Copa Libertadores 2013

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The Copa Libertadores 2013 , also Copa Bridgestone Libertadores due to the sponsorship , was the 54th playout of the most important South American soccer competition for club teams. A total of 38 teams took part this season, 35 from the ten member associations of CONMEBOL , including defending champion Corinthians São Paulo from Brazil and the winner of the Copa Sudamericana 2012 São Paulo FC from Brazil, and three from Mexico. The tournament began on January 23 with the qualifying round and ended on July 24, 2013 with the final second leg.

Participating teams

The following teams took part in the 2013 Copa Libertadores. Since the Corinthians were automatically qualified as defending champions, 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 had to qualify for the main round are marked with a (Q) in the table.

country	society	Qualification reason
Argentina 5 starting places	Arsenal de Sarandí	Master of the Clausura 2012
	CA Vélez Sarsfield	Torneo Inicial Winner 2012
	Newell's Old Boys	First in the combined table of the last two seasons (without champions)
	Boca Juniors	Second in the combined table (without champions)
	CA Tigre (Q)	Best participation in the Copa Sudamericana 2012
Bolivia 3 starting places	Club The Strongest	Master Clausura and Master Apertura and Master of the Adecuación 2012
	Club San José	Second in the 2012 championships
	Club Bolívar (Q)	Third 2012
Brazil 5 + 1 starting places	Corinthians São Paulo	Defending champion
	Palmeiras São Paulo	Cup winner 2012
	Fluminense Rio de Janeiro	Master 2012
	Atlético Mineiro	Second 2012
	Gremio Porto Alegre (Q)	Third 2012
	Sao Paulo FC (Q)	Fourth in 2012 and winner of the Copa Sudamericana 2012
Chile 3 starting places	CF Universidad de Chile	Master of the Apertura 2012
	CD Huachipato	Master of the Clausura 2012
	Deportes Iquique (Q)	First in round 1 of the Primera División (without champions)
Ecuador 3 starting places	Barcelona Sporting Club	Master 2012
	CS Emelec	Second 2012
	LDU Quito (Q)	Third 2012
Colombia 3 starting places	Independiente Santa Fe	Master of the Apertura 2012
	Millonarios FC	Master of the Finalización 2012
	Deportes Tolima (Q)	First in the overall table 2012 (without champions)
Mexico ( CONCACAF ) 3 starting places	Deportivo Toluca	Top team at Apertura 2012
	Club Tijuana	Runner-up at Apertura 2012
	Club León (Q)	Third place at Apertura 2012
Paraguay 3 starting places	Club Libertad	Master of the Clausura 2012
	Club Cerro Porteño	Second at Apertura 2012
	Club Olimpia (Q)	First in the overall table (without master)
Peru 3 starting places	Sporting Cristal	Master 2012
	Real Garcilaso	Second 2012
	Universidad César Vallejo (Q)	Third 2012
Uruguay 3 starting places	Nacional Montevideo	Master 2012
	Club Atlético Peñarol	Second 2012
	Defensor Sporting Club (Q)	Best placed non-finalist
Venezuela 3 starting places	Deportivo Lara	Master Apertura 2012
	Caracas FC	Master Clausura 2012
	Deportivo Anzoátegui (Q)	Third in the overall table 2012 (without champions)

1. ↑ The top 3 teams are qualified for the CONCACAF Champions League 2012/13 and are therefore not eligible to play for the 2013 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 are 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 is the same, a penalty shoot-out immediately followed 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 leg took place on January 23, the second leg on January 30, 2013. The first team had home rights in the first leg, the second in the second leg.

	total		First leg	Return leg
CA Tigre	5: 1	Deportivo Anzoátegui	2: 1	3-0
Club León	2: 2 (2: 4 on behalf)	Deportes Iquique	1: 1	1: 1
LDU Quito	1: 1 (4: 5 i. E.)	Gremio Porto Alegre	1-0	0: 1
Sao Paulo FC	8: 4	Club Bolívar	5-0	3: 4
Defensor Sporting Club	0: 2	Club Olimpia	0-0	0: 2
Deportes Tolima	2: 1	Universidad César Vallejo	1-0	1: 1

Group stage

Group 1

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Nacional Montevideo	6th	3	1	2	010: 600	+4	10
2.	Boca Juniors	6th	3	0	3	007: 700	± 0	09
3.	Deportivo Toluca	6th	2	2	2	008:110	−3	08th
4th	Barcelona Sporting Club	6th	1	3	2	005: 600	−1	06th

