1988 CONCACAF Champions' Cup

The 1988 CONCACAF Champions' Cup was the 24th. 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 11 March till 21 December 1988.

1988 CONCACAF Champions' Cup
Estadio Nacional in Tegucigalpa hosted the final round
Tournament details
Dates30 November – 21 December
Teams4 (from 4 associations)
Final positions
ChampionsHonduras Olimpia (2nd title)
Runners-upTrinidad and Tobago Defence Force
Tournament statistics
Matches played6
Goals scored9 (1.5 per match)
1987
1989

The teams were split in 2 zones, North/Central America and Caribbean, (as North and Central America sections combined to qualify one team for the final), each one qualifying two teams to the final tournament.

Hondurean club Olimpia beat Trinidarian side Defence Force 4–0 on aggregate to become champions,[1] thus achieving their second CONCACAF trophy.[2][3]

North/Central American Zone

Preliminary round

Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Morelia 11 - 0 Coke Milpross9 - 02 - 0
Real Verdes 2 - 14 Cruz Azul0 - 22 - 12
Plaza Amador 1 - 4 Alajuelense0 - 21 - 2
  • Morelia, Cruz Azul and Alajuelense advance to the First Round.
v Coke Milpross
Morelia 9–0 Coke Milpross
Nil
Morelia
Coke Milpross 0-2
(0-11 agg.)
Morelia
Nil
v Alajuelense
June 5, 1988 Plaza Amador 0-2 Alajuelense Panama City, Panama
NilOmar Arroyo
Roberto Stevenovich
Stadium: Estadio Revolucion

First round

North American Zone

Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Cruz Azul 9 - 0 Seattle Mitre Eagles9 - 00 - 0
Washington Diplomats 2 - 4 Morelia1 - 21 - 2
  • Morelia and Cruz Azul advance to Fourth Round.
v TBD
Cruz Azul 9–0 TBD
Nil

Central American Zone

Played in Guatemala City

*Alajuelense and Marathon advance to the Third Round.

v Águila
June 26, 1988 Alajuelense 2–1 Águila Guatemala City, Guatemala
Óscar Ramírez
Alvaro Solano
Luis Ramírez Zapata Stadium: Mateo Flores Stadium
v Marathón
June 26, 1988 Municipal 0–2 Marathón Guatemala City, Guatemala
NilCiro Castillo Stadium: Mateo Flores Stadium
v Marathón
July 3, 1988 Alajuelense 1–0 Marathón Guatemala City, Guatemala
Ricardo Chacón 43'NilStadium: Mateo Flores Stadium
v Águila
July 3, 1988 Municipal 3–1 Águila Guatemala City, Guatemala
Julio Gómez
Juan Carlos Carreño (o.g.)
René Archilla
Luis Enrique Guelmo Stadium: Mateo Flores Stadium

Second round

Central American Zone

Played in Tegucigalpa

*Olimpia and Aurora advance to the Third Round.

v Municipal Puntarenas
June 26, 1988 Aurora 2–0 Municipal Puntarenas Tegucigalpa, Honduras
José Luis González NilStadium: Estadio Nacional
Attendance: 22,000
v FAS
June 26, 1988 Olimpia 3–1 FAS Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Belammino Rivera
Juan Carlos Espinoza
Rudy Williams
Hugo Francisco Gudiel Stadium: Estadio Nacional
Attendance: 22,143
v FAS
Municipal Puntarenas 2–2 FAS
Didier Morales
Luis Árnaez
Luis Guerrero
TBD
v FAS
July 3, 1988 Aurora 1–1 FAS Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Óscar Sánchez TBD Stadium: Estadio Nacional
v Municipal Puntarenas
July 3, 1988 Olimpia 2–0 Municipal Puntarenas Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Juan Carlos Contreras
Raúl Martínez Sambulá
NilStadium: Estadio Nacional

Third round

Central American Zone

Played in Tegucigalpa

*Alajuelense and Olimpia advance to the Fourth Round.


Fourth round

North/Central American Zone

Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Olimpia 4–1 Cruz Azul0–04–1
Alajuelense w/o* Morelia
  • Morelia disqualified after refusing to play the series.*
  • Olimpia and Alajuelense advance to the CONCACAF Semi-Finals.

Caribbean Zone

First round

Matches and results unknown:
Zenith
Robinhood
Sion Hill
Cardinals

Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Centro Dominguito 1 - 3 La Gauloise1 - 10 - 2
Seba United 5 - 2 UNDEBA3 - 02 - 2
Franciscain 2 - 4 Defence Force2 - 20 - 2
Trintoc 1 - 2 Excelsior1 - 10 - 1
Leo Victor 2 - 3 Sport Guyanais2 - 10 - 2
  • All clubs in BOLD advance to the second round.
v Excelsior
Trintoc 1–1 Excelsior
v Trintoc
Excelsior 1-0
(2-1 agg.)
Trintoc
Nil
v Sport Guyanais
Leo Victor 2-1 Sport Guyanais
v Leo Victor
Sport Guyanais 2–0
(3-2 agg.)
Leo Victor
Nil

Second round

Matches and results unknown:
La Gauloise
Seba United
Sport Guyanais

Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Zenith 3 - 5 Robinhood3 - 10 - 4
Sion Hill 1 - 7 Excelsior1 - 30 - 4
Cardinals 0 - 1 Defence Force0 - 00 - 1
  • Further results for the following round are unknown;
    Robin Hood and Defence Force advance to the CONCACAF Semi-Finals.
v Robinhood
Zenith 3-1 Robinhood
v Zenith
Robinhood 4-0
(5-3 agg.)
Zenith
Nil
v Excelsior
Sion Hill 1–3 Excelsior
v Sion Hill
Excelsior 4-0
(7-1 agg.)
Sion Hill
Nil
v Defence Force
Cardinals 0–0 Defence Force
NilNil
v Cardinals
Defence Force 1-0
(1-0 agg.)
Cardinals
Nil

Semi-finals

Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Olimpia 2–1 Alajuelense1–11–0
Robinhood 2–3 Defence Force1–01—3
  • Olimpia and Defence Force advance to the CONCACAF Final.

Final

First leg

1988 CONCACAF Champions' Cup Final
First leg
Defence Force 0–2 Olimpia
Espinoza 16'
Flores 46'
Attendance: 21,228
Referee: Arturo Brizio (Mexico)

Second leg

Second leg
Olimpia 2–0 Defence Force
Contreras 9'
Flores 80'
Report
Attendance: 17,965
Referee: Berny Ulloa Morera (Costa Rica)
  • Olimpia won 4–0 on points and also 4–0 on aggregate.

Champion

 CONCACAF Champions' Cup
1988 champion 

Olimpia
2nd title

References

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