- Records and statistics of the Copa Libertadores
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This page details the records and statistics of the Copa Libertadores football tournament. The Copa Libertadores is an international premier club tournament played annually by the top clubs of South America. It includes 3-5 teams from all ten CONMEBOL members plus Mexico, whose clubs are invited guests to the tournament. It is typically held from February to June and it consists of six stages. The all-time leader in titles won is Argentina's Independiente, though they haven't won since 1984.
Contents
General performances
By club
By city
By nation
Country Winners Runners-Up Winning Clubs Runners-Up 
Argentina22 8 Independiente (7), Boca Juniors (6), Estudiantes (4), River Plate (2), Racing (1), Argentinos Juniors (1), Vélez Sársfield (1) Boca Juniors (3), River Plate (2), Newell's Old Boys (2), Estudiantes (1) 
Brazil15 15 São Paulo (3), Santos (3), Grêmio (2), Cruzeiro (2), Internacional (2), Palmeiras (1), Flamengo (1), Vasco de Gama (1) São Paulo (3), Palmeiras (3), Grêmio (2), Cruzeiro (2), Internacional (1), Santos (1), São Caetano (1), Atlético Paranaense (1), Fluminense (1) 
Uruguay8 8 Peñarol (5), Nacional (3) Peñarol (5), Nacional (3) 
Paraguay3 3 Olimpia (3) Olimpia (3) 
Colombia2 7 Atlético Nacional (1), Once Caldas (1) América de Cali (4), Deportivo Cali, (2), Atlético Nacional (1) 
Chile1 5 Colo-Colo (1) Cobreloa (2), Colo-Colo (1), Unión Española (1), Universidad Católica (1) 
Ecuador1 2 LDU Quito (1) Barcelona (2) 
Peru0 2 Universitario (1), Sporting Cristal (1) 
Mexico0 2 Cruz Azul (1), Guadalajara (1) Clubs
By semifinal appearances
By nation
Unbeaten sides
Only 5 clubs have won the Cup unbeaten:
- Independiente have the record of 5 wins and 2 draws in the 1964 edition. As a side note, they are also the team to have won the Copa Libertadores with the fewest games (1965), managing just two victories in the entire tournament.
- Peñarol had 3 wins and 4 draws in the 1960 edition.
- Santos had 3 wins and 1 draw in the 1963 edition.
- Estudiantes de La Plata had 3 wins and 1 draw in the 1969 edition and 4 wins and 0 draw in the 1970 edition.
- Boca Juniors had 4 wins and 2 draws in the 1978 edition.
All-time participations
Main article: Historical Table of the Copa Libertadores- Peñarol have the record number of consecutive participations in the Copa Libertadores with 15, from 1965 to 1979.
- As well as having the most participations, Peñarol also holds the unwanted record for most matches lost in the tournament with 95 defeats.
- Cobresal has never lost a match.
- Peñarol has won the most matches in the competition with 146 victories. In contrast, sixteen clubs have never won a match.
- The team with the most draws is Nacional with 84 of them.
- Fourteen clubs have never drawn a match.
- Peñarol holds the record of most goals scored with 477. They also hold the record of most goals conceded with 355.
Top 10 rankings Rank Team Number of
Appearances1 Peñarol38 2 Nacional37 3 Olimpia35 4 Cerro Porteño33 5 River Plate30 6 Sporting Cristal28 Colo-Colo28 7 Universitario27 8 
Bolívar26 9 Alianza Lima22 Boca Juniors22 El Nacional22 Universidad Católica22 10 Barcelona21 Number of participating clubs by nation
The Copa Libertadores trophy.
