1985 CONCACAF Champions' Cup

The 1985 CONCACAF Champions' Cup was the 21st. 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 football in the CONCACAF region and was played from 9 April 1985 till 26 January 1986.

1985 CONCACAF Champions' Cup
Dates9 April 1985 – 26 January 1986
Final positions
ChampionsTrinidad and Tobago Defence Force
Runner-upHonduras Olimpia
← 1984
1986 →

The teams were split into 2 zones, North/Central America and Caribbean, (as North and Central America sections combined to qualify one team for the final), each one qualifying the winner to the final tournament. All the matches in the tournament were played under the home/away match system.

Trinidadian side Defence Force beat Hondurean team Olimpia 2–1 on aggregate,[1] becoming CONCACAF champion for the first time in their history and also the first club from that country to win the competition.[2]

North/Central American Zone

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First round

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Hotels International FC   0 - 3   Aurora 0 - 0 0 - 3
Chicago Croatian   0 - 6   Olimpia 0 - 4 0 - 2
Suchitepéquez   4 - 1   Águila 2 - 1 2 - 0
Vida   2-2
5-4 pen
  FAS 1 - 1 1 - 1
América   4 - 2   Guadalajara 3 - 1 1 - 1

Hotels International FC   0–0   Aurora Hamilton, Bermuda
Stadium: Bermuda National Stadium
Aurora   3-0
(3-0 agg.)
  Hotels International FC Guatemala City, Guatemala
Stadium: Estadio del Ejército

both legs in Tegucigalpa


Suchitepéquez   2–1   Águila Los Angeles, United States
Dagoberto Medrano
Eugenio Flores
Juan Antonio Argueta Stadium: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
27 May 1985 Águila   0-2
(1-4 agg.)
  Suchitepéquez Los Angeles, United States
Ernesto Almengor
Carlos Castañeda
Stadium: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum

both legs in Los Angeles, USA


Vida   1–1   FAS Los Angeles, United States
Domingo Drummond Juan Luis Guerrero Stadium: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
FAS   1-1
(2-2 (Pen 5-4) agg.)
  Vida Los Angeles, United States
Jose Luis Guerrero Rolando Valladares Stadium: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum

both legs in Los Angeles, USA


both legs in Los Angeles, USA

Second round

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Suchitepéquez   1 - 1
(3-4 pen)
  Olimpia 1 - 0 0 - 1
Vida   1 - 3   América 1 - 0 0 - 3
  • Olimpia and América advance to the third round.


  • 1st leg in Tegucigalpa
  • Vida were in fact the Honduras national team
  • 2nd leg in Querétaro
  • Vida were in fact the Honduras national team

Third round

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Olimpia   3 - 2   América 2 - 2 1 - 0
  • Olimpia advances to the fourth round.
August 28, 1985 América   0-1
(2-3 agg.)
  Olimpia Querétaro, Mexico
Amílcar Lanza Stadium: Estadio Corregidora

2nd leg in Querétaro

Fourth round

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Aurora   1 - 2   Olimpia 1 - 0 0 - 2
  • Olimpia advances to the CONCACAF Final.

Caribbean Zone

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The following clubs reportedly entered:
  SUBT
  Violette
  Boys' Town
  Tivoli Gardens
  Aiglon du Lamentin
  SV Robinhood
but it is not known whether they played any matches.

First round

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Racing Gonaïves   0 - 1   Golden Star 0 - 0 0 - 1
San Francois National   2 - 4   Moulien 1 - 2 1 - 2
Jong Holland   0 - 0
(4-3 pen.)
  Transvaal 0 - 0 0 - 0
  • Further matches and results are unknown among clubs at this stage.


Second round

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Moulien   1 - 0   Weymouth Wales 1 - 0
Defence Force   2 - 0   JS Capesterre 1 - 0 1 - 0
Jong Holland   2 - 1   SUBT 0 - 1 2 - 0
Robinhood   3 - 3
(3-4 pen.)
  Montjoly 0 - 1 3 - 2
  • Apparently played over one leg.
  • Further matches and results are unknown among clubs at this stage.



Montjoly   2–3
(3-3 (Pen 4-3) agg.)
  Robinhood

Third round

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Montjoly   4 - 0   Jong Holland 3 - 0 1 - 0
  • Further matches and results are unknown among clubs at this stage.

Final Round

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Montjoly   ***   Defence Force
  • Defence Force apparently beat Montjoly in the final round
    to qualify as winners of the Caribbean Zone.

Final

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First leg

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1985 CONCACAF Champions' Cup Final
First leg
Defence Force  2–0  Olimpia

Second leg

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Second leg
Olimpia  1–0  Defence Force
Juan Carlos Espinoza
  • Defence Force won 2–1 on aggregate.

Champion

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CONCACAF Champions' Cup
1985 Champions
 
Defence Force
Second title

References

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  1. ^ Copa de Campeones 1985 on the RSSSF
  2. ^ Todos los campeones de Concacaf on Goal.com, 23 Dec 2020