Preliminary Round
[Note: for the first time, two Mexican teams were invited to participate
in the Copa Libertadores. Am�rica and Guadalajara were chosen;
they played a preliminary match to determine who would play as
Mexico's first resp. second entrant:
Jan 15: Am�rica - Guadalajara 2-0
[Ricardo Pel�ez 7, 30]
this match has no bearing on the final group table.]
Qualifying Section for Group 2 of First Round [Mexico, Venezuela]
Feb 4: Atl�tico Zulia - Guadalajara 2-3x
[Luis Vera 24, Juan Garc�a 73; Gustavo N�poles 31, 68,
Camilo Romero 90+]
Feb 6: Caracas FC - Guadalajara 1-1
[Leonardo Gonz�lez 59; Joel S�nchez 61]
Feb 10: Atl�tico Zulia - Am�rica 0-2x
[Ricardo Pel�ez 3, Carlos Garc�a 89og]
Feb 13: Caracas FC - Am�rica 1-0
[Jos� Manuel Rey 3]
Feb 17: Guadalajara - Atl�tico Zulia 4-1
[Paulo C�sar Ch�vez 27pen, 33pen, Ram�n Ram�rez 62,
Gustavo N�poles 64; Juan Garc�a 4]
Feb 19: Am�rica - Atl�tico Zulia 2-0
[Ricardo Pel�ez 25, Isaac Terrazas 30]
Feb 24: Guadalajara - Caracas FC 4-1
[Paulo C�sar Ch�vez 13, Jes�s Arellano 31, Ram�n Ram�rez 50,
Gustavo N�poles 71; H�ctor Vidoglio 18]
Feb 26: Am�rica - Caracas FC 1-1
[Rodrigo Valenzuela 27; Isaac Ramos 86]
x in Valencia
1.Guadalajara 4 3 1 0 12- 5 10
2.Am�rica (Ciudad de M�xico) 4 2 1 1 5- 2 7
3.Caracas FC 4 1 2 1 4- 6 5
4.Atl�tico Zulia (Maracaibo) 4 0 0 4 3-11 0
First Round
Cruzeiro (Belo Horizonte) bye to the second round as holders.
Group 1 [Colombia, Ecuador]
Feb 25: Am�rica-Bucaramanga 2-2
Feb 25: Barcelona-Deportivo Quito 0-0
Mar 3: Deportivo Quito-Bucaramanga 1-0
[Soria 54pen]
Mar 6: Barcelona-Bucaramanga 2-0
[Arias, Ascencio]
Mar 10: Deportivo Quito-Am�rica 0-4
[Orteg�n 5, Gonz�lez 28, R.Perez 34, 85]
Mar 13: Barcelona-Am�rica 1-0
[C.Asprilla 75og]
Mar 18: Bucaramanga-Am�rica 0-1
Mar 18: Deportivo Quito-Barcelona 1-1
[Burbano; Delgado 70]
Mar 24: Bucaramanga-Deportivo Quito 2-0
[Restrepo 62, Espa�a 88]
Mar 27: Am�rica-Deportivo Quito 2-1
Mar 31: Bucaramanga-Barcelona 1-0
[G�mez 38]
Apr 3: Am�rica-Barcelona 1-1
1.Am�rica (Cali) 6 3 2 1 10- 5 11
2.Barcelona (Guayaquil) 6 2 3 1 5- 3 9
3.Atl�tico Bucaramanga 6 2 1 3 5- 6 7
4.Deportivo Quito 6 1 2 3 3- 9 5
Group 2 [Brazil, Mexico]
Mar 4: Guadalajara-Am�rica 0-1
[Garc�a Aspe]
Mar 4: Gr�mio-Vasco da Gama 1-0
[Guilherme 62]
Mar 10: Guadalajara-Gr�mio 1-0
[I.Vazquez 67]
Mar 13: Am�rica-Gr�mio 1-2
[Z�rate; Guilherme, Beto]
Mar 17: Guadalajara-Vasco da Gama 1-0
[R.Ramirez 45]
Mar 20: Am�rica-Vasco da Gama 1-1
[Cedr�s 1; Ram�n 5]
Mar 24: Am�rica-Guadalajara 2-0
[Pelaez 4, Cedr�s 56]
Mar 26: Vasco da Gama-Gr�mio 3-0
[Luiz�o 33, 43, Donizete 55]
Mar 31: Gr�mio-Guadalajara 2-0
[Beto 47, 55]
Apr 3: Vasco da Gama-Guadalajara 2-0
Apr 7: Gr�mio-Am�rica 1-0
[Dar�o 6]
Apr 9: Vasco da Gama-Am�rica 1-1
[Richardson 71; Garc�a Aspe 6]
1.Gr�mio (Porto Alegre) 6 4 0 2 6- 5 12
2.Vasco da Gama (Rio de Janeiro) 6 2 2 2 7- 4 8
3.Am�rica (Ciudad de M�xico) 6 2 2 2 6- 5 8
4.Guadalajara 6 2 0 4 2- 7 6
Group 3 [Chile, Paraguay]
