2011 Copa Libertadores

2011 Copa Libertadores de América
2011 Copa Libertadores da América
Tournament details
Dates January 25–June 22, 2011
Teams 38 (from 11 associations)
Final positions
Champions Brazil Santos (3rd title)
Runners-up Uruguay Peñarol
Tournament statistics
Matches played 138
Goals scored 358 (2.59 per match)
Top scorer(s) Argentina Roberto Nanni
Brazil Wallyson
(7 goals each)
Best player Brazil Neymar[1]

The 2011 Copa Libertadores de América (officially the 2011 Copa Santander Libertadores de América for sponsorship reasons) was the 52nd edition of the Copa Libertadores de América, South America's premier international club football tournament organized by CONMEBOL. It was held from January 25 to June 22 of the same year. Brazilian club Internacional were the defending champion, but they were eliminated by Uruguayan team Peñarol in the round of 16. Internacional was succeeded by Brazilian club Santos, who won their third title after defeating Peñarol in the two-legged finals.[2] Santos qualified to the 2011 FIFA Club World Cup and the 2012 Recopa Sudamericana.

Qualified teams

Starting from 2011, the most recent Copa Sudamericana champion would earn a berth in the tournament.[3] However, the country of the Copa Sudamericana champion would not gain an extra berth. The Copa Sudamericana champion would take the lowest-placed berth already assigned to the country if they did not qualify for the Copa Libertadores through domestic performance.[4]

Association Team (Berth) Entry stage Qualification method
Argentina Argentina
5 berths
Argentinos Juniors (Argentina 1) Second Stage 2010 Clausura champion
Estudiantes (Argentina 2) 2010 Apertura champion
Vélez Sársfield (Argentina 3) 2010 tournaments aggregate table best non-champion
Godoy Cruz (Argentina 4) 2010 tournaments aggregate table 2nd best non-champion
Independiente (Argentina 5) First Stage 2010 Copa Sudamericana champion
Bolivia Bolivia
3 berths
Jorge Wilstermann (Bolivia 1) Second Stage 2010 Apertura champion
Oriente Petrolero (Bolivia 2) 2010 Clausura champion
Bolívar (Bolivia 3) First Stage 2010 Clausura runner-up
Brazil Brazil
5+1 berths
Internacional (Brazil 1) Second Stage 2010 Copa Libertadores de América champion
Santos (Brazil 2) 2010 Copa do Brasil champion
Fluminense (Brazil 3) 2010 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A champion
Cruzeiro (Brazil 4) 2010 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A runner-up
Corinthians (Brazil 5) First Stage 2010 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 3rd place
Grêmio (Brazil 6) 2010 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 4th place
Chile Chile
3 berths
Universidad Católica (Chile 1) Second Stage 2010 Primera División champion
Colo-Colo (Chile 2) 2010 Primera División round 1 leader
Unión Española (Chile 3) First Stage 2010 Primera División Liguilla winner
Colombia Colombia
3 berths
Junior (Colombia 1) Second Stage 2010 Apertura champion
Once Caldas (Colombia 2) 2010 Finalización champion
Deportes Tolima (Colombia 3) First Stage 2010 Primera A aggregate table best non-champion
Ecuador Ecuador
3 berths
LDU Quito (Ecuador 1) Second Stage 2010 Serie A champion
Emelec (Ecuador 2) 2010 Serie A runner-up
Deportivo Quito (Ecuador 3) First Stage 2010 Serie A 3rd place
Paraguay Paraguay
3 berths
Libertad (Paraguay 1) Second Stage 2010 Primera División aggregate table best champion
Guaraní (Paraguay 2) 2010 Primera División aggregate table 2nd best champion
Cerro Porteño (Paraguay 3) First Stage 2010 Primera División aggregate table best non-champion
Peru Peru
3 berths
Universidad San Martín (Peru 1) Second Stage 2010 Descentralizado champion
León de Huánuco (Peru 2) 2010 Descentralizado runner-up
Alianza Lima (Peru 3) First Stage 2010 Descentralizado aggregate table best non-finalist
Uruguay Uruguay
3 berths
Peñarol (Uruguay 1) Second Stage 2009–10 Primera División champion
Nacional (Uruguay 2) 2009–10 Primera División runner-up
Liverpool (Uruguay 3) First Stage 2009–10 Primera División aggregate table best non-finalist
Venezuela Venezuela
3 berths
Caracas (Venezuela 1) Second Stage 2009–10 Primera División champion
Deportivo Táchira (Venezuela 2) 2009–10 Primera División runner-up
Deportivo Petare (Venezuela 3) First Stage 2009–10 Primera División aggregate table best non-finalist
Mexico Mexico
(CONCACAF)
3 invitees
América (Mexico 1) Second Stage 2010 Apertura classification phase best eligible team
San Luis (Mexico 2) 2010 Apertura classification phase 2nd best eligible team
Chiapas (Mexico 3) First Stage 2010 Apertura classification phase 3rd best eligible team

