1993 CONCACAF Champions' Cup

The 1993 CONCACAF Champions' Cup was the 29th 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 23 January to 5 December 1993.

1993 CONCACAF Champions' Cup
Tournament details
Host countryGuatemala
CityGuatemala City
Dates1 – 5 December (Final Tournament)
Teams4 (from 4 associations)
Final positions
ChampionsCosta Rica Saprissa (1st title)
Runners-upMexico León
Tournament statistics
Matches played6
Goals scored21 (3.5 per match)
1992
1994

The teams were split in two zones (North/Central and Caribbean), being the best three from the North/Central and the best team from Caribbean to qualify to the final tournament. All qualifying matches in the tournament were played under the home/away match system while the final tournament was played in a group system in Guatemala City.

That final stage composed of four teams which played each other in a single round-robin tournament. Costa Rican team Saprissa crowned CONCACAF champion for their first time, after finishing first in the final with a goal difference of +8.[1][2][3]

North and Central American Zone

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Preliminary round

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Acros Real Verdes   1 - 5   Real España 1 - 2 0 - 3
Juventus   4 w/o 0   Hercules 2 - 01 2 - 01
Diriangén   1 - 5   Alianza 0 - 2 1 - 3
Sporting Colón   1 - 4   Comunicaciones 0 - 1 1 - 3
Plaza Amador   9 - 0   Juventus Managua 5 - 0 4 - 0

1 Hercules withdrew before 1st leg, and both legs awarded 2–0 to Juventus.

Acros Real Verdes   1–2   Real España Belize City, Belize
  Luis Vallejo  
Carlos Pavón  
Stadium: MCC Grounds
Real España   3–0
(5–1 agg.)
  Acros Real Verdes San Pedro Sula, Honduras
José Luis Aguirre  
Nahamán González  
Jaime Ruiz  
Stadium: Estadio FranciscoMorazán


Diriangén   0–2   Alianza Diriamba, Nicaragua
Hugo Neira  
Bernando Orantes  
Stadium: Estadio Cacique Diriangén

27 May 1993 Sporting Colón   0–1   Comunicaciones Colon, Panama
José Roderico Méndez   86' Stadium: Estadio Roberto Mariano Bula

29 May 1993 Juventus Managua   0–5   Plaza Amador Panama City, Panama
Fernando Bolívar 
Rolando Botello 
Hernán Lorenzo 
Carlos Maldonado  
Bernardo Rivas  
Stadium: Estadio Rommel Fernández
Plaza Amador   4–0
(9–0 agg.)
  Juventus Managua Panama City, Panama
Carlos Maldonado   
Rolando Botello  
Hernán Lorenzo  
Stadium: Estadio Rommel Fernández

First round

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Comunicaciones   2–5   Alajuelense 2–1 0–4
Juventus   1–8   Motagua 1–3 0–5
Alianza   1–5   Municipal 0–2 1–3
Plaza Amador   2–8   Firpo 2–2 0–6
Real España   0–4   León 0–0 0–4
Saprissa   1–1
6–5 (pen.)
  Puebla 1–1 0–0
Alajuelense   4–0
(5–2 agg.)
  Comunicaciones San José, Costa Rica
Eugenio Dolmo Flores    
Ronald Gómez  
Alexander Viquez  
Stadium: Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto

24 June 1993 Juventus   1–3   Motagua Belize City
Rui Freitas Santos   
Roland Presley Carson  
Stadium: MCC Grounds
30 June 1993 Motagua   5–0
(8–1 agg.)
  Juventus Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Jose Ramón Romero   
Rui Freitas Santos  
Nestor Martinez  
Fabricio Perez  
Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

24 June 1993 Alianza   0–2   Municipal San Salvador, El Salvador
Ruben Gonzalez     Stadium: Estadio Cuscatlán
Municipal   3–1
(5–1 agg.)
  Alianza Guatemala City, Guatemala
Ruben Gonzalez  
Marvin Gordon  
Jorge Rodas  
Stadium: Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores

