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 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 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 |
Soto  40' |
7' Palomo |
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' |
Stadium: Estadio Nacional Mateo Flores |
| 1 April 1962 Central American Zone 2 | Olimpia  | 0–1 |  Alajuelense | Tegucigalpa, Honduras |
| 30' Alvarado |
Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino |
| 8 April 1962 Central American Zone 2 | Alajuelense | 1–1 (2–1 agg.) | Olimpia | Alajuela, Costa Rica |
| Alvarado 41' |
54' Suazo |
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 |
| Pierre 8' 35' Delpeche 59' |
60' Thieman 81' Valeriam |
Stadium: Parc Leconte |
| 15 April 1962 Caribbean Zone | Sithoc | 6–0 (8–3 agg.) | Etoile Haïtienne | Willemstad, Netherlands Antilles |
| Stadium: Ergilio Hato Stadium |
| 29 April 1962 North American Zone | Guadalajara  | 2–0 | Herediano | Guadalajara, Mexico |
| Reyes 28' 33' |
Stadium: Estadio Jalisco |
| 5 May 1962 North American Zone | Herediano | 0–3 (0–5 agg.) | Guadalajara | Heredia, Costa Rica |
| 18' Valdivia 29' Barba 31' Flores |
Stadium: Estadio Eladio Rosabal Cordero |
Second round
| 15 April 1962 | Comunicaciones | 3–1 | Alajuelense | Guatemala City, Guatemala |
| Peña 7' 50' Pericullo 51' |
80' Alvarado |
Stadium: Estadio Nacional Mateo Flores |
| 29 April 1962 | Alajuelense | 3–2 (4–5 agg.) | Comunicaciones | Alajuela, Costa Rica |
| Alvarado 22' 72' 78' |
20' Pensamiento 70' (pen.) Peña |
Stadium: Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto |
Semifinal
| 15 July 1962 | Comunicaciones | 2–0 | Sithoc | Guatemala City, Guatemala |
| Pericullo 8' Masella 43' |
Stadium: Estadio Nacional Mateo Flores |
| 22 July 1962 | Sithoc | 1–1 (1–3 agg.) | Comunicaciones | Guatemala City, Guatemala |
| Comenencia 65' |
29' Peña |
Stadium: Estadio Nacional Mateo Flores |
Final
First leg
| Comunicaciones | 0–1 | Guadalajara |
|---|---|---|
| 43' Valdivia |
Second leg
| Guadalajara | 5–0 | Comunicaciones |
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| Reyes 25', 47', 89' Jasso 42', 61' |
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Guadalajara won 6–0 on aggregate
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 |