1999 Copa Libertadores

1999 Copa Libertadores de América

1999 Copa Toyota Libertadores de América 1999 Copa Toyota Libertadores da América
Tournament details
Dates	21 February – 16 June
Teams	21 (from 11 associations)
Final positions
Champions	Palmeiras (1st title)
Runners-up	Deportivo Cali
Tournament statistics
Matches played	90
Goals scored	257 (2.86 per match)
Top scorer(s)	6 players (6)
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The 1999 edition of the Copa Libertadores was the 40th in the tournament's history. It was held between February 21 and June 16. Palmeiras won the cup for the first time in the tournament's history.

First round

• Teams in green qualified to the Round of 16
• Teams in red were eliminated

Twenty teams were distributed among five groups in the First Round; the top three of each group qualified to the playoff bracket. Vasco da Gama (winner of the previous edition of the tournament) received a bye to the playoff bracket.

Group I

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Nacional	12	6	4	0	2	9	8	+1
Estudiantes de Mérida	9	6	3	0	3	9	14	-5
Bella Vista	7	6	2	1	3	9	6	+3
Monterrey	7	6	2	1	3	10	9	+1

February 23, 1999
Estudiantes de Mérida	2–1	Monterrey	Mérida
February 24, 1999
Bella Vista	0–1	Nacional	Montevideo
March 2, 1999
Monterrey	1–1	Bella Vista	Monterrey
March 6, 1999
Estudiantes de Mérida	2–1	Bella Vista	Mérida
March 9, 1999
Monterrey	1–2	Nacional	Monterrey
March 13, 1999
Estudiantes de Mérida	3–1	Nacional	Mérida
March 17, 1999
Monterrey	4–0	Estudiantes de Mérida	Monterrey
March 18, 1999
Nacional	1–0	Bella Vista	Montevideo
March 23, 1999
Bella Vista	2–0	Monterrey	Maldonado
March 25, 1999
Nacional	2–3	Monterrey	Montevideo
March 30, 1999
Bella Vista	5–1	Estudiantes de Mérida	Maldonado
April 2, 1999
Nacional	2–1	Estudiantes de Mérida	Maldonado

Group II

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Vélez Sársfield	9	6	2	3	1	6	3	+3
Deportivo Cali	9	6	3	0	3	4	8	-4
River Plate	8	6	2	2	2	8	8	0
Once Caldas	7	6	2	1	3	7	6	+1

February 24, 1999
Deportivo Cali	1–0	Once Caldas	Cali
Vélez Sársfield	1–1	River Plate	Buenos Aires
March 2, 1999
Once Caldas	4–1	River Plate	Manizales
March 4, 1999
Deportivo Cali	1–0	River Plate	Cali
March 9, 1999
Once Caldas	0–0	Vélez Sársfield	Manizales
March 11, 1999
Deportivo Cali	1–0	Vélez Sársfield	Cali
March 17, 1999
Once Caldas	3–0	Deportivo Cali	Manizales
River Plate	1–1	Vélez Sársfield	Buenos Aires
March 23, 1999
Vélez Sársfield	1–0	Once Caldas	Buenos Aires
March 25, 1999
River Plate	3–0	Once Caldas	Buenos Aires
April 6, 1999
River Plate	2–1	Deportivo Cali	Buenos Aires
April 8, 1999
Vélez Sársfield	3–0	Deportivo Cali	Buenos Aires

Group III

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Corinthians	12	6	4	0	2	16	8	+8
Palmeiras	10	6	3	1	2	12	10	+2
Cerro Porteño	7	6	2	1	3	14	20	-6
Olimpia	5	6	1	2	3	11	15	-4

February 24, 1999
Cerro Porteño	4–3	Olimpia	Asunción
February 27, 1999
Palmeiras	1–0	Corinthians	São Paulo
March 3, 1999
Cerro Porteño	2–5	Palmeiras	Asunción
March 5, 1999
Olimpia	4–2	Palmeiras	Asunción
March 10, 1999
Corinthians	8–2	Cerro Porteño	São Paulo
March 12, 1999
Palmeiras	1–1	Olimpia	São Paulo
March 17, 1999
Olimpia	2–2	Cerro Porteño	Asunción
Corinthians	2–1	Palmeiras	São Paulo
March 24, 1999
Cerro Porteño	3–0	Corinthians	Asunción
March 26, 1999
Olimpia	1–2	Corinthians	Asunción
April 7, 1999
Palmeiras	2–1	Cerro Porteño	São Paulo
April 9, 1999
Corinthians	4–0	Olimpia	São Paulo

