Campeonato Centroamericano

The Campeonato Centroamericano (English: Central American Championship) was a regional club competition organized by CCCF, a predecessor confederation of CONCACAF. It was the first official international club tournament for clubs from North America, Central America and Caribbean. The tournament was held in 1959 and 1961.

Campeonato Centroamericano/Campeonato Centroamericano y Caribe

Organising body	CCCF NAFC
Founded	1959
Abolished	1961
Region	Central America and North America (1959) Central America and Caribbean (1961)
Number of teams	4 or 5 (from 4 or 5 associations)
Related competitions	CONCACAF Champions Cup
Most successful club(s)	Olimpia Alajuelense (1 title each)

History

The first tournament was held in 1959 with 4 participating clubs (3 Central American clubs and one North American club). In the second edition, the tournament changed its name to Campeonato Centroamericano y Caribe (English: Central American and Caribbean Championship), it was held in 1961 with 5 participating clubs (4 Central American clubs and one Caribbean club). In 1961, CCCF and NAFC were dissolved after merging to found CONCACAF. The CONCACAF Champions Cup was created and started in 1962.

Qualification

1959

Central America

FAS
Alajuelense
Olimpia

North America

Guadalajara

1961

Central America

Águila
Alajuelense
Comunicaciones
Olimpia

Caribbean

Jong Holland

Editions and champions

Editions

Edition	Champions	Results	Runners-up
1959	Olimpia	Round-Robin	Guadalajara
1961	Alajuelense	1–1 2–1	Jong Holland

Champions

Club	Titles	Runners-up	Winning editions
Olimpia	1	0	1959
Alajuelense	1	0	1961
Guadalajara	0	1	–
Jong Holland	0	1	–

Performance by country

Rank	Country	Best result	Best club (Edition)
1	Honduras	Champions	Olimpia (1959)
	Costa Rica	Champions	Alajuelense (1961)
3	Mexico	Runners-up	Guadalajara (1959)
	Netherlands Antilles	Runners-up	Jong Holland (1961)
5	El Salvador	Third place	Águila (1961)
6	Guatemala	Fourth place	Comunicaciones (1961)

External links

• CONCACAF Official Site