1963 CONCACAF Champions' Cup

Copa de Campeones CONCACAF 1963
Tournament details
Dates	10 March – 18 August 1963
Teams	9 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	Various (in 8 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Racing Haïtien (1st title)
Runners-up	CD Guadalajara
Tournament statistics
Matches played	17
Goals scored	46 (2.71 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Andy Mate (5 Goals)

The 1963 CONCACAF Champions' Cup was the 2nd edition of the annual continental club football competition held in the CONCACAF region (North, 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 9 teams from 8 countries: Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Mexico, Netherlands Antilles, and the United States. The tournament was played from 10 March 1963 till 18 August 1963, and was won by Haitien club Racing.^[1]

First round

Guadalajara

New York Hungaria

Sithoc

Racing

Xelajú

Saprissa

Vida

FAS

Guadalajara teams
Guadalajara
Oro

Location of teams of the 1963 CONCACAF Champions' Cup

Sithoc v Racing

10 March 1963 Caribbean Zone	Sithoc	1–3	Racing	Willemstad, Netherlands Antilles
	Romualdo Valeriam 43'		Germain Champagne Salomón Santvil 69' Claude Limagree 86'	Stadium: Ergilio Hato Stadium

Racing v Sithoc

17 March 1963 Caribbean Zone	Racing	1–0 (4–1 agg.)	Sithoc	Port-au-Prince, Haiti
	Salomón Santvil 52'		Nil	Stadium: Stade Sylvio Cator

• CD Guadalajara gets bye to second round for winning 1962 tournament.

Oro v New York Hungaria

15 March 1963 North American Zone	Oro	2–3	New York Hungaria	Guadalajara, Mexico
	Gustavo Peña 10' Amaury Epaminondas 33'		Andy Mate 18' 53' 85'	Stadium: Estadio Jalisco

New York Hungaria v Oro

17 April 1963 North American Zone	New York Hungaria	2–2 (5–4 agg.)	Oro	New York City, United States
	Andy Mate 39' 82'		Jorge Rodríguez 34' Gustavo Peña 49'	Stadium: Eindracht Oval

Vida v Xelajú

1963-04-28 Central American Zone	Vida	2–2	Xelajú	Estadio Nilmo Edwards La Ceiba, Honduras
	Israel Juárez 19' Alberto Amaya 85'		Rufino López 34' Sergio Anaya 54'

Xelajú v Vida

1963-05-05 Central American Zone	Xelajú	6–0 (8–2 agg.)	Vida	Estadio Mario Camposeco Quetzaltenango, Guatemala
	Rodolfo Chávez Lizano 25, 83' Haroldo Juárez Arjona 34, 69' Sergio Anaya 57' Rufino López 79'		Nil

Saprissa v FAS

1963-04-28 Central American Zone	Saprissa	1–1	FAS	Estadio Nacional San José, Costa Rica
	Rubén Jiménez 81'		Mario Nájera 75'

Saprissa v FAS

1963-05-05 Central American Zone	Saprissa	2–0 (3–1 agg.)	FAS	Estadio Nacional San José, Costa Rica
	Rubén Jiménez 52' Edgar Marín 85'		Nil

Second round

New York Hungaria v CD Guadalajara

1963-05-19 North American Zone Play-off	New York Hungaria	0–0	CD Guadalajara	New York City, New York, (USA)
	Nil		Nil

CD Guadalajara v New York Hungaria

1963-06-17 North American Zone Play-off	CD Guadalajara	2–0	New York Hungaria	Estadio Jalisco Guadalajara, Jalisco (MEX)
	Salvador Reyes Monteón Javier Valdivia		Nil

• CD Guadalajara advanced to the third round 2–0 on aggregate.

Xelajú v Racing Haïtien

1963-07-07 Inter–Zone Play-off	Xelajú	1–4	Racing Haïtien	Quetzaltenango, Guatemala
	Haroldo Juárez 50'		Salomon Saint Vil 32, 72, 82' Germain Champagne 62'

Xelajú v Racing Haïtien

1963-07-14 Inter–Zone Play-off	Xelajú	3–1	Racing Haïtien	Guatemala City, Guatemala
	Rufino López 2, 49' Sergio Anaya 10'		Joseph Obas 67'

• Saprissa received a bye to the third round.

Playoff re-match

Due to each team having won one match, a play-off was needed.

Xelajú v Racing Haïtien

1963-07-17 Inter–Zone Play-off	Xelajú	1–2	Racing Haïtien	Guatemala City, Guatemala
	Juan Reyes 66'		Joseph Obas 9' Nelson 26'

• Racing Haïtien advanced to the third round.

Third round

Saprissa v CD Guadalajara

1963-08-14	Saprissa	0–1	CD Guadalajara	Estadio Nacional San José, Costa Rica
	Nil		Salvador Reyes Monteón 43'

Saprissa v CD Guadalajara

1963-08-18	Saprissa	0–2	CD Guadalajara	Estadio Nacional San José, Costa Rica
	Nil		Salvador Reyes Monteón 35, 70'

• Racing Haïtien received a bye to the final round.
• CD Guadalajara advanced to the final round 3–0 on aggregate.

Final round

Difficulties in securing passports for Racing Haïtien's players in time for the September final in Guadalajara caused the match to be postponed three times.

After CD Guadalajara protested to CONCACAF in February 1964, they were declared champions, but after a counter-protest, CONCACAF decided that both legs of the final should be played within two months of 2 April 1964. This decision meant that CD Guadalajara were forced to withdraw because they were on a tour of Europe during that time: therefore, the final was scratched, and Racing Haïtien were awarded the championship.

Champion

CONCACAF Champions' Cup 1963 champion
Racing Haïtien 1st title

References