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)	6 players (6)
Best player	Marcos[1]

The 1999 edition of the Copa Libertadores was the 40th in the tournament's history. It was held between February 21 and June 16. Palmeiras won the cup for the first time in the tournament's 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

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

Group 2

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

Group 3

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

Group 4

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

Group 5

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

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

Semifinals

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

Final

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

References

• CONMEBOL: Copa Toyota Libertadores 1999