1988 CONCACAF Champions' Cup

24th edition of premier club football tournament organized by CONCACAF 1988 30 November – 21 December 275 Estadio Nacional in Tegucigalpa hosted the final round Estadio Carías.jpg 4 4 HON 1949 Olimpia 2 TTO Defence Force 6 9 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,Copa de Campeones 1988 https://web.archive.org/web/20221116153827/https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/cacups88.html 2022-11-16 on the RSSSF thus achieving their second CONCACAF trophy.Hace 32 años, Olimpia https://web.archive.org/web/20210125021828/https://www.latribuna.hn/2020/12/21/hace-32-anos-olimpia-fue-el-mandamas-de-la-concacaf/ 2021-01-25 on La Tribuna, 21 Dec 2020Olimpia y sus tres hazañas https://web.archive.org/web/20210117010125/https://www.elheraldo.hn/deportes/1118377-466/olimpia-y-sus-tres-haza%C3%B1as-en-la-concacaf 2021-01-17 on El Heraldo, 19 Oct 2017 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 Morelia MEX 11 - 0 Coke Milpross BLZ 9 - 0 2 - 0 Real Verdes BLZ 2 - 14 Cruz Azul MEX 0 - 2 2 - 12 Plaza Amador PAN 1 - 4 Alajuelense CRC 0 - 2 1 - 2 Morelia, Cruz Azul and Alajuelense advance to the First Round. Morelia MEX 9–0 BLZ Coke Milpross Morelia, Mexico Estadio Venustiano Carranza Coke Milpross BLZ 0-2 0-11 MEX Morelia Belize City, Belize MCC Grounds Real Verdes BLZ 0-2 MEX Cruz Azul San Ignacio, Belize Norman Broaster Stadium Cruz Azul MEX 12–2 14-2 BLZ Real Verdes Jasso, Mexico Estadio 10 de Diciembre June 5, 1988 Plaza Amador PAN 0-2 CRC Alajuelense Omar Arroyo Roberto Stevenovich Panama City, Panama Estadio Rommel Fernández Alajuelense CRC 2–1 3-1 PAN Plaza Amador San José, Costa Rica Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto First round North American Zone Cruz Azul MEX 9 - 0 Seattle Mitre Eagles USA 9 - 0 0 - 0 Washington Diplomats USA 2 - 4 Morelia MEX 1 - 2 1 - 2 Morelia and Cruz Azul advance to Fourth Round. Cruz Azul MEX 9–0 USA Seattle Mitre Eagles Jasso, Mexico Estadio 10 de Diciembre Seattle Mitre Eagles USA 0–0 0-9 MEX Cruz Azul Seattle, United States Memorial Stadium 500MacDonald Frank June 3, 1988 Seattle Mitre-Eagles fight Mexicans to scoreless tie D7 The Seattle Times Washington Diplomats USA 1–2 MEX Morelia Washington, D.C., United States RFK Stadium Morelia MEX 2–1 4-2 USA Washington Diplomats Washington, D.C., United States RFK Stadium Central American Zone Played in Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores - Guatemala City, Guatemala main WDL Q n 2 ALA CRC Alajuelense MAR HON 1949 Marathón MUN GUA Municipal ÁGU SLV Águila 2 1 0 4 2 2 0 1 3 1 1 1 1 4 4 0 0 3 2 6 #ccffcc Q Q complete Alajuelense CRC 2–1 Águila SLV Municipal GUA 0–2 Marathón HON 1949 Marathón HON 1949 1–0 Águila SLV Municipal GUA 1–1 Alajuelense CRC Alajuelense CRC 1–0 Marathón HON 1949 Municipal GUA 3–1 Águila SLV *Alajuelense and Marathon advance to the Third Round. June 26, 1988 Alajuelense CRC 2–1 SLV Águila Óscar Ramírez Alvaro Solano Luis Ramírez Zapata Guatemala City, Guatemala June 26, 1988 Municipal GUA 0–2 