Copa Libertadores

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Copa Libertadores


Officiële naam: Copa Toyota Libertadores
Sport: Voetbal
Kampioenschap: Zuid-Amerikaans kampioenschap
Bond/organisator: CONMEBOL
Eerste keer: in 1960 in Zuid-Amerika
Regerend kampioen: LDU Quito
Recordkampioen: Independiente met 7 titels


De Copa Libertadores de América ("Bevrijders van Amerika Beker") is een jaarlijks voetbaltoernooi voor clubs uit Latijns-Amerika, georganiseerd door CONMEBOL. Het is de Latijns-Amerikaanse equivalent van de UEFA Champions League en de winnaar plaatst zich voor het Wereldkampioenschap voor clubs (in het verleden voor de Intercontinental Cup). Sinds 2008 is de officiële naam van het toernooi de Copa Santander Libertadores, tot die tijd heette het sinds 1998 de Copa Toyota Libertadores. De huidige kampioen is LDU Quito uit Ecuador dat in de finale Fluminense uit Brazilië versloeg.


Kwalificatie
In het verleden plaatsten alleen de landskampioenen van Argentinië, Bolivia, Brazilië, Chili, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru and Uruguay zich voor het toernooi. Vanaf 1970 plaatsten ook de nummers twee uit deze landen zich en deden er ook clubs uit Venezuela mee. Later werd het aantal deelnemers uitgebreid tot 24, 28, 32 en momenteel 38. Het toernooi verloopt ongeveer zoals de Europese Champions League. Twaalf landen spelen een voorronde waaruit zes clubs overblijven. De laagstgeklasseerde club uit elk land moet deelnemen aan deze voorronde, alsmede de een-na-laagst geklasseerde club uit het land van de titelhouder. De eerste ronde is een poule-systeem, met acht poules van vier clubs. De nummers één en twee plaatsen zich voor de volgende ronde waarin met een knock-out-systeem wordt gewerkt. Via de achtste finale (16 clubs) wordt via de kwart- en halve finale toegewerkt naar de finale. De finale bestaat net als de andere knock-out-wedstrijden uit een uit- en een thuiswedstrijd. Tot 1979 werd de regerend kampioen in de halve finaleronde ingevoegd, waardoor het relatief eenvoudiger was de titel te behouden.

Hoewel Mexico niet tot de CONMEBOL behoort (maar tot de Noord- en Midden-Amerikaanse bond Concacaf), spelen Mexicaanse ploegen tegenwoordig in dit toernooi mee.


Regels
De Copa Libertadores gebruikt nooit een verlenging om een winnaar aan te wijzen. Een uitzondering hierop was de editie van 1973. Oorspronkelijk werd de winnaar aangewezen op basis van wedstrijdpunten uit de twee ontmoetingen (winst/gelijkspel/verlies). Was dit onbeslist, dan werd er een beslissingswedstrijd gespeeld op neutraal terrein. Ook deze wordt niet verlengd, maar nu wordt wel naar het doelpuntentotaal gekeken. Als dit geen winnaar oplevert, dat volgt een penaltyreeks. Van 1988 tot 2004 werd de regel toegepast dat, bij een gelijke totaalstand in doelpunten, meteen een penaltyreeks volgde. Opvallend genoeg zou de winnaar van 2004, Once Caldas uit Colombia, de finale hebben 'verloren als gekeken was naar de (ongunstige) tegendoelpunten thuis. Vanaf 2005 geldt de regel 'uitdoelpunten tellen zo nodig dubbel' zoals in Europa.

Geschiedenis
Twaalf jaar voor de eerste editie van de Copa Libertadores werd in Chili een toernooi georganiseerd met zeven clubs uit verschillende landen in Zuid-Amerika. Dit toernooi werd gewonnen door Vasco de Gama en wordt gezien als een voorloper van de huidige Copa Libertadores.

