First Round
The group winners and best three runners-up qualify for the quarterfinals.
Group A
27 Jul: River Plate-Palmeiras 3-3
[Martin Cardetti 10, 89, Catalino Rivarola 87og; Ze Mario 7, Evair 30,
Jackson 70]
3 Aug: Cruzeiro-River Plate 2-0
[Muller 12, Geovanni 88]
5 Aug: Palmeiras-Racing Club 7-0
[Euller 12, 36, Oseas 15, 28, Paulo Nunes 45, Rogerio 49, 75]
12 Aug: River Plate-Racing Club 4-0
[Ariel Franco 44, Martin Cardetti 74, 77, Nelson Cuevas 75]
26 Aug: Palmeiras-Cruzeiro 2-2
[Roque Junior 45, Alex 54; Marcelo Ramos 9, 65]
1 Sep: Cruzeiro-Racing Club 2-0
[Muller 9, Cris 63]
2 Sep: Palmeiras-River Plate 3-0
[Evair 63, Oseas 74, 80]
9 Sep: Racing Club-Palmeiras 2-4
[Carlos Maximiliano Estevez 24, Claudio Ubeda 63pen; Alex 6,
Paulo Nunes 25, Zinho 43, Edmilson 86]
15 Sep: Racing Club-Cruzeiro 0-4
[Paulo Isidoro 34, 59, Andre Luiz 41, Djair 50]
23 Sep: River Plate-Cruzeiro 0-3
[Geovanni 18, Marcelo Ramos 82pen, Gustavo 92]
6 Oct: Racing Club-River Plate 0-1
[Cristian Castillo 83]
7 Oct: Cruzeiro-Palmeiras 3-0
[Marcelo Ramos 53, 74, Paulo Isidoro 78]
1.Cruzeiro (Belo Horizonte) 6 5 1 0 16- 2 16
2.Palmeiras (São Paulo) 6 3 2 1 19-10 11
3.River Plate (Buenos Aires) 6 2 1 3 8-11 7
4.Racing Club (Avellaneda) 6 0 0 6 2-22 0
NB: matches between River Plate and Cruzeiro also counted for the Recopa 1997.
Group B
28 Jul: Corinthians-Independiente 1-2
[Luizao 31; Esteban Matias Cambiasso 52, Luis Alberto Guadalupe 77]
Vélez Sarsfield-Grêmio 1-1
[Patricio Alejandro Camps 20; Agnaldo 36]
5 Aug: Independiente-Vélez Sarsfield 1-1
[Esteban Matias Cambiasso 86; Patricio Alejandro Camps 89pen]
10 Aug: Vélez Sarsfield-Corinthians 0-3
[Ricardinho 43, Fernando Baiano 79, 88]
11 Aug: Grêmio-Independiente 2-0
[Ronaldo 59, Magrao 83]
24 Aug: Grêmio-Vélez Sarsfield 1-0
[Macedo 18]
27 Aug: Grêmio-Corinthians 0-0
1 Sep: Vélez Sarsfield-Independiente abd (abd at 0-0 in 44')
16 Sep: Corinthians-Grêmio 4-1
[Fernando Baiano 10, 80, Marcelinho 38, Luizao 74; Ronaldo 43]
21 Sep: Vélez Sarsfield-Independiente 1-1 (only 2nd half played)
[Patricio Alejandro Camps 62;Jose Luis Calderon 65]
28 Sep: Independiente-Corinthians 2-0
[Jose Luis Calderon 51, Bruno Marioni 65]
5 Oct: Corinthians-Vélez Sarsfield 2-0
[Fredy Rincon 20, Cesar Prates 65]
Independiente-Grêmio 1-0
[Claudio Fernando Graf 76]
1.Independiente (Avellaneda) 6 3 2 1 7- 5 11
2.Corinthians (São Paulo) 6 3 1 2 10- 5 10
3.Grêmio (Porto Alegre) 6 2 2 2 5- 6 8
4.Vélez Sarsfield (Buenos Aires) 6 0 3 3 3- 9 3
NB: Corinthians and Boca Juniors had finished as runners-up with
identical records; Corinthians won a draw for the third-best
runners-up place.
