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)

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)

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
United States	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
Guatemala	Cobán Imperial
Honduras	Marathón
Honduras	UNAH
Costa Rica	Herediano
El Salvador	Águila
Entering second round
El Salvador	Santiagueño

Caribbean Zone

Association	Club	Qualifying method
Entering first round
Suriname	Robinhood	1979 champions
Suriname	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	w/o[note 1]	Sacramento Gold	Cancelled	Cancelled
Brooklyn Dodgers	3–2	Hotels International FC	2–2	1–0

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]

22 June 1980

Brooklyn Dodgers	2–2	Hotels International
Unknown Unknown		Unknown Unknown

29 June 1980

Hotels International	0–1	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	12–3	Brooklyn Dodgers	9–1	3–2

10 September 1980

Cruz Azul	9–1	Brooklyn Dodgers
Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown		Unknown

13 September 1980

Brooklyn Dodgers	2–3	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	4–1	Cruz Azul	1–0	3–1

6 November 1980

UNAM	1–0	Cruz Azul
Unknown		Nil

13 November 1980

Cruz Azul	1–3	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	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

20 May 1980

Cobán Imperial	2–1	UNAH
own goal Luis Condomi		Unknown

José Ángel Rossi Stadium, Cobán

11 June 1980

UNAH	1–0	Cobán Imperial
Unknown		Nil

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

22 May 1980

Comunicaciones	2–0	Águila
Unknown Unknown		Nil

29 May 1980

Águila	2–3	Comunicaciones
Unknown Unknown		Ramón A. Ramírez Enrique Sánchez

Comunicaciones won 5–2 on aggregate.

4 June 1980

Marathón	3–0	Herediano
Germán Bernárdez Unknown		Nil

Francisco Morazán Stadium, San Pedro Sula

15 June 1980

Herediano	3–1	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	1–5	Marathón	1–1	0–4
UNAH	5–3	Santiagueño	2–2	3–1 (a.e.t.)

21 September 1980

Comunicaciones	1–1	Marathón
Unknown		Unknown

24 September 1980

Marathón	4–0	Comunicaciones
Unknown Unknown Unknown

Marathón won 5–1 on aggregate.

24 September 1980

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

28 September 1980

UNAH	3–1	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	1–0	Marathón	1–0	0–0

26 December 1980

UNAH	1–0	Marathón
Unknown		Nil

29 December 1980

Marathón	0–0	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	2–5	Robinhood	2–1	0–4
Transvaal	4–2	Police	3–1	1–1

8 June 1980

SUBT	2–1	Robinhood
Unknown Unknown		Unknown

22 June 1980

Robinhood	4–0	SUBT
Unknown Unknown Unknown		Nil

Robinhood won 5–2 on aggregate.

22 June 1980

Transvaal	3–1	Police
Unknown Unknown		Unknown

29 June 1980

Police	1–1	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	0–5	Transvaal	0–1	0–4
Robinhood	4–3	Defence Force	2–1	2–2

2 November 1980

Jong Colombia	0–1	Transvaal
Nil		Unknown

16 November 1980

Transvaal	4–0	Jong Colombia
Unknown Unknown Unknown		Nil

Transvaal won 5–0 on aggregate.

2 November 1980

Robinhood	2–1	Defence Force
Unknown Unknown		Unknown

19 November 1980

Defence Force	2–2	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	1–0	Transvaal	0–0	1–0

14 December 1980

Robinhood	0–0	Transvaal
Nil		Nil

21 December 1980

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

8 February 1981

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

Estadio Nacional, Tegucigalpa

10 February 1981

UNAH	1–1	Robinhood
Juan Cruz Murillo 35'		Roy Glenn George 90'

Estadio Nacional, Tegucigalpa

12 February 1981

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

Estadio Nacional, Tegucigalpa

Notes

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

Copa de Campeones 1980 on the RSSSF
La generación Puma by Carlos Calderón on Medio Tiempo, 8 Feb 2009
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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[UNAM_v_Sacramento_Gold-3] 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.

[1] Copa de Campeones 1980 on the RSSSF

[2] La generación Puma by Carlos Calderón on Medio Tiempo, 8 Feb 2009

[4] 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)