1981 CONCACAF Champions' Cup

1981 CONCACAF Champions' Cup

Dates	26 April 1981 – 2 February 1982
Final positions
Champions	Transvaal
Runner-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 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.

Atletico Marte v Juventud Retalteca

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

Juventud Retalteca v Atletico Marte

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

Marathón v Santiagueño

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

Santiagueño v Marathón

May 18, 1981 2nd leg	Santiagueño	1-1 (1-5 agg.)	Marathón	TBD, TBD
	Eraldo Correia		Jose Angel Pena

Xelajú v Tigres UANL

1981 1st leg	Xelajú	0-0	Tigres UANL	TBD, TBD
	Nil		Nil

Tigres UANL v Xelajú

1981 2nd leg	Tigres UANL	4-2 (4-2 agg.)	Xelajú	TBD, TBD
	TBD TBD TBD TBD		TBD TBD

Real España v Cruz Azul

June 24, 1981 1st leg	Real España	2-1	Cruz Azul	San Pedro Sula, Honduras
	Junior Costly Hernán Juvini Carreño			Stadium: Francisco Morazán Stadium.

Cruz Azul v Real España

1981 2nd leg	Cruz Azul	3-0 (4-2 agg.)	Real España	TBD, TBD
	TBD TBD TBD		Nil

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.

Tigres UANL v Atletico Marte

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

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	1-1 (4-2 agg.)	Cruz Azul	TBD, Honduras
	Robert Bailey 83'		Carlos Jara Saguier 75'

Third round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	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 16'		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.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	2 - 2
Yama Sun Oil		Saint Thomas College

• 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.

Kentucky Memphis v SUBT

	Kentucky Memphis	0-1	SUBT
	Nil

SUBT v Kentucky Memphis

	SUBT	2–0 (3-0 agg.)	Kentucky Memphis
			Nil

Sithoc v Robinhood

	Sithoc	1–0	Robinhood
			Nil

Robinhood v Sithoc

	Robinhood	5-0 (5-1 agg.)	Sithoc
			Nil

Transvaal v Defence Force

	Transvaal	1–0	Defence Force
			Nil

Defence Force v Transvaal

Defence Force

2–2 (2-3 agg.)

Transvaal

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 pk)	Transvaal	0 - 0	0 - 0

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

SUBT v Yama Sun Oil

	SUBT	5–0	Yama Sun Oil
			Nil

Yama Sun Oil v SUBT

Yama Sun Oil

1-2 (2-7 agg.)

SUBT

Robinhood v Transvaal

Robinhood

0–0

Transvaal

Transvaal v Robinhood

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 v Transvaal

	SUBT	0-1	Transvaal
	Nil

Transvaal v SUBT

	Transvaal	2–0 (3-0 agg.)	SUBT
			Nil

Final

First leg

1981 CONCACAF Champions' Cup Final

January 30, 1982

First leg

Transvaal	1–0	Atlético Marte
Leisberger 84'	Report	Nil

National Stadion, Paramaribo

Second leg

February 2, 1982

Second leg

Atlético Marte	1–1	Transvaal
Wilfredo Huezo	Report	Wensley Bundel

National Stadion, 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