Winning other trophies
See also: Double (association football)Although not an official title or recognized achievement, only eight clubs have ever achieved the distinction of winning the Copa Libertadores along with the Supercopa Sudamericana, Copa Sudamericana or their domestic championship in the same season or time frame, known colloquailly as "the double" (no club has yet achieved a treble):
- Peñarol
- 1960 Copa Libertadores and Primera División Uruguaya 1960
- 1961 Copa Libertadores and Primera División Uruguaya 1961 + 1961 Intercontinental Cup
- 1982 Copa Libertadores and Primera División Uruguaya 1982 + 1982 Intercontinental Cup
- Santos
- 1962 Copa Libertadores and Taça Brasil 1962 + 1962 Intercontinental Cup
- 1963 Copa Libertadores and Taça Brasil 1963 + 1963 Intercontinental Cup
- Nacional
- 1971 Copa Libertadores and Primera División Uruguaya 1971 + 1971 Intercontinental Cup and 1971 Copa Interamericana
- 1980 Copa Libertadores and Primera División Uruguaya 1980 + 1980 Intercontinental Cup
- Olimpia
- 1979 Copa Libertadores and Liga Paraguaya 1979 + 1979 Intercontinental Cup and 1979 Copa Interamericana
- 1990 Copa Libertadores and 1990 Supercopa Sudamericana + 1991 Recopa Sudamericana
- Argentinos Juniors
- 1985 Copa Libertadores and Campeonato Nacional Argentino 1985 + 1985 Copa Interamericana
- River Plate
- 1986 Copa Libertadores and Primera División Argentina 1986 + 1986 Intercontinental Cup and 1986 Copa Interamericana
- Colo-Colo
- 1991 Copa Libertadores and Primera División Chilena 1991 + 1992 Recopa Sudamericana and 1991 Copa Interamericana
- São Paulo
- 1993 Copa Libertadores and 1993 Supercopa Sudamericana + 1993 Intercontinental Cup and 1993 Recopa Sudamericana
In addition to the double, several of these clubs went on to win further cups. However, most of these cups were technically won the following year following the conclusion of regular domestic or international leagues the year before. Also, several domestic cups may not have been extant at the time that equivalent cups were won by clubs of other nations, and in some cases remain so. Furthemore, there is much variance in the regard with which several cups are taken both over time and between nations; for example, in 1996 River Plate won the Apertura Championship. In 2000 and 2003, Boca Juniors also won the Apertura Championship; the Argentine season is currently divided into two tournaments, Apertura and Clausura and both tournaments are equal to one full European-styled season in terms of time and matches (most likely the reason why only winning the Clausura might only qualify as part of a double with the Libertadores). Regardless, every club above won competitions further to the double mentioned above.
Boca Juniors, Olimpia, São Paulo, Independiente, Vélez Sársfield, Cruzeiro, Internacional and LDU Quito are the only teams to have won the three major CONMEBOL official Cups, namely Copa Libertadores, Supercopa Sudamericana or Copa Sudamericana and Recopa Sudamericana. Boca Juniors is the only South American team ever to win all four competitions.
The Estadio Centenario has hosted a record 352 Copa Libertadores matches.Goals
Biggest wins
- Peñarol 11-2 Valencia FC, 1970
- River Plate 9-0 Universitario de Sucre, 1970
Biggest two leg win
- Peñarol 5-0 / 9-1 (14-1) Everest, 1963
- Most goals in a draw: Bolívar 5-5 Atlético Paranaense
Final
Final success rate
Only one club has appeared in the final of the Copa Libertadores more than once, with a 100% success rate:
- Independiente (1964, 1965, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1984)
Independiente is also the most successful team in the competition.
Seven clubs have appeared in the final once, being victorious on that occasion:
- Racing Club (1967), Flamengo (1981), Argentinos Juniors (1985), Vélez Sársfield (1994), Vasco da Gama (1998), Once Caldas (2004), LDU Quito (2008)
On the opposite end of the scale, five clubs have appeared in the final more than once, losing on each occasion:
- América de Cali (1985, 1986, 1987, 1996)
- Deportivo Cali (1978, 1999)
- Cobreloa (1981, 1982)
- Newell's Old Boys (1988, 1992)
- Barcelona (1990, 1998)
Peñarol holds the dubious record of losing the most finals with five defeats.
