1988 CONCACAF Champions' Cup

1988 CONCACAF Champions' Cup
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]

North/Central American Zone[]

Preliminary round[]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Morelia	11 - 0		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.

First round[]

North American Zone[]

Team 1	Agg.	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.

Central American Zone[]

Played in Guatemala City

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.

Second round[]

Central American Zone[]

Played in Tegucigalpa

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.

Third round[]

Central American Zone[]

Played in Tegucigalpa

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.

Fourth round[]

North/Central American Zone[]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Olimpia	2 - 1	Cruz Azul	0 - 0	2 - 1
Alajuelense	w/o*	Morelia

Morelia disqualified after refusing to play the series.*
Olimpia and Alajuelense advance to the CONCACAF Semi-Finals.

Caribbean Zone[]

First round[]

Matches and results unknown:

Robinhood
Sion Hill

Team 1	Agg.	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		1 - 1	0 - 1
Leo Victor	2 - 3		2 - 1	0 - 2