Copa Libertadores 2011

The 2011 Copa Libertadores , also known as the Copa Santander Libertadores due to the sponsorship of the Santander banking group , was the 52nd edition of the most important South American football competition for club teams. A total of 38 teams took part this season, 35 from the 10 member associations of CONMEBOL , including defending champions SC Internacional from Brazil and the 2010 Copa Sudamericana winner CA Independiente from Argentina, and 3 from Mexico. The tournament began on January 25th with the qualifying round and ended on June 22nd with the final second leg.

Participating teams

The following teams took part in the 2011 Copa Libertadores. Since SC Internacional is automatically qualified as defending champion, Brazil was allowed to send six instead of the usual five participants to the tournament, with two having to qualify. Mexico, which actually belongs to CONCACAF , sent three teams to the tournament, one of which had to qualify. The teams that still had to qualify for the main round are marked with a (Q) in the table.

country	society	Qualification reason
Argentina Argentina 5 starting places	Argentinos Juniors	Master of the Clausura 2010
	Estudiantes de La Plata	Master of the Apertura 2010
	CA Vélez Sarsfield	First in the combined table of the last two seasons (without champions)
	CD Godoy Cruz	Second in the combined table (without champions)
	CA Independiente (Q)	Winner of the Copa Sudamericana 2010
Bolivia Bolivia 3 starting places	Club Jorge Wilstermann	Master of the Apertura 2010
	Oriente Petrolero	Master of the Clausura 2010
	Club Bolívar (Q)	Second Clausura 2010
Brazil Brazil 5 + 1 starting places	SC Internacional	Defending champion
	FC Santos	Cup winner 2010
	Fluminense Rio de Janeiro	Champion 2010
	Cruzeiro Belo Horizonte	Second 2010
	Corinthians São Paulo (Q)	Third 2010
	Gremio Porto Alegre (Q)	Fourth 2010
Chile Chile 3 starting places	CF Universidad de Chile	2010 Primera División Champion
	CSD Colo-Colo	First in round 1 of the Primera División (without champions)
	Unión Española (Q)	Winner of the qualifying round (Liguilla) for the Copa Libertadores
Ecuador Ecuador 3 starting places	LDU Quito	Champion 2010
	CS Emelec	Second 2010
	Deportivo Quito (Q)	Third 2010
Colombia Colombia 3 starting places	Atlético Junior	Master of the Apertura 2010
	Once Caldas	Master of the Finalización 2010
	Deportes Tolima (Q)	First in the overall table 2010 (without champions)
Mexico Mexico ( CONCACAF ) 3 starting places	Club America	Fourth aperture 2010
	San Luis FC	Fifth Apertura 2010
	Chiapas FC (Q)	Sixth Apertura 2010
Paraguay 1990 Paraguay 3 starting places	Club Libertad	Master of the Clausura 2010
	Club Guaraní	Second at Apertura 2010
	Club Cerro Porteño (Q)	First in the overall table (without master)
Peru Peru 3 starting places	CD Universidad San Martín	Champion 2010
	Leon de Huánuco	Second 2010
	Alianza Lima (Q)	Third 2010
Uruguay Uruguay 3 starting places	Club Atlético Peñarol	Champion 2010
	Nacional Montevideo	Second 2010
	Liverpool FC (Q)	Best placed non-finalist
Venezuela Venezuela 3 starting places	Caracas FC	Master Clausura 2010
	Deportivo Táchira FC	Master Apertura 2010
	Deportivo Petare (Q)	Third in the overall table 2010 (without champions)

↑ The top 3 teams were qualified for the CONCACAF Champions League 2010/11 and therefore not eligible to play for the Copa Libertadores.

