COPA MERCOSUR 1998


Group A (San Lorenzo de Almagro, Cruzeiro, Sao Paulo, Colo Colo)
Group B (Palmeiras, Independiente, Nacional, Univ. de Chile)
Group C (Olimpia, Corinthians, Peñarol, Racing Club)
Group D (Flamengo, Cerro Porteño, Boca Juniors, Velez Sarsfield)
Group E (Gremio, River Plate, Universidad Católica, Vasco da Gama)

QUARTERFINAL
SEMIFINAL
FINAL

FIRST STAGE

GROUP A	

Jul 29 San Lorenzo de Almagro (ARG) - Cruzeiro (BRA) 2-1
1-0 (2') Eduardo Coudet
2-0 (27') Eduardo Tuzzio  
2-1 (30') Marcelo 
 	
Jul 30 Sao Paulo (BRA) - Colo Colo (CHI) 1-0
1-0 (79') Raí

Aug 18 San Lorenzo de Almagro  (ARG) - Colo Colo (CHI) 3-0
1-0 (30' p.k.) Néstor Gorosito
2-0 (65') Eduardo Tuzzio
3-0 (89') Mirko Saric

Aug 20 Cruzeiro (BRA) - Sao Paulo (BRA) 5-1
0-1 (20') Edmilson
1-1 (35') Gilberto
2-1 (43') Muller
3-1 (75') Fabio Junior
4-1 (83') Fabio Junior 
5-1 (90') Marcelo 

Sep  3 Colo Colo (CHI) - Cruzeiro (BRA) 2-1
1-0 (32') Ivo Basay
2-0 (45') Ivo Basay
2-1 (68') Valdo

Sep  3 Sao Paulo (BRA) - San Lorenzo de Almagro (ARG) 2-1
0-1 (5') Claudio Biaggio 
1-1 (48') Dodo
2-1 (64') Dodo 

Sep 17 Cruzeiro (BRA) - San Lorenzo de Almagro (ARG) 2-1
1-0 (54') Muller
2-0 (60') Valdo
2-1 (85') Alberto Acosta
    
Sep 17 Colo Colo (CHI) - Sao Paulo (BRA) 2-1
0-1 (20') Franca
1-1 (28') Héctor Tapia
2-1 (70') Pedro Reyes  
    
Sep 30 Sao Paulo (BRA) - Cruzeiro (BRA) 1-1 
1-0 (52') Dodo 
1-1 (62') Gustavo 

Oct  1 Colo Colo (CHI) - San Lorenzo de Almagro 1-1
1-0 (24') Marcelo Espina
1-1 (80') Claudio Biaggio

Oct 15 San Lorenzo de Almagro (ARG) - Sao Paulo (BRA) 3-2
0-1 (15') Edmilson
0-2 (26') Franca
1-2 (31' p.k.) Néstor Gorosito
2-2 (35') Alberto Acosta
3-2 (50') Alberto Acosta

Oct 15 Cruzeiro (BRA) - Colo Colo (CHI) 5-0
1-0 (4') Alex Alves
2-0 (31') Djair
3-0 (46') Gilberto
4-0 (54' p.k.) Valdo
5-0 (56') Gilberto

1. Cruzeiro (BRA)         	6  3  1  2   15   7  10
2. San Lorenzo de Almagro (ARG)	6  3  1  2   11   8  10
3. Sao Paulo (BRA)    		6  2  1  3    8  12   7
4. Colo Colo (CHI)  		6  2  1  3    5  12   7	

Qualify Cruzeiro (BRA) and San Lorenzo de Almagro (ARG)

GROUP B

Jul 29 Palmeiras (BRA) - Independiente (ARG) 2-1 
0-1 (38' p.k.) José Luis Calderón
1-1 (60') Magrao
2-1 (72') Almir 

Jul 29 Nacional (URU) - Univ. de Chile (CHI) 1-0 
1-0 (62') Damián Rodriguez

Aug 11 Univ. de Chile (CHI) - Independiente (ARG) 3-0
1-0 (27') Pedro González
2-0 (37') Leonardo Rodríguez
3-0 (66') Leonardo Rodríguez