February 12, 2013
Nacional Montevideo	2: 2	Barcelona Sporting Club	Estadio Gran Parque Central
February 13, 2013
Boca Juniors	1: 2	Deportivo Toluca	La Bombonera
19th February 2013
Deportivo Toluca	2: 3	Nacional Montevideo	Estadio Nemesio Díez
February 27, 2013
Barcelona Sporting Club	1: 2	Boca Juniors	Estadio Monumental Banco Pichincha
March 6, 2013
Deportivo Toluca	1: 1	Barcelona Sporting Club	Estadio Nemesio Díez
March 7, 2013
Boca Juniors	0: 1	Nacional Montevideo	La Bombonera
13th March 2013
Barcelona Sporting Club	0-0	Deportivo Toluca	Estadio Monumental Banco Pichincha
March 14, 2013
Nacional Montevideo	0: 1	Boca Juniors	Estadio Gran Parque Central
April 3, 2013
Boca Juniors	1-0	Barcelona Sporting Club	La Bombonera
April 4, 2013
Nacional Montevideo	4-0	Deportivo Toluca	Estadio Gran Parque Central
17th April 2013
Barcelona Sporting Club	1-0	Nacional Montevideo	Estadio Monumental Banco Pichincha
Deportivo Toluca	3: 2	Boca Juniors	Estadio Nemesio Díez

Group 2

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Palmeiras São Paulo	6th	3	0	3	005: 500	± 0	09
2.	CA Tigre	6th	3	0	3	009:100	−1	09
3.	Club Libertad	6th	2	2	2	010: 900	+1	08th
4th	Sporting Cristal	6th	2	2	2	008: 800	± 0	08th

February 14, 2013
Palmeiras São Paulo	2: 1	Sporting Cristal	Estádio do Pacaembu
February 21, 2013
CA Tigre	0: 2	Club Libertad	Estadio José Dellagiovanna
February 28, 2013
Sporting Cristal	2-0	CA Tigre	Estadio San Martín de Porres
Club Libertad	2-0	Palmeiras São Paulo	Estadio Dr. Nicolás Leoz
March 6, 2013
Club Libertad	2: 2	Sporting Cristal	Estadio Dr. Nicolás Leoz
CA Tigre	1-0	Palmeiras São Paulo	Estadio José Dellagiovanna
12th March 2013
Sporting Cristal	1: 1	Club Libertad	Estadio San Martín de Porres
2nd April 2013
Palmeiras São Paulo	2-0	CA Tigre	Estádio do Pacaembu
April 9, 2013
CA Tigre	3: 1	Sporting Cristal	Estadio José Dellagiovanna
April 11, 2013
Palmeiras São Paulo	1-0	Club Libertad	Estádio do Pacaembu
April 18, 2013
Club Libertad	3: 5	CA Tigre	Estadio Dr. Nicolás Leoz
Sporting Cristal	1-0	Palmeiras São Paulo	Estadio San Martín de Porres

Group 3

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Atlético Mineiro	6th	5	0	1	016: 900	+7	15th
2.	Sao Paulo FC	6th	2	1	3	008: 800	± 0	07th
3.	Arsenal de Sarandí	6th	2	1	3	010:150	−5	07th
4th	Club The Strongest	6th	2	0	4th	008:100	−2	06th

February 13, 2013
Atlético Mineiro	2: 1	Sao Paulo FC	Estádio Independência
February 14, 2013
Club The Strongest	2: 1	Arsenal de Sarandí	Estadio Hernando Siles
February 26, 2013
Arsenal de Sarandí	2: 5	Atlético Mineiro	Estadio Julio H. Grondona
February 28, 2013
Sao Paulo FC	2: 1	Club TheStrongest	Estádio do Morumbi
March 7, 2013
Sao Paulo FC	1: 1	Arsenal de Sarandí	Estádio do Morumbi
Atlético Mineiro	2: 1	Club The Strongest	Estádio Independência
13th March 2013
Club The Strongest	1: 2	Atlético Mineiro	Estadio Hernando Siles
March 14, 2013
Arsenal de Sarandí	2: 1	Sao Paulo FC	Estadio Julio H. Grondona
April 3, 2013
Atlético Mineiro	5: 2	Arsenal de Sarandí	Estádio Independência
April 4, 2013
Club The Strongest	2: 1	Sao Paulo FC	Estadio Hernando Siles
17th April 2013
Arsenal de Sarandí	2: 1	Club The Strongest	Estadio Julio H. Grondona
Sao Paulo FC	2-0	Atlético Mineiro	Estádio do Morumbi

Group 4

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	CA Vélez Sarsfield	6th	4th	1	1	010: 300	+7	13
2.	CS Emelec	6th	3	1	2	005: 400	+1	10
3.	Club Atlético Peñarol	6th	3	0	3	007: 700	± 0	09
4th	Deportes Iquique	6th	1	0	5	005:130	−8	03

