Boca Juniors once again found talent in their ranks to fill the gap left by the very successful group of 2000–2001 (with upcoming stars Rolando Schiavi, Roberto Abbondanzieri and Carlos Tevez). In 2010, players from Guadalajara stated that they would rather play in the Copa Libertadores final than appear in a friendly against Spain, then reigning world champions,[77] and dispute their own national league. [60][61] Internacional's arch-rivals, Grêmio, surprised many by reaching the 2007 final with a relatively young squad. The first goal in Copa Libertadores history was scored by Carlos Borges of Peñarol. [1] Held in Santiago, it brought together the champions of each nation's top national leagues. [54] Boca Juniors won the 2001 edition after, once again, defeating Palmeiras in the semifinals and Cruz Azul in the final series to successfully defend the trophy. It is the highest level of competition in South American club football. During the 2000 Copa Libertadores, Boca Juniors returned to the top of the continent and raised the Copa Libertadores again after 22 years. Football Heads: 2015 Copa Libertadores. If tied on points, the following criteria were used to determine the ranking: 1. Despite Brazil's strong status as a football power in South America, 1981 marked only the fourth title won by a Brazilian club. [1], The first edition of the Copa Libertadores took place in 1960. There are three stages: the first stage, the second stage and the knockout stage. The eight group winners and eight runners-up enter the knockout stages, which end with the final in November. In 1998, Mexican teams were invited to compete and contested regularly from 2000 until 2016. However, in the finals River Plate themselves would be beaten by Cruzeiro of Brazil, which was the first victory by a Brazilian club in 13 years.[30]. [1] In 1948, the South American Championship of Champions (Spanish: Campeonato Sudamericano de Campeones), the most direct precursor to the Copa Libertadores, was played and organized by Chilean club Colo-Colo after years of planning and organization. The playoff match finished in a tense 0–0 tie and was decided by a penalty shootout. or - Jump. Flamengo Single player game: or - Move. The pedestal, which contains badges from every winner of the competition, is made of hardwood plywood. Deportivo Cali Resultados de Copa Libertadores Grupo 4 - Grupo D, Temporada 2019/2020, resultados en directo, la clasificación de la liga, e información sobre todos los equipos de Copa Libertadores Grupo 4 - Grupo D, Temporada 2019/2020: São Paulo, Deportivo Binacional, River Plate, Liga de Quito [88], As of January 19, 2019 beIN Sports has obtained the broadcasting rights for both the Australia, Canada, MENA, New Zealand, and USA beginning in 2019 through 2022. However, a first stage winner, whose identity was not known at the time of the draw, could be drawn into the same group with another team from the same association. Led by Yugoslavian coach Mirko Jozić, the Chilean squad beat the defending champion 3–0. Universitario The 2003 tournament became an exceptional show as many teams such as América de Cali, River Plate, Grêmio, Cobreloa, and Racing, among others, brought their best sides in generations and unexpected teams such as Independiente Medellín and Paysandu became revelations in what was, arguably, the best Copa Libertadores in history. South American association football tournament for clubs, This article is about the premier South American club tournament. For the second stage, the 32 teams were drawn into eight groups of four containing one team from each of the four seeding pots. Estudiantes de La Plata, led by Juan Sebastián Verón, won their fourth title 39 long years after the successful generation of the 1960s (led by Juan Sebastián's father, Juan Ramón). [1][2], In the present format, the tournament consists of eight stages, with the first stage taking place in late January. Grêmio won the competition for the third time in its history in 2017 after defeating CA Lanús in the final, with a 3–1 aggregate. [1] The tournament was won by Vasco da Gama of Brazil. Led by team captain Fernandão, the Colorados beat São Paulo 2–1 at Estádio do Morumbi and held the defending champions at a 2–2 draw at home in Porto Alegre as Internacional won their first ever title. In a rematch of the 1969 finals, Nacional emerged as the champions of the 1971 tournament after overcoming an Estudiantes squad depleted of key players. Goal difference; 2. [15] Unión Española became the third Pacific team to reach the final in 1975, although they also lost to Independiente. The project normally starts after the club win one's national league (which grants them the right to compete in the following year's Copa Libertadores). [68] In 2012, Corinthians won the tournament undefeated, beating Boca Juniors 2–0 in the final. After having the trophy elude them in 1963 at the hands of Pelé's Santos, Boca Juniors finally managed to appear on the continental football map. [69] In 2013, Atlético Mineiro needed to beat Olimpia 2–0 in the second leg to take the match to penalties and did so; goalkeeper Victor helped secure their first title.