José Luis Soto  40' |
Guillermo Palomo 7' |
Stadium: Estadio Nacional Flor Blanca Attendance: 15,000 |
| 1 April 1962 Central American Zone 1 | Comunicaciones | 1–0 (2–1 agg.) | Águila | Guatemala City, Guatemala |
| López 16' |
Nil | Stadium: Estadio Nacional Mateo Flores |
| 1 April 1962 Central American Zone 2 | Olimpia .svg.png.webp){kind=small} | 0–1 |  Alajuelense | Tegucigalpa, Honduras |
| Nil | Guido Alvarado 30' |
Stadium: Estadio Nacional |
| 8 April 1962 Central American Zone 2 | Alajuelense | 1–1 (2–1 agg.) | Olimpia | Alajuela, Costa Rica |
| Guido Alvarado 41' |
Carlos Suazo 54' |
Stadium: Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto |
| 8 April 1962 Caribbean Zone | Etoile Haïtienne .svg.png.webp){kind=small} | 3–2 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Sithoc | Port-au-Prince, Haiti |
| Lucien Pierre 8' 35' Gérard Delpeche 59' |
Esteban Thieman 60' Romualdo Valeriam 81' |
Stadium: Parc Leconte |
| 15 April 1962 Caribbean Zone | Sithoc | 6–0 (8–3 agg.) | Etoile Haïtienne | Willemstad, Netherlands Antilles |
| TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD |
Nil | Stadium: Ergilio Hato Stadium |
| 29 April 1962 North American Zone | Guadalajara  | 2–0 | Herediano | Guadalajara, Mexico |
| Salvador Reyes Monteón 28' 33' |
Nil | Stadium: Estadio Jalisco |
| 5 May 1962 North American Zone | Herediano | 0–3 (0–5 agg.) | Guadalajara | Heredia, Costa Rica |
| Nil | Javier Valdivia 18' Javier Barba 29'Francisco Flores 31' |
Stadium: Estadio Eladio Rosabal Cordero |
Second round
| 15 April 1962 | Comunicaciones | 3–1 | Alajuelense | Guatemala City, Guatemala |
| Hugo Peña 7' 50' Jerónimo Pericullo 51' |
Guido Alvarado 80' |
Stadium: Estadio Nacional Mateo Flores |
| 29 April 1962 | Alajuelense | 3–2 (4–5 agg.) | Comunicaciones | Alajuela, Costa Rica |
| Guido Alvarado 22' 72' 78' |
Obdulio Pensamiento 20' Hugo Peña 70' (pen.) |
Stadium: Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto |
Semifinal
| 15 July 1962 | Comunicaciones | 2–0 | Sithoc | Guatemala City, Guatemala |
| Jerónimo Pericullo 8' Fredy Masella 43' |
Nil | Stadium: Estadio Nacional Mateo Flores |
| 22 July 1962 | Sithoc | 1–1 (1–3 agg.) | Comunicaciones | Guatemala City, Guatemala |
| Carlo Comenencia 65' |
Hugo Peña 29' |
Stadium: Estadio Nacional Mateo Flores |
Final
First leg
| Comunicaciones | 0–1 | Guadalajara |
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| Nil | Javier Valdivia 43' |
Second leg
| Guadalajara | 5–0 | Comunicaciones |
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| Salvador Reyes 25', 47', 89' Jasso 42', 61' |
Report | Nil |
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Guadalajara won 6–0 on aggregate
Champion
| CONCACAF Champions' Cup 1962 champion |
|---|
Guadalajara 1st title |
Final rankings
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Guadalajara |
4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | +11 | 8 | Winners |
| 2 | Comunicaciones |
8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 12 | −2 | 8 | Runners-up |
| 3 | Sithoc |
4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 3 | Semifinalist |
| 4 | Alajuelense |
4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 5 | Second round |
| 5 | Etoile Haïtienne |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 2 | First round |
| 6 | Águila |
2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 1 | |
| 7 | Olimpia |
2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 1 | |
| 8 | Herediano |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | −5 | 0 |