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]
The following 18 teams (from ten associations) qualified for the tournament.
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.
North America Zone
UNAM advanced to the third round after Sacramento Gold withdrew from the competition[3]
Brooklyn Dodgers won 3–2 on aggregate; advanced to the second round.
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
Robinhood won 5–2 on aggregate.
Transvaal won 4–2 on aggregate.
Cruz Azul won 12–3 on aggregate; advanced to the third round.
Marathón won 5–1 on aggregate.
UNAH won 5–3 on aggregate.
Transvaal won 5–0 on aggregate.
Robinhood won 4–3 on aggregate.
UNAM won 4–1 on aggregate; advanced to the final round.
UNAH won 1–0 on aggregate.
Robinhood won 1–0 on aggregate.
All matches were played in Tegucigalpa.
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