23 May 1993 Plaza Amador   2–2   Firpo Usulután, El Salvador
Hernan Lorenzo Diaz  
Jesus Gonzalez  
Jose Garcia  
Edgar Henriquez  
Stadium: Estadio Sergio Torres
2 June 1993 Firpo   6–0
(8–2 agg.)
  Plaza Amador Panama City, Panama
Celio Rodríguez     Stadium: Estadio Rommel Fernández


29 August 1993 Saprissa   1–1   Puebla San Juan de Tibás, Costa Rica
Roy Myers   Narciso Cuevas   Stadium: Estadio Ricardo Saprissa

Second round

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Alajuelensse   1 - 2   León 0 - 0 1 - 2
Motagua   0 - 2   Municipal 0 - 1 0 - 1
Saprissa   3 - 2   Firpo 2 - 0 1 - 2
  • León, Municipal and Saprissa advance to the CONCACAF Final Tournament.


Caribbean Zone

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First round

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Zion Inter   0 - 4   L'Etoile de Morne-à-l'Eau 0 - 21 0 - 21
Club Franciscain   16 - 3   Coca Cola Rovers 10 - 1 6 - 2
Aiglon du Lamentin   4 - 0   Racing Gonaïves 2 - 01 2 - 01
RKVFC Sithoc   4 - 0   Hawks FC 2 - 01 2 - 01
AS Club Colonial   0 - 2   SV Robinhood 0 - 1 0 - 1
AS Juventa   4 - 0   Tempête Football Club 2 - 01 2 - 01
SV Leo Victor   1 - 3   ASL Sport Guyanais 0 - 0 1 - 3
Trintoc F.C.   4 - 0   SV Juventus 2 - 0 2 - 0

1 Zion Inter, Racing Gonaïves, Tempête and Hawks all withdrew before 1st leg, and their rivals were awarded 2–0 wins in each of both matches.





Second round

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
AS Juventa   0 - 3   Club Franciscain 0 - 1 0 - 2
Aiglon du Lamentin   3 - 0   L'Etoile de Morne-à-l'Eau 3 - 0 0 - 0
RKVFC Sithoc   2 - 4   SV Robinhood 2 - 1 0 - 3
Trintoc F.C.   3 - 1   ASL Sport Guyanais 2 - 0 1 - 1



Semifinals

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Club Franciscain   1 - 3   Aiglon du Lamentin 1 - 1 0 - 2
SV Robinhood   1 - 0   Trintoc FC 1 - 0 0 - 0

Final

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Aiglon du Lamentin   2 - 3   SV Robinhood 1 - 0 1 - 3
  • SV Robinhood advance to the CONCACAF Final Tournament.

Final tournament

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Status
1   Saprissa 3 1 2 0 11 3 +8 4 1993 CONCACAF Champions' Cup champions
2   León 3 1 2 0 6 2 +4 4
3   Municipal 3 1 2 0 3 0 +3 4
4   Robinhood 3 0 0 3 1 16 −15 0
Source: [citation needed]

Matches

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1 December 1993 Round 1 León   2–2   Saprissa Guatemala City, Guatemala
(UTC−06:00) Queiroz   36' (pen.)   60' Report Ramírez   25'
Díaz   46'
Stadium: Estadio Mateo Flores
1 December 1993 Round 1 Municipal   3–0   Robinhood Guatemala City, Guatemala
(UTC−06:00) Rodas    
González  
Report Stadium: Estadio Mateo Flores

3 December 1993 Round 2 León   4–0   Robinhood Guatemala City, Guatemala
(UTC−06:00) Queiroz   19'   23'
Vanderley   46'
Ayipei   77'
Report Stadium: Estadio Mateo Flores

Champion

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1993 CONCACAF Champions' Cup Champion
 
Saprissa
1st title

References

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  1. ^ Copa de Campeones 1993 on the RSSSF
  2. ^ Equipos memorables: Saprissa 1993 on Sólo Fútbol Costa Rica, 25 March 2020
  3. ^ Saprissa campeón de Concacaf 1993 by Luis E. Bolaños, 25 November 2019