1999 Copa Libertadores

1999 Copa Libertadores de América

1999 Copa Toyota Libertadores de América 1999 Copa Toyota Libertadores da América
Tournament details
Dates	21 February – 16 June
Teams	21 (from 11 associations)
Final positions
Champions	Palmeiras (1st title)
Runners-up	Deportivo Cali
Tournament statistics
Matches played	90
Goals scored	257 (2.86 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Víctor Bonilla (6 goals) Fernando Baiano (6 goals) Gauchinho (6 goals) Ruberth Morán (6 goals) Rubén Sosa (6 goals) Martín Zapata (6 goals)
Best player(s)	Marcos [1]
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The 1999 Copa Libertadores was the 40th edition of the Copa Libertadores, South America's premier club championship. It was held between February 21 and June 16. Palmeiras became the champions after beating Deportivo Cali on penalties for the first time in their history.

First round

• Teams in green qualified to the Round of 16
• Teams in red were eliminated

Twenty teams were distributed among five groups in the First Round; the top three of each group qualified to the playoff bracket. Vasco da Gama (winner of the previous edition of the tournament) received a bye to the playoff bracket.

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Nacional	6	4	0	2	9	8	+1	12
2	Estudiantes de Mérida	6	3	0	3	9	14	−5	9
3	Bella Vista	6	2	1	3	9	6	+3	7
4	Monterrey	6	2	1	3	10	9	+1	7

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Vélez Sársfield	6	2	3	1	6	3	+3	9
2	Deportivo Cali	6	3	0	3	4	8	−4	9
3	River Plate	6	2	2	2	8	8	0	8
4	Once Caldas	6	2	1	3	7	6	+1	7

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Group 3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Corinthians	6	4	0	2	16	8	+8	12
2	Palmeiras	6	3	1	2	12	10	+2	10
3	Cerro Porteño	6	2	1	3	14	20	−6	7
4	Olimpia	6	1	2	3	11	15	−4	5

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Group 4

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Universidad Católica	6	3	2	1	9	5	+4	11
2	Colo Colo	6	2	2	2	5	7	−2	8
3	Universitario	6	2	1	3	7	8	−1	7
4	Sporting Cristal	6	0	5	1	7	8	−1	5

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Group 5

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	LDU Quito	6	3	1	2	10	8	+2	10
2	Emelec	6	3	0	3	9	12	−3	9
3	Jorge Wilstermann	6	2	2	2	9	9	0	8
4	Blooming	6	2	1	3	5	4	+1	7

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Knockout stages

Bracket

	Round of 16						Quarterfinals						Semifinals						Finals
	Deportivo Cali	2	0	2
	Colo-Colo	0	1	1
							Deportivo Cali	2	1	3
							Bella Vista	1	1	2
	Bella Vista	2	3	5
	U. Católica	2	1	3
													Deportivo Cali	4	2	6
													Cerro Porteño	0	3	3
	Emelec	1	1	2
	Estudiantes	3	0	3
							Estudiantes	3	0	3
							Cerro Porteño	0	4	4
	Cerro Porteño	5	1	6
	Nacional	0	2	2
																			Deportivo Cali	1	1	2 (3)
																			Palmeiras	0	2	2 (4)
	River Plate	1	0	1 (5)
	LDU Quito	0	1	1 (4)
							River Plate	2	0	2
							Vélez Sarsfield	0	1	1
	Universitario	0	0	0
	Vélez Sarsfield	0	4	4
													River Plate	1	0	1
													Palmeiras	0	3	3
	Palmeiras	1	4	5
	Vasco da Gama	1	2	3
							Palmeiras	2	0	2 (4)
							Corinthians	0	2	2 (2)
	Jorge Wilstermann	1	2	3
	Corinthians	1	5	6

Round of 16

First leg matches were played on April 14. Second leg matches were on April 20 and April 21.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Cerro Porteño	6–2	Nacional	5–0	1–2
Universitario	0–4	Vélez Sársfield	0–0	0–4
Jorge Wilstermann	3–6	Corinthians	1–1	2–5
Bella Vista	5–3	Universidad Católica	2–2	3–1
River Plate	1–1 (5–4 pk)	LDU Quito	1–0	0–1
Emelec	2–3	Estudiantes	1–3	1–0
Deportivo Cali	2–1	Colo Colo	2–0	0–1
Palmeiras	5–3	Vasco da Gama	1–1	4–2

Quarterfinals

First leg matches were played on May 5. Second leg matches were played on May 12.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
River Plate	2–1	Vélez Sársfield	2–0	0–1
Palmeiras	2–2 (4–2 pk)	Corinthians	2–0	0–2
Estudiantes	3–4	Cerro Porteño	3–0	0–4
Deportivo Cali	3–2	Bella Vista	2–1	1–1

Semi-finals

Main article: 1999 Copa Libertadores Semi-Finals

First leg matches were played on May 19. Second leg matches were played on May 26.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Deportivo Cali	6–3	Cerro Porteño	4–0	2–3
River Plate	1–3	Palmeiras	1–0	0–3

Finals

Main article: 1999 Copa Libertadores Finals

First leg match were played on June 2. Second leg match were played on June 16.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Deportivo Cali	2–2 (3–4 pk)	Palmeiras	1–0	1–2

Champion

Copa Libertadores 1999
Palmeiras First title

Broadcasting rights

Americas

• Latin America: local channels

References

1. "Conoce a los jugadores más valiosos de la Libertadores". 10 October 2012. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 22 February 2015.

• CONMEBOL: Copa Toyota Libertadores 1999