1973 CONCACAF Champions' Cup

The 1973 CONCACAF Champions' Cup was the 9th 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 originally scheduled to be played by 16 teams of 9 countries from 1 June to 3 August 1973 with the matches in the tournament played under the home/away match, but a final series was set up for 8 and 10 January 1974, after no team from either of the other two sections participated.

1973 CONCACAF Champions' Cup
Copa de Campeones Concacaf
SV Transvaal, champions
Tournament details
Dates1 June 1973 – 10 January 1974
Teams16 (from 9 associations)
Final positions
ChampionsTransvaal

The teams were split into zones (North American, Central American and Caribbean), each one qualifying the winner to participate in the final tournament. As no clubs entered in the North American section, the winner of the two remaining zones gained the qualification to the final, but both Central American teams withdrew; therefore the final was scratched and the Caribbean winner, Transvaal from Suriname, won the tournament, becoming CONCACAF champion for the first time.[1]

North American Zone

The zone was cancelled as no clubs entered.

Central American Zone

First round

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Vida Honduras 0–3 Costa Rica Saprissa 0–2 0–1
Municipal Guatemala 1–01 Honduras Olimpia 0–0 1–0
Alajuelense Costa Rica 4–0 El Salvador Águila 3–0 1–02
Comunicaciones Guatemala 1–0 El Salvador Juventud Olímpica 0–0 1–0

Saprissa, Alajuelense and Comunicaciones advanced to the Central American Zone second round.
1 CSD Municipal later withdrew.
2 The match was abandoned in the 68th minute with Alajuelense leading 1–0 due to torrential rain which flooded the pitch; the result was allowed to stand.

1 June 1973 Vida Honduras 0–2 Costa Rica Saprissa
Nil Carlos Solano
Gerardo Solano
24 June 1973 Saprissa Costa Rica 1–0
(3–0 agg.)
Honduras Vida San José, Costa Rica
Gerardo Solano Nil Stadium: Ricardo Saprissa Stadium
18 July 1973 Municipal Guatemala 0–0 Honduras Olimpia
Nil Nil
25 July 1973 Olimpia Honduras 0–1
(0–1 agg.)
Guatemala Municipal
Nil Leonardo McNish
24 June 1973 Alajuelense Costa Rica 3–0 El Salvador Águila
Roy Saénz
Walter Elizondo
Nil
29 June 1973 Águila El Salvador 0–1
(0–4 agg.)
Costa Rica Alajuelense
Nil Walter Elizondo
3 August 1973 Juventud Olímpica El Salvador 0–1
(0–1 agg.)
Guatemala Comunicaciones
Nil Erwin Torres

Second round

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Deportivo Santa Cecilia1 Nicaragua 1–8 Costa Rica Alajuelense 0–5 1–3
Comunicaciones Guatemala 1–4 Costa Rica Saprissa 1–0 0–4

1Deportivo Santa Cecilia replaced Municipal, who withdrew.
Saprissa and Alajuelense advance to the Central American Zone third round.

3 August 1973 Alajuelense Costa Rica 5–0 Nicaragua Deportivo Santa Cecilia
Richard González
Alfredo Piedra
Roy Sáenz
Javier Jimenez
Nil
10 September 1973 Deportivo Santa Cecilia Nicaragua 1–3
(1–8 agg.)
Costa Rica Alajuelense Diriamba, Nicaragua
Gerardo Barrios Alfonso Obregón
Javier Jimenez
Stadium: Estadio La Salle
8 October 1973 Comunicaciones Guatemala 1–0 Costa Rica Saprissa Guatemala City, Guatemala
Félix McDonald Nil Stadium: Mateo Flores Stadium
15 October 1973 Saprissa Costa Rica 4–0
(4–1 agg.)
Guatemala Comunicaciones San Jose, Costa Rica
Wilberth Barquero
Hernán Morales
Gerardo Solano
Carlos Solano
Nil Stadium: San José’s Ricardo Saprissa Stadium
Attendance: 5,586

Third round

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Alajuelense Costa Rica 0–2 Costa Rica Saprissa 0–1 0–1

Saprissa won the series, but later withdrew.

21 November 1973 Saprissa Costa Rica 1–0 Costa Rica Alajuelense
TBD Nil
5 December 1973 Alajuelense Costa Rica 0–1
(0–2 agg.)
Costa Rica Saprissa Alajuela, Costa Rica
Nil TBD Stadium: Alejandro Morera Soto Stadium

Caribbean Zone

First round

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Robinhood Suriname (Kingdom of the Netherlands) 2–4 Netherlands Antilles Jong Colombia 2–3 0–1
Transvaal Suriname (Kingdom of the Netherlands) 14–0 Dominican Republic Universidad Católica 8–0 6–0
Devonshire Colts Bermuda 6–5 Bermuda North Village CC 3–1 3–4

Bye: S.V. SUBT

15 July 1973 Jong Colombia Netherlands Antilles 0–1
(2–4 agg.)
Suriname (Kingdom of the Netherlands) Robinhood
Nil
24 June 1973 Transvaal Suriname (Kingdom of the Netherlands) 8–0 Dominican Republic Universidad Católica Paramaribo’s National Stadion
Edwin Schal
Theo Klein
Musanto
Corte
Nortan
Own goal
Nil
28 June 1973 Universidad Católica Dominican Republic 0–6
(0–14 agg.)
Suriname (Kingdom of the Netherlands) Transvaal Paramaribo’s National Stadion
Nil Edwin Schal
Klein
Hedley
Del Prado

Second round

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
SUBT Netherlands Antilles 3–9 Suriname (Kingdom of the Netherlands) Transvaal 2–5 1–4
Jong Colombia Netherlands Antilles w/o1 Bermuda Devonshire Colts

1 Devonshire Colts withdrew.

12 July 1973 SUBT Netherlands Antilles 2–5 Suriname (Kingdom of the Netherlands) Transvaal Willemstad
Wiene Schal
Humphrey Castillion
Theo Klein
Wesley Bundel
Transvaal Suriname (Kingdom of the Netherlands) 4–1
(9–3 agg.)
Netherlands Antilles SUBT
Wiene Schal
Humphrey Castillion
Theo Klein
Vanenburg

Third round

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Transvaal Suriname (Kingdom of the Netherlands) 4–2 Netherlands Antilles Jong Colombia 2–1 2–1
4 August 1973 Jong Colombia Netherlands Antilles 1–2
(2–4 agg.)
Suriname (Kingdom of the Netherlands) Transvaal
TBD George Headley
Edwin Schal

Fourth round

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Transvaal Suriname (Kingdom of the Netherlands) 7–3 Bermuda Devonshire Colts 4–2 3–1

1 Devonshire Colts were reinstated as all other clubs from the Central Zone withdrew, since the Northern Zone had been cancelled due to no clubs having entered.

8 January 1974 Transvaal Suriname (Kingdom of the Netherlands) 4–2 Bermuda Devonshire Colts
Wiene Schal
Wensley Bundel
Theo Klein
Humphrey Castillion
Lambert
Darrel
10 January 1974 Transvaal Suriname (Kingdom of the Netherlands) 3–1
(7–3 agg.)
Bermuda Devonshire Colts
Theo Klein
Wiene Schal
Roy Vanenburg
Lambert

CONCACAF final round

The final was scratched and Suriname (Kingdom of the Netherlands) Transvaal. winners of the Caribbean Zone, were declared CONCACAF Champions in that Central American finalist Saprissa had withdrawn after 15 December 1973.

Champion

CONCACAF Champions' Cup
1973 champions
Suriname (Kingdom of the Netherlands)
Transvaal
First title

References

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