1961 CCCF Championship explained

Tourney Name:CCCF Championship
Year:1961
Country:Costa Rica
Dates:1–19 March
Num Teams:9
Champion:Costa Rica
Second:El Salvador
Third:Honduras
Third-Flagvar:1949
Fourth:Haiti
Fourth-Flagvar:1859
Matches:22
Goals:90
Top Scorer: Juan Ulloa (10 goals)
Prevseason:1960

The 1961 CCCF Championship was the tenth and last edition of the CCCF Championship, the tournament took place from March 5 to 19, 1961 in the Costa Rican capital (San José).

This was the last edition of the tournament because in September of the same year, the Confederación Centroamericana y del Caribe de Fútbol would merge with the NAFC to create the new Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Football, Concacaf, which would later found the CONCACAF Championship that began in 1963. The champion was the host Costa Rica.

Venues

San José
Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica
Capacity: 25 000 spectators

Participating Teams

Nine teams participated on the final tourment

First round

Group 2

Team of the Tournament

Source:[1]

Ideal XI by RSSSF!Goalkeeper!Defenders!Midfielders!Forwards
Jorge Zavala Alvaro Chavez Rodolfo Fuentes

César Reynosa

Roland Crispin Jorge Roldán Lucien Pierre Juan Ulloa

Jorge Monge

Rigoberto Rojas

Juan Francisco Barraza

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: X CCCF Championship 1961 - Match Details . 2023-10-11 . www.rsssf.org.