1997 Copa Libertadores Final
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The 1997 Copa Libertadores Final was a two-legged football match-up to determine the 1997 Copa Libertadores
Copa Libertadores 1997
The 1997 edition of Copa Libertadores was won by Cruzeiro, of Brazil, after defeating Sporting Cristal of Peru in the final. The Brazilian team has also won the tournament in 1976.-Group 1:-Group 2:-Group 3:-Group 4:-Group 5:-Bracket:...

 champion. It was contested by Peruvian club Sporting Cristal
Sporting Cristal
Club Sporting Cristal is a Peruvian football team. Based in the Rímac District, in the department of Lima, it plays in the professional league known as the Peruvian First Division. Founded on November 16, 1926 in the Rimac District given its approval to the merger and Snuff Sporting merging with...

 and Brazilian club Cruzeiro
Cruzeiro Esporte Clube
Cruzeiro Esporte Clube is a Brazilian football team, from Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, and are one of the only five clubs to have never been relegated, along with Santos, São Paulo, Flamengo and Internacional. Founded on January 2, 1921, they are only one of three clubs to have participated in...

. The first leg was played on August 6 at Sporting Cristal's home field, with the second leg played on August 13 at Cruzeiro's.

Cruzeiro and Sporting Cristal were in their 3rd and 1st Copa Libertadores finals, respectively. Cruzeiro's last appearance was in 1977
Copa Libertadores 1977
The 1977 Copa Libertadores was the 18th edition of CONMEBOL's top club tournament. The tournament was won by Boca Juniors after defeating defending champions Cruzeiro for their first Copa Libertadores title.-Group stage:...

, in which they lost to Argentine
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...

 club Boca Juniors
Boca Juniors
Club Atlético Boca Juniors is an Argentine sports club based in La Boca neighborhood of Buenos Aires. It is best known for its professional football team, which currently plays in the Primera División....

.

Rules

The final was played over two legs; home and away. The team that accumulates the most points —three for a win, one for a draw, zero for a loss— after the two legs will be crowned the champion. The away-goals rule will not be used. Should the two teams be tied on points after the second leg, the team with the best goal difference will win. If the two teams have equal goal difference, extra time will be used. The extra time will consist of two 15-minute halves. If the tie is still not broken, a penalty shoot-out will ensue according to the Laws of the Game.

Route to the Finals

Cruzeiro qualified to the 1997 Copa Libertadores as the champion team in the 1996 Brazilian Cup. Sporting Cristal qualified as 1996 Peruvian champions.

Group 4 of the First Stage

Final Group 4 standings
Team
  Grêmio
Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense
Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense, commonly known as just Grêmio , is a Brazilian professional association football team based in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul founded by English and German immigrants on September 15, 1903. Major titles captured by Grêmio include one Intercontinental Cup, two Copa...

6 4 0 2 10 3
7
12
  Cruzeiro
Cruzeiro Esporte Clube
Cruzeiro Esporte Clube is a Brazilian football team, from Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, and are one of the only five clubs to have never been relegated, along with Santos, São Paulo, Flamengo and Internacional. Founded on January 2, 1921, they are only one of three clubs to have participated in...

6 3 0 3 6 5
1
9
  Sporting Cristal
Sporting Cristal
Club Sporting Cristal is a Peruvian football team. Based in the Rímac District, in the department of Lima, it plays in the professional league known as the Peruvian First Division. Founded on November 16, 1926 in the Rimac District given its approval to the merger and Snuff Sporting merging with...

6 2 2 2 4 5 −1 8
  Alianza Lima
Alianza Lima
Club Alianza Lima is a Peruvian First Division football club who plays at the Estadio Alejandro Villanueva in the La Victoria District of Lima, Peru. They are one of the most famous and well supported clubs in the country and the oldest team in the Peruvian First Division.Alianza enjoyed success...

6 1 2 3 2 9 −7 5


Both Cruzeiro and Sporting Cristal were drawn into Group 4, together with their compatriots Grêmio (1996 Brazilian champions) and Alianza Lima (1996 Peruvian championship 2nd place), respectively. Cruzeiro's first group match was against Grêmio in Belo Horizonte
Belo Horizonte
Belo Horizonte is the capital of and largest city in the state of Minas Gerais, located in the southeastern region of Brazil. It is the third largest metropolitan area in the country...

