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
ChampionsBrazil Palmeiras (1st title)
Runners-upBrazil Cruzeiro
Tournament statistics
Matches played75
Goals scored218 (2.91 per match)
Top scorer(s)Brazil Alex
Brazil 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
Country Team
 Argentina
(6 berths)		 Boca Juniors
Independiente
Racing
River Plate
San Lorenzo
Vélez Sársfield
 Brazil
(7 berths)		 Corinthians
Cruzeiro
Grêmio
Flamengo
Palmeiras
São Paulo
Vasco da Gama
 Chile
(3 berths)		 Colo-Colo
Universidad Católica
Universidad de Chile
 Paraguay
(2 berths)		 Cerro Porteño
Olimpia
 Uruguay
(2 berths)		 Nacional
Peñarol

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 Brazil CRU Argentina SAN Brazil SAO Chile COL
1 Brazil Cruzeiro 6 3 1 2 15 7 +8 10 Advance to Quarter-finals — 2–1 5–1 5–0
2 Argentina San Lorenzo 6 3 1 2 11 8 +3 10 2–1 — 3–2 3–0
3 Brazil São Paulo 6 2 1 3 8 12 −4 7 1–1 2–1 — 1–0
4 Chile Colo-Colo 6 2 1 3 5 12 −7 7 2–1 1–1 2–1 —
Source:

Group B

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

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Argentina RAC Paraguay OLI Brazil COR Uruguay PEÑ
1 Argentina Racing 6 4 2 0 9 4 +5 14 Advance to Quarter-finals — 1–0 1–0 0–0
2 Paraguay Olimpia 6 3 1 2 13 12 +1 10 2–4 — 2–2 4–2
3 Brazil Corinthians 6 1 2 3 7 8 −1 5 1–2 1–2 — 1–1
4 Uruguay Peñarol 6 0 3 3 6 11 −5 3 1–1 2–3 0–2 —
Source:

Group D

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

Group E

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Argentina RIV Brazil VAS Brazil GRE Chile CAT
1 Argentina River Plate 6 2 3 1 8 7 +1 9 Advance to Quarter-finals — 1–1 3–1 1–1
2 Brazil Vasco da Gama 6 2 3 1 4 3 +1 9 0–0 — 1–0 1–0
3 Brazil Grêmio 6 2 1 3 10 9 +1 7 2–3 1–0 — 5–1
4 Chile Universidad Católica 6 1 3 2 6 9 −3 6 2–0 1–1 1–1 —
Source:

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 Quarter-finals
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 Brazil3 – 1Argentina Boca Juniors
Almir 27'
Arílson 48'
Magrão 89'		 Rey 51' (p)
River PlateArgentina1 – 2Brazil Cruzeiro
Gallardo 78' (p) Marcelo 32'
Fábio Júnior 71'
Vélez Sársfield Argentina3 – 4Paraguay Olimpia
Husaín 19'
Pandolfi 70'
Bassedas 74'		 Caballero 27'
González 55'
Santa Cruz 65'
Paredes 89'
San Lorenzo Argentina0 – 0Argentina Racing

Second leg
Boca Juniors Argentina1 – 1Brazil Palmeiras
Palermo 58' Alex 80'

Palmeiras won 4–2 on aggregate.

Cruzeiro Brazil2 – 0Argentina River Plate
Fábio Júnior 36'
Gilberto 83'

Cruzeiro won 4–1 on aggregate.

OlimpiaParaguay2 – 1Argentina Vélez Sársfield
Santa Cruz 24' 40' Camps 65'

Olimpia won 6–4 on aggregate.

RacingArgentina1 – 1Argentina San Lorenzo
Delgado 71' (p) Acosta 75'

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

Semi-finals

First leg
PalmeirasBrazil2 – 0Paraguay Olimpia
Alex 45' 49'
Cruzeiro Brazil1 – 0Argentina San Lorenzo
Alex Alves 19'

Second leg
OlimpiaParaguay0 – 1Brazil Palmeiras
Oséas 19'

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

San LorenzoArgentina1 – 1Brazil Cruzeiro
Basavilbazo 38' Djair 63'

Cruzeiro won 2-1 on aggregate.

Final

First leg
Cruzeiro Brazil2 – 1Brazil Palmeiras
Marcelo 21'
Fábio Júnior 90' (p)		 Roque Júnior 44'
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Sidrack Marinho

Second leg
Palmeiras Brazil3 – 1Brazil Cruzeiro
Cléber 7'
Oséas 54'
Paulo Nunes (89)		 Fábio Júnior 2' (p)
Attendance: 49,400
Referee: Claudio Vinicius Cerdeira

Play Off
Palmeiras Brazil1 – 0Brazil Cruzeiro
Arce 62'
Copa Mercosur
1998 Winner
Brazil
Palmeiras
First Title

References
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