List of Copa Libertadores finals explained

Copa Libertadores
Organiser:CONMEBOL
Founded:1960
Region:South America
Number Of Teams:38 (first round)
2 (finalists)
Qualifier For:FIFA Club World Cup
Current Champions: Fluminense
(1st title)
Most Successful Team: Independiente
(7 titles)
Current:2023 Copa Libertadores
American:yes

The Copa Libertadores is a seasonal association football competition that was established in 1960. It begins in mid-January and ends with the final in November of the same year. The Copa Libertadores is open to the league champions of CONMEBOL member associations; clubs finishing from second to fourth position in the stronger leagues of the region, such as the Brazilian league, are also included. Originally, only the champions of their respective national league could participate in the competition. However, in 1966 this was changed to allow the runners-up of the leagues to compete.[1] Until 2018, the final was contested over two legs, one at each participating club's stadium. From 2019, the format was changed, with the final being a single game played at a predetermined venue.[2]

The data below does not include the 1948 South American Championship of Champions, as it is not listed by CONMEBOL either as a Libertadores edition or an official competition. It must be pointed out, however, that at least in the years 1996 and 1997, CONMEBOL entitled equal status to both the Copa Libertadores and the 1948 tournament, in that the 1948 champions (Vasco da Gama) were allowed to participate in the Supercopa Libertadores, a CONMEBOL official competition that allowed participation for former Libertadores champions only (for example, not admitting participation for champions of other CONMEBOL official competitions, such as the Copa CONMEBOL).

Independiente hold the record for the most victories, with seven wins since the competition's inception. They have also won the competition the most times consecutively, winning four in a row from 1972 to 1975. Boca Juniors are second with six wins; they won their last title in 2007. Peñarol are third with five wins, the most recent being in 1987. Boca Juniors have lost the most finals, having lost on six occasions.[3] Overall, 26 clubs have won the competition since its inception in 1960. Clubs from Argentina have won 25 Copas Libertadores titles among them. Brazilian clubs are second with 23 victories, and Uruguayan clubs are third with 8 titles.