. Cruzeiro lost 2-1, with their goal scored by Aílton. Cristal's first group match was against their rivals Alianza, in Lima
Lima
Lima is the capital and the largest city of Peru. It is located in the valleys of the Chillón, Rímac and Lurín rivers, in the central part of the country, on a desert coast overlooking the Pacific Ocean. Together with the seaport of Callao, it forms a contiguous urban area known as the Lima...

. The Peruvian teams tied by 0-0.

Cruzeiro second group match was on the road
Lima
Lima is the capital and the largest city of Peru. It is located in the valleys of the Chillón, Rímac and Lurín rivers, in the central part of the country, on a desert coast overlooking the Pacific Ocean. Together with the seaport of Callao, it forms a contiguous urban area known as the Lima...

 against Alianza Lima. The Brazilian team lost by 1-0. They stayed on the road to play Sporting Cristal. The Peruvian team won by 1-0, and Cruzeiro lost its third game in the tournament, with a few chances of classification to the next stage.

Sporting Cristal third group match was in its home ground too, now against Grêmio, and winning again by 1-0.

Cruzeiro fourth group match was against Grêmio, but this time in the rival's ground, in Porto Alegre
Porto Alegre
Porto Alegre is the tenth most populous municipality in Brazil, with 1,409,939 inhabitants, and the centre of Brazil's fourth largest metropolitan area . It is also the capital city of the southernmost Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. The city is the southernmost capital city of a Brazilian...

. With the obligation of winning to keep the chance of classification alive, Cruzeiro made 1-0 with Palhinha and scored its first three point in the competition. In the same day, Sporting Cristal tied again by 1-1 against Alianza Lima.

The next two games Cruzeiro played at home. Alianza Lima visited first and lost the match 2-0, goals by Reinaldo and Palhinha. In Cruzeiro's last match of group play, they played host to Sporting Cristal, whom they beat 2-1, goals by Alex Mineiro and Reinaldo.

Sporting Cristal last group match was visiting Grêmio in Porto Alegre and losing by 2-0.

Cruzeiro and Sporting Cristal finished 2nd and 3rd, respectively, which advanced them to the Round of 16, together with Grêmio, who finished 1st.

Cruzeiro in the knockout stages

In the round of 16, they played against Ecuatorian club El Nacional
Club Deportivo El Nacional
Club Deportivo "El Nacional" is a Ecuadorian sports club from Quito, known best for their professional football team. The team currently plays in the Serie A, the top-flight football league in the country....

. The first leg was played in Quito
Quito
San Francisco de Quito, most often called Quito , is the capital city of Ecuador in northwestern South America. It is located in north-central Ecuador in the Guayllabamba river basin, on the eastern slopes of Pichincha, an active stratovolcano in the Andes mountains...

 and Cruzeiro lost the match 1-0. Second leg, played at home, Cruzeiro won 2-1, with Marcelo Ramos scoring twice, sending the decision to the penalty shootout. In the penalty kicks, Cruzeiro won 5-3, advancing to the next stage.

Cruzeiro's quarterfinal match-up was against fellow Brazilian side Grêmio over again. The first leg, played at home, was won 2-0, goals by Alex Mineiro and Elivélton. The second leg, played in Porto Alegre
Porto Alegre
Porto Alegre is the tenth most populous municipality in Brazil, with 1,409,939 inhabitants, and the centre of Brazil's fourth largest metropolitan area . It is also the capital city of the southernmost Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. The city is the southernmost capital city of a Brazilian...

, was lost 2-1, Fabinho scoring, with Cruzeiro advancing to the next stage by goal difference (3-2).

Cruzeiro's semifinal match-up was against Chile
Chile
Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...

an club Colo-Colo
Colo-Colo
Club Social y Deportivo Colo-Colo is a Chilean football club based in the commune of Macul, Santiago. It competes in the Primera División, the top-flight football league in the country, from which they have never been relegated. Their home ground is the Estadio Monumental David Arellano.Colo-Colo...

. Cruzeiro won the first leg 1-0, goal scored by Marcelo Ramos, in Belo Horizonte
Belo Horizonte
Belo Horizonte is the capital of and largest city in the state of Minas Gerais, located in the southeastern region of Brazil. It is the third largest metropolitan area in the country...

. In Santiago
Santiago, Chile
Santiago , also known as Santiago de Chile, is the capital and largest city of Chile, and the center of its largest conurbation . It is located in the country's central valley, at an elevation of above mean sea level...

 lost 3-2, with Marcelo Ramos and Cleison scoring the goals, deciding again in the penalty kicks. In the penalty shootout Cruzeiro won 4-1, advancing to the Copa Libertadores Final Matches after 20 years.