February 13, 2013
CS Emelec	1-0	CA Vélez Sarsfield	Estadio George Capwell
February 14, 2013
Deportes Iquique	1: 2	Club Atlético Peñarol	Estadio Tierra de Campeones
19th February 2013
Club Atlético Peñarol	1-0	CS Emelec	Estadio Centenario
20th February 2013
CA Vélez Sarsfield	3-0	Deportes Iquique	Estadio José Amalfitani
February 26, 2013
Club Atlético Peñarol	0: 1	CA Vélez Sarsfield	Estadio Centenario
February 27, 2013
Deportes Iquique	2-0	CS Emelec	Estadio Tierra de Campeones
March 5, 2013
CS Emelec	2: 1	Deportes Iquique	Estadio George Capwell
12th March 2013
CA Vélez Sarsfield	3: 1	Club Atlético Peñarol	Estadio José Amalfitani
2nd April 2013
Deportes Iquique	1: 3	CA Vélez Sarsfield	Estadio Tierra de Campeones
CS Emelec	2-0	Club Atlético Peñarol	Estadio George Capwell
April 9, 2013
Club Atlético Peñarol	3-0	Deportes Iquique	Estadio Centenario
CA Vélez Sarsfield	0-0	CS Emelec	Estadio José Amalfitani

Group 5

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Corinthians São Paulo	6th	4th	1	1	010: 200	+8	13
2.	Club Tijuana	6th	4th	1	1	008: 400	+4	13
3.	Club San José	6th	1	2	3	005:110	−6	05
4th	Millonarios FC	6th	1	0	5	002: 800	−6	03

19th February 2013
Millonarios FC	0: 1	Club Tijuana	Estadio Nemesio Camacho
20th February 2013
Club San José	1: 1	Corinthians São Paulo	Estadio Jesús Bermúdez
February 26, 2013
Club Tijuana	4-0	Club San José	Estadio Caliente
February 27, 2013
Corinthians São Paulo	2-0	Millonarios FC	Estádio do Pacaembu
March 5, 2013
Millonarios FC	2: 1	Club San José	Estadio Nemesio Camacho
March 6, 2013
Club Tijuana	1-0	Corinthians São Paulo	Estadio Caliente
13th March 2013
Corinthians São Paulo	3-0	Club Tijuana	Estádio do Pacaembu
March 14, 2013
Club San José	2-0	Millonarios FC	Estadio Jesús Bermúdez
April 3, 2013
Club San José	1: 1	Club Tijuana	Estadio Jesús Bermúdez
Millonarios FC	0: 1	Corinthians São Paulo	Estadio Nemesio Camacho
April 10, 2013
Corinthians São Paulo	3-0	Club San José	Estádio do Pacaembu
Club Tijuana	1-0	Millonarios FC	Estadio Caliente

Group 6

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Independiente Santa Fe	6th	4th	2	0	009: 400	+5	14th
2.	Real Garcilaso	6th	3	1	2	008: 700	+1	10
3.	Deportes Tolima	6th	2	2	2	007: 500	+2	08th
4th	Club Cerro Porteño	6th	0	1	5	003:110	−8	01

February 13, 2013
Real Garcilaso	1: 1	Independiente Santa Fe	Estadio Garcilaso de la Vega
February 14, 2013
Deportes Tolima	2: 1	Club Cerro Porteño	Estadio Manuel Murillo Toro
February 21, 2013
Club Cerro Porteño	0: 1	Real Garcilaso	Estadio General Pablo Rojas
Independiente Santa Fe	1: 1	Deportes Tolima	Estadio Nemesio Camacho
February 26, 2013
Deportes Tolima	0: 1	Real Garcilaso	Estadio Manuel Murillo Toro
March 7, 2013
Club Cerro Porteño	1: 2	Independiente Santa Fe	Estadio General Pablo Rojas
2nd April 2013
Real Garcilaso	0: 3	Deportes Tolima	Estadio Garcilaso de la Vega
Independiente Santa Fe	1-0	Club Cerro Porteño	Estadio Nemesio Camacho
April 9, 2013
Deportes Tolima	1: 2	Independiente Santa Fe	Estadio Manuel Murillo Toro
April 10, 2013
Real Garcilaso	5: 1	Club Cerro Porteño	Estadio Garcilaso de la Vega
April 16, 2013
Club Cerro Porteño	0-0	Deportes Tolima	Estadio General Pablo Rojas
Independiente Santa Fe	2-0	Real Garcilaso	Estadio Nemesio Camacho

