1987 CONCACAF Champions' Cup

The 1987 CONCACAF Champions' Cup was the 23rd 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 31 March 1987 till 30 September 1987.

1987 CONCACAF Champions' Cup
Dates31 March – 30 September
Final positions
ChampionsMexico América
Runner-upTrinidad and Tobago Defence Force
← 1986
1988 →

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.

Mexican club América beat Trinidadian team Defence Force 3–1 on aggregate,[1] becoming CONCACAF champions for the second time in their history.[2][3]

North/Central American Zone edit

North section edit

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
St. Louis Kutis SC   0 - 4   CF Monterrey 0 - 1 0 - 3
América   4 - 0*   San Pedro Yugoslavs
  • San Pedro Yugoslavs withdrew; both legs officially awarded 2-0 to América.*
  • América and CF Monterrey qualified to Semi-Finals.

Central section edit

First round edit

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Real Verdes   1 - 8   Real España 0 - 2 1 - 6
Olimpia   9 - 2   Coke Milpross 8 - 1 1 - 1
  • Real España and Olimpia advance to the second round.

Second round edit

Group 1

Played in Tegucigalpa, Honduras

*Olimpia and Herediano advance to the third round group stage.

Herediano   1-1   Águila
TBD   43' TBD  
June 8, 1987 Olimpia   1-0   Galcasa
Juan Carlos Espinoza   Nil
Águila   4-1   Galcasa
TBD   43' TBD  
Galcasa   0-2   Herediano
Nil TBD  
TBD   43'
Olimpia   2-1   Águila
Juan Flores  
prudencio Norales  
Julio Herrera  

Group 2

Played in San Salvador, El Salvador

*Saprissa and Real España advance to the third round group stage.

Aurora   0-1   Real España San Salvador, El Salvador
June 8, 1987 Nil Javier Chavarria  
June 8, 1987 Alianza   3-3   Saprissa San Salvador, El Salvador
TBD  
TBD  
TBD  
TBD  
TBD  
TBD  
Alianza   1-2   Real España
Ramon Pacheco   Javier Chavarria    
Saprissa   3-1   Real España
TBD  
TBD  
TBD  
TBD  
Alianza   1-2   Aurora
TBD   José Luis González  
Omar Reyes  

Third round edit

Played at Estadio Nacional - San José, Costa Rica.

*Olimpia and Saprissa advance to the Semi-finals.

28 June 1987 Herediano   3-2   Real España San José, Costa Rica
Mario Orta    
Carlos Camacho  
TBD  
TBD  
Stadium: Estadio Nacional
June 28, 1987 Saprissa   1-4   Olimpia San José, Costa Rica
TBD   Juan Cruz Murillo  
Juan Flores  
José Mario Figueroa  
[Eugenio Dolmo Flores  
Stadium: Estadio Nacional
Herediano   1-4   Saprissa San José, Costa Rica
TBD   TBD  
TBD  
TBD  
TBD  
Stadium: Estadio Nacional
July 5, 1987 Saprissa   2-1   Real España San José, Costa Rica
Delvaste Araujo  
Evaristo Coronado  
TBD   Stadium: Estadio Nacional
Attendance: 5,310
July 5, 1987 Herediano   2-1   Olimpia San José, Costa Rica
TBD  
TBD  
TBD   Stadium: Estadio Nacional
Attendance: 5,310

North/Central American semi-finals edit

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Saprissa   3 - 4   América 2 - 2 1 - 2
Olimpia   2 - 3   Monterrey 0 - 1 2 - 2
  • América and CF Monterrey advance to the North/Central American Final.
September 3, 1987 Monterrey   2–2
(3-2 agg.)
  Olimpia Tecnológico Stadium
Francisco Javier Cruz  
Rafael Ortega Méndez  
Juan Flores  
Daniel Zapata  

North/Central American Final edit

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
América   5 - 3   Monterrey 3 - 3 2 - 0
  • Club América advance to the CONCACAF Final.

Caribbean Zone edit

First round edit

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Golden Star   4 - 0   Uptown Rebels 3 - 0 1 - 0
Renegades   3 - 4   Franciscain 2 - 0 1 - 4
L'Etoile de Morne-à-l'Eau   3 - 3
(4-3 pen)
  Harbour View FC 3 - 1 0 - 2
VSADC   5 - 3   Juventus 5 - 1 0 - 2
Rick's Superstars   1 - 5   Trintoc 1 - 2 0 - 3
  • Defence Force on a bye, to the second round.
  • Golden Star, Franciscain, L'Etoile de Morne-à-l'Eau,
    VSADC and Trintoc advance to the second round.

Second round edit

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Golden Star   0 - 1   Trintoc 0 - 1 0 - 0
Defence Force   4 - 2   Franciscain 4 - 2
VSADC   2 - 4*   L'Etoile de Morne-à-l'Eau 1 - 1 1 - 3
  • L'Etoile de Morne-à-l'Eau possibly withdrew, after series.*
  • Defence Force and Trintoc advance to the Caribbean Zone final round.

Final round edit

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Defence Force   3 - 2   Trintoc 2 - 1 1 - 1
  • Defence Force advance to the CONCACAF Final.

Final edit

First leg edit

1987 CONCACAF Champions' Cup Final
First leg
Defence Force  1–1  América
Sutton   7' Report Luna   43'

Second leg edit

Second leg
América  2–0  Defence Force
Luna   63'
Santos   90'
Report
Attendance: 60,000

América won 3–1 on points (3–1 on aggregate).

Champion edit

CONCACAF Champions' Cup
1987 champions
 
América
Second title

References edit

  1. ^ Copa de Campeones 1987 on the RSSSF
  2. ^ América campeón 1987 on Club América, 28 Sep 2018
  3. ^ Se cumplen 33 años del América campeón en la Concachampions by Diego Jara, 28 Oct 2020