Copa Libertadores 1989

The 1989 Copa Libertadores was the 30th edition of the most important South American football competition for club teams. 21 teams took part. The national champions of the CONMEBOL countries and the runners-up took part. Defending champion Nacional Montevideo completed the field of participants . The tournament began on February 12 and ended on May 31, 1989 with the final second leg. The Colombian representative Atlético Nacional won the final against Club Olimpia and thus the Copa Libertadores for the first time .

Group stage

Group 1

club	Games	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
CD Cobreloa	6th	3	2	1	7: 4	8th
Club Sol de America	6th	2	2	2	7: 8	6th
Club Olimpia	6th	2	1	3	8: 9	5
CSD Colo-Colo	6th	2	1	3	7: 8	5

			First leg	Return leg
Club Olimpia	-	Club Sol de America	0-0	4: 4
CSD Colo-Colo	-	CD Cobreloa	0: 2	2: 2
CSD Colo-Colo	-	Club Sol de America	3: 1	0: 1
CD Cobreloa	-	Club Sol de America	1-0	0-0
Club Olimpia	-	CSD Colo-Colo	2-0	0: 2
CD Cobreloa	-	Club Olimpia	2-0	0: 2

Group 2

club	Games	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
EC Bahia	6th	4th	2	0	11: 05	10
Deportivo Táchira FC	6th	3	1	2	07: 08	07th
SC Internacional	6th	2	1	3	08: 06	05
Marítimo Caracas	6th	0	2	4th	03:10	02

			First leg	Return leg
Sport Maritimo	-	Deportivo Táchira FC	0-0	0-0
Internacional	-	EC Bahia	1: 2	0: 1
Deportivo Táchira FC	-	Internacional	1-0	1: 3
Sport Maritimo	-	Internacional	1: 1	0: 3
Sport Maritimo	-	EC Bahia	0-0	2: 3
Deportivo Táchira FC	-	EC Bahia	1: 1	1: 4

Group 3

club	Games	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
Los Millonarios CD	6th	4th	2	0	12: 03	10
Atlético Nacional	6th	2	3	1	08: 07	07th
Deportivo Quito	6th	1	2	3	04: 07	04th
CS Emelec	6th	1	1	4th	4 0: 11	03

			First leg	Return leg
CS Emelec	-	Deportivo Quito	1-0	0: 1
Los Millonarios CD	-	Atlético Nacional	1: 1	2-0
CS Emelec	-	Atlético Nacional	1: 1	1: 3
Deportivo Quito	-	Atlético Nacional	1: 1	1: 2
CS Emelec	-	Los Millonarios CD	0: 2	1: 4
Deportivo Quito	-	Los Millonarios CD	0-0	1: 3

Group 4

club	Games	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
Boca Juniors	6th	3	1	2	09: 07	7th
Racing Club	6th	3	1	2	09: 06	7th
Universitario de Deportes	6th	3	0	3	07: 06	6th
Sporting Cristal	6th	2	0	4th	06:12	4th

			First leg	Return leg
Sporting Cristal	-	Universitario de Deportes	1-0	0: 4
Boca Juniors	-	Racing Club	3: 2	0-0
Universitario de Deportes	-	Boca Juniors	1-0	0: 2
Sporting Cristal	-	Boca Juniors	1-0	3: 4
Universitario de Deportes	-	Racing Club	2: 1	0: 2
Sporting Cristal	-	Racing Club	1: 2	0: 2

Group 5

club	Games	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
Club Atlético Peñarol	6th	3	1	2	11: 09	7th
Danubio FC	6th	3	0	3	07: 07	6th
Club Bolívar	6th	2	2	2	06: 07	6th
Club The Strongest	6th	1	3	2	03: 04	5

			First leg	Return leg
Danubio FC	-	Club Atlético Peñarol	4: 1	0: 2
Club Bolívar	-	Club The Strongest	0-0	0-0
Club The Strongest	-	Club Atlético Peñarol	1: 2	1: 1
Club Bolívar	-	Club Atlético Peñarol	3-0	0: 5
Club The Strongest	-	Danubio FC	1-0	0: 1
Club Bolívar	-	Danubio FC	3: 1	0: 1

