1973 Copa Fraternidad

Tournament details
Teams	6 (from 3 associations)
Final positions
Champions	Saprissa (2nd title)
Runners-up	Águila
Tournament statistics
Matches played	30
Goals scored	82 (2.73 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Odir Jacques (8 goals)

The Copa Fraternidad 1973 was the third Central American club championship played between 6 clubs.

Teams

Association	Team	Qualifying method	App.	Previous best
Costa Rica	Saprissa	1971–72 Champions	3rd	Champions (1972)
	Alajuelense	1971–72 Runners-up	2nd	Group stage (1972)
El Salvador	Águila	1972 Champions	1st	—
	Juventud Olímpica	1972 Runners-up	2nd	Group stage (1972)
Guatemala	Comunicaciones	1972 Champions	3rd	Champions (1971)
	Municipal	1972 Runners-up	2nd	Group stage (1972)

Results

Juventud Olímpica	0 - 2	Municipal
Nil		TBD TBD

Comunicaciones	1 - 0	Alajuelense
TBD		Nil

7 January 1973

Saprissa	1 - 2	Aguila
Odir Jacques 10'		Luis Ramírez Zapata 34' 73'

Estadio Ricardo Saprissa

Referee: Giovanni Canessa

Aguila	1 - 1	Comunicaciones
TBD		TBD

January 14, 1973

Municipal	1 - 1	Saprissa
Rafael Bucaro 50'		Édgar Marín 33'

Alajuelense	2 - 1	Juventud Olímpica
TBD TBD		TBD

Municipal	1 - 0	Comunicaciones
TBD		Nil

22 January 1973

Juventud Olímpica	1 - 3	Saprissa
Moises Gonzalez 44'		Odir Jacques 28' Hernan Morales 40' Edgar Marin 83'

Referee: Danilo Ardon

22 January 1973

Alajuelense	0 - 0	Aguila
Nil		Nil

Referee: Marco Antyonio Gracias Regaldo

Comunicaciones	0 - 1	Juventud Olímpica
Nil		Moises Gonzalez pen.'

Aguila	1 - 0	Municipal
TBD		Nil

January 31, 1973

Alajuelense	1 - 0	Saprissa
Óscar Emilio Cordero 26'		Nil

Municipal	1 - 2	Alajuelense
TBD		TBD TBD

February 4, 1973

Saprissa	3 - 2	Comunicaciones
Hernán Morales 26' Édgar Marín pen.' (36) Jaime Jimmy Grant 72'		Selvin Pennant 40' Carlos Granda 86'

Juventud Olímpica	3 - 1	Aguila
TBD TBD TBD		TBD

Alajuelense	1 - 0	Comunicaciones
TBD		Nil

February 11, 1973

Aguila	2 - 0	Saprissa
Ismael Cisco Díaz 31' Fernando Solano 85' (o.g.)		Nil

Municipal	1 - 2	Juventud Olímpica
TBD		TBD Helio Rodriguez

Comunicaciones	2 - 0	Aguila
TBD TBD		Nil

February 18, 1973

Saprissa	1 - 0	Municipal
Gerardo Solano		Nil

Juventud Olímpica	1 - 0	Alajuelense
Helio Rodriguez		Nil

Comunicaciones	3 - 1	Municipal
TBD TBD TBD		TBD

Aguila	1 - 1	Alajuelense
TBD		TBD

February 25, 1973

Saprissa	5 - 2	Juventud Olímpica
Asdrúbal Paniagua 2' Hernán Morales 14' Jaime Jimmy Grant 33' Gerardo Solano 68' 78'		Moises Gonzalez pen.' (19) Helio Rodrigues 56'

Municipal	0 - 2	Aguila
Nil		Joaquin Rene Cazalban Ismael Díaz

Estadio Mateo Flores

Juventud Olímpica	1 - 2	Comunicaciones
Moisés Gonzalez		TBD TBD

Referee: Luis Paulinho Silves

February 28, 1973

Saprissa	5 - 1	Alajuelense
Odir Jacques 15' 42' 77' Gerardo Solano 70' Adonay Salas 88'		Pedro Caetano Da Silva 52'

Alajuelense	1 - 0	Municipal
TBD		Nil

March 4, 1973

Comunicaciones	2 - 3	Saprissa
Selvin Pennant 1' Peter Sandoval pen.' (83)		Odir Jaqués 10' Hernán Morales 20' Jaime Grant 72'

Aguila	2 - 1	Juventud Olímpica
Rene Toledo (o.g.) Luis Rivas		Helio Rodríguez

Referee: Efren Aguilar

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Saprissa	10	6	1	3	22	14	+8	13
2	Aguila	10	5	3	2	12	8	+4	13
3	Alajuelense	10	5	2	3	9	10	−1	12
4	Comunicaciones	10	4	1	5	13	12	+1	9
5	Juventud Olímpica	10	4	0	6	12	18	−6	8
6	Municipal	10	2	1	7	7	13	−6	5

Source: https://www.rsssf.org/tablesf/fraternidad.html RSSSF - Copa Fraternidad

Championship playoff

11 March, 1973

Aguila	2 - 0	Saprissa
David Antonio Pinho 49' 88'		Nil

Estadio Nacional de la Flor Blanca

Attendance: 20, 000

Referee: Mario Rubio

14 March, 1973

Saprissa	3 - 1	Aguila
Chico Hernandez 47' 61' Odir Jacques 54'		Ismael Díaz 67'

Estadio Ricardo Saprissa

Attendance: 11.215

Referee: Javier Sanchez Galindo

17 March 1973

Saprissa	2 - 1	Aguila
Odir Jacques 33' Gerardo Solano 84'		Félix Pineda 38'

Estadio Nacional, de La Sabana

Attendance: 17.655

Referee: Jorge Narvaez

Top Scorer

No.	Player	Club	Goals
1	Odir Jacques	Saprissa	8
2	Luis Ramirez Zapata	Aguila	5
3	Moisés González	Juventud Olímpica	5
4	Selvin Pennant	Comunicaciones	5
5	Gerardo Solano	Saprissa	5
6	Hernán Morales	Saprissa	4
7	Helio Rodrigues dos Santos	Juventud Olímpica	4
8	Jaime Jimmy Grant	Saprissa	4
9	Fernando Correcaminos Rodríguez	LD Alajuelense	3
10	Julio César Anderson	Municipal	3
11	Édgar Marín	Saprissa	3
12	Carlos Granda	Comunicaciones	3
13	Ismael Cisco Díaz	Aguila	3

Champion

1973 Copa Fraternidad champion
Saprissa 2nd title

External links

• RSSSF - Copa Fraternidad