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1996 Copa Libertadores

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1996 Copa Libertadores de América
Libertadores 1996
Tournament details
DatesMarch 13 - June 26
Teams21 (from 10 associations)
Final positions
ChampionsArgentina River Plate (2nd title)
Runners-upColombia América de Cali
Tournament statistics
Matches played90
Goals scored252 (2.8 per match)
Top scorer(s)Colombia Anthony de Ávila (11 goals)
1995
1997

The 1996 edition of Copa Libertadores was the 37th in the tournament's history. Twenty-one teams participated in the competition. River Plate, of Argentina, won the tournament for their second time. The tournament began on March 13 and ended on June 26.

Group stage

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In the group stage, each group was played on a home-and-away round-robin basis. The teams were ranked according to the following criteria: 1. Points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, and 0 points for a loss); 2. Goal difference; 3. Goals scored; 4. Away goals scored; 5. Drawing of lots.

As of this edition, the extra game that was played to define the positions between teams from the same national association in case of a tie in points was no longer held. Therefore, the above criteria were applied to all teams regardless of the national association to which they belong.

The winners, runners-up and third placed teams of each group advanced to the round of 16 of the final stages.

Group 1

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification BAR CCP ESP OLI
1 Ecuador Barcelona 6 4 1 1 11 8 +3 13 Round of 16 3–2 3–2 2–1
2 Paraguay Cerro Porteño 6 3 1 2 8 7 +1 10 1–0 2–1 0–0
3 Ecuador ESPOLI 6 2 0 4 7 10 −3 6 1–2 2–1 1–0
4 Paraguay Olimpia 6 1 2 3 5 6 −1 5 1–1 1–2 2–0
Source: [citation needed]

Group 2

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification PEÑ DFS SCR UNI
1 Uruguay Peñarol 6 2 3 1 13 10 +3 9 Round of 16 1–1 1–1 1–2
2 Uruguay Defensor Sporting 6 1 4 1 6 6 0 7 2–4 0–0 2–0
3 Peru Sporting Cristal 6 1 4 1 6 7 −1 7 3–3 0–0 0–2
4 Peru Universitario 6 2 1 3 7 9 −2 7 1–3 1–1 1–2
Source: [citation needed]

Group 3

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification AME JUN SJO GUA
1 Colombia América de Cali 6 4 0 2 11 2 +9 12 Round of 16 2–0 2–0 5–0
2 Colombia Junior 6 3 1 2 8 6 +2 10 1–0 1–0 5–1
3 Bolivia San José 6 3 0 3 6 8 −2 9 1–0 2–0 2–1
4 Bolivia Guabirá 6 1 1 4 7 16 −9 4 0–2 1–1 4–1
Source: [citation needed]

Group 4

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification COR UCH BOT UCA
1 Brazil Corinthians 6 4 1 1 13 6 +7 13 Round of 16 3–1 3–0 3–1
2 Chile Universidad de Chile 6 3 1 2 7 7 0 10 1–0 2–1 2–0
3 Brazil Botafogo 6 2 1 3 10 10 0 7 1–1 3–1 4–1
4 Chile Universidad Católica 6 1 1 4 6 13 −7 4 2–3 0–0 2–1
Source: [citation needed]

Group 5

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification RIV SLO MIN CAR
1 Argentina River Plate 6 4 2 0 14 3 +11 14 Round of 16 0–0 2–0 5–0
2 Argentina San Lorenzo 6 2 4 0 13 5 +8 10 1–1 5–1 4–0
3 Venezuela Minervén 6 1 2 3 8 16 −8 5 1–2 2–2 4–2
4 Venezuela Caracas 6 0 2 4 6 17 −11 2 1–4 1–1 1–1
Source: [citation needed]

Final stages

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In the final stages, the 16 teams played a single-elimination tournament with the following rules:

  • In the round of 16, quarter-finals, semi-finals and finals, each tie was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If tied on points after the two legs the goal difference would be applied. if still tied, extra time was not played, and a penalty shoot-out was used to determine the winners.
  • In the event that the two Brazilian teams from the group stage qualify for the round of 16, the lower-seeded team between these two would face defending champion Grêmio in order to prevent three Brazilian teams from reaching the quarter-finals.
  • If two teams from the same national association reached the quarter-finals, they had to face each other, and those teams that had to face them formed another tie under the same conditions.
  • If one or more games are settled in the quarter-finals between clubs belonging to the same national association, the Match S1 would correspond to the pair including the lower-seeding team. The following matches would be determined according to the same criteria.
  • In all cases in which the order of legs could not be determined, the lower-seeding team had to host the first leg. Defending champions Vélez Sarsfield had to host the second leg in the round of 16.

The above criteria were established to ensure that the four semifinalists would be of different nationalities (Regulations Section III, Article 3).

Seeding

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In the final stages, the teams were seeded according to the pre-established numbering they received according to the final position they occupied in their respective group. Numbers 1, 5, 9, 13 and 17 correspond to each group winners; numbers 2, 6, 10, 14 and 18 to runners-up; and 3, 7, 11, 15 and 19 to third placed teams.

