1998 Copa Libertadores group stage

The 1998 Copa Libertadores group stage was played from 25 February to 9 April 1998. A total of 20 teams competed in the group stage to decide 15 places in the final stages of the 1998 Copa Libertadores, where they joined defending champions Cruzeiro.

Groups composition

Same as previous editions, the 20 participating teams were divided into 5 groups of 4, which consisted of two teams from one association and two teams from another. The paired associations for this edition were as follows:

However, after the agreement reached between the Venezuelan Football Federation (FVF) and Mexican promoters close to the Mexican Football Federation (FMF), the two places corresponding to the FVF were put at stake in a previous tournament, called Pre-Libertadores, between the two Venezuelan teams that had previously qualified for this edition and two Mexican teams designated by the FMF.[1] Mexican sides Guadalajara and Club América overcame Venezuelan sides Caracas and Atlético Zulia to qualify for group 2.[2]

Format

In the group stage, each group was played on a home-and-away round-robin basis. The teams were ranked according to the following criteria: 1. Points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, and 0 points for a loss); 2. Goal difference; 3. Goals scored.

The winners, runners-up and third placed teams of each group advanced to the round of 16 of the final stages.

Schedule

The match schedule of the group stage was announced by CONMEBOL on 12 December 1997.[3]

Weeks Dates Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Group 4 Group 5
Week 1 25 February 1998 COL1 v COL2, ECU1 v ECU2 — PAR1 v PAR2, CHI2 v CHI1 BOL1 v BOL2, URU1 v URU2 —
Week 2 3, 4 and 6 March 1998 ECU2 v COL2, ECU1 v COL2 MEX2 v MEX1, BRA2 v BRA1 PAR2 v CHI1, PAR1 v CHI1 BOL2 v URU1, BOL1 v URU1 ARG2 v ARG1, PER1 v PER2
Week 3 10–13 March 1998 ECU2 v COL1, ECU1 v COL1 MEX2 v BRA2, MEX1 v BRA2 PAR2 v CHI2, PAR1 v CHI2 BOL2 v URU2, BOL1 v URU2 ARG2 v PER2, PER1 v ARG1
Week 4 17–20 March 1998 COL2 v COL1, ECU2 v ECU1 MEX2 v BRA1, MEX1 v BRA1 PAR2 v PAR1, CHI1 v CHI2 URU2 v URU1, BOL2 v BOL1 ARG2 v PER1, PER2 v ARG1
Week 5 24–27 March 1998 COL2 v ECU2, COL1 v ECU2 BRA1 v BRA2, MEX1 v MEX2 CHI2 v PAR2, CHI1 v PAR2 URU2 v BOL2, URU1 v BOL2 ARG1 v ARG2, PER2 v PER1
Week 6 31 March – 3 April 1998 COL2 v ECU1, COL1 v ECU1 BRA2 v MEX2, BRA1 v MEX2 CHI2 v PAR1, CHI1 v PAR1 URU2 v BOL1, URU1 v BOL1 PER1 v ARG2, ARG1 v PER2
Week 7 7–9 April 1998 — BRA2 v MEX1, BRA1 v MEX1 — — PER2 v ARG2, ARG1 v PER1

Groups

Group 1

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification AME BSC BUC SDQ
1 América de Cali 6 3 2 1 10 5 +5 11 Round of 16 — 3–0 2–2 2–1
2 Barcelona 6 2 3 1 5 3 +2 9 1–0 — 2–0 0–0
3 Atlético Bucaramanga 6 2 1 3 5 6 −1 7 0–1 2–0 — 2–0
4 Deportivo Quito 6 1 2 3 3 9 −6 5 0–4 1–1 1–0 —
Source:
Barcelona 0–0 Deportivo Quito
Report
Referee: Mauricio Reinoso (Ecuador)
América de Cali 2–2 Atlético Bucaramanga
Moreno 27'
Pérez 44'		 Report Restrepo 67'
Galarcio 89'
Attendance: 40,789
Deportivo Quito 1–0 Atlético Bucaramanga
Soria 54' (pen.) Report
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Juan Luna (Bolivia)
Barcelona 2–0 Atlético Bucaramanga
Arias 11'
Asencio 44'		 Report
Attendance: 20,000
Deportivo Quito 0–4 América de Cali
Report Ortegón 5'
González 29'
Pérez 34', 80'
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: José Arana (Peru)
Barcelona 1–0 América de Cali
Asprilla 4' (o.g.) Report
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Alberto Tejada (Peru)
Deportivo Quito 1–1 Barcelona
Burbano 27' Report Delgado 70'
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Ángel Guevara (Ecuador)
Atlético Bucaramanga 0–1 América de Cali
Report Cardona 48'
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Julián Idarraga (Colombia)
Atlético Bucaramanga 2–0 Deportivo Quito
Restrepo 66'
España 85'		 Report
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Luis Solorzano (Venezuela)
América de Cali 2–1 Deportivo Quito
Hurtado 65'
Castillo 88'		 Report Lell 85'
Attendance: 7,500
Referee: Rafael Torrealba (Venezuela)
Atlético Bucaramanga 1–0 Barcelona
Gómez 39' Report
Referee: Oscar Sequeira (Argentina)
América de Cali 1–1 Barcelona
González 61' Report Sotelo 29'
Referee: Daniel Giménez (Argentina)

