1983 CONCACAF Champions' Cup

The 1983 CONCACAF Champions' Cup was the 19th 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 2 March 1983 till 1 February 1984.

1983 CONCACAF Champions' Cup
Dates2 March 1983 – 1 February 1984
Final positions
ChampionsMexico Atlante
Runner-upSuriname Robinhood
← 1982
1984 →

The teams were split in two zones, North/Central American and Caribbean, (as North and Central American sections combined to qualify one team for the final), each one qualifying the winner to the final tournament. All the matches in the tournament were played under the home/away match system.

Mexican club Atlante beat Surinamese Robinhood 6–1 on aggregate, becoming CONCACAF champion for the first time in their history.[1][2]

North/Central American Zone

First round

v Tigres
20 March 1983 Olimpia 0–1 Tigres Tegucigalpa, Honduras
CSTNilLuis Fernández 43'Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino
v Olimpia
6 April 1983 Tigres 2–1
(3–1 agg.)
Olimpia San Nicolás de los Garza, Mexico
CSTEnrique Alfaro 25'
Salvador Carrillo 29'
Prudencio Norales 65'Stadium: Estadio Universitario (UANL)
Note: Match abandoned in 72' when Olimpia walked off in protest to refereeing decisions; result stood.
v Atlante
10 April 1983 Comunicaciones 2–2 Atlante Guatemala City, Guatemala
CSTFernández 47'
Byron Pérez 64'
Rubén Ayala 51'
Jose Luis González 76'
Stadium: Estadio Mateo Flores
v Comunicaciones
13 April 1983 Atlante 2–0
(4–2 agg.)
Comunicaciones Guatemala City, Guatemala
CSTEduardo Rergis 14'
Grzegorz Lato 80' (pen.)
NilStadium: Estadio Mateo Flores
Note: Both legs in Ciudad de Guatemala.

Second round

Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
New York Pancyprian-Freedoms 3 - 4 Atlante1 - 12 - 3
Atlético Marte 2 - 3 Independiente2 - 30 - 0
Tigres UANL 1 - 4 Suchitepéquez1 - 10 - 3
  • Independiente withdrew after series.
  • Atlante and Suchitepéquez advance to the third round.
v New York Pancyprian-Freedoms
June 14, 1983 Atlante 3-2
(4-3 agg.)
New York Pancyprian-Freedoms HofstraU Stadium
TBD
TBD
Alejandro Ramirez
TBD
TBD
Attendance: 5,000
v Tigres UANL
August 29, 1983 Suchitepéquez 3-0
(4-1 agg.)
Tigres UANL Mazatenango, Guatemala
Walter Claveri
José Luis González
Adán Paniagua
NilStadium: Carlos Salazar Hijo Stadium
Attendance: 12,000

Third round

Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Suchitepéquez 2 - 8 Atlante2 - 20 - 6
  • Atlante advances to the CONCACAF Final.
v Suchitepéquez
Atlante 6-0
(8-2 agg.)
Suchitepéquez
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
Nil

Caribbean Zone

First round

Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
SUBT 5 - 4 Kentucky Memphis5 - 00 - 4
Defence Force 1 - 3 Robinhood0 - 11 - 2
Leo Victor 4 - 5 Dakota1 - 53 - 0
  • SUBT advances to the third round.
  • Robinhood and Dakota advance to the second round.
v Kentucky Memphis
SUBT 5-0 Kentucky Memphis
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
Nil
v SUBT
Kentucky Memphis 0-4
(4-5 agg.)
SUBT
NilTBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
v Dakota
July 3, 1983 Leo Victor 1–5 Dakota Paramaribo, Suriname
TBD Rudy Dirks
Louis Richardson
TBD
v Leo Victor
July 11, 1983 Dakota 3-0
(5-4 agg.)
Leo Victor
Jimmy Lieveldt
Ruben Wijks
Nil

Second round

Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Robinhood 5 - 1 Dakota5 - 10 - 0
  • Robinhood advances to the third round.
v Dakota
Robinhood 5-1 Dakota
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD

TBD

Third round

Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
SUBT 1 - 4 Robinhood1 - 20 - 2
  • Robinhood advances to the CONCACAF Final.
v Robinhood
SUBT 1–2 Robinhood
TBD TBD
TBD
v SUBT
Robinhood 2–0
(4-1 agg.)
SUBT
TBD
TBD
Nil

Final

First leg

1983 CONCACAF Champions' Cup Final
First leg
Robinhood 1–1 Atlante
Andre Grando 83'ReportGonzalo Farfán

Second leg

Second leg
Atlante 5–0 Robinhood
Farfán 4', 63'
Castro 9', 47'
Moses 70'
ReportNil
  • Atlante won 3–1 on points (6–1 on aggregate).

Champion

CONCACAF Champions' Cup
1983 Champions

Atlante
First title

References