1980 CONCACAF Champions' Cup

1980 CONCACAF Champions' Cup

Estadio Nacional in Tegucigalpa hosted the final round
Tournament details
Dates	20 May 1980 – 12 February 1981
Teams	18
Final positions
Champions	UNAM (1st title)
Runners-up	UNAH
Tournament statistics
Matches played	33
Goals scored	92 (2.79 per match)
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The 1980 CONCACAF Champions' Cup was the 16th edition of the CONCACAF Champions' Cup, the premier football club competition organized by CONCACAF, the regional governing body of North America, Central America, and the Caribbean.

UNAM won the final round, becoming CONCACAF club champions for the first time in their history.[1][2]

Teams

The following 18 teams (from ten associations) qualified for the tournament.

• North American Zone: 5 teams (from three associations)
• Central American Zone: 8 teams (from four associations)
• Caribbean Zone: 6 teams (from six associations)

Qualified teams for 1980 CONCACAF Champions' Cup

Teams
Cruz Azul (1st)	UNAM (2nd)
Sacramento Gold (1st)	Brooklyn Dodgers (1st)
Herediano (1st)	Cartaginés (2nd)
Águila (1st)	Santiagueño (2nd)
Comunicaciones (1st)	Cobán Imperial (2nd)
Marathón (1st)	UNAH (2nd)
Jong Colombia (1st)	SUBT (2nd)
Robinhood (1st)	Transvaal (2nd)
Police (1st)	Defence Force (2nd)
Hotels International (1st)

Format

The teams were split into 3 zones (North American, Central American and Caribbean), each one qualifying the winner to the final tournament, that was played in Tegucigalpa, Honduras under a group system. All the qualifying matches in the tournament were played under the home/away match system.

Schedule

Phase	Round	First leg	Second leg
Qualifying	First qualifying round	20 May – 22 June 1980	29 May – 2 June 1980
	Second qualifying round	22 June – 2 November 1980	29 June – 16 November 1980
	Third qualifying round	6 November 1980	13 November 1980
Final round	Match 1	8 February 1981
	Match 2	10 February 1981
	Match 3	12 February 1981

First round

North America Zone

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
UNAM	w/o[note 1]	Sacramento Gold	Cancelled	Cancelled
Brooklyn Dodgers	3–2	Hotels International FC	2–2	1–0

North America Zone

UNAM	Cancelled (w/o)	Sacramento Gold

Sacramento Gold	Cancelled (w/o)	UNAM

UNAM advanced to the third round after Sacramento Gold withdrew from the competition[3]

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22 June 1980 (1980-06-22)

Brooklyn Dodgers	2–2	Hotels International

29 June 1980 (1980-06-29)

Hotels International	0–1	Brooklyn Dodgers

Brooklyn Dodgers won 3–2 on aggregate; advanced to the second round.

Central America Zone

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Cobán Imperial	2–2 (d.)	UNAH	2–1	0–1
Santiagueño	w/o	Cartaginés	Cancelled	Cancelled
Comunicaciones	5–2	Águila	2–0	3–2
Marathón	4–3	Herediano	3–0	1–3

Central America Zone

Torneo Centroamericano de Concacaf 1980

20 May 1980 (1980-05-20)

Cobán Imperial	2–1	UNAH
own goal Luis Condomi

Estadio José Ángel Rossi, Cobán

11 June 1980 (1980-06-11)

UNAH	1–0	Cobán Imperial

Estadio Nacional Chelato Uclés, Tegucigalpa

UNAH advanced to the third round after protesting the drawing of lots; which originally saw Cobán Imperial advance.

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Cartaginés	Cancelled (w/o)	Santiagueño

Santiagueño	Cancelled (w/o)	Cartaginés

Santiagueño advanced to the third round after Cartaginés withdrew from the competition

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22 May 1980 (1980-05-22)

Comunicaciones	2–0	Águila

Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores, Guatemala City

29 May 1980 (1980-05-29)

Águila	2–3	Comunicaciones
		Ramón A. Ramírez Enrique Sánchez

Estadio Juan Francisco Barraza, San Miguel

Comunicaciones won 5–2 on aggregate.

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4 June 1980 (1980-06-04)

Marathón	3–0	Herediano
Germán Bernárdez

Estadio Francisco Morazán, San Pedro Sula

15 June 1980 (1980-06-15)

Herediano	3–1	Marathón

Estadio Eladio Rosabal Cordero, Heredia

Marathón won 4–3 on aggregate.

Caribbean Zone

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
SUBT	2–5	Robinhood	2–1	0–4
Transvaal	4–2	Police	3–1	1–1

Caribbean Zone

8 June 1980 (1980-06-08)

SUBT	2–1	Robinhood

22 June 1980 (1980-06-22)

Robinhood	4–0	SUBT

Robinhood won 5–2 on aggregate.