Group 2

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification GRE VAS AME GUA
1 Grêmio 6 4 0 2 6 5 +1 12 Round of 16 — 1–0 1–0 2–0
2 Vasco da Gama 6 2 2 2 7 4 +3 8 3–0 — 1–1 2–0
3 América 6 2 2 2 6 5 +1 8 1–2 1–1 — 2–0
4 Guadalajara 6 2 0 4 2 7 −5 6 1–0 1–0 0–1 —
Source:
Guadalajara 0–1 América
Report García Aspe 63' (pen.)
Attendance: 40,000
Grêmio 1–0 Vasco da Gama
Guilherme 62' Report
Attendance: 50,032
Guadalajara 1–0 Grêmio
Arellano 67' Report
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Daniel Giménez (Argentina)
América 1–2 Grêmio
Zárate 28' Report Guilherme 15'
Beto 69'
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Roberto Ruscio (Argentina)
Guadalajara 1–0 Vasco da Gama
Ramírez 45' Report
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Robert Troxler (Paraguay)
América 1–1 Vasco da Gama
Cedrés 2' Report Menezes 6'
Attendance: 10,000
América 2–0 Guadalajara
Peláez 4'
Cedrés 55'		 Report
Attendance: 85,000
Vasco da Gama 3–0 Grêmio
Luizão 33', 42'
Donizete 55'		 Report
Attendance: 15,520
Referee: Wilson de Souza Mendonça (Brazil)
Grêmio 2–0 Guadalajara
Ronaldinho 46'
Beto 56'		 Report
Attendance: 18,587
Referee: Daniel Bello (Uruguay)
Vasco da Gama 2–0 Guadalajara
Luizão 68', 80' Report
Attendance: 9,701
Grêmio 1–0 América
Dário 67' Report
Attendance: 13,880
Referee: Ángel Guevara (Ecuador)
Vasco da Gama 1–1 América
Richardson 71' Report García Aspe 10'
Attendance: 627

Group 3

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification OLI C-C CCP UCA
1 Olimpia 6 4 1 1 14 6 +8 13 Round of 16 — 1–1 5–1 2–0
2 Colo-Colo 6 2 1 3 8 10 −2 7 1–3 — 1–2 3–2
3 Cerro Porteño 6 2 1 3 6 9 −3 7 1–2 2–0 — 0–0
4 Universidad Católica 6 2 1 3 5 8 −3 7 2–1 0–2 1–0 —
Source:
Olimpia 5–1 Cerro Porteño
Monzón 30'
Caballero 41'
González 69'
Avalos 71'
Valdez 87'		 Report Ovelar 83'
Attendance: 15,000
Colo-Colo 3–2 Universidad Católica
Neira 4', 65'
Espina 83'		 Report Bisconti 18'
Goldberg 68'
Attendance: 19,499
Referee: Guido Aros (Chile)
Cerro Porteño 0–0 Universidad Católica
Report
Attendance: 10,000
Olimpia 2–0 Universidad Católica
Valdez 44'
Zelaya 54'		 Report
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: José da Rosa (Uruguay)
Cerro Porteño 2–0 Colo-Colo
Ovelar 83'
Gavilán 90'		 Report
Attendance: 5,000
Olimpia 1–1 Colo-Colo
González 12' Report Vergara 76'
Attendance: 15,000
Cerro Porteño 1–2 Olimpia
Ovelar 37' (pen.) Report Paredes 57'
Monzón 73'
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Ricardo Grance (Paraguay)
Universidad Católica 0–2 Colo-Colo
Report Tapia 19', 28'
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Cristian Lemus (Chile)
Universidad Católica 1–0 Cerro Porteño
Moya 83' Report
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Sidrack Marinho dos Santos (Brazil)
Colo-Colo 1–2 Cerro Porteño
Tapia 35' Report Fernández 9'
Ovelar 69'
Attendance: 9,496
Referee: Dacildo Mourão (Brazil)
Universidad Católica 2–1 Olimpia
Pérez 45'
Bisconti 60'		 Report Monzón 62'
Attendance: 9,000
Colo-Colo 1–3 Olimpia
Vergara 71' Report Zelaya 2'
Monzón 8'
Franco 90'
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Wilson Souza Mendonça (Brazil)

