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)

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

Teams

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

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

Comunicaciones	3 - 1	Juventud Olímpica
TBD TBD TBD		TBD

Atlético Marte	0 - 1	Cementos Novella
Nil		TBD

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

Comunicaciones	0 - 0	Saprissa
Nil		Nil

Estadio de Guatemala

Juventud Olímpica	0 - 2	Cementos Novella
Nil		TBD TBD

Estadio de El Salvador

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

Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica

Cementos Novella	2 - 2	Herediano
TBD TBD		TBD TBD

Saprissa	3 - 0	Juventud Olímpica
TBD TBD TBD		Nil

Comunicaciones	1 - 0	Cementos Novella
TBD		Nil

Herediano	2 - 1	Juventud Olímpica
TBD TBD		TBD

Atlético Marte	1 - 2	Saprissa
TBD		TBD TBD

Cementos Novella	3 - 1	Atlético Marte
TBD TBD TBD		TBD

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

Saprissa	1 - 1	Herediano
TBD		TBD

Comunicaciones	0 - 1	Herediano
Nil		TBD

Saprissa	4 - 1	Cementos Novella
TBD TBD TBD TBD		TBD

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		Di Palma

Saprissa	2 - 1	Comunicaciones
TBD TBD		TBD

Juventud Olímpica	0 - 0	Saprissa
Nil		Nil

Herediano	2 - 2	Cementos Novella
TBD TBD		TBD TBD

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:

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

Aurora	3 - 1	Municipal
TBD TBD TBD		TBD

Universidad	2 - 2	Puntarenas
TBD 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

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

Universidad	1 - 0	Municipal
Rafael Bucaro		Nil

Alajuelense	2 - 0	Puntarenas
TBD TBD		Nil

Aurora	4 - 0	Municipal
TBD TBD TBD TBD		Nil

Alianza	1 - 0	Alajuelense
Elenilson Franco		Nil

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

Municipal	1 - 0	Alianza
TBD		Nil

Universidad	2 - 2	Alajuelense
Pip Rodriguez Benigno Apodaca		TBD TBD

Puntarenas	2 - 2	Aurora
TBD TBD		TBD TBD

Alajuelense	2 - 0	Municipal
TBD TBD		Nil

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:

• Playoff for 1st place.

Universidad	0 - 1	Aurora
Nil		Gonzalez

Final

10 March 1972 (1972-03-10)

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

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

1972 Copa Fraternidad champion
Saprissa 1st title

External links

• RSSSF - Copa Fraternidad