1973 CONCACAF Champions' Cup

1973 CONCACAF Champions' Cup

Copa de Campeones Concacaf
SV Transvaal, champions
Tournament details
Dates	1 June – 3 August
Teams	16 (from 9 associations)
Final positions
Champions	Transvaal

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 played by 16 teams of 9 countries from 1 June till 3 August 1973 with the matches in the tournament played under the home/away match.

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.

North American Zone

The zone was cancelled as no clubs entered.

Central American Zone

First Round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
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.

Vida v Saprissa

	Vida	0-2	Saprissa
	Nil		Carlos Solano Gerardo Solano

Saprissa v Vida

June 24, 1973	Saprissa	1-0 (3-0 agg.)	Vida	San José, Costa Rica
	Gerardo Solano		Nil	Stadium: Ricardo Saprissa Stadium

Municipal v Olimpia

	Municipal	0–0	Olimpia
	Nil		Nil

Olimpia v Municipal

	Olimpia	0-1 (0-1 agg.)	Municipal
	Nil		Leonardo McNish

Alajuelense v Águila

June 24, 1973	Alajuelense	3–0	Águila
	Roy Saénz Walter Elizondo		Nil

Águila v Alajuelense

	Águila	0-1 (0-4 agg.)	Alajuelense
	Nil		Walter Elizondo

Comunicaciones v Juventud Olímpica

	Comunicaciones	0–0	Juventud Olímpica
	Nil		Nil

Juventud Olímpica v Comunicaciones

	Juventud Olímpica	0-1 (0-1 agg.)	Comunicaciones
	Nil		Erwin Torres

Second Round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
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.
Saprissa and Alajuelense advance to the Central American Zone third round.

Alajuelense v Deportivo Santa Cecilia

	Alajuelense	5–0	Deportivo Santa Cecilia
	Richard González Alfredo Piedra Roy Sáenz Javier Jimenez		Nil

Deportivo Santa Cecilia v Alajuelense

September 11, 1973	Deportivo Santa Cecilia	1-3 (1-8 agg.)	Alajuelense	Diriamba, Nicaragua
	Gerardo Barrios		Alfonso Obregón Javier Jimenez	Stadium: Estadio La Salle

Comunicaciones v Saprissa

October 8, 1973	Comunicaciones	1–0	Saprissa	Guatemala City, Guatemala
	Félix McDonald		Nil	Stadium: Mateo Flores Stadium

Saprissa v Comunicaciones

October 15, 1973	Saprissa	4-0 (4-1 agg.)	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.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Alajuelense	0–2	Saprissa	0–1	0–1

Saprissa win the series but later withdrew.

Saprissa v Alajuelense

	Saprissa	1-0	Alajuelense
	TBD		Nil

Alajuelense v Saprissa

	Alajuelense	0-1 (0-2 agg.)	Saprissa	Alajuela, Costa Rica
	Nil		TBD	Stadium: Alejandro Morera Soto Stadium

Caribbean Zone

First Round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
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

Robinhood v Jong Colombia

	Robinhood	2-3	Jong Colombia

Jong Colombia v Robinhood

	Jong Colombia	0-1 (2-4 agg.)	Robinhood
	Nil

Transvaal v Universidad Católica

June 24, 1973	Transvaal	8–0	Universidad Católica	Paramaribo’s National Stadion
	Edwin Schal Theo Klein Musanto Corte Nortan Own goal		Nil

Universidad Católica v Transvaal

	Universidad Católica	0-6 (0-14 agg.)	Transvaal	Paramaribo’s National Stadion
	Nil		Edwin Schal Klein Hedley Del Prado

Devonshire Colts v North Village CC

	Devonshire Colts	3-1	North Village CC

North Village CC v Devonshire Colts

	North Village CC	4-3 (5-6 agg.)	Devonshire Colts

Second Round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
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.

SUBT v Transvaal

12 July, 1973	SUBT	2-5	Transvaal	Willemstad
			Wiene Schal Humphrey Castillion Theo Klein Wesley Bundel

Transvaal v SUBT

	Transvaal	4-1 (9-3 agg.)	SUBT
	Wiene Schal Humphrey Castillion Theo Klein Vanenburg

Third Round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Transvaal	4–2	Jong Colombia	2–1	2 – 1

Transvaal v Jong Colombia

	Transvaal	2-1	Jong Colombia
	TBD TBD		TBD

Jong Colombia v Transvaal

August 4, 1973	Jong Colombia	1–2 (2-4 agg.)	Transvaal
	TBD		George Headley Edwin Schal

Fourth Round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Transvaal	7-3	Devonshire Colts	4–2	3-1

¹apparently Devonshire Colts were reinstated; as meanwhile all clubs from the Northern and Central section had withdrawn,

• Transvaal were declared champion as winners of the Caribbean section

Transvaal v Devonshire Colts

	Transvaal	4–2	Devonshire Colts
	Wiene Schal Wensley Bundel Theo Klein Humphrey Castillion		Lambert Darrel

Transvaal v Devonshire Colts

	Transvaal	3-1 (7-3 agg.)	Devonshire Colts
	Theo Klein Wiene Schal TBD Roy Vanenburg		Lambert

CONCACAF Final Round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Transvaal	-	Saprissa	-	-

The final was scratched and Transvaal were declared CONCACAF champions as Central American finalist Saprissa withdrew.

Champion

CONCACAF Champions' Cup 1973 Champions
Transvaal First title