Successful defending
Only six clubs have successfully defended the trophy:
- Independiente (1965 and 1973, 1974, 1975)
- Estudiantes de La Plata (1969, 1970)
- Boca Juniors (1978 and 2001)
- Peñarol (1961)
- Santos (1963)
- São Paulo (1993)
Cities
- The city of Buenos Aires, Argentina, is the most successful city in the history of the tournament and the only one that won the Copa Libertadores with four different teams: Boca Juniors, River Plate, Argentinos Juniors and Vélez Sársfield (the four clubs have won ten cups in total).
- The city of Santiago de Cali, Colombia, is the only city that has been represented by more than one team in the final of the Copa Libertadores and lost on each occasion (América de Cali in 1985, 1986, 1987 and 1996 and Deportivo Cali in 1978 and 1999).
- Avellaneda, Argentina, has also been represented by two clubs in eight Copa Libertadores finals winning each one (1964, 1965, 1967, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1984) with Independiente accounting for every final but Racing Club's lone title in 1967.
- São Paulo, Brazil, has also been represented by two clubs in ten Copa Libertadores finals, with four wins (1992, 1993, 1999, 2005) and six losses (1961, 1968, 1974, 1994, 2000, 2006).
Despite hosting a record eight trophy ceremonies, the Estadio Nacional de Chile has never seen a Chilean team lift the trophy.- Brazil is the only country with teams who have won the Cup from five different cities:
- São Paulo: São Paulo and Palmeiras
- Porto Alegre: Grêmio and Internacional
- Rio de Janeiro: Flamengo and Vasco da Gama
- Santos: Santos
- Belo Horizonte: Cruzeiro
Trophy ceremony
There is a delivery ceremony of the trophy for each session of competition. The ceremony had been held in all participating countries except Bolivia, Venezuela and Mexico. The countries where this ceremony has been held are: Brazil (17), Argentina (11), Chile (9), Uruguay (7), Paraguay (3), Colombia (2), Ecuador (2), and Peru (1); and the cities have lodged the ceremony are:
By Stadium
Stadium Amount Years Estadio Nacional8 1965, 1966, 1967, 1974, 1976, 1982, 1987, 1993 Estadio Centenario7 1968, 1970, 1973, 1977, 1980, 1981, 1988 Estádio Cícero Pompeu de Toledo6 1992, 1993, 1994, 2000, 2003, 2005 Estadio Alberto J. Armando4 1963, 1978, 1979, 2001 Estadio Libertadores de América3 1964, 1972, 1984 Estadio Antonio V. Liberti3 1962, 1986, 1996 Estádio Municipal Paulo Machado de Carvalho3 1961, 2002, 2011 Estadio Defensores del Chaco2 1975, 1985 Estadio Isidro Romero Carbo2 1990, 1998 Estádio Olímpico Monumental2 1983, 2007 Estádio Governador Magalhães Pinto2 1997, 2009 Estádio José Pinheiro Borda2 2006, 2010 Estadio Manuel Ferreira1 1960 Estadio Jorge Luis Hirschi1 1969 Estadio Nacional1 1971 Estadio Nemesio Camacho1 1989 Estadio Monumental David Arellano1 1991 Estadio Atanasio Girardot1 1995 Estádio Palestra Itália1 1999 Estadio Palogrande1 2004 Estádio Jornalista Mário Filho1 2008 By City
