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
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

26 January, 1972

Cementos Novella	2 - 2	Herediano
Peña Cordón	[1]	Raymond Roy Nelson

Estadio Doroteo “Mateo” Flores, Guatemala

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		Jorge Di Palma

Saprissa	2 - 1	Comunicaciones
TBD TBD		TBD

Juventud Olímpica	0 - 0	Saprissa
Nil		Nil

5 March, 1972

Herediano	2 - 2	Cementos Novella
Rafael Ángel Oviedo Rafael Ángel Camacho	[2]	Sansoni 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

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

• 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