Copa Libertadores 1990

The Copa Libertadores 1990 was the 31st edition of the most important South American football competition for club teams. 19 teams took part. Colombia was excluded from the tournament in the 1989 Copa Libertadores due to threats against referees by members of the country's drug mafia , so that only defending champion Atlético Nacional was eligible, which also had to play its home games in Chile. The national champions of the CONMEBOL countries and the runners-up took part. Defending champion Atlético Nacional completed the field of participants . The tournament began on February 25th and ended on October 10th, 1990 with the final second leg. The Paraguayan representative Club Olimpia won the final against Barcelona Sporting Club and thus the Copa Libertadores for the second time .

Group stage

Group 1

club	Games	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
CS Emelec	6th	2	2	2	9: 8	6th
Club The Strongest	6th	3	0	3	8: 7	6th
Barcelona Sporting Club	6th	2	2	2	6: 7	6th
Oriente Petrolero	6th	2	2	2	6: 7	6th

			First leg	Return leg
Club The Strongest	-	Oriente Petrolero	2-0	0: 1
Barcelona Sporting Club	-	CS Emelec	0-0	1: 3
Club The Strongest	-	CS Emelec	4: 3	0: 1
Oriente Petrolero	-	CS Emelec	1-0	2: 2
Barcelona Sporting Club	-	Oriente Petrolero	2: 1	1: 1
Club The Strongest	-	Barcelona Sporting Club	2: 1	0: 1

* Barcelona SC and Oriente Petrolero played a playoff for a place in the next round, which Barcelona SC won 5-4 on penalties.

Group 2

club	Games	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
CA Independiente	2	1	1	0	1-0	3
CA River Plate	2	0	1	1	0: 1	1

			First leg	Return leg
CA River Plate	-	CA Independiente	0-0	0: 1

Group 3

club	Games	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
CSD Colo-Colo	6th	3	2	1	11: 07	8th
CD Universidad Católica	6th	2	3	1	6: 04	7th
Unión Huaral	6th	1	3	2	05: 09	5
Sporting Cristal	6th	1	2	3	04: 06	4th

			First leg	Return leg
CD Universidad Católica	-	CSD Colo-Colo	2: 1	0-0
Sporting Cristal	-	Unión Huaral	0-0	3-0
Sporting Cristal	-	CD Universidad Católica	0-0	0: 2
Unión Huaral	-	CD Universidad Católica	1-0	2: 2
Sporting Cristal	-	CSD Colo-Colo	1: 2	0: 2
Unión Huaral	-	CSD Colo-Colo	1: 1	1: 3

Group 4

club	Games	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
Club Atlético Progreso	6th	2	3	1	7: 4	7th
Defensor Sporting Club	6th	2	3	1	5: 3	7th
Pepeganga Margarita FC	6th	3	0	3	4: 5	6th
AC Mineros de Guiana	6th	1	2	3	5: 9	4th

			First leg	Return leg
Defensor Sporting	-	Club Atlético Progreso	0-0	1: 1
AC Mineros de Guiana	-	Pepeganga Margarita FC	1-0	1: 2
AC Mineros de Guiana	-	Club Atlético Progreso	1: 3	1: 1
Pepeganga Margarita FC	-	Club Atlético Progreso	1-0	0: 2
Pepeganga Margarita FC	-	Defensor Sporting	1-0	0: 1
AC Mineros de Guiana	-	Defensor Sporting	0-0	1: 3

Group 5

club	Games	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
Club Olimpia	6th	3	1	2	9: 8	7th
Club Cerro Porteño	6th	2	2	2	8: 8	6th
CR Vasco da Gama	6th	2	2	2	5: 5	6th
Gremio Porto Alegre	6th	1	3	2	5: 6	5

