1997 Supercopa Libertadores

1997 Supercopa Sudamericana

1997 Supercopa Libertadores João Havelange
Tournament details
Dates	June 15 – December 17
Teams	17 (from 6 confederations)
Final positions
Champions	River Plate (1st title)
Runners-up	São Paulo
Tournament statistics
Matches played	60
Goals scored	187 (3.12 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Ivo Basay (8 goals)

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

Preliminary round

The matches were played from 15 June to 13 July.

Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Source: RSSSF
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

First round

The matches were played from 26 August to 30 October.

Group 1

Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Source: RSSSF
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Group 2

Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Source: RSSSF
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Group 3

Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Source: RSSSF
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Group 4

Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Source: RSSSF
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: 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
	River Plate		2	1	3
	Atlético Nacional		0	2	2
								River Plate		0	2	2
								São Paulo		0	1	1
	São Paulo		3	1	4
	Colo-Colo		1	0	1

Semifinals

The matches were played from 5 November to 27 November.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
São Paulo	4–1	Colo-Colo	3–1	1–0
River Plate	3–2	Atlético Nacional	2–0	1–2

Finals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
São Paulo	1–2	River Plate	0–0	1–2

1997 Supercopa Sudamericana Winners
River Plate First Title

Top goalscorers

Pos	Name	Club	Goals
1	Ivo Basay	Colo-Colo	8
2	Marcelo Salas	River Plate	7
3	Dodô	São Paulo	5
4	Marcelo Ramos	Cruzeiro	4
	Sávio	Flamengo	4
	Martín Fúriga	Estudiantes	4
	Martín Vilallonga	Racing	4

See also

• 1997 Copa Libertadores

External links

• RSSSF