De eerste officiële beker werd in 1960 gewonnen door Club Atlético Peñarol uit Uruguay. Tot op heden hebben slechts 20 verschillende teams de Beker gewonnen. Independiente (Argentinië) won de beker zeven keer, waaronder vier keer op rij (1972 - 1975). De eerste club die de beker driemaal op rij won is Estudiantes de La Plata (Argentinië), tussen 1968-1970. Als gevolg hiervan mochten ze na het derde jaar de wisselbeker houden. Later is dit alleen Independiente ook gelukt. Opvallend is dat Brazilië in dit toernooi (en in het landentoernooi Copa America) minder sterk is, maar op Wereldkampioenschappen veel beter.

Topscorer allertijden van de Copa Libertadores is de Ecuadoraan Alberto Spencer. Hij scoorde in de jaren zestig in totaal 54 doelpunten voor Club Atlético Peñarol (48) en Barcelona Guayaquil (6).


Winnaars
Jaar Winnaar Verliezend finalist Opgetelde Uitslag
2009
2008 LDU Quito - Fluminense 5-5 (4-2, 1-3, LDU Quito wint na penalty's)
2007 Boca Juniors - Grêmio 5-0 (3-0, 2-0)
2006 SC Internacional - São Paulo FC 4-3
2005 São Paulo FC -Atlético Paranaense 5-1
2004 Once Caldas - Boca Juniors 1-1 (Once Caldas wint na penalty’s)
2003 Boca Juniors - Santos FC 5-1
2002 Olimpia - São Caetano 2-2 (Olimpia wint na penalty’s)
2001 Boca Juniors - Cruz Azul 1-1 (Boca wint na penalty’s)
2000 Boca Juniors - Palmeiras 2-2 (Boca wint na penalty’s)
1999 Palmeiras -Deportivo Cali 2-2 (Palmeiras wint na penalty’s)
1998 CR Vasco da Gama - Barcelona Guayaquil 4-1
1997 Cruzeiro EC - Sporting Cristal 1-0
1996 River Plate -América de Cali 2-1
1995 Grêmio - Atlético Nacional 4-2
1994 Vélez Sársfield - São Paulo FC 1-1 (Vélez wint na penalty’s)
1993 São Paulo FC - Universidad Católica 5-3
1992 São Paulo FC - Newell’s Old Boys 1-1 (São Paulo wint na penalty’s)
1991 Colo-Colo -Olimpia 3-0
1990 Olimpia - Barcelona Guayaquil 3-1
1989 Atlético Nacional - Olimpia 2-2 (Nacional wint na penalty’s)
1988 Nacional de Montevideo -Newell’s Old Boys 3-1
1987 Peñarol -América de Cali 2-0
1986 River Plate -América de Cali 3-1
1985 Argentinos Juniors - América de Cali 1-1 (A. Juniors wint na penalty’s)
1984 Independiente - Grêmio 1-0
1983 Grêmio - Peñarol 3-2
1982 Peñarol -Cobreloa 1-0
1981 Flamengo - Cobreloa 2-0
1980 Nacional de Montevideo -Internacional de Porto Alegre 2-0
1979 Olimpia -Boca Juniors 2-0
1978 Boca Juniors -Deportivo Cali 4-0
1977 Boca Juniors -Cruzeiro EC 0-0 (Boca wint na penalty’s)
1976 Cruzeiro EC - River Plate 3-2
1975 Independiente -Unión Española 2-0
1974 Independiente - São Paulo FC 1-0
1973 Independiente - Colo-Colo 2-1
1972 Independiente -Universitario de Deportes 2-1
1971 Nacional de Montevideo - Estudiantes de La Plata 2-0
1970 Estudiantes de La Plata - Peñarol 1-0
1969 Estudiantes de La Plata- Nacional de Montevideo 3-0
1968 Estudiantes de La Plata - Palmeiras 2-0
1967 Racing Club- Nacional de Montevideo 2-1
1966 Peñarol - River Plate 4-2
1965 Independiente - Peñarol 4-1
1964 Independiente - Nacional de Montevideo 1-0
1963 Santos FC- Boca Juniors 5-3
1962 Santos FC- Peñarol 3-0
1961 Peñarol - Palmeiras 2-1
1960 Peñarol -Olimpia 2-1