Round of 16

	total		First leg	Return leg
Atlético Nacional	3: 2	Racing Club	2-0	1: 2
Los Millonarios CD	3: 3 (4: 3 in good condition)	Club Bolívar	0: 1	3: 2
CD Cobreloa	1-0	Deportivo Quito	0-0	1-0
Danubio FC	3: 1	Nacional Montevideo	3: 1	0-0
Club Atlético Peñarol	3: 8	SC Internacional	2: 6	1: 2
EC Bahia	3: 2	Universitario de Deportes	1: 1	2: 1
Deportivo Táchira FC	3: 3 (2: 3 in good condition)	Club Sol de America	0: 3	3-0
Boca Juniors	5: 5 (6: 7 on behalf)	Club Olimpia	0: 2	5: 3

Quarter finals

	total		First leg	Return leg
Atlético Nacional	2: 1	Los Millonarios CD	1-0	1: 1
CD Cobreloa	1: 4	Danubio FC	0: 2	1: 2
SC Internacional	1-0	EC Bahia	1-0	0-0
Club Sol de America	4: 6	Club Olimpia	0: 2	4: 4

Semifinals

	total		First leg	Return leg
Atlético Nacional	6-0	Danubio FC	0-0	6-0
SC Internacional	3: 3 (3: 5 in good condition)	Club Olimpia	1-0	2: 3

final

First leg

Club Olimpia		Atlético Nacional
	May 24, 1989 in Asunción , Paraguay ( Estadio Defensores del Chaco ) Result: 2: 0 (1: 0) Spectators: 45,000 Referee: José Roberto Wright ( Brazil )
	Ever Almeida - Fidel Miño , Gustavo Benítez , Herib Chamas , Roberto Krauseman , Carlos Sanabria ( Fermin Balbuena ), Jorge Guasch , Gustavo Neffa , Rafael Bobadilla , Raúl Vicente Amarilla , Alfredo Mendoza ( Gabriel González ) Trainer: Luis Cubilla	René Higuita - Gildardo Gómez , Luis Carlos Perea , Andrés Escobar , León Villa (46th John Carmona ), Felipe Pérez , Leonel Álvarez , Luis Fajardo , Alexis García , Albeiro Usuriaga , Jaime Arango (62nd Níver Arboleda ) Trainer: Francisco Maturana
	1-0 Rafael Bobadilla (36th) 2-0 Carlos Sanabria (60th)

Return leg

Atlético Nacional		Club Olimpia
	May 31, 1989 in Bogotá , Colombia ( Estadio Nemesio Camacho ) Result: 2: 0 (2: 0, 1: 0), 5: 4 i. E. Spectators: 50,000 Referee: Juan Carlos Loustau ( Argentina )
	René Higuita - John Carmona , Luis Carlos Perea , Andrés Escobar , Gildardo Gómez , Leonel Álvarez , Luis Fajardo (85th Níver Arboleda ), Alexis García , Jaime Arango (46th Felipe Pérez ), Albeiro Usuriaga , John Jairo Tréllez. Trainer: Francisco Matur	Ever Almeida - Fidel Miño , Gustavo Benítez , Herib Chamas , Roberto Krauseman , Carlos Sanabria , Jorge Guasch , Gustavo Neffa ( Gabriel González ), Rafael Bobadilla ( Fermin Balbuena ), Raúl Vicente Amarilla , Alfredo Mendoza Trainer: Luis Cubilla
	1-0 Fidel Miño (46th, own goal) 2-0 Albeiro Usuriaga (46th)
	penalties shoot
	1-0 Andrés Escobar 2-1 Albeiro Usuriaga 3-2 John Tréllez Alexis García shoots 4: 4 René Higuita Felipe Pérez shoots Gildardo Gómez shoots Luis Carlos Perea shoots 5-4 Leonel Álvarez	Ever Almeida shoots 1: 1 Gustavo Benítez 2: 2 Hérib Chamas 3: 3 Alfredo Mendoza 3: 4 Raúl Amarilla Gabriel González shoots Jorge Guash shoots Fermín Balbuena shoots Vidal Sanabria shoots

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