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1980 CONCACAF Champions' Cup

16th edition of premier club football tournament organized by CONCACAF

Field	Value
tourney_name	CONCACAF Champions' Cup
year	1980
size	275
caption	Estadio Nacional in Tegucigalpa hosted the final round
image	Estadio Carías.jpg
dates	20 May 1980 – 12 February 1981
num_teams	18
champion_other	UNAM
count	1
second_other	UNAH
matches	33
goals	92
prevseason	1979
nextseason	1981

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.

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)

Teams
Cruz Azul (1st)
Sacramento Gold (1st)
Herediano (1st)
Águila (1st)
Comunicaciones (1st)
Marathón (1st)
Jong Colombia (1st)
Robinhood (1st)
Police (1st)
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

North America Zone

(w/o) (w/o) UNAM advanced to the third round after Sacramento Gold withdrew from the competition

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

Central America Zone

Central America Zone

Torneo Centroamericano de Concacaf 1980 Luis Condomi UNAH advanced to the third round after protesting the drawing of lots; which originally saw Cobán Imperial advance.

(w/o) (w/o) Santiagueño advanced to the third round after Cartaginés withdrew from the competition

Enrique Sánchez Comunicaciones won 5–2 on aggregate.

Marathón won 4–3 on aggregate.

Caribbean Zone

Caribbean Zone

Robinhood won 5–2 on aggregate.

Transvaal won 4–2 on aggregate.

Second round

North America Zone

North America Zone

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

Central America Zone

Central America Zone

Torneo Centroamericano de Concacaf 1980 Marathón won 5–1 on aggregate.

Jorge Gonzalez Daniel Sambula Mario Lopez UNAH won 5–3 on aggregate.

Caribbean Zone

Caribbean Zone

Transvaal won 5–0 on aggregate.

Robinhood won 4–3 on aggregate.

Third round

North America Zone

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

Central America Zone

Central America Zone

Torneo Centroamericano de Concacaf 1980 UNAH won 1–0 on aggregate.

Caribbean Zone

Caribbean Zone

Robinhood won 1–0 on aggregate.

Final round

All matches were played in Tegucigalpa.

Sánchez
Ferretti

Murillo
George

Ferretti
Sánchez

Notes

References

[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/cacups80.html Copa de Campeones 1980] on the RSSSF
[https://www.mediotiempo.com/opinion/carlos-calderon/columna-carlos-calderon/la-generacion-puma La generación Puma] by Carlos Calderón on Medio Tiempo, 8 Feb 2009
Wolfson, Isaac. (November 1996). "Historia Estadística del Fútbol Profesional en México".

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