Copa Interamericana

Copa Interamericana

Founded	1968
Abolished	1998
Region	South America (CONMEBOL) North America (CONCACAF)
Number of teams	2
Last champions	D.C. United
Most successful club	Independiente (3 titles)

Copa Interamericana (English: Interamerican Cup) was a football trophy contested between the champions of CONMEBOL's Copa Libertadores de América (South America) and the winners of CONCACAF's Champions' Cup (North America, Central America and the Caribbean). The competition was played irregularly, and has been discontinued since CONCACAF teams have started to take part in CONMEBOL competitions.

Winners

Key

Match decided by a penalty shootout after extra time *

Match playoff

Finals

Year	Country	Winner	Agg/Score	Runner-up	Country	1st leg	2nd leg
1968	ARG	Estudiantes	3–3	Toluca	MEX	2–1	1–2
Playoff	ARG	Estudiantes	3–0	Toluca	MEX	—	—
1971	URU	Nacional	3–2	Cruz Azul	MEX	1–1	2–1
1972	ARG	Independiente	4–1	Olimpia	HON	2–1	2–0
1974	ARG	Independiente	1–1*	Municipal	GUA	0–1	1–0
1975	ARG	Independiente	2–2*	Atlético Español	MEX	2–2	0–0
1977	MEX	América	1–3†	Boca Juniors	ARG	0–3	1–0
Playoff	MEX	América	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Boca Juniors	ARG	—	—
1979	PAR	Olimpia	8–3	FAS	SLV	3–3	5–0
1980	MEX	UNAM	4–4	Nacional	URU	3–1	1–3
Playoff	MEX	UNAM	2–1	Nacional	URU	—	—
1985	ARG	Argentinos Juniors	1–0	Defence Force	TRI	—	—
1986	ARG	River Plate	3–0	Alajuelense	CRC	0–0	3–0
1988	URU	Nacional	5–1	Olimpia	HON	1–1	4–0
1989	COL	Atlético Nacional	6–1	UNAM	MEX	2–0	4–1
1990	MEX	América	3–2	Olimpia	PAR	1–1	2–1
1991	CHI	Colo-Colo	7–2	Puebla	MEX	4–1	3–1
1993	CHI	Universidad Católica	6–4	Saprissa	CRC	1–3	5–1
1994	ARG	Vélez Sársfield	2–0	Cartaginés	CRC	0–0	2–0
1995	COL	Atlético Nacional	3–2	Saprissa	CRC	—	—
1998	USA	D.C. United	2–1	Vasco da Gama	BRA	0–1	2–0

Statistics

By team

Team	Winner	Runner-up	Years won	Years runner-up
Independiente	3	0	1972, 1974, 1975
Nacional	2	1	1971, 1988	1980
América	2	0	1977, 1990
Atlético Nacional	2	0	1989, 1995
Olimpia	1	1	1979	1990
Estudiantes	1	0	1968
UNAM	1	1	1980	1989
Argentinos Juniors	1	0	1985
River Plate	1	0	1986
Colo-Colo	1	0	1991
Universidad Católica	1	0	1993
Vélez Sársfield	1	0	1994
D.C. United	1	0	1998
Olimpia	0	2		1972, 1988
Saprissa	0	2		1993, 1995
Municipal	0	1		1974
Boca Juniors	0	1		1977
FAS	0	1		1979
Defence Force	0	1		1985
Alajuelense	0	1		1986
Cartaginés	0	1		1994
Vasco da Gama	0	1		1998

By nation

Nation	Winners	Runners-Up	Winning Clubs	Runners-Up
Argentina	7	1	Independiente (3), Argentinos Juniors (1), Estudiantes (1), River Plate (1), Vélez Sársfield (1)	Boca Juniors (1)
Mexico	3	5	América (2), UNAM (1)	Atlético Español (1), Cruz Azul (1), Puebla (1), UNAM (1), Toluca (1)
Chile	2	0	Colo-Colo (1), Universidad Católica (1)
Colombia	2	0	Atlético Nacional (2)
Uruguay	2	1	Nacional (2)	Nacional (1)
Paraguay	1	1	Olimpia (1)	Olimpia (1)
USA	1	0	D.C. United (1)
Costa Rica	0	4		Alajuelense (1), Cartaginés (1), Saprissa (2)
Honduras	0	2		Olimpia (2)
Brazil	0	1		Vasco da Gama (1)
El Salvador	0	1		FAS (1)
Guatemala	0	1		Municipal (1)
Trinidad and Tobago	0	1		Defence Force (1)

By confederation

Confederation	Winners	Runners-Up	Winning Nations	Runners-Up
CONMEBOL	14	4	Argentina (7), Chile (2), Colombia (2), Uruguay (2), Paraguay (1)	Argentina (1), Brazil (1), Paraguay (1), Uruguay (1)
CONCACAF	4	14	Mexico (3), United States (1)	Mexico (5), Costa Rica (4), Honduras (2), El Salvador (1), Guatemala (1), Trinidad and Tobago (1)

See also

• International club competition records

References

• Copa Interamericana at RSSSF