Copa Libertadores 2010

The Copa Libertadores 2010 , also known as the Copa Santander Libertadores due to the sponsorship of the Santander banking group , was the 51st edition of the most important South American football competition for club teams. This season, 40 teams from the 10 member associations of CONMEBOL and from Mexico took part, as two Mexican clubs, which had to be eliminated from the competition in the previous season due to the influenza pandemic , automatically received two starting places in the round of 16. The tournament began on January 26th with the qualifying round and ended on July 18th with the final second leg.

Participating teams

The following teams will take part in the 2010 Copa Libertadores. Since Estudiantes de La Plata is automatically there as defending champion, Argentina was allowed to send six instead of the usual five starters to the tournament, with two having to qualify. Mexico, which actually belongs to CONCACAF , sent five teams to the tournament after being invited, two of which were directly qualified for the round of 16 because they had to withdraw in 2009 due to the influenza pandemic. The teams that still had to qualify for the main round are marked with a (Q) in the table.

country	society	Qualification reason
Argentina 5 + 1 starting places	Estudiantes de La Plata	Defending champion
	CA Vélez Sarsfield	Master of the Clausura 2009
	CA Banfield	Master of the Apertura 2009
	CA Lanus	First in the combined table of the last two seasons (without champions)
	CA Colon (Q)	Second in the combined table (without champions)
	Newell's Old Boys (Q)	Third in the combined table (without champions)
Bolivia 3 starting places	Club Bolívar	Master of the Apertura 2009
	Club blooming	Master of the Clausura 2009
	Real Potosí (Q)	Winner of the play-offs 2009
Brazil 5 starting places	Corinthians São Paulo	Cup winner 2009
	Flamengo Rio de Janeiro	Master 2009
	SC Internacional	Second in 2009
	Sao Paulo FC	Third in 2009
	Cruzeiro Belo Horizonte (Q)	Fourth 2009
Chile 3 starting places	CF Universidad de Chile	Master of the Apertura 2009
	CSD Colo-Colo	Master of the Clausura 2009
	CD Universidad Católica (Q)	First in round 1 of the Clausura (without master)
Ecuador 3 starting places	Deportivo Quito	Master 2009
	Deportivo Cuenca	Second in 2009
	CS Emelec (Q)	Third in 2009
Colombia 3 starting places	Once Caldas	Master of the Apertura 2009
	Independiente Medellin	Master of the Finalización 2009
	Atlético Junior (Q)	First in the 2009 overall table
Mexico ( CONCACAF ) 3 + 2 invitations	Monarcas Morelia	Third of the 2009 Apertura regular season
	CF Monterrey	Winner of the InterLiga 2010
	CD Estudiantes Tecos (Q)	Second in the InterLiga 2010
	Deportivo Guadalajara	Special invitation because from 2009 Copa Libertadores withdrawn
	San Luis FC	Special invitation because from 2009 Copa Libertadores withdrawn
Paraguay 3 starting places	Club Cerro Porteño	Master of the Apertura 2009
	Club Nacional	Master of the Clausura 2009
	Club Libertad (Q)	First in the 2009 overall table
Peru 3 starting places	Universitario de Deportes	Master 2009
	Alianza Lima	Second in 2009
	Juan Aurich (Q)	Third in 2009
Uruguay 3 starting places	Nacional Montevideo	Master 2009
	Club Atlético Cerro	Winner of the Liguilla Pre-Libertadores 2009
	Racing Club Montevideo (Q)	Second in the Liguilla Pre-Libertadores 2009
Venezuela 3 starting places	Caracas FC	Master 2009
	Deportivo Italia	Finalist 2009
	Deportivo Táchira FC (Q)	Second in the overall table for 2009

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 were also the same, the lot decided. In the knockout rounds, the away goal rule also applied in the event of a tie in points and goals. If their number was the same, a penalty shoot-out followed immediately without extra time . Only in the final was there an extra time when the score was tied 90 minutes before the penalty shoot-out .