Draw

The draw for the 2011 Copa Libertadores was held on November 25, 2010 in Asunción.[5][6] The drawing procedure for the 12 teams in the first stage was to alternatively draw a team from each pot. The drawing procedure for the 26 teams in the second stage was to draw out the pots beginning with Pot 1. One team from each pot would be placed, in the order of being drawn, into one of eight groups from 1 to 8. When drawing from Pot 3, if a team had been placed in a group where a team from the same football association was already placed, they were moved to the subsequent group until they were no longer in a group with a team from the same association. However, a first stage winner may be drawn with a team from the same association in the second stage.

For the first time, the seeded teams for the second stage were changed. Up until 2010, the 8 seeded teams included the reigning champion, and clubs from the football associations of Argentina and Brazil. For 2011, the seeded teams consisted of berths 1 from Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela, and berths 2 from Argentina and Brazil. The reigning champion–Internacional–was berth 1 for Brazil. For 2012, Bolivia, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay would all have their berth 1 teams be seeded teams instead of the berth 1 teams from Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela.[7]

Prior to the draw, it was announced that Caracas would be one of the eight seeded teams. During the draw, however, Deportivo Táchira was accidentally drawn as the seeded team for Group 4 and Caracas was drawn into Group 5 as a non-seeded team. After the ceremony, CONMEBOL recognized their error and transferred Caracas over to Group 4 and Deportivo Táchira over to Group 5.[8]

First Stage
Pot 1 Pot 2
Second Stage
Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4

1Teams had not yet fully qualified to the specific berth when the draw took place.[6]

Schedule

All dates listed are Wednesdays, but matches may be played on the day before (Tuesdays) and after (Thursdays) as well.[6]

Stage First leg Second leg
First Stage January 26 February 2
Second Stage February 9, 16, 23
March 2, 9, 16, 23, 30
April 6, 13, 20
Round of 16 April 27 May 4
Quarterfinals May 11 May 18
Semifinals May 25 June 1
Finals June 15 June 22

First stage

The First Stage began on January 25 and ended on February 3. Team 1 played the second leg at home.

Teams Scores Tie-breakers
Team 1 Points Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg GD AG Pen.
Deportes Tolima Colombia 4:1 Brazil Corinthians 0–0 2–0
Chiapas Mexico 6:0 Peru Alianza Lima 2–0 2–0
Deportivo Petare Venezuela 1:4 Paraguay Cerro Porteño 0–1 1–1
Unión Española Chile 4:1 Bolivia Bolívar 1–0 0–0
Deportivo Quito Ecuador 3:3 Argentina Independiente 0–2 1–0 1:+1
Grêmio Brazil 4:1 Uruguay Liverpool 2–2 3–1

Second stage

The Second Stage, played in home-and-away round-robin format, began on February 9 and ended on April 20. The top two teams from each group qualified for the knockout stages.

