1981 CONCACAF Champions' Cup

1981 CONCACAF Champions' Cup

Dates	26 April 1980 – 2 February 1981
Champions	Transvaal
Runners-up	Atlético Marte
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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 till 2 February 1981.

The teams were split in 2 zones, North/Central American and Caribbean, (as North and Central American sections combined to qualify one team for the final), 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 v Salvadorean Atlético Marte (21 on aggregate), becoming CONCACAF champions for the second time in their history.^[1]

North/Central American Zone[]

First round[]

Team 1	Agg.	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.

Atletico Marte v Juventud Retalteca

26 April 1981 1st leg	Atletico Marte	2-2	Juventud Retalteca	Estadio Cuscatlan
15:00	Norberto Huezo x 2		Paulo Damasco Dubón	Referee: Rolando Paz Escoto

Juventud Retalteca v Atletico Marte

May 3, 1981 2nd leg	Juventud Retalteca	1-3 (5-2 agg.)	Atletico Marte	Guatemala
	Ramon Fagoga own goal		Carlos Recinos, José María "Mandingo" Rivas x2	Stadium: Estadio Municipal de Retalhuelo

Marathón v Santiagueño

1981 1st leg	Marathón	4-0	Santiagueño	TBD, TBD
			Nil

Santiagueño v Marathón

1981 2nd leg	Santiagueño	1-1 (1-5 agg.)	Marathón	TBD, TBD
			Jose Angel Pena

Second round[]

Team 1	Agg.	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.

Tigres UANL v Atletico Marte

July 7, 1981 1st leg	Tigres UANL	1–1	Atletico Marte
	Tomás Boy 22		Jorge Gonzalez 62 pen

Atletico Marte v Tigres UANL

30 September 1981 2nd leg

Atletico Marte

1-0 (Awarded to Atletico Marte as Tigres UANL failed to travel) (2–1 agg.)

Tigres UANL

Cruz Azul v Marathón

22 September 1981 1st leg	Cruz Azul	1–3	Marathón	Mexico
	Mario Díaz Pérez 22		Celso Güity 3, 86 Enrique Mendoza 31	Stadium: Ciudad Cooperativa Cruz Azul (Jasso)

Marathón v Cruz Azul

30 September 1981 2nd leg	Marathón	0–0 (2–1 agg.)	Cruz Azul	TBD, Honduras
	Robert Bailey 83		Carlos Jara Saguier 75

Third round[]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Atlético Marte	2-1	Marathón	0-1	2-0

• Marathón withdrew
• Atlético Marte advances to the CONCACAF Champions' Cup Final.

• Marathon 1-0 Atletico Marte (Celso Güity)

Marathón v Atletico Marte

December 3, 1981 1st leg	Marathón	1–0	Atletico Marte
	Celso Güity 16pen		Nil

Atletico Marte v Marathón

6 December 1981 2nd leg	Atletico Marte	2-0 (2–1 agg.)	Marathón
	Antonio Infantozzi 7 Herber Machón 8		Nil

Caribbean Zone[]

First round[]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
	0 - 3	SUBT	0 - 1	0 - 2
Sithoc	1 - 5	Robinhood	1 - 0	0 - 5
Transvaal	1 - 0	Defence Force	1 - 0

• Transvaal vs. Defence Force and Yama Sun Oil vs. Saint Thomas College, Results are unknown.***
• SUBT, Robinhood, Transvaal and Yama Sun Oil advance to the second round.

TBD v TBD

TBD

1–0

TBD

TBD v TBD

TBD

2–2 (2-3 agg.)

TBD

TBD v TBD

TBD

1–0

TBD

TBD v TBD

TBD

2–2 (2-3 agg.)

TBD

TBD v TBD

TBD

1–0

TBD

TBD v TBD

TBD

2–2 (2-3 agg.)

TBD

Second round[]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
SUBT	7 - 1		5 - 0	2 - 1
Robinhood	0 - 0 (3-4 pk)	Transvaal	0 - 0	0 - 0

• Robinhood vs. Transvaal, Results are unknown.***
• SUBT and Transvaal advance to the third round.

TBD v TBD

TBD

1–0

TBD

TBD v TBD

TBD

2–2 (2-3 agg.)

TBD

TBD v TBD

TBD

1–0

TBD

TBD v TBD

TBD

2–2 (2-3 agg.)

TBD

Third round[]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
SUBT	0 - 3	Transvaal	0 - 1	0 - 2

• Transvaal advances to the CONCACAF Champions' Cup Final.

TBD v TBD

TBD

1–0

TBD

TBD v TBD

TBD

2–2 (2-3 agg.)

TBD

Final[]

First leg[]

1981 CONCACAF Champions' Cup Final

January 30, 1982

First leg

Transvaal	1–0	Atlético Marte
Leisberger 84'	Report

National Stadium, Paramaribo

Second leg[]

February 2, 1982

Second leg

Atlético Marte	1–1	Transvaal
Wilfredo Huezo	Report	Wensley Bundel

National Stadium, Paramaribo

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

References[]