1991 Copa Libertadores

1991 Copa Libertadores de América
Libertadores 1991
Tournament details
Dates	February 20 – June 5
Teams	21 (from 10 associations)
Final positions
Champions	Colo-Colo (1st title)
Runners-up	Olimpia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	90
Goals scored	221 (2.46 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Gaúcho (8 goals)
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The 1991 Copa Libertadores was won by Colo-Colo of Chile after defeating Olimpia of Paraguay with a 3–0 aggregate score in the finals. The championship would mark a first for a Chilean club team in an international tournament. Twenty-one clubs from all South American countries within Confederación Sudamericana de Fútbol (CONMEBOL) participated.

Group stage

Group 1

Group 1 standings
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Bolívar	6	3	1	2	9	5	+4	7	Qualified to the Round of 16
2	Boca Juniors	6	2	2	2	6	6	0	6
3	Oriente Petrolero	6	2	2	2	5	7	−2	6
4	River Plate	6	2	1	3	10	12	−2	5

Source: ^{[citation needed]}


February 27	Buenos Aires	Boca Juniors	4-3	River Plate
February 27	La Paz	Bolívar	2-0	Oriente Petrolero
March 5	La Paz	Bolívar	4-1	River Plate
March 8	Santa Cruz	Oriente Petrolero	1-1	River Plate
March 12	La Paz	Bolívar	2-0	Boca Juniors
March 15	Santa Cruz	Oriente Petrolero	1-0	Boca Juniors
March 20	Santa Cruz	Oriente Petrolero	2-1	Bolívar
March 20	Buenos Aires	River Plate	0-2	Boca Juniors
March 26	Buenos Aires	River Plate	2-0	Bolívar
March 29	Buenos Aires	Boca Juniors	0-0	Bolívar
April 2	Buenos Aires	River Plate	3-1	Oriente Petrolero
April 5	Buenos Aires	Boca Juniors	0-0	Oriente Petrolero

Group 2

Group 2 standings
Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Colo-Colo	6	3	3	0	10	3	+7	9	Qualified to the Round of 16
LDU Quito	6	2	2	2	5	6	−1	6
Deportes Concepción	6	2	2	2	6	8	−2	6
Barcelona	6	0	3	3	5	9	−4	3

Source: ^{[citation needed]}


February 20	Concepción	Concepción	0-0	Colo-Colo
February 20	Guayaquil	Barcelona	0-1	LDU Quito
February 26	Concepción	Concepción	1-0	Barcelona
March 1	Santiago	Colo-Colo	3-1	Barcelona
March 5	Guayaquil	Barcelona	2-2	Concepción
March 8	Quito	LDU Quito	4-0	Concepción
March 13	Santiago	Colo-Colo	2-0	Concepción
March 13	Quito	LDU Quito	0-0	Barcelona
March 19	Concepción	Concepción	3-0	LDU Quito
March 22	Santiago	Colo-Colo	3-0	LDU Quito
April 2	Guayaquil	Barcelona	2-2	Colo-Colo
April 5	Quito	LDU Quito	0-0	Colo-Colo

Group 3

Group 3 standings
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Flamengo	6	3	3	0	11	4	+7	9	Qualified to the Round of 16
2	Corinthians	6	1	4	1	7	6	+1	6
3	Nacional	6	2	2	2	7	6	+1	6
4	Bella Vista	6	0	3	3	5	14	−9	3

Source: ^{[citation needed]}


February 20	Cuiabá	Flamengo	1-1	Corinthians
February 20	Montevideo	Nacional	3-0	Bella Vista
February 26	Montevideo	Bella Vista	2-2	Flamengo
March 1	Montevideo	Nacional	0-1	Flamengo
March 12	Montevideo	Bella Vista	1-1	Corinthians
March 15	Montevideo	Nacional	1-1	Corinthians
March 20	São Paulo	Corinthians	0-2	Flamengo
March 20	Montevideo	Bella Vista	0-3	Nacional
March 26	Brasilia	Flamengo	1-1	Bella Vista
March 29	São Paulo	Corinthians	4-1	Bella Vista
April 2	Río de Janeiro	Flamengo	4-0	Nacional
April 5	São Paulo	Corinthians	0-0	Nacional

Group 4

Group 4 standings
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Colegiales	6	2	4	0	10	5	+5	8	Qualified to the Round of 16
2	Cerro Porteño	6	2	4	0	9	4	+5	8
3	Universitario	6	1	3	2	4	6	−2	5
4	Sport Boys	6	1	1	4	7	15	−8	3

