1985 CONCACAF Champions' Cup

The 1985 CONCACAF Champions' Cup was the 21st. 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 football in the CONCACAF region and was played from 9 April 1985 till 26 January 1986.

1985 CONCACAF Champions' Cup
Dates9 April 1985 – 26 January 1986
Final positions
ChampionsTrinidad and Tobago Defence Force
Runner-upHonduras Olimpia
← 1984
1986 →

The teams were split into 2 zones, North/Central America and Caribbean, (as North and Central America sections combined to qualify one team for the final), each one qualifying the winner to the final tournament. All the matches in the tournament were played under the home/away match system.

Trinidadian side Defence Force beat Hondurean team Olimpia 2–1 on aggregate,[1] becoming CONCACAF champion for the first time in their history and also the first club from that country to win the competition.[2]

North/Central American Zone

First round

Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Hotels International FC 0 - 3 Aurora0 - 00 - 3
Chicago Croatian 0 - 6 Olimpia0 - 40 - 2
Suchitepéquez 4 - 1 Águila2 - 12 - 0
Vida 3 - 1 FAS1 - 12 - 1
América 4 - 2 Guadalajara3 - 11 - 1
v Aurora
Hotels International FC 0–0 Aurora
NilNil
v Hotels International FC
Aurora 3-0
(3-0 agg.)
Hotels International FC
Nil
v Olimpia
29 April 1985 Chicago Croatian 0-4 Olimpia San Pedro Sula, Honduras
NilJuan Flores x 2
TBD
TBD
Stadium: Francisco Morazán Stadium
v Águila
Suchitepéquez 2–1 Águila
Dagoberto Medrano
Eugenio Flores
Juan Antonio Argueta
v Suchitepéquez
27 May 1985 Águila 0-2
(1-4 agg.)
Suchitepéquez Los Angeles, United States
NilErnesto Almengor
Carlos Castañeda
Stadium: La Coliseum
v FAS
Vida 1–1 FAS
Domingo DrummondJuan Luis Guerrero
v Vida
FAS 1-1
(2-2 (Pen 5-4) agg.)
Vida
Jose Luis GuerreroRolando Valladares

Second round

Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Suchitepéquez 1 - 1
(3-4 pen)
Olimpia1 - 00 - 1
Vida 1 - 3 América1 - 00 - 3
  • Olimpia and América advance to the third round.

Third round

Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Olimpia 3 - 2 América2 - 21 - 0
  • Olimpia advances to the fourth round.
v Olimpia
August 28, 1985 América 0-1
(2-3 agg.)
Olimpia Querétaro, Mexico
NilAmílcar LanzaStadium: Querétaro’s Corregidora Stadium

Fourth round

Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Aurora 1 - 2 Olimpia1 - 00 - 2
  • Olimpia advances to the CONCACAF Final.

Caribbean Zone

The following clubs reportedly entered:
SUBT
Violette
Boys' Town
Tivoli Gardens
Aiglon du Lamentin
SV Robinhood
but it is not known whether they played any matches.

First round

Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Racing Gonaïves 0 - 1 Golden Star0 - 00 - 1
San Francois National 2 - 4 Moulien1 - 21 - 2
Jong Holland 0 - 0
(4-3 pen.)
Transvaal0 - 00 - 0
  • Further matches and results are unknown among clubs at this stage.
v Moulien
San Francois National 1–2 Moulien
v San Francois National
Moulien 2–1
(2-4 agg.)
San Francois National

Second round

Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Moulien 1 - 0 Weymouth Wales1 - 0
Defence Force 2 - 0 JS Capesterre1 - 01 - 0
Jong Holland 2 - 1 SUBT0 - 12 - 0
Robinhood 3 - 3
(3-4 pen.)
Montjoly0 - 13 - 2
  • Apparently played over one leg.
  • Further matches and results are unknown among clubs at this stage.
v JS Capesterre
Defence Force 1–0 JS Capesterre
Nil
v Defence Force
JS Capesterre 0-1
(0-2 agg.)
Defence Force
Nil
v Montjoly
Robinhood 0-1 Montjoly
v Robinhood
Montjoly 2–3
(3-3 (Pen 4-3) agg.)
Robinhood

Third round

Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Montjoly 4 - 0 Jong Holland3 - 01 - 0
  • Further matches and results are unknown among clubs at this stage.
v Jong Holland
Montjoly 3–0 Jong Holland
Nil
v Montjoly
Jong Holland 0-1
(2-3 agg.)
Montjoly
Nil

Final Round

Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Montjoly *** Defence Force
  • Defence Force apparently beat Montjoly in the final round
    to qualify as winners of the Caribbean Zone.

Final

First leg

1985 CONCACAF Champions' Cup Final
First leg
Defence Force 2–0 Olimpia

Second leg

Second leg
Olimpia 1–0 Defence Force
Juan Carlos Espinoza
  • Defence Force won 2–1 on aggregate.

Champion

CONCACAF Champions' Cup
1985 Champions

Defence Force
Second title

References