1973 CONCACAF Champions' Cup

The 1973 CONCACAF Champions' Cup was the 9th edition of the top international club competition organized by CONCACAF for clubs from North America, Central America and the Caribbean, the CONCACAF Champions' Cup. It determined the 1973 continental football champions in the CONCACAF region. The tournament was originally scheduled to be played by 16 teams of 9 national associations, 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.

1973 CONCACAF Champions' Cup

Tournament details
Dates	1 June 1973 – 10 January 1974
Teams	16 (from 9 associations)
Final positions
Champions	Transvaal (1st title)
Runners-up	Saprissa
← 1972 1974 →

The teams were split into three 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]

North American Zone

The zone was cancelled as no clubs entered.

Central American Zone

First round

Torneo Centroamericano de Concacaf 1973

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	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

1 June 1973	Vida	0–2	Saprissa	San Pedro Sula
			Carlos Solano Gerardo Solano	Stadium: Estadio Francisco Morazán

Saprissa v Vida

24 June 1973	Saprissa	1–0 (3–0 agg.)	Vida	San Juan de Tibás
	Gerardo Solano			Stadium: Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá

Saprissa advanced to the Second Round

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Municipal v Olimpia

18 July 1973	Municipal	0–0	Olimpia	Guatemala City
				Stadium: Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores

Olimpia v Municipal

25 July 1973	Olimpia	0–1 (0–1 agg.)	Municipal	Tegucigalpa
			Leonardo McNish	Stadium: Estadio Nacional Chelato Uclés

Municipal advanced to the Second Round

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Alajuelense v Águila

24 June 1973	Alajuelense	3–0	Águila	Alajuela
	Roy Saénz Walter Elizondo			Stadium: Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto

Águila v Alajuelense

29 June 1973	Águila	0–1 (0–4 agg.)	Alajuelense	San Salvador
			Walter Elizondo	Stadium: Estadio Jorge "Mágico" González

Alajuelense advanced to the Second Round

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Comunicaciones v Juventud Olímpica

11 June 1973	Comunicaciones	0–0	Juventud Olímpica	Guatemala City
				Stadium: Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores

Juventud Olímpica v Comunicaciones

3 August 1973	Juventud Olímpica	0–1 (0–1 agg.)	Comunicaciones	San Salvador
			Erwin Torres	Stadium: Estadio Jorge "Mágico" González

Comunicaciones advance to the Second Round

Second round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	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.

Alajuelense v Deportivo Santa Cecilia

3 August 1973	Alajuelense	5–0	Deportivo Santa Cecilia	Alajuela, Costa Rica
	Richard González Alfredo Piedra Roy Sáenz Javier Jimenez			Stadium: Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto

Deportivo Santa Cecilia v Alajuelense

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

Alajuelense advanced to the Third Round

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Comunicaciones v Saprissa

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

Saprissa v Comunicaciones

15 October 1973	Saprissa	4–0 (4–1 agg.)	Comunicaciones	San Juan de Tibás, Costa Rica
	Wilberth Barquero Hernán Morales Gerardo Solano Carlos Solano			Stadium: Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá Attendance: 5,586

Saprissa advanced to the Third Round

Third round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Alajuelense	0–2	Saprissa	0–1	0–1

Saprissa won the series, but later withdrew.

Saprissa v Alajuelense

21 November 1973	Saprissa	1–0	Alajuelense	San Juan de Tibás
				Stadium: Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá

Alajuelense v Saprissa

5 December 1973	Alajuelense	0–1 (0–2 agg.)	Saprissa	San José, Costa Rica
				Stadium: Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica

Caribbean Zone

First round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	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

29 June 1973	Robinhood	2–3	Jong Colombia

Jong Colombia v Robinhood

15 July 1973	Jong Colombia	0–1 (2–4 agg.)	Robinhood
	Nil

Transvaal v Universidad Católica

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

Universidad Católica v Transvaal

28 June 1973	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

1 June 1973	Devonshire Colts	3–1	North Village CC

North Village CC v Devonshire Colts

24 June 1973	North Village CC	4–3 (5–6 agg.)	Devonshire Colts

Second round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	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.Tooltip Aggregate score	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

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

Fourth round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
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.

Transvaal v Devonshire Colts

8 January 1974	Transvaal	4–2	Devonshire Colts
	Wiene Schal Wensley Bundel Theo Klein Humphrey Castillion		Lambert Darrel

Transvaal v Devonshire Colts

10 January 1974	Transvaal	3–1 (7–3 agg.)	Devonshire Colts
	Theo Klein Wiene Schal Roy Vanenburg		Lambert

Final round

The final round was scratched and Transvaal, the winners of the Caribbean Zone, were declared CONCACAF champions after the winners of the Central American Zone, Saprissa, withdrew on 15 December 1973.

Champions
Transvaal 1st title