qualification

The first legs will take place from January 26 to 28, 2010 (local time), the second legs from February 2 to 10. The first-named team has home rights in the first leg, the second in the second leg.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Deportivo Táchira FC	2: 3	Club Libertad	1-0	1: 3
Juan Aurich	4: 1	CD Estudiantes Tecos	2-0	2: 1
CA Colón	5: 5 (3: 5 i.E.)	CD Universidad Católica	3: 2	2: 3
Real Potosí	1: 8	Cruzeiro Belo Horizonte	1: 1	0: 7
Newell's Old Boys	1: 2	CS Emelec	0-0	1: 2
Atlético Junior	2: 4	Racing Club Montevideo	2: 2	0: 2

Group stage

Group 1

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Corinthians São Paulo	6th	5	1	0	009: 300	+6	16
2.	Racing Club Montevideo	6th	2	2	2	004: 500	−1	08th
3.	Independiente Medellin	6th	1	3	2	003: 400	−1	06th
4th	Club Cerro Porteño	6th	0	2	4th	003: 700	−4	02

February 11, 2010
Club Cerro Porteño	1: 1	Independiente Medellin	Estadio Defensores del Chaco
February 24, 2010
Corinthians São Paulo	2: 1	Racing Club Montevideo	Estádio do Pacaembu
March 9, 2010
Racing Club Montevideo	2: 1	Club Cerro Porteño	Central Park
March 10, 2010
Independiente Medellin	1: 1	Corinthians São Paulo	El Campín
March 17, 2010
Club Cerro Porteño	0: 1	Corinthians São Paulo	Estadio Defensores del Chaco
March 18, 2010
Independiente Medellin	0-0	Racing Club Montevideo	Estadio Palogrande
March 25, 2010
Racing Club Montevideo	1-0	Independiente Medellin	Central Park
April 1, 2010
Corinthians São Paulo	2: 1	Club Cerro Porteño	Estádio do Pacaembu
April 8, 2010
Independiente Medellin	1-0	Club Cerro Porteño	Estadio Atanasio Girardot
April 14, 2010
Racing Club Montevideo	0: 2	Corinthians São Paulo	Central Park
April 22, 2010
Club Cerro Porteño	0-0	Racing Club Montevideo	Estadio Defensores del Chaco
Corinthians São Paulo	1-0	Independiente Medellin	Estádio do Pacaembu

Group 2

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Sao Paulo FC	6th	4th	1	1	009: 200	+7	13
2.	Once Caldas	6th	3	2	1	008: 500	+3	11
3.	CF Monterrey	6th	1	3	2	005: 800	−3	06th
4th	Club Nacional	6th	1	0	5	003:100	−7	03

February 9, 2010
Club Nacional	0: 2	Once Caldas	Estadio Defensores del Chaco
February 10, 2010
Sao Paulo FC	2-0	CF Monterrey	Estádio do Morumbi
February 24, 2010
CF Monterrey	2: 1	Club Nacional	Estadio Tecnológico
February 25, 2010
Once Caldas	2: 1	Sao Paulo FC	Estadio Palogrande
March 10, 2010
Once Caldas	1: 1	CF Monterrey	Estadio Palogrande
March 11, 2010
Club Nacional	0: 2	Sao Paulo FC	Estadio Defensores del Chaco
March 17, 2010
CF Monterrey	2: 2	Once Caldas	Estadio Tecnológico
March 18, 2010
Sao Paulo FC	3-0	Club Nacional	Estádio do Morumbi
March 31, 2010
CF Monterrey	0-0	Sao Paulo FC	Estadio Tecnológico
April 1, 2010
Once Caldas	1-0	Club Nacional	Estadio Palogrande
April 21, 2010
Club Nacional	2-0	CF Monterrey	Estadio Defensores del Chaco
Sao Paulo FC	1-0	Once Caldas	Estádio do Morumbi

