1969 CONCACAF Championship

1969 CONCACAF Championship
Campeonato de Naciones de CONCACAF 1969
Tournament details
Host countryCosta Rica
Dates23 November – 7 December
Teams6 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Costa Rica (2nd title)
Runners-up Guatemala
Third place Netherlands Antilles
Fourth place Mexico
Tournament statistics
Matches played15
Goals scored43 (2.87 per match)
Top scorer(s)Costa Rica Víctor Ruiz
(4 goals)
1967
1971

The 1969 CONCACAF Championship was the fourth edition of the CONCACAF Championship, the football championship of North America, Central America and the Caribbean (CONCACAF). The tournament was held between 23 November to 8 December. Six teams participated in the tournament playing in the round-robin format to determine the winner. A late application by Haiti was rejected.[1]

The event was hosted by Costa Rica in the city of San José. The tournament was won by the host nation, for the second time after 1963, by tying defending champions Guatemala 1–1 in the deciding final match. Mexico used players from a second-level league.[2]

Qualifying tournament

1969 CONCACAF Championship qualification

Teams

Venue

San José
Estadio Nacional
Capacity: 25,000

Final tournament

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Costa Rica 5 4 1 0 13 2 +11 9
2  Guatemala 5 3 2 0 10 2 +8 8
3  Netherlands Antilles 5 2 1 2 9 12 −3 5
4  Mexico 5 1 2 2 4 5 −1 4
5  Trinidad and Tobago 5 1 1 3 4 12 −8 3
6  Jamaica 5 0 1 4 3 10 −7 1
Source:
Costa Rica 3–0 Jamaica
Cascante 1'
Sáenz 62'
Dawkins 67' (o.g.)

Guatemala 2–0 Trinidad and Tobago
Gamboa 8'
Fión 84'

Mexico 2–0 Jamaica
Mancilla 15'
Sabater 83'

Costa Rica 2–1 Netherlands Antilles
Grant 1'
Cascante 75'
Croes 30'

Guatemala 6–1 Netherlands Antilles
Melgar 4', 82'
Salamanca 24', 49'
Valdez 32'
Meulens 54' (o.g.)
Regales 22'
Attendance: 1,309
Referee: Theophilus Joseph (Trinidad and Tobago)

Trinidad and Tobago 3–2 Jamaica
Cummings 33'
Douglas 40'
Haynes 49'
Scott 20'
Hamilton 31'
Referee: Jorge Mendez Montes De Oca (Guatemala)

Costa Rica 2–0 Mexico
Grant 4'
Sáenz 33'

Netherlands Antilles 3–1 Trinidad and Tobago
Loefstok 11', 49'
Martijn 65'
Haynes 4'
Referee: Luis Paulino Siles Calderón (Costa Rica)

Guatemala 1–0 Mexico
Fión 46'

 Mexico2–2Netherlands Antilles 
Álvarez 69'
Barba 71'
Toppenberg 42', 65'
Attendance: 10,234
Referee: Juan Soto Paris (Costa Rica)

Guatemala 0–0 Jamaica
Attendance: 10,234
Referee: Diego Di Leo (Mexico)

Costa Rica 5–0 Trinidad and Tobago
Ruiz 10', 59', 65', 75'
Elizondo 88' (pen.)
Report
Attendance: 10,234
Referee: Kenneth Adolfus Chaplin (Jamaica)

Netherlands Antilles 2–1 Jamaica
Regales 6'
Martis 48'
Largie 50'
Attendance: 170
Referee: Luis Paulino Siles Calderón (Costa Rica)


Costa Rica 1–1 Guatemala
Vaughns 50' Fión 7'
Referee: Toros Kibritjian (USA)

Awards

 1969 CONCACAF
Championship winners 

Costa Rica

Second title

Scorers

4 goals
  • Costa Rica Víctor Ruiz
3 goals
2 goals
  • Costa Rica Álvaro Cascante
  • Costa Rica Roy Sáenz
  • Costa Rica Jaime Grant
  • Netherlands Antilles Regales
  • Netherlands Antilles Melvin Loefstok
  • Netherlands Antilles Martijn
  • Netherlands Antilles Adelbert Toppenberg
  • Trinidad and Tobago Ulrich Haynes
1 goal
Own goals
  • Jamaica Edwin Dawkins (for Costa Rica)

Team of the Tournament

Source:[4]

Ideal XI by RSSSF
Goalkeeper Defenders Midfielders Forwards
Costa Rica Rodolfo Umaña Netherlands Antilles Erwin Melfor
Guatemala Horacio Hasse
Costa Rica Walter Elizondo
Costa Rica Jaime Grant
Netherlands Antilles Ronald Martis
Costa Rica Roy Sáenz
Guatemala Marco Fión
Costa Rica Víctor Ruiz
Netherlands Antilles Carlos Regales
Guatemala Nelson Melgar

References

  1. ^ "Méxicó escogió su delegación para el Cuarto Norceca" [Mexico chose its delegation for the Fourth Norceca]. La República (in Spanish). San José, Costa Rica. 18 November 1969 – via prensacr.info.
  2. ^ RSSSF – Mexico - International Results Details 1960-1969
  3. ^ a b Match originally scheduled on 25 November, it was posponed due to weather conditions.
  4. ^ "IV Copa de Naciones CONCACAF (NORCECA) 1969 - Match Details". www.rsssf.org. Retrieved 12 October 2023.