1997 Copa Libertadores

1997 Copa Libertadores de América

Copa Libertadores de América 1997
Tournament details
Teams	21 (from 10 associations)
Final positions
Champions	Cruzeiro (2nd title)
Runners-up	Sporting Cristal
← 1996 1998 →

The 1997 edition of Copa Libertadores was won by Cruzeiro, of Brazil, after defeating Sporting Cristal of Peru in the final. The Brazilian team has also won the tournament in 1976.

Group stage

River Plate bye to the second round as holders.

Group 1

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Bolívar	10	6	3	1	2	15	10	+5
Oriente Petrolero	8	6	2	2	2	9	10	-1
Guaraní	8	6	2	2	2	8	11	-3
Cerro Porteño	7	6	2	1	3	7	8	-1

February 19, 1997
Guaraní	1–0	Cerro Porteño	Asunción
February 19, 1997
Oriente Petrolero	0–4	Bolívar	Sucre
February 25, 1997
Oriente Petrolero	4–1	Guaraní	Cochabamba
February 28, 1997
Bolívar	4–1	Guaraní	La Paz
March 4, 1997
Oriente Petrolero	1–0	Cerro Porteño	Cochabamba
March 7, 1997
Bolívar	3–1	Cerro Porteño	La Paz
March 12, 1997
Cerro Porteño	2–2	Guaraní	Asunción
March 12, 1997
Bolívar	3–3	Oriente Petrolero	La Paz
March 18, 1997
Guaraní	0–0	Oriente Petrolero	Asunción
March 21, 1997
Cerro Porteño	2–1	Oriente Petrolero	Asunción
April 8, 1997
Guaraní	3–1	Bolívar	Asunción
April 11, 1997
Cerro Porteño	2–0	Bolívar	Asunción

Group 2

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Vélez Sársfield	13	6	4	1	1	10	5	+5
El Nacional	9	6	3	0	3	5	7	-2
Racing Club	7	6	2	1	3	7	7	0
Emelec	5	6	1	2	3	7	10	-2

February 19, 1997
Emelec	2–1	El Nacional	Guayaquil
February 19, 1997
Racing Club	1–2	Vélez Sársfield	Avellaneda
February 26, 1997
El Nacional	1–0	Vélez Sársfield	Quito
February 27, 1997
Emelec	2–2	Racing Club	Guayaquil
March 2, 1997
El Nacional	1–0	Racing Club	Quito
March 2, 1997
Emelec	2–3	Vélez Sársfield	Guayaquil
March 12, 1997
El Nacional	1–0	Emelec	Quito
March 12, 1997
Vélez Sársfield	1–0	Racing Club	Liniers
March 18, 1997
Vélez Sársfield	3–0	El Nacional	Liniers
March 21, 1997
Racing Club	2–0	El Nacional	Avellaneda
April 5, 1997
Vélez Sársfield	1–1	Emelec	Liniers
April 8, 1997
Racing Club	2–0	Emelec	Avellaneda

Group 3

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Colo-Colo	16	6	5	1	0	12	4	+8
Universidad Católica	8	6	2	2	2	15	6	+9
Minervén	7	6	2	1	3	3	9	-6
Mineros de Guayana	2	6	0	2	4	2	13	-11

February 19, 1997
Mineros	0–0	Minervén	Ciudad Guayana
February 19, 1997
Universidad Católica	2–2	Colo-Colo	Santiago
February 25, 1997
Universidad Católica	6–0	Mineros	Santiago
February 27, 1997
Colo-Colo	1–0	Mineros	Santiago
March 4, 1997
Universidad Católica	6–0	Minervén	Santiago
March 6, 1997
Colo-Colo	1–0	Minervén	Santiago
March 12, 1997
Colo-Colo	2–0	Universidad Católica	Santiago
March 12, 1997
Minervén	1–0	Mineros	Puerto Ordaz
March 18, 1997
Mineros	1–1	Universidad Católica	Ciudad Guayana
March 20, 1997
Minervén	1–0	Universidad Católica	Puerto Ordaz
March 25, 1997
Mineros	1–4	Colo-Colo	Ciudad Guayana
March 27, 1997
Minervén	1–2	Colo-Colo	Puerto Ordaz

Group 4

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Grêmio	12	6	4	0	2	10	3	+7
Cruzeiro	9	6	3	0	3	6	5	+1
Sporting Cristal	8	6	2	2	2	4	5	-1
Alianza Lima	5	6	1	2	3	2	9	-7

