1998 Copa Mercosur

Copa Mercosur 1998
Tournament details
Dates 29 July – 29 December 1998
Teams 20 (from 5 associations)
Final positions
Champions Brazil Palmeiras (1st title)
Runners-up Brazil Cruzeiro
Tournament statistics
Matches played 75
Goals scored 218 (2.91 per match)
Top scorer(s) Brazil Alex
Brazil Fábio Júnior
(6 goals each)

The Copa Mercosur 1998 was the 1st staging of the international club cup.

The competition started on 29 July 1998 and concluded on 29 December 1998 with Palmeiras beating Cruzeiro in the final.

Participants

Details

  • The 20 teams were divided into 5 groups of 4 teams. Each team plays othe other teams in the group twice. The top team from each group qualified for the quarter-finals along with the best 3 runners up.
  • From the quarter finals to the final, two legs were played in each round. In the result of a draw, the match was decided by a penalty shoot out.

Group stage

Group A

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
Brazil Cruzeiro 106312157+8
Argentina San Lorenzo 106312118+3
Brazil São Paulo 76213812-4
Chile Colo Colo 76213512-7

Group B

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
Brazil Palmeiras 186600163+13
Uruguay Nacional 963031014-4
Argentina Independiente 662041215-3
Chile Universidad de Chile 36105713-6

Group C

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
Argentina Racing 14642094+5
Paraguay Olimpia 1063121312+1
Brazil Corinthians 5612378-1
Uruguay Peñarol 36033611-5

Group D

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
Argentina Vélez Sársfield 11632176+1
Argentina Boca Juniors 96303117+4
Brazil Flamengo 9630378-1
Paraguay Cerro Porteño 56123913-4

Group E

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
Argentina River Plate 9623187+1
Brazil Vasco da Gama 9623143+1
Brazil Grêmio 76213109+1
Chile Universidad Católica 6613269-3

Ranking of second placed teams

Pos Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 A Argentina San Lorenzo 6 3 1 2 11 8 +3 10 Advance to knockout stage
2 C Paraguay Olimpia 6 3 1 2 13 12 +1 10
3 D Argentina Boca Juniors 6 3 0 3 11 7 +4 9
4 E Brazil Vasco da Gama 6 2 3 1 4 3 +1 9
5 B Uruguay Nacional 6 3 0 3 10 14 −4 9
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points in all group matches; 2) total goal differential; 3) total goals scored; 4) lots drawn by CONMEBOL.

Quarter-finals

First leg

Palmeiras Brazil 3 – 1 Argentina Boca Juniors
Almir  27'
Arílson  48'
Magrão  89'		 Rey  51' (p)
River PlateArgentina 1 – 2 Brazil Cruzeiro
Gallardo  78' (p) Marcelo  32'
Fábio Júnior  71'
Vélez Sársfield Argentina 3 – 4 Paraguay Olimpia
Husaín  19'
Pandolfi  70'
Bassedas  74'		 Caballero  27'
González  55'
Santa Cruz  65'
Paredes  89'
San Lorenzo Argentina 0 – 0 Argentina Racing

Second leg

Boca Juniors Argentina 1 – 1 Brazil Palmeiras
Palermo  58' Alex  80'

Palmeiras won 4–2 on aggregate.

Cruzeiro Brazil 2 – 0 Argentina River Plate
Fábio Júnior  36'
Gilberto  83'

Cruzeiro won 4–1 on aggregate.

OlimpiaParaguay 2 – 1 Argentina Vélez Sársfield
Santa Cruz  24'  40' Camps  65'

Olimpia won 6–4 on aggregate.

RacingArgentina 1 – 1 Argentina San Lorenzo
Delgado  71' (p) Acosta  75'

1-1 on aggregate. San Lorenzo won 2-0 on penalties.

Semi-finals

First leg

PalmeirasBrazil 2 – 0 Paraguay Olimpia
Alex  45'  49'
Cruzeiro Brazil 1 – 0 Argentina San Lorenzo
Alex Alves  19'

Second leg

OlimpiaParaguay 0 – 1 Brazil Palmeiras
Oséas  19'

Match abandoned after 69 minutes due to crowd trouble. Result allowed to stand. Palmeiras won 3–0 on aggregate.

San LorenzoArgentina 1 – 1 Brazil Cruzeiro
Basavilbazo  38' Djair  63'

Cruzeiro won 2-1 on aggregate.

Final

First leg

Cruzeiro Brazil 2 – 1 Brazil Palmeiras
Marcelo  21'
Fábio Júnior  90' (p)		 Roque Júnior  44'
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Sidrack Marinho

Second leg

Palmeiras Brazil 3 – 1 Brazil Cruzeiro
Cléber  7'
Oséas  54'
Paulo Nunes  (89)		 Fábio Júnior  2' (p)
Attendance: 49,400
Referee: Claudio Vinicius Cerdeira

Play Off

Copa Mercosur
1998 Winner
Brazil
Palmeiras
First Title

References

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