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 took place from January 25 to 27, the second legs from February 1 to 3, 2011. The first team had home rights in the first leg, the second in the second leg.

	total		First leg	Return leg
CA Independiente Argentina	2: 1	Ecuador Deportivo Quito	2-0	0: 1
Corinthians São Paulo Brazil	0: 2	Colombia Deportes Tolima	0-0	0: 2
Liverpool FC Uruguay	3: 5	Brazil Gremio Porto Alegre	2: 2	1: 3
Alianza Lima Peru	0: 4	Mexico Chiapas FC	0: 2	0: 2
Club Cerro Porteño Paraguay 1990	2: 1	Venezuela Deportivo Petare	1-0	1: 1
Club Bolívar Bolivia	0: 1	Chile Unión Española	0: 1	0-0

Group stage

Group 1

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Paraguay 1990 Club Libertad	6th	4th	2	0	013: 500	+8	14th
2.	Colombia Once Caldas	6th	1	4th	1	007: 800	−1	07th
3.	Peru CD Universidad San Martín	6th	2	0	4th	007:110	−4	06th
4th	Mexico San Luis FC	6th	1	2	3	006: 900	−3	05


February 15, 2011
San Luis FC	1: 2	Club Libertad	Estadio Alfonso Lastras Ramírez
February 16, 2011
Once Caldas	0: 3	CD Universidad San Martín	Estadio Palogrande
February 22, 2011
CD Universidad San Martín	2-0	San Luis FC	Estadio Miguel Grau , Callao
Once Caldas	1: 1	Club Libertad	Estadio Palogrande
March 2, 2011
San Luis FC	1: 1	Once Caldas	Estadio Alfonso Lastras Ramírez
March 8, 2011
Club Libertad	5: 1	CD Universidad San Martín	Estadio Defensores del Chaco
March 15, 2011
CD Universidad San Martín	0: 1	Club Libertad	Estadio Nacional (Lima)
Once Caldas	1: 1	San Luis FC	Estadio Palogrande
March 22, 2011
Club Libertad	2: 2	Once Caldas	Estadio Defensores del Chaco
San Luis FC	3: 1	CD Universidad San Martín	Estadio Alfonso Lastras Ramírez
April 19, 2011
Club Libertad	2-0	San Luis FC	Estadio Defensores del Chaco
CD Universidad San Martín	0: 2	Once Caldas	Estadio Nacional (Lima)

Group 2

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Colombia Atlético Junior	6th	4th	1	1	009: 700	+2	13
2.	Brazil Gremio Porto Alegre	6th	3	1	2	009: 600	+3	10
3.	Bolivia Oriente Petrolero	6th	2	0	4th	007: 800	−1	06th
4th	Peru Leon de Huánuco	6th	1	2	3	004: 800	−4	05


February 17, 2011
Leon de Huánuco	1: 2	Atlético Junior	Estadio Heraclio Tapia
Gremio Porto Alegre	3-0	Oriente Petrolero	Estádio Olímpico Monumental
February 23, 2011
Leon de Huánuco	1-0	Oriente Petrolero	Estadio Heraclio Tapia
February 24, 2011
Atlético Junior	2: 1	Gremio Porto Alegre	Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez
March 3, 2011
Gremio Porto Alegre	2-0	Leon de Huánuco	Estádio Olímpico Monumental
March 8, 2011
Oriente Petrolero	1: 2	Atlético Junior	Estadio Ramón Tahuichi Aguilera
March 17, 2011
Leon de Huánuco	1: 1	Gremio Porto Alegre	Estadio Heraclio Tapia
Atlético Junior	2: 1	Oriente Petrolero	Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez
March 24, 2011
Oriente Petrolero	2-0	Leon de Huánuco	Estadio Ramón Tahuichi Aguilera
April 7, 2011
Gremio Porto Alegre	2-0	Atlético Junior	Estádio Olímpico Monumental
April 14, 2011
Oriente Petrolero	3-0	Gremio Porto Alegre	Estadio Ramón Tahuichi Aguilera
Atlético Junior	1: 1	Leon de Huánuco	Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez

Group 3

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Mexico Club America	6th	3	1	2	008: 700	+1	10
2.	Brazil Fluminense Rio de Janeiro	6th	2	2	2	009: 900	± 0	08th
3.	Uruguay Nacional Montevideo	6th	2	2	2	003: 300	± 0	08th
4th	Argentina Argentinos Juniors	6th	2	1	3	009:100	−1	07th


