The 1988 Mongolian National Championship was the twenty-fourth recorded edition of the Mongolian National Championship for football, with the first tournament taking place in 1955 and no tournament held in 1965 or apparently in 1977.^[1] It would appear however that championships were contested between 1956 and 1963, as sources note that a team called Aldar, the Mongolian Army Sports Club, won the title on numerous occasions during that time.^[1] Nonetheless, the 1988 national championship was won by Sükhbataar, a team from Sükhbaatar District, a Düüreg (district) of Ulaanbaatar, their second title and second in a row following their first victory in the 1987 championship, only the second time a Mongolian team had won back-to-back national titles following Tengeriin Bugnuud's victories in 1981 and 1982.^[1]