As of the finals, Cruzeiro has an efficacy rating of 50% (6 wins, 6 loss).

Sporting Cristal in the knockout stages

In the round of 16, they played against Argentine
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...

 club Vélez Sarsfield
Club Atlético Vélez Sársfield
Club Atlético Vélez Sársfield is a sports club based in the Liniers neighborhood of western Buenos Aires, Argentina. Vélez is best known for its football team, that plays in the Argentine Primera División, the top level of the Argentine league system...

. The first leg was played home and the teams tied 0-0. Second leg, played away in Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo. It is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent...

, Cristal surprisingly won 1-0, advancing to the next stage.

Sporting Cristal's quarterfinal match-up was against Bolivia
Bolivia
Bolivia officially known as Plurinational State of Bolivia , is a landlocked country in central South America. It is the poorest country in South America...

n club Bolívar
Club Bolívar
Club Bolívar, a football team from Bolivia, was founded in La Paz on April 12, 1925, with the name Atletico Bolívar Literario Musical later changed to "Club Atlético Bolívar"...

. The first leg, played in La Paz
La Paz
Nuestra Señora de La Paz is the administrative capital of Bolivia, as well as the departmental capital of the La Paz Department, and the second largest city in the country after Santa Cruz de la Sierra...

, Cristal loss 2-1. But in the second leg, played home, the Peruvian squad won 3-0, advancing to the next stage by goal difference (4-2).

In the semifinals Sporting Cristal met another Argentine club, Racing Club
Racing Club de Avellaneda
Racing Club is an Argentine professional football club from Avellaneda, a suburb of Greater Buenos Aires. Founded in 1903, Racing has been historically considered one of the "big five" clubs of Argentine football...

. In the first leg, played in Avellaneda
Avellaneda
Avellaneda is a port city in the province of Buenos Aires, Argentina, and the seat of the Avellaneda Partido, whose population was 328,980 as per the ....

, Cristal loss 3-2. In the second leg, played home, Cristal won 4-1 and advanced to the next stage over again by goal difference (6-4). Was the best season of a Peruvian team in Copa Libertadores.

As of the finals, Sporting Cristal has an efficacy rating of 50% (5 wins, 3 draws, 4 loss).

Knockout stages summary

Cruzeiro|Sporting Cristal
  El Nacional
Club Deportivo El Nacional
Club Deportivo "El Nacional" is a Ecuadorian sports club from Quito, known best for their professional football team. The team currently plays in the Serie A, the top-flight football league in the country....

 
A
0–1
Round of 16
First leg
  Vélez Sarsfield
Club Atlético Vélez Sársfield
Club Atlético Vélez Sársfield is a sports club based in the Liniers neighborhood of western Buenos Aires, Argentina. Vélez is best known for its football team, that plays in the Argentine Primera División, the top level of the Argentine league system...

 
H
0–0
  El Nacional
H
2–1
(p. 5–3)
Marcelo Ramos 61', 69' Second leg   Vélez Sarsfield
A
1–0
Jorge Soto
Jorge Soto
Jorge Antonio Soto is a retired Peruvian footballer.-Career:Soto is one of the all-time emblematic figures of Sporting Cristal...

 86'
  Grêmio
Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense
Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense, commonly known as just Grêmio , is a Brazilian professional association football team based in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul founded by English and German immigrants on September 15, 1903. Major titles captured by Grêmio include one Intercontinental Cup, two Copa...

 
H
2–0
Alex Mineiro
Elivelton
Quarterfinals
First leg
  Bolívar
Club Bolívar
Club Bolívar, a football team from Bolivia, was founded in La Paz on April 12, 1925, with the name Atletico Bolívar Literario Musical later changed to "Club Atlético Bolívar"...

 
A
1–2

Luis Alberto Bonnet
Luis Alberto Bonnet
Luis Alberto Bonnet is a former Argentine - Peruvian football striker.-External links:...

 82'
  Grêmio
A
1–2
Fabinho Second leg   Bolívar
H
3–0
Nolberto Solano
Nolberto Solano
Nolberto Albino "Nobby" Solano Todco is a Peruvian footballer who plays for Hartlepool United. He has spent much of his career in the English Premier League and also played 95 times for Peru between 1994 and 2009...

 32'
Jorge Soto
Jorge Soto
Jorge Antonio Soto is a retired Peruvian footballer.-Career:Soto is one of the all-time emblematic figures of Sporting Cristal...