List of finals

Key
width=40px align=center style="background-color:#D0F0C0"Finals decided in a playoff
width=40px align=center style="background-color:#cedff2"Finals decided by a penalty shoot-out
width=40px align=center style="background-color:#FBCEB1"Match went to extra time
List of Copa de Campeones de América and Copa Libertadores de América finals
scope=colYearscope=colCountryscope=colWinnerscope=colScorescope=colRunner-upscope=colCountryscope=colVenuescope=colAttendance
scope=row rowspan=2 style=text-align:center1960Peñarol1–0Olimpia Estadio Centenario, Montevideo44,690
1–1 Estadio de Puerto Sajonia, Asunción35,000
scope=row rowspan=2 style=text-align:center1961Peñarol1–0Palmeiras Estadio Centenario, Montevideo64,376
1–1 Estádio do Pacaembu, São Paulo50,000
scope=row rowspan=3 style=text-align:center1962Santos2–1Peñarol Estadio Centenario, Montevideo48,105
2–3 Vila Belmiro, Santos18,000
align=center bgcolor=#D0F0C03–0 Estadio Monumental, Buenos Aires60,000
scope=row rowspan=2 style=text-align:center1963Santos3–2Boca Juniors Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro100,000
2–1 Estadio Boca Juniors, Buenos Aires50,000
scope=row rowspan=2 style=text-align:center1964Independiente0–0Nacional Estadio Centenario, Montevideo60,000
1–0 La Doble Visera, Avellaneda80,000
scope=row rowspan=3 style=text-align:center1965Independiente1–0Peñarol La Doble Visera, Avellaneda45,000
1–3 Estadio Centenario, Montevideo45,000
align=center bgcolor=#D0F0C04–1 Estadio Nacional, Santiago40,000
scope=row rowspan=3 style=text-align:center1966Peñarol2–0River Plate Estadio Centenario, Montevideo46,041
2–3 Estadio Monumental, Buenos Aires100,000
align=center bgcolor=#FBCEB14–2 Estadio Nacional, Santiago40,240
scope=row rowspan=3 style=text-align:center1967Racing0–0Nacional Estadio Juan Domingo Perón, Avellaneda55,000
0–0 Estadio Centenario, Montevideo60,000
align=center bgcolor=#D0F0C02–1 Estadio Nacional, Santiago
scope=row rowspan=3 style=text-align:center1968Estudiantes2–1Palmeiras Estadio Jorge Luis Hirschi, La Plata35,000
1–3 Estádio do Pacaembu, São Paulo40,000
align=center bgcolor=#D0F0C02–0 Estadio Centenario, Montevideo55,000
scope=row rowspan=2 style=text-align:center1969Estudiantes1–0Nacional Estadio Centenario, Montevideo65,000
2–0 Estadio Jorge Luis Hirschi, La Plata55,000
scope=row rowspan=2 style=text-align:center1970Estudiantes1–0Peñarol Estadio Jorge Luis Hirschi, La Plata40,000
0–0 Estadio Centenario, Montevideo60,000
scope=row rowspan=3 style=text-align:center1971Nacional0–1Estudiantes Estadio Jorge Luis Hirschi, La Plata30,000
1–0 Estadio Centenario, Montevideo70,000
align=center bgcolor=#D0F0C02–0 Estadio Nacional, Lima
scope=row rowspan=2 style=text-align:center1972Independiente0–0Universitario Estadio Nacional, Lima45,000
2–1 La Doble Visera, Avellaneda55,000
scope=row rowspan=3 style=text-align:center1973Independiente1–1Colo-Colo La Doble Visera, Avellaneda40,000
0–0 Estadio Nacional, Santiago80,000
align=center bgcolor=#D0F0C02–1 Estadio Centenario, Montevideo
scope=row rowspan=3 style=text-align:center1974Independiente1–2São Paulo Estádio do Pacaembu, São Paulo50,000
2–0 La Doble Visera, Avellaneda55,000
align=center bgcolor=#D0F0C01–0 Estadio Nacional, Santiago60,000
scope=row rowspan=3 style=text-align:center1975Independiente0–1Unión Española Estadio Nacional, Santiago43,200
3–1 La Doble Visera, Avellaneda60,000
align=center bgcolor=#D0F0C02–0 Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción
scope=row rowspan=3 style=text-align:center1976Cruzeiro4–1River Plate Mineirão, Belo Horizonte58,720
1–2 Estadio Monumental, Buenos Aires90,000
align=center bgcolor=#D0F0C03–2 Estadio Nacional, Santiago40,000
scope=row rowspan=3 style=text-align:center1977Boca Juniors1–0Cruzeiro Estadio Boca Juniors, Buenos Aires60,000
0–1 Mineirão, Belo Horizonte80,000
align=center bgcolor=cedff20–0 Estadio Centenario, Montevideo60,000
scope=row rowspan=2 style=text-align:center1978Boca Juniors0–0Deportivo Cali Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero, Cali50,000
4–0 Estadio Boca Juniors, Buenos Aires80,000
scope=row rowspan=2 style=text-align:center1979Olimpia2–0Boca Juniors Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción50,000
0–0 Estadio Boca Juniors, Buenos Aires65,000
scope=row rowspan=2 style=text-align:center1980Nacional0–0Internacional Estádio Beira-Rio, Porto Alegre70,000
1–0 Estadio Centenario, Montevideo65,000
scope=row rowspan=3 style=text-align:center1981Flamengo2–1Cobreloa Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro93,985
0–1 Estadio Nacional, Santiago61,721
align=center bgcolor=#D0F0C02–0 Estadio Centenario, Montevideo30,200
scope=row rowspan=2 style=text-align:center1982Peñarol0–0Cobreloa Estadio Centenario, Montevideo55,248
1–0 Estadio Nacional, Santiago70,400
scope=row rowspan=2 style=text-align:center1983Grêmio1–1Peñarol Estadio Centenario, Montevideo70,000
2–1 Estádio Olímpico Monumental, Porto Alegre80,000
scope=row rowspan=2 style=text-align:center1984Independiente1–0Grêmio Estádio Olímpico Monumental, Porto Alegre
0–0 La Doble Visera, Avellaneda
scope=row rowspan=3 style=text-align:center19851–0América de Cali Estadio Monumental, Buenos Aires
0–1 Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero, Cali35,350
align=center bgcolor=cedff21–1 Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción
scope=row rowspan=2 style=text-align:center1986River Plate2–1América de Cali Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero, Cali50,000
1–0 Estadio Antonio V. Liberti, Buenos Aires74,300
scope=row rowspan=3 style=text-align:center1987Peñarol0–2América de Cali Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero, Cali65,000
2–1 Estadio Centenario, Montevideo60,000
align=center bgcolor=#FBCEB11–0 Estadio Nacional, Santiago25,000
