1988 Copa Libertadores finals - Wikipedia
- ️Wed Oct 19 1988
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| Event | 1988 Copa Libertadores | |||||
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| First leg | ||||||
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| Date | 19 October 1988 | |||||
| Venue | Gigante de Arroyito, Rosario | |||||
| Referee | Hernán Silva | |||||
| Attendance | 45,000 | |||||
| Second leg | ||||||
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| Date | 26 October 1988 | |||||
| Venue | Centenario, Montevideo | |||||
| Referee | Arnaldo C. Coelho | |||||
| Attendance | 75,000 | |||||
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The 1988 Copa Libertadores de América finals was the final two-legged tie to determine the 1988 Copa Libertadores champion. It was contested by Uruguayan club Nacional and Argentine club Newell's Old Boys. The first leg of the tie was played on 19 October at Estadio Gigante de Arroyito of Rosario,[1] with the second leg played on 26 October at Estadio Centenario of Montevideo.[2]
Nacional won the series 3–1 on aggregate, achieving their third Copa Libertadores trophy.[3][4]
| Team | Previous finals app. |
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 Newell's Old Boys |
None |
 Nacional |
5 (1964, 1967, 1969, 1971, 1980) |
Bold indicates winning years
Estadio Gigante de Arroyito (left) and Estadio Centenario, venues for the series
Some moments of the final, fltr: DeLeón scoring by penalty, Theiler and Vargas for the ball, and Ostolaza scoring the 2nd goal
- ^ Copa Libertadores 1988: La primera final on El Rojinegro
- ^ Copa Libertadores 1988 by Frank Ballesteros, Pablo Ciullini and Karel Stokkermans on RSSSF
- ^ Cuando a Newell's se le escapó su primera final de Copa Libertadores on El Gráfico, 26 Oct 2016
- ^ Nacional campeón de la Copa Libertadores 1988 on AUF, 26 Oct 2019