1981 CONCACAF Championship squads

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These are the squads for the countries that played in the 1981 CONCACAF Championship.[1]

The age listed for each player is on 1 November 1981, the first day of the tournament. The numbers of caps and goals listed for each player do not include any matches played after the start of the tournament. The club listed is the club for which the player last played a competitive match before the tournament. The nationality for each club reflects the national association (not the league) to which the club is affiliated. A flag is included for coaches who are of a different nationality than their own national team.

Every nation besides Cuba fields foreign players with Canada (14), El Salvador (2), Haiti (4), Honduras (1) and Mexico (1).

Canada

Head coach: Barrie Clarke

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club
1 1GK Tony Chursky (1953-06-13)13 June 1953 (aged 28) Canada Toronto Blizzard
2 2DF Robert Iarusci (1954-11-08)8 November 1954 (aged 26) United States New York Cosmos
3 2DF Bruce Wilson (1951-06-20)20 June 1951 (aged 30) Canada Toronto Blizzard
4 4FW Mike McLenaghen (1954-06-10)10 June 1954 (aged 27) 3 United States Los Angeles Aztecs
5 2DF Bob Lenarduzzi (1955-05-01)1 May 1955 (aged 26) Canada Vancouver Whitecaps
6 2DF Ian Bridge (1959-09-18)18 September 1959 (aged 22) United States Seattle Sounders
7 4FW Mike Stojanović (1946-01-26)26 January 1946 (aged 35) 3 United States San Diego Sockers
8 2DF Brian Gant (1952-04-23)23 April 1952 (aged 29) United States Portland Timbers
9 4FW Dale Mitchell (1958-04-21)21 April 1958 (aged 23) United States Portland Timbers
10 4FW Wes McLeod (1957-10-24)24 October 1957 (aged 24) United States Tampa Bay Rowdies
11 4FW Gordon Sweetzer (1957-01-27)27 January 1957 (aged 24) England Brentford
12 2DF Terry Moore (1958-06-02)2 June 1958 (aged 23) United States Tampa Bay Rowdies
14 3MF Gerry Gray (1961-01-20)20 January 1961 (aged 20) 22 Canada Vancouver Whitecaps
15 3MF Bob Bolitho (1955-07-20)20 July 1955 (aged 26) United States Fort Lauderdale Strikers
16 3MF Mike Sweeney (1959-12-25)25 December 1959 (aged 21) Canada Edmonton Drillers
17 4FW John McGrane (1957-10-24)24 October 1957 (aged 24) United States Los Angeles Aztecs
18 4FW Frank Ciaccia (1959-09-11)11 September 1959 (aged 22) Canada Toronto Blizzard
19 3MF Branko Šegota (1961-06-08)8 June 1961 (aged 20) United States Fort Lauderdale Strikers
20 3MF Bruce Miller (1957-05-23)23 May 1957 (aged 24) Canada Vancouver Pegasus
21 3MF Darren Poole (1962-10-27)27 October 1962 (aged 19) Canada Edmonton Drillers
22 1GK Chris Turner (1961-02-01)1 February 1961 (aged 20) United States Los Angeles Aztecs
23 1GK Tino Lettieri (1957-09-27)27 September 1957 (aged 24) 21 United States Minnesota Strikers