Aantal overwinningen per Club

Club Aantal overwinningen Jaar
Independiente 7 1964, 1965, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1984
Boca Juniors 6 1977, 1978, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2007
Peñarol 5 1960, 1961, 1966, 1982, 1987
Nacional de Montevideo 3 1971, 1980, 1988
São Paulo FC 3 1992, 1993, 2005
Olimpia 3 1979, 1990, 2002
Estudiantes de La Plata 3 1968, 1969, 1970
River Plate 2 1986, 1996
Grêmio 2 1983, 1995
Cruzeiro EC 2 1976, 1997
Santos FC 2 1962, 1963
Palmeiras 1 1999
SC Internacional 1 2006
Colo-Colo 1 1991
Atlético Nacional 1 1989
Once Caldas 1 2004
CR Vasco da Gama 1 1998
Vélez Sársfield 1 1994
Argentinos Juniors 1 1985
Flamengo 1 1981
Racing Club 1 1967
LDU Quito 1 2008

2009 Copa Libertadores, Group Stage
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Argentina. Boca Juniors. Founded 1905. The second most successful side domestically in Argentina, and the most popularly supported. They’re also the most successful side in this year’s Copa, a win will draw them level (on seven titles) with their fellow Argentines Independiente.

Estudiantes. From La Plata, the capital city of Buenos Aires Province (metro pop.: 833,000). Glory days were four decades ago, when the club won 3 straight Copa Libertadores Titles (1968-’70). Won their 4th Argentine Professional Title in 2006 (and their first in 23 years) under then-manager Diego Simeone, who built that team around Juan Sebastián Verón (who had returned after 11 years in Europe). Verón is still on the squad, which finished in 7th in the 2008 Apertura. [Note: qualification in Argentina for some of the spots in the Copa Libertadores is based on league form over one and a half seasons.] Kit: red/ white vertical stripes on jersey; black pants. Nickname: los Pincharratas (the Rat Stickers), for the plethora of rodents in their old ground.

Lanus. Founded 1915. [Lanus is a southern suburb of Buenos Aires.] One of the revelations of recent years in Argentina, winning their first title in the 2007 Apertura to qualify for this year’s Copa, they play some of the most attractive football in the country. They won the 1996 CONMEBOL (a forerunner of the Copa Sudamericana).

River Plate. Founded 1901. Top of CONMEBOL’s recently revised all-time Copa Libertadores standings (which award points-per-game won), largely thanks to have participated in the Copa more times than any other Argentine side. They’ve also won more domestic titles than any one else, but have only won the Copa twice, and finished bottom of the 2008 Apertura.

San Lorenzo de Almagro. Founded 1908. The only one of Argentina’s ‘Big Five’ never to have won the Copa, San Lorenzo’s most recent domestic title came in the 2007 Clausura, but they went to a three-way playoff with Boca and minnows Tigre to decide last year’s Apertura. Have 10 professional titles in Argentina, and will be desperate to break their Copa duck.

Bolivia. Club Aurora. Founded 1935. The current champions of Bolivia after claiming their first professional title with last year’s Clausura, but also won a semi-pro title in 1963. Their one previous Copa appearance was in 1964, with a first round exit.

Club Universitario. Founded 1962. Last year’s Torneo Apertura was their first domestic title, after winning promotion to the top flight in 2005. They’re making their Copa Libertadores debut this year, but appeared in the Copa Sudamericana in 2006, with a first round exit.

Brazil. Cruziero. Founded 1921. The club that launched Ronaldo’s career, two-times Copa Libertadores winners [1976 and ‘77] and once Brazillian champions (in 2003), the Belo Horizonte team finished third in last year’s Brasileiro.

Gremio. Founded 1903 [in the southern city of Porto Allegre]. Have won two Copas [1983, 1995] and two national titles, enjoying their most successful era under just-sacked Chelsea manager Luis Felipe Scolari, and have produced players like Ronaldinho and Manchester United’s Anderson through their academy. Lost the 2007 Copa final by a landslide against a Juan Roman Riquelme-inspired Boca Juniors.

