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 edit

First round edit

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   3 - 1   FAS 1 - 1 2 - 1
América   4 - 2   Guadalajara 3 - 1 1 - 1
Hotels International FC   0–0   Aurora
Nil Nil
Aurora   3-0
(3-0 agg.)
  Hotels International FC
Nil
29 April 1985 Chicago Croatian   0-4   Olimpia San Pedro Sula, Honduras
Nil Juan Flores x 2
TBD
TBD
Stadium: Francisco Morazán Stadium
Suchitepéquez   2–1   Águila
Dagoberto Medrano
Eugenio Flores
Juan Antonio Argueta
27 May 1985 Águila   0-2
(1-4 agg.)
  Suchitepéquez Los Angeles, United States
Nil Ernesto Almengor
Carlos Castañeda
Stadium: La Coliseum
Vida   1–1   FAS
Domingo Drummond Juan Luis Guerrero
FAS   1-1
(2-2 (Pen 5-4) agg.)
  Vida
Jose Luis Guerrero Rolando Valladares

Second round edit

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.
América   3-0
(3-1 agg.)
  Vida
Nil

Third round edit

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
Nil Amílcar Lanza Stadium: Querétaro’s Corregidora Stadium

Fourth round edit

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.
Olimpia   2–0
(2-1 agg.)
  Aurora
Nil

Caribbean Zone edit

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 edit

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.
Transvaal   0-0
(0-0 (PEN 3-4) agg.)
  Jong Holland
Nil Nil

Second round edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

First leg edit

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

Second leg edit

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

Champion edit

CONCACAF Champions' Cup
1985 Champions
 
Defence Force
Second title

References edit

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