1980 CONCACAF Champions' Cup
Estadio Nacional in Tegucigalpa hosted the final round
Tournament details
Dates20 May 1980 – 12 February 1981
Teams18
Final positions
ChampionsMexico UNAM (1st title)
Runners-upHonduras UNAH
Tournament statistics
Matches played33
Goals scored92 (2.79 per match)

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 America Zone

Association Club Qualifying method App. (last) Previous best (last)
Entering first round
 United States Sacramento Gold 1979 American Soccer League champions 1st Debut
Brooklyn Dodgers 1979 National Challenge Cup champions 1st Debut
 Bermuda Hotels International 1979–80 Bermudian Premier Division champions 1st Debut
 Mexico UNAM 1978–79 Mexican Primera División runners-up 1st Debut
Entering second round
 Mexico Cruz Azul 1978–79 Mexican Primera División champions 1st Debut

Central America Zone

Association Club Qualifying method App. (last) Previous best (last)
Entering first round
 Guatemala Comunicaciones
Cobán Imperial
 Honduras Marathón
UNAH
 Costa Rica Herediano
 El Salvador Águila
Entering second round
 El Salvador Santiagueño

Caribbean Zone

Association Club Qualifying method App. (last) Previous best (last)
Entering first round
 Suriname Robinhood 1979 champions
Transvaal 1979 runners-up
 Netherlands Antilles SUBT 1979–80 runners-up
 Trinidad and Tobago Police 1979 champions
Entering second round
 Netherlands Antilles Jong Colombia 1979–80 champions
 Trinidad and Tobago Defence Force 1979 runners-up

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

North America Zone

First round

The first leg was played on 22 June, and the second leg was played on 29 June 1980.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
UNAM Mexico w/o[note 1] United States Sacramento Gold Cancelled Cancelled
Brooklyn Dodgers United States 3–2 Bermuda Hotels International FC 2–2 1–0
UNAM MexicoCancelled
(w/o)		United States Sacramento Gold
Sacramento Gold United StatesCancelled
(w/o)		Mexico UNAM

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

Brooklyn Dodgers United States2–2Bermuda Hotels International
Unknown
Unknown 		Unknown
Unknown
Hotels International Bermuda0–1United States Brooklyn Dodgers
Nil Unknown

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

Second round

The first leg was played on 10 September, and the second leg was played on 13 September 1980.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Cruz Azul Mexico 12–3 United States Brooklyn Dodgers 9–1 3–2
Cruz Azul Mexico9–1United States Brooklyn Dodgers
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown 		Unknown
Brooklyn Dodgers United States2–3Mexico Cruz Azul
Unknown
Unknown 		Unknown
Unknown
Unknown

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

Third round

The first leg was played on 6 November, and the second leg was played on 13 November 1980.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
UNAM Mexico 4–1 Mexico Cruz Azul 1–0 3–1
UNAM Mexico1–0Mexico Cruz Azul
Unknown Nil
Cruz Azul Mexico1–3Mexico UNAM
Unknown Unknown
Unknown
Unknown

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

Central America Zone

First round

The first legs were played on 20 and 22 May and 4 June, and the second legs were played on 29 May, and 11 and 15 June 1982.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Cobán Imperial Guatemala 2–2 (d.) Honduras UNAH 2–1 0–1
Santiagueño El Salvador w/o Costa Rica Cartaginés Cancelled Cancelled
Comunicaciones Guatemala 5–2 El Salvador Águila 2–0 3–2
Marathón Honduras 4–3 Costa Rica Herediano 3–0 1–3
Cobán Imperial Guatemala2–1Honduras UNAH
own goal
Luis Condomi 		Unknown
José Ángel Rossi Stadium, Cobán
UNAH Honduras1–0Guatemala Cobán Imperial
Unknown Nil

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

Cartaginés Costa RicaCancelled
(w/o)		El Salvador Santiagueño
Santiagueño El SalvadorCancelled
(w/o)		Costa Rica Cartaginés

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

Comunicaciones Guatemala2–0El Salvador Águila
Unknown
Unknown 		Nil
Águila El Salvador2–3Guatemala Comunicaciones
Unknown
Unknown 		Ramón A. Ramírez
Enrique Sánchez

Comunicaciones won 5–2 on aggregate.

