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1988 CONCACAF Champions' Cup
24th edition of premier club football tournament organized by CONCACAF
24th edition of premier club football tournament organized by CONCACAF
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| year | 1988 |
| dates | 30 November – 21 December |
| size | 275 |
| caption | Estadio Nacional in Tegucigalpa hosted the final round |
| image | Estadio Carías.jpg |
| num_teams | 4 |
| associations | 4 |
| champion_other | HON Olimpia |
| count | 2 |
| second_other | TTO Defence Force |
| matches | 6 |
| goals | 9 |
| prevseason | [1987](1987-concacaf-champions-cup) |
| nextseason | [1989](1989-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.
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, thus achieving their second CONCACAF trophy. 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, Cruz Azul and Alajuelense advance to the First Round.
Roberto Stevenovich
First round
North American Zone
- Morelia and Cruz Azul advance to Fourth Round.
Central American Zone
Played in Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores - Guatemala City, Guatemala
*Alajuelense and Marathon advance to the Third Round.
Alvaro Solano
Juan Carlos Carreño
René Archilla
Central American Zone
Played in Estadio Nacional Chelato Uclés - Tegucigalpa, Honduras
*Olimpia and Aurora advance to the Third Round.
Juan Carlos Espinoza
Rudy Williams
Luis Árnaez
Raúl Martínez Sambulá
Second round
Central American Zone
Played in Estadio Nacional Chelato Uclés - Tegucigalpa, Honduras
*Alajuelense and Olimpia advance to the Fourth Round.
Third round
North/Central American Zone
- Olimpia and Alajuelense advance to the CONCACAF Semi-Finals.
- Morelia disqualified after refusing to play the series.*
Caribbean Zone
First round
Matches and results unknown: GPE Zenith SUR Robinhood VIN Sion Hill VIN Cardinals
- All clubs in BOLD advance to the second round.
Second round
Matches and results unknown: GPE La Gauloise JAM Seba United French Guiana Sport Guyanais
- Further results for the following round are unknown; Robin Hood and Defence Force advance to the CONCACAF Semi-Finals.
Semi-finals
- Olimpia and Defence Force advance to the CONCACAF Final.
Final
First leg
Flores
Second leg
Flores
| URU Estanislao Malinowski |
|---|
| TTO Kenny Joseph |
|---|
|}
- Olimpia won 4–0 on points and also 4–0 on aggregate.
Champion
References
References
- [https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/cacups88.html Copa de Campeones 1988] {{Webarchive. link. (2022-11-16 on the RSSSF)
- [https://www.latribuna.hn/2020/12/21/hace-32-anos-olimpia-fue-el-mandamas-de-la-concacaf/ Hace 32 años, Olimpia] {{Webarchive. link. (2021-01-25 on ''La Tribuna'', 21 Dec 2020)
- [https://www.elheraldo.hn/deportes/1118377-466/olimpia-y-sus-tres-hazañas-en-la-concacaf Olimpia y sus tres hazañas] {{Webarchive. link. (2021-01-17 on ''El Heraldo'', 19 Oct 2017)
- MacDonald, Frank. (June 3, 1988). "Seattle Mitre-Eagles fight Mexicans to scoreless tie". [[The Seattle Times]].
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