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 on the RSSSF thus achieving their second CONCACAF trophy.Hace 32 años, Olimpia on La Tribuna, 21 Dec 2020Olimpia y sus tres hazañas 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, Cruz Azul and Alajuelense advance to the First Round.
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.
Central American Zone
Played in Estadio Nacional Chelato Uclés - Tegucigalpa, Honduras
*Olimpia and Aurora advance to the Third Round.
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: Zenith Robinhood Sion Hill Cardinals
All clubs in BOLD advance to the second round.
Second round Matches and results unknown: La Gauloise Seba United 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
Second leg
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 Substitutions: DF Eugenio Dolmo Manager: Estanislao Malinowski
GK Hayden Thomas DF Julien García DF Miquel Payne DF Dexter Francis DF Chris Miquel MF Dexter Lee MF Troy GarcíaMF 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
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