1972 CONCACAF Champions' Cup

8th edition of premier club football tournament organized by CONCACAF
1972 CONCACAF Champions' Cup
Dates29 October 1971 – 31 January 1972
Final positions
ChampionsHonduras Olimpia (1st title)
Runners-upSuriname (Kingdom of the Netherlands) SV Robinhood
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International football competition

The 1972 CONCACAF Champions' Cup was the 8th 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 and was played from 29 October 1971 to 31 January 1972 under the home/away match system.

The tournament was split into two zones (North/Central American and Caribbean), each one qualifying the winner to the final tournament. CD Olimpia from Honduras won the final, and became for the first time in its history CONCACAF champion.[1][2]

North/Central American Zone

Unknown if clubs from:
Costa Rica Costa Rica
El Salvador El Salvador
Guatemala Guatemala
United States United States
entered the tournament.

First round

  • Earlier results and matches unavailable.
    Eliminated participants apparently included:
    Mexico América
    Nicaragua Deportivo Santa Cecilia
    Panama Unión Española
  • Honduras Olimpia qualified for semifinal.
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Toluca Mexico 4 - 1 Honduras Vida 3 - 1 1 - 0
  • Toluca advances to the semifinal.
Toluca Mexico v Honduras Vida
Toluca Mexico 3-1 Honduras Vida
Vida Honduras v Mexico Toluca
Vida Honduras 0-1
(1-4 agg.)
Mexico Toluca
Nil

Caribbean Zone

First round

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Transvaal Suriname (Kingdom of the Netherlands) 2 - 3 Suriname (Kingdom of the Netherlands) Robinhood 1 - 0 1 - 3
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Don Bosco Haiti *** Haiti Aigle Noir
  • Don Bosco apparently won; results unknown. Advances to the second round.

Second round

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Robinhood Suriname (Kingdom of the Netherlands) w/o Haiti Don Bosco
  • Robinhood, won presumably by withdrawal and advanced to the CONCACAF Final.

Semifinal

Toluca Mexico v Honduras Olimpia
18 December 1972 1st leg Toluca Mexico 0 – 1 Honduras Olimpia Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Report Mejía Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino
Referee: Juan Molinero (GUA)

Olimpia Honduras v Mexico Toluca
20 December 1972 2nd leg Olimpia Honduras 1 – 1 Mexico Toluca Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Urquía 40' Report Eugui 72' Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino
Referee: Giovanni Conessa (GUA)
  • Olimpia won 2–1 on aggregate.

Final

First leg

1972 CONCACAF Champions' Cup Final
First leg
Robinhood Suriname (Kingdom of the Netherlands)0–1Honduras Olimpia
43' Bran
Attendance: 13,359
Referee: Luis Bocaletti (GUA)

Second leg

Second leg
Olimpia Honduras0–0Suriname (Kingdom of the Netherlands) Robinhood
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Mario Rubio (MEX)
  • Olimpia won 1–0 on aggregate.
Team details
Olimpia
Robin Hood

GK Honduras Samuel Sentini
DF Honduras Selvin Cárcamo
DF Honduras Oscar Banegas
DF Honduras Miguel Matamoros
DF Honduras Ventura López
MF Honduras Domingo Ferrera
MF Honduras Ramón Paz
FW Honduras Rigoberto Gómez downward-facing red arrow
FW Honduras Reinaldo Mejía downward-facing red arrow
FW Honduras Jorge Urquía
FW Honduras Jorge Bran
Substitutions:
FW Honduras Mario Mairena upward-facing green arrow
FW Honduras Raúl Suazo upward-facing green arrow
Manager:
Colombia Carlos Viera
GK Suriname (Kingdom of the Netherlands) Edmond Leillis
DF Suriname (Kingdom of the Netherlands) Wilfred Siom
DF Suriname (Kingdom of the Netherlands) Kenneth Blacker
DF Suriname (Kingdom of the Netherlands) Wenley Olenberg
DF Suriname (Kingdom of the Netherlands) Nilton Vogeland
MF Suriname (Kingdom of the Netherlands) Delano Waterral
MF Suriname (Kingdom of the Netherlands) Fritz Zebeda
MF Suriname (Kingdom of the Netherlands) Jan Carron downward-facing red arrow
MF Suriname (Kingdom of the Netherlands) Silrfred Rostemberg
FW Suriname (Kingdom of the Netherlands) Rihaldo Emtingh downward-facing red arrow
FW Suriname (Kingdom of the Netherlands) Frank Burtesson
Substitutions:
MF Suriname (Kingdom of the Netherlands) William Joselet upward-facing green arrow
FW Suriname (Kingdom of the Netherlands) Venenburg Helsmass upward-facing green arrow
Manager:
?

Champion

 CONCACAF Champions' Cup
1972 champion 
Honduras
Olimpia
1st title

References

  1. ^ Copa de Campeones 1972 on the RSSSF
  2. ^ Olimpia y sus tres hazañas on El Heraldo, 19 Oct 2017
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