1964 Mohammed V Cup

1964 Mohammed V Cup

Boca Juniors, champions
Tournament details
Country	Morocco
Venue(s)	Stade d'Honneur
Dates	22–23 August
Teams	4
Final positions
Champions	Boca Juniors (1st title)
Runner-up	Real Madrid
Third place	Saint-Étienne
Fourth place	FAR Rabat
Tournament statistics
Matches played	4
Goals scored	15 (3.75 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Angel C. Rojas Amancio (3 goals each)
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The 1964 Mohamed V Cup Final was the 3rd. edition of the Mohammed V Cup, an annual football friendly competition hosted in Casablanca and named after King Mohammed V.^[1]

This edition, held in Stade d'Honneur in Meknes was contested by four teams, two from Europe, one from South America and one from the host country, all of them being the reigning champions of their respective leagues. Argentine side Boca Juniors was the winner after beating Saint-Étienne and Real Madrid in the final.^[1][2]

Teams

Club	Qualification
Boca Juniors	1964 Primera División champion
Real Madrid	1963–64 La Liga champion
Saint-Étienne	1963–64 Division 1 champion
FAR Rabat	1963–64 Botola champion

Venue

Meknes
Stade d'Honneur
Capacity: 20,000

Matches

Semifinals

  Advanced to the final

Date	Team 1	Sco.	Team 2
23 Aug	FAR Rabat	0–4	Real Madrid
23 Aug	Boca Juniors	3–0	Saint-Étienne

22 August 1964

FAR Rabat	0–4	Real Madrid
	Report	Amancio 20', 24', 26' Morollón 87'

Stade d'Honneur, Meknes

Referee: ?

22 August 1964

Boca Juniors	3–0	Saint-Étienne
A.C. Rojas 60' Rulli 69' González 84'	Report

Stade d'Honneur, Meknes

Referee: Keller

Third place

23 August 1964

FAR Rabat	2–3 (a.e.t.)	Saint-Étienne
Youssef 55' Mustapha 63'	Report	Guy 35', ?' Wienieski ?'

Stade d'Honneur, Meknes

Referee: ?

Final

1964 Mohammed V Cup Final

23 August 1964

Boca Juniors	2–1	Real Madrid
A.C. Rojas 7', 74'	Report	Puskás 12'

Stade d'Honneur, Meknes

Referee: Loraux

Boca Juniors

Real Madrid

GK 1 Néstor Errea DF 2 Rubén Magdalena DF 3 Silvio Marzolini DF 4 Ayres Morais MF 5 Antonio Rattín MF 6 Orlando Peçanha FW 7 Juan Carlos Rulli FW 8 Ángel C. Rojas FW 9 Norberto Menéndez FW 10 Alcides Silveira FW 11 Alberto M. González Manager: Aristóbulo Deambrossi

GK 1 José Araquistáin DF Isidro DF José Santamaría DF Antonio Mira DF Ignacio Zoco MF Lucien Muller FW Amancio FW Félix Ruiz  a' FW Ramón Grosso FW 10 Ferenc Puskás FW 11 Francisco Gento Substitutes: MF Pipi Suárez  a' Manager: Miguel Muñoz

Standings

Team	Pld.	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Boca Juniors (C)	2	2	0	0	5	1	+4
Real Madrid	2	1	0	1	5	2	+3
Saint-Étienne	2	1	0	1	3	5	-2
FAR Rabat	2	0	0	2	2	7	-5

Winners

1964 Mohammed V Cup
Boca Juniors 1st title

Aftermath

(Left): Forward Angel Rojas, MVP of the final, celebrating the victory; (right): Boca Juniors players posing with the Mohammed V trophy at La Bombonera

Although a friendly competition, the Mohamed Cup trophy was the first intercontinental cup won by Boca Juniors, as neither the club nor any Argentine team had participated in similar competitions such as Copa Rio or the Small Club World Cup. One year before, Boca Juniors had failed to win the 1963 Copa Libertadores after it was defeated by Brazilian side Santos FC led by Pelé in the finals.^[3]

On the other hand, it was the third time Boca Juniors played Real Madrid in their history,^[4] after the first meeting during the successful tour to Europe in 1925 (Boca won 1–0),^[5][6] and a friendly match when Real Madrid toured on the Americas in 1927, which was also the first time that club visited the landmass,^[7] in a tour that extended for over three months from Buenos Aires to New York.^[8][9]

The Copa Iberoamericana in 1994 was the first official matches between both clubs recognized by the REFF and CONMEBOL,^[10] while the 2000 Intercontinental Cup would be the first official match between both clubs recognized by UEFA. Boca Juniors won 2–1 achieving their second intercontinental title.^[11]

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