Feb 25: Olimpia-Cerro Porte�o 5-1
Feb 25: Univ. Cat�lica-Colo Colo 2-3
[Bisconti 17, Goldberg 67; Neira 4, 64, Espina 83]
Mar 3: Cerro Porte�o-Univ. Cat�lica 0-0
Mar 6: Olimpia-Univ. Cat�lica 2-0
[Valdez, Zelaya]
Mar 10: Cerro Porte�o-Colo Colo 2-0
[Ovelar 83, E.Fern�ndez 90]
Mar 13: Olimpia-Colo Colo 1-1
[G.Gonz�lez 12; Vergara 75]
Mar 18: Cerro Porte�o-Olimpia 1-2
[Ovelar 38pen; Paredes 56, Monz�n 72]
Mar 18: Colo Colo-Univ. Cat�lica 2-0
[H.Tapia 18, 26]
Mar 24: Univ. Cat�lica-Cerro Porte�o 1-0
[Moya 83]
Mar 27: Colo Colo-Cerro Porte�o 1-2
[H.Tapia 36; E.Fern�ndez 9, Ovelar 67pen]
Mar 31: Univ. Cat�lica-Olimpia 2-1
[L.P�rez 45, Bisconti 61; Monz�n 63]
Apr 3: Colo Colo-Olimpia 1-3
[Vergara 71; Zelaya 2, Monz�n 6pen, Franco 90]
1.Olimpia (Asunci�n) 6 4 1 1 14- 6 13
2.Colo Colo (Santiago) 6 2 1 3 8-10 7
3.Cerro Porte�o (Asunci�n) 6 2 1 3 6- 9 7
4.Universidad Cat�lica (Santiago) 6 2 1 3 5- 8 7
Group 4 [Bolivia, Uruguay]
Feb 25: Bol�var-Oriente Petrolero 3-2
Feb 25: Pe�arol-Nacional 2-1x
[Bengoechea 38, A.Gonz�lez 74; J.Ramirez 64]
Mar 3: Oriente Petrolero-Pe�arol 0-0
Mar 6: Bol�var-Pe�arol 1-0
[Joao]
Mar 10: Oriente Petrolero-Nacional 2-1
[Osvaldinho 67, Edu 83; Baltierra 36]
Mar 13: Bol�var-Nacional 2-0
[Joao 15, 76]
Mar 18: Oriente Petrolero-Bol�var 1-1
[Monteiro 15; Joao 39]
Mar 18: Nacional-Pe�arol 1-4
[Lemos 42; Romero 9, Pandiani 23, 75, Herrera 52]
Mar 24: Nacional-Oriente Petrolero 4-1
[Delgado 2, Alvez 39, Regueiro 70, M.Nu�ez 80; Nen� 36]
Mar 27: Pe�arol-Oriente Petrolero 6-1y
[J.Franco 5, 58, 60, 85, Pacheco 28, S.Garc�a 43; Ed� 15]
Mar 31: Pe�arol-Bol�var 0-1y
[Sandy 9]
Apr 3: Nacional-Bol�var 4-1
[M.Nu�ez 12, 40, Regueiro 53, 86; Joao 30]
x in Maldonado
y in Rivera
1.Bol�var (La Paz) 6 4 1 1 9- 7 13
2.Pe�arol (Montevideo) 6 3 1 2 12- 5 10
3.Nacional (Montevideo) 6 2 0 4 11-12 6
4.Oriente Petrolero (Santa Cruz) 6 1 2 3 7-15 5
Group 5 [Argentina, Peru]
Mar 4: Col�n-River Plate 1-2
[Sor�n 90og; Ayala 26, Escudero 55]
Mar 4: Alianza Lima-Sporting Cristal 1-0
[Sa�nz 43]
Mar 11: Col�n-Sporting Cristal 1-0
[Agoglia 90]
Mar 12: Alianza Lima-River Plate 1-1
[Sa�nz 57; Angel 62]
Mar 18: Col�n-Alianza Lima 1-0
[Sandoval 84]
Mar 19: Sporting Cristal-River Plate 2-3
[Ferreyra 39, Mendoza 72; Angel 44, 74, Escudero 52]
Mar 25: River Plate-Col�n 4-1
[Angel 6, 72pen, Cardetti 56, 81; Saralegui 22]
Mar 25: Sporting Cristal-Alianza Lima 3-2
[Nilson 32, 59, Mendoza 36; Jayo 33, Bazalar 44]
Apr 1: Alianza Lima-Col�n 1-0
[Bazalar 68]
Apr 2: River Plate-Sporting Cristal 3-1
[Gallardo 9, Rambert 52, Cardetti 84; Nilson 25]
Apr 8: Sporting Cristal-Col�n 1-1
[Soto 85; Sandoval 71]
Apr 9: River Plate-Alianza Lima 2-0
[Aimar 50, Figueroa 60]
1.River Plate (Buenos Aires) 6 5 1 0 15- 6 16
2.Alianza (Lima) 6 2 1 3 5- 7 7
3.Col�n (Santa F�) 6 2 1 3 5- 8 7
4.Sporting Cristal (Lima) 6 1 1 4 7-11 4
Second Round (Apr 15 & Apr 29)
Cerro Porte�o Par Am�rica (Cali) Col 1-0 2-1 3-1
[Paredes 75]
[T�llez 48; R.G�mez 79, A.Paredes 81]