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22 June 1980 (1980-06-22)

Transvaal	3–1	Police

29 June 1980 (1980-06-29)

Police	1–1	Transvaal

Transvaal won 4–2 on aggregate.

Second round

North America Zone

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Cruz Azul	12–3	Brooklyn Dodgers	9–1	3–2

North America Zone

10 September 1980 (1980-09-10)

Cruz Azul	9–1	Brooklyn Dodgers

13 September 1980 (1980-09-13)

Brooklyn Dodgers	2–3	Cruz Azul

Cruz Azul won 12–3 on aggregate; advanced to the third round.

Central America Zone

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Comunicaciones	1–5	Marathón	1–1	0–4
UNAH	5–3	Santiagueño	2–2	3–1 (a.e.t.)

Central America Zone

Torneo Centroamericano de Concacaf 1980

21 September 1980 (1980-09-21)

Comunicaciones	1–1	Marathón

Estadio Francisco Morazán, San Pedro Sula

24 September 1980 (1980-09-24)

Marathón	4–0	Comunicaciones

Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores, Guatemala City

Marathón won 5–1 on aggregate.

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24 September 1980 (1980-09-24)

Santiagueño	2–2	UNAH
Ever Hernandez Jorge Gonzalez		David Bueso Daniel Sambula

Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador

28 September 1980 (1980-09-28)

UNAH	3–1	Santiagueño
David Bueso Mario Lopez		Jorge Gonzalez

Estadio Nacional Chelato Uclés, Tegucigalpa

UNAH won 5–3 on aggregate.

Caribbean Zone

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Jong Colombia	0–5	Transvaal	0–1	0–4
Robinhood	4–3	Defence Force	2–1	2–2

Caribbean Zone

2 November 1980 (1980-11-02)

Jong Colombia	0–1	Transvaal

16 November 1980 (1980-11-16)

Transvaal	4–0	Jong Colombia

Transvaal won 5–0 on aggregate.

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2 November 1980 (1980-11-02)

Robinhood	2–1	Defence Force

19 November 1980 (1980-11-19)

Defence Force	2–2	Robinhood

Robinhood won 4–3 on aggregate.

Third round

North America Zone

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
UNAM	4–1	Cruz Azul	1–0	3–1

North America Zone

6 November 1980 (1980-11-06)

UNAM	1–0	Cruz Azul

13 November 1980 (1980-11-13)

Cruz Azul	1–3	UNAM

UNAM won 4–1 on aggregate; advanced to the final round.

Central America Zone

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
UNAH	1–0	Marathón	1–0	0–0

Central America Zone

Torneo Centroamericano de Concacaf 1980

26 December 1980 (1980-12-26)

UNAH	1–0	Marathón

Estadio Nacional Chelato Uclés, Tegucigalpa

29 December 1980 (1980-12-29)

Marathón	0–0	UNAH

Estadio Francisco Morazán, San Pedro Sula

UNAH won 1–0 on aggregate.

Caribbean Zone

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Robinhood	1–0	Transvaal	0–0	1–0

Caribbean Zone

14 December 1980 (1980-12-14)

Robinhood	0–0	Transvaal

21 December 1980 (1980-12-21)

Transvaal	0–1	Robinhood

Robinhood won 1–0 on aggregate.

Final round

All matches were played in Tegucigalpa.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final result
1	UNAM (C)	2	2	0	0	5	0	+5	4	Champions
2	UNAH	2	0	1	1	1	3	−2	1
3	Robinhood	2	0	1	1	1	4	−3	1

Source: CONCACAF
(C) Champions

8 February 1981 (1981-02-08)

UNAM	3–0	Robinhood
Sánchez 38', 85' Ferretti 69'

Estadio Nacional, Tegucigalpa

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10 February 1981 (1981-02-10)

UNAH	1–1	Robinhood
Murillo 35'		George 90'

Estadio Nacional, Tegucigalpa

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12 February 1981 (1981-02-12)

UNAH	0–2	UNAM
		Ferretti 43' Sánchez 60' (pen.)

Estadio Nacional, Tegucigalpa

Notes

1. Both matches between UNAM and Sacramento Gold were cancelled due to the withdrawal of Sacramento Gold from the competition. UNAM advanced to the third round on a walkover. The results are those listed by CONCACAF; It is stated in the RSSSF that there is no evidence that these games were played.

References

1. Copa de Campeones 1980 on the RSSSF
2. La generación Puma by Carlos Calderón on Medio Tiempo, 8 Feb 2009
3. Wolfson, Isaac (November 1996). Historia Estadística del Fútbol Profesional en México [Statistical History of Professional Football in Mexico] (in Spanish). Mexico. ISBN 970-91132-0-8.