Group 7

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Club Olimpia	6th	4th	1	1	016: 700	+9	13
2.	Newell's Old Boys	6th	3	0	3	011:100	+1	09
3.	CF Universidad de Chile	6th	3	0	3	007: 900	−2	09
4th	Deportivo Lara	6th	1	1	4th	008:160	−8	04th

February 12, 2013
CF Universidad de Chile	2-0	Deportivo Lara	Estadio Nacional de Chile
February 14, 2013
Newell's Old Boys	3: 1	Club Olimpia	Estadio Marcelo Bielsa
19th February 2013
Club Olimpia	3-0	CF Universidad de Chile	Estadio Defensores del Chaco
February 21, 2013
Deportivo Lara	2: 1	CA Newell's Old Boys	Estadio Metropolitano de Fútbol de Lara
March 5, 2013
Club Olimpia	2: 2	Deportivo Lara	Estadio Defensores del Chaco
Newell's Old Boys	1: 2	CF Universidad de Chile	Estadio Marcelo Bielsa
12th March 2013
CF Universidad de Chile	0: 2	Newell's Old Boys	Estadio Nacional de Chile
13th March 2013
Deportivo Lara	1: 5	Club Olimpia	Estadio Metropolitano de Fútbol de Lara
April 4, 2013
Newell's Old Boys	3: 1	Deportivo Lara	Estadio Marcelo Bielsa
CF Universidad de Chile	0: 1	Club Olimpia	Estadio Nacional de Chile
April 11, 2013
Deportivo Lara	2: 3	CF Universidad de Chile	Estadio Metropolitano de Fútbol de Lara
Club Olimpia	4: 1	Newell's Old Boys	Estadio Defensores del Chaco

Group 8

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Fluminense Rio de Janeiro	6th	3	2	1	005: 500	± 0	11
2.	Gremio Porto Alegre	6th	2	2	2	010: 600	+4	08th
3.	CD Huachipato	6th	2	2	2	010: 800	+2	08th
4th	Caracas FC	6th	2	0	4th	006:120	−6	06th

February 13, 2013
Caracas FC	0: 1	Fluminense Rio de Janeiro	Estadio Olímpico de la Universidad Central de Venezuela
February 14, 2013
Gremio Porto Alegre	1: 2	CD Huachipato	Arena do Gremio
20th February 2013
CD Huachipato	1: 3	Caracas FC	Estadio CAP
Fluminense Rio de Janeiro	0: 3	Gremio Porto Alegre	Estádio Olímpico João Havelange
February 27, 2013
CD Huachipato	1: 2	Fluminense Rio de Janeiro	Estadio CAP
March 5, 2013
Gremio Porto Alegre	4: 1	Caracas FC	Arena do Gremio
March 6, 2013
Fluminense Rio de Janeiro	1: 1	CD Huachipato	Estádio Olímpico João Havelange
12th March 2013
Caracas FC	2: 1	Gremio Porto Alegre	Estadio Olímpico de la Universidad Central de Venezuela
April 3, 2013
Caracas FC	0: 4	CD Huachipato	Estadio Olímpico de la Universidad Central de Venezuela
April 10, 2013
Gremio Porto Alegre	0-0	Fluminense Rio de Janeiro	Arena do Gremio
April 18, 2013
CD Huachipato	1: 1	Gremio Porto Alegre	Estadio CAP
Fluminense Rio de Janeiro	1-0	Caracas FC	Estádio Olímpico João Havelange

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	Atlético Mineiro	15th	+7
2	Independiente Santa Fe	14th	+5
3	Club Olimpia	13	+9
4th	Corinthians São Paulo	13	+8
5	CA Vélez Sarsfield	13	+7
6th	Fluminense Rio de Janeiro	11	± 0
7th	Nacional Montevideo	10	+4
8th	Palmeiras São Paulo	09	± 0
9	Club Tijuana	13	+4
10	Real Garcilaso	10	+1
11	CS Emelec	10	+1
12	Newell's Old Boys	09	+1
13	Boca Juniors	09	± 0
14th	CA Tigre	09	−2
15th	Gremio Porto Alegre	08th	+4
16	Sao Paulo FC	07th	± 0
Color legend: group winners group runner-up 

The first legs took place between April 24 and May 2, the second legs between May 8 and 16, 2013.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Sao Paulo FC	2: 6	Atlético Mineiro	1: 2	1: 4
Gremio Porto Alegre	(a)2: 2 ( a )	Independiente Santa Fe	2: 1	0: 1
CA Tigre	2: 3	Club Olimpia	2: 1	0: 2
Boca Juniors	2: 1	Corinthians São Paulo	1-0	1: 1
Newell's Old Boys	( a ) 2: 2(a)	CA Vélez Sarsfield	0: 1	2: 1
CS Emelec	2: 3	Fluminense Rio de Janeiro	2: 1	0: 2
Real Garcilaso	1: 1 (4: 1 i.E.)	Nacional Montevideo	1-0	0: 1 a.d.
Club Tijuana	2: 1	Palmeiras São Paulo	0-0	2: 1

