| Campeonato de Naciones de CONCACAF 1963 | |
|---|---|
| Tournament details | |
| Host country | El Salvador |
| Dates | 23 March – 7 April |
| Teams | 9 (from 1 confederation) |
| Venue | 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 played | 22 |
| Goals scored | 76 (3.45 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Eduardo Hernández (8 goals) |
1965 → | |
The 1963 CONCACAF Championship was the inaugural edition of the CONCACAF Championship, the top continental football tournament organized by CONCACAF for senior national teams from North America, Central America and the Caribbean. The tournament was held between 23 March to 7 April. It had 9 participating teams.
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.
Haiti  | 1–3 | Netherlands Antilles |
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| Netherlands Antilles | 1–0 | Haiti |
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Netherlands Antilles qualifies to the tournament
Costa Rica El Salvador (Hosts)
Guatemala Honduras
Jamaica
Mexico Netherlands Antilles (Qualifying winners)
Nicaragua
Panama| San Salvador | Santa Ana | |
|---|---|---|
| Estadio Nacional Flor Blanca | Estadio Santaneco | |
| Capacity: 35,000 | Capacity: 15,000 | |
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Honduras
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4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 7 |
| 2 | El Salvador
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4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 5 | +5 | 5 |
| 3 | Panama
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4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 4 |
| 4 | Guatemala
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4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 4 |
| 5 | Nicaragua
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4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 15 | −13 | 0 |
| Honduras | 1–0 | Nicaragua |
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Rodríguez Reyes  31' |
| El Salvador | 1–1 | Panama |
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| Hernández 87' |
Velasco 82' (o.g.) |
| Panama | 5–0 | Nicaragua |
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| Góyez 11' Valderrama 41'Santamaría 45', 58'Ponce 71' |
| Honduras | 2–1 | Guatemala |
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| Barahona 28' Guerra 42' |
López Contreras 9' |
| El Salvador | 1–1 | Guatemala |
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| Hernández 24' |
Peña 28' |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Costa Rica
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | +7 | 5 |
| 2 | Netherlands Antilles
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 4 |
| 3 | Mexico
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 2 | +7 | 3 |
| 4 | Jamaica
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 16 | −15 | 0 |
| Netherlands Antilles | 2–1 | Mexico |
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| Delanoy 12' del Muro 80' (o.g.) |
Ortiz Camargo 24' |
| Mexico | 8–0 | Jamaica |
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| Pereda 4' Garrido 17'Ortiz Camargo 27', 35' (pen.)Cuenca 49'Díaz 77', 88'Morales 80' |
| Costa Rica | 1–0 | Netherlands Antilles |
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| Cordero 38' (pen.) |
| Costa Rica | 0–0 | Mexico |
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| Netherlands Antilles | 2–1 | Jamaica |
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| Briesen 8' D. Pablo 73' |
Dinckley 24' |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Costa Rica
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 6 |
| 2 | El Salvador
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 4 |
| 3 | Netherlands Antilles
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 2 |
| 4 | Honduras
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | −7 | 0 |
| Netherlands Antilles | 4–1 | Honduras |
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| Testing 2' Sillie 21'Brandborg 75', 89' |
Suazo 32' |
| El Salvador | 1–4 | Costa Rica |
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| Chacón 49' |
González 17', 22', 72' Pearson 76' |
| Costa Rica | 1–0 | Netherlands Antilles |
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| Pearson 54' |
| El Salvador | 3–0 | Honduras |
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| Monge 10' Hernández 13', 34' |
| Costa Rica | 2–1 | Honduras |
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| Córdoba 52' Jiménez 59' |
Cruz 49' |
| El Salvador | 3–2 | Netherlands Antilles |
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| Hernández 14', 80' González 60' |
Testing 7' J.M. Pablo 78' |
| Champions |
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 Costa Rica 1st title |
There were 76 goals scored in 22 matches, for an average of 3.45 goals per match.
8 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Mario Cordero Enrique Córdoba Rubén Jiménez Luis Vázquez Armando Chacón Mauricio Ernesto González César Reynosa Alfredo Ruano Antony Ewing Haroldo Juárez Francisco López Contreras Hugo Peña Jorge Roldán Felipe Barahona Dolores Cruz Nilmo Edwards René Rodríguez Reyes Locelles Dinckley Fernando Cuenca Armando Garrido Albino Morales Vicente Pereda
Toribio Briesen Ronald Delanoy Daniel Pablo Juan Maximiliano Pablo George Sillie
Armando Mendieta Dámaso Silva Adolfo Díaz Gáez Luis Góyez Luis Carlos Ponce Carlos Valderrama Everardo Vega1 own goal
Benjamín Velasco (against Panama) Jesús del Muro (against Netherlands Antilles)Source:[2]
| Goalkeeper | Defenders | Midfielders | Forwards |
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| Asdrúbal Meneses
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Benjamín Velasco Mario Cordero Juan Pablo Federico Budde
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César Reynosa Ruben Brandborg Mario Monge
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Juan Gonzalez Eduardo Hernández Guillermo Ortiz
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