{{main|2008 Copa Libertadores}} The '''First Stage''' of the '''2008 Copa Santander Libertadores''' began on January 29 and ended on February 12. Twelve teams qualified directly on this stage.
==Results== ''Team #1'' played the second leg at home.<ref name="schedule">{{cite web | title=Match Schedule | work=conmebol.com | url=http://img.conmebol.com/csf/pub/articulo/2008/Prog_1aFase_Libertadores_08_v1.pdf | accessdate=2008-01-10}}{{dead link|date=September 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |- !colspan=3|Teams !colspan=2|Scores !colspan=3|Tie-breakers |- ! style="width:175px;"|Team #1 !width="50"|{{Abbr|Points|Points}} ! style="width:175px;"|Team #2 !width="55"|1st leg !width="55"|2nd leg !width="50"|{{Abbr|GD|Goal difference}} !width="50"|{{Abbr|AG|away goals}} !width="50"|{{Abbr|Pen.|Penalty shootout}} |- |align=right| '''Lanús''' {{flagicon|ARG}} | 3:1 |align=left| {{flagicon|ECU}} Olmedo | 0–1 | 3–0 | +2:−2 | — | — |- |align=right| Cerro Porteño {{flagicon|PAR}} | 3:6 |align=left| {{flagicon|BRA}} '''Cruzeiro''' |1–3 |2–3 | — | — | — |- |align=right| Mineros de Guayana {{flagicon|VEN}} | 2:3 |align=left| {{flagicon|ARG}} '''Arsenal''' |0–2 |2–1 | −1:+1 | — | — |- |align=right| La Paz {{flagicon|BOL}} | 1:2 |align=left| {{flagicon|MEX}} '''Atlas''' |0–2 |1–0 | −1:+1 | — | — |- |align=right| Montevideo Wanderers {{flagicon|URU}} | 0:1 |align=left| {{flagicon|PER}} '''Cienciano''' |0–1 |0–0 | — | — | — |- |align=right| '''Audax Italiano''' {{flagicon|CHI}} | 4:4 |align=left| {{flagicon|COL}} Boyacá Chicó |3–4 |1–0 | 0:0 | 3:0 | — |}
==Matches==
===First leg=== {{football box |id = Olmedo v Lanús |date = January 31, 2008 |time = 17:00 (UTC-5) |team1 = Olmedo {{flagicon|ECU}} |score = 1–0 |report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20080412032535/http://www.conmebol.com/competiciones_evento_reporte.jsp?evento=1081&ano=2008&dv=1&flt=A&id=4&slangab=E Report] |team2 = {{flagicon|ARG}} Lanús |goals1 = Quiñónez {{goal|70}} |goals2 = |stadium = Estadio Olímpico, Riobamba |attendance = 4,036 |referee =Víctor Hugo Rivera (Peru) }} ---- {{football box |id = Cruzeiro v Cerro Porteño |date = January 30, 2008 |time = 21:50 (UTC-3) |team1 = Cruzeiro {{flagicon|BRA}} |score = 3–1 |report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20080412032546/http://www.conmebol.com/competiciones_evento_reporte.jsp?evento=1081&ano=2008&dv=1&flt=B&id=2&slangab=E Report] |team2 = {{flagicon|PAR}} Cerro Porteño |goals1 = Ramires {{goal|40||89}}<br />Moreno {{goal|55}} |goals2 = Cabrera {{goal|74|pen.}} |stadium = Estádio Governador Magalhães Pinto (Mineirão), Belo Horizonte |attendance = 38,885 |referee =Jorge Larrionda (Uruguay) }} ---- {{football box |id = Arsenal v Mineros de Guayana |date = January 29, 2008 |time = 19:30 (UTC-3) |team1 = Arsenal {{flagicon|ARG}} |score = 2–0 |report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20080412032905/http://www.conmebol.com/competiciones_evento_reporte.jsp?evento=1081&ano=2008&dv=1&flt=C&id=1&slangab=E Report] |team2 = {{flagicon|VEN}} Mineros de Guayana |goals1 = Calderón {{goal|41}}<br />Leguizamón {{goal|78}} |goals2 = |stadium = Estadio Julio H. Grondona, Sarandí |attendance = 2,431 |referee = Enrique Osses (Chile) }} ---- {{football box |id = Atlas v La Paz |date = January 30, 2008 |time = 20:10 (UTC-6) |team1 = Atlas {{flagicon|MEX}} |score = 2–0 |report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20080412032910/http://www.conmebol.com/competiciones_evento_reporte.jsp?evento=1081&ano=2008&dv=1&flt=D&id=3&slangab=E Report] |team2 = {{flagicon|BOL}} La Paz |goals1 = Mendevil {{goal|6}}<br />Rergis {{goal|72}} |goals2 = |stadium = Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara |attendance = 21,595 |referee = Georges Buckley (Peru) }} ---- {{football box |id = Cienciano v Montevideo Wanderers |date = January 31, 2008 |time = 19:20 (UTC-5) |team1 = Cienciano {{flagicon|PER}} |score = 1–0 |report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20080412032607/http://www.conmebol.com/competiciones_evento_reporte.jsp?evento=1081&ano=2008&dv=1&flt=E&id=5&slangab=E Report] |team2 = {{flagicon|URU}} Montevideo Wanderers |goals1 = Sawa {{goal|12}} |goals2 = |stadium = Estadio Garcilaso de la Vega, Cuzco |attendance = 21,661 |referee = Carlos Vera (Ecuador) }} ---- {{football box |id = Boyacá Chicó v Audax Italiano |date = February 7, 2008 |time = 19:45 (UTC-5) |team1 = Boyacá Chicó {{flagicon|COL}} |score = 4–3 |report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20080412032921/http://www.conmebol.com/competiciones_evento_reporte.jsp?evento=1081&ano=2008&dv=1&flt=F&id=11&slangab=E Report] |team2 = {{flagicon|CHI}} Audax Italiano |goals1 = Salazar {{goal|8||90}}<br />Pacheco {{goal|37}}<br />Caneo {{goal|76}} |goals2 = Ntamak {{goal|1|o.g.}}<br />Villanueva {{goal|21}}<br />Orellana {{goal|60}} |stadium = Estadio El Campín, Bogotá |attendance = 1,161 |referee = Juan Soto (Venezuela) }}