HON 1949 Marathón Ciro Castillo Guatemala City, Guatemala Marathón HON 1949 1–0 SLV Águila Guatemala City, Guatemala Municipal GUA 1–1 CRC Alajuelense Guatemala City, Guatemala July 3, 1988 Alajuelense CRC 1–0 HON 1949 Marathón Ricardo Chacón 43 Guatemala City, Guatemala July 3, 1988 Municipal GUA 3–1 SLV Águila Julio Gómez Juan Carlos Carreño o.g. René Archilla Luis Enrique Guelmo Guatemala City, Guatemala Central American Zone Played in Estadio Nacional Chelato Uclés - Tegucigalpa, Honduras main WDL Q n 2 OLI HON 1949 Olimpia AUR GUA Aurora FAS SLV FAS PUN CRC Municipal Puntarenas 2 1 0 6 2 1 2 0 4 2 0 2 1 4 6 0 1 2 2 6 #ccffcc Q Q complete Aurora GUA 2–0 Municipal Puntarenas CRC Olimpia HON 1949 3–1 FAS SLV Municipal Puntarenas CRC 2–2 FAS SLV Olimpia HON 1949 1–1 Aurora GUA Aurora GUA 1–1 FAS SLV Olimpia HON 1949 2–0 Municipal Puntarenas CRC *Olimpia and Aurora advance to the Third Round. June 26, 1988 Aurora GUA 2–0 CRC Municipal Puntarenas José Luis González Tegucigalpa, Honduras Estadio Nacional 22,000 June 26, 1988 Olimpia HON 1949 3–1 SLV FAS Belammino Rivera Juan Carlos Espinoza Rudy Williams Hugo Francisco Gudiel Tegucigalpa, Honduras Estadio Nacional 22,143 Municipal Puntarenas CRC 2–2 SLV FAS Didier Morales Luis Árnaez Luis Guerrero Tegucigalpa, Honduras Estadio Nacional Olimpia HON 1949 1–1 GUA Aurora Tegucigalpa, Honduras Estadio Nacional July 3, 1988 Aurora GUA 1–1 SLV FAS Óscar Sánchez Tegucigalpa, Honduras Estadio Nacional July 3, 1988 Olimpia HON 1949 2–0 CRC Municipal Puntarenas Juan Carlos Contreras Raúl Martínez Sambulá Tegucigalpa, Honduras Estadio Nacional Second round Central American Zone Played in Estadio Nacional Chelato Uclés - Tegucigalpa, Honduras main WDL Q n 2 ALA CRC Alajuelense OLI HON 1949 Olimpia AUR GUA Aurora MAR HON 1949 Marathón 1 2 0 4 2 1 2 0 3 2 0 2 1 2 3 1 0 2 3 5 #ccffcc Q Q complete Olimpia HON 1949 0 - 0 Aurora GUA Marathón HON 1949 0 - 2 Alajuelense CRC Olimpia HON 1949 1 - 1 Alajuelense CRC Marathón HON 1949 2 - 1 Aurora GUA Alajuelense CRC 1 - 1 Aurora GUA Olimpia HON 1949 2 - 1 Marathón HON 1949 *Alajuelense and Olimpia advance to the Fourth Round. Olimpia HON 1949 0–0 GUA Aurora Marathón HON 1949 0–2 CRC Alajuelense Olimpia HON 1949 1–1 CRC Alajuelense Marathón HON 1949 2–1 GUA Aurora Alajuelense CRC 1–1 GUA Aurora Olimpia HON 1949 2–1 HON 1949 Marathón Third round North/Central American Zone Olimpia HON 1949 2–1 Cruz Azul MEX 0–0 2–1 Alajuelense CRC w/o* Morelia MEX Olimpia and Alajuelense advance to the CONCACAF Semi-Finals. Morelia disqualified after refusing to play the series.* Olimpia HON 1949 0–0 MEX Cruz Azul Tegucigalpa, Honduras Estadio Nacional Chelato Uclés Cruz Azul MEX 1–2 1–2 HON 1949 Olimpia Mexico City, Mexico Estadio Azteca Caribbean Zone First round Matches and results unknown:GPE ZenithSUR RobinhoodVIN Sion HillVIN Cardinals Centro Dominguito ANT 1 - 3 La Gauloise GPE 1 - 1 0 - 2 Seba United JAM 5 - 2 UNDEBA ANT 3 - 0 2 - 2 Franciscain MTQ 2 - 4 Defence Force TRI 2 - 2 0 - 2 Trintoc TRI 1 - 2 Excelsior MTQ 1 - 1 0 - 1 Leo Victor SUR 2 - 3 Sport Guyanais French Guiana 2 - 1 0 - 2 All clubs in BOLD advance to the second round. Centro Dominguito ANT 1–1 GPE La Gauloise La Gauloise GPE 2–0 1-3 ANT Centro Dominguito Nil Seba United JAM 3–0 ANT UNDEBA Nil UNDEBA ANT 2–2 2-5 JAM Seba United Franciscain MTQ 2-2 TRI Defence Force Defence Force TRI 2–0 4-2 MTQ Franciscain Nil Trintoc TRI 1–1 MTQ Excelsior Excelsior MTQ 1-0 2-1 TRI Trintoc Nil Leo Victor SUR 2-1 French Guiana Sport Guyanais Sport Guyanais French Guiana 2–0 3-2 SUR Leo Victor Nil Second round Matches and results unknown:GPE La GauloiseJAM Seba UnitedFrench Guiana Sport Guyanais Zenith GPE 3 - 5 Robinhood SUR 3 - 1 0 - 4 Sion Hill VIN 1 - 7 Excelsior MTQ 1 - 3 0 - 4 Cardinals VIN 0 - 1 Defence Force TRI 0 - 0 0 - 1 Further results for the following round are unknown;Robin Hood and Defence Force advance to the CONCACAF Semi-Finals. Zenith GPE 3-1 SUR Robinhood Robinhood SUR 4-0 5-3 GPE Zenith Nil Sion Hill VIN 1–3 MTQ Excelsior Excelsior MTQ 4-0 7-1 VIN Sion Hill Nil Cardinals VIN 0–0 TRI Defence Force Nil Nil Defence Force TRI 1-0 1-0 VIN Cardinals Nil Semi-finals Olimpia HON 1949 2–1 Alajuelense CRC 1–1 1–0 Robinhood SUR 2–3 Defence Force TRI 1–0 1—3 Olimpia and Defence Force advance to the CONCACAF Final. Olimpia HON 1949 1–1 CRC Alajuelense Tegucigalpa, Honduras Estadio Nacional Chelato Uclés Alajuelense CRC 0-1 1-2 HON 1949 Olimpia San José, Costa Rica Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto Robinhood SUR 1–0 TRI Defence Force Paramaribo, Suriname André Kamperveen Stadion Defence Force TRI 3–1 3–2 SUR Robinhood Paramaribo, Suriname André Kamperveen Stadion Final First leg 19 December 1988 1988 CONCACAF Champions' Cup Final First leg Defence Force TTO 0–2 HON 1949 Olimpia Espinoza 16Flores 46 Estadio Nacional Tegucigalpa 21,228 Arturo Brizio (Mexico) Second leg 21 December 1988 Second leg Olimpia HON 1949 2–0 Report TTO Defence Force Contreras 9 Flores 80 Estadio Nacional Tegucigalpa 17,965 Berny Ulloa Morera (Costa Rica) Team details _collar ffffff ffffff ffffff ffffff ffffff Olimpia _shoulder_stripes_blue_stripes _2blueshoulderstripes _shoulder_stripes_blue_stripes _blue_stripes_adidas _color_3_stripes_blue ffee00 ffee00 ffee00 0000ff ffee00 Defence Force GK HON Óscar Banegas DF HON Daniel Zapata DF HON Danilo Galindo DF HON Alejandro Ruiz DF HON Rudy Williams MF HON Erick Fú MF HON Nahúm Espinoza MF HON Vicente Viera MF URU Juan C. Contreras FW HON Juan Flores FW HON Javier Flores aSubstitutions: DF HON Eugenio Dolmo aManager: URU Estanislao Malinowski GK TTO Hayden Thomas DF TTO Julien García DF TTO Miquel Payne DF TTO Dexter Francis DF TTO Chris Miquel MF TTO Dexter Lee MF TTO Troy GarcíaMF TTO Hutson Charles FW TTO Kerry Jamerson FW TTO Richard Fraser FW TTO Timothy Hinnes Substitutions: FW TTO Bertran O'Brien FW TTO Russell Sutten Manager: TTO Kenny Joseph Olimpia won 4–0 on points and also 4–0 on aggregate. Champion CONCACAF Champions' Cup1988 champion HON 1949 50pxOlimpia 2nd References 1988 Champions' Cup