Marathón Honduras3–0Costa Rica Herediano
Germán Bernárdez
Unknown 		Nil
Francisco Morazán Stadium, San Pedro Sula
Herediano Costa Rica3–1Honduras Marathón
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown 		Unknown

Marathón won 4–3 on aggregate.

Second round

The first legs were played on 21 and 24 September, and the second legs were played on 24 and 28 September 1980.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Comunicaciones Guatemala 1–5 Honduras Marathón 1–1 0–4
UNAH Honduras 5–3 El Salvador Santiagueño 2–2 3–1 (a.e.t.)
Comunicaciones Guatemala1–1Honduras Marathón
Unknown Unknown
Marathón Honduras4–0Guatemala Comunicaciones
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown

Marathón won 5–1 on aggregate.

Santiagueño El Salvador2–2Honduras UNAH
Ever Hernandez
Jorge Gonzalez 		David Bueso
Daniel Sambula
UNAH Honduras3–1El Salvador Santiagueño
David Bueso
Mario Lopez 		Jorge Gonzalez

UNAH won 5–3 on aggregate.

Third round

The first leg was played on 26 December, and the second leg was played on 26 December 1980.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
UNAH Honduras 1–0 Honduras Marathón 1–0 0–0
UNAH Honduras1–0Honduras Marathón
Unknown Nil
Marathón Honduras0–0Honduras UNAH
Nil Nil

UNAH won 1–0 on aggregate.

Caribbean Zone

First round

The first legs were played on 8 and 22 June, and the second legs were played on 22 and 29 June 1980.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
SUBT Netherlands Antilles 2–5 Suriname Robinhood 2–1 0–4
Transvaal Suriname 4–2 Trinidad and Tobago Police 3–1 1–1
SUBT Netherlands Antilles2–1Suriname Robinhood
Unknown
Unknown 		Unknown
Robinhood Suriname4–0Netherlands Antilles SUBT
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown 		Nil

Robinhood won 5–2 on aggregate.

Transvaal Suriname3–1Trinidad and Tobago Police
Unknown
Unknown 		Unknown
Police Trinidad and Tobago1–1Suriname Transvaal
Unknown Unknown

Transvaal won 4–2 on aggregate.

Second round

The first legs were played 2 November, and the second legs were played on 16 and 19 November 1980.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Jong Colombia Netherlands Antilles 0–5 Suriname Transvaal 0–1 0–4
Robinhood Suriname 4–3 Trinidad and Tobago Defence Force 2–1 2–2
Jong Colombia Netherlands Antilles0–1Suriname Transvaal
Nil Unknown
Transvaal Suriname4–0Netherlands Antilles Jong Colombia
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown 		Nil

Transvaal won 5–0 on aggregate.

Robinhood Suriname2–1Trinidad and Tobago Defence Force
Unknown
Unknown 		Unknown
Defence Force Trinidad and Tobago2–2Suriname Robinhood
Unknown
Unknown 		Unknown
Unknown

Robinhood won 4–3 on aggregate.

Third round

The first leg was played on 14 December, and the second leg was played on 21 December 1980.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Robinhood Suriname 1–0 Suriname Transvaal 0–0 1–0
Robinhood Suriname0–0Suriname Transvaal
Nil Nil
Transvaal Suriname0–1Suriname Robinhood
Nil Unknown

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 Mexico UNAM (C) 2 2 0 0 5 0 +5 4 Champions
2 Honduras UNAH 2 0 1 1 1 3 −2 1
3 Suriname Robinhood 2 0 1 1 1 4 −3 1
Source: CONCACAF
(C) Champions
UNAM Mexico3–0Suriname Robinhood
Hugo Sánchez 38', 85'
Ricardo Ferretti 69'		 Nil
UNAH Honduras1–1Suriname Robinhood
Juan Cruz Murillo 35' Roy Glenn George 90'
UNAH Honduras0–2Mexico UNAM
Nil Ricardo Ferretti 43'
Hugo Sánchez 60' (pen.)

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.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
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