February 9, 2011
Fluminense Rio de Janeiro	2: 2	Argentinos Juniors	Estádio Olímpico João Havelange
February 15, 2011
Club America	2-0	Nacional Montevideo	Aztec Stadium
February 23, 2011
Fluminense Rio de Janeiro	0-0	Nacional Montevideo	Estádio Olímpico João Havelange
February 24, 2011
Argentinos Juniors	3: 1	Club America	Estadio Diego Armando Maradona
March 2, 2011
Nacional Montevideo	0: 1	Argentinos Juniors	Estadio Gran Parque Central
Club America	1-0	Fluminense Rio de Janeiro	Aztec Stadium
March 15, 2011
Argentinos Juniors	0: 1	Nacional Montevideo	Estadio Diego Armando Maradona
March 23, 2011
Fluminense Rio de Janeiro	3: 2	Club America	Estádio Olímpico João Havelange
April 6, 2011
Nacional Montevideo	2-0	Fluminense Rio de Janeiro	Estadio Gran Parque Central
Club America	2: 1	Argentinos Juniors	Aztec Stadium
April 20, 2011
Nacional Montevideo	0-0	Club America	Estadio Gran Parque Central
Argentinos Juniors	2: 4	Fluminense Rio de Janeiro	Estadio Diego Armando Maradona

Group 4

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Chile CD Universidad Católica	6th	3	2	1	011: 900	+2	11
2.	Argentina CA Vélez Sarsfield	6th	3	1	2	012: 700	+5	10
3.	Venezuela Caracas FC	6th	3	0	3	007:100	−3	09
4th	Chile Unión Española	6th	1	1	4th	007:110	−4	04th


February 15, 2011
CA Vélez Sarsfield	3-0	Caracas FC	Estadio José Amalfitani
February 16, 2011
Unión Española	2: 2	CD Universidad Católica	Estadio Santa Laura
March 3, 2011
CA Vélez Sarsfield	3: 4	CD Universidad Católica	Estadio José Amalfitani
Caracas FC	2-0	Unión Española	Estadio Olímpico de la UCV
March 9, 2011
CD Universidad Católica	1: 3	Caracas FC	Estadio San Carlos de Apoquindo
March 10, 2011
Unión Española	2: 1	CA Vélez Sarsfield	Estadio Santa Laura
March 22, 2011
Caracas FC	0: 2	CD Universidad Católica	Estadio Olímpico de la UCV
March 24, 2011
CA Vélez Sarsfield	2: 1	Unión Española	Estadio José Amalfitani
April 7, 2011
Unión Española	1: 2	Caracas FC	Estadio Santa Laura
CD Universidad Católica	0-0	CA Vélez Sarsfield	Estadio San Carlos de Apoquindo
April 14, 2011
CD Universidad Católica	2: 1	Unión Española	Estadio San Carlos de Apoquindo
Caracas FC	0: 3	CA Vélez Sarsfield	Estadio Olímpico de la UCV

Group 5

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Paraguay 1990 Club Cerro Porteño	6th	3	2	1	013: 800	+5	11
2.	Brazil FC Santos	6th	3	2	1	011: 800	+3	11
3.	Chile Colo-Colo Santiago	6th	3	0	3	015:160	−1	09
4th	Venezuela Deportivo Táchira FC	6th	0	2	4th	005:120	−7	02