Group 3

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Estudiantes de La Plata	6th	4th	1	1	011: 500	+6	13
2.	Alianza Lima	6th	4th	0	2	012: 700	+5	12
3.	Juan Aurich	6th	2	0	4th	007:130	−6	06th
4th	Club Bolívar	6th	1	1	4th	003: 800	−5	04th

February 10, 2010
Club Bolívar	1: 3	Alianza Lima	Estadio Hernando Siles
February 11, 2010
Estudiantes de La Plata	5: 1	Juan Aurich	El Centenario
February 18, 2010
Alianza Lima	4: 1	Estudiantes de La Plata	Estadio Alejandro Villanueva
February 24, 2010
Juan Aurich	2-0	Club Bolívar	Estadio Elías Aguirre
March 9, 2010
Club Bolívar	0-0	Estudiantes de La Plata	Estadio Hernando Siles
March 10, 2010
Alianza Lima	2-0	Juan Aurich	Estadio Alejandro Villanueva
March 16, 2010
Juan Aurich	4: 2	Alianza Lima	Estadio Elías Aguirre
March 23, 2010
Estudiantes de La Plata	2-0	Club Bolívar	El Centenario
March 30, 2010
Juan Aurich	0: 2	Estudiantes de La Plata	Estadio Elías Aguirre
April 8, 2010
Alianza Lima	1-0	Club Bolívar	Estadio Alejandro Villanueva
April 20, 2010
Club Bolívar	2-0	Juan Aurich	Estadio Hernando Siles
Estudiantes de La Plata	1-0	Alianza Lima	El Centenario

Group 4

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Club Libertad	6th	3	3	0	010: 300	+7	12
2.	Universitario de Deportes	6th	2	4th	0	005: 200	+3	10
3.	CA Lanus	6th	2	2	2	006: 600	± 0	08th
4th	Club blooming	6th	0	1	5	003:130	−10	01

February 9, 2010
CA Lanus	0: 2	Club Libertad	Estadio Ciudad de Lanús - Néstor Díaz Pérez
February 11, 2010
Club blooming	1: 2	Universitario de Deportes	Estadio Ramón Tahuichi Aguilera
February 16, 2010
Club Libertad	4-0	Club blooming	Estadio Defensores del Chaco
February 17, 2010
Universitario de Deportes	2-0	CA Lanus	Estadio Monumental
February 25, 2010
Club blooming	1: 4	CA Lanus	Estadio Ramón Tahuichi Aguilera
Universitario de Deportes	0-0	Club Libertad	Estadio Monumental
March 23, 2010
Club Libertad	1: 1	Universitario de Deportes	Estadio Defensores del Chaco
March 24, 2010
CA Lanus	1-0	Club blooming	Estadio Ciudad de Lanús - Néstor Díaz Pérez
March 30, 2010
Club Libertad	1: 1	CA Lanus	Estadio Defensores del Chaco
April 6, 2010
Universitario de Deportes	0-0	Club blooming	Estadio Monumental
April 15, 2010
Club blooming	1: 2	Club Libertad	Estadio Ramón Tahuichi Aguilera
CA Lanus	0-0	Universitario de Deportes	Estadio Ciudad de Lanús - Néstor Díaz Pérez

Group 5

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	SC Internacional	6th	3	3	0	008: 200	+6	12
2.	Deportivo Quito	6th	3	1	2	005: 700	−2	10
3.	Club Atlético Cerro	6th	2	2	2	005: 500	± 0	08th
4th	CS Emelec	6th	0	2	4th	002: 600	−4	02