City Amount Stadium(s) São Paulo10 Estádio do Morumbi (6), Estádio do Pacaembu (3), Estádio Palestra Itália (1) Santiago9 Estadio Nacional de Chile (8), Estadio Monumental David Arellano (1) Buenos Aires7 Estadio Alberto J. Armando (4), Estadio Antonio V. Liberti (3) Montevideo7 Estadio Centenario (7) Porto Alegre4 Estádio Olímpico Monumental (2), Estádio Beira-Rio (2) Asunción3 Estadio Defensores del Chaco (2), Estadio Manuel Ferreira (1) Avellaneda3 La Doble Visera (3) Belo Horizonte2 Mineirão (2) Guayaquil2 Estadio Isidro Romero Carbo (2) La Plata1 Estadio Jorge Luis Hirschi (1) Lima1 Estadio Nacional (1) Bogotá1 Estadio El Campín (1) Medellín1 Estadio Atanasio Girardot (1) Manizales1 Estadio Palogrande (1) Rio de Janeiro1 Estádio do Maracanã (1) Countries
- Only on two occasions has the Final of the Copa Libertadores involved two teams from the same country, both for the Brazilian leagues:
- São Paulo vs Atlético Paranaense (2005)
- Internacional vs São Paulo (2006)
- The country providing the highest number of different winning clubs is Brazil, with eight: São Paulo, Grêmio, Cruzeiro, Santos, Palmeiras, Internacional, Flamengo and Vasco de Gama. Brazil has also provided the highest number of different finalists, with eleven (the eight winners, plus São Caetano, Atlético Paranaense and Fluminense).
- The country providing the highest number of wins is Argentina, with 22 victories shared by seven teams: Independiente (7), Boca Juniors (6), Estudiantes (4), River Plate (2), Racing Club (1), Argentinos Juniors (1) and Vélez Sársfield (1).
Goals
Independiente and Colo-Colo disputing a playoff in the 1973 final.- The 1993 final holds the record for the most goals scored by a single team in a final:
- São Paulo 5-1 Universidad Católica, first leg
- The 2007 final holds the record for the biggest aggregate win: **Boca Juniors 3-0 / 2-0 (5-0) Grêmio
- Most goals in a single match:
- 1966 final: Peñarol 4-2 River Plate, Play-off
- 1993 final: São Paulo 5-1 Universidad Católica, first leg
- 2008 final: LDU Quito 4-2 Fluminense, first leg
- Most goals in a final series: LDU Quito 5–5 Fluminense, 2008
Tie-breakers
On 24 occasions the final was decided by a tie-breaker such as a play-off or the penalty shootout:
- Play-off
- Santos - Peñarol, 1962
- Independiente - Peñarol, 1965
- Peñarol - River Plate, 1966
- Racing Club - Nacional, 1967
- Estudiantes de La Plata - Palmeiras, 1968
- Nacional - Estudiantes de La Plata, 1971
- Independiente - Colo-Colo, 1973
- Independiente - São Paulo, 1974
- Independiente - Unión Española, 1975
- Cruzeiro - River Plate, 1976
- Boca Juniors - Cruzeiro, 1977
- Flamengo - Cobreloa, 1981
- Argentinos Juniors - América de Cali, 1985
- Peñarol - América de Cali, 1987
- Penalty shootout
- Boca Juniors - Cruzeiro, 1977
- Argentinos Juniors - América de Cali, 1985
- Atlético Nacional - Olimpia, 1989
- São Paulo - Newell's Old Boys, 1992
- Vélez Sársfield - São Paulo, 1994
- Palmeiras - Deportivo Cali, 1999
- Boca Juniors - Palmeiras, 2000
- Boca Juniors - Cruz Azul, 2001
- Olimpia - São Caetano, 2002
- Once Caldas - Boca Juniors, 2004
- LDU Quito - Fluminense, 2008
Most easily-won finals
Only seven times has the winner won both matches of the final (*home leg of winner):
- Santos vs Boca Juniors in 1963 (*3-2 and 2-1)
- Estudiantes de La Plata v Nacional in 1969 (1-0 and *2-0)