Aug 19 Nacional (URU) - Palmeiras 0-5 (BRA)
0-1 (11') Oseas
0-2 (32') Magrao
0-3 (43') Magrao 
0-4 (77') Tiago
0-5 (85') Juliano

Sep  2 Independiente (ARG) - Nacional (URU) 4-3
0-1 (18') Gianni Guigou
1-1 (20') Raúl Cascini
1-2 (33') Jorge Delgado
2-2 (68') Raúl Cascini
3-2 (72') José Luis Calderón
4-2 (77') José Luis Calderón
4-3 (90') Milton Núñez  

Sep  2 Univ. de Chile (CHI) - Palmeiras (BRA) 1-2
0-1 (58') Roque Junior
1-1 (70') Flavio Maestri
1-2 (81') Alex

Sep 16 Univ. de Chile (CHI) - Nacional (URU) 1-3
0-1 (26') Gabriel Alvez
1-1 (60' p.k.) Edison Mafla
1-2 (70') Carlos Camejo
1-3 (89') Sebasti�n Morquio

Sep 16 Independiente (ARG) - Palmeiras (BRA) 0-3
0-1 (15') Paulo Nunes
0-2 (76') Alex
0-3 (79') Alex
   
Oct  1 Palmeiras (BRA) - Nacional (URU) 3-1
1-0 (47') Rogerio
2-0 (75') Arilson
3-0 (78') Arilson
3-1 (88' p.k.) G. Barrios

Oct  1 Independiente (ARG) - Univ. de Chile (CHI) 6-2
1-0 (20') Cristián Gómez 
2-0 (23') Cristián Gómez
3-0 (39') Ezequiel Amaya
3-1 (44') Rodrigo Barrera
3-2 (51') Rodrigo Barrera
4-2 (75') José Luis Calderón
5-2 (80') Daniel Garnero
6-2 (87') José Luis Calderón

Oct 13 Nacional (URU) - Independiente (ARG) 2-1
1-0 (20') Raúl Bergara
1-1 (59') Cristián Gómez
2-1 (72' p.k.) Gabriel Alvez

Oct 13 Palmeiras (BRA) - Univ. de Chile (CHI) 1-0
1-0 (56') Almir

1. Palmeiras (BRA)		6  6  0  0   16   3  18
2. Nacional (URU)		6  3  0  3   11  14   9
3. Independiente (ARG)	       	6  2  0  4   12  15   6
4. Universidad de Chile (CHI)   6  1  0  5    7  13   3									

Qualify: Palmeiras (BRA)

GROUP C	

Jul 30 Olimpia (PAR) - Corinthians (BRA) 2-2
0-1 (29') Marcelinho Carioca
1-1 (38') Mauricio Pérez
2-1 (50') Carlos Paredes
2-2 (53') Edilson

Aug  4 Peñarol (URU) - Racing Club (ARG) 1-1 
0-1 (10') Javier Lux  
1-1 (76') Walter Pandiani

Aug 18 Corinthians (BRA) - Racing Club (ARG) 1-2
0-1 (14') Facundo Villalba
1-1 (29') Edilson
1-2 (82') Pablo Bezombe

Aug 20 Olimpia (PAR) - Peñarol (URU) 4-2
0-1 (27') Walter Pandiani
1-1 (33' p.k.) Francisco Esteche
1-2 (39') Néstor Cedrés
2-2 (47') Nelson Celaya
3-2 (54' o.g.) Luciano "Cafú" Barbosa
4-2 (85') Juan Carlos Benítez 

Sep  1 Racing Club (ARG) - Olimpia (PAR) 1-0
1-0 (73') Diego Latorre

Sep  1 Corinthians (BRA) - Peñarol (URU) 1-1
1-0 (23') Edilson
1-1 (75') Marcelo De Souza 

Sep 15 Racing Club (ARG) - Peñarol (URU) 0-0

Sep 15 Corinthians (BRA) - Olimpia (PAR) 1-2 
0-1 (15') Mauricio Pérez
0-2 (63' p.k.) Francisco Esteche 
1-2 (82') Marcelinho Carioca

