1997 Supercopa Libertadores

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1997 Supercopa Libertadores
1997 Supercopa Libertadores
1997 Supercopa Sudamericana João Havelange
Tournament details
Dates15 June – 17 December
Teams17 (from 6 confederations)
Final positions
Champions Flag of Argentina.svg River Plate (1st title)
Runners-up Flag of Brazil.svg São Paulo
Tournament statistics
Matches played60
Goals scored187 (3.12 per match)
Top scorer(s) Flag of Chile.svg Ivo Basay
(8 goals)
1996

The 1997 Supercopa Libertadores was the tenth and final season of the Supercopa Libertadores, a club football tournament for past Copa Libertadores winners.

Contents

Vasco da Gama were admitted to the tournament for the first time in recognition of winning the South American Championship of Champions in 1948. Argentinos Juniors did not take part. River Plate won the competition for the first time, defeating São Paulo 2–1 on aggregate in the final.

For its final season, the format of the first round was changed from a two-legged knockout round to four groups of four teams playing each other twice. As 17 teams were scheduled to take part, a preliminary round was played to eliminate one team.

As through the successive editions of this cup were added new champions from the Copa Libertadores, in 1997 the Conmebol decided that the last teams of each group would descend to reduce the number of teams to disputed it. That year descended Velez Sarsfield, Racing Club and Boca Juniors (all teams from Argentina) and Gremio (Brazil).

Teams

AssociationTeam (Berth)Entry stageQualification method
Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina
6 berths [Note ARG]
Independiente (Argentina 1) Group stage 1964, 1965, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1984 Copa Libertadores champions
Estudiantes (Argentina 2) 1968, 1969, 1970 Copa Libertadores champions
River Plate (Argentina 3) 1986, 1996 Copa Libertadores champions
Boca Juniors (Argentina 4) 1977, 1978 Copa Libertadores champions
Vélez Sarsfield (Argentina 5) 1994 Copa Libertadores champions
Racing (Argentina 6) 1967 Copa Libertadores champions
Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil
6 berths
Grêmio (Brazil 1) Group stage 1983, 1995 Copa Libertadores champions
São Paulo (Brazil 2) 1992, 1993 Copa Libertadores champions
Santos (Brazil 3) 1962, 1963 Copa Libertadores champions
Flamengo (Brazil 4) 1981 Copa Libertadores champions
Cruzeiro (Brazil 5) 1976 Copa Libertadores champions
Vasco da Gama (Brazil 6) Preliminary round 1948 Campeonato de Campeones Sudamericano champions
Flag of Chile.svg Chile
1 berth
Colo-Colo (Chile 1) Group stage 1991 Copa Libertadores champions
Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia
1 berth
Atlético Nacional (Colombia 1) Group stage 1989 Copa Libertadores champions
Flag of Paraguay.svg Paraguay
1 berth
Olimpia (Paraguay 1) Group stage 1979, 1990 Copa Libertadores champions
Flag of Uruguay.svg Uruguay
2 berths
Peñarol (Uruguay 1) Preliminary round 1960, 1961, 1966, 1982, 1987 Copa Libertadores champions
Nacional (Uruguay 2) 1971, 1980, 1988 Copa Libertadores champions

;Notes

  1. Argentina (ARG):

Preliminary round

The matches were played from 15 June to 13 July.

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 Flag of Brazil.svg Vasco da Gama 421154+17 First round
2 Flag of Uruguay.svg Peñarol 41216715
3 Flag of Uruguay.svg Nacional 41125504
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Home \ Away NAC PEN VAS
Nacional 1–22–0
Peñarol 2–21–1
Vasco da Gama 1–03–1
Source: RSSSF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Group stage

The matches were played from 26 August to 30 October.