 57'
Prince Amoako 66'
  Colo-Colo
Colo-Colo
Club Social y Deportivo Colo-Colo is a Chilean football club based in the commune of Macul, Santiago. It competes in the Primera División, the top-flight football league in the country, from which they have never been relegated. Their home ground is the Estadio Monumental David Arellano.Colo-Colo...

 
H
1–0
Marcelo Ramos 6' Semifinals
First leg
  Racing Club
Racing Club de Avellaneda
Racing Club is an Argentine professional football club from Avellaneda, a suburb of Greater Buenos Aires. Founded in 1903, Racing has been historically considered one of the "big five" clubs of Argentine football...

 
A
2–3
Jorge Soto
Jorge Soto
Jorge Antonio Soto is a retired Peruvian footballer.-Career:Soto is one of the all-time emblematic figures of Sporting Cristal...

 42'
Luis Alberto Bonnet
Luis Alberto Bonnet
Luis Alberto Bonnet is a former Argentine - Peruvian football striker.-External links:...

 85'
  Colo-Colo
A
2–3
(p. 4–1)
Marcelo Ramos 28'
Cleison 64'
Second leg   Racing Club
H
4–1
Luis Alberto Bonnet
Luis Alberto Bonnet
Luis Alberto Bonnet is a former Argentine - Peruvian football striker.-External links:...

 5'
Julio Rivera 41'
Luis Alberto Bonnet
Luis Alberto Bonnet
Luis Alberto Bonnet is a former Argentine - Peruvian football striker.-External links:...

 59'
Nolberto Solano
Nolberto Solano
Nolberto Albino "Nobby" Solano Todco is a Peruvian footballer who plays for Hartlepool United. He has spent much of his career in the English Premier League and also played 95 times for Peru between 1994 and 2009...

 73'

First leg


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style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> SPORTING CRISTAL:
GK 1     Julio Cesar Balerio
DF 19   Manuel Marengo
Manuel Marengo
Manuel Marengo is a Peruvian footballer who plays for Atlético Torino in the Segunda División Peruana.-Club career:...

DF 3   Miguel Rebosio
Miguel Rebosio
César Miguel Rebosio Compans is a Peruvian footballer who plays as a defender.-Football career:Rebosio played for five different teams in his country , and also had abroad stints with Greece's PAOK F.C...

 
} DF 2   Marcelo Asteggiano DF 21   Martin Vasquez  }
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|MF || 4 ||   Jorge Soto
Jorge Soto
Jorge Antonio Soto is a retired Peruvian footballer.-Career:Soto is one of the all-time emblematic figures of Sporting Cristal...


|-
|MF || 6 ||   Pedro Garay
|-
|MF || 8 ||   Alfredo Carmona || ||
|-
|MF || 7 ||   Nolberto Solano
Nolberto Solano
Nolberto Albino "Nobby" Solano Todco is a Peruvian footballer who plays for Hartlepool United. He has spent much of his career in the English Premier League and also played 95 times for Peru between 1994 and 2009...


|-
|FW || 18 ||   Luis Alberto Bonnet
Luis Alberto Bonnet
Luis Alberto Bonnet is a former Argentine - Peruvian football striker.-External links:...


|-
|ST || 11 ||     Julinho
Julio César de Andrade Moura
Julio César de Andrade Moura, more commonly known as Julinho is an association football striker from Brazil, who obtained the Peruvian nationality...


|-
|colspan=3|Substitutes:
|-
|DF || 15 ||   Erick Torres
Erick Torres
Erick Torres is a professional Peruvian footballer.-Career:Torres currently plays for Sport César Vallejo. Between 1997 and 2006, he played 11 times for the Peru national team....

 || ||
|-
|ST || 24 ||   Andrés Mendoza || ||
|-
|MF || 10 ||   Alex Magallanes
Alex Magallanes
Alex Magallanes is a Peruvian footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder. He currently plays for José Gálvez FBC.Alex Magallanes has made 17 appearances for the Peru national football team.-Honours:...

 || ||
|-
|colspan=3|Manager:
|-
|colspan=4|  Sergio Markarián
Sergio Markarián
Sergio Apraham Markarián is a Uruguayan-Armenian football coach. Currently, he is the head coach of the national football team of Peru.-Early life:...


|}
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CRUZEIRO:
GK 1   Dida
RB 2   Vítor
DF 16   Gélson Baresi
DF 22   Wilson Gottardo
Wilson Gottardo
Wilson Roberto Gottardo, commonly known as just Wilson Gottardo , is a former association footballer who played defender and current coach of the Bonsucesso. He played in several Brazilian Série A clubs.-Career:...