Cuba

Head coach: Hungary Tibor Ivanics

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club
1 1GK José Francisco Reinoso (1950-05-20)20 May 1950 (aged 31) Cuba Villa Clara
2 2DF Francisco López Ríos (1957-08-24)24 August 1957 (aged 24) Cuba La Habana
3 2DF Francisco Carranza (1960-09-15)15 September 1960 (aged 21) Cuba Cienfuegos
4 2DF Luis Sánchez (1952-02-23)23 February 1952 (aged 29) Cuba La Habana
5 2DF Luis Dreke (1953-07-09)9 July 1953 (aged 28) Cuba Matanzas
7 3MF Andrés Roldán (1951-02-28)28 February 1951 (aged 30) Cuba Cienfuegos
8 2DF Amado Povea (1955-04-30)30 April 1955 (aged 26) Cuba Pinar del Río
9 3MF Dagoberto Lara (1953-04-16)16 April 1953 (aged 28) Cuba Cienfuegos
10 4FW Ramón Núñez (1953-04-19)19 April 1953 (aged 28) Cuba Las Tunas
11 4FW Francisco Fariñas (1950-04-02)2 April 1950 (aged 31) Cuba La Habana
13 3MF Jorge Maya (1959-08-17)17 August 1959 (aged 22) Cuba Villa Clara
14 3MF Regino Delgado (1956-09-07)7 September 1956 (aged 25) Cuba Villa Clara
15 3MF Carlos González Acosta (1964-10-23)23 October 1964 (aged 17) Cuba La Habana
17 2DF Carlos Loredo (1951-10-14)14 October 1951 (aged 30) Cuba La Habana
18 4FW Jorge Luis Rodríguez (1958-04-02)2 April 1958 (aged 23) Cuba Camagüey
19 4FW Roberto Pereira (1952-09-23)23 September 1952 (aged 29) Cuba Villa Clara
20 1GK Hugo Madera (1950-11-24)24 November 1950 (aged 30) Cuba Camagüey
21 1GK Calixto Martínez (1952-10-14)14 October 1952 (aged 29) Cuba Pinar del Río

El Salvador

Head coach: Pipo Rodríguez

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club
1 1GK Luis Guevara Mora (1961-09-02)2 September 1961 (aged 20) El Salvador Platense
2 2DF Mario Castillo (1951-10-30)30 October 1951 (aged 30) 0 El Salvador Santiagueño
3 2DF José Francisco Jovel (1951-05-26)26 May 1951 (aged 30) 0 El Salvador Águila
4 2DF Carlos Recinos (1950-06-30)30 June 1950 (aged 31) 0 El Salvador FAS
5 2DF Ramón Fagoaga (1952-01-12)12 January 1952 (aged 29) 0 El Salvador Atlético Marte
6 3MF Juan Quinteros (1947-03-20)20 March 1947 (aged 34) El Salvador Juventud Olímpica
7 3MF Silvio Aquino (1949-06-30)30 June 1949 (aged 32) ? El Salvador Alianza
8 3MF José Luis Rugamas (1953-06-05)5 June 1953 (aged 28) 0 El Salvador Atlético Marte
9 3MF Joaquín Ventura (1956-10-27)27 October 1956 (aged 25) 0 El Salvador Santiagueño
10 3MF Norberto Huezo (captain) (1956-06-06)6 June 1956 (aged 25) 0 El Salvador Atlético Marte
11 4FW Mágico González (1958-03-13)13 March 1958 (aged 23) 0 El Salvador FAS
12 2DF Francisco Osorto (1957-03-20)20 March 1957 (aged 24) 0 El Salvador Santiagueño
13 4FW Mauricio Quintanilla (1954-01-19)19 January 1954 (aged 27) 0 Guatemala Xelajú
14 1GK Eduardo Hernández (1958-01-31)31 January 1958 (aged 23) ? El Salvador Santiagueño
15 4FW José Escamilla (1956-02-25)25 February 1956 (aged 25) 0 El Salvador Santiagueño
16 3MF Mauricio Alfaro (1956-02-13)13 February 1956 (aged 25) 0 El Salvador Platense Municipal
17 3MF Miguel González Barillas (1951-05-05)5 May 1951 (aged 30) 0 El Salvador Atlético Marte
18 4FW Ever Hernández (1958-12-11)11 December 1958 (aged 22) 0 El Salvador Santiagueño
19 2DF Miguel Ángel Díaz (1957-01-27)27 January 1957 (aged 24) 0 El Salvador CD Chalatenango
20 4FW Oscar Gustavo Guerrero (1954-04-10)10 April 1954 (aged 27) 0 El Salvador Independiente de San Vicente
21 2DF Jaime Rodríguez (1959-01-17)17 January 1959 (aged 22) 0 West Germany Bayer Uerdingen
22 1GK Carlos Eduardo Rivera (1959-01-04)4 January 1959 (aged 22) 0 El Salvador Independiente de San Vicente