			First leg	Return leg
Gremio Porto Alegre	-	CR Vasco da Gama	2-0	0-0
Club Olimpia	-	Club Cerro Porteño	2: 1	2: 3
Club Olimpia	-	Gremio Porto Alegre	1-0	2: 2
Club Cerro Porteño	-	Gremio Porto Alegre	3: 1	0-0
Club Olimpia	-	CR Vasco da Gama	2: 1	0: 1
Club Cerro Porteño	-	CR Vasco da Gama	1: 1	0: 2

Round of 16

	total		First leg	Return leg
CD Universidad Católica	4: 2	Club The Strongest	3: 1	1: 1
CSD Colo-Colo	3: 3 (4: 5 on behalf)	CR Vasco da Gama	0-0	3: 3
Club Cerro Porteño	0: 1	Atlético Nacional	0-0	0: 1
Defensor Sporting Club	2: 4	CA River Plate	1: 2	1: 2
Pepeganga Margarita FC	0: 9	CA Independiente	0: 6	0: 3
Unión Huaral	1: 2	CS Emelec	1-0	0: 2
Barcelona Sporting Club	4: 2	Club Atlético Progreso	2-0	2: 2

Due to the suspension of the Colombian clubs, Club Olimpia had a bye in the round of 16, as the club, as the winner of Group 5, should meet the third of Group 2. However, after Colombia was excluded, only two teams played in Group 2.

Quarter finals

	total		First leg	Return leg
CR Vasco da Gama	0: 1	Atlético Nacional	0-0	0: 1
CS Emelec	0: 1	Barcelona Sporting Club	0-0	0: 1
CA River Plate	3: 1	CA Independiente	2-0	1: 1
Club Olimpia	6: 4	CD Universidad Católica	2-0	4: 4

Semifinals

	total		First leg	Return leg
River Plate	1: 1 (3: 4 on account)	Barcelona Sporting Club	1-0	0: 1
Club Olimpia	4: 4 (2: 1 i. E.)	Atlético Nacional	2: 1	2: 3

final

First leg

Club Olimpia		Barcelona Sporting Club
	October 3, 1990 in Asunción , Paraguay ( Estadio Defensores del Chaco ) Result: 2: 0 (1: 0) Spectators: 35,000 Referee: Juan Daniel Cardellino ( Uruguay )
	Ever Almeida - Juan Ramírez , Miguel Ramírez , Remigio Fernández , Silvio Suárez , Jorge Guasch , Fermin Balbuena ( Cristóbal Cubilla ), Luis Monzón , Gabriel González , Adriano Samaniego , Raúl Vicente Amarilla Trainer: Luis Cubilla	Carlos Morales - Jimmy Izquierdo , Martínez, Wilson Macías , Freddy Bravo , Mario Saralegui , Carlos Muñoz ( Hans Maldonado ), Johnny Proaño ( David Bravo ), Marcelo Trobbiani , Jimmy Jiménez , Luis Acosta Trainer: Miguel Brindisi
	1-0 Raúl Vicente Amarilla (25th) 2-0 Adriano Samaniego (78th)

Return leg

Barcelona Sporting Club		Club Olimpia
	October 10, 1990 in Guayaquil , Ecuador ( Estadio Monumental ) Result: 1: 1 (0: 0) Spectators: 70,000 Referee: Juan Carlos Loustau ( Argentina )
	Carlos Morales - Jimmy Izquierdo , Wilson Macías , Freddy Bravo , Julio Guzmán ( Johnny Proaño ), Mario Saralegui , Carlos Muñoz , David Bravo , Marcelo Trobbiani , Manuel Uquillas , Luis Acosta Trainer: Miguel Brindisi	Ever Almeida - Juan Ramírez , Miguel Ramírez , Remigio Fernández , Silvio Suárez , Jorge Guasch , Fermin Balbuena , Adolfo Jara Heyn ( Gabriel González ), Luis Monzón , Adriano Samaniego , Raúl Vicente Amarilla ( Carlos Vidal Sanabria ) Trainer: Luis Cubilla
	1-0 Marcelo Trobbiani (62.)	1: 1 Raúl Vicente Amarilla (81.)

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