1988 Copa Libertadores

1988 Copa Libertadores de América

Tournament details
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)
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The 1988 Copa Libertadores de América was the 29th edition of the

.

Qualified teams

Country	Team	Qualification method
CONMEBOL (1 berth)	Peñarol	1987 Copa Libertadores champion
Argentina (2 berths)	Newell's Old Boys	1987–88 Primera División champion
	San Lorenzo	1987–88 Liguilla Pre-Libertadores winner
Bolivia (2 berths)	Bolívar	1987 Primera División champion
	Oriente Petrolero	1987 Primera División runner-up
Brazil (2 berths)	Sport Recife	1987 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A champion
	Guarani	1987 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A runner-up
Chile (2 berths)	Universidad Católica	1987 Primera División champion
	Colo-Colo	1987 Liguilla Pre-Libertadores winner
Colombia (2 berths)	Millonarios	1987 Campeonato Profesional champion
	América de Cali	1987 Campeonato Profesional runner-up
Ecuador (2 berths)	Barcelona	1987 Campeonato Ecuatoriano champion
	Filanbanco	1987 Campeonato Ecuatoriano runner-up
Paraguay (2 berths)	Cerro Porteño	1987 Primera División champion
	Olimpia	1987 Primera División runner-up
Peru (2 berths)	Universitario	1987 Primera División champion
	Alianza Lima	1987 Primera División runner-up
Uruguay (2 berths)	Montevideo Wanderers	1987 Liguilla Pre-Libertadores winner
	Nacional	1987 Liguilla Pre-Libertadores runner-up
Venezuela (2 berths)	Marítimo	1986–87 Primera División champion
	Unión Atlético Táchira	1986–87 Primera División runner-up

Draw

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

. They entered the tournament in the third stage.

Group 1	Group 2	Group 3	Group 4	Group 5
Chile  Venezuela	Argentina  Ecuador	Colombia  Uruguay	Bolivia  Paraguay	Brazil  Peru

First stage

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		UCA	COL	MAR	TAC
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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		NOB	SLO	BAR	FIL
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

Newell's Old Boys and San Lorenzo played an extra match to determine the winner of the group.

Group 3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		ACA	NAC	MIL	MWA
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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		OPE	BOL	CPO	OLI
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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		GUA	UNI	REC	ALI
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

Bracket

	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

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
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

The defending champion

entered the competition in this round. The three winners and the best-ranked loser advanced to the semifinals.

Teams			Scores		Tie-breakers
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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
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

Teams			Scores		Tie-breakers
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

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External links

• Sitio oficial de la CONMEBOL
• Libertadores 1988 at RSSSF.com