1980 CONCACAF Champions' Cup

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.

Teams
The following 18 teams (from ten associations) qualified for the tournament.
 * North American Zone: 5 teams (from three associations)
 * Central American Zone: 8 teams (from four associations)
 * Caribbean Zone: 6 teams (from six associations)

Format
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.

First round

 * +North America Zone


 * +Central America Zone


 * +Caribbean Zone

North America Zone
UNAM advanced to the third round after Sacramento Gold withdrew from the competition

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.

Second round

 * +North America Zone


 * +Central America Zone


 * +Caribbean Zone

North America Zone
Cruz Azul won 12–3 on aggregate; advanced to the third round.

Central America Zone
Torneo Centroamericano de Concacaf 1980

Marathón won 5–1 on aggregate.

UNAH won 5–3 on aggregate.

Caribbean Zone
Transvaal won 5–0 on aggregate.

Robinhood won 4–3 on aggregate.

Third round

 * +North America Zone


 * +Central America Zone


 * +Caribbean Zone

North America Zone
UNAM won 4–1 on aggregate; advanced to the final round.

Central America Zone
Torneo Centroamericano de Concacaf 1980

UNAH won 1–0 on aggregate.

Caribbean Zone
Robinhood won 1–0 on aggregate.

Final round
All matches were played in Tegucigalpa.