| Tourney Name: | CONCACAF Champions' Cup |
| Year: | 1980 |
| Size: | 275 |
| Caption: | Estadio Nacional in Tegucigalpa hosted the final round |
| 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.[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.
| 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 | ||
|+North America Zone|+Central America Zone|+Caribbean 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.
Torneo Centroamericano de Concacaf 1980UNAH 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.
Robinhood won 5–2 on aggregate.----Transvaal won 4–2 on aggregate.
|+North America Zone|+Central America Zone|+Caribbean Zone
Cruz Azul won 12–3 on aggregate; advanced to the third round.
Torneo Centroamericano de Concacaf 1980Marathón won 5–1 on aggregate.----UNAH won 5–3 on aggregate.
Transvaal won 5–0 on aggregate.----Robinhood won 4–3 on aggregate.
|+North America Zone|+Central America Zone|+Caribbean Zone
UNAM won 4–1 on aggregate; advanced to the final round.
Torneo Centroamericano de Concacaf 1980UNAH won 1–0 on aggregate.
Robinhood won 1–0 on aggregate.
All matches were played in Tegucigalpa.
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