1941 CCCF Championship

1941 CCCF Championship
The President of the Republic of Costa Rica, Rafael Ángel Calderón Guardia, presents the champion's trophy to the goalkeeper and captain of the national team, Hugo Zúñiga, (at his side) and to the coach Alejandro Morera Soto (in white).
Tournament details
Host countryCosta Rica
Dates8–18 May
Teams5
Venue(s)1
Final positions
Champions Costa Rica
Runners-up El Salvador
Third place Curaçao
Fourth place Panama
Tournament statistics
Matches played10
Goals scored70 (7 per match)
Top scorer(s)Costa Rica Jose Rafael Meza
Curaçao and Dependencies Hans Nahar
1943 →
International football competition

The 1941 CCCF Championship was the first edition of CCCF Championship, the most important tournament of the extinct Central American and Caribbean Football Confederation, CCCF. The tournament took place from May 8 to 18, 1941 in the Costa Rican capital (San José).

Following are the results of the Final Group of the first Championship, which was hosted by Costa Rica

The champion was the host Costa Rica

Venues

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

Referees

  • Spain Jacobo de Foinquinos
  • Cuba José Tapia

Paricipating Teams

Six teams partcipated on the first tourment

Final standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Costa Rica (C) 4 4 0 0 23 5 +18 8
2  El Salvador 4 2 1 1 15 8 +7 5
3  Curaçao 4 1 2 1 16 12 +4 4
4  Panama 4 1 1 2 11 16 −5 3
5  Nicaragua 4 0 0 4 5 29 −24 0
Source: [citation needed]
(C) Champions

Results

Curaçao 3–3 Panama
Nahar 15', 50', ?' Carlos Rangel 3', 43'
Neville 90' (pen.)
Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica, San José
Referee: Jacobo Foinquinos (Honduras)
Nicaragua 2–7 Costa Rica
D. Morales 38'
P. Robleto 46'		 Rocha 7' (o.g.)
Mantainés 12' (o.g.)
Araya 18', 22', 29'
Rodríguez 37'
Arnáez
Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica, San José
Referee: José Tapia (Cuba)
El Salvador 2–2 Curaçao
Gutiérrez 2'
Contreras 43'		 Nahar 70'
Panneflek
Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica, San José
Referee: José Tapia (Cuba)
Panama 0–7 Costa Rica
Meza
A. Varela
Rodriguez
Bonilla
Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica, San José
Referee: Jacobo Foinquinos (Honduras)
Costa Rica 6–2 Curaçao
Araya 8', ?'
Meza
A. Varela 		Pardo 12'
Bernabela
Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica, San José
Referee: José Tapia (Cuba)
Nicaragua 0–8 El Salvador
Toledo 6', 8', 24'
Donado 15'
Rosales 43', ?'
R. Méndez 53', ?'
Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica, San José
Referee: Jacobo Foinquinos (Honduras)
El Salvador 4–3 Panama
Gutiérrez 20', 24'
Rosales 22', 77'		 Anderson 10'
Luis Carlos Rangel 40'
Virgilio Castro 89'
Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica, San José
Referee: José Tapia (Cuba)
Curaçao 9–1 Nicaragua
Pardo
Nahar ?', ?', ?', 65'
F. Jansen ?', ?', 88'		 Dolores Morales 18' (pen.)
Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica, San José
Referee: Jacobo Foiquinos (Honduras)
Panama 5–2 Nicaragua
Castro
Rangel
Anderson 		Dolores Morales 7'
Ramón García ?'
Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica, San José
Referee: Jacobo Foiquinos (Honduras)
Costa Rica 3–1 El Salvador
Araya 39', 80'
Meza 33'		 Mendez 37'
Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica, San José
Referee: José Tapia (Cuba)
 1941 CCCF Championship 

Costa Rica
1st title

Goal scorers

8 goals

6 goals

  • Costa Rica Jesús María Araya

4 goals

  • El Salvador Aquilino Rosales

3 goals

2 goals

  • Costa Rica Aníbal Varela
  • El Salvador Gustavo Donado
  • El Salvador René Méndez
  • Panama Virgilio Castro
  • Panama Luis Carlos Rangel

1 goal

  • Costa Rica Alfonso Arnáez
  • Curaçao and Dependencies Reinaldo Bernabela
  • Curaçao and Dependencies Humberto Panneflek
  • El Salvador Alejandro Contreras
  • Nicaragua Dolores Morales
  • Nicaragua Pedro Robleto
  • Panama James Santiago Anderson
  • Panama Antoine Neville

Own Goals

  • Nicaragua Mantainés (for Costa Rica)
  • Nicaragua Abraham Rocha (for Costa Rica)

Notes

References

  1. ^ "I C.C.C.F. (Confederación Centroamericana y del Caribe de Fútbol) Championship 1941". www.rsssf.org. Retrieved 2024-08-28.
  • CCCF Championship on RSSSF Archive