The 1998 edition of the Copa Libertadores was the 39th in the tournament's history. It was held between February 25 and August 26. Vasco da Gama won the cup for the first time in the tournament's history, after defeating Barcelona Sporting Club of Ecuador in the final.
Pre-Libertadores
Group stage
Group 1
Group 2
Group 3
Group 4
Group 5
Knockout stages
Bracket
Round of 16
First leg matches were played on April 15, April 22 and April 23. Second leg matches were on April 29, April 30, May 2 and May 7.
Quarterfinals
First leg matches were played on May 3, May 13 and May 20. Second leg matches were played on May 6 and May 27.
Semi-Finals
First leg matches were played on July 16. Second leg matches were played on July 22.
Final
First leg match was played on August 12. Second leg match was played on August 26.
The 2003 Copa Libertadores de América (officially the 2003 Copa Toyota Libertadores de América for sponsorship reasons) was the 44th edition of the Copa Libertadores, CONMEBOL's premier annual international club tournament.
The tournament was won by Boca Juniors defeating Santos in a rematch of the 1963 Copa Libertadores Finals. Boca Juniors achieved their fifth Copa Libertadores title and third in four years.
The 1992 Copa Libertadores was the 33rd edition of the Copa Libertadores, CONMEBOL's annual international club tournament. São Paulo won the competition.
The participating teams were divided into five groups, in which teams of the same country were placed in the same group. Each country was represented by two teams. The countries were paired as follows:
Colo-Colo, as the previous year champions, should join the competition only in the Round of 16, but they requested to start the competition in the group stage, due to financial reasons, thus five clubs participated in this group.
Group 2
Group 3
As Marítimo and Universidad de Los Andes finished with the same number of points, a playoff to define the third-placed team was played. Marítimo beat Universidad de Los Andes and qualified to the Round of 16.
The 2017 Copa Libertadores de América (officially the 2017 Copa Bridgestone Libertadores for sponsorship reasons) will be the 58th edition of the Copa Libertadores de América, South America's premier club football tournament organized by CONMEBOL. The winner (or the best-placed team from South America if the winner is from Mexico) will play in the 2017 FIFA Club World Cup and the 2018 Recopa Sudamericana.
Teams
The following 38 teams from 11 associations (the 10 CONMEBOL member associations, plus Mexico from CONCACAF which were invited to compete) qualified for the tournament:
Title holders
Argentina and Brazil: 5 berths each
All associations other than Argentina and Brazil: 3 berths each
Among them, 12 teams (the team with the lowest berth from each of the 11 associations, plus the team with the second lowest berth from the association of the title holders) are entered in the first stage, and the remaining 26 teams are entered in the second stage.
Title holders (TH): The 2016 Copa Libertadores champion will qualify for the second stage, meaning the team with the second lowest berth from the association of the title holders will qualify for the first stage instead.
Libertadores (Spanish:[liβertaˈðoɾes], Portuguese:[libeʁtaˈdoɾis], "Liberators") refers to the principal leaders of the Latin American wars of independence from Spain and Portugal. They are named that way in contrast with the Conquistadors, who were so far the only Spanish/Portuguese peoples recorded in the South American history.
They were largely bourgeois, criollos (local-born people of European, mostly of Spanish or Portuguese, ancestry) influenced by liberalism and in most cases with military training in the metropole (mother country).
List of libertadores
Legacy
The flags of Venezuela, Colombia and Ecuador follow Francisco de Miranda's design of 1806. Also, Bolivia was named after Bolivar, who in turn was president of Colombia, Bolivia and twice of Venezuela. San Martín served as "President Protector" of Peru.
Liberators' names were used all over South America to name anything from towns and places to institutions and sports clubs. Also, the most prestigious international club football competition in South America is named the Copa Libertadores in their honour.
The 2008 Copa Libertadores de América was the 49th edition of the Copa Libertadores, CONMEBOL's premier annual international club tournament. This marked the first year the competition was sponsored by Spanish bank Santander. As such, the competition is officially the 2008 Copa Santander Libertadores de América for sponsorship reasons. The draw took place on December 19, 2007 in Asunción.
Thirty-eight teams qualified for the competition, with twenty-six teams directly qualifying to the Second Stage and twelve entering in the First Stage. Seven countries sent their Apertura champions and Clausura champions for their first two berths. The remaining berth, or berths in Argentina's case, went to the best-placed non-champions shown by an aggregate table. Brazil's league uses a European-style format and thus does not have an Apertura and Clausura tournament. Therefore, they sent their cup champion and the best four of the Brazilian Serie A. Ecuador sent the top three finishers of their national tournament as determined by the Liguilla Final. Uruguay had a Mini-League (Liguilla) to determine who qualified, and Mexico usds the InterLiga to determine two of its qualifiers. The last qualified team in each country played in the First Stage; the defending champion's country had two teams in the first stage because the defending champion automatically qualified.
However, with clubs from both federations featuring in continental competitions from the other (mostly Mexican clubs being invited to participate in the CopaLibertadores), the Copa Interamericana was abolished in 1998.
However, with clubs from both federations featuring in continental competitions from the other (mostly Mexican clubs being invited to participate in the CopaLibertadores), the Copa Interamericana was abolished in 1998.
