1981 CONCACAF Champions' Cup
Dates26 April 1981 – 2 February 1982
Final positions
ChampionsSuriname Transvaal
Runner-upEl Salvador 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 El Salvador 5–3 Guatemala Juventud Retalteca 2–2 3–1
Marathón Honduras 5–1 El Salvador Santiagueño 4–0 1–1
Xelajú Guatemala 2–4 Mexico Tigres UANL 0–0 2–4
Real España Honduras 2–4 Mexico 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 El Salvador 2-2 Guatemala Juventud Retalteca Estadio Cuscatlan
15:00 Norberto Huezo Paulo Damasco
Dubón 		Referee: Rolando Paz Escoto
3 May 1981 2nd leg Juventud Retalteca Guatemala 1-3
(5-3 agg.)		 El Salvador Atletico Marte Guatemala
Ramon Fagoga own goal Carlos Recinos
José María "Mandingo" Rivas 		Stadium: Estadio Municipal de Retalhuelo
1981 1st leg Marathón Honduras 4-0 El Salvador Santiagueño TBD, TBD
Nil
May 18, 1981 2nd leg Santiagueño El Salvador 1-1
(1-5 agg.)		 Honduras Marathón TBD, TBD
Eraldo Correia Jose Angel Pena
1981 1st leg Xelajú Guatemala 0-0 Mexico Tigres UANL TBD, TBD
Nil Nil
1981 2nd leg Tigres UANL Mexico 4-2
(4-2 agg.)		 Guatemala Xelajú TBD, TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD 		TBD
TBD
June 24, 1981 1st leg Real España Honduras 2-1 Mexico Cruz Azul San Pedro Sula, Honduras
Junior Costly
Hernán Juvini Carreño 		Stadium: Francisco Morazán Stadium.
1981 2nd leg Cruz Azul Mexico 3-0
(4-2 agg.)		 Honduras Real España TBD, TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD 		Nil

Second round

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Tigres UANL Mexico 1 - 2 El Salvador Atlético Marte 1 - 1 0 - 1
Marathón Honduras 4 - 2 Mexico Cruz Azul 3 - 1 1 - 1
  • Atlético Marte and Marathón advance to the third round.
July 7, 1981 1st leg Tigres UANL Mexico 1–1 El Salvador Atletico Marte
Tomás Boy 22' Jorge Gonzalez pen 62'
30 September 1981 2nd leg Atletico Marte El Salvador 1-0 (Awarded to Atletico Marte as Tigres UANL failed to travel)
(2–1 agg.)		 Mexico Tigres UANL
22 September 1981 1st leg Cruz Azul Mexico 1–3 Honduras Marathón Mexico
Mario Díaz Pérez 22' Celso Güity 3' 86'
Enrique Mendoza 31'		 Stadium: Ciudad Cooperativa Cruz Azul (Jasso)
30 September 1981 2nd leg Marathón Honduras 1-1
(4-2 agg.)		 Mexico 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 El Salvador 2-1 Honduras Marathón 0-1 2-0
  • Marathón withdrew
  • Atlético Marte advances to the CONCACAF Champions' Cup Final.
  • Marathon 1-0 Atletico Marte (Celso Güity)
December 3, 1981 1st leg Marathón Honduras 1–0 El Salvador Atletico Marte
Celso Güity 16pen 16' Nil
6 December 1981 2nd leg Atletico Marte El Salvador 2-0
(2–1 agg.)		 Honduras 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 Trinidad and Tobago 0 - 3 Netherlands Antilles SUBT 0 - 1 0 - 2
Sithoc Netherlands Antilles 1 - 5 Suriname Robinhood 1 - 0 0 - 5
Transvaal Suriname 3 - 2 Trinidad and Tobago Defence Force 1 - 0 2 - 2
Yama Sun Oil Cayman Islands
    		Jamaica 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 Trinidad and Tobago 0-1 Netherlands Antilles SUBT
    Nil
    SUBT Netherlands Antilles 2–0
    (3-0 agg.)    		 Trinidad and Tobago Kentucky Memphis
    Nil

    Second round

    Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
    SUBT Netherlands Antilles 7 - 1 Cayman Islands Yama Sun Oil 5 - 0 2 - 1
    Robinhood Suriname 0 - 0 (3-4 pk) Suriname Transvaal 0 - 0 0 - 0
    • Robinhood vs. Transvaal, Results are unknown.***
    • SUBT and Transvaal advance to the third round.
    SUBT Netherlands Antilles 5–0 Cayman Islands Yama Sun Oil
    Nil
    Yama Sun Oil Cayman Islands 1-2
    (2-7 agg.)    		 Netherlands Antilles SUBT
    Transvaal Suriname 0-0
    (0-0 (Pen 4-3) agg.)    		 Suriname Robinhood

    Third round

    Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
    SUBT Netherlands Antilles 0 - 3 Suriname Transvaal 0 - 1 0 - 2
    • Transvaal advances to the CONCACAF Champions' Cup Final.
    Transvaal Suriname 2–0
    (3-0 agg.)    		 Netherlands Antilles SUBT
    Nil

    Final

    First leg

    1981 CONCACAF Champions' Cup Final
    First leg
    Transvaal Suriname1–0El Salvador Atlético Marte
    Leisberger 84' Report Nil

    Second leg

    Second leg
    Atlético Marte El Salvador1–1Suriname Transvaal
    Wilfredo Huezo Report Wensley Bundel

    Transvaal won 2–1 on aggregate.

    Champion

    CONCACAF Champions' Cup
    1981 Champions
    Suriname
    Transvaal
    Second title

    References

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