Group C
29 Jul: Univ. Católica-San Lorenzo 1-0
[Hugo Brizuela 11]
31 Jul: Boca Juniors-São Paulo 5-1
[Guillermo Barros Schelotto 4, 14, 31, Hugo Benjamin Ibarra 22,
Antonio Daniel Barijho 90; Rai 29]
4 Aug: San Lorenzo-Boca Juniors 1-0
[Ariel Maximiliano Lopez 15]
11 Aug: Univ. Católica-São Paulo 0-3
[Wilson 23, França 34, Souza 85]
25 Aug: São Paulo-San Lorenzo 4-1
[Carlos Miguel 10, Rogerio 35, França 59, Marcelinho 76; Bernardo Romeo 83]
26 Aug: Boca Juniors-Univ. Católica 1-0
[Martin Palermo 81]
7 Sep: San Lorenzo-Univ. Católica 4-0
[Lucas Andres Rusneri 19, Bernardo Romeo 39, 77, Raul Enrique Estevez 53]
8 Sep: São Paulo-Boca Juniors 1-1
[Marcio Santos 38; Diego Cagna 24]
22 Sep: São Paulo-Univ. Católica 2-0
[França 24, 84]
Boca Juniors-San Lorenzo 0-1
[Claudio Marcelo Morel 30]
7 Oct: San Lorenzo-São Paulo 1-0
[Lucas Andres Pusineri 15]
Univ. Católica-Boca Juniors 1-3
[Marco Antonio Figueroa 78pen; Martin Palermo 2,
Guillermo Barros Schelotto 62pen, 82]
1.San Lorenzo (Buenos Aires) 6 4 0 2 8- 5 12
2.Boca Juniors (Buenos Aires) 6 3 1 2 10- 5 10
3.São Paulo 6 3 1 2 11- 8 10
4.Universidad Católica (Santiago) 6 1 0 5 2-13 3
NB: Corinthians and Boca Juniors had finished as runners-up with
identical records; Corinthians won a draw for the third-best
runners-up place.
Group D
28 Jul: Nacional-Cerro Porteño 3-1
[Gustavo Varela 2, Milton Nuñez 16, Ruben Sosa 89; Sergio Enrique Fernandez 22]
29 Jul: Peñarol-Vasco da Gama 2-1
[Marcelo De Souza 28, Clever Romero 31; Juninho 23]
3 Aug: Vasco da Gama-Nacional 1-0
[Alex Oliveira 88]
11 Aug: Cerro Porteño-Peñarol 2-2
[Raul Basilio Roman 64, Dario Raul Caballero 84;
Nestor Gabriel Cedres 31, Marcelo De Souza 52]
24 Aug: Cerro Porteño-Vasco da Gama 1-1
[Juan Manuel Sara 74; Donizete 89]
25 Aug: Peñarol-Nacional 0-0
31 Aug: Vasco da Gama-Peñarol 1-1
[Gilberto 50; Nestor Gabriel Cedres 85]
7 Sep: Nacional-Vasco da Gama 3-0
[Milton Nuñez 3, 16, 63]
14 Sep: Peñarol-Cerro Porteño 3-2
[Walter Pandiani 76, 89, Pablo Bengoechea 81pen; Gauchinho 60,
Osvaldo Antonio Peralta 75]
29 Sep: Cerro Porteño-Nacional 2-3
[Jorge Luis Campos 23, Diego Antonio Gavilan 76;
Gabriel Alvez 13pen, 87, Raul Bergara 82]
5 Oct: Vasco da Gama-Cerro Porteño 5-1
[Viola 31, Paulo Cesar 73, Paulo Miranda 75, Ramon 87, 89;
Diego Antonio Gavilan 79]
Nacional-Peñarol 1-2
[Jorge Delgado 77; Walter Pandiani 20, Antonio Pacheco 58]
1.Peñarol (Montevideo) 6 3 3 0 10- 7 12
2.Nacional (Montevideo) 6 3 1 2 10- 6 10
3.Vasco da Gama (Rio de Janeiro) 6 2 2 2 9- 8 8
4.Cerro Porteño (Asunción) 6 0 2 4 9-17 2
Group E
27 Jul: Flamengo-Olimpia 2-1
[Romario 12, 44; Walter David Avalos 55pen]
28 Jul: Univ. de Chile-Colo Colo 0-2
[Marcos Gonzalez 47og; Sebastian Gonzalez 42]
4 Aug: Olimpia-Univ. de Chile 2-1
[Richart Martin Baez 9, Francisco Javier Esteche 83pen; Pedro Gonzalez 29]
