Copa Libertadores 2007

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The 2007 Copa Libertadores , also known as the Copa Toyota Libertadores due to the sponsorship of the car manufacturer Toyota , was the 48th edition of the most important South American football competition for club teams. As in the previous year, 38 teams from the ten member associations of CONMEBOL and from Mexico took part. The tournament began on January 24th with the qualifying round and ended on June 20th with the final second leg.

mode

If there was a tie in the group stage, the goal difference was decisive for progress, then the number of goals scored, then the number of goals scored away. If these are also the same, the lot was decided in the group stage, and a penalty shoot-out in the knockout rounds. Only in the final was there an extra time before the penalty shoot-out if the score was tied after the first and second leg .

qualification

total First leg Return leg
Club blooming BoliviaBolivia 1: 5 BrazilBrazil FC Santos 1-0 0: 5
CA Vélez Sarsfield ArgentinaArgentina 5: 1 UruguayUruguay Danubio FC 3-0 2: 1
Deportivo Táchira FC VenezuelaVenezuela 1: 4 ColombiaColombia Deportes Tolima 1: 2 0: 2
Tacuary FC Paraguay 1990Paraguay 1: 4 EcuadorEcuador LDU Quito 1: 1 0: 3
CD Cobreloa ChileChile 1: 3 BrazilBrazil Paraná Clube 0: 2 1: 1
Club America MexicoMexico 6: 2 PeruPeru Sporting Cristal 5-0 1: 2

Group stage

The given date refers to the local time. Many games in South America take place in the evening, which corresponds to the early morning hours of the following day in Central Europe.

Group 1

club Games S. U N Gates Points
Paraguay 1990Paraguay Club Libertad 6th 4th 1 1 09: 04 13
MexicoMexico Club America 6th 4th 0 2 12:10 12
ArgentinaArgentina CA Banfield 6th 3 0 3 08: 08 09
EcuadorEcuador CD El Nacional 6th 0 1 5 04:11 01
February 20, 2007
CD El Nacional 1: 2 Club America Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa
Club Libertad 1-0 CA Banfield Estadio Defensores del Chaco
February 27, 2007
CA Banfield 4: 1 CD El Nacional Estadio Florencio Sola
March 1, 2007
Club America 1: 4 Club Libertad Estadio Azteca
March 6, 2007
CD El Nacional 1: 1 Club Libertad Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa
March 7, 2007
Club America 4-0 CA Banfield Estadio Azteca
March 21, 2007
CA Banfield 3: 1 Club America Estadio Florencio Sola
March 22, 2007
Club Libertad 1-0 CD El Nacional Estadio Defensores del Chaco
April 3, 2007
CD El Nacional 0: 1 CA Banfield Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa
April 11, 2007
Club Libertad 1: 2 Club America Estadio Defensores del Chaco
April 18, 2007
CA Banfield 0: 1 Club Libertad Estadio Florencio Sola
Club America 2: 1 CD El Nacional Estadio Azteca

Group 2

club Games S. U N Gates Points
MexicoMexico Club Necaxa 6th 4th 0 2 09: 07 12
BrazilBrazil Sao Paulo FC 6th 3 2 1 11: 04 11
ChileChile Audax Italiano 6th 3 2 1 08: 06 11
PeruPeru Alianza Lima 6th 0 0 6th 02:13 00
February 14, 2007
Audax Italiano 0-0 Sao Paulo FC Estadio San Carlos de Apoquindo
February 20, 2007
Alianza Lima 1: 2 Club Necaxa Estadio Alejandro Villanueva
February 28, 2007
Sao Paulo FC 4-0 Alianza Lima Estádio do Morumbi
Club Necaxa 2-0 Audax Italiano Estadio Victoria
March 13, 2007
Alianza Lima 1: 3 Audax Italiano Estadio Alejandro Villanueva
March 21, 2007
Club Necaxa 2: 1 Sao Paulo FC Estadio Victoria
March 27, 2007
Audax Italiano 1-0 Alianza Lima Estadio Nacional de Chile
April 4, 2007
Sao Paulo FC 3-0 Club Necaxa Estádio do Morumbi
April 11, 2007
Audax Italiano 2: 1 Club Necaxa Estadio Monumental (Santiago de Chile)
April 18, 2007
Alianza Lima 0: 1 Sao Paulo FC Estadio Alejandro Villanueva
April 25, 2007
Sao Paulo FC 2: 2 Audax Italiano Estádio do Morumbi
Club Necaxa 2-0 Alianza Lima Estadio Victoria