[70]. The first stage involves 12 clubs in a series of two-legged knockout ties. After coming up short in 1989 against Atlético Nacional, Olimpia reached the 1990 Copa Libertadores finals after defeating the defending champion in a climactic semifinal series decided on penalties. [4][55] Cruz Azul became the first ever Mexican club to reach the final and win a final leg after great performances against River Plate and an inspired Rosario Central. Football Heads: 2014 Copa Libertadores. [3] From 1960 to 1987, two-legged ties were decided on points (teams would be awarded 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for a loss), without taking goal difference into consideration. In the finals, Olimpia defeated Barcelona of Ecuador 3–1 in aggregate to win their second title. O'Higgins In 2018, River Plate went on to beat their archrivals Boca Juniors 3–1 in a return leg at the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium in Madrid, Spain, for the very first time in history due to the lack of security in Buenos Aires. [41] In 1990 and 1998 Barcelona Sporting Club, of Ecuador also made it to final but lost both finals to Olimpia and CR Vasco da Gama respectively. [50][66], In 2010, a spell of the competition only being won by Brazilian clubs for four years began with Internacional defeating Guadalajara. The tournament is named after the Libertadores (Spanish and Portuguese for liberators), the leaders of the South American wars of independence,[1] so a literal translation of its former name into English would be "Liberators of America Cup". With the legendary goalkeeper Ever Hugo Almeida, Gabriel González, Adriano Samaniego, and star Raul Vicente Amarilla, a rejuvenated decano boasted a formidable side that promised a return to the glory days of the late 1970s. The four surviving teams from the first three stages join 28 teams in the group stage, which consists of eight groups of four teams each. Grupo Santander, one of the largest banks in the world, became the sponsor of the Copa Libertadores, and thus the official name changed to Copa Santander Libertadores. [57][58] Carlos Bianchi won the Cup for a fourth time and became the most successful manager in the competition's history and Boca Juniors hailed themselves pentacampeones. Led by Carlos Bianchi, the Virrey, along with outstanding players like Mauricio Serna, Jorge Bermúdez, Óscar Córdoba, Juan Roman Riquelme, and Martín Palermo, among others, revitalized the club to establish it among the world's best. [3] From 1995 onwards, the "Three points for a win" standard, a system adopted by FIFA in 1995 that places additional value on wins, was adopted in CONMEBOL, with teams now earning 3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for a loss. Towards the end of the decade, the Xeneizes reached the finals in three consecutive years. Argentine clubs have accumulated the most victories with 25 wins, while Brazil has the largest number of winning teams, with 10 clubs having won the title. [3] The winning team also qualifies to play in the Recopa Sudamericana, a two-legged final series against the winners of the Copa Sudamericana. Grêmio That amount is derived from television rights and stadium advertising. Boca Juniors won the trophy again in 1978 after thumping Deportivo Cali of Colombia 4–0 in the second leg of the finals. [3], Peru, Uruguay and Mexico formerly used a second tournament to decide qualification for the Libertadores (the "Liguilla Pre-Libertadores" between 1992 and 1997, the "Liguilla Pre-Libertadores de América" since 1974 to 2009, and the InterLiga from 2004 to 2010, respectively). Loading. parte)", "El Estudiantes de Zubeldía (3ra. [79], Former Boca Juniors goalkeeper Óscar Córdoba has stated that the Copa Libertadores was the most prestigious trophy he won in his career (above the Argentine league, Intercontinental Cup, etc. The 1970s were dominated by Argentine clubs, with the exception of three seasons. In the same year, French weekly magazine France-Football consulted their former "Ballon D'Or" winners to elect the Football Player of the Century. For the competition trophy, see, The Copa Libertadores logo is shown on the centre of the. Unlike most other competitions around the world, the Copa Libertadores historically did not use extra time, or away goals. [3], Between 1960 and 2004, the winner of the tournament participated for the now-defunct Intercontinental Cup or (after 1980) Toyota Cup, a football competition endorsed by UEFA and CONMEBOL, contested against the winners of the European Cup (since renamed the UEFA Champions League)[3] Since 2004, the winner has played in the Club World Cup, an international competition contested by the champion clubs from all six continental confederations. The defeat brought Olimpia's second golden era to a close. In 1966, the runners-up of the South American leagues began to join. That trend would continue until 1992. Football Heads: 2014 Campeonato Brasileiro. [46] Jardel finished the season as top scorer with 12 goals. Bolívar Argentinos Juniors went on to win an unprecedented title by beating America de Cali in the play-off match via a penalty shootout. Atlético Mineiro [7], In 1958, the basis and format of the competition were created by Peñarol's board leaders. [44] The Brazilian side became the first club since Boca Juniors in 1978 to win 2 consecutive Copa Libertadores. The key breakthrough came in the second leg of the final when Cruzeiro broke the deadlock with just under 15 minutes left in a match attended by over 106,000 spectators in the Mineirão. 