2007 Copa Libertadores

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.

2007 Copa Libertadores de América

2007 Copa Toyota Libertadores de América 2007 Copa Toyota Libertadores da América
Tournament details
Dates	January 24 - June 20
Teams	38 (from 11 associations)
Final positions
Champions	Boca Juniors (6th title)
Runners-up	Grêmio
Tournament statistics
Matches played	138
Goals scored	364 (2.64 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Salvador Cabañas (10 goals)
Best player(s)	Juan Román Riquelme[1]
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Qualified teams

Association	Team (berth)	Qualification method
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 3 berths	Blooming	2005–06 Apertura champion
	Bolívar	2005–06 Clausura champion
	Real Potosí	2005–06 Clausura runner-up
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 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 3 berths	Deportivo Pasto	2006 Apertura champion
	Cúcuta Deportivo	2006 Clausura champion
	Deportes Tolima	2006 best placed team on aggregate table
Ecuador 3 berths	El Nacional	2006 Seria A champion
	Emelec	2006 Seria A runner-up
	LDU Quito	2006 Seria A 3rd place
Paraguay 3 berths	Libertad	2006 Primera División champion
	Cerro Porteño	2006 Primera División runner-up
	Tacuary	2006 best placed team on aggregate table
Peru 3 berths	Alianza Lima	2006 Apertura winner
	Cienciano	2006 Clausura winner
	Sporting Cristal	2006 best placed team on aggregate table
Uruguay 3 berths	Nacional	2005–06 Primera División champion
	Defensor Sporting	2006 Liguilla Pre-Libertadores winner
	Danubio	2006 Liguilla Pre-Libertadores runner-up
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 (CONCACAF) 3 invitees	Toluca	2005 Apertura champion
	Necaxa	2007 InterLiga winner
	América	2007 InterLiga runner-up

First stage

Main article: 2007 Copa Libertadores First Stage

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Blooming	0–6	Santos	0–1	0–5
Vélez Sársfield	5–1	Danubio	3–0	2–1
Deportivo Táchira	1–4	Deportes Tolima	1–2	0–2
Tacuary	1–4	LDU Quito	1–1	0–3
Cobreloa	1–3	Paraná	0–2	1–1
América	6–2	Sporting Cristal	5–0	1–2

Second stage

Main article: 2007 Copa Libertadores Second Stage

Group 1

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Libertad (A)	6	4	1	1	9	4	+5	13
2	América (A)	6	4	0	2	12	10	+2	12
3	Banfield	6	3	0	3	8	8	0	9
4	El Nacional	6	0	1	5	4	11	−7	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(A) Advanced to the round of 16

Group 2

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Necaxa (A)	6	4	0	2	9	7	+2	12
2	São Paulo (A)	6	3	2	1	11	4	+7	11
3	Audax Italiano	6	3	2	1	8	6	+2	11
4	Alianza Lima	6	0	0	6	2	13	−11	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(A) Advanced to the round of 16

Group 3

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Grêmio (A)	6	3	1	2	4	4	0	10
2	Cúcuta Deportivo (A)	6	2	3	1	9	7	+2	9
3	Deportes Tolima	6	2	1	3	5	6	−1	7
4	Cerro Porteño	6	2	1	3	4	5	−1	7

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(A) Advanced to the round of 16

Group 4

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Vélez Sársfield (A)	6	3	2	1	6	3	+3	11
2	Nacional (A)	6	3	1	2	9	5	+4	10
3	Internacional	6	3	1	2	7	7	0	10
4	Emelec	6	1	0	5	3	10	−7	3

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(A) Advanced to the round of 16

Group 5

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Flamengo (A)	6	5	1	0	10	4	+6	16
2	Paraná (A)	6	3	0	3	9	8	+1	9
3	Real Potosí	6	1	3	2	8	9	−1	6
4	Unión Atlético Maracaibo	6	0	2	4	8	14	−6	2

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(A) Advanced to the round of 16

Group 6

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Colo-Colo (A)	6	3	0	3	12	7	+5	9
2	Caracas (A)	6	3	0	3	7	10	−3	9
3	LDU Quito	6	2	2	2	7	8	−1	8
4	River Plate	6	2	2	2	5	6	−1	8

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(A) Advanced to the round of 16

Group 7

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Toluca (A)	6	4	0	2	10	6	+4	12
2	Boca Juniors (A)	6	3	1	2	11	5	+6	10
3	Cienciano	6	3	0	3	12	9	+3	9
4	Bolívar	6	1	1	4	5	18	−13	4

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(A) Advanced to the round of 16

Group 8

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Santos (A)	6	6	0	0	12	1	+11	18
2	Defensor Sporting (A)	6	3	0	3	8	7	+1	9
3	Gimnasia y Esgrima	6	3	0	3	9	10	−1	9
4	Deportivo Pasto	6	0	0	6	3	14	−11	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(A) Advanced to the round of 16

Knockout stages

Main article: 2007 Copa Libertadores 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.^[2]

Seeding

Teams qualified as a group winner Seed Team Pts GD GF AG 1 Santos 18 +11 12 5 2 Flamengo 16 +6 10 5 3 Libertad 13 +5 12 6 4 Toluca 12 +4 10 4 5 Necaxa 12 +2 9 3 6 Vélez Sársfield 11 +3 6 1 7 Grêmio 10 0 4 2 8 Colo-Colo 9 +5 12 5

Teams qualified as a runner-up Seed Team Pts GD GF AG 9 América 12 +2 12 5 10 São Paulo 11 +7 11 2 11 Boca Juniors 10 +6 11 0 12 Nacional 10 +4 9 1 13 Cúcuta Deportivo 9 +2 9 5 14 Paraná 9 +1 9 5 15 Defensor Sporting 9 +1 8 2 16 Caracas 9 −3 7 3

Bracket

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

Finals

Main article: 2007 Copa Libertadores Finals

Boca Juniors	3–0	Grêmio
Palacio 18' Riquelme 73' Patrício 89' (o.g.)	(Report)

June 13, 2007

21:45 (UTC-3)

Estadio Alberto J. Armando (La Bombonera), Buenos Aires

Attendance: 50,993

Referee: Jorge Larrionda (Uruguay)

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Grêmio	0–2	Boca Juniors
	(Report)	Riquelme 69', 81'

June 20, 2007

21:45 (UTC-3)

Estádio Olímpico Monumental, Porto Alegre

Attendance: 51,851

Referee: Óscar Ruiz (Colombia)

Top goalscorers

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

See also

• 2007 FIFA Club World Cup
• 2008 Recopa Sudamericana