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
Tournament details
Dates30 November – 21 December
Teams4 (from 4 associations)
Final positions
Champions Olimpia (2nd title)
Runners-up Defence Force
Tournament statistics
Matches played6
Goals scored9 (1.5 per match)

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 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Morelia 11 - 0 Coke Milpross 9 - 0 2 - 0
Real Verdes 2 - 14 Cruz Azul 0 - 2 2 - 12
Plaza Amador 1 - 4 Alajuelense 0 - 2 1 - 2
  • Morelia, Cruz Azul and Alajuelense advance to the First Round.
Morelia 9–0 Coke Milpross
Coke Milpross 0-2
(0-11 agg.)		 Morelia
Nil
Real Verdes 0-2 Cruz Azul
Nil
Cruz Azul 12–2
(14-2 agg.)		 Real Verdes
Plaza Amador 0-2 Alajuelense
Nil
Alajuelense 2–1
(3-1 agg.)		 Plaza Amador

North American Zone
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Cruz Azul 9 - 0 Seattle Mitre Eagles 9 - 0 0 - 0
Washington Diplomats 2 - 4 Morelia 1 - 2 1 - 2
  • Morelia and Cruz Azul advance to Fourth Round.
Cruz Azul 9–0 TBD
Nil
Seattle Mitre Eagles 0-0
(0-9 agg.)		 Cruz Azul
Nil Nil
Washington Diplomats 1–2 Morelia
Morelia 2–1
(4-2 agg.)		 Washington Diplomats

Central American Zone

Played in Guatemala City

*Alajuelense and Marathon advance to the Third Round.

Alajuelense 2-1 Águila
TBD 43' TBD
Municipal 0-2 Marathón
TBD
Marathón 1-0 Águila
TBD Nil
Municipal 1-1 Alajuelense
TBD TBD
Alajuelense 1-0 Marathón
TBD 43' Nil
Municipal 3-1 Águila
TBD 43' TBD

Central American Zone

Played in Tegucigalpa

*Olimpia and Aurora advance to the Third Round.

Aurora 2-0 Municipal Puntarenas
TBD
TBD 		Nil
Olimpia 3-1 FAS
TBD
TBD
TBD 		TBD
Municipal Puntarenas 2-2 FAS
TBD
TBD 		TBD
TBD
Olimpia 1-1 Aurora
TBD TBD
Aurora 1-1 FAS
TBD TBD
Olimpia 2-0 Municipal Puntarenas
TBD
TBD 		Nil

Central American Zone

Played in Tegucigalpa

*Alajuelense and Olimpia advance to the Fourth Round.

Olimpia 0-0 Aurora
Nil Nil
Marathón 0-2 Alajuelense
Nil TBD
TBD
Olimpia 1-1 Alajuelense
TBD 43' TBD
Marathón 2-1 Aurora
TBD
TBD 		TBD
Alajuelense 1-1 Aurora
TBD 43' TBD
Olimpia 2-1 Marathón
TBD
TBD 		TBD

North/Central American Zone
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Olimpia 2 - 1 Cruz Azul 0 - 0 2 - 1
Alajuelense w/o* Morelia
  • Morelia disqualified after refusing to play the series.*
  • Olimpia and Alajuelense advance to the CONCACAF Semi-Finals.
Olimpia 0-0 Cruz Azul
Nil Nil
Cruz Azul 1–2
(1-2 agg.)		 Olimpia

Caribbean Zone

First round

Matches and results unknown:
Zenith
Robinhood
Sion Hill
Cardinals

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Centro Dominguito 1 - 3 La Gauloise 1 - 1 0 - 2
Seba United 5 - 2 UNDEBA 3 - 0 2 - 2
Franciscain 2 - 4 Defence Force 2 - 2 0 - 2
Trintoc 1 - 2 Excelsior 1 - 1 0 - 1
Leo Victor 2 - 3 Sport Guyanais 2 - 1 0 - 2
  • All clubs in BOLD advance to the second round.
Centro Dominguito 1–1 La Gauloise
La Gauloise 2–0
(1-3 agg.)		 Centro Dominguito
Nil
Seba United 3–0 UNDEBA
Nil
UNDEBA 2–2
(2-5 agg.)		 Seba United
Franciscain 2-2 Defence Force
Defence Force 2–0
(4-2 agg.)		 Franciscain
Nil
Trintoc 1–1 Excelsior
Excelsior 1-0
(2-1 agg.)		 Trintoc
Nil
Leo Victor 2-1 Sport Guyanais
Sport Guyanais 2–0
(3-2 agg.)		 Leo Victor
Nil

Second round

Matches and results unknown:
La Gauloise
Seba United
Sport Guyanais

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Zenith 3 - 5 Robinhood 3 - 1 0 - 4
Sion Hill 1 - 7 Excelsior 1 - 3 0 - 4
Cardinals 0 - 1 Defence Force 0 - 0 0 - 1
  • Further results for the following round are unknown;
    Robin Hood and Defence Force advance to the CONCACAF Semi-Finals.
Zenith 3-1 Robinhood
Robinhood 4-0
(5-3 agg.)		 Zenith
Nil
Sion Hill 1–3 Excelsior
Excelsior 4-0
(7-1 agg.)		 Sion Hill
Nil
Cardinals 0–0 Defence Force
Nil Nil
Defence Force 1-0
(1-0 agg.)		 Cardinals
Nil

Semi-finals
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Olimpia 2 - 1 Alajuelense 1 - 1 1 - 0
Robinhood 2 - 3 Defence Force 1 - 0 1 - 3
  • Olimpia and Defence Force advance to the CONCACAF Final.
Olimpia 1–1 Alajuelense
Alajuelense 1-0
(2-1 agg.)		 Olimpia
Nil
Robinhood 1–0 Defence Force
Nil
Defence Force 3-1
(3-2 agg.)		 Robinhood

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 Champions

Olimpia
Second title

References
  1. Copa de Campeones 1988 on the RSSSF
  2. Hace 32 años, Olimpia on La Tribuna, 21 Dec 2020
  3. Olimpia y sus tres hazañas on El Heraldo, 19 Oct 2017
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