Palmeiras. From Brazil’s largest city, Sao Paulo (metro pop.: 18,505,000). A 2004 survey found Palmeiras to be the 4th-most-supported club in the country, with 11.8 million fans {you can see the whole list (plus a zoom map of 2008 Brazil Campeonato Serie A clubs), in this post, from last May: Click here}. Founded in 1914, as Palestra Italia, by members of the city’s Italian community (the club changed their name during WW II). Palmeiras have won 4 Campeonato Serie A Titles (the last in 1994), and 1 Copa Libertadores Title, in 1999. They just missed out on the 2008 Brazillian Title (won by Sao Paulo for the third straight season), and recently had their manager, Vanderlei Luxemburgo, attacked and injured by supporters {see this (from a blog on the FourFourTwo site) }. Kit: all green.

Sao Paulo. Founded 1930. One of Brazil’s giants, their 2008 league win made them the first side to win the Brazilian title three times running. They’ve also won three Copa Libertadores titles and have been crowned world champions [FIFA Club World Cup] thrice.

Sport Recife. Founded 1905. Eleventh in last year’s first division, they qualified for the Copa by virtue of winning the Copa do Brasil, but have made only one previous appearance, in 1988, when they were eliminated in the group stage.

Chile. Colo Colo. Founded 1925. One of eight founder clubs of the Chilean first division in 1933, they’re the only club to have never been relegated, and with 28 titles (including five in the last 6 championships) are the most successful trophy-wise, too. Having won the 1991 Copa Libertadores, they’re also the only Chilean side to have been crowned South American champions.

Everton (de Vina del Mar). Founded 1909 by an Englishman, David Foxley, and named after a rather more famous club in his home country. The second most successful of the clubs outside the Chilean capital Santiago, with four national titles, most recently in June last year when they claimed the Apertura title. Previously knocked out in the first round of the 1977 Copa, their only other appearance.

Universidad de Chile. From the capital, Santiago (metro pop.: 5,637,000). The well-supported club has the second most National Titles, with 12 (last: 2004-Apertura), but 16 less than Chilean giants Colo Colo. Nickname is los Chunchos (the Owls). Kit: all blue.

Columbia. América de Cali. Founded 1918 or 1927, depending who you ask. The joint most successful club (along with Millonarios of Bogotá) in the history of the Columbian league, América have been in financial turmoil for some time and frequently have transfer negotiations affected by their controversial inclusion on the ‘Clinton List’ [see this]. Reached three straight Copa finals in the mid-1980s, and were there again in 1996, but have never managed to get their hands on the trophy.

Boyacá Chicó. Founded 2002 [in the capital, Bogotá, but in 2004, moved to the city of Tunja in the province of Boyacá] . One of several relatively new clubs in Columbia to have enjoyed success early on in their history, after beating the domestic giants of América de Cali in the final of last year’s Torneo Apertura. They went out in the qualifying round of last year’s Copa, so will be hoping to prove they can do the business in this year’s group stage.

Independiente Medellin. Dubbed “El Ponderosa de la Montaña� (the powerful of the mountain). Had a great run in the early part of this decade, with Nationbal Titles in 2002-II and 2004-I, as well as a third-place finish in the 2003 Copa Libertadores. First Copa appearance since ‘05. Medellin is the third largest city in Columbia (metro pop.: 2,994,000). Kit: red jersey, blue pants.

Ecuador. Deportivo Cuenca. Relatively new club, established in 1971. Won their only National Title in 2004. Cuenca is the third largest city in Ecuador (metro pop.: 417,000). Third Copa Libertadores appearance in 5 years. Kit: red, with black.

Deportivo Quito. Founded 1940 as Sociedad Deportiva Argentina, and changed their name to the current Sociedad Deportivo Quito in 1955. Spoiled their cross-city rivals’ post-Copa celebrations somewhat by beating Liga to the Ecuadorian title last year to claim their third national title. This is their sixth Copa, and they’ve only made it beyond he first round once, in 1989, when they reached the second round.

