2007 Copa Libertadores

2007 Copa Libertadores de América
2007 Copa Toyota Libertadores de América
2007 Copa Toyota Libertadores da América
Tournament details
DatesJanuary 24 - June 20
Teams38 (from 11 associations)
Final positions
ChampionsArgentina Boca Juniors (6th title)
Runners-upBrazil Grêmio
Tournament statistics
Matches played138
Goals scored364 (2.64 per match)
Top scorerParaguay Salvador Cabañas (10 goals)
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The 2007 Copa Libertadores de América (officially the 2007 Copa Toyota Libertadores de América for sponsorship reasons) was the 48th edition of the Copa Libertadores. It started on January 24, 2007, and finished on June 20, 2007. It was won by Boca Juniors, who earned their 6th Copa Libertadores title. They won the Libertadores with Miguel Angel Russo.

Qualified teams

Association Team (berth) Qualification method
Argentina Argentina
5 berths		 Boca Juniors 2005 Apertura and 2006 Clausura champion
Gimnasia y Esgrima 2005–06 best placed team on aggregate table
River Plate 2005–06 2nd best placed team on aggregate table
Banfield 2005–06 3rd best placed team on aggregate table
Vélez Sársfield 2005–06 4th best placed team on aggregate table
Bolivia Bolivia
3 berths		 Blooming 2005–06 Apertura champion
Bolívar 2005–06 Clausura champion
Real Potosí 2005–06 Clausura runner-up
Brazil Brazil
5 + 1 berths		 Internacional 2006 Copa Libertadores champion
Flamengo 2006 Copa do Brasil champion
São Paulo 2006 Série A champion
Grêmio 2006 Série A 3rd place
Santos 2006 Série A 4th place
Paraná 2006 Série A 5th place
Chile Chile
3 berths		 Colo-Colo 2006 Apertura and 2006 Clausura champion
Audax Italiano 2006 Clausura finalist
Cobreloa Best-placed team in the 2006 Clausura classification stage
Colombia Colombia
3 berths		 Deportivo Pasto 2006 Apertura champion
Cúcuta Deportivo 2006 Clausura champion
Deportes Tolima 2006 best placed team on aggregate table
Ecuador Ecuador
3 berths		 El Nacional 2006 Seria A champion
Emelec 2006 Seria A runner-up
LDU Quito 2006 Seria A 3rd place
Paraguay Paraguay
3 berths		 Libertad 2006 Primera División champion
Cerro Porteño 2006 Primera División runner-up
Tacuary 2006 best placed team on aggregate table
Peru Peru
3 berths		 Alianza Lima 2006 Apertura winner
Cienciano 2006 Clausura winner
Sporting Cristal 2006 best placed team on aggregate table
Uruguay Uruguay
3 berths		 Nacional 2005–06 Primera División champion
Defensor Sporting 2006 Liguilla Pre-Libertadores winner
Danubio 2006 Liguilla Pre-Libertadores runner-up
Venezuela Venezuela
3 berths		 Caracas 2005–06 Primera División champion
Unión Atlético Maracaibo 2005–06 Primera División runner-up
Deportivo Táchira 2005–06 best placed team on aggregate table
Mexico Mexico
(CONCACAF)
3 invitees		 Toluca 2005 Apertura champion
Necaxa 2007 InterLiga winner
América 2007 InterLiga runner-up

First stage

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Blooming Bolivia 0–6 Brazil Santos 0–1 0–5
Vélez Sársfield Argentina 5–1 Uruguay Danubio 3–0 2–1
Deportivo Táchira Venezuela 1–4 Colombia Deportes Tolima 1–2 0–2
Tacuary Paraguay 1–4 Ecuador LDU Quito 1–1 0–3
Cobreloa Chile 1–3 Brazil Paraná 0–2 1–1
América Mexico 6–2 Peru Sporting Cristal 5–0 1–2

Second stage

Group 1

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Paraguay Libertad (A) 6 4 1 1 9 4 +5 13
2 Mexico América (A) 6 4 0 2 12 10 +2 12
3 Argentina Banfield 6 3 0 3 8 8 0 9
4 Ecuador El Nacional 6 0 1 5 4 11 −7 1
Source: RSSSF
(A) Advanced to the round of 16

Group 2

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Mexico Necaxa (A) 6 4 0 2 9 7 +2 12
2 Brazil São Paulo (A) 6 3 2 1 11 4 +7 11
3 Chile Audax Italiano 6 3 2 1 8 6 +2 11
4 Peru Alianza Lima 6 0 0 6 2 13 −11 0
Source: RSSSF
(A) Advanced to the round of 16

Group 3

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Brazil Grêmio (A) 6 3 1 2 4 4 0 10
2 Colombia Cúcuta Deportivo (A) 6 2 3 1 9 7 +2 9
3 Colombia Deportes Tolima 6 2 1 3 5 6 −1 7
4 Paraguay Cerro Porteño 6 2 1 3 4 5 −1 7
Source: RSSSF
(A) Advanced to the round of 16

Group 4

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Argentina Vélez Sársfield (A) 6 3 2 1 6 3 +3 11
2 Uruguay Nacional (A) 6 3 1 2 9 5 +4 10
3 Brazil Internacional 6 3 1 2 7 7 0 10
4 Ecuador Emelec 6 1 0 5 3 10 −7 3
Source: RSSSF
(A) Advanced to the round of 16

