1963 CONCACAF Champions' Cup

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1963 CONCACAF Champions' Cup

Copa de Campeones CONCACAF 1963
Tournament details
Dates	10 March – 18 August 1963
Teams	9 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	Various (in 8 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Racing Haïtien (1st title)
Runners-up	CD Guadalajara
Tournament statistics
Matches played	17
Goals scored	46 (2.71 per match)
← 1962 1964 → All statistics correct as of 16 July 2017.

The 1963 CONCACAF Champions' Cup was the 2nd edition of the annual continental club football competition held in the CONCACAF region (North, 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 9 teams from 8 countries: Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Mexico, Netherlands Antilles, and the United States. The tournament was played from 10 March 1963 till 18 August 1963, and was won by Haitien club Racing.^[1]

First round[]

Sithoc v Racing

10 March 1963 Caribbean Zone	Sithoc	1–3	Racing	Willemstad, Netherlands Antilles
	43'		69' 86'	Stadium: Ergilio Hato Stadium

Racing v Sithoc

17 March 1963 Caribbean Zone	Racing	1–0 (4–1 agg.)	Sithoc	Port-au-Prince, Haiti
	52'			Stadium: Stade Sylvio Cator

Oro v New York Hungaria

15 March 1963 North American Zone	Oro	2–3	New York Hungaria	Guadalajara, Mexico
	Peña 10' Epaminondas 33'		18' 53' 85' Mate	Stadium: Estadio Jalisco

New York Hungaria v Oro

17 April 1963 North American Zone	New York Hungaria	2–2 (5–4 agg.)	Oro	New York City, United States
	Mate 39' 82'		34' 49' Peña	Stadium:

• CD Guadalajara gets bye to second round for winning 1962 tournament.

Vida v Xelajú

1963-04-28 Central American Zone	Vida	2 - 2	Xelajú	Estadio Nilmo Edwards La Ceiba, Honduras
	19' 85'		34' 54'

Xelajú v Vida

1963-05-05 Central American Zone	Xelajú	6 - 0	Vida	Estadio Mario Camposeco Quetzaltenango, Guatemala
	25, 83' 34, 69' 57' 79'

• Xelajú advance 8-2 on aggregate.

Saprissa v FAS

1963-04-28 Central American Zone	Saprissa	1 - 1	FAS	Estadio Nacional San José, Costa Rica
	81'		Mario Nájera 75'

Saprissa v FAS

1963-05-05 Central American Zone	Saprissa	2 - 0	FAS	Estadio Nacional San José, Costa Rica
	52' Marín 85'

• Saprissa advance 3-1 on aggregate.

Second round[]

New York Hungaria v CD Guadalajara

1963-05-19 North American Zone Play-off

New York Hungaria

0 – 0

CD Guadalajara

New York City, New York, (USA)

CD Guadalajara v New York Hungaria

1963-06-17 North American Zone Play-off	CD Guadalajara	2 – 0	New York Hungaria	Estadio Jalisco Guadalajara, Jalisco (MEX)
	Reyes Valdivia

• CD Guadalajara advanced to the third round 2-0 on aggregate.

Xelajú v Racing Haïtien

1963-07-07 Inter–Zone Play-off	Xelajú	1 - 4	Racing Haïtien	Quetzaltenango, Guatemala
	50'		32, 72, 82' 62'

Xelajú v Racing Haïtien

1963-07-14 Inter–Zone Play-off	Xelajú	3 - 1	Racing Haïtien	Guatemala City, Guatemala
	2, 49' 10'		67'

• Saprissa received a bye to the third round.

Playoff re-match[]

Due to each team having won one match, a play-off was needed.

Xelajú v Racing Haïtien

1963-07-17 Inter–Zone Play-off	Xelajú	1 - 2	Racing Haïtien	Guatemala City, Guatemala
	66'		9' 26'

• Racing Haïtien advanced to the third round.

Third round[]

Saprissa v CD Guadalajara

1963-08-14	Saprissa	0 - 1	CD Guadalajara	Estadio Nacional San José, Costa Rica
			Reyes 43'

Saprissa v CD Guadalajara

1963-08-18	Saprissa	0 - 2	CD Guadalajara	Estadio Nacional San José, Costa Rica
			Reyes 35, 70'

• Racing Haïtien received a bye to the final round.
• CD Guadalajara advanced to the final round 3–0 on aggregate.

Final round[]

Difficulties in securing passports for Racing Haïtien's players in time for the September final in Guadalajara caused the match to be postponed three times. After CD Guadalajara's protest to CONCACAF in February 1964, the governing body declared that club to be champions, but changed their minds after a counter-protest, instead deciding that both legs of the final should be played within two months of 2 April 1964. This decision caused CD Guadalajara to scratch from the competition because they were on a European tour during that period, so the title was awarded to Racing Haïtien without any match being played.

Champion[]

CONCACAF Champions Cup 1963 Champion
Racing Haïtien First title

References[]