Copa Libertadores 2001

The Copa Libertadores 2001 , also Copa Toyota Libertadores due to the sponsorship of the car manufacturer Toyota , was the 42nd edition of the most important South American football competition for club teams. 32 teams took part, the number of participants being determined according to the country's rank in the CONMEBOL ranking, as well as two representatives from Mexico and Venezuela, who determined two remaining places in the qualification. Defending champion Boca Juniors completed the field . The tournament began on February 6th and ended on June 28th, 2001 with the final second leg. The Argentine representative CA Boca Juniors won the final against CD Cruz Azul and thus for the fourth time the Copa Libertadores .

qualification

club	Games	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
CD Cruz Azul	6th	4th	0	2	15: 08	12
Deportivo Táchira FC	6th	4th	0	2	07: 08	12
Deportivo Italchacao	6th	3	0	3	09:10	09
CF Atlante	6th	1	0	5	08:13	03

			First leg	Return leg
CF Atlante	-	CD Cruz Azul	2: 4	3: 1
Deportivo Italchacao	-	Deportivo Táchira FC	1: 2	2-0
Deportivo Italchacao	-	CF Atlante	2-0	3: 2
Deportivo Táchira FC	-	CF Atlante	1-0	2: 1
Deportivo Italchacao	-	CD Cruz Azul	0: 2	1: 4
Deportivo Táchira FC	-	CD Cruz Azul	1-0	1: 4

Group stage

Group 1

club	Games	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
Rosario Central	6th	4th	1	1	13: 04	13
Atlético Junior	6th	3	1	2	10: 06	10
CA Vélez Sarsfield	6th	3	0	3	05: 08	09
Universitario de Deportes	6th	0	2	4th	03:13	02

			First leg	Return leg
Universitario de Deportes	-	CA Vélez Sarsfield	0: 2	0: 1
Atlético Junior	-	Rosario Central	3: 1	0: 1
Rosario Central	-	Universitario de Deportes	6-0	1: 1
CA Vélez Sarsfield	-	Atlético Junior	2-0	0: 4
Rosario Central	-	CA Vélez Sarsfield	2-0	2-0
Universitario de Deportes	-	Atlético Junior	1: 2	1: 1

Group 2

club	Games	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
Palmeiras São Paulo	6th	5	1	0	16: 05	16
Club Cerro Porteño	6th	4th	1	1	17: 06	13
CF Universidad de Chile	6th	1	1	4th	05:13	04th
Sport boys	6th	0	1	5	03:17	01

			First leg	Return leg
CF Universidad de Chile	-	Club Cerro Porteño	0: 2	0: 6
Club Cerro Porteño	-	Sport boys	3: 1	4-0
Sport boys	-	CF Universidad de Chile	0: 2	1: 1
Palmeiras São Paulo	-	CF Universidad de Chile	2: 1	2: 1
Sport boys	-	Palmeiras São Paulo	1: 4	0: 3
Club Cerro Porteño	-	Palmeiras São Paulo	0-0	2: 5

Group 3

club	Games	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
Nacional Montevideo	6th	4th	2	0	09: 02	14th
Deportes Concepción	6th	2	1	3	08: 08	07th
Club Atlético San Lorenzo de Almagro	6th	2	1	3	09:10	07th
Club Jorge Wilstermann	6th	2	0	4th	07:13	06th

			First leg	Return leg
Club Jorge Wilstermann	-	Club Atlético San Lorenzo de Almagro	4: 2	0: 2
Nacional Montevideo	-	Club Jorge Wilstermann	3-0	2: 1
Deportes Concepción	-	Nacional Montevideo	0-0	0: 2
Club Atlético San Lorenzo de Almagro	-	Deportes Concepción	2: 1	2: 3
Club Jorge Wilstermann	-	Deportes Concepción	2: 1	0: 3
Nacional Montevideo	-	Club Atlético San Lorenzo de Almagro	1-0	1: 1

Group 4

club	Games	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
Cruzeiro Belo Horizonte	6th	5	1	0	15: 04	16
CS Emelec	6th	2	3	1	07: 06	09
Club Olimpia	6th	1	2	3	10:13	05
Sporting Cristal	6th	1	0	5	04:13	03

			First leg	Return leg
CS Emelec	-	Club Olimpia	1: 1	2: 2
Club Olimpia	-	Sporting Cristal	1-0	2: 3
Sporting Cristal	-	CS Emelec	0: 1	1: 3
Sporting Cristal	-	Cruzeiro Belo Horizonte	0: 1	0: 5
Cruzeiro Belo Horizonte	-	CS Emelec	2-0	0-0
Club Olimpia	-	Cruzeiro Belo Horizonte	3: 4	1: 3

Group 5

club	Games	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
CA River Plate	6th	4th	0	2	13: 06	12
CD El Nacional	6th	3	0	3	08: 09	09
Club Guaraní	6th	2	1	3	09:11	07th
Club The Strongest	6th	2	1	3	10:14	07th

			First leg	Return leg
Club Guaraní	-	CD El Nacional	3: 1	1: 3
CA River Plate	-	Club The Strongest	5: 1	1: 4
CD El Nacional	-	CA River Plate	1-0	0: 2
Club The Strongest	-	Club Guaraní	1: 1	1: 4
CA River Plate	-	Club Guaraní	4-0	1-0
CD El Nacional	-	Club The Strongest	2: 1	1: 2

Group 6

club	Games	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
CR Vasco da Gama	6th	6th	0	0	16: 05	18th
America de Cali	6th	4th	0	2	10: 09	12
Club Atlético Peñarol	6th	1	1	4th	07:10	04th
Deportivo Táchira FC	6th	0	1	5	03:12	01