Colo Colo-Flamengo 0-4
[Rodrigo Mendes 12, 44, Romario 22, Fabio Baiano 80]
12 Aug: Colo Colo-Olimpia 1-0
[Cristian Montecinos 75]
26 Aug: Univ. de Chile-Flamengo 2-0
[Jorge Guzman 61, Emiliano Rey 74]
8 Sep: Olimpia-Flamengo 3-1
[Francisco Javier Esteche 34, Juan Carlos Franco 41,
Julio Cesar Yegros 88; Leonardo 13]
9 Sep: Colo Colo-Univ. de Chile 0-0
15 Sep: Univ. de Chile-Olimpia 1-2
[Flavio Maestri 17; Richard Martin Baez 20, Walter David Avalos 30]
21 Sep: Flamengo-Colo Colo 2-2
[Caio 19, Marco Antonio 39; Raul Muñoz 79, Fernando Vergara 87]
7 Oct: Flamengo-Univ. de Chile 7-0
[Caio 5, Romario 16, 17, 35, 55, Marco Antonio 48, Rodrigo Mendes 87]
Olimpia-Colo Colo 2-1
[Richart Martin Baez 30, Jose Silvano Puente 67; Marcelo Barticciotto 50]
1.Olimpia (Asunción) 6 4 0 2 10- 7 12
2.Flamengo (Rio de Janeiro) 6 3 1 2 16- 8 10
3.Colo Colo (Santiago) 6 2 2 2 6- 8 8
4.Universidad de Chile (Santiago) 6 1 1 4 4-13 4
Quarter-Finals (Oct 20 & Oct 27)
Palmeiras Bra Cruzeiro Bra 7-3 0-2 7-5x
[Paulo Nunes 16, 92, Evair 56, 79, Alex 77, Euller 86, 94; Isaias 19,
Ricardinho 28, Marcelo Ramos 84]
[Muller 45, Valdo 48]
Independiente Arg Flamengo Bra 1-1 0-4 1-5y
[Jose Luis Calderon 76; Fabio Baiano 60]
[Leandro Machado 17, 55, Fabio Baiano 20, Romario 24]
San Lorenzo Arg Corinthians Bra 2-1 2-1 4-2z
[Marcio Costa 43og, Ivan Ramiro Cordoba 66; Ricardinho 25]
[Guillermo Luis Franco 17, Bernardo Romeo 51; Edilson 14]
Olimpia Par Peñarol Uru 1-0 0-3 1-3
[Luis Alberto Monzon 70]
[Nestor Gabriel Cedres 15, Walter Pandiani 49, 64]
x 1st leg Oct 22, 2nd leg Oct 29
y 1st leg Nov 2, 2nd leg Nov 5
z 1st leg Oct 21
Semi-Finals (Nov 18 & Dec 7)
San Lorenzo Arg Palmeiras Bra 1-0 0-3 1-3
[Ivan Ramiro Cordoba 57pen]
[Junior Baiano 3, Javier Francisco Arce 74, 93pen]
Flamengo Bra Peñarol Uru 3-0 2-3 5-3x
[Leandro 29, Maurinho 44, Lê 82]
[Pablo Bengoechea 45, 90pen, Martin Garcia 79; Athirson 70pen, Reinaldo 78]
x 1st leg Nov 25, 2nd leg Dec 9
Final (Dec 16 & 20)
Flamengo Bra Palmeiras Bra 4-3 3-3 7-6
[Juan 6, Caio 70, 75, Reinaldo 85; Junior Baiano 43, Faustino Asprilla 68,
Paulo Nunes 73]
[Arce (pen) 21, 58, Paulo Nunes 66; Caio 46, Rodrigo M. 56, Le 83]
Topscorers:
ROMÁRIO 8 Flamengo
MARCELO RAMOS 6 Cruzeiro
Guillermo BARROS SCHELOTTO 5 Boca Juniors
Walter PANDIANI 5 Peñarol
EULLER 4 Palmeiras
EVAIR 4 Palmeiras
FERNANDO BAIANO 4 Corinthians
FRANÇA 4 São Paulo FC
OSÉAS 4 Palmeiras
PAULO NUNES 4 Palmeiras
Milton NÚÑEZ 4 Nacional
Martín CARDETTI 4 River Plate
Bernardo ROMEO 4 San Lorenzo
Scorer information thanks to Marcos Cabaleiro Pérez (selanne@teleline.es)
Prepared and maintained by Juan Pablo Andrés for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
Author: Juan Pablo Andrés
(jpablo@tande.com)
Last updated: 14 May 2000
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