1981 CONCACAF Champions' Cup

1981 CONCACAF Champions' Cup
Dates26 April 1981 – 2 February 1982
Final positions
Champions Transvaal
Runners-up Atlético Marte

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.[1]

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.
26 April 1981 1st leg Atletico Marte 2-2 Juventud Retalteca San Salvador, El Salvador
15:00 Norberto Huezo Paulo Damasco
Dubón 		Stadium: Estadio Cuscatlán
Referee: Rolando Paz Escoto
3 May 1981 2nd leg Juventud Retalteca 1-3
(5-3 agg.)		 Atletico Marte Retalhuleu, Guatemala
Ramon Fagoga own goal Carlos Recinos
José María "Mandingo" Rivas 		Stadium: Estadio Dr. Óscar Monterroso Izaguirre
1981 1st leg Marathón 4-0 Santiagueño San Pedro Sula, Honduras
Stadium: Estadio Francisco Morazán
May 18, 1981 2nd leg Santiagueño 1-1
(1-5 agg.)		 Marathón San Pedro Sula, Honduras
Eraldo Correia Jose Angel Pena Stadium: Estadio Francisco Morazán
1981 1st leg Xelajú 0-0 Tigres UANL Quetzaltenango, Guatemala
Stadium: Estadio Mario Camposeco
1981 2nd leg Tigres UANL 4-2
(4-2 agg.)		 Xelajú San Nicolás de los Garza, Mexico
Stadium: Estadio Universitario (UANL)
June 24, 1981 1st leg Real España 2-1 Cruz Azul San Pedro Sula, Honduras
Junior Costly
Hernán Juvini Carreño 		Stadium: Estadio Francisco Morazán
1981 2nd leg Cruz Azul 3-0
(4-2 agg.)		 Real España Jasso, Mexico
Stadium: Estadio 10 de Diciembre

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.
July 7, 1981 1st leg Tigres UANL 1–1 Atletico Marte San Nicolás de los Garza, Mexico
Tomás Boy 22' Jorge Gonzalez pen 62' Stadium: Estadio Universitario (UANL)
30 September 1981 2nd leg Atletico Marte 1-0*
(2–1 agg.)		 Tigres UANL San Salvador, El Salvador
Stadium: Estadio Cuscatlán
  • 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
22 September 1981 1st leg Cruz Azul 1–3 Marathón Jasso, Mexico
Mario Díaz Pérez 22' Celso Güity 3' 86'
Enrique Mendoza 31'		 Stadium: Estadio 10 de Diciembre
30 September 1981 2nd leg Marathón 1-1
(4-2 agg.)		 Cruz Azul San Pedro Sula, Honduras
Robert Bailey 83' Carlos Jara Saguier 75' Stadium: Estadio Francisco Morazán

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.
December 3, 1981 1st leg Marathón 1–0 Atletico Marte San Pedro Sula, Honduras
Celso Güity 16pen 16' Stadium: Estadio Francisco Morazán
6 December 1981 2nd leg Atletico Marte 2-0
(2–1 agg.)		 Marathón San Salvador, El Salvador
Antonio Infantozzi 7'
Herber Machón 8'		 Stadium: Estadio Cuscatlán

*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.
Kentucky Memphis 0-0 SUBT
SUBT 2–0
(3-0 agg.)		 Kentucky Memphis
Sithoc 1–0 Robinhood
Robinhood 5-0
(5-1 agg.)		 Sithoc
Transvaal 1–0 Defence Force
Defence Force v Transvaal

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.
SUBT 5–0 Yama Sun Oil
Yama Sun Oil 1-2
(2-7 agg.)		 SUBT
Robinhood 0–0 Transvaal
Transvaal 0-0
(0-0 (Pen 4-3) agg.)		 Robinhood

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.
SUBT 0-1 Transvaal
Transvaal 2–0
(3-0 agg.)		 SUBT

Final

x both matches in Paramaribo

First leg

1981 CONCACAF Champions' Cup Final
First leg
Transvaal 1–0 Atlético Marte
Leisberger 84' Report

Second leg

Second leg
Atlético Marte 1–1 Transvaal
Wilfredo Huezo Report Wensley Bundel

Transvaal won 2–1 on aggregate.

Champion

CONCACAF Champions' Cup
1981 Champions

Transvaal
Second title

References

  1. ^ Copa de Campeones 1981 on the RSSSF
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