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
Champions Defence Force
Runners-up 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

First Round
Team 1 Agg. 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 CD Guadalajara 3 - 1 1 - 1

Second Round
Team 1 Agg. 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.

Third Round
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Olimpia 3 - 2 América 2 - 2 1 - 0
  • Olimpia advances to the fourth round.

Fourth Round
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Aurora 1 - 2 Olimpia 1 - 0 0 - 2
  • Olimpia advances to the CONCACAF Final.

Caribbean Zone

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
Team 1 Agg. 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
Team 1 Agg. 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.

Third Round
Team 1 Agg. 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
Team 1 Agg. 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

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

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

Champion
CONCACAF Champions' Cup
1985 Champions

Defence Force
First title

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