Group 4

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification BOL PEÑ NAC OPE
1 Bolívar 6 4 1 1 9 7 +2 13 Round of 16 — 2–0 1–0 3–2
2 Peñarol 6 3 1 2 12 5 +7 10 0–1 — 2–1 6–1
3 Nacional 6 2 0 4 11 12 −1 6 4–1 1–4 — 4–1
4 Oriente Petrolero 6 1 2 3 7 15 −8 5 1–1 0–0 2–1 —
Source:
Bolívar 3–2 Oriente Petrolero
Sérgio João 6', 78'
Cristaldo 71'		 Report Rentera 27'
Peña 55'
Attendance: 20,000
Peñarol 2–1 Nacional
Bengoechea 39'
González 75'		 Report Ramírez 63'
Attendance: 22,000
Referee: Daniel Bello (Uruguay)
Oriente Petrolero 0–0 Peñarol
Report
Attendance: 23,000
Referee: Bonifacio Núñez (Paraguay)
Bolívar 1–0 Peñarol
Sérgio João 70' Report
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Robert Troxler (Paraguay)
Oriente Petrolero 2–1 Nacional
Osvaldinho 67'
Edú Monteiro 84'		 Report Baltierra 31'
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Cristian Lemus (Chile)
Bolívar 2–0 Nacional
Sérgio João 16', 78' Report
Attendance: 32,000
Referee: Jaime Toro (Chile)
Oriente Petrolero 1–1 Bolívar
Edú Monteiro 14' Report Sérgio João 20'
Attendance: 32,000
Referee: Juan Carlos Lugones (Bolivia)
Nacional 1–4 Peñarol
Lemos 42' Report Romero 8'
Pandiani 22', 73'
Herrera 51'
Attendance: 28,000
Referee: José da Rosa (Uruguay)
Nacional 4–1 Oriente Petrolero
Delgado 2'
Álvez 39'
Regueiro 68'
Núñez 78'		 Report Néne 35'
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Fabián Madorrán (Argentina)
Peñarol 6–1 Oriente Petrolero
Franco 4', 58', 60', 83'
Pacheco 27'
García 44'		 Report Edú Monteiro 14'
Attendance: 6,000
Peñarol 0–1 Bolívar
Report Sandy 8'
Attendance: 15,000
Nacional 4–1 Bolívar
Núñez 12', 40'
Regueiro 47', 86'		 Report Sérgio João 30'
Attendance: 23,000
Referee: Jorge Travassos (Brazil)

Group 5

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification RIV ALI COL SCR
1 River Plate 6 5 1 0 15 6 +9 16 Round of 16 — 2–0 4–1 3–1
2 Alianza Lima 6 2 1 3 5 7 −2 7 1–1 — 1–0 1–0
3 Colón 6 2 1 3 5 8 −3 7 1–2 1–0 — 1–0
4 Sporting Cristal 6 1 1 4 7 11 −4 4 2–3 3–2 1–1 —
Source:
Alianza Lima 1–0 Sporting Cristal
Sáenz 44' Report
Attendance: 25,000
Colón 1–2 River Plate
Sorín 90' (o.g.) Report Ayala 25'
Escudero 54'
Attendance: 32,000
Referee: Roberto Ruscio (Argentina)
Colón 1–0 Sporting Cristal
Agoglia 90' Report
Attendance: 22,000
Referee: Luis Peña (Chile)
Alianza Lima 1–1 River Plate
Sáenz 57' Report Ángel 62'
Attendance: 42,500
Colón 1–0 Alianza Lima
Sandoval 79' Report
Attendance: 24,000
Referee: Saúl Feldmann (Uruguay)
Sporting Cristal 2–3 River Plate
Ferreira 38'
Mendoza 72'		 Report Ángel 44', 75'
Escudero 53'
Attendance: 14,000
Sporting Cristal 3–2 Alianza Lima
Nilson 29'
Mendoza 35', 56'		 Report Jayo 32'
Bazalar 43'
Attendance: 7,216
Referee: Jorge Luis Torres (Peru)
River Plate 4–1 Colón
Ángel 5', 71'
Cardetti 56', 81'		 Report Saralegui 22'
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Daniel Giménez (Argentina)
Alianza Lima 1–0 Colón
Bazalar 68' Report
Attendance: 19,441
Referee: Paolo Borgosano (Venezuela)
River Plate 3–1 Sporting Cristal
Gallardo 9'
Rambert 54'
Cardetti 85'		 Report Nilson 25'
Attendance: 11,000
Sporting Cristal 1–1 Colón
Soto 85' Report Sandoval 72'
River Plate 2–0 Alianza Lima
Aimar 50'
Figueroa 59'		 Report
Attendance: 3,000

References

  1. ^ "Revista CONMEBOL N° 52" (PDF) (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. Retrieved 14 March 2023.
  2. ^ Minniti, Javier. "Recuento histórico de la Liguilla entre Venezuela y México" [Liguilla history between Venezuela and Mexico] (in Spanish). University of the Andes. Archived from the original on 10 December 2004. Retrieved 13 March 2023.
  3. ^ "Revista CONMEBOL N° 51" (PDF) (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. Retrieved 14 March 2023.
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