1973 Copa Interamericana

Event	Copa Interamericana
Olimpia Independiente 1 4
(on aggregate)
First leg
Olimpia Independiente 1 2
Date	June 17, 1973
Venue	Francisco Morazán, San Pedro Sula
Referee	Jorge Mirón (Guatemala)
Second leg
Independiente Olimpia 2 0
Date	June 20, 1973
Venue	Tiburcio Carías, Tegucigalpa
Referee	Luis Rojas (Costa Rica)
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The 1973 Copa Interamericana was the 3rd. edition of the Copa Interamericana. The final was contested by Argentine Club Atlético Independiente (champion of 1972 Copa Libertadores) and Hondurean side Olimpia (winner of 1972 CONCACAF Champions' Cup).^[1] The final was played under a two-leg format in June, 1973. Both matches were held in Honduras.^[2]

In the first leg, hosted at Estadio General Francisco Morazán in San Pedro Sula, Independiente beat Olimpia 2–1. The second leg, hosted at Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino in Tegucigalpa, was also won by the Argentine team by 2–0. With an aggregate score of 4–1, Independiente won their first Interamericana trophy.^[2][3][4]

Qualified teams

Team	Qualification	Previous app.
Independiente	1972 Copa Libertadores winner	None
Olimpia	1972 CONCACAF Champions' Cup winner	None

Venues

Francisco Morazán (left) and Tiburcio Carías Andino, venues of the series

Match details

First leg

1973 Copa Interamericana

June 17, 1973

First leg

Olimpia	1–2	Independiente
Brand 53'	Report	Semenewicz 29' Maglioni 55'

Francisco Morazán, San Pedro Sula

Referee: Jorge Mirón (Guatemala)

Olimpia

Independiente

GK Samuel Sentini DF Selvin Cárcamo DF Miguel A. Matamoros DF Oscar García DF Juan Ventura López MF Marco Mendoza MF Ángel Paz MF Rigoberto Gómez FW Reinaldo Mejía FW René Suazo FW Jorge Brand Substitutes: FW Dagoberto Espinal Manager: Juan Andino

GK Miguel A. Santoro DF Eduardo Commisso DF Miguel A. Raimondo DF Miguel A. López DF Ricardo Pavoni MF Alejandro Semenewicz MF Francisco Sá MF Rubén Galván  a' FW Eduardo Maglioni  b' FW Agustín Balbuena FW Mario Mendoza Substitutes: MF Ricardo Bochini  a' MF Miguel A. Giachello  b' Manager: Humberto Maschio

Second leg

June 20, 1973

Second leg

Olimpia	0–2	Independiente
	Report	Maglioni 42' Balbuena 85'

Tiburcio Carías, Tegucigalpa

Referee: Luis Rojas (Costa Rica)

Olimpia

Independiente

GK Samuel Sentini DF Selvin Cárcamo DF Miguel A. Matamoros DF Oscar García DF Juan Ventura López MF Marco Mendoza MF Domingo Ferrera  a' MF Rigoberto Gómez FW René Suazo  b' FW Dagoberto Espinal FW Jorge Brand Substitutes: MF Ángel Paz  a' FW Reynaldo Mejía  b' Manager: Juan Andino

GK Miguel A. Santoro DF Eduardo Commisso DF Miguel A. Raimondo DF Miguel A. López DF Ricardo Pavoni MF Alejandro Semenewicz MF Francisco Sá MF Héctor J. Martínez FW Eduardo Maglioni FW Agustín Balbuena FW Mario Mendoza Substitutes: DF Luis Garisto Manager: Humberto Maschio

References