1963 CONCACAF Championship

The 1963 CONCACAF Championship was the first edition of the CONCACAF Championship, the football championship of North America, Central America and the Caribbean (CONCACAF). The tournament was held between 23 March to 7 April. Nine teams participated in the inaugural event.

1963 CONCACAF Championship
Campeonato de Naciones de CONCACAF 1963
Tournament details
Host countryEl Salvador
Dates23 March – 7 April
Teams9 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Costa Rica (1st title)
Runners-up El Salvador
Third place Netherlands Antilles
Fourth place Honduras
Tournament statistics
Matches played22
Goals scored76 (3.45 per match)
Top scorer(s)El Salvador Eduardo Hernández
(8 goals)

The tournament was hosted by El Salvador in the cities of San Salvador and Santa Ana. The nine teams were broken up into one group of five and one group of four; the top two teams of each group would advance to a final group stage, playing in round-robin format to determine the winner. The tournament was won by Costa Rica, who defeated the hosts El Salvador 1–4 in the deciding match of the four-team final group.

Qualifying tournament
Haiti 1–3 Netherlands Antilles
Jamaica
Netherlands Antilles 1–0 Haiti
Jamaica

Squads

Venues
San Salvador
Santa Ana
Estadio Nacional Flor Blanca Estadio Santaneco
Capacity: 35,000 Capacity: 15,000

Final tournament

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Honduras 4 3 1 0 6 3 +3 7
2  El Salvador 4 1 3 0 10 5 +5 5
3  Panama 4 1 2 1 8 4 +4 4
4  Guatemala 4 1 2 1 7 6 +1 4
5  Nicaragua 4 0 0 4 2 15 −13 0
Source: [1]
Panama 2–2 Guatemala
Vega 73' (pen.)
Díaz Gáez 82'		 Roldán 48'
de León 59'
Referee: Fernando Buergo (Mexico)
El Salvador 6–1 Nicaragua
Hernández 4'
Monge 21', 63'
Ruiz 75', 87'
Ruano 81'		 Mendieta 89'
Referee: Juan Soto Paris (Costa Rica)
Honduras 1–0 Nicaragua
Rodríguez Reyes 31'
Referee: Ricardo Méndez (El Salvador)
El Salvador 1–1 Panama
Hernández 87' Velasco 82' (o.g.)
Referee: Saúl de la Rosa (Colombia)
Guatemala 3–1 Nicaragua
de León 14' (pen.)
Ewing 71'
Juárez 85'		 Silva 39'
Referee: Fernando Buergo (Mexico)
El Salvador 2–2 Honduras
Reynosa 30'
Hernández 65'		 Guerra 16'
Suazo 27'
Referee: Saúl de la Rosa (Colombia)
Panama 5–0 Nicaragua
Góyez 11'
Valderrama 41'
Santamaría 45', 58'
Ponce 71'
Referee: Saúl de la Rosa (Colombia)
Honduras 2–1 Guatemala
Barahona 28'
Guerra 42'		 López Contreras 9'
Referee: Juan Soto Paris (Costa Rica)
Honduras 1–0 Panama
Edwards 46'
Referee: Carlos Luis Monge (Costa Rica)
El Salvador 1–1 Guatemala
Hernández 24' Peña 28'
Referee: Fernando Buergo (Mexico)

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Costa Rica 3 2 1 0 7 0 +7 5
2  Netherlands Antilles 3 2 0 1 4 3 +1 4
3  Mexico 3 1 1 1 9 2 +7 3
4  Jamaica 3 0 0 3 1 16 −15 0
Source: [1]
Costa Rica 6–0 Jamaica
Marín 29', 35'
Gámez 37', 77'
González 73'
Vázquez 83'
Estadio Santaneco, Santa Ana
Referee: Jorge Méndez Montes de Oca (Guatemala)
Netherlands Antilles 2–1 Mexico
Delanoy 12'
del Muro 80' (o.g.)		 Ortiz Camargo 24'
Estadio Santaneco, Santa Ana
Referee: José Isabel Morán (Panama)
Mexico 8–0 Jamaica
Pereda 4'
Garrido 17'
Ortiz Camargo 27', 35' (pen.)
Cuenca 49'
Díaz 77', 88'
Morales 80'
Estadio Santaneco, Santa Ana
Referee: José Urtecho Gutiérrez (Nicaragua)
Costa Rica 1–0 Netherlands Antilles
Cordero 38' (pen.)
Estadio Santaneco, Santa Ana
Referee: Pedro da Cunha (Brazil)
Costa Rica 0–0 Mexico
Estadio Santaneco, Santa Ana
Referee: Marco Tulio Cárcamo (Honduras)
Netherlands Antilles 2–1 Jamaica
Briesen 8'
D. Pablo 73'		 Dinckley 24'
Estadio Santaneco, Santa Ana
Referee: Saúl de la Rosa (Colombia)

