1998 Copa Libertadores

The 1998 edition of the Copa Libertadores was the 39th in the tournament's history. It was held between February 25 and August 26. Mexican clubs participated in Copa Libertadores for the first time.[1] Vasco da Gama won the cup for the first time in the tournament's history, after defeating Barcelona of Ecuador in the final.

1998 Copa Libertadores de América

Libertadores 1998
Tournament details
Dates	25 February – 26 August
Teams	23 (from 11 associations)
Final positions
Champions	Vasco da Gama (1st title)
Runners-up	Barcelona
Tournament statistics
Matches played	98
Goals scored	220 (2.24 per match)

Pre-Libertadores

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Guadalajara	4	3	1	0	12	5	+7	10
América	4	2	1	1	7	3	+4	7
Caracas	4	1	2	1	4	6	−2	5
Atlético Zulia	4	0	0	4	4	13	−9	0

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Group stage

Group 1

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
América	6	3	2	1	10	5	+5	11
Barcelona	6	2	3	1	5	3	+2	9
Bucaramanga	6	2	1	3	5	6	−1	7
Deportivo Quito	6	1	2	3	3	9	−6	5

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Group 2

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Grêmio	6	4	0	2	6	5	+1	12
Vasco da Gama	6	2	2	2	7	4	+3	8
América	6	2	2	2	6	5	+1	8
Guadalajara	6	2	0	4	2	7	−5	6

Source:

America 2-0 Guadalajara

Guadalajara 0-1 America

Group 3

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Olimpia	6	4	1	1	14	6	+8	13
Colo-Colo	6	2	1	3	8	10	−2	7
Cerro Porteño	6	2	1	3	6	9	−3	7
Universidad Católica	6	2	1	3	5	8	−3	7

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Group 4

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Bolívar	6	4	1	1	9	7	+2	13
Peñarol	6	3	1	2	12	5	+7	10
Nacional	6	2	0	4	11	12	−1	6
Oriente Petrolero	6	1	2	3	7	15	−8	5

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Group 5

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
River Plate	6	5	1	0	15	6	+9	16
Alianza Lima	6	2	1	3	5	7	−2	7
Colón	6	2	1	3	5	8	−3	7
Sporting Cristal	6	1	1	4	7	11	−4	4

Source:

Knockout stages

Bracket

	Round of 16						Quarterfinals						Semifinals						Finals
	Nacional	1	0	1
	Grêmio	1	4	5
							Grêmio	1	0	1
							Vasco da Gama	1	1	2
	Vasco da Gama	2	0	2
	Cruzeiro	1	0	1
													Vasco da Gama	1	1	2
												River Plate	0	1	1
	América	1	0	1
	River Plate	1	1	2
							River Plate	2	3	5
							Colón	1	1	2
	Olimpia	2	1	3 (1)
	Colón	3	0	3 (2)
																		Vasco da Gama	2	2	4
																			Barcelona	0	1	1
	Bucaramanga	1	0	1
	Bolívar	2	1	3
							Bolívar	1	0	1
							Barcelona	1	4	5
	Barcelona	2	2	4
	Colo-Colo	1	2	3
													Barcelona	1	1	2 (4)
												Cerro Porteño	0	2	2 (3)
	Alianza Lima	1	1	2 (1)
	Peñarol	0	2	2 (3)
							Peñarol	2	0	2
							Cerro Porteño	0	3	3
	Cerro Porteño	1	2	3
	América	0	1	1

Round of 16

First leg matches were played on April 15, April 22 and April 23. Second leg matches were on April 29, April 30, May 2 and May 7.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Cerro Porteño	3-1	América	1-0	2-1
Nacional	1-5	Grêmio	1-1	0-4
Olimpia	3-3 (1-2 pk)	Colón	2-3	1-0
Bucaramanga	1-3	Bolívar	1-2	0-1
América	1-2	River Plate	1-1	0-1
Barcelona	4-3	Colo-Colo	2-1	2-2
Alianza Lima	2-2 (1-3 pk)	Peñarol	1-0	1-2
Vasco da Gama	2-1	Cruzeiro	2-1	0-0

Quarterfinals

First leg matches were played on May 3, May 13 and May 20. Second leg matches were played on May 6 and May 27.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Grêmio	1-2	Vasco da Gama	1-1	0-1
River Plate	5-2	Colón	2-1	3-1
Peñarol	2-3	Cerro Porteño	2-0	0-3
Bolívar	1-5	Barcelona	1-1	0-4

Semi-Finals

First leg matches were played on July 16. Second leg matches were played on July 22.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Barcelona	2-2 (4-3 pk)	Cerro Porteño	1-0	1-2
Vasco da Gama	2-1	River Plate	1-0	1-1

Finals

Main article: 1998 Copa Libertadores Finals

First leg match was played on August 12. Second leg match was played on August 26.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Vasco da Gama	4-1	Barcelona	2-0	2-1

Champion

Copa Libertadores 1998 Winners
Vasco da Gama First title

References

1. "Grêmio enfrenta mexicanos e maratona". Folha de S. Paulo (in Portuguese). Retrieved 26 August 2018.