Group 1

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 Flag of Chile.svg Colo-Colo 6321129+311 Semifinals
2 Flag of Brazil.svg Cruzeiro 630391019
3 Flag of Argentina.svg Independiente 62229908
4 Flag of Argentina.svg Boca Juniors 61237925
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Home \ Away BOC COL CRU IND
Boca Juniors 2–21–01–1
Colo-Colo 2–14–22–0
Cruzeiro 2–12–02–1
Independiente 2–12–23–1
Source: RSSSF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Group 2

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 Flag of Brazil.svg São Paulo 6321158+711 Semifinals
2 Flag of Brazil.svg Flamengo 6312107+310
3 Flag of Paraguay.svg Olimpia 61326936
4 Flag of Argentina.svg Vélez Sarsfield 612361375
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Home \ Away FLA OLI SAO VEL
Flamengo 3–33–20–1
Olimpia 0–10–01–0
São Paulo 1–04–15–1
Vélez Sarsfield 0–31–13–3
Source: RSSSF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Group 3

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 Flag of Argentina.svg River Plate 6501179+815 Semifinals
2 Flag of Brazil.svg Vasco da Gama 6312912310
3 Flag of Brazil.svg Santos 6213111217
4 Flag of Argentina.svg Racing 6024111542
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Home \ Away RAC RIV SAN VAS
Racing 2–32–22–3
River Plate 3–23–25–1
Santos 3–22–11–2
Vasco da Gama 1–10–22–1
Source: RSSSF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Group 4

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 Flag of Colombia.svg Atlético Nacional 631297+210 Semifinals
2 Flag of Uruguay.svg Peñarol 6222101008
3 Flag of Argentina.svg Estudiantes 62228808
4 Flag of Brazil.svg Grêmio 613291126
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Home \ Away ANA EST GRE PEN
Atlético Nacional 2–03–11–0
Estudiantes 1–00–03–1
Grêmio 2–23–21–1
Peñarol 3–12–23–2
Source: RSSSF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Knockout phase

In the knockout phase, the four group winners played a single-elimination tournament. Each tie was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis.

Bracket

Semifinals Finals
          
1 Flag of Argentina.svg River Plate 2 1 3
4 Flag of Colombia.svg Atlético Nacional 0 2 2
Flag of Brazil.svg São Paulo 0 1 1
Flag of Argentina.svg River Plate 0 2 2
3 Flag of Brazil.svg São Paulo 3 1 4
2 Flag of Chile.svg Colo-Colo 1 0 1

Semifinals

The matches were played on 5 November, 6 November, 26 November and 27 November.

Team 1 Agg. Team 21st leg2nd leg
São Paulo Flag of Brazil.svg 4–1 Flag of Chile.svg Colo-Colo 3–11–0
River Plate Flag of Argentina.svg 3–2 Flag of Colombia.svg Atlético Nacional 2–01–2

Finals

The matches were played on 5 November, 6 November, 26 November and 27 November.

Team 1 Agg. Team 21st leg2nd leg
São Paulo Flag of Brazil.svg 1–2 Flag of Argentina.svg River Plate 0–0 1–2
São Paulo Flag of Brazil.svg 0–0 Flag of Argentina.svg River Plate

River Plate Flag of Argentina.svg 2–1 Flag of Brazil.svg São Paulo
Salas Soccerball shade.svg46'Soccerball shade.svg58'Soccerball shade.svg53' Dodô

River Plate won 2–1 on aggregate.

 1997 Supercopa
Sudamericana Winners 
Flag of Argentina.svg
River Plate
First title

Top goalscorers

PosNameClubGoals
1 Flag of Chile.svg Ivo Basay Flag of Chile.svg Colo-Colo 8
2 Flag of Chile.svg Marcelo Salas Flag of Argentina.svg River Plate 7
3 Flag of Brazil.svg Dodô Flag of Brazil.svg São Paulo 5
4 Flag of Argentina.svg Martín Fúriga Flag of Argentina.svg Estudiantes 4
Flag of Brazil.svg Marcelo Ramos Flag of Brazil.svg Cruzeiro
Flag of Brazil.svg Sávio Flag of Brazil.svg Flamengo
Flag of Argentina.svg Martín Vilallonga Flag of Argentina.svg Racing

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