Sep 29 Racing Club (ARG) - Corinthians (BRA) 1-0
1-0 (89') Facundo Villalba

Sep 29 Peñarol (URU) - Olimpia (PAR) 2-3
1-0 (21') José Franco
1-1 (25') Francisco Esteche
1-2 (29') Mauro Caballero
2-2 (66') Luciano "Cafú" Barbosa
2-3 (75') Francisco Esteche
                                                    
Oct 14 Olimpia (PAR) - Racing Club (ARG) 2-4
1-0 (11') Roque Santacruz
2-0 (23') Juan Carlos Benítez
2-1 (60') Maximiliano Estévez
2-2 (67') Maximiliano Estévez
2-3 (79') Pedro Ojeda
2-4 (90') Rubén Capria

Oct 14 Peñarol (URU) - Corinthians (BRA) 0-2
0-1 (42') Didí 
0-2 (70') Fernando Bahiano

1. Racing Club (ARG)         	6  4  2  0   9   4  14
2. Olimpia (PAR)		6  3  1  2  13  12  10
3. Corinthians (BRA)		6  1  2  3   7   8   5
4. Peñarol (URU)		6  0  3  3   6  11   3									

Qualify Racing Club (ARG) and Olimpia (PAR)

GROUP D

Jul 29 Flamengo (BRA) - Cerro Porteño (PAR) 2-0
1-0 (4') Marcos Assuncao 
2-0 (82') Marcos Assuncao

Aug  5 Boca Juniors (ARG) - Velez Sarsfield (ARG) 0-1 
0-1 (21') Mauricio Pellegrino  

Aug 19 Velez Sarsfield (ARG) - Flamengo (BRA) 1-0
1-0 (5') Fernando Pandolfi

Aug 19 Cerro Porteño (PAR) - Boca Juniors (ARG) 3-2
1-0 (21') P. Da Silva 
1-1 (32') Fernando Ortiz 
2-1 (54') Eber Fernández 
2-2 (78') Martín Palermo
3-2 (87') Diego Gavilán 

Sep  2 Flamengo (BRA) - Boca Juniors (ARG) 0-2
0-1 (19') Emiliano Rey
0-2 (83') Anibal Matellán

Sep  3 Cerro Porteño (PAR) - Velez Sarsfield (ARG) 2-2 
0-1 (14') C. Husain 
1-1 (23') J. Espínola 
2-1 (25') C. Espínola
2-2 (62' p.k.) José Luis Chilavert 

Sep 17 Velez Sarsfield (ARG) - Boca Juniors (ARG) 2-1
1-0 (2') Patricio Camps
2-0 (34') Christian Bassedas 
2-1 (90') Diego Cagna
                                                            
Sep 17 Cerro Porteño (PAR) - Flamengo (BRA) 2-3
0-1 (4') Romario 
1-1 (42') Guido Alvarenga
2-1 (47' p.k.) Humberto Ovelar
2-2 (57') Beto
2-3 (76') Romario 

Sep 30 Flamengo (BRA) - Velez Sarsfield (ARG) 2-0
1-0 (13') Romario
2-0 (80') Romario

Sep 30 Boca Juniors (ARG) - Cerro Porteño (PAR) 3-1
1-0 (51') Cristián Giménez
1-1 (64') Humberto Ovelar
2-1 (69') Martín Palermo
3-1 (84') José Basualdo 

Oct 13 Velez Sarsfield (ARG) - Cerro Porteño (PAR) 1-1
0-1 (62') Hugo Ovelar
1-1 (89') Patricio Camps

Oct 14 Boca Juniors (ARG) - Flamengo (BRA) 3-0
1-0 (6') César La Paglia
2-0 (32') Diego Cagna
3-0 (44') Fernando Navas

1. Velez Sarsfield (ARG) 	6  3  2  1   7   6  11
2. Boca Juniors (ARG)		6  3  0  3  11   7   9
3. Flamengo (BRA)  	        6  3  0  3   7   8   9
4. Cerro Porteno (PAR)          6  1  2  3   9  13   5									