Group 3

club Games S. U N Gates Points
BrazilBrazil Gremio Porto Alegre 6th 3 1 2 4: 4 10
ColombiaColombia Cúcuta Deportivo 6th 2 3 1 9: 7 09
ColombiaColombia Deportes Tolima 6th 2 1 3 5: 6 07th
Paraguay 1990Paraguay Club Cerro Porteño 6th 2 1 3 4: 5 07th
February 13, 2007
Cúcuta Deportivo 0-0 Deportes Tolima Estadio General Santander
February 15, 2007
Club Cerro Porteño 0: 1 Gremio Porto Alegre Estadio General Pablo Rojas
February 27, 2007
Gremio Porto Alegre 0-0 Cúcuta Deportivo Estádio Olímpico Monumental
March 7, 2007
Deportes Tolima 1-0 Club Cerro Porteño Estadio Manuel Murillo Toro
March 13, 2007
Cúcuta Deportivo 1: 1 Club Cerro Porteño Estadio General Santander
March 15, 2007
Deportes Tolima 1-0 Gremio Porto Alegre Estadio Manuel Murillo Toro
March 20, 2007
Club Cerro Porteño 2: 1 Cúcuta Deportivo Estadio Antonio Oddone Sarubbi
March 27, 2007
Gremio Porto Alegre 1-0 Deportes Tolima Estádio Olímpico Monumental
April 10, 2007
Club Cerro Porteño 1-0 Deportes Tolima Estadio Defensores del Chaco
April 11, 2007
Cúcuta Deportivo 3: 1 Gremio Porto Alegre Estadio General Santander
April 24, 2007
Gremio Porto Alegre 1-0 Club Cerro Porteño Estádio Olímpico Monumental
Deportes Tolima 3: 4 Cúcuta Deportivo Estadio Manuel Murillo Toro

Group 4

club Games S. U N Gates Points
ArgentinaArgentina CA Vélez Sarsfield 6th 3 2 1 06: 03 11
UruguayUruguay Nacional Montevideo 6th 3 1 2 09: 05 10
BrazilBrazil SC Internacional 6th 3 1 2 07: 07 10
EcuadorEcuador CS Emelec 6th 1 0 5 03:10 03
February 13, 2007
CS Emelec 0: 1 CA Vélez Sarsfield Estadio George Capwell
February 21, 2007
Nacional Montevideo 3: 1 SC Internacional El Parque Central
February 28, 2007
CA Vélez Sarsfield 1: 1 Nacional Montevideo El Fortin
SC Internacional 3-0 CS Emelec Estádio Beira-Rio
March 14, 2007
CA Vélez Sarsfield 3-0 SC Internacional El Fortin
March 22, 2007
CS Emelec 1-0 Nacional Montevideo Estadio George Capwell
March 28, 2007
SC Internacional 0-0 CA Vélez Sarsfield Estádio Beira-Rio
April 3, 2007
Nacional Montevideo 3: 1 CS Emelec El Parque Central
April 10, 2007
CS Emelec 1: 2 SC Internacional Estadio George Capwell
April 12, 2007
Nacional Montevideo 2-0 CA Vélez Sarsfield El Parque Central
April 19, 2007
SC Internacional 1-0 Nacional Montevideo Estádio Beira-Rio
CA Vélez Sarsfield 1-0 CS Emelec El Fortin

