Copa Libertadores Sub-20 2016

Copa Libertadores Sub-20 2016
Cup winners	São Paulo FC (1st title)
venue	Asunción
Beginning	January 30, 2016
The End	February 14, 2016
Final stadium	Estadio Dr. Nicolás Leoz
Teams	12
Games	22  (of which 22 played)
Gates	76  (ø 3.45 per game)
Top scorer	Luiz Araújo (5 goals)
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The Copa Libertadores Sub-20 2016 was the third edition of the international soccer competition for U20 teams of South American clubs. The competition was organized by the South American football association CONMEBOL and was held again after a four-year break.

Participating teams

The following teams took part in the Copa Libertadores Sub-20 2016:

country	society	Qualification reason
Argentina	River Plate	Defending champion
	CA Lanus	Torneio National da Cuarta Divisão 2015 winner
Bolivia	Club Bolívar	Torneio Nacional Sub-20 2015 winner
Brazil	Sao Paulo FC	Copa do Brasil Sub-20 2015 winner
Chile	CD Huachipato	Nacional Sub-18 2015 winner
Colombia	Cortuluá	Torneio Sub-20 2015 winner
Ecuador	Independiente del Valle	Torneio Sub-18 "A" 2015 winner
Paraguay	Club Cerro Porteño	Apertura do Nacional Absoluto Sub-20 2015 winner
	Club Libertad	Clausura do Nacional Absoluto Sub-20 2015 winner
Peru	FBC Melgar	Torneio de Promoção e Reservas 2015 winner
Uruguay	Liverpool Montevideo	Anual Sub-19 2015 winner
Venezuela	Deportivo La Guaira	Torneio Venezuelano Sub-20 2015 winner

Group stage

The group stage started on January 30th and ended on February 7th, 2016.

Group A

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Liverpool Montevideo	3	2	0	1	014: 400	+10	06th
2.	CA Lanus	3	2	0	1	006: 300	+3	06th
3.	Club Cerro Porteño	3	2	0	1	007: 500	+2	06th
4th	Club Bolívar	3	0	0	3	002:170	−15	00

game	date	Stadion	Team 1	Result	Team 2
1st matchday	January 30th	Estadio Feliciano Cáceres	Club Bolívar	0: 2 (0: 0)	CA Lanus
1st matchday	January 30th	Estadio Feliciano Cáceres	Club Cerro Porteño	1: 2 (1: 1)	Liverpool Montevideo
2nd matchday	February 2nd	Estadio Defensores del Chaco	Liverpool Montevideo	0: 3 (0: 1)	CA Lanus
2nd matchday	February 2nd	Estadio Defensores del Chaco	Club Cerro Porteño	3: 2 (1: 2)	Club Bolívar
3rd matchday	February 5th	Estadio Defensores del Chaco	Club Bolívar	0:12 (0: 5)	Liverpool Montevideo
3rd matchday	February 5th	Estadio Defensores del Chaco	Club Cerro Porteño	3: 1 (0: 1)	CA Lanus

Group B

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Sao Paulo FC	3	2	1	0	012: 100	+11	07th
2.	Club Libertad	3	1	1	1	005: 400	+1	04th
3.	Independiente del Valle	3	1	1	1	003:100	−7	04th
4th	FBC Melgar	3	0	1	2	002: 700	−5	01

game	date	Stadion	Team 1	Result	Team 2
1st matchday	31 January	Estadio Dr. Nicolás Leoz	FBC Melgar	1: 1 (0: 0)	Independiente del Valle
1st matchday	31 January	Estadio Dr. Nicolás Leoz	Club Libertad	1: 1 (1: 1)	Sao Paulo FC
2nd matchday	3 February	Estadio Manuel Ferreira	Sao Paulo FC	8: 0 (3: 0)	Independiente del Valle
2nd matchday	3 February	Estadio Dr. Nicolás Leoz	Club Libertad	3: 1 (1: 0)	FBC Melgar
3rd matchday	February 6th	Estadio Dr. Nicolás Leoz	Club Bolívar	0: 3 (0: 3)	Sao Paulo FC
3rd matchday	February 6th	Estadio Dr. Nicolás Leoz	Club Libertad	1: 2 (0: 0)	Independiente del Valle

Group C

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Cortuluá	3	2	0	1	009: 500	+4	06th
2.	CD Huachipato	3	2	0	1	005: 400	+1	06th
3.	River Plate	3	2	0	1	004: 300	+1	06th
4th	Deportivo La Guaira	3	0	0	3	000: 600	−6	00

game	date	Stadion	Team 1	Result	Team 2
1st matchday	February 1st	Estadio Manuel Ferreira	Deportivo La Guaira	0: 2 (0: 1)	CD Huachipato
1st matchday	February 1st	Estadio Manuel Ferreira	River Plate	3: 2 (2: 1)	Cortuluá
2nd matchday	February 4th	Estadio Manuel Ferreira	Cortuluá	4: 2 (2: 0)	CD Huachipato
2nd matchday	February 4th	Estadio Manuel Ferreira	River Plate	1: 0 (0: 0)	Deportivo La Guaira
3rd matchday	February 7th	Estadio Manuel Ferreira	Deportivo La Guaira	0: 3 (0: 0)	Cortuluá
3rd matchday	February 7th	Estadio Manuel Ferreira	River Plate	0: 1 (0: 0)	CD Huachipato

Final round

	Semifinals				final
	February 11 - Asunción
	Liverpool Montevideo	0 (7)
	Cortuluá	0 (6)
					February 14th - Asunción
					Liverpool Montevideo	0
					Sao Paulo FC	1
					3rd place
	February 11 - Asunción				February 14th - Asunción
	Sao Paulo FC	3			Cortuluá	1
	CA Lanus	2			CA Lanus	0

