1972 Copa Fraternidad

1972 Copa Fraternidad

Tournament details
Teams	12 (from 3 associations)
Final positions
Champions	Saprissa (1st title)
Runners-up	Aurora
Tournament statistics
Matches played	59
Goals scored	165 (2.8 per match)
← 1971 1973 →

The Copa Fraternidad 1972 was the second Central American club championship played between 12 clubs.

Teams

Association	Team	Qualifying method	App.	Previous best	Coach	Captain
Costa Rica	Alajuelense	1970–71 Champions	1st	—	TBD	TBD
	Saprissa	1970–71 Runners-up	2nd	Runners-up (1971)	TBD	TBD
	Herediano	1970–71 Third place	2nd	3rd (1971)	TBD	TBD
	Puntarenas	1970–71 Fourth place	1st	—	TBD	TBD
El Salvador	Juventud Olímpica	1971 Champions	1st	—	TBD	TBD
	Alianza	1971 Runners-up	2nd	5th (1971)	TBD	TBD
	Universidad	1971 Third place	1st	—	Ricardo Tomasino	TBD
	Atlético Marte	1971 Fourth place	2nd	4th (1971)	TBD	TBD
Guatemala	Comunicaciones	1971 Champions	2nd	Champions (1971)	Walter Ormeno	TBD
	Aurora	1971 Runners-up	1st	—	TBD	TBD
	Municipal	1971 Third place	1st	—	TBD	TBD
	Cementos Novella	1971 Fourth place	2nd	6th (1971)	Cesar Viccino	TBD

Group I

Comunicaciones	0 - 0	Atlético Marte
Nil		Nil

Cementos Novella	3 - 3	Comunicaciones
TBD TBD TBD		TBD TBD TBD

Juventud Olímpica	0 - 0	Herediano
Nil		Nil

Saprissa	0 - 0	Atlético Marte
Nil		Nil

January 6, 1972

Comunicaciones	3 - 1	Juventud Olímpica
Oscar Molina Héctor Tambasco		Juan Ramón Martínez

January 6, 1972

Atlético Marte	0 - 1	Cementos Novella
Nil		Selvin Pennant

Saprissa	2 - 2	Herediano
TBD TBD		TBD TBD

Cementos Novella	1 - 1	Saprissa
TBD		TBD

Atlético Marte	1 - 0	Juventud Olímpica
TBD		Nil

Herediano	0 - 2	Comunicaciones
Nil		TBD TBD

24 January 1972

Comunicaciones	0 - 0	Saprissa
Nil		Nil

Estadio de Guatemala

24 January 1972

Juventud Olímpica	0 - 2	Cementos Novella
Nil		Selvin Pennant Di Paula

Estadio de El Salvador

24 January 1972

Herediano	5 - 1	Atlético Marte
TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD		Zapata

Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica

26 January 1972

Cementos Novella	2 - 2	Herediano
Hugo Peña Haroldo Cordón		Raymond Roy Nelson

Estadio Doroteo “Mateo” Flores, Guatemala

27 January 1972

Saprissa	3 - 0	Juventud Olímpica
TBD TBD TBD		Nil

6 February 1972

Comunicaciones	1 - 0	Cementos Novella
Molina		Nil

6 February 1972

Herediano	2 - 1	Juventud Olímpica
Raymond Roy Nelson Rafael Camacho		TBD

6 February 1972

Atlético Marte	1-2	Saprissa
Juarandyr Dos Santos		Hernan Morales Edgar Marín

Cementos Novella	3 - 1	Atlético Marte
TBD TBD TBD		TBD

9 February 1972

Juventud Olímpica	2 - 1	Comunicaciones
Juan Ramón Martínez 12' Moisés González		Héctor Horacio Tambasco

9 February 1972

Saprissa	1 - 1	Herediano
TBD		TBD

Comunicaciones	0 - 1	Herediano
Nil		TBD

Saprissa	4 - 1	Cementos Novella
TBD TBD TBD TBD		TBD

February 18, 1972

Atlético Marte	2 - 0	Juventud Olímpica
José Quintanilla 26' Rivera 30'		Nil

Cementos Novella	2 - 0	Juventud Olímpica
TBD TBD		Nil

Atlético Marte	1 - 2	Herediano
Manuel Cañadas		Jorge Di Palma

Saprissa	2 - 1	Comunicaciones
TBD TBD		TBD

March 1, 1972

Juventud Olímpica	0 - 0	Saprissa
Nil		Nil

5 March 1972

Herediano	2 - 2	Cementos Novella
Rafael Ángel Oviedo Rafael Ángel Camacho		Omar Sansoni Haroldo Cordón

