1988 CONCACAF Champions' Cup

1988 CONCACAF Champions' Cup
	Estadio Nacional in Tegucigalpa hosted the final round
Tournament details
Dates	30 November – 21 December
Teams	4 (from 4 associations)
Final positions
Champions	Olimpia (2nd title)
Runners-up	Defence Force
Tournament statistics
Matches played	6
Goals scored	9 (1.5 per match)
	← 1987 1989 →

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.

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] This is the last time to date a Central American team outside of Costa Rica has won the continental title.

North/Central American Zone

Preliminary round

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	Morelia, Mexico
				Stadium: Estadio Venustiano Carranza

	Coke Milpross	0-2 (0-11 agg.)	Morelia	Belize City, Belize
				Stadium: MCC Grounds

	Real Verdes	0-2	Cruz Azul	San Ignacio, Belize
				Stadium: Norman Broaster Stadium

	Cruz Azul	12–2 (14-2 agg.)	Real Verdes	Jasso, Mexico
				Stadium: Estadio 10 de Diciembre

June 5, 1988	Plaza Amador	0-2	Alajuelense	Panama City, Panama
			Omar Arroyo Roberto Stevenovich	Stadium: Estadio Rommel Fernández

	Alajuelense	2–1 (3-1 agg.)	Plaza Amador	San José, Costa Rica
				Stadium: Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto

First round

North American Zone

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	Seattle Mitre Eagles	Jasso, Mexico
				Stadium: Estadio 10 de Diciembre

	Seattle Mitre Eagles	0–0 (0-9 agg.)	Cruz Azul	Seattle, United States
				Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 500^[4]

	Washington Diplomats	1–2	Morelia	Washington, D.C., United States
				Stadium: RFK Stadium

	Morelia	2–1 (4-2 agg.)	Washington Diplomats	Washington, D.C., United States
				Stadium: RFK Stadium

Central American Zone

Played in Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores - Guatemala City, Guatemala

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Alajuelense	3	2	1	0	4	2	+2	5
Marathón	3	2	0	1	3	1	+2	4
Municipal	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	3
Águila	3	0	0	3	2	6	−4	0

Source:

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Alajuelense	2–1	Águila
Municipal	0–2	Marathón
Marathón	1–0	Águila
Municipal	1–1	Alajuelense
Alajuelense	1–0	Marathón
Municipal	3–1	Águila

*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

June 26, 1988	Municipal	0–2	Marathón	Guatemala City, Guatemala
			Ciro Castillo

Marathón

1–0

Águila

Guatemala City, Guatemala

Municipal

1–1

Alajuelense

Guatemala City, Guatemala

July 3, 1988	Alajuelense	1–0	Marathón	Guatemala City, Guatemala
	Ricardo Chacón 43'

July 3, 1988	Municipal	3–1	Águila	Guatemala City, Guatemala
	Julio Gómez Juan Carlos Carreño (o.g.) René Archilla		Luis Enrique Guelmo

Central American Zone

Played in Estadio Nacional Chelato Uclés - Tegucigalpa, Honduras

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Olimpia	3	2	1	0	6	2	+4	5
Aurora	3	1	2	0	4	2	+2	4
FAS	3	0	2	1	4	6	−2	2
Municipal Puntarenas	3	0	1	2	2	6	−4	1

Source:

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Aurora	2–0	Municipal Puntarenas
Olimpia	3–1	FAS
Municipal Puntarenas	2–2	FAS
Olimpia	1–1	Aurora
Aurora	1–1	FAS
Olimpia	2–0	Municipal Puntarenas

*Olimpia and Aurora advance to the Third Round.

June 26, 1988	Aurora	2–0	Municipal Puntarenas	Tegucigalpa, Honduras
	José Luis González			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	Tegucigalpa, Honduras
	Didier Morales Luis Árnaez		Luis Guerrero	Stadium: Estadio Nacional

	Olimpia	1–1	Aurora	Tegucigalpa, Honduras
				Stadium: Estadio Nacional

July 3, 1988	Aurora	1–1	FAS	Tegucigalpa, Honduras
	Óscar Sánchez			Stadium: Estadio Nacional

July 3, 1988	Olimpia	2–0	Municipal Puntarenas	Tegucigalpa, Honduras
	Juan Carlos Contreras Raúl Martínez Sambulá			Stadium: Estadio Nacional

Second round

Central American Zone

Played in Estadio Nacional Chelato Uclés - Tegucigalpa, Honduras

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Alajuelense	3	1	2	0	4	2	+2	4
Olimpia	3	1	2	0	3	2	+1	4
Aurora	3	0	2	1	2	3	−1	2
Marathón	3	1	0	2	3	5	−2	2

Source:

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Olimpia	0 - 0	Aurora
Marathón	0 - 2	Alajuelense
Olimpia	1 - 1	Alajuelense
Marathón	2 - 1	Aurora
Alajuelense	1 - 1	Aurora
Olimpia	2 - 1	Marathón

*Alajuelense and Olimpia advance to the Fourth Round.