Final round
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Costa Rica 3 3 0 0 7 2 +5 6
2  El Salvador 3 2 0 1 7 6 +1 4
3  Netherlands Antilles 3 1 0 2 6 5 +1 2
4  Honduras 3 0 0 3 2 9 −7 0
Source: [1]
Netherlands Antilles 4–1 Honduras
Testing 2'
Sillie 21'
Brandborg 75', 89'		 Suazo 32'
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Jorge Méndez Montes de Oca (Guatemala)
El Salvador 1–4 Costa Rica
Chacón 49' González 17', 22', 72'
Pearson 76'
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Saúl de la Rosa (Colombia)
Costa Rica 1–0 Netherlands Antilles
Pearson 54'
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Jorge Méndez Montes de Oca (Guatemala)
El Salvador 3–0 Honduras
Monge 10'
Hernández 13', 34'
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Saúl de la Rosa (Colombia)
Costa Rica 2–1 Honduras
Córdoba 52'
Jiménez 59'		 Cruz 49'
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Jorge Méndez Montes de Oca (Guatemala)
El Salvador 3–2 Netherlands Antilles
Hernández 14', 80'
González 60'		 Testing 7'
J.M. Pablo 78'
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Juan José Corado (Guatemala)
 1963 CONCACAF
Championship winners 
Costa Rica
Costa Rica
First title

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 76 goals scored in 22 matches, for an average of 3.45 goals per match.

8 goals

  • El Salvador Eduardo Hernández

4 goals

  • Costa Rica Juan González

3 goals

  • El Salvador Mario Monge
  • Mexico Guillermo Ortiz Camargo

2 goals

  • Costa Rica Juan José Gámez
  • Costa Rica Edgar Marín
  • Costa Rica Walter Pearson
  • El Salvador Rodolfo Ruiz
  • Guatemala Eduardo de León
  • Honduras Félix Guerra
  • Honduras Carlos Suazo
  • Mexico Isidoro Díaz
  • Netherlands Antilles Ruben Brandborg
  • Netherlands Antilles Eugene Testing
  • Panama Juan Santamaría

1 goal

  • Costa Rica Mario Cordero
  • Costa Rica Enrique Córdoba
  • Costa Rica Rubén Jiménez
  • Costa Rica Luis Vázquez
  • El Salvador Armando Chacón
  • El Salvador Mauricio Ernesto González
  • El Salvador César Reynosa
  • El Salvador Alfredo Ruano
  • Guatemala Antony Ewing
  • Guatemala Haroldo Juárez
  • Guatemala Francisco López Contreras
  • Guatemala Hugo Peña
  • Guatemala Jorge Roldán
  • Honduras Felipe Barahona
  • Honduras Dolores Cruz
  • Honduras Nilmo Edwards
  • Honduras René Rodríguez Reyes
  • Jamaica Locelles Dinckley
  • Mexico Fernando Cuenca
  • Mexico Armando Garrido
  • Mexico Albino Morales
  • Mexico Vicente Pereda
  • Netherlands Antilles Toribio Briesen
  • Netherlands Antilles Ronald Delanoy
  • Netherlands Antilles Daniel Pablo
  • Netherlands Antilles Juan Maximiliano Pablo
  • Netherlands Antilles George Sillie
  • Nicaragua Armando Mendieta
  • Nicaragua Dámaso Silva
  • Panama Adolfo Díaz Gáez
  • Panama Luis Góyez
  • Panama Luis Carlos Ponce
  • Panama Carlos Valderrama
  • Panama Everardo Vega

1 own goal

Team of the Tournament

Source:[2]

Ideal XI by RSSSF
Goalkeeper Defenders Midfielders Forwards
Costa Rica Asdrúbal Meneses El Salvador Benjamín Velasco

Costa Rica Mario Cordero

Netherlands Antilles Juan Pablo

Honduras Federico Budde

 El Salvador César Reynosa

Netherlands Antilles Ruben Brandborg

El Salvador Mario Monge

 Costa Rica Juan Gonzalez

El Salvador Eduardo Hernández

Mexico Guillermo Ortiz

References
  1. Ramos, José Ismael; Ellerbrock, Herbert Christian; Martell, Samuel; Calvo, Rodrigo; Coto, Gerardo; de Gracia, Adán; Mendoza, Eduardo; Paredes, Carlos; Mora Zeledón, Nectalí; Torres, Steven; Lugo, Erik Francisco (20 May 2021). "I Copa de Naciones CONCACAF 1963 (NORCECA) – Match Details". RSSSF. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
  2. "I COPA DE NACIONES CONCACAF 1963 (NORCECA) - Match Details". www.rsssf.org. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
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