The 1988 Campeón de Campeones was the 35th edition of the

Campeón de Campeones Campeón de Campeones () is an association football competition in Mexico and the domestic super cup between the Liga MX champions of the ''Apertura'' and ''Clausura'' tournaments. It was initially a super cup match between the league and cup cha ...

, an annual

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match, and the 34th held in the professional era of Mexican football. The competition had not been played since 1976, marking this edition as its revival after a 12-year hiatus. Unlike most editions, this edition was played over two-legs, making it the second instance in the competition's history to use this format, the first being in

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. The match-up featured América, the winners of the 1987–88 Mexican Primera División, and

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, the winners of the 1987–88 Copa México. The first-leg was played on 7 July 1988 at

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and the second-leg on 10 July 1988 at

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. In the first-leg, Puebla defeated América 2–1, but in the second-leg América responded with a 2–0 victory, winning the tie 3–2 on aggregate and claiming their third Campeón de Campeones title.

Match details

First leg

Second leg

External links

Mexico - Statistics of season 1987/1988. (RSSSF)

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Campeón de Campeones July 1988 sports events in Mexico