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
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 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 v Coke Milpross

	Morelia	9–0	Coke Milpross	Morelia, Mexico
				Stadium: Estadio Venustiano Carranza

Coke Milpross v Morelia

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

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Real Verdes v Cruz Azul

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

Cruz Azul v Real Verdes

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

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Plaza Amador v Alajuelense

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

Alajuelense v Plaza Amador

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

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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 v Seattle Mitre Eagles

	Cruz Azul	9–0	Seattle Mitre Eagles	Jasso, Mexico
				Stadium: Estadio 10 de Diciembre

Seattle Mitre Eagles v Cruz Azul

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

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Washington Diplomats v Morelia

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

Morelia v Washington Diplomats

	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: [citation needed]

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.

Alajuelense v Águila

June 26, 1988	Alajuelense	2–1	Águila	Guatemala City, Guatemala
	Óscar Ramírez Alvaro Solano		Luis Ramírez Zapata

Municipal v Marathón

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

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Marathón v Águila

Marathón

1–0

Águila

Guatemala City, Guatemala

Municipal v Alajuelense

Municipal

1–1

Alajuelense

Guatemala City, Guatemala

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Alajuelense v Marathón

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

Municipal v Águila

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

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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: [citation needed]

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.

Aurora v Municipal Puntarenas

June 26, 1988	Aurora	2–0	Municipal Puntarenas	Tegucigalpa, Honduras
	José Luis González			Stadium: Estadio Nacional Attendance: 22,000

Olimpia 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

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Municipal Puntarenas v FAS

	Municipal Puntarenas	2–2	FAS	Tegucigalpa, Honduras
	Didier Morales Luis Árnaez		Luis Guerrero	Stadium: Estadio Nacional

Olimpia v Aurora

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

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Aurora v FAS

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

Olimpia v Municipal Puntarenas

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

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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: [citation needed]

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 v Aurora

Olimpia

0–0

Aurora

Marathón v Alajuelense

Marathón

0–2

Alajuelense

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Olimpia v Alajuelense

Olimpia

1–1

Alajuelense

Marathón v Aurora

Marathón

2–1

Aurora

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Alajuelense v Aurora

Alajuelense

1–1

Aurora

Olimpia v Marathón

Olimpia

2–1

Marathón

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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.

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• Morelia disqualified after refusing to play the series.*

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Olimpia v Cruz Azul

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

Cruz Azul v Olimpia

	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 v La Gauloise

Centro Dominguito

1–1

La Gauloise

La Gauloise v Centro Dominguito

	La Gauloise	2–0 (1-3 agg.)	Centro Dominguito
			Nil

Seba United v UNDEBA

	Seba United	3–0	UNDEBA
			Nil

UNDEBA v Seba United

UNDEBA

2–2 (2-5 agg.)

Seba United

Franciscain v Defence Force

Franciscain

2-2

Defence Force

Defence Force v Franciscain

	Defence Force	2–0 (4-2 agg.)	Franciscain
			Nil

Trintoc v Excelsior

Trintoc

1–1

Excelsior

Excelsior v Trintoc

	Excelsior	1-0 (2-1 agg.)	Trintoc
			Nil

Leo Victor v Sport Guyanais

Leo Victor

2-1

Sport Guyanais

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 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 v Robinhood

Zenith

3-1

Robinhood

Robinhood v Zenith

	Robinhood	4-0 (5-3 agg.)	Zenith
			Nil

Sion Hill v Excelsior

Sion Hill

1–3

Excelsior

Excelsior v Sion Hill

	Excelsior	4-0 (7-1 agg.)	Sion Hill
			Nil

Cardinals v Defence Force

	Cardinals	0–0	Defence Force
	Nil		Nil

Defence Force v Cardinals

	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 v Alajuelense

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

Alajuelense v Olimpia

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

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Robinhood v Defence Force

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

Defence Force v Robinhood

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

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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)

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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