Seed Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 1 Ecuador Barcelona 6 4 1 1 11 8 +3 13
2 1 Paraguay Cerro Porteño 6 3 1 2 8 7 +1 10
3 1 Ecuador ESPOLI 6 2 0 4 7 10 −3 6
5 2 Uruguay Peñarol 6 2 3 1 13 10 +3 9
6 2 Uruguay Defensor Sporting 6 1 4 1 6 6 0 7
7 2 Peru Sporting Cristal 6 1 4 1 6 7 −1 7
9 3 Colombia América de Cali 6 4 0 2 11 2 +9 12
10 3 Colombia Junior 6 3 1 2 8 6 +2 10
11 3 Bolivia San José 6 3 0 3 6 6 0 9
13 4 Brazil Corinthians 6 4 1 1 13 6 +7 13
14 4 Chile Universidad de Chile 6 3 1 2 7 7 0 10
15 4 Brazil Botafogo 6 2 1 3 10 10 0 7
17 5 Argentina River Plate 6 4 2 0 14 3 +11 14
18 5 Argentina San Lorenzo 6 2 4 0 13 5 +8 10
19 5 Venezuela Minervén 6 1 2 3 8 16 −8 5
Source: [citation needed]

Bracket

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Per regulations, the original bracket had the following modifications:

  • In the round of 16, Botafogo and San Lorenzo swapped positions. Botafogo had to faced Grêmio in order to avoid three possible Brazilians teams in the quarter-finals.
  • In quarter-finals, the two Colombian teams, the two Brazilians teams and the two Argentine teams had to face each other, and the order of the ties was rearranged according to the regulations.
Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Finals
                    
3 Ecuador ESPOLI 1 0 1
13 Brazil Corinthians 3 2 5
Brazil Corinthians 0 1 1
Brazil Grêmio 3 0 3
15 Brazil Botafogo 1 0 1
Brazil Grêmio 1 2 3
Brazil Grêmio 1 1 2
Colombia América de Cali 0 3 3
2 Paraguay Cerro Porteño 0 0 0
10 Colombia Junior 0 1 1
Colombia Junior 1 0 1
Colombia América de Cali 1 1 2
19 Venezuela Minervén 1 1 2
9 Colombia América de Cali 1 4 5
Colombia América de Cali 1 0 1
Argentina River Plate 0 2 2
14 Chile Universidad de Chile (p) 3 1 4 (7)
6 Uruguay Defensor Sporting 2 2 4 (6)
Chile Universidad de Chile 2 1 3
Ecuador Barcelona 0 1 1
11 Bolivia San José 1 1 2 (2)
1 Ecuador Barcelona (p) 0 2 2 (4)
Chile Universidad de Chile 2 0 2
Argentina River Plate 2 1 3
18 Argentina San Lorenzo 3 5 8
5 Uruguay Peñarol 2 1 3
Argentina San Lorenzo 1 1 2
Argentina River Plate 2 1 3
7 Peru Sporting Cristal 2 2 4
17 Argentina River Plate 1 5 6

Round of 16

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
San José Bolivia 2–2 (2–4 p) Ecuador Barcelona 1–0 1–2
San Lorenzo Argentina 8–3 Uruguay Peñarol 3–2 5–1
Minervén Venezuela 2–5 Colombia América de Cali 1–1 1–4
ESPOLI Ecuador 1–5 Brazil Corinthians 1–3 0–2
Sporting Cristal Peru 4–6 Argentina River Plate 2–1 2–5
Cerro Porteño Paraguay 0–1 Colombia Junior 0–0 0–1
Universidad de Chile Chile 4–4 (7–6 p) Uruguay Defensor Sporting 3–2 1–2
Botafogo Brazil 1–3 Brazil Grêmio 1–1 0–2

Quarter-finals

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Junior Colombia 1–2 Colombia América de Cali 1–1 0–1
Corinthians Brazil 1–3 Brazil Grêmio 0–3 1–0
San Lorenzo Argentina 2–3 Argentina River Plate 1–2 1–1
Universidad de Chile Chile 3–1 Ecuador Barcelona 2–0 1–1

Semi-finals

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Grêmio Brazil 2–3 Colombia América de Cali 1–0 1–3
Universidad de Chile Chile 2–3 Argentina River Plate 2–2 0–1

Finals

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First leg
América de Cali Colombia1–0Argentina River Plate
de Ávila 26' Report
Attendance: 55,000
Referee: Oscar Velásquez (Paraguay)

Second leg
River Plate Argentina2–0Colombia América de Cali
Crespo 6', 59' Report
Referee: Júlio Matto (Uruguay)

River Plate won 2–1 on aggregate.

Champion

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 Copa Libertadores 1996 
Argentina
River Plate
Second title

Top scorers

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Rank Player Team GS1 GS2 GS3 GS4 GS5 GS6 ⅛F1 ⅛F2 QF1 QF2 SF1 SF2 F1 F2 Total
1 Colombia Antony de Ávila Colombia América de Cali 1 2 2 1 3 1 1 11
2 Argentina Hernán Crespo Argentina River Plate 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 10
3 Argentina Claudio Biaggio Argentina San Lorenzo 1 2 1 1 2 7
4 Uruguay Sebastián Abreu Uruguay Defensor Sporting 2 2 2 6
Uruguay Enzo Francescoli Argentina River Plate 1 1 2 1 1
6 Brazil Leonardo Brazil Corinthians 1 1 1 2 5
Argentina Roberto Monserrat Argentina San Lorenzo 1 2 2
Chile Marcelo Salas Chile Universidad de Chile 1 1 1 1 1
Colombia Iván Valenciano Colombia Junior 2 1 1 1
10 Brazil Edmundo Brazil Corinthians 1 1 1 1 4
Brazil Jardel Brazil Grêmio 1 2 1
Brazil Marcelinho Carioca Brazil Corinthians 1 1 1 1
Uruguay Luis Romero Uruguay Peñarol 2 1 1

Source: CONMEBOL[1]

References

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  1. ^ "Revista CONMEBOL N° 45" (PDF) (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. Retrieved 29 March 2023.
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