Estadio: Nacional, de San José

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Saprissa	10	4	6	0	15	7	+8	14
2	Herediano	10	4	5	1	17	12	+5	13
3	Cementos Novella	10	4	4	2	17	14	+3	12
4	Comunicaciones	9	3	3	3	11	9	+2	9
5	Atlético Marte	9	2	2	5	7	13	−6	6
6	Juventud Olímpica	10	1	2	7	4	16	−12	4

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group II

Aurora	0 - 1	Universidad
Nil		Benigno Apodaca

Alianza	2 - 0	Puntarenas
TBD TBD		Nil

Municipal	1 - 1	Universidad
TBD		TBD

Alianza	2 - 1	Aurora
TBD TBD		TBD

Alajuelense	5 - 1	Puntarenas
TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD		TBD

9 January 1972

Aurora	3 - 1	Municipal
TBD TBD TBD		TBD

9 January 1972

Universidad	2 - 2	Puntarenas
Cubillo TBD		TBD TBD

Alajuelense	1 - 0	Alianza
TBD		Nil

Aurora	4 - 2	Alajuelense
TBD TBD TBD TBD		TBD TBD

Universidad	2 - 1	Alianza
TBD TBD		TBD

Puntarenas	5 - 4	Municipal
TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD		TBD TBD TBD TBD

Aurora	2 - 0	Puntarenas
TBD TBD		Nil

January 21, 1972

Alianza	2 - 0	Municipal
Jose Taneses Jaime Portillo		Nil

Alajuelense	2 - 1	Universidad
TBD TBD		TBD

Municipal	3 - 0	Alajuelense
TBD TBD TBD		Nil

Universidad	1 - 1	Aurora
Victor "El Pato" Valencia		TBD

Puntarenas	3 - 2	Alianza
TBD TBD TBD		TBD TBD

Aurora	1 - 1	Alianza
TBD		TBD

February 4, 1972

Universidad	1 - 0	Municipal
Rafael Bucaro		Nil

Alajuelense	2 - 0	Puntarenas
TBD TBD		Nil

13 February 1972

Aurora	4 - 0	Municipal
Marco Fión 5' Edgar Gonzalez 20' 27' Flores own		Nil

13 February 1972

Alianza	1 - 0	Alajuelense
Elenilson Franco		Nil

13 February 1972

Puntarenas	4 - 4	Universidad
TBD TBD TBD TBD		Pipo Rodríguez Rafel Bucaro Benigno Apodaca

Municipal	1 - 0	Puntarenas
TBD		Nil

Alajuelense	1 - 2	Aurora
TBD		TBD TBD

24 February 1972

Municipal	1 - 0	Alianza
TBD		Nil

24 February 1972

Universidad	2 - 2	Alajuelense
Pipo Rodríguez Benigno Apodaca		TBD TBD

Puntarenas	2 - 2	Aurora
TBD TBD		TBD TBD

Alajuelense	2 - 0	Municipal
TBD TBD		Nil

March 1, 1972

Universidad	2 - 1	Alianza
Luis Ernesto Tapia Lito Robles		Salvador Mariona

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Aurora	10	5	3	2	20	11	+9	13
2	Universidad	10	4	5	1	17	14	+3	13
3	Alajuelense	10	5	1	4	17	14	+3	11
4	Alianza	10	4	1	5	12	11	+1	9
5	Municipal	10	3	1	6	11	18	−7	7
6	Puntarenas	10	2	3	5	17	26	−9	7

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

• Playoff for 1st place.

March 7, 1972

Universidad	0 - 1	Aurora
		Gonzalez

Final

10 March 1972 (1972-03-10)

Aurora	1 - 1	Saprissa
Jorge Roldán ~ 79' (pen)	Report	Jaime Grant 8'

Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores, Ciudad de Guatemala, Guatemala

Attendance: ~15000

Referee: Marco Dorantes (MEX)

15 March 1972 (1972-03-15)

Saprissa	1 - 0	Aurora
Odir Jacques 22'	Report

Estadio Nacional, San José, Costa Rica

Attendance: 13878

Referee: Javier Galindo (MEX)

Champion

External links

• RSSSF - Copa Fraternidad