1980 CONCACAF Champions' Cup

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.

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

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.

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
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
 North America Zone
UNAM w/o[note 1] Sacramento Gold Cancelled Cancelled
Brooklyn Dodgers 3–2 Hotels International FC 2–2 1–0
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
 Central America Zone
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
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
 Caribbean Zone
SUBT 2–5 Robinhood 2–1 0–4
Transvaal 4–2 Police 3–1 1–1

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]

Brooklyn Dodgers 2–2 Hotels International
Unknown
Unknown 		Unknown
Unknown
Hotels International 0–1 Brooklyn Dodgers
Nil Unknown

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

Central America Zone

Torneo Centroamericano de Concacaf 1980

Cobán Imperial 2–1 UNAH
own goal
Luis Condomi 		Unknown
UNAH 1–0 Cobán Imperial
Unknown

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

Cartaginés Cancelled
(w/o)		 Santiagueño
Santiagueño Cancelled
(w/o)		 Cartaginés

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

Águila 2–3 Comunicaciones

 Ramón A. Ramírez
Enrique Sánchez

Comunicaciones won 5–2 on aggregate.

Marathón 3–0 Herediano
Germán Bernárdez
Herediano 3–1 Marathón

Unknown

Marathón won 4–3 on aggregate.

Caribbean Zone
SUBT 2–1 Robinhood
Unknown
Unknown 		Unknown
Robinhood 4–0 SUBT
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown 		Nil

Robinhood won 5–2 on aggregate.

Transvaal 3–1 Police
Unknown
Unknown 		Unknown
Police 1–1 Transvaal
Unknown Unknown

Transvaal won 4–2 on aggregate.

Second round
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
 North America Zone
Cruz Azul 12–3 Brooklyn Dodgers 9–1 3–2
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
 Central America Zone
Comunicaciones 1–5 Marathón 1–1 0–4
UNAH 5–3 Santiagueño 2–2 3–1 (a.e.t.)
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
 Caribbean Zone
Jong Colombia 0–5 Transvaal 0–1 0–4
Robinhood 4–3 Defence Force 2–1 2–2

North America Zone
Cruz Azul 9–1 Brooklyn Dodgers
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown 		Unknown
Brooklyn Dodgers 2–3 Cruz Azul
Unknown
Unknown 		Unknown
Unknown
Unknown

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

Central America Zone

Torneo Centroamericano de Concacaf 1980

Comunicaciones 1–1 Marathón
Marathón 4–0 Comunicaciones

Marathón won 5–1 on aggregate.

Santiagueño 2–2 UNAH
Ever Hernandez
Jorge Gonzalez 		David Bueso
Daniel Sambula
UNAH 3–1 Santiagueño
David Bueso
Mario Lopez 		Jorge Gonzalez

UNAH won 5–3 on aggregate.

Caribbean Zone
Jong Colombia 0–1 Transvaal
Nil Unknown
Transvaal 4–0 Jong Colombia
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown 		Nil

Transvaal won 5–0 on aggregate.

Robinhood 2–1 Defence Force
Unknown
Unknown 		Unknown
Defence Force 2–2 Robinhood
Unknown
Unknown 		Unknown
Unknown

Robinhood won 4–3 on aggregate.

Third round
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
 North America Zone
UNAM 4–1 Cruz Azul 1–0 3–1
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
 Central America Zone
UNAH 1–0 Marathón 1–0 0–0
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
 Caribbean Zone
Robinhood 1–0 Transvaal 0–0 1–0

North America Zone
UNAM 1–0 Cruz Azul
Unknown Nil
Cruz Azul 1–3 UNAM
Unknown Unknown
Unknown
Unknown

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

Central America Zone

Torneo Centroamericano de Concacaf 1980

UNAH 1–0 Marathón
Marathón 0–0 UNAH

UNAH won 1–0 on aggregate.

Caribbean Zone
Robinhood 0–0 Transvaal
Nil Nil
Transvaal 0–1 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 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
UNAM 3–0 Robinhood
UNAH 1–1 Robinhood
  • George 90'
UNAH 0–2 UNAM

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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