Haiti

Head coach: Antoine Tassy

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club
1 1GK Wilner Piquant (1949-10-12)12 October 1949 (aged 32) Haiti Aigle Noir
2 2DF Daniel Cadet (1960-01-04)4 January 1960 (aged 21) Haiti Racing Haïtien
3 2DF Reginald Vielot Haiti Victory
4 2DF Guy Allen Haiti Victory
5 2DF Arsène Auguste (1951-02-03)3 February 1951 (aged 30) 1 United States Fort Lauderdale Strikers
6 2DF Shiller Mondesir Haiti Violette
7 3MF Frantz Mathieu (1952-12-23)23 December 1952 (aged 28) United States Chicago Sting
8 3MF Gerald Romulus Haiti Racing Haïtien
9 4FW Fritz Bobo Haiti Aigle Noir
10 4FW Emmanuel Sanon (1951-06-25)25 June 1951 (aged 30) United States San Diego Sockers
11 3MF Ernst Jean-Baptiste (1956-04-18)18 April 1956 (aged 25) United States New England Sharks
12 4FW Jean-Joseph Mathelier Haiti Aigle Noir
13 4FW Carmin Velima Haiti Don Bosco
14 2DF Frantz St. Lot (1950-12-13)13 December 1950 (aged 30) United States New York Arrows
15 4FW Serge Crispin Haiti Victory
16 2DF Jean-Paul Pierre-Louis Haiti Racing Haïtien
17 4FW Carlo Brévil Haiti Violette
18 4FW Maxime Auguste Haiti Don Bosco
19 2DF Jean-Jacques Louis Haiti Racing Haïtien
20 4FW Hugo Pierre (1949-03-05)5 March 1949 (aged 32) Haiti Violette
21 4FW Kelsin Thomas Haiti Aigle Noir
22 1GK Gérard Joseph (1949-10-22)22 October 1949 (aged 32) ? Haiti Racing Haïtien

Honduras

Head coach: José de la Paz Herrera

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club
1 1GK Julio César Arzú (1954-06-05)5 June 1954 (aged 27) 0 Honduras Real España
2 2DF Efraín Gutiérrez (1954-05-07)7 May 1954 (aged 27) 0 Honduras Universidad
3 2DF Jaime Villegas (1950-07-05)5 July 1950 (aged 31) 0 Honduras Real España
4 2DF Fernando Bulnes (1946-10-21)21 October 1946 (aged 35) 0 Honduras Olimpia
5 2DF Allan Costly (1954-12-13)13 December 1954 (aged 26) 0 Honduras Real España
6 3MF Ramón Maradiaga (captain) (1954-10-30)30 October 1954 (aged 27) 0 Honduras Motagua
7 4FW Eduardo Laing (1958-12-27)27 December 1958 (aged 22) 0 Honduras Platense
8 3MF Francisco Toledo (1959-09-30)30 September 1959 (aged 22) ? Honduras Marathón
9 4FW Jorge Urquía (1946-09-19)19 September 1946 (aged 35) Honduras Olimpia
10 4FW José Figueroa (1959-12-15)15 December 1959 (aged 21) 0 Honduras Vida
11 3MF David Bueso (1955-05-05)5 May 1955 (aged 26) ? Honduras Motagua
12 3MF José Luis Cruz (1952-02-02)2 February 1952 (aged 29) Honduras Motagua
13 2DF Héctor Zelaya (1957-07-12)12 July 1957 (aged 24) 0 Honduras Motagua
14 2DF Hernán García Martínez (1952-07-12)12 July 1952 (aged 29) 0 Honduras Marathón
15 3MF Juan Cruz (1959-06-24)24 June 1959 (aged 22) 0 Honduras Pumas UNAH
16 4FW Júnior Costly (1959-08-17)17 August 1959 (aged 22) Honduras Real España
17 3MF Carlos Caballero (1958-12-05)5 December 1958 (aged 22) 0 Honduras Real España
18 2DF Domingo Drummond (1957-04-14)14 April 1957 (aged 24) 0 Honduras Platense
19 3MF Roberto Bailey (1952-08-10)10 August 1952 (aged 29) ? Honduras Marathón
20 3MF Salvador Bernárdez (1954-01-06)6 January 1954 (aged 27) ? United States Greek-American Athletic Club
21 1GK Jimmy Steward (1946-12-09)9 December 1946 (aged 34) ? Honduras Real España
22 1GK Oscar Banegas 1964 (aged 17) ? Honduras Olimpia

