1991 Supercopa Libertadores Explained

Tourney Name:Supercopa Sudamericana
Year:1991
Other Titles:1991 Supercopa Libertadores João Havelange
Num Teams:14
Confederations:5
Champion Other: Cruzeiro
Count:1
Matches:26
Goals:53
Top Scorer: Juan José Borrelli
Charles
Gaúcho
Sergio Martínez
(3 goals)
Prevseason:1990
Nextseason:1992

The 1991 Supercopa Libertadores was the fourth season of the Supercopa Libertadores, a club football tournament for past Copa Libertadores winners. The tournament was won by Cruzeiro, who beat River Plate 3 - 2 on aggregate in the final.

As the new reigning Copa Libertadores champions, Chilean side Colo-Colo were admitted into the competition.

Former Copa Libertadores winners Atlético Nacional did not take part.

Qualified teams

Up until the middle of 1991, 15 teams had won the Copa Libertadores at least once since its inaugural season in 1960; however, only 14 teams participated as Atlético Nacional declined to play in the tournament.

TeamFirst won
Peñarol1960
Santos1962
Independiente1964
Racing1967
Estudiantes1968
Nacional1971
Cruzeiro1976
Boca Juniors1977
Olimpia1979
Flamengo1981
Grêmio1983
Argentinos Juniors1985
River Plate1986
Atlético Nacional1989
Colo-Colo1991

First round

Teams from the same nation could not be drawn against one another. Olimpia, as the title holders, entered the competition at the quarterfinal stage. Independiente also advanced to that same stage after the initial draw.|}

Quarterfinals

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Semi-finals

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Final

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See also

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