Qualify Velez Sarsfield (ARG) and Boca Juniors (BRA)

GROUP E

Jul 30 Gremio (BRA) - River Plate (ARG) 2-3
1-0 (16') Guilherme
1-1 (33') José Antonio Pizzi
1-2 (44') José Antonio Pizzi
1-3 (53') Santiago Solari
2-3 (65') Rodrigo Costa

Jul 30 Univ. Catolica (CHI) - Vasco de Gama (BRA) 1-1	
0-1 (15') Gian
1-1 (73') Marco Antonio Figueroa

Aug 18 Vasco de Gama (BRA) - Gremio (BRA) 1-0
1-0 Geder 

Aug 20 River Plate (ARG) - Univ. Catolica (CHI) 1-1
1-0 (25') Cristián Castillo 
1-1 (65') Andrés Romero 

Sep  1 Gremio (BRA) - Univ. Catolica (CHI) 5-1
1-0 (22') Itaquí
2-0 (27') Zé Alcino
3-0 (30') Scheidt
4-0 (44' p.k.) Ronaldo 
4-1 (55') Fernando Cornejo 
5-1 (66') Itaquí  

Sep  3 River Plate (ARG) - Vasco de Gama (BRA) 1-1
0-1 (71') Rogerio
1-1 (82') Cristián Castillo

Sep 15 Univ. Catolica (CHI) - Gremio (BRA) 1-1
1-0 (12' p.k.) Mario Lepe
1-1 (53') Rodrigo Mendes

Sep 16 Vasco de Gama (BRA) - River Plate (ARG) 0-0

Sep 29 Univ. Catolica (CHI) - River Plate (ARG) 2-0
1-0 (56') Patricio Ormazabal
2-0 (60') Nelson Parraguez

Sep 29 Gremio (BRA) - Vasco de Gama (BRA) 1-0
1-0 (47') Ronaldo

Oct 14 Vasco de Gama (BRA) - Univ. Catolica (CHI) 1-0
1-0 (41') Gian

Oct 15 River Plate (ARG) - Gremio (BRA) 3-1
1-0 (65') Juan Antonio Pizzi
2-0 (77') Pablo Aimar
2-1 (82' o.g.) Jorge Martínez
3-1 (89' p.k.) Marcelo Gallardo


1. River Plate (ARG)            6  2  3  1   8  7   9
2. Vasco da Gama (BRA)          6  2  3  1   4  3   9
3. Gremio (BRA)	     		6  2  1  3  10  9   7
4. Universidad Católica (CHI)   6  1  3  2   6  9   6				

Qualify River Plate (ARG)
  
