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.

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[]

Águila v Comunicaciones

25 March 1962 Central American Zone 1	Águila	1–1	Comunicaciones	showSan Salvador, El Salvador
	Soto  40'		7'	Stadium: Estadio Nacional Flor Blanca Attendance: 15,000

Comunicaciones v Águila

1 April 1962 Central American Zone 1	Comunicaciones	1–0 (2–1 agg.)	Águila	showGuatemala City, Guatemala
	López  16'			Stadium: Estadio Nacional Mateo Flores

Olimpia v Alajuelense

1 April 1962 Central American Zone 2	Olimpia	0–1	Alajuelense	showTegucigalpa, Honduras
			30'	Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

Alajuelense v Olimpia

8 April 1962 Central American Zone 2	Alajuelense	1–1 (2–1 agg.)	Olimpia	showAlajuela, Costa Rica
	41'		54'	Stadium: Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto

Etoile Haïtienne v Sithoc

8 April 1962 Caribbean Zone	Etoile Haïtienne	3–2	Sithoc	showPort-au-Prince, Haiti
	8'  35'  59'		60'  81'	Stadium: Parc Leconte

Sithoc v Etoile Haïtienne

15 April 1962 Caribbean Zone	Sithoc	6–0 (8–3 agg.)	Etoile Haïtienne	showWillemstad, Netherlands Antilles
				Stadium: Ergilio Hato Stadium

Guadalajara v Herediano

29 April 1962 North American Zone	Guadalajara	2–0	Herediano	showGuadalajara, Mexico
	Reyes  28'  33'			Stadium: Estadio Jalisco

Herediano v Guadalajara

5 May 1962 North American Zone	Herediano	0–3 (0–5 agg.)	Guadalajara	showHeredia, Costa Rica
			18' Valdivia  29'  31' Flores	Stadium: Estadio Eladio Rosabal Cordero

Second round[]

Comunicaciones v Alajuelense

15 April 1962	Comunicaciones	3–1	Alajuelense	showGuatemala City, Guatemala
	Peña  7'  50'  51'		80'	Stadium: Estadio Nacional Mateo Flores

Alajuelense v Comunicaciones

29 April 1962	Alajuelense	3–2 (4–5 agg.)	Comunicaciones	showAlajuela, Costa Rica
	22'  72'  78'		20'  70' (pen.) Peña	Stadium: Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto

Semifinal[]

Comunicaciones v Sithoc

15 July 1962	Comunicaciones	2–0	Sithoc	showGuatemala City, Guatemala
	8'  43'			Stadium: Estadio Nacional Mateo Flores

Sithoc v Comunicaciones

22 July 1962	Sithoc	1–1 (1–3 agg.)	Comunicaciones	showGuatemala City, Guatemala
	65'		29' Peña	Stadium: Estadio Nacional Mateo Flores

Final[]

First leg[]

1962 CONCACAF Champions' Cup Final

29 July 1962

First leg

Comunicaciones	0–1	Guadalajara
		43' Valdivia

Estadio Nacional Mateo Flores, Guatemala City

Attendance: 50,000

Second leg[]

21 August 1962

Second leg

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

Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara

Referee: Víctor Vela (El Salvador)

showTeam details
Guadalajara Comunicaciones GK Jaime ‘Tubo’ Gómez DF Arturo Chaires DF José Villegas DF Salas DF Juan Jasso MF Javier Valle MF Isidoro Díaz MF Salvador Reyes MF Héctor Hernández FW Sabás Ponce FW Francisco Jara Substitutions: Manager: Javier de la Torre GK DF DF DF DF MF MF MF MF FW FW Substitutions: Manager:

Guadalajara won 6–0 on aggregate

Champion[]

CONCACAF Champions' Cup 1962 Winners
CD Guadalajara First title

Final rankings[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Result
1	Guadalajara	2	2	0	0	6	0	+6	4	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

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