1997 Supercopa Sudamericana

1997 Supercopa Sudamericana
1997 Supercopa Libertadores João Havelange
Tournament details
Dates June 15 – December 17
Teams 17 (from 6 confederations)
Final positions
Champions River Plate (1st title)
Runners-up São Paulo
Tournament statistics
Matches played 60
Goals scored 187 (3.12 per match)
Top scorer(s) Ivo Basay
(8 goals)
1996

The 1997 Supercopa Sudamericana was the tenth and final season of the Supercopa Sudamericana, a club football tournament for past Copa Libertadores winners. Vasco da Gama were admitted to the tournament for the first time in recognition of winning the South American Championship of Champions in 1948, replacing Argentinos Juniors who did not take part. River Plate won the competition for the first time, defeating São Paulo 2–1 on aggregate in the final.

For its final season, the format of the first round was changed from a two-legged knockout round to four groups of four teams playing each other twice. As 17 teams were scheduled to take part, a preliminary round was played to eliminate one team.

Contents

Preliminary round

The matches were played from 15 June to 13 July.

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Vasco da Gama 4 2 1 1 5 4 +1 7 First round
2 Peñarol 4 1 2 1 6 7 −1 5
3 Nacional 4 1 1 2 5 5 0 4

Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Home \ Away1 NAC PEÑ VAS
Nacional 1–2 2–0
Peñarol 2–2 1–1
Vasco da Gama 1–0 3–1

Source: RSSSF
1The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

First round

The matches were played from 26 August to 30 October.

Group 1

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Colo-Colo 6 3 2 1 12 9 +3 11 Semi finals
2 Cruzeiro 6 3 0 3 9 10 −1 9
3 Independiente 6 2 2 2 9 9 0 8
4 Boca Juniors 6 1 2 3 7 9 −2 5

Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Home \ Away1 BOC COL CRU IND
Boca Juniors 2–2 1–0 1–1
Colo-Colo 2–1 4–2 2–0
Cruzeiro 2–1 2–0 2–1
Independiente 2–1 2–2 3–1

Source: RSSSF
1The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Group 2

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 São Paulo 6 3 2 1 15 8 +7 11 Semi finals
2 Flamengo 6 3 1 2 10 7 +3 10
3 Olimpia 6 1 3 2 6 9 −3 6
4 Vélez Sársfield 6 1 2 3 6 13 −7 5

Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Home \ Away1 FLA OLI SPL VEL
Flamengo 3–3 3–2 0–1
Olimpia 0–1 0–0 1–0
São Paulo 1–0 4–1 5–1
Vélez Sársfield 0–3 1–1 3–3

Source: RSSSF
1The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Group 3

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 River Plate 6 5 0 1 17 9 +8 15 Semi finals
2 Vasco da Gama 6 3 1 2 9 12 −3 10
3 Santos 6 2 1 3 11 12 −1 7
4 Racing 6 0 2 4 11 15 −4 2

Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Home \ Away1 RAC RIV SAN VAS
Racing 2–3 2–2 2–3
River Plate 3–2 3–2 5–1
Santos 3–2 2–1 1–2
Vasco da Gama 1–1 0–2 2–1

Source: RSSSF
1The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Group 4

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Atlético Nacional 6 3 1 2 9 7 +2 10 Semi finals
2 Peñarol 6 2 2 2 10 10 0 8
3 Estudiantes 6 2 2 2 8 8 0 8
4 Grêmio 6 1 3 2 9 11 −2 6

Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Home \ Away1 NAC EST GRE PEÑ
Atlético Nacional 2–0 3–1 1–0
Estudiantes 1–0 0–0 3–1
Grêmio 2–2 3–2 1–1
Peñarol 3–1 2–2 3–2

Source: RSSSF
1The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Semi-finals

The matches were played from 5 November to 27 November.

Team 1   Agg.   Team 2   1st leg     2nd leg  
São Paulo 4–1 Colo-Colo 3–1 1–0
River Plate 3–2 Atlético Nacional 2–0 1–2

Final

Team 1   Agg.   Team 2   1st leg     2nd leg  
São Paulo 1–2 River Plate 0–0 1–2
1997 Supercopa
Sudamericana Winners

River Plate
First Title

Top goalscorers

Pos Name Club Goals
1 Ivo Basay Colo-Colo 8
2 Marcelo Salas River Plate 7
3 Dodô São Paulo 5
4 Marcelo Ramos Cruzeiro 4
Sávio Flamengo 4
Martín Fúriga Estudiantes 4
Martín Vilallonga Racing 4

See also

External links