February 15, 2011
Deportivo Táchira FC	0-0	FC Santos	Estadio Polideportivo de Pueblo Nuevo
February 17, 2011
Club Cerro Porteño	5: 2	Colo-Colo Santiago	Estadio General Pablo Rojas
March 1, 2011
Deportivo Táchira FC	2: 4	Colo-Colo Santiago	Estadio Polideportivo de Pueblo Nuevo
March 2, 2011
FC Santos	1: 1	Club Cerro Porteño	Estádio Urbano Caldeira
March 10, 2011
Club Cerro Porteño	1: 1	Deportivo Táchira FC	Estadio General Pablo Rojas
March 16, 2011
Colo-Colo Santiago	3: 2	FC Santos	Estadio Monumental David Arellano
April 6, 2011
Deportivo Táchira FC	0: 2	Club Cerro Porteño	Estadio Polideportivo de Pueblo Nuevo
April 7, 2011
FC Santos	3: 2	Colo-Colo Santiago	Estádio Urbano Caldeira
April 12, 2011
Colo-Colo Santiago	2: 1	Deportivo Táchira FC	Estadio Monumental David Arellano
April 13, 2011
Club Cerro Porteño	1: 2	FC Santos	Estadio General Pablo Rojas
April 20, 2011
FC Santos	3: 1	Deportivo Táchira FC	Estádio Urbano Caldeira
Colo-Colo Santiago	2: 3	Club Cerro Porteño	Estadio Monumental David Arellano

Group 6

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Brazil SC Internacional	6th	4th	1	1	014: 300	+11	13
2.	Mexico Chiapas FC	6th	3	0	3	006: 800	−2	09
3.	Ecuador CS Emelec	6th	2	2	2	004: 500	−1	08th
4th	Bolivia Club Jorge Wilstermann	6th	1	1	4th	003:110	−8	04th


February 16, 2011
CS Emelec	1: 1	SC Internacional	Estadio George Capwell
Chiapas FC	2-0	Club Jorge Wilstermann	Estadio Víctor Manuel Reyna
February 22, 2011
CS Emelec	1-0	Club Jorge Wilstermann	Estadio George Capwell
February 23, 2011
SC Internacional	4-0	Chiapas FC	Estádio Beira-Rio
March 8, 2011
Chiapas FC	2: 1	CS Emelec	Estadio Víctor Manuel Reyna
March 16, 2011
Club Jorge Wilstermann	1: 4	SC Internacional	Estadio Félix Capriles
CS Emelec	1-0	Chiapas FC	Estadio George Capwell
March 30, 2011
SC Internacional	3-0	Club Jorge Wilstermann	Estádio Beira-Rio
April 6, 2011
Chiapas FC	1-0	SC Internacional	Estadio Víctor Manuel Reyna
April 7, 2011
Club Jorge Wilstermann	0-0	CS Emelec	Estadio Félix Capriles
April 19, 2011
Club Jorge Wilstermann	2: 1	Chiapas FC	Estadio Félix Capriles
SC Internacional	2-0	CS Emelec	Estádio Beira-Rio

Group 7

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Brazil Cruzeiro Belo Horizonte	6th	5	1	0	020: 100	+19	16
2.	Argentina Estudiantes de La Plata	6th	3	1	2	009:110	−2	10
3.	Colombia Deportes Tolima	6th	2	2	2	005: 800	−3	08th
4th	Paraguay 1990 Club Guaraní	6th	0	0	6th	002:160	−14	00


February 15, 2011
Deportes Tolima	1-0	Club Guaraní	Estadio Manuel Murillo Toro
February 16, 2011
Cruzeiro Belo Horizonte	5-0	Estudiantes de La Plata	Arena do Jacaré
February 22, 2011
Cruzeiro Belo Horizonte	4-0	Club Guaraní	Arena do Jacaré
February 23, 2011
Estudiantes de La Plata	1-0	Deportes Tolima	Estadio Ciudad de La Plata
March 2, 2011
Deportes Tolima	0-0	Cruzeiro Belo Horizonte	Estadio Manuel Murillo Toro
March 9, 2011
Club Guaraní	1: 2	Estudiantes de La Plata	Estadio Rogelio Livieres
March 16, 2011
Cruzeiro Belo Horizonte	6: 1	Deportes Tolima	Arena do Jacaré
March 17, 2011
Estudiantes de La Plata	5: 1	Club Guaraní	Estadio Ciudad de La Plata
March 30, 2011
Deportes Tolima	1: 1	Estudiantes de La Plata	Estadio Manuel Murillo Toro
March 31, 2011
Club Guaraní	0: 2	Cruzeiro Belo Horizonte	Estadio Rogelio Livieres
April 13, 2011
Estudiantes de La Plata	0: 3	Cruzeiro Belo Horizonte	Estadio Ciudad de La Plata
Club Guaraní	0: 2	Deportes Tolima	Estadio Rogelio Livieres

