1973 CONCACAF Champions' Cup
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Article ImagesThe 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.
Copa de Campeones Concacaf | |
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Tournament details | |
Dates | 1 June 1973 – 10 January 1974 |
Teams | 16 (from 9 associations) |
Final positions | |
Champions | Transvaal |
← 1972 1974 → |
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]
The zone was cancelled as no clubs entered.
Central American Zone
Torneo Centroamericano de Concacaf 1973
Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Vida | 0–3 | Saprissa | 0–2 | 0–1 |
Municipal | 1–01 | Olimpia | 0–0 | 1–0 |
Alajuelense | 4–0 | Águila | 3–0 | 1–02 |
Comunicaciones | 1–0 | 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.
Saprissa advanced to the Second Round
Municipal advanced to the Second Round
Alajuelense advanced to the Second Round
Comunicaciones advance to the Second Round
Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Deportivo Santa Cecilia1 | 1–8 | Alajuelense | 0–5 | 1–3 |
Comunicaciones | 1–4 | Saprissa | 1–0 | 0–4 |
1Deportivo Santa Cecilia replaced Municipal, who withdrew.
Alajuelense advanced to the Third Round
Saprissa advanced to the Third Round
Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Alajuelense | 0–2 | Saprissa | 0–1 | 0–1 |
Saprissa won the series, but later withdrew.
Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Robinhood | 2–4 | Jong Colombia | 2–3 | 0–1 |
Transvaal | 14–0 | Universidad Católica | 8–0 | 6–0 |
Devonshire Colts | 6–5 | North Village CC | 3–1 | 3–4 |
Bye: S.V. SUBT
24 June 1973 | Transvaal | 8–0 | Universidad Católica | Paramaribo’s National Stadion |
Edwin Schal Theo Klein Musanto Corte Nortan Own goal |
Nil |
Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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SUBT | 3–9 | Transvaal | 2–5 | 1–4 |
Jong Colombia | w/o1 | Devonshire Colts |
1 Devonshire Colts withdrew.
- Transvaal and Jong Colombia advance to the third round.
Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Transvaal | 4–2 | Jong Colombia | 2–1 | 2–1 |
Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Transvaal | 7–3 | 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 | 4–2 | Devonshire Colts | |
Wiene Schal Wensley Bundel Theo Klein Humphrey Castillion |
Lambert Darrel |
CONCACAF final round
The final was scratched and Transvaal. winners of the Caribbean Zone, were declared CONCACAF Champions in that Central American finalist Saprissa had withdrawn after 15 December 1973.
CONCACAF Champions' Cup 1973 champions |
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Transvaal First title |
- ^ Copa de Campeones 1973 on the RSSSF