Nacional Uru Gr�mio Bra 1-1 0-4 1-5
[Sosa 41; Guilherme 48]
[Guilherme 4, Roger 16, Goiano 30, Tinga 44]
Col�n Arg Olimpia Par 3-2 0-1 3-3y 2-1p
[Fuertes 30, 34, Aquino 62; Monz�n 55, Caballero 80]
[Monz�n 63]
Atl�tico Bucaramanga Col Bol�var Bol 1-2 0-1 1-3
[Giguchi 83]
Am�rica (Cd. de M�xico) Mex River Plate Arg 1-1 0-1 1-2xv
[Cedr�s 32; Netto 5]
[Solari 50]
Barcelona Ecu Colo Colo Chi 2-1 2-2 4-3z
[Delgado 47, Morales 90; Neira 74]
[Rojas 50, Emerson 52; Delgado 45, 55]
Alianza (Lima) Per Pe�arol Uru 1-0 1-2 2-2x 1-3p
[Asprilla 51]
[de Souza 19, Aguilera 26; Asprilla 60]
Vasco da Gama Bra Cruzeiro Bra 2-1 0-0 2-1w
x 1st leg Apr 22
y 1st leg Apr 23, 2nd leg Apr 30
z 2nd leg Apr 30
w 2nd leg May 2
v 2nd leg scheduled Apr 30, postponed to May 7 because of missing referee
Quarter-Finals (May 20 & 27)
Gr�mio Bra Vasco da Gama Bra 1-1 0-1 1-2x
[Guilherme 52; Pedrinho 46]
River Plate Arg Col�n Arg 2-1 3-1 5-2
[Aimar 17, Angel 44; Saralegui 33]
[Fuertes 31; Berizzo 40, Angel 62, Sor�n 89]
Bol�var Bol Barcelona Ecu 1-1 0-4 1-5y
[Joao 73; Delgado 79]
[Asencio 10, 74, Gomez 33, Rosero 53]
Pe�arol Uru Cerro Porte�o Par 2-0 0-3 2-3
[Franco 20, Bengoechea 90]
[H.Blanco 21, Dominguez 63, Paredes 74]
x 1st leg Jun 3, 2nd leg Jun 6
y 1st leg May 13
Semi-Finals (Jul 16 & 22)
Vasco da Gama Bra River Plate Arg 1-0 1-1 2-1
[Donizete 10]
[Sor�n 22; Juninho 81]
Barcelona Ecu Cerro Porte�o Par 1-0 1-2 2-2 4-3p
[de Avila 12]
[Caballero 4, Paredes 21; Aires 73]
Final (Aug 12 & 26)
Vasco da Gama Bra Barcelona Ecu 2-0 2-1 4-1
1st leg. Rio de Janeiro, 12- 8-1998
Vasco da Gama - Barcelona 2-0
7' Donizete 1-0
35' Luiz�o 2-0
Vasco da Gama: Carlos Germano, Vagner (65' V�tor), Mauro Galv�o, Odvan, Felipe,
Luisinho, Nasa, Pedrinho (66' Ramon), Juninho, Donizete, Luiz�o
Barcelona: Jos� Cevallos, Luis G�mez (37' Wagner Rivera), Jimmy Montanero,
Holger Qui�onez, Luis Capurro, Julio Rosero (46' H�ctor Carabal�),
Mac�as (58' Fricson George), Marcelo Morales, Washington Aires,
Nicolas Asencio, Anthony de Avila
2nd leg. Monumental Isidro Romero, Guayaquil, 26- 8-1998
Barcelona - Vasco da Gama 1-2
25' Luiz�o 0-1
45' Donizete 0-2
79' De Avila 1-2
Barcelona: Jos� Cevallos, Jimmy Montanero, Ra�l Noriega (46' Washington Aires),
Holger Qui�onez, Luis G�mez, Marcelo Morales, H�ctor Carabal�,
Nicolas Asencio, Fricson George, Anthony de Avila, Agust�n Delgado.
Vasco da Gama: Carlos Germano, Vagner, Odvan, Mauro Galv�o, Felipe, Luisinho
Nasa, Juninho, Pedrinho (75' Ramon), Donizete, Luiz�o (82' Alex).
Referee: Javier Castrilli (Argentina)
Attendance: 72,000
With thanks to José de Jesus Mora Rivera, James Goloboy, Mikael Jönsson, Mauricio Beltr�n, Pablo Ciullini, Erik Francisco Lugo and Juan Pablo Andrés for providing informations.
Prepared and maintained by Karel Stokkermans for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
Author: Karel Stokkermans
Last updated: 28 Mar 2008
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