Qualify all the winners of the groups (5) and three best runners-ups
									

QUARTERFINALS First Leg Oct 29 Palmeiras (BRA) - Boca Juniors (ARG) 3-1 1-0 (27') Almir 2-0 (48') Arilson 2-1 (51' p.k.) Emiliano Rey 3-1 (89') Magrao Oct 28 River Plate (ARG) - Cruzeiro (BRA) 1-2 0-1 (32') Marcelo 0-2 (71') Fabio Junior 1-2 (78' p.k.) Marcelo Gallardo Oct 27 Velez Sarsfield (ARG) - Olimpia (PAR) 3-4 1-0 (19') Darío Husain 1-1 (27') Mauro Caballero 1-2 (55') Gabriel González 1-3 (65') Roque Santacruz 2-3 (70') Fernando Pandolfi 3-3 (74') Christian Bassedas. 3-4 (89') Carlos Paredes Oct 29 San Lorenzo de Almagro (ARG) - Racing Club (ARG) 0-0 Second Leg Nov 4 Boca Juniors (ARG) - Palmeiras (BRA) 1-1 1-0 (58') Martín Palermo 1-1 (80') Alex Nov 5 Cruzeiro (BRA) - River Plate (ARG) 2-0 1-0 (36') Fabio Junior 2-0 (83') Gilberto Nov 4 Olimpia (PAR) - Velez Sarsfield (ARG) 2-1 1-0 (24') Roque Santacruz 2-0 (40') Roque Santacruz 2-1 (65') Patricio Camps Nov 5 Racing Club (ARG) - San Lorenzo de Almagro (ARG) 1-1 0-2 p.k. 1-0 (73' p.k.) Marcelo Delgado 1-1 (75') Alberto Acosta
SEMIFINAL (Nov 10 and 17 or 24) First Leg Nov 10 Palmeiras (BRA) - Olimpia (PAR) 2-0 1-0 (45') Alex 2-0 (49') Alex Nov 19 Cruzeiro (BRA) - San Lorenzo de Almagro (ARG) 1-0 1-0 (19') Alex Alves Second Leg Nov 17 Olimpia (PAR) - Palmeiras (BRA) 0-1 0-1 (19') Oseas Dec 2 San Lorenzo de Almagro (ARG) - Cruzeiro (BRA) 1-1 1-0 (38') Federico Basavilbazo 1-1 (63') Djair
FINAL (Dec 16, 26 and 29) First Leg Cruzeiro (BRA) - Palmeiras (BRA) 2-1 DAY: Dec 16 STADIUM: Mineirao, Belo Horizonte ATTENDANCE: 40.000 REFEREE: Sidrack Marinho (Brazil) CRUZEIRO: Dida; Gustavo, Marcelo Dijan, Joao Carlos, Gilberto; Ricardinho, Valdir, Valdo (Djair 78), M&uulm;ller; Marcelo (Fabio Junior 88), Caio (Alex 65) T: Levir Culpi. PALMEIRAS: Velloso; F.Arce (Almir 68), Junior Baiano (Agnaldo 84), Cleber, Junior; Roque Junior, Rogerio, Nemem, Zinho; Oseas (Alex 46), Paulo Nunes T: Luis Felipe Scolari GOALS: 1-0 (21') Marcelo, 1-1 (44') Roque Junior, 2-1 (92' pk) Fabio Junior YELLOW CARDS: Gustavo, Marcelo Dijan (C); Paulo Nunes, Junior Baiano, Agnaldo (P) Second Leg Palmeiras (BRA) - Cruzeiro (BRA) 3-1 DAY: Dec 26 STADIUM: Parque Antartica, Sao Paulo ATTENDANCE: 49.400 REFEREE: Claudio Vinicius Cerdeira (Brazil) PALMEIRAS: Velloso; F.Arce, Cleber (Tiago 57), Junior Baiano, Junior; Roque Junior, Rogerio, Alex (Pedrinho 86), Zinho; Paulo Nunes, Oseas (Magrao 75) T: Luiz Felipe Scolari: CRUZEIRO: Dida; Gustavo, Wilson Gottardo (Joao Carlos 46), Marcelo Dijan, Gilberto; Valdir (Caio 74), Ricardinho (Alex 58), Djair, Valdo; M&uulm;ller, Fabio Junior T: Levir Culpi. GOALS: 0-1 (2' pk) Fabio Junior, 1-1 (7') Cleber, 2-1 (54') Oseas, 3-1 (89') Paulo Nunes YELLOW CARDS: F.Arce, Junior Baiano, Rogerio (P); Gustavo, Marcelo Dijan, Gilberto (C) Third Leg Palmeiras (BRA) - Cruzeiro (BRA) 1-0 DAY: Dec 29 STADIUM: Parque Antartica, Sao Paulo ATTENDANCE: REFEREE: Luciano Almeida (Brazil) PALMEIRAS: Velloso; Francisco Arce, Junior Baiano, Roque Junior, Junior; Tiago, Rogerio, Alex (Almir 45); Zinho (Agnaldo 89); Paulo Nunes, Oseas (Pedrinho 77) T: Luiz Felipe Scolari: CRUZEIRO: Dida; Gustavo, Marcelo Djian, Joao Carlos, Gilberto; Marcos Paulo, Ricardinho (Caio 73), Valdo, Muller (Alex Alves 73); Fabio Junior, Marcelo Ramos T: Levir Culpi. GOALS: 1-0 (62') Francisco Arce


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