February 19, 1997
Cruzeiro	1–2	Grêmio	Belo Horizonte
February 19, 1997
Sporting Cristal	0–0	Alianza Lima	Lima
February 25, 1997
Alianza Lima	1–0	Cruzeiro	Lima
February 28, 1997
Sporting Cristal	1–0	Cruzeiro	Lima
March 4, 1997
Alianza Lima	0–4	Grêmio	Lima
March 7, 1997
Sporting Cristal	1–0	Grêmio	Lima
March 12, 1997
Grêmio	0–1	Cruzeiro	Porto Alegre
March 12, 1997
Alianza Lima	1–1	Sporting Cristal	Lima
March 18, 1997
Cruzeiro	2–0	Alianza Lima	Belo Horizonte
March 21, 1997
Grêmio	2–0	Alianza Lima	Porto Alegre
April 11, 1997
Cruzeiro	2–1	Sporting Cristal	Belo Horizonte
April 15, 1997
Grêmio	2–0	Sporting Cristal	Porto Alegre

Group 5

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Peñarol	12	6	4	0	2	12	10	+2
Millonarios	9	6	3	1	2	10	8	+2
Nacional	8	6	2	1	3	6	9	-3
Deportivo Cali	5	6	1	2	3	9	10	-1

February 26, 1997
Deportivo Cali	1–2	Millonarios	Cali
February 27, 1997
Nacional	1–4	Peñarol	Montevideo
March 4, 1997
Nacional	1–2	Millonarios	Montevideo
March 7, 1997
Peñarol	2–1	Millonarios	Montevideo
March 11, 1997
Deportivo Cali	2–0	Peñarol	Cali
March 14, 1997
Millonarios	1–2	Peñarol	Bogotá
March 19, 1997
Peñarol	0–2	Nacional	Montevideo
March 19, 1997
Millonarios	2–2	Deportivo Cali	Bogotá
April 8, 1997
Deportivo Cali	0–1	Nacional	Cali
April 11, 1997
Millonarios	2–0	Nacional	Bogotá
April 15, 1997
Nacional	1–1	Deportivo Cali	Montevideo
April 18, 1997
Peñarol	4–3	Deportivo Cali	Montevideo

Bracket

	Round of 16						Quarterfinals						Semifinals						Final
	River Plate	3	1	4
	Racing Club	3	1	4
							Racing Club	0	1	1
							Peñarol	1	0	1
	Peñarol	0	3	3
	Millonarios	2	1	3
													Racing Club	3	1	4
												Sporting Cristal	2	4	6
	Vélez Sarsfield	0	0	0
	Sporting Cristal	0	1	1
							Sporting Cristal	1	3	4
							Bolívar	2	0	2
	Bolívar	1	7	8
	Minervén	1	0	1
																		Sporting Cristal	0	0	0
																			Cruzeiro	0	1	1
	Cruzeiro	0	2	2
	El Nacional	1	1	2
							Cruzeiro	2	1	3
							Grêmio	0	2	2
	Grêmio	1	2	3
	Guaraní	2	1	3
													Cruzeiro	1	2	3
												Colo-Colo	0	3	3
	Colo-Colo	3	1	4
	Nacional	1	2	3
							Colo-Colo	1	3	4
							U. Católica	2	1	3
	O. Petrolero	0	1	1
	U. Católica	4	5	9

Round of 16

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Racing Club	4-4 (5-3p)	River Plate	3-3	1-1
Sporting Cristal	1-0	Vélez Sársfield	0-0	1-0
Club Guaraní	3-3 (1-2p)	Grêmio	2-1	1-2
Minervén	1-8	Club Bolívar	1-1	0-7
Millonarios	3-3 (2-3p)	Peñarol	2-0	1-3
U. Católica	9-1	Oriente Petrolero	4-0	5-1
Nacional	3-4	Colo-Colo	1-3	2-1
El Nacional	2-2 (3-5p)	Cruzeiro	1-0	1-2

Quarter-Finals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Club Bolívar	2-4	Sporting Cristal	2-1	0-3
U. Católica	3-4	Colo-Colo	2-1	1-3
Cruzeiro	3-2	Grêmio	2-0	1-2
Peñarol	1-1 (2-3p)	Racing	1-0	0-1

Semi-Finals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Cruzeiro	3-3 (4-1p)	Colo-Colo	1-0	2-3
Racing Club	4-6	Sporting Cristal	3-2	1-4

Final

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Sporting Cristal	0-1	Cruzeiro	0-0	0-1

Champion

Copa Libertadores 1997: Cruzeiro Esporte Clube Second title

Top goalscorers

11 goals

• Alberto Acosta

9 goals

• Antonio Vidal González

8 goals

• Ivo Basay

External links

• Copa Libertadores 1997 by Karel Stokkermans at RSSSF