Copa Libertadores 1999

The 1999 Copa Libertadores , also known as the Copa Toyota Libertadores due to the sponsorship of the car manufacturer Toyota , was the 40th edition of the most important South American football competition for club teams. 21 teams took part, including the national champions of the nine best CONMEBOL countries and the runner-up as well as two representatives from Mexico and Venezuela, who determined two remaining places in the qualification. Defending champion CR Vasco da Gama completed the field of participants . The tournament began on February 21st and ended on June 16, 1999 with the final second leg. The Brazilian representative Palmeiras São Paulo won the final against Deportivo Cali and thus the Copa Libertadores for the first time .

qualification

club	Games	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
CF Monterrey	6th	3	1	2	13: 09	10
Estudiantes de Mérida	6th	3	1	2	09: 09	10
Club Necaxa	6th	2	3	1	05: 03	09
Universidad de Los Andes	6th	1	1	4th	05:11	04th

			First leg	Return leg
Estudiantes de Mérida	-	Universidad de Los Andes	3: 2	2-0
Club Necaxa	-	CF Monterrey	2: 2	0: 1
Estudiantes de Mérida	-	Club Necaxa	0-0	0: 2
Universidad de Los Andes	-	Club Necaxa	0-0	0: 1
Estudiantes de Mérida	-	CF Monterrey	3-0	1: 5
Universidad de Los Andes	-	CF Monterrey	2: 1	1: 4

Group stage

Group 1

club	Games	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
Nacional Montevideo	6th	4th	0	2	09: 08	12
Estudiantes de Mérida	6th	3	0	3	09:14	09
Club Atlético Bella Vista	6th	2	1	3	09: 06	07th
CF Monterrey	6th	2	1	3	10: 09	07th

			First leg	Return leg
Estudiantes de Mérida	-	CF Monterrey	2: 1	0: 4
Club Atlético Bella Vista	-	Nacional Montevideo	0: 1	0: 1
CF Monterrey	-	Club Atlético Bella Vista	1: 1	0: 2
Estudiantes de Mérida	-	Club Atlético Bella Vista	2: 1	1: 5
CF Monterrey	-	Nacional Montevideo	1: 2	3: 2
Estudiantes de Mérida	-	Nacional Montevideo	3: 1	1: 2

Group 2

club	Games	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
CA Vélez Sarsfield	6th	2	3	1	6: 3	9
Deportivo Cali	6th	3	0	3	4: 8	9
CA River Plate	6th	2	2	2	8: 8	8th
Once Caldas	6th	2	1	3	7: 6	7th

			First leg	Return leg
Deportivo Cali	-	Once Caldas	1-0	0: 3
CA Vélez Sarsfield	-	CA River Plate	1: 1	1: 1
Once Caldas	-	CA River Plate	4: 1	0: 3
Deportivo Cali	-	CA River Plate	1-0	1: 2
Once Caldas	-	CA Vélez Sarsfield	0-0	0: 1
Deportivo Cali	-	CA Vélez Sarsfield	1-0	0: 3

Group 3

club	Games	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
Corinthians São Paulo	6th	4th	0	2	16: 08	12
Palmeiras São Paulo	6th	3	1	2	12:10	10
Club Cerro Porteño	6th	2	1	3	14:20	07th
Club Olimpia	6th	1	2	3	11:15	05

			First leg	Return leg
Club Cerro Porteño	-	Club Olimpia	4: 3	2: 2
Palmeiras São Paulo	-	Corinthians São Paulo	1-0	1: 2
Club Cerro Porteño	-	Palmeiras São Paulo	2: 5	1: 2
Club Olimpia	-	Palmeiras São Paulo	4: 2	1: 1
Corinthians São Paulo	-	Club Cerro Porteño	8: 2	0: 3
Club Olimpia	-	Corinthians São Paulo	1: 2	0: 4

Group 4

club	Games	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
CD Universidad Católica	6th	3	2	1	9: 5	11
CSD Colo-Colo	6th	2	2	2	5: 7	08th
Universitario de Deportes	6th	2	1	3	7: 8	07th
Sporting Cristal	6th	0	5	1	7: 8	05

			First leg	Return leg
Universitario de Deportes	-	Sporting Cristal	2: 1	2: 2
CSD Colo-Colo	-	CD Universidad Católica	1-0	1: 3
CD Universidad Católica	-	Sporting Cristal	1: 1	1: 1
Universitario de Deportes	-	CSD Colo-Colo	2-0	0: 1
CD Universidad Católica	-	Universitario de Deportes	1-0	3: 1
Sporting Cristal	-	CSD Colo-Colo	1: 1	1: 1

