The 1988 Copa Libertadores de América was the 29th edition of the Copa Libertadores, South America's premier international club football tournament organized by CONMEBOL. This season's defending champion Peñarol of Uruguay were defeated by San Lorenzo of Argentina. In the finals, Nacional defeated Newell's Old Boys.
Tournament details | |
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Dates | June 29 – October 26 |
Teams | 21 (from 10 associations) |
Final positions | |
Champions | Nacional (3rd title) |
Runners-up | Newell's Old Boys |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 83 |
Goals scored | 170 (2.05 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Arnoldo Iguarán (5) |
Qualified teams edit
Draw edit
The champions and runners-up of each football association were drawn into the same group along with another football association's participating teams. Three clubs from Uruguay competed as Peñarol was champion of the 1987 Copa Libertadores. They entered the tournament in the third stage.
Group 1 | Group 2 | Group 3 | Group 4 | Group 5 |
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First stage edit
Group 1 edit
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | UCA | COL | MAR | TAC | |
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1 | Universidad Católica | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 10 | — | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | |
2 | Colo-Colo | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 9 | 2–2 | — | 1–0 | 2–0 | |
3 | Marítimo | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 3 | 0–0 | 0–1 | — | 1–1 | |
4 | Unión Atlético Táchira | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | — |
Group 2 edit
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | NOB | SLO | BAR | FIL | |
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1 | Newell's Old Boys | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 8 | — | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | |
2 | San Lorenzo | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 8 | 0–0 | — | 2–1 | 2–0 | |
3 | Barcelona | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 7 | 0–0 | 2–0 | — | 4–2 | |
4 | Filanbanco | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 12 | −7 | 1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | — |
Tie-breaker edit
Newell's Old Boys and San Lorenzo played an extra match to determine the winner of the group.
Group 3 edit
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | ACA | NAC | MIL | MWA | |
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1 | América de Cali | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 9 | — | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | |
2 | Nacional | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 8 | 2–0 | — | 4–1 | 1–0 | |
3 | Millonarios | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 12 | +2 | 4 | 2–3 | 6–1 | — | 3–0 | |
4 | Montevideo Wanderers | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 3 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | — |
Group 4 edit
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | OPE | BOL | CPO | OLI | |
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1 | Oriente Petrolero | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 7 | — | 1–3 | 2–2 | 1–0 | |
2 | Bolívar | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 10 | +2 | 6 | 1–2 | — | 2–0 | 2–0 | |
3 | Cerro Porteño | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 6 | 1–0 | 3–2 | — | 0–0 | |
4 | Olimpia | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 5 | 1–2 | 4–2 | 1–0 | — |
Group 5 edit
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | GUA | UNI | REC | ALI | |
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1 | Guarani | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 8 | — | 1–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | |
2 | Universitario | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 8 | 1–1 | — | 1–0 | 0–0 | |
3 | Sport Recife | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 5 | 0–1 | 0–0 | — | 5–0 | |
4 | Alianza Lima | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 10 | −8 | 3 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | — |
Knockout phase edit
Bracket edit
Second stage | Third stage | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||||||
Universidad Católica | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
Nacional (a) | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
Nacional | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
Newell's Old Boys | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
Bolívar | 1 | 0 (2) | |||||||||||||||||
Newell's Old Boys | 0 | 1 (3) | |||||||||||||||||
Nacional | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
América de Cali | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
América de Cali | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
Universitario | 0 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
América de Cali | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
Oriente Petrolero | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
Oriente Petrolero | 2 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
Colo-Colo | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
Nacional | 0 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
Newell's Old Boys | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
San Lorenzo | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
Guarani | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
San Lorenzo | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
Peñarol | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
San Lorenzo | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
Newell's Old Boys | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
Second stage edit
The group winners and runners-up were drawn in the second stage of the competition. The away goals rule was applied to determine the winner between Nacional and Universidad Católica.
Teams | Scores | Tie-breakers | |||||
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Team 1 | Points | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg | GD | AG | Pen. |
Nacional | 2:2 | Universidad Católica | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | — |
Universitario | 1:3 | América de Cali | 0–1 | 2–2 | — | — | — |
Colo-Colo | 1:3 | Oriente Petrolero | 1–2 | 0–0 | — | — | — |
Guarani | 1:3 | San Lorenzo | 1–1 | 0–1 | — | — | — |
Newell's Old Boys | 2:2 | Bolívar | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 |
Third stage edit
The defending champion Peñarol entered the competition in this round. The three winners and the best-ranked loser advanced to the semifinals.
Teams | Scores | Tie-breakers | |||||
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Team 1 | Points | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg | GD | AG | Pen. |
San Lorenzo | 3:1 | Peñarol | 0–0 | 1–0 | — | — | — |
Nacional | 3:1 | Newell's Old Boys | 1–1 | 2–1 | — | — | — |
América de Cali | 3:1 | Oriente Petrolero | 1–1 | 2–0 | — | — | — |
Ranking of losing teams edit
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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1 | Newell's Old Boys | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 1 |
2 | Peñarol | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 |
3 | Oriente Petrolero | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 1 |
Semifinals edit
Teams | Scores | Tie-breakers | |||||
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Team 1 | Points | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg | GD | AG | Pen. |
San Lorenzo | 0:4 | Newell's Old Boys | 0–1 | 1–2 | — | — | — |
América de Cali | 1:3 | Nacional | 0–1 | 1–1 | — | — | — |
Finals edit
Newell's Old Boys | 1–0 | Nacional |
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Gabrich 60' | Report |