Mexico

Head coach: Raúl Cárdenas

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club
1 1GK Francisco Castrejón (1947-06-11)11 June 1947 (aged 34) 13 Mexico Atlas
2 1GK Prudencio Cortés (1951-11-18)18 November 1951 (aged 29) 13 Mexico Tecos UAG
3 1GK Ignacio Rodríguez (1956-08-13)13 August 1956 (aged 25) 11 Mexico Atlante
4 2DF Pareja López (1955-08-12)12 August 1955 (aged 26) Mexico Pumas UNAM
5 2DF Mario Trejo (1956-02-11)11 February 1956 (aged 25) Mexico América
6 2DF Rafael Toribio (1958-08-21)21 August 1958 (aged 23) Mexico Cruz Azul
7 2DF Juan Manuel Álvarez (1948-04-12)12 April 1948 (aged 33) Mexico Tecos UAG
8 2DF Alfredo Tena (1956-11-21)21 November 1956 (aged 24) 5 Mexico América
9 2DF Gustavo Vargas López (1955-01-24)24 January 1955 (aged 26) 5 Mexico Pumas UNAM
10 2DF Fernando Quirarte (1956-05-17)17 May 1956 (aged 25) 30 Mexico Guadalajara
11 3MF Tomás Boy (1951-06-28)28 June 1951 (aged 30) Mexico Tigres UANL
12 3MF Leonardo Cuéllar (captain) (1952-01-14)14 January 1952 (aged 29) Mexico Atletas Campesinos
13 3MF Manuel Manzo (1952-02-10)10 February 1952 (aged 29) Mexico Pumas UNAM
14 3MF Guillermo Mendizábal (1954-10-08)8 October 1954 (aged 27) Mexico Cruz Azul
15 3MF Enrique López Zarza (1957-10-25)25 October 1957 (aged 24) 5 Mexico Pumas UNAM
16 3MF Pedro Munguía (1958-07-29)29 July 1958 (aged 23) 5 Mexico Toluca
17 3MF Manuel Negrete (1959-05-15)15 May 1959 (aged 22) Mexico Pumas UNAM
18 4FW Ricardo Castro Valenzuela (1955-08-01)1 August 1955 (aged 26) Mexico Pumas UNAM
19 4FW Sergio Lira (1957-08-24)24 August 1957 (aged 24) Mexico Atlante
20 4FW Jaime Pajarito (1955-04-12)12 April 1955 (aged 26) Mexico Guadalajara
21 4FW Adrián Camacho (1957-03-05)5 March 1957 (aged 24) Mexico Cruz Azul
22 4FW Hugo Sánchez (1958-07-11)11 July 1958 (aged 23) Spain Atlético Madrid

References

  1. Mendoza, Eduardo; Lugo, Erik Francisco (30 June 2024). "Torneo Premundial Honduras 1981 (VIII Campeonato de Naciones (NORCECA) CONCACAF)". RSSSF. Retrieved 25 June 2026.