LB 6   Nonato
DMF 15   Donizete Oliveira
DMF 5   Fabinho
MF 8   Ricardinho
Ricardo Alexandre dos Santos
Ricardo Alexandre dos Santos or simply Ricardinho , is a Brazilian attacking midfielder. He currently plays for Corinthians....

MF 10   Palhinha 
}
|-
|MF || 9 ||   Cleison
|-
|FW || 23 ||   Marcelo Ramos || ||
|-
|colspan=3|Substitutes:
|-
|FW || 19 ||   Da Silva
Cleonésio Carlos da Silva
Da Silva, full name Cleonésio Carlos da Silva is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a forward. His previous clubs include Juventude, Jeju United & Pohang Steelers in South Korea, FC Saturn Moscow Oblast in Russia, Al-Khor SC in Qatar, Coritiba, Goiás, Portuguesa, Cruzeiro, Mamoré, Sport Recife...

 || ||
|-
|FW || ||   Tico || ||
|-
|colspan=3|Manager:
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|colspan=4|  Paulo Autuori
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Assistant referees:

 

 

Fourth official:

 

Second leg


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style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> CRUZEIRO:
GK 1   Dida
RB 2   Vítor
DF 16   Gélson Baresi
DF 22   Wilson Gottardo
Wilson Gottardo
Wilson Roberto Gottardo, commonly known as just Wilson Gottardo , is a former association footballer who played defender and current coach of the Bonsucesso. He played in several Brazilian Série A clubs.-Career:...

LB 6   Nonato
DMF 15   Donizete Oliveira
DMF 5   Fabinho
MF 8   Ricardinho
Ricardo Alexandre dos Santos
Ricardo Alexandre dos Santos or simply Ricardinho , is a Brazilian attacking midfielder. He currently plays for Corinthians....

 
MF 10   Palhinha
MF 20   Elivelton
FW 23   Marcelo Ramos
Substitutes:
FW 19   Da Silva
Cleonésio Carlos da Silva
Da Silva, full name Cleonésio Carlos da Silva is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a forward. His previous clubs include Juventude, Jeju United & Pohang Steelers in South Korea, FC Saturn Moscow Oblast in Russia, Al-Khor SC in Qatar, Coritiba, Goiás, Portuguesa, Cruzeiro, Mamoré, Sport Recife...

 
Manager:
  Paulo Autuori
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SPORTING CRISTAL:
GK 1     Julio Cesar Balerio
DF 4   Jorge Soto
Jorge Soto
Jorge Antonio Soto is a retired Peruvian footballer.-Career:Soto is one of the all-time emblematic figures of Sporting Cristal...

DF 19   Manuel Marengo
Manuel Marengo
Manuel Marengo is a Peruvian footballer who plays for Atlético Torino in the Segunda División Peruana.-Club career:...

DF 2   Marcelo Asteggiano
DF 15   Erick Torres
Erick Torres
Erick Torres is a professional Peruvian footballer.-Career:Torres currently plays for Sport César Vallejo. Between 1997 and 2006, he played 11 times for the Peru national team....

 
MF 6   Pedro Garay
MF 7   Nolberto Solano
Nolberto Solano
Nolberto Albino "Nobby" Solano Todco is a Peruvian footballer who plays for Hartlepool United. He has spent much of his career in the English Premier League and also played 95 times for Peru between 1994 and 2009...

MF 16   Julio Rivera
MF 20   Prince Amoako 
FW 18   Luis Alberto Bonnet
Luis Alberto Bonnet
Luis Alberto Bonnet is a former Argentine - Peruvian football striker.-External links:...

 
ST 11     Julinho
Julio César de Andrade Moura
Julio César de Andrade Moura, more commonly known as Julinho is an association football striker from Brazil, who obtained the Peruvian nationality...

Substitutes:
MF 8   Alfredo Carmona 
DF 5   Roger Serrano
Roger Serrano
Roger Serrano is a former Peruvian footballer.-Club career:Serrano has played for most of his career with Universitario de Deportes, Sport Boys, Sporting Cristal, Alianza Lima and Cienciano in the Primera División Peruana....

 
FW 22   Ismael Abrahamson 
Manager:
  Sergio Markarian
Sergio Markarián
Sergio Apraham Markarián is a Uruguayan-Armenian football coach. Currently, he is the head coach of the national football team of Peru.-Early life:...


Assistant referees:

  Luis Olivetto

  Gerardo Bertoni

External links

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