scope=row rowspan=2 style=text-align:center1988Nacional0–1Newell's Old Boys El Coloso del Parque, Rosario45,000
3–0 Estadio Centenario, Montevideo75,000
scope=row rowspan=2 style=text-align:center1989Atlético Nacional0–2Olimpia Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción
align=center bgcolor=cedff22–0 Estadio El Campín, Bogotá
scope=row rowspan=2 style=text-align:center1990Olimpia2–0Barcelona Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción
1–1
scope=row rowspan=2 style=text-align:center1991Colo-Colo0–0Olimpia Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción48,000
3–0 Estadio Monumental David Arellano, Santiago66,517
scope=row rowspan=2 style=text-align:center1992São Paulo0–1Newell's Old Boys El Coloso del Parque, Rosario35,000
align=center bgcolor=cedff21–0 Estádio do Morumbi, São Paulo105,185
scope=row rowspan=2 style=text-align:center1993São Paulo5–1Universidad Católica Estádio do Morumbi, São Paulo99,000
0–2 Estadio Nacional, Santiago50,000
scope=row rowspan=2 style=text-align:center1994Vélez Sársfield1–0São Paulo José Amalfitani Stadium, Buenos Aires35,000
align=center bgcolor=cedff20–1 Estádio do Morumbi, São Paulo90,000
scope=row rowspan=2 style=text-align:center1995Grêmio3–1Atlético Nacional Estádio Olímpico Monumental, Porto Alegre
1–1 Estadio Atanasio Girardot, Medellín
scope=row rowspan=2 style=text-align:center1996River Plate0–1América de Cali Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero, Cali
2–0 Estadio Antonio V. Liberti, Buenos Aires
scope=row rowspan=2 style=text-align:center1997Cruzeiro0–0Sporting Cristal Estadio Nacional, Lima45,000
1–0 Mineirão, Belo Horizonte95,472
scope=row rowspan=2 style=text-align:center1998Vasco da Gama2–0Barcelona Estádio São Januário, Rio de Janeiro35,000
2–172,000
scope=row rowspan=2 style=text-align:center1999Palmeiras0–1Deportivo Cali Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero, Cali46,000
align=center bgcolor=cedff22–1 Estádio Palestra Itália, São Paulo32,000
scope=row rowspan=2 style=text-align:center2000Boca Juniors2–2Palmeiras Estadio Camilo Cichero, Buenos Aires50,580
align=center bgcolor=cedff20–0 Estádio do Morumbi, São Paulo75,000
scope=row rowspan=2 style=text-align:center2001Boca Juniors1–0Cruz Azul Estadio Azteca, Mexico City115,000
align=center bgcolor=cedff20–1 Estadio Alberto J. Armando, Buenos Aires60,000
scope=row rowspan=2 style=text-align:center2002Olimpia0–1São Caetano Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción40,000
align=center bgcolor=cedff22–1 Estádio do Pacaembu, São Paulo55,000
scope=row rowspan=2 style=text-align:center2003Boca Juniors2–0Santos Estadio Alberto J. Armando, Buenos Aires57,000
3–1 Estádio do Morumbi, São Paulo75,000
scope=row rowspan=2 style=text-align:center2004Once Caldas0–0Boca Juniors Estadio Alberto J. Armando, Buenos Aires57,000
align=center bgcolor=cedff21–1 Estadio Palogrande, Manizales
scope=row rowspan=2 style=text-align:center2005São Paulo1–1Atlético Paranaense Estádio Beira-Rio, Porto Alegre35,000
4–0 Estádio do Morumbi, São Paulo80,000
scope=row rowspan=2 style=text-align:center2006Internacional2–1São Paulo Estádio do Morumbi, São Paulo71,745
2–2 Estádio Beira-Rio, Porto Alegre55,000
scope=row rowspan=2 style=text-align:center2007Boca Juniors3–0Grêmio Estadio Alberto J. Armando, Buenos Aires39,993
2–0 Estádio Olímpico Monumental, Porto Alegre55,000
scope=row rowspan=2 style=text-align:center2008LDU Quito4–2Fluminense Estadio Casa Blanca, Quito45,000
align=center bgcolor=cedff21–3 Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro86,027
scope=row rowspan=2 style=text-align:center2009Estudiantes0–0Cruzeiro Estadio Ciudad de La Plata, La Plata52,000
2–1 Mineirão, Belo Horizonte70,000
scope=row rowspan=2 style=text-align:center2010Internacional2–1Guadalajara Estadio Chivas, Guadalajara49,500
3–2 Estádio Beira-Rio, Porto Alegre56,000
scope=row rowspan=2 style=text-align:center2011Santos0–0Peñarol Estadio Centenario, Montevideo65,000
2–1 Estádio do Pacaembu, São Paulo40,200
scope=row rowspan=2 style=text-align:center2012Corinthians1–1Boca Juniors Estadio Alberto J. Armando, Buenos Aires51,901
2–0 Estádio do Pacaembu, São Paulo37,959
scope=row rowspan=2 style=text-align:center2013Atlético Mineiro0–2Olimpia Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción35,000
align=center bgcolor=cedff22–0 Mineirão, Belo Horizonte56,557
scope=row rowspan=2 style=text-align:center2014San Lorenzo1–1Nacional Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción35,000
1–0 Estadio Pedro Bidegain, Buenos Aires42,000
scope=row rowspan=2 style=text-align:center2015River Plate0–0UANL Estadio Universitario, San Nicolás de los Garza42,000
3–0 Estadio Antonio V. Liberti, Buenos Aires70,000
scope=row rowspan=2 style=text-align:center2016Atlético Nacional1–1 Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito38,500
1–0 Estadio Atanasio Girardot, Medellín45,000
scope=row rowspan=2 style=text-align:center2017Grêmio1–0Lanús Arena do Grêmio, Porto Alegre55,188
2–1 Estadio Ciudad de Lanús, Lanús45,000
scope=row rowspan=2 style=text-align:center2018River Plate2–2Boca Juniors Estadio Alberto J. Armando, Buenos Aires49,000
align=center bgcolor=#FBCEB13–1 Estadio Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid62,282
Single match format
2019Flamengoalign=center 2–1River Plate Estadio Monumental, Lima78,573
2020Palmeirasalign=center 1–0Santos Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro5,000
2021Palmeirasalign=center bgcolor=#FBCEB1 2–1Flamengo Estadio Centenario, Montevideo55,023
2022Flamengoalign=center 1–0Athletico Paranaense Estadio Monumental Isidro Romero Carbo, Guayaquil42,517
2023Fluminensealign=center bgcolor=#FBCEB1 2–1Boca Juniors Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro69,232
Upcoming matches
YearCountryTeam 1MatchTeam 2CountryVenueAttendance
2024align=center TBA, Buenos Aires

