1988 CONCACAF Champions' Cup

Summary

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 edit

Preliminary round edit

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score 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
          Nil
Coke Milpross 0-2
(0-11 agg.)
  Morelia
Nil  
 
Cruz Azul   12–2
(14-2 agg.)
  Real Verdes
              
 
June 5, 1988 Plaza Amador   0-2   Alajuelense Panama City, Panama
Nil Omar Arroyo  
Roberto Stevenovich  
Stadium: Estadio Revolucion

First round edit

North American Zone edit

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score 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

Central American Zone edit

Played in Guatemala City

*Alajuelense and Marathon advance to the Third Round.

June 26, 1988 Alajuelense   2–1   Águila Guatemala City, Guatemala
Óscar Ramírez  
Alvaro Solano  
Luis Ramírez Zapata   Stadium: Mateo Flores Stadium
June 26, 1988 Municipal   0–2   Marathón Guatemala City, Guatemala
Nil Ciro Castillo     Stadium: Mateo Flores Stadium
Marathón   1–0   Águila
TBD   Nil
July 3, 1988 Alajuelense   1–0   Marathón Guatemala City, Guatemala
Ricardo Chacón   43' Nil Stadium: Mateo Flores Stadium
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 edit

Central American Zone edit

Played in Tegucigalpa

*Olimpia and Aurora advance to the Third Round.

June 26, 1988 Aurora   2–0   Municipal Puntarenas Tegucigalpa, Honduras
José Luis González     Nil Stadium: Estadio Nacional
Attendance: 22,000
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
Municipal Puntarenas   2–2   FAS
Didier Morales  
Luis Árnaez  
Luis Guerrero  
TBD  
Olimpia   1–1   Aurora
TBD   TBD  
July 3, 1988 Aurora   1–1   FAS Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Óscar Sánchez   TBD   Stadium: Estadio Nacional
July 3, 1988 Olimpia   2–0   Municipal Puntarenas Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Juan Carlos Contreras  
Raúl Martínez Sambulá  
Nil Stadium: Estadio Nacional

Third round edit

Central American Zone edit

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  

Fourth round edit

North/Central American Zone edit

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Olimpia   4–1   Cruz Azul 0–0 4–1
Alajuelense   w/o*   Morelia
  • Morelia disqualified after refusing to play the series.*
  • Olimpia and Alajuelense advance to the CONCACAF Semi-Finals.

Caribbean Zone edit

First round edit

Matches and results unknown:
  Zenith
  Robinhood
  Sion Hill
  Cardinals

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score 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.
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 edit

Matches and results unknown:
  La Gauloise
  Seba United
  Sport Guyanais

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score 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 edit

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score 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.

Final edit

First leg edit

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 edit

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 edit

 CONCACAF Champions' Cup
1988 champion 
 
Olimpia
2nd title

References edit

  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