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)
	← 1996 1998 →

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

Teams

Association	Team (Berth)	Entry stage	Qualification method
Argentina 2+1 berths	River Plate (Argentina 1)	Round of 16	1996 Copa Libertadores champions
	Vélez Sarsfield (Argentina 2)	Group stage	1995 Apertura, 1996 Clausura champions
	Racing (Argentina 3)	Group stage	1995 Apertura runners-up
Bolivia 2 berths	Bolívar (Bolivia 1)	Group stage	1996 Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano champions
Bolivia 2 berths	Oriente Petrolero (Bolivia 2)	Group stage	1996 Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano runners-up
Brazil 2 berths	Grêmio (Brazil 1)	Group stage	1996 Brasileirão Série A champions
Brazil 2 berths	Cruzeiro (Brazil 2)	Group stage	1996 Copa do Brasil champions
Chile 2 berths	Colo-Colo (Chile 1)	Group stage	1996 Primera División of Chile champions
Chile 2 berths	Universidad Católica (Chile 2)	Group stage	1996 Liguilla para Copa Libertadores winners
Colombia 2 berths	Deportivo Cali (Colombia 1)	Group stage	1995–96 Categoría Primera A champions
Colombia 2 berths	Millonarios (Colombia 2)	Group stage	1995–96 Categoría Primera A runners-up
Ecuador 2 berths	El Nacional (Ecuador 1)	Group stage	1996 Serie A de Ecuador champions
Ecuador 2 berths	Emelec (Ecuador 2)	Group stage	1996 Serie A de Ecuador runners-up
Paraguay 2 berths	Cerro Porteño (Paraguay 1)	Group stage	1996 Primera División champions
Paraguay 2 berths	Guaraní (Paraguay 2)	Group stage	1996 Primera División runners-up
Peru 2 berths	Sporting Cristal (Peru 1)	Group stage	1996 Torneo Descentralizado champions
Peru 2 berths	Alianza Lima (Peru 2)	Group stage	1996 Liguilla para Copa Libertadores winners
Uruguay 2 berths	Nacional (Uruguay 1)	Group stage	1996 Liguilla para Copa Libertadores winners
Uruguay 2 berths	Peñarol (Uruguay 2)	Group stage	1996 Liguilla para Copa Libertadores play-off winners
Venezuela 2 berths	Minervén (Venezuela 1)	Group stage	1995–96 Primera División champions
Venezuela 2 berths	Mineros de Guayana (Venezuela 2)	Group stage	1995–96 Primera División runners-up

Group stage

River Plate bye to the second round as holders.

Group 1

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

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group 2

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

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group 3

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

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group 4

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

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group 5

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

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Bracket

Round of 16				Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final

River Plate	3	1	4 (3)

Racing	3	1	4 (5)
				Racing	0	1	1 (3)

				Peñarol	1	0	1 (2)
Peñarol	0	3	3 (3)

Millonarios	2	1	3 (2)
								Racing	3	1	4

								Sporting Cristal	2	4	6
Vélez Sarsfield	0	0	0

Sporting Cristal	0	1	1
				Sporting Cristal	1	3	4

				Bolívar	2	0	2
Bolívar	1	7	8

Minervén	1	0	1
												Sporting Cristal	0	0	0

												Cruzeiro	0	1	1
Cruzeiro	0	2	2 (5)

El Nacional	1	1	2 (3)
				Cruzeiro	2	1	3

				Grêmio	0	2	2
Grêmio	1	2	3 (2)

Guaraní	2	1	3 (1)
								Cruzeiro	1	2	3 (4)

								Colo-Colo	0	3	3 (1)
Colo-Colo	3	1	4

Nacional	1	2	3
				Colo-Colo	1	3	4

				U. Católica	2	1	3
Oriente Petrolero	0	1	1

U. Católica	4	5	9

Round of 16

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	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
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