Olimpia

0–0

Aurora

Marathón

0–2

Alajuelense

Olimpia

1–1

Alajuelense

Marathón

2–1

Aurora

Alajuelense

1–1

Aurora

Olimpia

2–1

Marathón

Third round

North/Central American Zone

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

Olimpia and Alajuelense advance to the CONCACAF Semi-Finals.

Morelia disqualified after refusing to play the series.*

	Olimpia	0–0	Cruz Azul	Tegucigalpa, Honduras
				Stadium: Estadio Nacional Chelato Uclés

	Cruz Azul	1–4 (1–4 agg.)	Olimpia	Mexico City, Mexico
				Stadium: Estadio Ciudad de los Deportes

Caribbean Zone

First round

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.

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.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

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.

	Olimpia	1–1	Alajuelense	Tegucigalpa, Honduras
				Stadium: Estadio Nacional Chelato Uclés

	Alajuelense	0-1 (1-2 agg.)	Olimpia	San José, Costa Rica
				Stadium: Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto

	Robinhood	1–0	Defence Force	Paramaribo, Suriname
				Stadium: André Kamperveen Stadion

	Defence Force	3–1 (3–2 agg.)	Robinhood	Paramaribo, Suriname
				Stadium: André Kamperveen Stadion

Final

First leg

1988 CONCACAF Champions' Cup Final

19 December 1988

First leg

Defence Force	0–2	Olimpia
		Espinoza 16' Flores 46'

Estadio Nacional, Tegucigalpa

Attendance: 21,228

Referee: Arturo Brizio (Mexico)

Second leg

21 December 1988

Second leg

Olimpia	2–0	Defence Force
Contreras 9' Flores 80'	Report

Estadio Nacional, Tegucigalpa

Attendance: 17,965

Referee: Berny Ulloa Morera (Costa Rica)

Team details

Olimpia

Defence Force


GK	Óscar Banegas
DF	Daniel Zapata
DF	Danilo Galindo
DF	Alejandro Ruiz
DF	Rudy Williams
MF	Erick Fú
MF	Nahúm Espinoza
MF	Vicente Viera
MF	Juan C. Contreras
FW	Juan Flores
FW	Javier Flores	a'
Substitutions:
DF	Eugenio Dolmo	a'
Manager:
Estanislao Malinowski


GK		Hayden Thomas
DF		Julien García
DF		Miquel Payne
DF		Dexter Francis
DF		Chris Miquel
MF		Dexter Lee
MF		Troy García
MF		Hutson Charles
FW		Kerry Jamerson
FW		Richard Fraser
FW		Timothy Hinnes
Substitutions:
FW		Bertran O'Brien
FW		Russell Sutten
Manager:
Kenny Joseph

Olimpia won 4–0 on points and also 4–0 on aggregate.

Champion

CONCACAF Champions' Cup 1988 champion
Olimpia 2nd title

References

^ Copa de Campeones 1988 Archived 2022-11-16 at the Wayback Machine on the RSSSF
^ Hace 32 años, Olimpia Archived 2021-01-25 at the Wayback Machine on La Tribuna, 21 Dec 2020
^ Olimpia y sus tres hazañas Archived 2021-01-17 at the Wayback Machine on El Heraldo, 19 Oct 2017
^ MacDonald, Frank (June 3, 1988). "Seattle Mitre-Eagles fight Mexicans to scoreless tie". The Seattle Times. p. D7.

[1] Copa de Campeones 1988 Archived 2022-11-16 at the Wayback Machine on the RSSSF

[2] Hace 32 años, Olimpia Archived 2021-01-25 at the Wayback Machine on La Tribuna, 21 Dec 2020

[3] Olimpia y sus tres hazañas Archived 2021-01-17 at the Wayback Machine on El Heraldo, 19 Oct 2017

[4] MacDonald, Frank (June 3, 1988). "Seattle Mitre-Eagles fight Mexicans to scoreless tie". The Seattle Times. p. D7.

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