February 9, 2010
Club Atlético Cerro	2-0	Deportivo Quito	Estadio Centenario
February 23, 2010
SC Internacional	2: 1	CS Emelec	Estádio Beira-Rio
March 11, 2010
CS Emelec	1: 2	Club Atlético Cerro	Estadio George Capwell
Deportivo Quito	1: 1	SC Internacional	Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa
March 18, 2010
Club Atlético Cerro	0-0	SC Internacional	Estadio Atilio Paiva Olivera
March 25, 2010
Deportivo Quito	1-0	CS Emelec	Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa
March 31, 2010
SC Internacional	2-0	Club Atlético Cerro	Estádio Beira-Rio
April 1, 2010
CS Emelec	0: 1	Deportivo Quito	Estadio George Capwell
April 13, 2010
Deportivo Quito	2: 1	Club Atlético Cerro	Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa
April 14, 2010
CS Emelec	0-0	SC Internacional	Estadio George Capwell
April 22, 2010
SC Internacional	3-0	Deportivo Quito	Estádio Beira-Rio
Club Atlético Cerro	0-0	CS Emelec	Estadio Luis Tróccoli

Group 6

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Nacional Montevideo	6th	3	3	0	009: 400	+5	12
2.	CA Banfield	6th	3	2	1	013: 800	+5	11
3.	Monarcas Morelia	6th	1	2	3	004: 800	−4	05
4th	Deportivo Cuenca	6th	1	1	4th	007:130	−6	04th

February 10, 2010
CA Banfield	2: 1	Monarcas Morelia	Estadio Florencio Sola
February 11, 2010
Nacional Montevideo	3: 2	Deportivo Cuenca	Central Park
February 17, 2010
Deportivo Cuenca	1: 4	CA Banfield	Estadio Alejandro Serrano Aguilar
February 23, 2010
Monarcas Morelia	0-0	Nacional Montevideo	Estadio Morelos
March 9, 2010
Deportivo Cuenca	2-0	Monarcas Morelia	Estadio Alejandro Serrano Aguilar
March 10, 2010
Nacional Montevideo	2: 2	CA Banfield	Central Park
March 16, 2010
CA Banfield	0: 2	Nacional Montevideo	Estadio Florencio Sola
Monarcas Morelia	2: 1	Deportivo Cuenca	Estadio Morelos
March 31, 2010
Monarcas Morelia	1: 1	CA Banfield	Estadio Morelos
April 7, 2010
Deportivo Cuenca	0-0	Nacional Montevideo	Estadio Alejandro Serrano Aguilar
April 21, 2010
Nacional Montevideo	2-0	Monarcas Morelia	Central Park
CA Banfield	4: 1	Deportivo Cuenca	Estadio Florencio Sola

Group 7

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	CA Vélez Sarsfield	6th	4th	1	1	010: 500	+5	13
2.	Cruzeiro Belo Horizonte	6th	3	2	1	012: 600	+6	11
3.	CSD Colo-Colo	6th	2	2	2	008:100	−2	08th
4th	Deportivo Italia	6th	0	1	5	004:130	−9	01

February 10, 2010
Velez Sarsfield	2-0	Cruzeiro Belo Horizonte	Estadio José Amalfitani
February 16, 2010
CSD Colo-Colo	1-0	Deportivo Italia	Estadio Monumental (Santiago de Chile)
February 23, 2010
Deportivo Italia	0: 1	Velez Sarsfield	Estadio Olímpico UCV
February 24, 2010
Cruzeiro Belo Horizonte	4: 1	CSD Colo-Colo	Mineirão
March 11, 2010
Deportivo Italia	2: 2	Cruzeiro Belo Horizonte	Estadio Olímpico UCV
March 16, 2010
CSD Colo-Colo	1: 1	Velez Sarsfield	Estadio Monumental (Santiago de Chile)
March 24, 2010
Cruzeiro Belo Horizonte	2-0	Deportivo Italia	Mineirão
March 25, 2010
Velez Sarsfield	2: 1	CSD Colo-Colo	Estadio José Amalfitani
March 31, 2010
Cruzeiro Belo Horizonte	3-0	Velez Sarsfield	Mineirão
April 6, 2010
Deportivo Italia	2: 3	CSD Colo-Colo	Estadio Olímpico UCV
April 15, 2010
CSD Colo-Colo	1: 1	Cruzeiro Belo Horizonte	Estadio Monumental (Santiago de Chile)
Velez Sarsfield	4-0	Deportivo Italia	Estadio José Amalfitani