===Second leg=== {{football box |id = Lanús v Olmedo |date = February 5, 2008 |time = 20:00 (UTC-3) |team1 = Lanús {{flagicon|ARG}} |score = 3–0 |report= [https://web.archive.org/web/20080412032541/http://www.conmebol.com/competiciones_evento_reporte.jsp?evento=1081&ano=2008&dv=1&flt=A&id=6&slangab=E Report] |team2 = {{flagicon|ECU}} Olmedo |goals1 = Fritzler {{goal|57}}<br />Biglieri {{goal|77}}<br />Velázquez {{goal|83}} |goals2 = |stadium = Estadio Ciudad de Lanús - Néstor Díaz Pérez, Lanús |attendance = 8,241 |referee = Heber Lopes (Brazil) }} ''Lanús and Olmedo tied 3–3 on points. Lanús advanced on goal difference.'' ---- {{football box |id = Cerro Porteño v. Cruzeiro |date = February 6, 2008 |time = 20:50 (UTC-4) |team1 = Cerro Porteño {{flagicon|PAR}} |score = 2–3 |report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20080412032552/http://www.conmebol.com/competiciones_evento_reporte.jsp?evento=1081&ano=2008&dv=1&flt=B&id=9&slangab=E Report] |team2 = {{flagicon|BRA}} Cruzeiro |goals1 = Álvarez {{goal|43||64}} |goals2 = Thiago Heleno {{goal|5}}<br />Moreno {{goal|53|pen.}}<br />Ramires {{goal|57}} |stadium = Estadio General Pablo Rojas, Asunción |attendance = 12,021 |referee = Carlos Chandía (Chile }} ''Cruzeiro advanced 6–0 on points.'' ---- {{football box |id = Minerso de Guayana v. Arsenal |date = February 5, 2008 |time = 20:00 (UTC-4:30) |team1 = Mineros de Guayana {{flagicon|VEN}} |score = 2–1 |report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20080412032557/http://www.conmebol.com/competiciones_evento_reporte.jsp?evento=1081&ano=2008&dv=1&flt=C&id=7&slangab=E Report] |team2 = {{flagicon|ARG}} Arsenal |goals1 = Pereira {{goal|45|pen.}}<br />Dos Santos {{goal|58}} |goals2 = Calderón {{goal|46}} |stadium = Polideportivo Cachamay, Guayana |attendance = 3,834 |referee = Leonardo Gaciba (Brazil) }} ''Mineros de Guayana and Arsenal tied 3–3 on points. Arsenal advanced on goal difference.'' ---- {{football box |id = La Paz v Atlas |date = February 6, 2008 |team1 = La Paz {{flagicon|BOL}} |score = 1–0 |report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20080412032602/http://www.conmebol.com/competiciones_evento_reporte.jsp?evento=1081&ano=2008&dv=1&flt=D&id=8&slangab=E Report] |team2 = {{flagicon|MEX}} Atlas |goals1 = Clavijo {{goal|50}} |goals2 = |stadium = Estadio Hernando Siles, La Paz |attendance = |referee = Antonio Arias (Paraguay) }} ''La Paz and Atlas tied 3–3 on points. Atlas advanced on goal difference.'' ---- {{football box |id = Montevideo Wanderers v Cienciano |date = February 7, 2008 |time = 19:30 (UTC-3) |team1 = Montevideo Wanderers {{flagicon|URU}} |score = 0–0 |report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20080412032916/http://www.conmebol.com/competiciones_evento_reporte.jsp?evento=1081&ano=2008&dv=1&flt=E&id=10&slangab=E Report] |team2 = {{flagicon|PER}} Cienciano |goals1 = |goals2 = |stadium = Estadio Centenario, Montevideo |attendance = 3,615 |referee = Federico Beligoy (Argentina) }} ''Cienciano advanced 4–1 on points.'' ---- {{football box |id = Audax Italiano v Boyacá Chicó |date = February 12, 2008 |time = 17:00 (UTC-4) |team1 = Audax Italiano {{flagicon|CHI}} |score = 1–0 |report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20080412032612/http://www.conmebol.com/competiciones_evento_reporte.jsp?evento=1081&ano=2008&dv=1&flt=F&id=12&slangab=E Report] |team2 = {{flagicon|COL}} Boyacá Chicó |goals1 = Broli {{goal|80}} |goals2 = |stadium = Estadio Monumental, Santiago |attendance = 2,327 |referee = Óscar Maldonado (Bolivia) }} ''Boyacá Chicó and Audax Italiano tied 3–3 on points. Audax Italiano advanced on away goals.''
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * [http://www.conmebol.com/competiciones_evento_index.jsp?evento=1081&ano=2008&slangab=E Official Site Copa Libertadores]{{dead link|date=June 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} * [https://msn.foxsports.com/foxsoccer/libertadores Coverage at foxsports.com]
First Stage