Group IV

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Universidad Católica	11	6	3	2	1	9	5	+4
Colo Colo	8	6	2	2	2	5	7	-2
Universitario	7	6	2	1	3	7	8	-1
Sporting Cristal	5	6	0	5	1	7	8	-1

February 24, 1999
Universitario	2–1	Sporting Cristal	Lima
February 25, 1999
Colo Colo	1–0	Universidad Católica	Santiago
March 3, 1999
Universidad Católica	1–1	Sporting Cristal	Santiago
March 4, 1999
Universitario	2–0	Colo Colo	Lima
March 10, 1999
Universidad Católica	1–0	Universitario	Santiago
March 11, 1999
Sporting Cristal	1–1	Colo Colo	Lima
March 17, 1999
Sporting Cristal	2–2	Universitario	Lima
Universidad Católica	3–1	Colo Colo	Santiago
March 24, 1999
Colo Colo	1–0	Universitario	Santiago
March 25, 1999
Sporting Cristal	1–1	Universidad Católica	Lima
April 7, 1999
Colo Colo	1–1	Sporting Cristal	Santiago
April 8, 1999
Universitario	1–3	Universidad Católica	Lima

Group V

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
LDU Quito	10	6	3	1	2	10	8	+2
Emelec	9	6	3	0	3	9	12	-3
Jorge Wilstermann	8	6	2	2	2	9	9	0
Blooming	7	6	2	1	3	5	4	-1

February 21, 1999
LDU Quito	4–1	Emelec	Quito
February 24, 1999
Blooming	0–0	Jorge Wilstermann	Santa Cruz
March 2, 1999
Emelec	3–2	Jorge Wilstermann	Guayaquil
March 5, 1999
LDU Quito	3–1	Jorge Wilstermann	Quito
March 9, 1999
Emelec	1–0	Blooming	Guayaquil
March 12, 1999
LDU Quito	1–0	Blooming	Quito
March 17, 1999
Emelec	2–0	LDU Quito	Guayaquil
Jorge Wilstermann	1–0	Blooming	Cochabamba
March 23, 1999
Jorge Wilstermann	4–2	Emelec	Cochabamba
March 26, 1999
Blooming	2–0	Emelec	Santa Cruz
April 6, 1999
Jorge Wilstermann	1–1	LDU Quito	Cochabamba
April 9, 1999
Blooming	3–1	LDU Qutio	Santa Cruz

Round of 16

First leg matches were played on April 14. Second leg matches were on April 20 and April 21.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Cerro Porteño	6-2	Nacional	5-0	1-2
Universitario	2-3	Vélez Sársfield	1-0	1-3
Jorge Wilstermann	3-6	Corinthians	1-1	2-5
Bella Vista	5-3	Universidad Católica	2-2	3-1
River Plate	1-1 (5-4 pk)	LDU Quito	1-0	0-1
Emelec	2-3	Estudiantes de Mérida	1-3	1-0
Deportivo Cali	2-1	Colo Colo	2-0	0-1
Palmeiras	5-3	Vasco da Gama	1-1	4-2

Quarterfinals

First leg matches were played on May 5. Second leg matches were played on May 12.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
River Plate	2-1	Vélez Sársfield	2-0	0-1
Palmeiras	2-2 (4-2 pk)	Corinthians	2-0	0-2
Estudiantes de Mérida	3-4	Cerro Porteño	3-0	0-4
Deportivo Cali	3-2	Bella Vista	2-1	1-1

Semifinals

First leg matches were played on May 19. Second leg matches were played on May 26.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Deportivo Cali	6-3	Cerro Porteño	4-0	2-3
River Plate	1-3	Palmeiras	1-0	0-3

Final

Main article: 1999 Copa Libertadores Final

First leg match were played on June 2. Second leg match were played on June 16.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Deportivo Cali	2-2 (3-4 pk)	Palmeiras	1-0	1-2

Champion

Copa Libertadores 1999: Palmeiras First title

References

• CONMEBOL: Copa Toyota Libertadores 1999