# 1981 CONCACAF Champions' Cup

The 1981 CONCACAF Champions' Cup was the 17th edition of the annual international club football competition held in the CONCACAF region (North America, Central America and the Caribbean), the CONCACAF Champions' Cup. It determined that year's club champion of association football in the CONCACAF region and was played from 26 April 1980 to 2 February 1981.
The teams were split in two zones, North/Central American and Caribbean, each one qualifying the winner to the final tournament. All the matches in the tournament were played under the home/away match system.
Surinamean team Transvaal won the two-legged series against Salvadorean Atlético Marte (2–1 on aggregate), becoming CONCACAF champions for the second time in their history.

## North/Central American Zone
### First round

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Atlético Marte | 5–3 | Juventud Retalteca | 2–2 | 3–1 |
| Marathón | 5–1 | Santiagueño | 4–0 | 1–1 |
| Xelajú | 2–4 | Tigres UANL | 0–0 | 2–4 |
| Real España | 2–4 | Cruz Azul | 2–1 | 0–3 |
* Atlético Marte, Marathón, UANL Tigres AND Cruz Azul advance to the second round.

### Second round

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Tigres UANL | 1 - 2 | Atlético Marte | 1 - 1 | 0 - 1 |
| Marathón | 4 - 2 | Cruz Azul | 3 - 1 | 1 - 1 |
* Atlético Marte and Marathón advance to the third round.
* 2nd leg not played, U.A.N.L. refused to travel to El Salvador due to political unrest; CONCACAF list the result as 1-0, probably having awarded the return to Atlético Marte

### Third round

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Atlético Marte | 2-1 | Marathón | 0-1 | 2-0 |
* Atlético Marte advances to the CONCACAF Champions' Cup Final.
*Marathón withdrew

## Caribbean Zone
### First round

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Kentucky Memphis | 0 - 3 | SUBT | 0 - 1 | 0 - 2 |
| Sithoc | 1 - 5 | Robinhood | 1 - 0 | 0 - 5 |
| Transvaal | 3 - 2 | Defence Force | 1 - 0 | x |
| Yama Sun Oil | | Saint Thomas College | | |
* SUBT, Robinhood, Transvaal and Yama Sun Oil advance to the second round.
result 2nd leg not known, Transvaal qualified.
other fixtures not known but apparently Yama Sun Oil eliminated Saint Thomas College (home country unclear)

### Second round

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| SUBT | 7 - 1 | Yama Sun Oil | 5 - 0 | 2 - 1 |
| Robinhood | 0 - 0 (3-4 pen) | Transvaal | 0 - 0 | 0 - 0 |
* SUBT and Transvaal advance to the third round.

### Third round

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| SUBT | 0 - 3 | Transvaal | 0 - 1 | 0 - 2 |
* Transvaal advances to the CONCACAF Champions' Cup Final.

## Final

x both matches in Paramaribo

### Second leg

Team details :
Transvaal
At. Marte
GK Barron
DF Hagadeau
DF Schaul
DF Brammerlo
DF Oehlers
MF Wannenburg
MF Leisberger
MF Bundel
MF Mortan
FW Corte
FW Theo Klein
Manager:
GK Carlos Cañadas
DF Milton Campos
DF Alfredo Rivera
DF José Castillo
DF Jorge Peña
MF Manuel Ramos
MF Danilo Blanco
FW Ramón Fagoaga
MF Norberto Huezo
FW Jorge Salomón
FW Miguel González
Manager:
Transvaal won 2–1 on aggregate.

## Champion

* CONCACAF Champions' Cup 1981 Champions
* Transvaal Second title