Group 5

club	Games	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
LDU Quito	6th	3	1	2	10: 08	10
CS Emelec	6th	3	0	3	09:12	09
Club Jorge Wilstermann	6th	2	2	2	09: 09	08th
Club blooming	6th	2	1	3	05: 04	07th

			First leg	Return leg
Liga de Quito	-	CS Emelec	4: 1	0: 2
Club blooming	-	Club Jorge Wilstermann	0-0	0: 1
CS Emelec	-	Club Jorge Wilstermann	3: 2	2: 4
Liga de Quito	-	Club Jorge Wilstermann	3: 1	1: 1
CS Emelec	-	Club blooming	1-0	0: 2
Liga de Quito	-	Club blooming	1-0	1: 3

Round of 16

	total		First leg	Return leg
Club Jorge Wilstermann	3: 6	Corinthians São Paulo	1: 1	2: 5
Palmeiras São Paulo	5: 3	CR Vasco da Gama	1: 1	4: 2
CA River Plate	1: 1 (5: 4 on account)	LDU Quito	1-0	0: 1
CS Emelec	2: 3	Estudiantes de Mérida	1: 3	1-0
Universitario de Deportes	0: 4	CA Vélez Sarsfield	0-0	0: 4
Club Atlético Bella Vista	5: 3	Universidad Católica	2: 2	3: 1
Deportivo Cali	2: 1	CSD Colo-Colo	2-0	0: 1
Club Cerro Porteño	6: 2	Nacional Montevideo	5-0	1: 2

Quarter finals

	total		First leg	Return leg
Deportivo Cali	3: 2	Club Atlético Bella Vista	2: 1	1: 1
Estudiantes de Mérida	3: 4	Club Cerro Porteño	3-0	0: 4
CA River Plate	2: 1	CA Vélez Sarsfield	2-0	0: 1
Palmeiras São Paulo	2: 2 (4: 2 i.E.)	Corinthians São Paulo	2-0	0: 2

Semifinals

	total		First leg	Return leg
CA River Plate	1: 3	Palmeiras São Paulo	1-0	0: 3
Deportivo Cali	6: 3	Club Cerro Porteño	4-0	2: 3

final

First leg

Deportivo Cali		Palmeiras São Paulo
	June 2, 1999 in Cali , Colombia ( Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero ) Result: 1: 0 (1: 0) Spectators: 37,000 Referee: Mario Sánchez ( Chile )
	Rafael Dudamel - John Wilmar Pérez , Mario Yepes , Andrés Mosquera , Gerardo Bedoya , Alexander Viveros , Martín Zapata , Mayer Candelo , Geovanny Córdoba , Víctor Bonilla (73rd Miguel Marrero ), Carlos Castillo (80th Emiliano Rey ) Trainer: José Eugenio Hernández	Marcos - Francisco Arce , Júnior Baiano , Roque Júnior , César Sampaio , Rogério , Alex (71st Euller ), Zinho (83rd Galeano ), Paulo Nunes , Oséas (47th Evair ) Coach: Luiz Felipe Scolari
	1-0 Víctor Bonilla (42.)

Return leg

Palmeiras São Paulo		Deportivo Cali
	June 16, 1999 in São Paulo , Brazil ( Estádio do Morumbi ) Result: 2: 1 (2: 1, 0: 0), 4: 3 i. E. Spectators: 32,000 Referee: Ubaldo Aquino ( Paraguay )
	Marcos - Francisco Arce (57th Evair ), Júnior Baiano , Roque Júnior , Rogério , César Sampaio , Alex (75th Euller ), Zinho , Oséas , Paulo Nunes Trainer: Luiz Felipe Scolari	Rafael Dudamel - John Wilmar Pérez (84th Hermán Gaviria ), Andrés Mosquera , Mario Yepes , Gerardo Bedoya , Martín Zapata , Alexander Viveros , Arley Betancourth , Mayer Candelo (62nd Freddy Hurtado ), Geovanny Córdoba (81st Manuel Valencia ), Víctor Bonilla coach: José Eugenio Hernández
	1-0 Evair (65th, penalty) 2-1 Oséas (76th)	1: 1 Martín Zapata (70th, penalty)
	penalties shoot
	Zinho 1: 1 Júnior Baiano 2: 2 Roque Júnior 3: 3 Rogério 4: 3 Euller	0: 1 Rafael Dudamel 1: 2 Hermán Gaviria 2: 3 Mario Yepes Gerardo Bedoya Martín Zapata

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