1981 Copa Interamericana

1981 Copa Interamericana Copa Interamericana UNAM MEX 30px 6 Nacional URU 30px 5 on aggregate, after play-off First leg 3 1 1981 3 25 y Estadio Olímpico Universitario Mexico City Rómulo Méndez (Guatemala) 52,229 Second leg 1 3 1981 4 8 y Estadio Centenario Montevideo José Roberto Wright (Brazil) 40,000 Play-off 2 1 1981 5 31 y Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles José Roberto Wright (Brazil) 15,000 1979 1985 The 1981 Copa Interamericana was the 8th edition of the Copa Interamericana, the football competition co-organized by CONCACAF and CONMEBOL between the winners of the previous season's two major club tournaments in the Americas, the CONCACAF Champions' Cup and the Copa Libertadores. The competition was contested in two-legged home-and-away format and a play-off between Mexican team UNAM, the 1980 CONCACAF Champions' Cup champions, and Uruguayan team Nacional, the 1980 Copa Libertadores champions. The first leg was hosted by UNAM on 25 March 1981 at Estadio Olímpico Universitario in Mexico City, the second leg was hosted by Nacional on 8 April 1981 at Estadio Centenario in Montevideo, while the play-off was hosted at a neutral site on 13 May 1981 at the Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles. UNAM defeated Nacional 6–5 on aggregate to win their first Copa Interamericana title.https://historiascoperas.blogspot.com/2015/04/copa-interamericana-1980-pumas-unam.html Copa Interamericana 1980: Pumas Unam Campeón Fútbol en América 3 April 2015 18 May 2022 live https://web.archive.org/web/20200523153639/https://historiascoperas.blogspot.com/2015/04/copa-interamericana-1980-pumas-unam.html 23 May 2020Gustavo Vargas: "El título más importante que ha ganado Pumas" by Karla Uzeta on Record, 13 May 2020Los Pumas ante el gran objetivoOctober 2021 medicmedic on Fifa.com, 5 Apr 2005 Teams TeamQualificationPrevious participations (bold indicates winners)MEX UNAMWinners of the 1980 CONCACAF Champions' CupNoneURU NacionalWinners of the 1980 Copa Libertadores1 (1971) Format The Copa Interamericana is played on a home-and-away two-legged basis, with the Copa Libertadores champions hosting the second leg. If tied on aggregate, the away goals rule would not be used, and a play-off match would be played. If still tied after the play-off match, the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winners.https://mexico.as.com/mexico/2015/08/05/futbol/1438807932_782897.html Ricardo Ferretti ya fue campeón continental con Pumas 5 August 2015 AS 5 August 2015 spanish Venues 1st leg 2nd leg Play-off MEX Mexico City URU Montevideo USA Los Angeles Estadio Olímpico Universitario Estadio Centenario Memorial Coliseum Capacity: 69,000 Capacity: 60,235 Capacity: 93,607 200px 200px 200px Matches First leg Summary In the 5th minute, Hugo Sánchez opened the scoring for UNAM. In the second half, Nacional fought back and found an equaliser from Víctor Espárrago, scored in the 57th minute. Ricardo Ferretti then restored UNAM's lead, to make the score 2–1 in the 60th minute. Hugo Sánchez got his second goal of the match in the 85th minute. Details UNAM v Nacional 1981 3 25 y UNAM MEX 3–1 URU Nacional Sánchez 5 85 Ferretti 60 Espárrago 57 Estadio Olímpico Universitario, Mexico City 30,000 Rómulo Méndez (Guatemala) http://www.rsssf.com/tablesi/intam80.html Second leg Summary The game was goalless until the 70th minute mark, when Wilmar Cabrera put Nacional ahead, in the 77th José Cabrera scored to make it 2–0, then Wilmar Cabrera in the 81st minute scored his second of the match to make it 3–0. However, the game was to end at 3–1 after Gustavo Vargas with three minutes to go scored for UNAM, forcing a play-off. Details UNAM v Nacional 1981 4 8 y Nacional URU 3–1 MEX UNAM W. Cabrera 70 81 J. Cabrera 77 Vargas 87 Estadio Centenario, Montevideo 40,000 José Roberto Wright (Brazil) http://www.rsssf.com/tablesi/intam80.html Play-off Summary The play-off leg finally went ahead after a month with Los Angeles as the neutral site. Nacional opened the scoring at the 17th minute from José Cabrera. Ricardo Ferretti equalised at the 69th minute. In the 89th minute, Gustavo Vargas scored the winning goal for UNAM. Details UNAM v Nacional 1981 5 13 y UNAM MEX 2–1 URU Nacional Ferretti 69 Vargas 89 J. Cabrera 62 Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles 15,000 José Roberto Wright (Brazil) http://www.rsssf.com/tablesi/intam80.html _pumasunam80 ffcc00 ffcc00 ffcc00 000066 000066 UNAM _Nacional 1st 80 _Nacional 1st 80 _Nacional 1st 80 _Nacional 1st 80 _Nacional 1st 80 000096 Nacional GK MEX Jorge EspinozaDF MEX Rafael AmadorDF MEX Gustavo VargasDF MEX Jorge PaolinoDF MEX Pablo Luna MF MEX Enrique López ZarzaMF MEX José Luis López MF MEX Manuel ManzoMF MEX Manuel NegreteFW MEX Hugo SánchezFW MEX Ricardo FerrettiManager: YUG Bora Milutinović GK URU Rodolfo RodríguezDF URU José H. MoreiraDF URU AguirreDF URU Juan C. BlancoDF URU Wilmar CabreraMF URU Víctor EspárragoMF URU Arsenio Luzardo 84MF URU José R. CabreraFW URU Alberto BicaFW URU Eduardo de la PeñaFW URU Julio C. Morales Substitutes:FW URU Denis Milar 84Manager: URU Juan Mujica References 1 i i i i Category:Football competitions in Montevideo Category:Football competitions in Mexico City Category:1980s in Montevideo Category:1980s in Mexico City 1981 Category:Football club competitions in Mexico Category:Football matches in Mexico Category:Football matches in Uruguay Category:Men's soccer matches in the United States Category:1981 in Los Angeles Category:Soccer competitions in Los Angeles Category:March 1981 sports events in North America Category:April 1981 sports events in South America Category:May 1981 sports events in the United States Category:1981 in sports in California