Group 8

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Ecuador LDU Quito	6th	3	1	2	012: 400	+8	10
2.	Uruguay Club Atlético Peñarol	6th	3	0	3	006:110	−5	09
3.	Argentina CA Independiente	6th	2	2	2	007: 800	−1	08th
4th	Argentina CD Godoy Cruz	6th	2	1	3	008:100	−2	07th


February 17, 2011
CD Godoy Cruz	2: 1	LDU de Quito	Estadio Malvinas Argentinas
February 24, 2011
CA Independiente	3-0	Club Atlético Peñarol	Estadio Libertadores de América
March 1, 2011
CD Godoy Cruz	1: 3	Club Atlético Peñarol	Estadio Malvinas Argentinas
March 3, 2011
LDU de Quito	3-0	CA Independiente	Estadio La Casa Blanca
March 9, 2011
Club Atlético Peñarol	1-0	LDU de Quito	Estadio Centenario
March 10, 2011
CA Independiente	1: 3	CD Godoy Cruz	Estadio Libertadores de América
March 17, 2011
LDU de Quito	5-0	Club Atlético Peñarol	Estadio La Casa Blanca
March 23, 2011
CD Godoy Cruz	1: 1	CA Independiente	Estadio Malvinas Argentinas
March 31, 2011
Club Atlético Peñarol	2: 1	CD Godoy Cruz	Estadio Centenario
April 5, 2011
CA Independiente	1: 1	LDU de Quito	Estadio Libertadores de América
April 12, 2011
Club Atlético Peñarol	0: 1	CA Independiente	Estadio Centenario
LDU de Quito	2-0	CD Godoy Cruz	Estadio La Casa Blanca

Round of 16

The first legs took place on 26. – 28. April, the second legs on 3-5. May 2011.

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	Brazil Cruzeiro Belo Horizonte	16	+19
2	Paraguay 1990 Club Libertad	14th	+ 08
3	Brazil SC Internacional	13	+11
4th	Colombia Atlético Junior	13	+ 02
5	Paraguay 1990 Club Cerro Porteño	11	+ 05
6th	Chile CD Universidad Católica	11	+ 02
7th	Ecuador LDU Quito	10	+ 08
8th	Mexico Club America	10	+ 01
9	Brazil FC Santos	11	+ 03
10	Argentina CA Vélez Sarsfield	10	+ 05
11	Brazil Gremio Porto Alegre	10	+ 03
12	Argentina Estudiantes de La Plata	10	- 02nd
13	Mexico Chiapas FC	09	- 02nd
14th	Uruguay Club Atlético Peñarol	09	- 05th
15th	Brazil Fluminense Rio de Janeiro	08th	± 00
16	Colombia Once Caldas	07th	- 01
Color legend: group winners group runner-up

	total		First leg	Return leg
Once Caldas Colombia	3: 2	Brazil Cruzeiro Belo Horizonte	1: 2	2-0
Fluminense Rio de Janeiro Brazil	3: 4	Paraguay 1990 Club Libertad	3: 1	0: 3
Club Atlético Peñarol Uruguay	3: 2	Brazil SC Internacional	1: 1	2: 1
Chiapas FC Mexico	( a ) 4: 4(a)	Colombia Atlético Junior	1: 1	3: 3
Estudiantes de La Plata Argentina	0: 0 (3: 5 on behalf)	Paraguay 1990 Club Cerro Porteño	0-0	0-0
Gremio Porto Alegre Brazil	1: 3	Chile CD Universidad Católica	1: 2	0: 1
CA Vélez Sarsfield Argentina	5-0	Ecuador LDU Quito	3-0	2-0
FC Santos Brazil	1-0	Mexico Club America	1-0	0-0