Quarter finals

The first legs took place on 22, 23 and the second legs on 28, 29 and 30 May 2013.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Club Tijuana	(a)3: 3 ( a )	Atlético Mineiro	2: 2	1: 1
Real Garcilaso	1: 5	Independiente Santa Fe	1: 3	0: 2
Fluminense Rio de Janeiro	1: 2	Club Olimpia	0-0	1: 2
Boca Juniors	0: 0 (9:10 on account)	Newell's Old Boys	0-0	0-0

Semifinals

The first legs took place on July 3rd and 4th, the second legs on July 10th and 11th, 2013.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Newell's Old Boys	2: 2 (2: 3 i.E.)	Atlético Mineiro	2-0	0: 2
Club Olimpia	2: 1	Independiente Santa Fe	2-0	0: 1

final

First leg

Club Olimpia		Atlético Mineiro		Lineup
	July 18, 2013 in Asunción ( Estadio Defensores del Chaco ) Result: 2: 0 (1: 0) Referee: Néstor Pitana ( Argentina )
	Martín Silva - Salustiano Candia , Julio César Manzur , Herminio Miranda - Nelson Benítez , Wilson Pittoni , Alejandro Silva González , Eduardo Aranda , Matías Giménez (46th Juan Carlos Ferreyra ) - Freddy Bareiro (90th Enzo Prono ), Juan Manuel Salgueiro (89th place) . Carlos Humberto Paredes ) coach: Ever Hugo Almeida	Victor - Marcos Rocha , Réver , Leonardo Silva , Richarlyson - Pierre , Josué , Ronaldinho (65th Guilherme ) - Diego Tardelli , Luan (64th Rosinei ), Jô (80th Alecsandro ) Coach: Cuca
	1-0 Alejandro Silva González (23rd) 2-0 Wilson Pittoni (90th + 4 ')
	Gimenez (10th), Miranda (19th), Silva (24th), Pittoni (90th + 6 ')	Josue (43.), Richarlyson (45. + 1 '), Rocha (81.)
		Richarlyson (90.)

Return leg

Atlético Mineiro		Club Olimpia		Lineup
	July 25, 2013 in Belo Horizonte ( Estádio Governador Magalhães Pinto ) Result: 2-0 n.v. (2: 0, 0: 0), 4: 3 ok E. Referee: Wilmar Roldán ( Colombia )
	Victor - Michel (72nd Alecsandro ), Leonardo Silva , Réver , Júnior César - Josué , Pierre (46th Rosinei ), Ronaldinho - Bernard , Diego Tardelli (80th Guilherme ), Jô Trainer: Cuca	Martín Silva - Ricardo Mazacotte , Herminio Miranda , Julio César Manzur , Salustiano Candia , Nelson Benítez - Wilson Pittoni , Eduardo Aranda , Alejandro Silva González (71st Matías Giménez ) - Juan Manuel Salgueiro (83rd Jorge Báez ), Freddy Bareiro (46th ) Juan Carlos Ferreyra ) Coach: Ever Hugo Almeida
	1-0 Jô (43rd) 2-0 Leonardo Silva (87th)
	penalties shoot
	1: 0 Alecsandro 2: 1 Guilherme 3: 2 Jô 4: 3 Leonardo Silva	Herminio Miranda 1: 1 Juan Carlos Ferreyra 2: 2 Salustiano Candia 3: 3 Eduardo Aranda Matías Giménez
	Bernard (22nd), Luan (109th)	Benítez (22nd), Manzur (58th), Salgueiro (72nd), Silva (84th), Ferreyra (89th), Giménez (105th)
		Manzur (85.)

Best goal scorers

rank	player	club	Gates
1	Jô	Atlético Mineiro	7th
2	Ignacio Scocco	Newell's Old Boys	6th
	Diego Tardelli	Atlético Mineiro	6th
4th	Fredy Bareiro	Club Olimpia	5
	Luís Fabiano	Sao Paulo FC	5
	Braian Rodríguez	CD Huachipato	5
	Juan Manuel Salgueiro	Club Olimpia	5

→ Main article : List of Copa Libertadores top scorers

See also

• Copa Sudamericana 2013

Web links

• Competition 2013 on rsssf.com (English)