1998 Torneo Grandes de Centroamérica

1998 Torneo Grandes de Centroamérica
Tournament details
Dates	29 October 1997 – 23 September 1998
Teams	9 (from 4 associations)
Final positions
Champions	Saprissa (4th title)
Runners-up	Municipal
Tournament statistics
Matches played	28
Goals scored	50 (1.79 per match)

The 1998 Torneo Grandes de Centroamérica was the 16th edition of the UNCAF Club Tournament and the third and last under this name. Costa Rican C.D. Saprissa obtained its 4th regional title.

Qualifying

29 October 1997 1st leg	Motagua	0 – 0	Comunicaciones	Tegucigalpa, Honduras
				Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

6 November 1997 2nd leg	Comunicaciones	0 – 0 (3 – 4 p)	Motagua	Guatemala City, Guatemala
				Stadium: Estadio Mateo Flores

Comunicaciones 0–0 Motagua on aggregate score; Motagua won 4–3 on penalty shootouts.

Group phase

Group A


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Municipal	6	4	1	1	8	4	+4	014¹	Qualified to Semifinals
2	Olimpia	6	4	0	2	11	7	+4	12	Qualified to Semifinals
3	Herediano	6	3	0	3	8	5	+3	9
4	Águila	6	0	1	5	2	13	−11	1

¹ Municipal one (+1) point added.

As of 17 December 1997

Home \ Away^[1]	ÁGU	HER	MUN	OLI
Águila		0–2	1–1	0–3
Herediano	3–0		0–1	2–1
Municipal	2–0	1–0		1–0
Olimpia	2–1	2–1	3–2

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

Águila 2–3 Municipal on penalty shootouts.

Group B


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Saprissa	6	2	3	1	6	3	+3	011¹	Qualified to Semifinals
2	Real España	5	2	3	0	2	0	+2	011²	Qualified to Semifinals
3	Aurora	5	0	3	2	2	6	−4	05³
4	Motagua	4	0	3	1	2	3	−1	3

¹ Saprissa two (+2) points added.
² Real España two (+2) points added.
³ Aurora two (+2) points added.

As of 11 December 1997

Home \ Away^[1]	AUR	MOT	RES	SAP
Aurora		1–1	0–0	1–4
Motagua				1–1
Real España	1–0	0–0		1–0
Saprissa	0–0	1–0	0–0

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

Saprissa 4–3 Aurora on penalty shootouts.
Motagua 3–4 Saprissa on penalty shootouts.
Saprissa 3–5 Real España on penalty shootouts.
Aurora 4–2 Motagua on penalty shootouts.
Saprissa 3–5 Real España on penalty shootouts.
Real España 5–4 Motagua on penalty shootouts.
Aurora 5–3 Real España on penalty shootouts.
Motagua's remaining matches were not played.

Final round

Semifinals

18 February 1998 1st leg	Real España	0 – 1	Municipal	San Pedro Sula, Honduras
			Trijillo	Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano

25 February 1998 2nd leg	Municipal	2 – 1	Real España	Guatemala City, Guatemala
	Gómez Beltrano		Martínez	Stadium: Estadio Mateo Flores

Municipal won 3–1 on aggregate score.

19 August 1998 1st leg	Olimpia	v	Saprissa	Tegucigalpa, Honduras
				Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

23 August 1998 2nd leg	Saprissa	v	Olimpia	San José, Costa Rica
				Stadium: Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá

The last suggested dates by Saprissa for the semifinals (19 and 23 August) were not accepted by Olimpia due to league obligations. UNCAF decided to award Saprissa a walkover.

Final

18 September 1998 1st leg	Saprissa	2 – 1	Municipal	San José, Costa Rica
				Stadium: Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá

23 September 1998 2nd leg	Municipal	1 – 1	Saprissa	Guatemala City, Guatemala
				Stadium: Estadio Mateo Flores

Saprissa won 3–2 on aggregate score.

Torneo Grandes de Centroamérica 1998 Champion
Saprissa 4th title

Copa Interclubes UNCAF

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