Source: ^{[citation needed]}


February 20	Asunción	Colegiales	1-1	Cerro Porteno
February 20	Lima	Sport Boys	0-2	Universitario
March 6	Asunción	Cerro Porteno	1-1	Colegiales
March 6	Lima	Universitario	1-3	Sport Boys
March 12	Lima	Sport Boys	2-2	Colegiales
March 15	Lima	Universitario	0-0	Colegiales
March 19	Lima	Sport Boys	1-3	Cerro Porteno
March 22	Lima	Universitario	1-1	Cerro Porteño
March 25	Asunción	Colegiales	4-1	Sport Boys
March 28	Asunción	Cerro Porteño	3-0	Sport Boys
April 2	Asunción	Colegiales	2-0	Universitario
April 5	Asunción	Cerro Porteno	0-0	Universitario
April 10	Asunción	Colegiales	0-1	Cerro Porteno

Group 5

Group 5 standings
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	América de Cali	6	5	1	0	10	3	+7	11	Qualified to the Round of 16
2	Atlético Nacional	6	2	2	2	7	7	0	6
3	Unión Atlético Táchira	6	1	3	2	6	7	−1	5
4	Marítimo	6	0	2	4	4	10	−6	2

Source: ^{[citation needed]}


February 22	San Cristobal	Atlético Nacional	0-2	América
February 23	Caracas	Marítimo	0-0	Unión Atlético Táchira
February 26	Caracas	Marítimo	0-1	América
March 1	San Cristobal	Unión Atlético Táchira	1-1	América
March 5	Caracas	Marítimo	1-3	Atlético Nacional
March 8	San Cristobal	Unión Atlético Táchira	1-2	Atlético Nacional
March 16	San Cristobal	Unión Atlético Táchira	2-1	Marítimo
March 31	Miami	América	1-0	Atlético Nacional
April 5	Miami	Atlético Nacional	0-0	Unión Atlético Táchira
April 5	Miami	América	2-0	Marítimo
April 7	Miami	América	3-2	Unión Atlético Táchira
April 7	Miami	Atlético Nacional	2-2	Marítimo

Colombian club teams América, and Atlético Nacional were unable to play at their home venues. Their games were held in Miami, Florida and San Cristóbal, Venezuela.

Round of 16

The top three teams in every group qualified along with Olimpia the champion of Copa Libertadores 1990
First leg matches were played on April 16 and April 17, 1991. Second leg matches were played on April 24 and April 25, 1991.

Teams		1st leg	2nd leg	Agg.
Nacional	Bolívar	4-1	1-1	5-2
Universitario	Colo-Colo	0-0	1-2	1-2
Deportivo Táchira	Flamengo	2-3	0-5	2-8
Boca Juniors	Corinthians	3-1	1-1	4-2
Deportes Concepción	América de Cali	0-3	3-3	3-6
LDU Quito	Atlético Nacional	2-2	0-2	2-4
Olimpia	Colegiales	1-1	2-1	3-2
Oriente Petrolero	Cerro Porteño	1-1	0-2	1-3

Quarterfinals

First leg matches were played on May 1, May 2, and May 3, 1991. Second leg matches played on May 8 and May 10, 1991.

Teams		1st leg	2nd leg	Agg.
Colo-Colo	Nacional	4-0	0-2	4-2
Flamengo	Boca Juniors	2-1	0-3	2-4
América de Cali	Atlético Nacional	0-0	0-2	0-2
Cerro Porteño	Olimpia	1-0	0-3	1-3

Semifinals

First leg matches played on May 16, 1991. Second leg matches played on May 22 and May 23, 1991.

Teams		1st leg	2nd leg	Agg.
Boca Juniors	Colo-Colo	1-0	1-3	2-3
Atlético Nacional	Olimpia	0-0	0-1	0-1

Finals

First leg match played on May 29, 1991, in Asunción, Paraguay at Defensores del Chaco stadium. Second leg final match played on June 5, 1991, in Santiago, Chile at Estadio Monumental David Arellano.

May 29, 1991	Olimpia	0–0	Colo-Colo	Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción
21:45				Attendance: 48.000 Referee: Ernesto Filippi (Uruguay)

June 5, 1991	Colo-Colo	3–0	Olimpia	Estadio Monumental David Arellano, Santiago
20:30	Pérez 12', 17' Herrera 85'			Attendance: 66.517 Referee: José Roberto Wright (Brazil)

Colo-Colo won 3-0 on aggregate.

Champion

Copa Libertadores 1991 Winners
Colo-Colo 1st title

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