Group 5

club Games S. U N Gates Points
BrazilBrazil Flamengo Rio de Janeiro 6th 5 1 0 10: 04 16
BrazilBrazil Paraná Clube 6th 3 0 3 09: 08 09
BoliviaBolivia Real Potosí 6th 1 3 2 08: 09 06th
VenezuelaVenezuela UA Maracaibo 6th 0 2 4th 08:14 02
February 14, 2007
Real Potosí 2: 2 Flamengo Rio de Janeiro Estadio Victor Agustín Ugarte
February 15, 2007
UA Maracaibo 2: 4 Paraná Clube Estadio José Encarnación Romero
February 21, 2007
Paraná Clube 2-0 Real Potosí Vila Capanema
Flamengo Rio de Janeiro 3: 1 UA Maracaibo Estádio do Maracanã
March 13, 2007
UA Maracaibo 1: 1 Real Potosí Estadio José Encarnación Romero
March 14, 2007
Paraná Clube 0: 1 Flamengo Rio de Janeiro Vila Capanema
March 20, 2007
Real Potosí 2: 2 UA Maracaibo Estadio Victor Agustín Ugarte
March 21, 2007
Flamengo Rio de Janeiro 1-0 Paraná Clube Estádio do Maracanã
April 4, 2007
UA Maracaibo 1: 2 Flamengo Rio de Janeiro Estadio José Encarnación Romero
April 10, 2007
Real Potosí 3: 1 Paraná Clube Estadio Victor Agustín Ugarte
April 18, 2007
Flamengo Rio de Janeiro 1-0 Real Potosí Estádio do Maracanã
Paraná Clube 2: 1 UA Maracaibo Vila Capanema

Group 6

club Games S. U N Gates Points
ChileChile CSD Colo-Colo 6th 3 0 3 12: 07 9
VenezuelaVenezuela Caracas FC 6th 3 0 3 07:10 9
EcuadorEcuador LDU Quito 6th 2 2 2 07: 08 8th
ArgentinaArgentina River Plate 6th 2 2 2 05: 06 8th
February 22, 2007
Caracas FC 1-0 Liga de Quito Estadio Brígido Iriarte
CSD Colo-Colo 1: 2 CA River Plate Estadio Monumental (Santiago de Chile)
March 6, 2007
Liga de Quito 3: 1 CSD Colo-Colo Estadio La Casa Blanca
March 8, 2007
CA River Plate 0: 1 Caracas FC El Monumental
March 15, 2007
Liga de Quito 1: 1 CA River Plate Estadio La Casa Blanca
March 20, 2007
Caracas FC 0: 4 CSD Colo-Colo Estadio Brígido Iriarte
March 27, 2007
CSD Colo-Colo 2: 1 Caracas FC Estadio Monumental (Santiago de Chile)
March 29, 2007
CA River Plate 0-0 Liga de Quito El Monumental
April 3, 2007
CSD Colo-Colo 4-0 Liga de Quito Estadio Monumental (Santiago de Chile)
April 5, 2007
Caracas FC 3: 1 CA River Plate Estadio Brígido Iriarte
April 25, 2007
CA River Plate 1-0 CSD Colo-Colo El Monumental
Liga de Quito 3: 1 Caracas FC Estadio La Casa Blanca

Group 7

club Games S. U N Gates Points
MexicoMexico Deportivo Toluca 6th 4th 0 2 10: 06 12
ArgentinaArgentina Boca Juniors 6th 3 1 2 11: 05 10
PeruPeru CS Cienciano 6th 3 0 3 12: 09 09
BoliviaBolivia Club Bolívar 6th 1 1 4th 05:18 04th
February 14, 2007
Club Bolívar 0-0 Boca Juniors Estadio Hernando Siles
February 21, 2007
CS Cienciano 1: 2 Deportivo Toluca Estadio Garcilaso de la Vega
February 27, 2007
Deportivo Toluca 1: 2 Club Bolívar Estadio Nemesio Díez
March 1, 2007
Boca Juniors 1-0 CS Cienciano El Nuevo Gasómetro
March 8, 2007
CS Cienciano 5: 1 Club Bolívar Estadio Garcilaso de la Vega
March 14, 2007
Deportivo Toluca 2-0 Boca Juniors Estadio Nemesio Díez
March 22, 2007
Boca Juniors 3-0 Deportivo Toluca El Fortin
March 28, 2007
Club Bolívar 2: 3 CS Cienciano Estadio Hernando Siles
April 4, 2007
CS Cienciano 3-0 Boca Juniors Estadio Garcilaso de la Vega
April 12, 2007
Club Bolívar 0: 2 Deportivo Toluca Estadio Hernando Siles
April 26, 2007
Boca Juniors 7-0 Club Bolívar El Fortin
Deportivo Toluca 3-0 CS Cienciano Estadio Nemesio Díez

