1988 Copa Interamericana

1988 Copa Interamericana

Event	Copa Interamericana
Olimpia Nacional 1 5
(on aggregate)
First leg
Olimpia Nacional 1 1
Date	March 5, 1989
Venue	Tiburcio C. Andino, Tegucigalpa
Referee	Arturo Brizio (Mexico)
Attendance	45,000
Second leg
Nacional Olimpia 4 0
Date	March 29, 1989
Venue	Estadio Centenario, Montevideo
Referee	Abel Gnecco (Argentina)
Attendance	38,000

The 1988 Copa Interamericana was the 11th staging of this competition. The final took place between Nacional (winners of the 1988 Copa Libertadores) and Olimpia (2inners of the 1988 CONCACAF Champions' Cup) and was staged over two legs on 5 and 29 March 1989.

After the first leg in Tegucigalpa ended 1–1, Nacional easily defeated Olimpia 4–0 in Montevideo to win their second Copa Interamericana. With this achievement, the Uruguayan side won their fourth international trophy within five months so they had previously won the Copa Libertadores, Copa Intercontinental and Recopa.

Qualified teams

Team	Qualification	Previous final app.
Nacional	1988 Copa Libertadores champion	1971, 1980
Olimpia	1988 CONCACAF Champions' Cup champion	1972

• Bold indicates winning years

Venues

Estadio Tiburcio Andino (left) and Estadio Centenario, venues for the series

Match details

First leg

1988 Copa Interamericana

March 5, 1989

First leg

Olimpia	1–1	Nacional
Rivera 66'		Fonseca 17'

Tiburcio Andino, Tegucigalpa

Attendance: 45,000

Referee: Arturo Brizio (Mexico)

Olimpia

Nacional

GK		Belarmino Rivera
DF		Daniel Zapata
DF		Ruiz
DF		Galindo
DF		Williams
MF		Antonio Hernández
MF		Espinoza
MF		Vicente Daniel Viera
MF		Juan Flores
FW		Juan Carlos Contreras
FW		Ángel Flores
Manager:
Estanislao Malinowski

GK		Jorge Seré
DF		Tony Gómez
DF		Daniel Felipe Revelez
DF		Hugo De León
DF		Carlos Soca
MF		Jorge Cardaccio
MF		Santiago Ostolaza
MF		William Castro
FW	15	Luis Noé
FW	9	Daniel Fonseca
FW		Jacinto Cabrera		31'
Substitutes:
FW		Héctor Morán		31'
Manager:
Héctor Núñez

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Second leg

March 29, 1989

First leg

Nacional	4–0	Olimpia
Fonseca 17' Ostolaza 23' Noé 57', 85'

Estadio Centenario, Montevideo

Attendance: 38,000

Referee: Abel Gnecco (Argentina)

Nacional

Olimpia

GK		Jorge Seré
DF		Tony Gómez
DF		Felipe Revelez
DF		Hugo De León
DF		José Pintos Saldanha		54'
MF		Jorge Cardaccio
MF		Santiago Ostolaza
MF		William Castro
MF	15	Luis Noé
FW	9	Daniel Fonseca
FW		Jacinto Cabrera		71'
Substitutes:
DF		Carlos Soca		54'
MF		José Enrique Peña		71'
Manager:

GK		Belarmino Rivera
DF		Daniel Zapata
DF		Ruiz
DF		Galindo
DF		Mesía
MF		Antonio Hernández
MF		Espinoza
MF		Tovar		65'
FW		Juan Carlos Contreras		54'
FW		Juan Flores
FW		Dolmo Flores
Substitutes:
FW		Javier Flores		54'
MF		Chacón		65'
Manager:
Estanislao Malinowski

References