Group 5

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Brazil Flamengo (A) 6 5 1 0 10 4 +6 16
2 Brazil Paraná (A) 6 3 0 3 9 8 +1 9
3 Bolivia Real Potosí 6 1 3 2 8 9 −1 6
4 Venezuela Unión Atlético Maracaibo 6 0 2 4 8 14 −6 2
Source: RSSSF
(A) Advanced to the round of 16

Group 6

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Chile Colo-Colo (A) 6 3 0 3 12 7 +5 9
2 Venezuela Caracas (A) 6 3 0 3 7 10 −3 9
3 Ecuador LDU Quito 6 2 2 2 7 8 −1 8
4 Argentina River Plate 6 2 2 2 5 6 −1 8
Source: RSSSF
(A) Advanced to the round of 16

Group 7

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Mexico Toluca (A) 6 4 0 2 10 6 +4 12
2 Argentina Boca Juniors (A) 6 3 1 2 11 5 +6 10
3 Peru Cienciano 6 3 0 3 12 9 +3 9
4 Bolivia Bolívar 6 1 1 4 5 18 −13 4
Source: RSSSF
(A) Advanced to the round of 16

Group 8

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Brazil Santos (A) 6 6 0 0 12 1 +11 18
2 Uruguay Defensor Sporting (A) 6 3 0 3 8 7 +1 9
3 Argentina Gimnasia y Esgrima 6 3 0 3 9 10 −1 9
4 Colombia Deportivo Pasto 6 0 0 6 3 14 −11 0
Source: RSSSF
(A) Advanced to the round of 16

Knockout stages

The teams were seeded 1 to 8 (first placed teams of each group) and 9 to 16 (second placed teams of each group); the best seeds played the worst seeds. To prevent a final with two teams from the same country, CONMEBOL paired Santos with Grêmio and Boca Juniors with Cúcuta Deportivo in the semifinals.

Seeding

Teams qualified as a group winner
Seed Team Pts GD GF AG
1Brazil Santos18+11125
2Brazil Flamengo16+6105
3Paraguay Libertad13+5126
4Mexico Toluca12+4104
5Mexico Necaxa12+293
6Argentina Vélez Sársfield11+361
7Brazil Grêmio10042
8Chile Colo-Colo9+5125
Teams qualified as a runner-up
Seed Team Pts GD GF AG
9Mexico América12+2125
10Brazil São Paulo11+7112
11Argentina Boca Juniors10+6110
12Uruguay Nacional10+491
13Colombia Cúcuta Deportivo9+295
14Brazil Paraná9+195
15Uruguay Defensor Sporting9+182
16Venezuela Caracas9−373

Bracket

Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
                
1 Brazil Santos 2 3
16 Venezuela Caracas 2 2
1 Brazil Santos 0 2
9 Mexico América 0 1
8 Chile Colo-Colo 0 2
9 Mexico América 3 1
1 Brazil Santos 0 3
7 Brazil Grêmio (a) 2 1
7 Brazil Grêmio 0 2
10 Brazil São Paulo 1 0
7 Brazil Grêmio 0 2 (4)
15 Uruguay Defensor Sporting 2 0 (2)
2 Brazil Flamengo 0 2
15 Uruguay Defensor Sporting 3 0
7 Brazil Grêmio 0 0
11 Argentina Boca Juniors 3 2
3 Paraguay Libertad 2 1
14 Brazil Paraná 1 1
3 Paraguay Libertad 1 0
11 Argentina Boca Juniors 1 2
6 Argentina Vélez Sarsfield 0 3
11 Argentina Boca Juniors 3 1
11 Argentina Boca Juniors 1 3
13 Colombia Cúcuta Deportivo 3 0
5 Mexico Necaxa 2 0
12 Uruguay Nacional 3 1
12 Uruguay Nacional 0 2
13 Colombia Cúcuta Deportivo 2 2
4 Mexico Toluca 1 2
13 Colombia Cúcuta Deportivo 5 0

Finals

Grêmio Brazil0–2Argentina Boca Juniors
(Report) Riquelme 69', 81'
Estádio Olímpico Monumental, Porto Alegre
Attendance: 51,851
Referee: Óscar Ruiz (Colombia)

Top goalscorers

Pos Name Team Goals
1 Paraguay Salvador Cabañas Mexico América 10
2 Panama Blas Pérez Colombia Cúcuta Deportivo 8
Argentina Juan Román Riquelme Argentina Boca Juniors 8
4 Brazil Zé Roberto Brazil Santos 7
5 Brazil Renato Brazil Flamengo 5
Chile Humberto Suazo Chile Colo-Colo 5
7 Argentina Damián Escudero Argentina Vélez Sársfield 4
Argentina Juan Manuel Martínez Colombia Cúcuta Deportivo 4
Brazil Carlos Eduardo Monteiro Bolivia Real Potosí 4
Chile Rodolfo Moya Chile Audax Italiano 4
Argentina Rodrigo Palacio Argentina Boca Juniors 4
Argentina Martín Palermo Argentina Boca Juniors 4
Brazil Kléber Pereira Mexico Necaxa 4
Uruguay Juan Manuel Salgueiro Mexico Necaxa 4
Uruguay Vicente Sánchez Mexico Toluca 4
Uruguay Diego Vera Uruguay Nacional 4

See also

References

  1. ↑ "COPA TOYOTA LIBERTADORES DE AMÉRICA 2007" (PDF). website (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. p. 5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 March 2009. Retrieved 22 April 2010.