Group 8

club Games S. U N Gates Points
BrazilBrazil FC Santos 6th 6th 0 0 13: 02 18th
UruguayUruguay Defensor Sporting Club 6th 3 0 3 08: 07 09
ArgentinaArgentina Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata 6th 3 0 3 9:10 09
ColombiaColombia Deportivo Pasto 6th 0 0 6th 04:15 00
February 13, 2007
Defensor Sporting Club 3-0 Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata Estadio Centenario
February 22, 2007
Deportivo Pasto 1: 2 FC Santos Estadio Departamental Libertad
March 1, 2007
FC Santos 1-0 Defensor Sporting Club Estádio Urbano Caldeira
March 6, 2007
Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata 3: 2 Deportivo Pasto Estadio Ciudad de La Plata
March 14, 2007
FC Santos 3-0 Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata Estádio Urbano Caldeira
March 15, 2007
Deportivo Pasto 1: 2 Defensor Sporting Club Estadio Departamental Libertad
March 22, 2007
Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata 1: 2 FC Santos Estadio Ciudad de La Plata
March 29, 2007
Defensor Sporting Club 3-0 Deportivo Pasto Estadio Centenario
April 5, 2007
Defensor Sporting Club 0: 2 FC Santos Estadio Centenario
Deportivo Pasto 0: 2 Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata Estadio Departamental Libertad
April 19, 2007
Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata 3-0 Defensor Sporting Club Estadio Ciudad de La Plata
FC Santos 3-0 Deportivo Pasto Estádio Urbano Caldeira

Round of 16

The first and second in each group qualified for the round of 16.

The games were not drawn, but determined by a seeding list. The eight group winners were given start numbers 1 to 8 according to their ranking, so the best group winner received 1, the second best group winner received 2, etc. The eight runners-up were given start numbers 9 to 16. In the round of 16 then played 1 - 16, 2 - 15, 3 - 14 ..., so the best group first against the worst group second etc.

Seeding list team Points Goal difference
1 BrazilBrazil FC Santos 18th +11
2 BrazilBrazil Flamengo Rio de Janeiro 16 + 06
3 Paraguay 1990Paraguay Club Libertad 13 + 05
4th MexicoMexico Deportivo Toluca 12 + 04
5 MexicoMexico Club Necaxa 12 + 02
6th ArgentinaArgentina CA Vélez Sarsfield 11 + 03
7th BrazilBrazil Gremio Porto Alegre 10 ± 00
8th ChileChile CSD Colo-Colo 09 + 05
9 MexicoMexico Club America 12 + 02
10 BrazilBrazil Sao Paulo FC 11 + 07
11 ArgentinaArgentina Boca Juniors 10 + 06
12 UruguayUruguay Nacional Montevideo 10 + 04
13 ColombiaColombia Cúcuta Deportivo 09 + 02
14th BrazilBrazil Paraná Clube 09 +1 0(9: 8)
15th UruguayUruguay Defensor Sporting Club 09 +1 0(8: 7)
16 VenezuelaVenezuela Caracas FC 09 - 03
Color legend: group winners group runner-up 

The following games therefore came about. The first leg was played on May 2, 2007, the second leg on May 9, 2007. The first-named team had home rights in the first leg, the other in the second leg.

total First leg Return leg
Caracas FC VenezuelaVenezuela 4: 5 BrazilBrazil FC Santos 2: 2 2: 3
Defensor Sporting Club UruguayUruguay 3: 2 BrazilBrazil Flamengo Rio de Janeiro 3-0 0: 2
Paraná Clube BrazilBrazil 2: 3 Paraguay 1990Paraguay Club Libertad 1: 2 1: 1
Cúcuta Deportivo ColombiaColombia 5: 3 MexicoMexico Deportivo Toluca 5: 1 0: 2
Nacional Montevideo UruguayUruguay 4: 2 MexicoMexico Club Necaxa 3: 2 1-0
Boca Juniors ArgentinaArgentina 4: 3 ArgentinaArgentina CA Vélez Sarsfield 3-0 1: 3
Sao Paulo FC BrazilBrazil 1: 2 BrazilBrazil Gremio Porto Alegre 1-0 0: 2
Club America MexicoMexico 4: 2 ChileChile CSD Colo-Colo 3-0 1: 2

With the games in the round of 16, the further course of the knockout rounds up to the final was determined.