- River Plate v América de Cali in 1986 (*2-1 and 1-0)
- Vasco da Gama v Barcelona in 1998 (*2-0 and 2-1)
- Boca Juniors v Santos in 2003 (*2-0 and 3-1)
- Boca Juniors v Grêmio in 2007 (*3-0 and 2-0)
- Internacional v Guadalajara in 2010 (2-1 and *3-2)
Rematches
In the history of the competition, there has been four match-ups that have been held twice in the final:
- Santos v Peñarol; 1962 and 2011
- Boca Juniors v Santos; 1963 and 2003
- Nacional v Estudiantes de La Plata; 1969 and 1971
- River Plate v América de Cali; 1986 and 1996
Highest attendances
The Copa Libertadores exemplefies itself by the large audience it attracts; three games have had more than 100,000 spectators:
Edition Leg Home team Score Away team Attendance Venue City 1992 S São Paulo FC1-0 Newell's Old Boys120,000[1] Estádio do Morumbi São Paulo 2001 F Cruz Azul0-1 Boca Juniors115,000 Estadio Azteca Mexico City 1997 S Cruzeiro1-0 Sporting Cristal106,853 Mineirão Belo Horizonte Individual records
Players
All-time top goalscorers
Main article: List of Copa Libertadores Top ScorersHere is a list of the to 10 rankings for goalscorers of the Copa Libertadores. Alberto Spencer is the all-time goalscorer of the Copa Libertadores with 54 goals to his name.[2]
Top 10 rankings Rank Nation Player Goals Matches Goal Ratio Debut Clubs 1 Alberto Spencer 54 87 0.62 1960 Peñarol, Barcelona 2 Fernando Morena 37 77 0.48 1973 Peñarol 3 Pedro Virgilio Rocha 36 88 0.41 1962 Peñarol, São Paulo, Palmeiras 4 Daniel Onega 31 47 0.66 1966 River Plate 5 Julio Morales 30 76 0.39 1966 Nacional 6 Antony de Ávila 29 94 0.31 1983 América de Cali, Barcelona = Juan Carlos Sarnari 29 62 0.47 1966 River Plate, Universidad Católica, Universidad de Chile, Independiente Santa Fe 8 Juan Carlos Sánchez 26 53 0.49 1973 Jorge Wilstermann, Blooming, San Jose = Luis Artime 26 40 0.65 1966 Independiente, Nacional 10 Oswaldo Ramírez 25 50 0.65 1967 Sport Boys, Universitario, Sporting Cristal = Alberto Acosta 25 43 0.65 1988 San Lorenzo, Boca Juniors, Universidad Católica = Palhinha 25 30 0.65 1975 Cruzeiro, Corinthians, Atlético Mineiro All-time appearances
Main article: List of Copa Libertadores AppearancesThis is a list of the to 10 rankings for appearances of the Copa Libertadores. Ever Hugo Almeida holds the record for most matches player with 113 games all for Club Olimpia[3]
Top 10 rankings Rank Nation Player Matches Goals From To Clubs 1 Ever Hugo Almeida 113 1 1973 1990 Olimpia 2 Antony de Ávila 94 29 1983 1998 América de Cali, Barcelona 3 Vladimir Soria 93 4 1986 2000 Bolívar 4 Willington Ortiz 92 19 1973 1988 Millonarios, América de Cali, Deportivo Cali 5 Pedro Rocha 88 36 1962 1979 Peñarol, São Paulo, Palmeiras 6 Alberto Spencer 87 54 1960 1972 Peñarol, Barcelona = Carlos Borja 87 11 1979 1997 Bolívar 8 Juan Battaglia 85 22 1978 1990 Cerro Porteño, América de Cali 9 Alexander Escobar 83 10 1985 2000 América de Cali, LDU Quito 10 Luis Cubilla 81 17 1960 1974 Peñarol, River Plate, Nacional 
Alberto Spencer scored 54 goals, a record that still stands today.
Ever Hugo Almeida has played a record 113 matches in the Copa Libertadores.