LDU de Quito. Founded 1930. The defending Copa Libertadores champions after shocking all comers on their way to last year’s final before beating fellow first-time-finalists Fluminese of Brazil on penalties to become the first Equadorian side to win the Copa. Have recently changed managers after Edgardo Bauza’s resignation, but whilst few expect lightning to strike twice, they’ll at least want to show last year wasn’t a fluke.

Mexico. CD Guadalajara (�Chivas�). Founded 1906. Mexico’s most widely-supported club, in no small part by virtue of their policy of fielding only Mexican players. They’ve come as close as any to winning the Copa Libertadores, having reached back-to-back semi-finals in 2005 and 2006, but their most notable trophies are their [record] 11 Mexican national titles, most recently the 2006 Apertura. [�Chivas� (’Goats’) nickname was applied as an insult by a journalist in 1948, picked up by opposing fans, and eventually adopted by the club’s supporters themselves with pride {thanks to Albion Road, here, site for that}.]

San Luis FC. Founded 1957. Avoided relegation by the skins of their teeth at the end of the 2006 Apertura, but are making their Copa debut this term by virtue of an impressive performance in the regular season of last year’s Apertura.

Paraguay. Guarani. Founded 1903 [named for the indigenous people of the region, the Guarani; uniforms with black and yellow vertical stripes are in reference to Uruguayan giants Penarol]. Have won nine championships, most recently in 1984, and were runners-up to Libertad last year. Reached the Copa semi-final in in 1966, but haven’t been beyond the first round in two attempts this century.

Libertad. Founded 1905. With 14 titles, they’re the third most decorated club in Paraguayan football, and have nine Copa participations to their name, with semi-final appearances in 1977 and 2006, and a quarter-final in 2007.

Nacional.(Ecuador). The football club of the Equadorian military, they were founded in 1964. Tied with Barcelona Sporting Cub for the most National Titles, 13 (their last in 2006). From the capital, Quito (metro pop.: 2,686,000). Kit: all red, with blue trim.

Peru. Universidad San Martin de Porres. Founded 2004, and have already won two titles- in 2007 and 2008- after beginning life in the second division, by ‘buying’ their first division place from Sport Coopsol, and improving rapidly. The first Peruvian club to be founded as a Joint Stock Company, they beat River Plate of Argentina 2-0 in their first ever Libertadores match last year, but were eliminated at the end of the group stage.

Univeritario. Founded 1962 [are the most popular club in Peru]. Have never been relegated from Peru’s top flight, and have won more more Peruvian tiles (24) than any other club, and were the first Peruvian club to reach the final of the Copa, in 1972, but have won no national championships since 2000.

Venezuela. Caracas FC. Founded 1967. Nine national titles make them the most-crowned team in Venezuela, and they became the first Venezuelan side to ever win in Argentina when beating River Plate two years ago. Finished second last season, and have never been beyond the round of sixteen [2nd round], which they reached in 2007.

Táchira. Founded 1974. They’ve won six first division titles, most recently last season, and reached the quarter-finals of the 2004 Copa before losing a match. [From San Cristóbal, Tachira state, in the far west of Venezuela near the Columbian border.]

Group 1
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
LDU Quito 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Colo-Colo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sport Recife 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Palmeiras 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Group 2
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Deportivo Táchira 1 1 0 0 2 1 +1 3
Boca Juniors 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Deportivo Cuenca 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Guaraní 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0

Guarani-Tachira 1-2

Group 3
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
River Plate 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nacional(Uru) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
U. San Martín 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nacional(Ecu) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Group 4
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Defensor Sporting 1 1 0 0 1 0 +1 3
São Paulo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Independiente Medellín 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
América de Cali 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0

Defensor-America 1-0

Group 5
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Cruzeiro 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Universitario de Sucre 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Deportivo Quito 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Estudiantes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Group 6
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Lanús 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Everton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Caracas 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Guadalajara 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Group 7
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Boyacá Chicó 1 1 0 0 3 0 +3 3
Grêmio 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Universidad de Chile 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Aurora 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 0

Aurora- Boyaca 0-3

Group 8
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
San Lorenzo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Libertad 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Universitario 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
San Luis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Wedstrijdenschema

http://www.scribd.com/doc/11686013/P...S-2009-50-ANOS