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[57] Once Caldas, employing a conservative and defensive style of football, became the second Colombian side to win the competition. First stage winner G5 [51] In that season, LDU Quito became the first team from Ecuador to win the Copa Libertadores after defeating Fluminense 3–1 on penalties. [3], Independiente of Argentina is the most successful club in the cup's history, having won the tournament seven times. The final was a dramatic back-and-forth match that went into penalties. [51] That same year, Mexican clubs, although affiliated to CONCACAF, started taking part in the competition thanks to quotas obtained from the Pre-Libertadores which pitted Mexican and Venezuelan clubs against each other for two slots in the group stage. The Strongest It was designed by goldsmith Alberto de Gasperi, an Italian-born emigrant to Peru, in Camusso Jewelry in Lima at the behest of CONMEBOL. A total of 32 teams competed in the second stage. [47], The Copa Libertadores stayed on Brazilian soil for the remainder of the 1990s as Cruzeiro, Vasco da Gama and Palmeiras took the spoils. [40] The Manyas fierce rivals, Nacional, also won one last cup in 1988 before falling from the continental limelight. Since its creation, the Copa Libertadores has been part of the culture of South America. From 1988 onwards, two-legged ties were decided on points, followed by goal difference, with an immediate penalty shootout if the tie was level on aggregate after full-time in the second leg. [42] The 1989 edition also had another significant first: it was the first-ever time that no club from Argentina, Uruguay, or Brazil managed to reach the final. Football Heads: 2014‑15 La Liga. [18][19][20][21] Led by coach Osvaldo Zubeldía and a team built around figures such as Carlos Bilardo, Oscar Malbernat and Juan Ramón Verón, went on to become the first ever tricampeón of the competition. Since 2011, the winner of the Copa Sudamericana has qualified automatically for the following Copa Libertadores. The cup has been won by 24 clubs, 13 of them more than once, and six clubs have won two years in a row. Resultados de Copa Libertadores Grupo 1 - Grupo A, resultados en directo, la clasificación de la liga, e información sobre todos los equipos de Copa Libertadores Grupo 1 - Grupo A: Flamengo, Junior, Independiente del Valle, Barcelona SC [41] Goalkeeper René Higuita cemented his legendary status with an outstanding performance as he stopped four of the nine Paraguayan kicks and scored one himself. [22][23][24][25] The pincharratas won their first title in 1968 by defeating Palmeiras. The payment per home match increases to US$1,050,000 in the round of 16. [32] In the following year, it looked as though Boca Juniors would also achieve a triple championship, only to have Olimpia end their dream after a highly volatile second leg match in Buenos Aires. The Copa Libertadores occupies an important space in South American culture. Another team rose from the Pacific, as had Cobreloa. [1], The matches were played on February 11–13, 18–20, 25–27, March 11–13, 18–20, 25–27, April 1–3, and 8–10, 2014. The first was in 1977 in which Boca earned their first victory against defending champions Cruzeiro. [72] The top of the laurel is made of sterling silver, with the exception of the football player at the top (which is made of bronze with a silver coating).[73]. [44] In 1993 São Paulo successfully defended the title by thumping Universidad Católica of Chile in the finals. It was Corinthians' first title. [4], The clashes for the Copa Aldao between the champions of Argentina and Uruguay kindled the idea of a continental competition in the 1930s. Goals scored; 3. Fase 1, fase 2 y fase 3 de la copa libertadores 2019. or - Kick. [29] The first of these titles came in 1972 when Independiente came up against Universitario de Deportes of Peru in the finals. [15] The following year, Independiente defeated Colo-Colo of Chile, another Pacific team, creating the myth that the trophy would never go to the west, giving birth to the saying, "La Copa se mira y no se toca" (Spanish: The Cup is to be seen, not to be touched). [11] Os Santásticos, also known as O Balé Branco (the white ballet) won the title in 1962 defeating defending champions Peñarol in the finals. [48][49], This decade proved to be a major turning point in the history of the competition as the Copa Libertadores went through a great deal of growth and change. [51] All teams that advanced to the second stage of the tournament received $25,000 for their participation.[52]. The biggest resurgence of the decade happened in the 50th edition of the Copa Libertadores and it was won by a former power that has reinvented itself. [3] However, one berth for the Copa Libertadores can be won by winning the domestic cups in these countries. Ruing their semifinal exit in 2004, São Paulo made an outstanding comeback in 2005 to contest the final with Atlético Paranaense. [16] One of the most important moments in the tournament's early history occurred in 1968 which saw Estudiantes participate for the first time.[17]. [10] First, the Manyas disposed of defending champions Flamengo 1–0 in the last match of the second phase at Flamengo's home ground, the famed Estádio do Maracanã. In that season, LDU Quito became the first team from Ecuador to win the Copa Libertadores after defeating Fluminense 3–1 on penalties. [30] Vasco da Gama defeated Barcelona SC with ease to record their first title in 1998. [15] Atletico Nacional of Medellín, Colombia, won the Copa Libertadores in 1989, becoming the first nation with a Pacific coastline to win the tournament. [31] After both teams won their home legs 1–0, a playoff at a neutral venue was chosen to break the tie. A total of 32 teams competed in the second stage. [3], The tournament shares its name with the trophy, also called the Copa Libertadores or simply la Copa, which is awarded to the Copa Libertadores winner. Today, the current trophy is the third in the history of the competition. 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