# 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.
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)
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 |
| Qualifying | Second qualifying round | 22 June – 2 November 1980 | 29 June – 16 November 1980 |
| Qualifying | Third qualifying round | 6 November 1980 | 13 November 1980 |
| Final round | Match 1 | 8 February 1981 | 8 February 1981 |
| Final round | Match 2 | 10 February 1981 | 10 February 1981 |
| Final round | Match 3 | 12 February 1981 | 12 February 1981 |

## First round

North America Zone
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| UNAM | w/o | Sacramento Gold | Cancelled | Cancelled |
| Brooklyn Dodgers | 3–2 | Hotels International FC | 2–2 | 1–0 |

### North America Zone

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
| 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 |

### Central America Zone

Torneo Centroamericano de Concacaf 1980
UNAH advanced to the third round after protesting the drawing of lots; which originally saw Cobán Imperial advance.
Santiagueño advanced to the third round after Cartaginés withdrew from the competition
Comunicaciones won 5–2 on aggregate.
Marathón won 4–3 on aggregate.
Caribbean Zone
| 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 |

### Caribbean Zone

Robinhood won 5–2 on aggregate.
Transvaal won 4–2 on aggregate.

## Second round

North America Zone
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Cruz Azul | 12–3 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 9–1 | 3–2 |

### North America Zone

Cruz Azul won 12–3 on aggregate; advanced to the third round.
Central America Zone
| 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.) |

### Central America Zone

Torneo Centroamericano de Concacaf 1980
Marathón won 5–1 on aggregate.
UNAH won 5–3 on aggregate.
Caribbean Zone
| 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 |

### Caribbean Zone

Transvaal won 5–0 on aggregate.
Robinhood won 4–3 on aggregate.

## Third round

North America Zone
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| UNAM | 4–1 | Cruz Azul | 1–0 | 3–1 |

### North America Zone

UNAM won 4–1 on aggregate; advanced to the final round.
Central America Zone
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| UNAH | 1–0 | Marathón | 1–0 | 0–0 |

### Central America Zone

Torneo Centroamericano de Concacaf 1980
UNAH won 1–0 on aggregate.
Caribbean Zone
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Robinhood | 1–0 | Transvaal | 0–0 | 1–0 |

### Caribbean Zone

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 | |