The 1987–88 Copa México is the 60th staging of the

Copa México The Copa MX (formerly called Copa Tower Monterrey, Copa Eliminatoria, Copa México and Copa Corona (beer), Corona MX (for sponsorship reasons)) was a Mexican association football, football cup competition that was established in 1907 in association ...

, but the 33rd staging in the professional era. This cup tournament was played again after 12 years without play. The competition started on January 29, 1988, and concluded on June 8, 1988, with the final, held at the

Estadio Cuauhtémoc Estadio Cuauhtémoc is a Association football, football stadium in Puebla, Puebla City, Mexico. It is the home of Club Puebla . It is currently the fourth-biggest football stadium in Mexico by capacity. The stadium has been the host of the 1 ...

Puebla City Puebla de Zaragoza (; nah, Cuetlaxcoapan), formally Heroica Puebla de Zaragoza, formerly Puebla de los Ángeles during colonial times, or known in English simply as Puebla, is the seat of Puebla Municipality. It is the capital and largest city ...

, in which

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lifted the trophy for the third time ever with an

away goal The away goals rule is a method of tiebreaking in association football and other sports when teams play each other twice, once at each team's home ground. Under the away goals rule, if the total goals scored by each team are equal, the team that ...

victory over

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. For this edition was played by 16 teams in a knock-out stage.

Knock-out rounds

Semifinals

First Leg

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Second Leg

''Puebla goes to the final 4–3 on aggregate'' ---- ''Cruz Azul goes to the final 4-2 on aggregate''

Finals

First Leg

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Second leg

''Puebla won the Cup on away goal''

References

Mexico - Statistics of Copa México in season 1987/1988. (RSSSF)
{{DEFAULTSORT:1987-88 Copa Mexico Copa MX Cop 1987–88 domestic association football cups