Quarter finals

The first legs of the quarter-finals were played on May 15, 16 and 17, 2007, the second legs on May 23, 2007.

total First leg Return leg
Club America MexicoMexico 1: 2 BrazilBrazil FC Santos 0-0 1: 2
Defensor Sporting Club UruguayUruguay 2: 2
(2: 4 on behalf) 		BrazilBrazil Gremio Porto Alegre 2-0 0: 2
Boca Juniors ArgentinaArgentina 3: 1 Paraguay 1990Paraguay Club Libertad 1: 1 2-0
Cúcuta Deportivo ColombiaColombia 4: 2 UruguayUruguay Nacional Montevideo 2-0 2: 2

Semifinals

The first legs of the semi-finals were played on May 30, 2007, the second legs on June 6th. According to the original mode (Winner S1 - Winner S4 and Winner S2 - Winner S3) Santos FC should have played against Cúcuta and Grêmio against Boca Juniors. As CONMEBOL wanted to avoid two teams from one country reaching the final, as in the previous year, Santos FC was placed in the second instead of the first semifinals.

total First leg Return leg
Cúcuta Deportivo ColombiaColombia 3: 4 ArgentinaArgentina Boca Juniors 3: 1 0: 3
Gremio Porto Alegre BrazilBrazil ( a ) 3: 3(a) BrazilBrazil FC Santos 2-0 1: 3

final

First leg

Boca Juniors Gremio Porto Alegre
Boca Juniors
Wednesday June 13, 2007 in Buenos Aires , Argentina ( La Bombonera )
Result: 3: 0 (1: 0)
Spectators: 39,993
Referee: Jorge Larrionda ( Uruguay ) UruguayUruguay 
Gremio Porto Alegre


Mauricio Caranta - Claudio Morel , Hugo Ibarra , Daniel Díaz , Clemente Rodríguez , Pablo Ledesma , Juan Román Riquelme , Neri Cardozo (67th Jesús Dátolo ), Éver Banega (81st Sebastián Battaglia ), Martín Palermo , Rodrigo Palacio
Trainer: Miguel Russo 		Sebastián Saja - William , Teco , Patrício , Diego Gavilán , Diego Souza , Tcheco (80th Douglas ), Sandro Goiano , Lúcio , Carlos Eduardo , Tuta (72nd Lucas )
Trainer: Mano Menezes
goal1-0 Rodrigo Palacio (18th)
goal2-0 Juan Román Riquelme (73rd)
Own goal3-0 Patrício (89th, own goal)
yellow cards Hugo Ibarra (13th), Éver Banega (34th), Juan Román Riquelme (53rd), Neri Cardozo (64th) yellow cards Patrício (15th), Sandro Goiano (53rd)
Red cards Sandro Goiano (58th)

Return leg

Gremio Porto Alegre Boca Juniors
Gremio Porto Alegre
Wednesday June 20, 2007 in Porto Alegre , Brazil ( Estádio Olímpico Monumental )
Result: 0: 2 (0: 2)
Spectators: 60,000
Referee: Óscar Ruiz ( Colombia ) ColombiaColombia 
Boca Juniors


Sebastián Saja - William , Teco (35th Rolando Schiavi ), Patrício , Diego Gavilán , Diego Souza , Tcheco (46th Márcio Amoroso ), Lúcio , Carlos Eduardo , Tuta (70th Éverton ), Lucas
Trainer: Mano Menezes 		Mauricio Caranta - Claudio Morel , Hugo Ibarra , Daniel Díaz , Clemente Rodríguez , Pablo Ledesma , Juan Román Riquelme , Neri Cardozo (59th Sebastián Battaglia ), Éver Banega (82nd Sergio Órteman ), Martín Palermo , Rodrigo Palacio (87th Mauro Boselli )
Coach: Miguel Russo
goal0: 1 Juan Román Riquelme (68.)
goal0: 2 Juan Román Riquelme (80.)
yellow cards Diego Souza (50th), Lucas (70th), Rolando Schiavi (84th), Lúcio (88th) yellow cards Pablo Ledesma (74th)

Best goal scorers

rank player club Gates
1 ParaguayansParaguayans Salvador Cabañas Club America 10
2 PanamaniansPanamanians Blow Pérez Cúcuta Deportivo 8th
ArgentiniansArgentinians Juan Román Riquelme Boca Juniors 8th
4th BrazilianBrazilian Zé Roberto FC Santos 7th
5 BrazilianBrazilian Renato Flamengo Rio de Janeiro 5
ChileanChilean Humberto Suazo CSD Colo-Colo 5

See also

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