Quarter finals

The first legs take place on 11/12, the second legs on 18/19. May 2011.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Once Caldas Colombia	1: 2	Brazil FC Santos	0: 1	1: 1
CA Vélez Sarsfield Argentina	7: 2	Paraguay 1990 Club Libertad	3-0	4: 2
Club Atlético Peñarol Uruguay	3: 2	Chile CD Universidad Católica	2-0	1: 2
Chiapas FC Mexico	1: 2	Paraguay 1990 Club Cerro Porteño	1: 1	0: 1

Semifinals

The first legs will take place on 26./27. May, the second legs on 2/3 June 2011.

	total		First leg	Return leg
FC Santos Brazil	4: 3	Paraguay 1990 Club Cerro Porteño	1-0	3: 3
Club Atlético Peñarol Uruguay	( a ) 2: 2(a)	Argentina CA Vélez Sarsfield	1-0	1: 2

final

First leg

Club Atlético Peñarol

FC Santos

Lineup

June 15, 2011 in Montevideo , Uruguay ( Estadio Centenario )

Result : 0-0

Spectators: 60,000

Referee: Carlos Amarilla ( Paraguay )

Sebastián Sosa - Darío Rodríguez , Guillermo Rodríguez , Carlos Valdez , Alejandro González - Luis Aguiar , Nicolás Freitas , Matías Mier (56th Fabián Estoyanoff ), Mathías Corujo (67th Antonio Pacheco ) - Juan Manuel Olivera (82nd Diego Alonso ), Alejandro Martinuccio Coach: Diego Aguirre

Rafael Cabral - Pará , Bruno Rodrigo , Durval , Alex Sandro - Arouca , Danilo , Adriano , Elano , (79th Alan Patrick ) - Neymar , Zé Eduardo (89th Bruno Aguiar ) Trainer: Muricy Ramalho

Alejandro Martinuccio (30th), Matias Corujo (66th), Alejandro González (76th)

Neymar (19th), Arouca (60th)

Return leg

FC Santos

Club Atlético Peñarol

Lineup

June 22, 2011 in São Paulo , Brazil ( Estádio do Pacaembu )

Result: 2: 1 (0: 0)

Spectators: 38,000

Referee: Sergio Pezzotta ( Argentina )

Rafael Cabral - Edu Dracena , Durval , Léo (68th Alex Sandro ), Danilo - Elano , Arouca , Adriano - Neymar , Ganso (86th Pará ), Zé Eduardo Trainer: Muricy Ramalho

Sebastián Sosa - Darío Rodríguez , Carlos Valdez , Guillermo Rodríguez , Alejandro González (38th Emiliano Albín , 79th Fabián Estoyanoff ) - Mathías Corujo , Luis Aguiar , Nicolás Freitas , Matías Mier (63rd Jonathan Urretaviscaya ) - Juan Manuel Olivera , Alejandro Martinoffio Coach: Diego Aguirre

1-0 Neymar (47th)

2-0 Danilo (69th)

2: 1 Durval (80th, own goal)

Neymar (35th), Zé Eduardo (58th)

Alejandro González (31st), Matías Corujo (52nd), Nicolás Freitas (74th)

Best goal scorers

rank	player	club	Gates
1	Argentinians Roberto Nanni	Club Cerro Porteño	7th
	Brazilian Wallyson	Cruzeiro Belo Horizonte	7th
3	Argentinians Lucas Pratto	CD Universidad Católica	6th
	Brazilian Neymar	FC Santos	6th
5	Argentinians Maximiliano Morales	CA Vélez Sarsfield	5
	Uruguayan Juan Manuel Olivera	Club Atlético Peñarol	5
	Colombians Wason Rentería	Once Caldas	5

Web links

Competition 2011 on rsssf.com (English)

[MEX-1] The top 3 teams were qualified for the CONCACAF Champions League 2010/11 and therefore not eligible to play for the Copa Libertadores.