Group 8

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Universidad de Chile	6th	3	3	0	010: 600	+4	12
2.	Flamengo Rio de Janeiro	6th	3	1	2	011: 900	+2	10
3.	Universidad Católica	6th	1	4th	1	005: 500	± 0	07th
4th	Caracas FC	6th	0	2	4th	005:110	−6	02

February 18, 2010
Universidad de Chile	1-0	Caracas FC	Estadio Sausalito
February 24, 2010
Flamengo Rio de Janeiro	2-0	Universidad Católica	Estádio do Maracanã
March 9, 2010
Universidad Católica	2: 2	Universidad de Chile	Estadio Francisco Sánchez Rumoroso
March 10, 2010
Caracas FC	1: 3	Flamengo Rio de Janeiro	Estádio Olímpico UCV
March 17, 2010
Caracas FC	0-0	Universidad Católica	Estadio Olímpico UCV
Universidad de Chile	2: 1	Flamengo Rio de Janeiro	Estadio Monumental (Santiago de Chile)
March 24, 2010
Universidad Católica	1: 1	Caracas FC	Estadio San Carlos de Apoquindo
April 8, 2010
Flamengo Rio de Janeiro	2: 2	Universidad de Chile	Estádio do Maracanã
April 13, 2010
Caracas FC	1: 3	Universidad de Chile	Estádio Olímpico UCV
April 14, 2010
Universidad Católica	2-0	Flamengo Rio de Janeiro	Estadio San Carlos de Apoquindo
April 21, 2010
Universidad de Chile	0-0	Universidad Católica	Estadio Monumental (Santiago de Chile)
Flamengo Rio de Janeiro	3: 2	Caracas FC	Estádio do Maracanã

Round of 16

The eight group winners and the six best runners-up qualified for the round of 16 because two teams from Mexico qualified directly for the round of 16, as they had to withdraw in 2009 due to the influenza pandemic.

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. Guadalajara and San Luis received the 13 and 14, which they had in the previous year, before they had to withdraw from the competition.

Seeding list	team	Points	Goal difference
1	Corinthians São Paulo	16	+ 06
2	Sao Paulo FC	13	+ 07
3	Estudiantes de La Plata	13	+ 06
4th	CA Vélez Sarsfield	13	+ 05
5	Club Libertad	12	+ 07
6th	SC Internacional	12	+ 06
7th	Nacional Montevideo	12	+ 05
8th	Universidad de Chile	12	+ 04
9	Alianza Lima	12	+ 05
10	Cruzeiro Belo Horizonte	11	+ 06
11	CA Banfield	11	+ 05
12	Once Caldas	11	+ 03
13	CD Guadalajara	-	-
14th	San Luis FC	-	-
15th	Universitario	10	+ 03
16	Flamengo Rio de Janeiro	10	+ 02
Color legend: group winners group runner-up 

	total		First leg	Return leg
San Luis FC	1: 4	Estudiantes de La Plata	0: 1	1: 3
CD Guadalajara	3: 2	CA Vélez Sarsfield	3-0	0: 2
Universitario	0: 0 (1: 3 in good condition)	Sao Paulo FC	0-0	0-0
CA Banfield	(a)3: 3 ( a )	SC Internacional	3: 1	0: 2
Flamengo Rio de Janeiro	(a)2: 2 ( a )	Corinthians São Paulo	1-0	1: 2
Cruzeiro Belo Horizonte	6: 1	Nacional Montevideo	3: 1	3-0
Alianza Lima	2: 3	Universidad de Chile	0: 1	2: 2
Once Caldas	1: 2	Club Libertad	0-0	1: 2

