1998 Copa Mercosur

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

Copa Mercosur 1998
Tournament details
Dates29 July – 29 December 1998
Teams20 (from 5 associations)
Final positions
Champions Palmeiras (1st title)
Runners-up Cruzeiro
Tournament statistics
Matches played75
Goals scored218 (2.91 per match)
Top scorer(s) Alex
Fábio Júnior
(6 goals each)

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 the 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

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Cruzeiro 6 3 1 2 15 7 +8 10 Advance to Quarter-finals
2 San Lorenzo 6 3 1 2 11 8 +3 10
3 São Paulo 6 2 1 3 8 12 −4 7
4 Colo Colo 6 2 1 3 5 12 −7 7
Source:

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Palmeiras 6 6 0 0 16 3 +13 18 Advance to Quarter-finals
2 Nacional 6 3 0 3 10 14 −4 9
3 Independiente 8 2 2 4 12 15 −3 8
4 Universidad de Chile 6 1 0 5 7 13 −6 3
Source:

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Racing 6 4 2 0 9 4 +5 14 Advance to Quarter-finals
2 Olimpia 6 3 1 2 13 12 +1 10
3 Corinthians 6 1 2 3 7 8 −1 5
4 Peñarol 6 0 3 3 6 11 −5 3
Source:

Group D

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Vélez Sársfield 6 3 2 1 7 6 +1 11 Advance to Quarter-finals
2 Boca Juniors 6 3 0 3 11 7 +4 9
3 Flamengo 6 3 0 3 7 8 −1 9
4 Cerro Porteño 6 1 2 3 9 13 −4 5
Source:

Group E

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 River Plate 6 2 3 1 8 7 +1 9 Advance to Quarter-finals
2 Vasco da Gama 6 2 3 1 4 3 +1 9
3 Grêmio 6 2 1 3 10 9 +1 7
4 Universidad Católica 6 1 3 2 6 9 −3 6
Source:

Ranking of second placed teams
Pos Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 A San Lorenzo 6 3 1 2 11 8 +3 10 Advance to Quarter-finals
2 C Olimpia 6 3 1 2 13 12 +1 10
3 D Boca Juniors 6 3 0 3 11 7 +4 9
4 E Vasco da Gama 6 2 3 1 4 3 +1 9
5 B 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 3 – 1 Boca Juniors
Almir 27'
Arílson 48'
Magrão 89'		 Rey 51' (p)
River Plate1 – 2 Cruzeiro
Gallardo 78' (p) Marcelo 32'
Fábio Júnior 71'
Vélez Sársfield 3 – 4 Olimpia
Husaín 19'
Pandolfi 70'
Bassedas 74'		 Caballero 27'
González 55'
Santa Cruz 65'
Paredes 89'
San Lorenzo 0 – 0 Racing

Second leg
Boca Juniors 1 – 1 Palmeiras
Palermo 58' Alex 80'

Palmeiras won 4–2 on aggregate.

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

Cruzeiro won 4–1 on aggregate.

Olimpia2 – 1 Vélez Sársfield
Santa Cruz 24' 40' Camps 65'

Olimpia won 6–4 on aggregate.

Racing1 – 1 San Lorenzo
Delgado 71' (p) Acosta 75'

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

Semi-finals

First leg
Palmeiras2 – 0 Olimpia
Alex 45' 49'
Cruzeiro 1 – 0 San Lorenzo
Alex Alves 19'

Second leg
Olimpia0 – 1 Palmeiras
Oséas 19'

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

San Lorenzo1 – 1 Cruzeiro
Basavilbazo 38' Djair 63'

Cruzeiro won 2-1 on aggregate.

Final

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

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

Play Off
Palmeiras 1 – 0 Cruzeiro
Arce 62'
Copa Mercosur
1998 Winner
Palmeiras
First Title

References
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