# 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.
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

| 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.

### 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.

#### 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 |
| 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.

#### 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 |
| 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.

### 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 |
| 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.

### 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.*

## 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.

### 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.

## 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.

## Final
### Second leg

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