Semifinals

date	Stadion	Team 1	Result	Team 2
February 11th	Estadio Manuel Ferreira	Liverpool Montevideo	0: 0 (0: 0) (7: 6 on behalf)	Cortuluá
February 11th	Estadio Manuel Ferreira	Sao Paulo FC	3: 2 (2: 2)	CA Lanus

3rd place

date	Stadion	Team 1	Result	Team 2
14th of February	Estadio Dr. Nicolás Leoz	Cortuluá	1: 0 (1: 0)	CA Lanus

final

Liverpool Montevideo		Sao Paulo FC
	February 14, 2016 at 8:15 p.m. ( UTC − 3 ) in Estadio Dr. Nicolás Leoz , Asunción Result: 0: 1 Referee: Jesús Valenzuela ( Venezuela )   [Match report]
	Rodríguez - Mallo , González 74. , De Amores , Machado - Peluffo , Sención , De La Cruz , Laport 90. - J. Pintos 82. , Ramírez Reserve Lentinelly , I. Pintos 82. , Cáceres , Torres , Pereyra , Cao , Silveira 90. , González , Romero 74. Trainer: Alejandro Bertoldi	Lucas Perri - Foguete , Lucas Kal , Iago Maidana , Inácio - Banguelê , Artur 94. , Lucas Fernandes - Luiz Araújo 90. , David Neres , Pedro Bortoluzo 90. Reserve Lucas Paes , Felipe Araruna , Queiroz 94th , Jeferson , Murilo , Shaylon 90th , Paulo Henrique , Gabriel Moreira 90th Trainer: André Jardine
		85 ′ 0: 1 Lucas Fernandes
	Sención (31st), De Amores (56th), Laport (65th), Machado (76th)	Iago Maidana (18th), Inácio (79th), Queiroz (95th)
	De Amores (88th), De La Cruz (96th)	David Neres (88.)

Best goal scorers

rank	player	club	Gates
1	Luiz Araújo	Sao Paulo FC	5
2	Nicolás De La Cruz	Liverpool Montevideo	4th
	David Neres	Sao Paulo FC	4th
4th	Richard Martínez	Club Cerro Porteño	3
	Heisen Izquierdo	Cortuluá	3
	Oscar Camilo	Cortuluá	3
	Martin Molini	CD Huachipato	3
	Ignacio Ramirez	Liverpool Montevideo	3
	Cristián Ramírez	CA Lanus	3

Web links

• Official website of CONMEBOL for the Copa Libertadores Sub-20 2016 (span.)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ LSe viene la Libertadores Sub-20 . CONMEBOL . Archived from the original on October 1, 2012. Retrieved January 8, 2018.
2. ↑ ^{a b} Copa Libertadores Sub 20: soñando con la Libertadores “grande” doce clubes van en busca de la gloria . CONMEBOL . Archived from the original on February 15, 2016. Retrieved January 8, 2018.
3. ↑ ^{a b} Lanús y Liverpool debutan con victorias en la Copa Libertadores Sub-20 ( Spanish ) CONMEBOL . Archived from the original on February 7, 2016. Retrieved on February 7, 2016.
4. ↑ ^{a b} Libertadores Sub-20: Lanús fue contundente; Cerro Porteño sufre y gana ( Spanish ) CONMEBOL . Archived from the original on February 7, 2016. Retrieved on February 7, 2016.
5. ↑ ^{a b} Liverpool primer clasificado a las Seminales de la Libertadores Sub-20 ( Spanish ) CONMEBOL . Archived from the original on February 7, 2016. Retrieved on February 7, 2016.
6. ↑ FBC Melgar igualó 1-1 en su debut en la Copa Libertadores Sub-20 ( Spanish ) Latina.pe. Archived from the original on February 7, 2016. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved February 7, 2016. 
7. ↑ SÃO PAULO MOSTRA GARRA EM EMPATE NA LIBERTADORES SUB-20 ( Portuguese ) categoriadebase.com. Archived from the original on February 7, 2016. Retrieved on February 7, 2016.
8. ↑ ^{a b} Libertadores Sub-20: São Paulo derrota com autoridade; Libertad se faz valer como local ( Spanish ) Conmebol . Archived from the original on February 8, 2016. Retrieved February 7, 2016.
9. ↑ São Paulo vence Melgar e está na semifinal da Libertadores sub-20 ( Portuguese ) espn.uol.com.br. Archived from the original on February 7, 2016. Retrieved on February 7, 2016.
10. ↑ Sao Paulo se inscribe en las Semifinales de la Libertadores Sub-20 ( Spanish ) Conmebol . Archived from the original on February 7, 2016. Retrieved on February 7, 2016.
11. ↑ ^{a b} Libertadores Sub-20: Huachipato começa com pé direito; River vence ( Spanish ) Conmebol . Archived from the original on February 7, 2016. Retrieved on February 7, 2016.
12. ↑ ^{a b} Libertadores Sub-20: Cortuluá em seu primeiro triunfo; River defende o título ( Spanish ) Conmebol . Archived from the original on February 8, 2016. Retrieved February 7, 2016.
13. ↑ ^{a b} Libertadores Sub-20: Cortuluá con el pase a las Semifinales bajo el brazo ( Spanish ) Conmebol . Archived from the original on February 8, 2016. Retrieved February 7, 2016.
14. ↑ ^{a b} Liverpool y Sao Paulo los grandes finalistas de la Copa Libertadores Sub-20 ( Spanish ) Conmebol . Archived from the original on February 7, 2016. Retrieved on February 14, 2016.
15. ↑ ^{a b} ¡Sao Paulo campeón de la Copa Libertadores Sub-20! ( Spanish ) Conmebol . Archived from the original on February 18, 2016. Retrieved February 14, 2016.