Francisco Sá won a record six titles, all as a player.Most goals in one edition
- Daniel Onega scored the most goals in a single edition with 17 goals in 1966 for River Plate.
Most victories
- Francisco Sá is the only player to be in six Libertadores-winning sides, won during his time at Independiente (1972, 1973, 1974, 1975) and Boca Juniors (1977, 1978).
Most defeats
- Antony de Ávila holds the unenviable record of losing five finals and not winning a single one!; four during his time at América de Cali (1985, 1986, 1987, 1996) and once with Barcelona (1998).
Fastest goal
- Peruvian Félix Suárez, from Peruvian club Alianza Lima, at 6 seconds from the start of the match scored the fastest goal ever in a Copa Libertadores. The game was a 1976 Copa Libertadores match between Alianza Lima and Independiente Santa Fe from Argentina. Alianza Lima went on to win the match by a score of 3-0.[4][5]
Most goals in one match
- Juan Carlos Sánchez scored 6 goals in Club Blooming's 8-0 victory over Deportivo Italia in 1985.
Coaches
Main article: List of Copa Libertadores winning managersMost victories
- Carlos Bianchi is the only man to coach four Libertadores-winning sides, once with Vélez Sársfield in 1994 and three times with Boca Juniors in 2000, 2001 and 2003. Curiously, all but his 2001 triumph were won at the Estádio do Morumbi in São Paulo.
Luis Cubilla has won the title five times.Winners with more than one club
- Only three coaches have won the title with two clubs:
- Carlos Bianchi: Vélez Sársfield and Boca Juniors
- Luiz Felipe Scolari: Grêmio and Palmeiras
- Paulo Autuori: Cruzeiro and São Paulo
- Three men have won the Copa Libertadores as player and coach:
- Luis Cubilla has won the Copa Libertadores with three different teams, however these wins were split between his playing and management careers.
Other records and statistics
- Best performance by a newcomer: Flamengo and Argentinos Juniors, who won the cup in 1981 and 1985, respectively, when it entered the tournament for the first time
- Clubs with more Copa Libertadores titles than domestic league: Cruzeiro has won the cup twice but only triumphed in the Campeonato Brasileiro once
- Defending champions eliminated in first round: Internacional and LDU Quito were eliminated in the first round of Copa Libertadores 2007 and 2009, respectively.
- Lower division teams: four teams that were not from the first division of their country played in the tournament. All teams were from the second division of Brazil; Criciúma (in 1992), Juventude (in 2000), Santo André (in 2005) and Paulista (in 2006).[6] Also, in 2011 edition, the Bolivian club Jorge Wilstermann, is playing the tournament in Bolivian second division.
- Olimpia is the only team to have played at least one final in every decade since the tournament began in 1960.
- Nery Pumpido has also won the title with a different team from his playing times; he won the 1986 with River Plate as a player and the 2002 edition with Olimpia as manager.
- One individual has won the Copa Libertadores with the same club as a player then later as a coach. José Pastoriza of Independiente did it as a player in 1972 before winning as a coach in 1984.
- Mirko Jozić is the only non-South American coach to win the Copa Libertadores.
- Olimpia is the only winning team to not have won a title with a local manager.
External links
References
- ^ http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj151/spfcpedia2/11/07.jpg
- ^ (Spanish) Ases del Mundo: Alberto Spencer
- ^ Ever Almeida's matches in Copa Libertadores
- ^ "CRUZEIRO CAMPEÓN". Conmebol.com. 2010. http://old.conmebol.com/conmeboltest/competiciones_evento_partidos.jsp?evento=1081&ano=1976&slangab=S. Retrieved 23 February 2010.
- ^ "Alianza - Estudiantes: Rápido, histórico y letal". Dechalaca.com. 2010. http://dechalaca.com/content/view/13062/1/. Retrieved 25 February 2010.
- ^ Copa Libertadores trivia at RSSSF
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