			First leg	Return leg
Club Atlético Peñarol	-	America de Cali	1: 2	1: 2
Deportivo Táchira FC	-	Club Atlético Peñarol	0-0	1: 3
America de Cali	-	Deportivo Táchira FC	3-0	2-0
America de Cali	-	CR Vasco da Gama	0: 3	1: 4
Deportivo Táchira FC	-	CR Vasco da Gama	0: 1	2: 3
CR Vasco da Gama	-	Club Atlético Peñarol	2: 1	3: 1

Group 7

club	Games	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
CD Cruz Azul	6th	4th	1	1	12: 07	13
AD Sao Caetano	6th	2	2	2	06: 04	08th
Defensor Sporting Club	6th	2	1	3	08:11	07th
CD Olmedo	6th	2	0	4th	11:15	06th

			First leg	Return leg
Defensor Sporting Club	-	CD Olmedo	3: 2	2: 4
CD Cruz Azul	-	Defensor Sporting Club	2-0	2: 3
CD Olmedo	-	CD Cruz Azul	2: 3	1: 3
Sao Caetano	-	CD Cruz Azul	1: 1	0: 1
CD Olmedo	-	Sao Caetano	2: 1	0: 3
Sao Caetano	-	Defensor Sporting Club	0-0	1-0

Group 8

club	Games	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
Boca Juniors	6th	5	0	1	07: 05	15th
CD Cobreloa	6th	3	1	2	08: 07	10
Deportivo Cali	6th	3	0	3	13: 08	09
Oriente Petrolero	6th	0	1	5	06:14	01

			First leg	Return leg
Deportivo Cali	-	CD Cobreloa	1: 2	1: 2
Boca Juniors	-	Oriente Petrolero	2: 1	1-0
CD Cobreloa	-	Boca Juniors	0: 1	0: 1
Oriente Petrolero	-	Deportivo Cali	1: 3	1: 4
CD Cobreloa	-	Oriente Petrolero	2: 1	2: 2
Boca Juniors	-	Deportivo Cali	2: 1	0: 3

Round of 16

	total		First leg	Return leg
CD Cobreloa	3: 4	Rosario Central	2: 3	1: 1
America de Cali	5: 1	Nacional Montevideo	2-0	3: 1
CS Emelec	2: 5	CA River Plate	2-0	0: 5
Club Cerro Porteño	3: 4	CD Cruz Azul	2: 1	1: 3
AD Sao Caetano	1: 1 (3: 5 i.E.)	Palmeiras São Paulo	1-0	0: 1
CD El Nacional	2: 6	Cruzeiro Belo Horizonte	1: 2	1: 4
Deportes Concepción	1: 4	CR Vasco da Gama	1: 3	0: 1
Atlético Junior	3: 4	Boca Juniors	2: 3	1: 1

Quarter finals

	total		First leg	Return leg
Palmeiras São Paulo	5: 5 (3: 2 i.E.)	Cruzeiro Belo Horizonte	3: 3	2: 2
CR Vasco da Gama	0: 4	Boca Juniors	0: 1	0: 3
Rosario Central	3: 3 (4: 3 in good condition)	America de Cali	1-0	2: 3
CA River Plate	0: 3	CD Cruz Azul	0-0	0: 3

Semifinals

	total		First leg	Return leg
CD Cruz Azul	5: 3	Rosario Central	2-0	3: 3
Boca Juniors	4: 4 (3: 2 in good condition)	Palmeiras São Paulo	2: 2	2: 2

final

First leg

CD Cruz Azul		Boca Juniors
	June 20, 2001 in Mexico City , Mexico ( Aztec Stadium ) Result: 0: 1 (0: 0) Spectators: 115,000 Referee: Márcio Rezende ( Brazil )
	Óscar Pérez Rojas - Víctor Gutiérrez (53rd Héctor Adomaitis ), Norberto Angeles (42nd Tomás Campos ), Sergio Almaguer , Melvin Brown , Pablo Galdames , José Alberto Hernández , Julio Pinheiro , Ángel Morales , Francisco Palencia , José Saturnino Cardozo Trainer: José Saturnino Cardozo Luis Trejo	Óscar Córdoba - Hugo Ibarra , Jorge Bermudez , Nicolás Burdisso , Clemente Rodríguez (55th Gustavo Pinto ), Sebastian Battaglia , Javier Villarreal (78th José Antonio Pereda ), Cristián Traverso , Juan Roman Riquelme , Walter Gaitán , Christián Giménez (60th Marcelo Delgado ) Coach: Carlos Bianchi
		0: 1 Marcelo Delgado (79.)

Return leg

Boca Juniors		CD Cruz Azul
	June 14, 2000 in Buenos Aires , Argentina ( La Bombonera ) Result: 0: 1 (0: 1), 3: 1 i. E. Spectators: 60,000 Referee: Gilberto Hidalgo ( Peru )
	Óscar Córdoba - Hugo Ibarra , Jorge Bermúdez , Aníbal Matellán , Clemente Rodríguez , Mauricio Serna , Javier Villarreal (46th Christián Giménez ), Cristián Traverso , Juan Román Riquelme , Walter Gaitán , Marcelo Delgado Trainer: Carlos Bianchi	Óscar Pérez Rojas - Víctor Gutiérrez , Norberto Angeles , Sergio Almaguer , Melvin Brown , Pablo Galdames , José Alberto Hernández , Julio Pinheiro , Tomás Campos (66th Emilio Mora ), Francisco Palencia , José Saturnino Cardozo Trainer: José Luis Trejo
		0: 1 Francisco Palencia (45th)
	penalties shoot
	1-0 Juan Román Riquelme 2-1 Mauricio Serna 3-1 Marcelo Delgado Jorge Bermúdez	1: 1 Francisco Palencia Pablo Galdames José Alberto Hernández Julio Pinheiro

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