| Event: | 2007 Copa Toyota Libertadores |
| Team2: | Grêmio |
| Team1association: |  |
| Team2association: |  |
| Team1score: | 5 |
| Team2score: | 0 |
| Team1score1: | 3 |
| Team2score1: | 0 |
| Team1score2: | 2 |
| Team2score2: | 0 |
| Firstleg: | First leg |
| Secondleg: | Second leg |
| Details: | on aggregate |
| Date1: | 13 June 2007 |
| Date2: | 20 June 2007 |
| Stadium1: | La Bombonera |
| Stadium2: | Estádio Olímpico |
| City1: | Buenos Aires |
| Attendance1: | 50,993 |
| Attendance2: | 53,952 |
| Referee1: | Jorge Larrionda |
| Referee2: | Óscar Ruiz |
| Man Of The Match1a: | Juan Román Riquelme |
| Man Of The Match2a: | Juan Román Riquelme |
| Previous: | 2006 |
| Next: | 2008 |
The 2007 Copa Libertadores finals was a two-legged football match-up to determine the 2007 Copa Libertadores champion. The series was contested between Argentine club Boca Juniors and Brazilian club Grêmio. The first leg of the tie was played on June 13 at Boca Juniors' home field, La Bombonera, with the second leg played on June 20 at Gremio's Estádio Olímpico. Boca Juniors won the series 5–0 on aggregate,[1] achieving their sixth Copa Libertadores title.[2]
| Team | Previous finals app. | |
|---|---|---|
| 1963, 1977, 1978, 1979, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004 | ||
| 1983, 1984, 1995 |
| Grêmio | Boca Juniors | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| São Paulo A 0–1 | Round of 16 First leg | Vélez Sársfield H 3–0 | Riquelme 9' Palermo 61' Rodríguez 89' | |||
| São Paulo H 2–0 | Tcheco 17' Diego Souza 74' | Second leg | Vélez Sársfield A 1–3 | Bustos (o.g.) 32' | ||
| Defensor Sporting A 0–2 | Quarterfinals First leg | Libertad H 1–1 | Palermo 90' | |||
| Defensor Sporting H 2–0 (p. 4–2) | Tcheco 22' Teco 45' | Second leg | Libertad A 2–0 | Riquelme 61' Palacio | ||
| Santos H 2–0 | Tcheco 34' Carlos Eduardo 36' | Semifinals First leg |  Cúcuta Deportivo A 1–3 | Ledesma 27' | ||
| Santos A 1–3 | Diego Souza 34' | Second leg | Cúcuta Deportivo H 3–0 | Riquelme 44' Palermo 61' Battaglia 90' | ||
| GK | 12 | Mauricio Caranta | ||
| CB | 4 | |||
| CB | 6 | Cata Díaz | ||
| CB | 3 | Claudio Morel | ||
| RM | 14 | Rodrigo Palacio | ||
| CM | 8 | Pablo Ledesma | ||
| CM | 24 | |||
| LM | 21 | Clemente Rodríguez | ||
| AM | 19 | |||
| AM | 10 | |||
| CF | 9 | Martín Palermo (c) | ||
| Substitutes: | ||||
| GK | 25 | Pablo Migliore | ||
| DF | 2 | Matías Silvestre | ||
| MF | 5 | |||
| MF | 11 | |||
| MF | 15 | Guillermo Marino | ||
| FW | 17 | Mauro Boselli | ||
| MF | 23 | |||
| Manager: | ||||
| Miguel Ángel Russo | ||||
| GK | 1 | Sebastián Saja | ||
| RB | 2 | |||
| CB | 4 | William | ||
| CB | 14 | Teco | ||
| LB | 16 | Lúcio | ||
| DM | 15 | |||
| RM | 10 | Tcheco (c) | ||
| LM | 22 | Diego Gavilán | ||
| AM | 11 | Carlos Eduardo | ||
| CF | 9 | |||
| CF | 7 | Diego Souza | ||
| Substitutes: | ||||
| GK | 12 | Galatto | ||
| DF | 3 | Rolando Schiavi | ||
| MF | 5 | Edmílson | ||
| DF | 6 | Bruno Teles | ||
| MF | 8 | |||
| MF | 18 | Ramón | ||
| FW | 20 | |||
| Manager: | ||||
| Mano Menezes | ||||
| Man of the Match: Juan Román Riquelme (Boca Juniors) Assistant referees: |
| GK | 1 | Sebastián Saja | ||
| RB | 2 | Patrício | ||
| CB | 4 | William | ||
| CB | 14 | |||
| LB | 16 | |||
| DM | 8 | |||
| RM | 10 | Tcheco (c) | ||
| LM | 22 | Diego Gavilán | ||
| AM | 11 | Carlos Eduardo | ||
| CF | 9 | |||
| CF | 7 | |||
| Substitutes: | ||||
| GK | 12 | Galatto | ||
| DF | 3 | |||
| DF | 6 | Bruno Teles | ||
| MF | 18 | Ramón | ||
| FW | 19 | |||
| FW | 20 | Douglas | ||
| FW | 21 | |||
| Manager: | ||||
| Mano Menezes | ||||
| GK | 12 | Mauricio Caranta | ||
| CB | 4 | |||
| CB | 6 | |||
| CB | 3 | Claudio Morel | ||
| RM | 14 | |||
| CM | 8 | |||
| CM | 24 | |||
| LM | 21 | Clemente Rodríguez | ||
| AM | 19 | |||
| AM | 10 | Juan Román Riquelme | ||
| CF | 9 | Martín Palermo (c) | ||
| Substitutes: | ||||
| GK | 25 | Pablo Migliore | ||
| DF | 2 | Matías Silvestre | ||
| MF | 5 | |||
| FW | 11 | Bruno Marioni | ||
| MF | 16 | |||
| FW | 17 | |||
| MF | 23 | Jesús Dátolo | ||
| Manager: | ||||
| Miguel Ángel Russo | ||||
| Man of the Match: Juan Román Riquelme (Boca Juniors) Assistant referees: |
With this appearance in the last stage Boca Juniors achieved a record-tie 9 times in the finals, winning five of the seven previous occasions. At that moment only Peñarol of Uruguay had played that number of finals. The media praised Juan Román Riquelme's performance in the finals, crediting him as Boca Juniors' most notable player. Riquelme had returned to Boca Juniors after a frustrating experience in Spanish club Villarreal where manager Manuel Pellegrini excluded him from the senior squad due to personal disputes.[3] Under the guidance of manager Miguel Ángel Russo, Riquelme was the top scorer of the team (and second of the 2007 edition behind Salvador Cabañas with 8 goals in 11 matches, three of them in the finals.[4]
The 5–0 aggregate score remains nowadays as the largest victory in the history of Copa Libertadores' finals.[5]
On the other hand, Grêmio –that had played three finals winning two of them– became the second Brazilian club with most Copa Libertadores finals contested (four until then), just behind of São Paulo who had six.