Performances

By club

Performance in the Copa Libertadores by club
scope=colClubscope=colTitlesscope=colRunners-upscope=colSeasons wonscope=colSeasons runner-up
scope=row Independiente701964, 1965, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1984
scope=row Boca Juniors661977, 1978, 2000, 2001, 2003, 20071963, 1979, 2004, 2012, 2018, 2023
scope=row Peñarol551960, 1961, 1966, 1982, 19871962, 1965, 1970, 1983, 2011
scope=row River Plate431986, 1996, 2015, 20181966, 1976, 2019
scope=row Estudiantes411968, 1969, 1970, 20091971
scope=row Olimpia341979, 1990, 20021960, 1989, 1991, 2013
scope=row Nacional331971, 1980, 19881964, 1967, 1969
scope=row São Paulo331992, 1993, 20051974, 1994, 2006
scope=row Palmeiras331999, 2020, 20211961, 1968, 2000
scope=row Santos321962, 1963, 20112003, 2020
scope=row Grêmio321984, 2007
scope=row Flamengo311981, 2019, 20222021
scope=row Cruzeiro221976, 19971977, 2009
scope=row Atlético Nacional211989, 20161995
scope=row Internacional212006, 20101980
scope=row Colo-Colo1119911973
scope=row Fluminense1120232008
scope=row Racing101967
scope=row Argentinos Juniors101985
scope=row Vélez Sársfield101994
scope=row Vasco da Gama101998
scope=row Once Caldas102004
scope=row LDU Quito102008
scope=row Corinthians102012
scope=row Atlético Mineiro102013
scope=row San Lorenzo102014
scope=row América de Cali041985, 1986, 1987, 1996
scope=row Deportivo Cali021978, 1999
scope=row Cobreloa021981, 1982
scope=row Newell's Old Boys021988, 1992
scope=row Barcelona021990, 1998
scope=row Athletico Paranaense022005, 2022
scope=row Universitario011972
scope=row Unión Española011975
scope=row Universidad Católica011993
scope=row Sporting Cristal011997
scope=row Cruz Azul012001
scope=row São Caetano012002
scope=row Guadalajara012010
scope=row Nacional012014
scope=row UANL012015
scope=row Independiente del Valle012016
scope=row Lanús012017

By nation

Performance by nation
scope=colNationscope=colWonscope=colLost
scope=row2513
scope=row2318
scope=row88
scope=row37
scope=row35
scope=row15
scope=row13
scope=row03
scope=row02

See also

References

General
Specific

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Copa Libertadores de América . 3 July 2008 . . 13 December 2008 . 24 May 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150524152408/http://www.rsssf.com/sacups/copalib.html . live .
  2. Web site: Copa Libertadores final to be played in single match in 2019 . . 23 February 2018 . USA Today . 15 June 2020 . 9 November 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201109034121/https://eu.usatoday.com/story/sports/soccer/2018/02/23/copa-libertadores-final-to-be-played-in-single-match-in-2019/110764182/ . live .
  3. Web site: Copa Libertadores Trivia . 11 September 2004 . . 23 July 2009 . 8 August 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220808081840/https://rsssf.org/miscellaneous/copalibtrivia.html . live .