Quarter finals

	total		First leg	Return leg
Flamengo Rio de Janeiro	(a)4: 4 ( a )	Universidad de Chile	2: 3	2: 1
Cruzeiro Belo Horizonte	0: 4	Sao Paulo FC	0: 2	0: 2
SC Internacional	(a)2: 2 ( a )	Estudiantes de La Plata	1-0	1: 2
CD Guadalajara	3: 2	Club Libertad	3-0	0: 2

Semifinals

	total		First leg	Return leg
CD Guadalajara	3: 1	Universidad de Chile	1: 1	2-0
SC Internacional	(a)2: 2 ( a )	Sao Paulo FC	1-0	1: 2

final

First leg

Deportivo Guadalajara		SC Internacional		Lineup
	August 11, 2010 in Zapopan , Mexico ( Estadio Omnilife ) Result: 1: 2 (1: 0) Spectators: 30,870 Referee: Héctor Baldassi ( Argentina )
	Luis Ernesto Michel - Jonny Magallón , Héctor Reynoso , Mario de Luna , Miguel Ponce - Omar Arellano (70th Patricio Araujo ), Xavier Báez (86th Ulises Dávila ), Edgar Mejía , Marco Fabián (79th Dionicio Escalante ) - Adolfo Bautista , Omar Bravo Coach: José Luis Real	Renan - Nei , Índio , Bolívar , Kléber - Sandro Raniere , Giuliano , Pablo Guiñazú , Andrés D'Alessandro - Taison (87th Wilson Mathías ), Andrés D'Alessandro (35th Éverton ), (72nd Rafael Sóbis ) Coach: Celso Roth
	1-0 Adolfo Bautista (45th)	1: 1 Giuliano (73rd) 1: 2 Bolívar (76th)
	Marco Fabián (76th), Mario de Luna (90th + 2 ')	Sandro (89.)

Return leg

SC Internacional		Deportivo Guadalajara		Lineup
	August 18, 2010 in Porto Alegre , Brazil ( Estádio Beira-Rio ) Result: 3: 2 (0: 1) Spectators: 56,000 Referee: Óscar Ruiz ( Colombia )
	Renan - Kléber , Bolívar , Índio , Nei - Taison (66th Leandro Damião ), Sandro Raniere , Pablo Guiñazú , Tinga (84th Wilson Mathías ) - Andrés D'Alessandro - Rafael Sóbis (69th Giuliano ) Coach: Celso Roth	Luis Ernesto Michel - Jonny Magallón , Mario de Luna , Héctor Reynoso , Miguel Ponce (79th Dionicio Escalante ) - Omar Arellano , Xavier Báez (82nd Michel Vázquez ), Adolfo Bautista , Patricio Araujo , Marco Fabián - Omar Bravo Coach: José Luis real
	1: 1 Rafael Sóbis (62.) 2: 1 Leandro Damião (76.) 3: 1 Giuliano (88.)	0: 1 Marco Fabián (43.) 3: 2 Omar Bravo (90.)
	Bolívar (65.)	Mario de Luna (9th), Marco Fabián (19), Adolfo Bautista (45th)
		Omar Arellano (86th)

Best goal scorers

rank	player	club	Gates
1	Thiago Ribeiro	Cruzeiro Belo Horizonte	8th
2	José Carlos Fernández	Alianza Lima	7th
	Glue	Cruzeiro Belo Horizonte	7th
4th	Giuliano	SC Internacional	6th
	Luis Tejada	Juan Aurich	6th
6th	Omar Bravo	Chivas de Guadalajara	5
	Rodolfo Gamarra	Club Libertad	5
	Mario Regueiro	Nacional Montevideo	5
	James Rodríguez	CA Banfield	5
	Washington	Sao Paulo FC	5

→ Main article : List of Copa Libertadores top scorers

See also

• Copa Sudamericana 2010

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Toluca and Cruz Azul, first and second in the regular season, were not given a starting place because they are participating in the 2010 CONCACAF Champions League.

Web links

• Competition 2010 on rsssf.com (English)
• Video summary final (port.)