1997 Copa Libertadores

1997 Copa Libertadores de América
Libertadores 1997
Tournament details
Dates	February 19 - August 13
Teams	21 (from 10 associations)
Final positions
Champions	Cruzeiro (2nd title)
Runners-up	Sporting Cristal
Tournament statistics
Matches played	90
Goals scored	247 (2.74 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Alberto Acosta (11 goals)

The 1997 edition of Copa Libertadores was won by Cruzeiro of Brazil, after defeating Sporting Cristal of Peru in the final. The Brazilian team also won the tournament in 1976. Cruzeiro's 1997 championship is the only time any club has won the Libertadores after losing the first 3 matches in the competition.

Group stage

River Plate bye to the second round as holders.

Group 1

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Bolívar	10	6	3	1	2	15	10	+5
Oriente Petrolero	8	6	2	2	2	9	10	-1
Guaraní	8	6	2	2	2	8	11	-3
Cerro Porteño	7	6	2	1	3	7	8	-1

Group 2

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Vélez Sársfield	13	6	4	1	1	10	5	+5
El Nacional	9	6	3	0	3	5	7	-2
Racing	7	6	2	1	3	7	7	0
Emelec	5	6	1	2	3	7	10	-2

Group 3

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Colo-Colo	16	6	5	1	0	12	4	+8
Universidad Católica	8	6	2	2	2	15	6	+9
Minervén	7	6	2	1	3	3	9	-6
Mineros	2	6	0	2	4	2	13	-11

Group 4

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Grêmio	12	6	4	0	2	10	3	+7
Cruzeiro	9	6	3	0	3	6	5	+1
Sporting Cristal	8	6	2	2	2	4	5	-1
Alianza Lima	5	6	1	2	3	2	9	-7

Group 5

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Peñarol	12	6	4	0	2	12	10	+2
Millonarios	10	6	3	1	2	10	8	+2
Nacional	7	6	2	1	3	6	9	-3
Deportivo Cali	5	6	1	2	3	9	10	-1

Bracket

Round of 16				Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final

River Plate	3	1	4 (3)
Racing	3	1	4 (5)
Racing	3	1	4 (5)	Racing	0	1	1 (3)
				Racing	0	1	1 (3)
				Peñarol	1	0	1 (2)
Peñarol	0	3	3 (3)	Peñarol	1	0	1 (2)
Peñarol	0	3	3 (3)
Millonarios	2	1	3 (2)
Millonarios	2	1	3 (2)					Racing	3	1	4
								Racing	3	1	4
								Sporting Cristal	2	4	6
Vélez Sarsfield	0	0	0					Sporting Cristal	2	4	6
Vélez Sarsfield	0	0	0
Sporting Cristal	0	1	1
Sporting Cristal	0	1	1	Sporting Cristal	1	3	4
				Sporting Cristal	1	3	4
				Bolívar	2	0	2
Bolívar	1	7	8	Bolívar	2	0	2
Bolívar	1	7	8
Minervén	1	0	1
Minervén	1	0	1									Sporting Cristal	0	0	0
												Sporting Cristal	0	0	0
												Cruzeiro	0	1	1
Cruzeiro	0	2	2 (5)									Cruzeiro	0	1	1
Cruzeiro	0	2	2 (5)
El Nacional	1	1	2 (3)
El Nacional	1	1	2 (3)	Cruzeiro	2	1	3
				Cruzeiro	2	1	3
				Grêmio	0	2	2
Grêmio	1	2	3 (2)	Grêmio	0	2	2
Grêmio	1	2	3 (2)
Guaraní	2	1	3 (1)
Guaraní	2	1	3 (1)					Cruzeiro	1	2	3 (4)
								Cruzeiro	1	2	3 (4)
								Colo-Colo	0	3	3 (1)
Colo-Colo	3	1	4					Colo-Colo	0	3	3 (1)
Colo-Colo	3	1	4
Nacional	1	2	3
Nacional	1	2	3	Colo-Colo	1	3	4
				Colo-Colo	1	3	4
				U. Católica	2	1	3
Oriente Petrolero	0	1	1	U. Católica	2	1	3
Oriente Petrolero	0	1	1
U. Católica	4	5	9

Round of 16

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Racing	4-4 (5-3p)	River Plate	3-3	1-1
Sporting Cristal	1-0	Vélez Sársfield	0-0	1-0
Club Guaraní	3-3 (1-2p)	Grêmio	2-1	1-2
Minervén	1-8	Bolívar	1-1	0-7
Millonarios	3-3 (2-3p)	Peñarol	2-0	1-3
Universidad Católica	9-1	Oriente Petrolero	4-0	5-1
Nacional	3-4	Colo-Colo	1-3	2-1
El Nacional	2-2 (3-5p)	Cruzeiro	1-0	1-2

Quarter-Finals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Bolívar	2-4	Sporting Cristal	2-1	0-3
Universidad Católica	3-4	Colo-Colo	2-1	1-3
Cruzeiro	3-2	Grêmio	2-0	1-2
Peñarol	1-1 (2-3p)	Racing	1-0	0-1

Semi-Finals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Cruzeiro	3-3 (4-1p)	Colo-Colo	1-0	2-3
Racing	4-6	Sporting Cristal	3-2	1-4

Final

Main article: 1997 Copa Libertadores Finals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Sporting Cristal	0-1	Cruzeiro	0-0	0-1

Champion

Copa Libertadores 1997:

Cruzeiro
Second title

Top goalscorers

11 goals

Alberto Acosta

9 goals

Antonio Vidal González

8 goals

Ivo Basay

External links

Copa Libertadores 1997 by Karel Stokkermans at RSSSF

Copa Libertadores de América

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