Group 1

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Paraguay Libertad 6420135+814
Colombia Once Caldas 61417817
Peru Universidad San Martín 620471146
Mexico San Luis 61236935
  LIB OCA SLU USM
Libertad 2–2 2–0 5–1
Once Caldas 1–1 1–1 0–3
San Luis 1–2 1–1 3–1
Universidad San Martín 0–1 0–2 2–0

Group 2

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Colombia Junior 641197+213
Brazil Grêmio 631296+310
Bolivia Oriente Petrolero 62047816
Peru León de Huánuco 61234845
  GRE JUN LHU OPE
Grêmio 2–0 2–0 3–0
Junior 2–1 1–1 2–1
León de Huánuco 1–1 1–2 1–0
Oriente Petrolero 3–0 1–2 2–0

Group 3

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Mexico América 631287+110
Brazil Fluminense 62229908
Uruguay Nacional 62223308
Argentina Argentinos Juniors 621391017
  AME ARG FLU NAC
América 2–1 1–0 2–0
Argentinos Juniors 3–1 2–4 0–1
Fluminense 3–2 2–2 0–0
Nacional 0–0 0–1 2–0

Group 4

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Chile Universidad Católica 6321119+211
Argentina Vélez Sársfield 6312127+510
Venezuela Caracas 630371039
Chile Unión Española 611471144
  CAR UE UC VEL
Caracas 2–0 0–2 0–3
Unión Española 1–2 2–2 2–1
Universidad Católica 1–3 2–1 0–0
Vélez Sársfield 3–0 2–1 3–4

Group 5

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Paraguay Cerro Porteño 6321138+511
Brazil Santos 6321118+311
Chile Colo-Colo 6303151619
Venezuela Deportivo Táchira 602451272
  CPO CC TAC SAN
Cerro Porteño 5–2 1–1 1–2
Colo-Colo 2–3 2–1 3–2
Deportivo Táchira 0–2 2–4 0–0
Santos 1–1 3–2 3–1

Group 6

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Brazil Internacional 6411143+1113
Mexico Chiapas 63036829
Ecuador Emelec 62224518
Bolivia Jorge Wilstermann 611431184
  EME INT CHI WIL
Emelec 1–1 1–0 1–0
Internacional 2–0 4–0 3–0
Chiapas 2–1 1–0 2–0
Jorge Wilstermann 0–0 1–4 2–1

Group 7

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Brazil Cruzeiro 6510201+1916
Argentina Estudiantes 6312911210
Colombia Deportes Tolima 62225838
Paraguay Guaraní 6006216140
  CRU TOL EST GUA
Cruzeiro 6–1 5–0 4–0
Deportes Tolima 0–0 1–1 1–0
Estudiantes 0–3 1–0 5–1
Guaraní 0–2 0–2 1–2

Group 8

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Ecuador LDU Quito 6312124+810
Uruguay Peñarol 630361159
Argentina Independiente 62227818
Argentina Godoy Cruz 621381027
  GCR IND LDU PEN
Godoy Cruz 1–1 2–1 1–3
Independiente 1–3 1–1 3–0
LDU Quito 2–0 3–0 5–0
Peñarol 2–1 0–1 1–0

Knockout stages

The last four stages of the tournament (Round of 16, Quarterfinals, Semifinals, and Finals), played in home-and-away two-legged format, form a single-elimination tournament, contested by the sixteen teams which advance from the Second Stage.[9] In each tie, the team with the higher seed will play at home in the second leg.

Seeding

The 16 qualified teams are seeded in the knockout stages according to their results in the second stage, with the group winners seeded 1–8, and the group runners-up seeded 9–16.[10] The teams were ranked by: 1. Points (Pts); 2. Goal difference (GD); 3. Goals scored (GF); 4. Away goals (AG); 5. Drawing of lots.

Teams qualified as a group winner
Seed Team Pts GD GF AG
1 Brazil Cruzeiro 16 +19 20 5
2 Paraguay Libertad 14 +8 13 4
3 Brazil Internacional 13 +11 14 5
4 Colombia Junior 13 +2 9 4
5 Paraguay Cerro Porteño 11 +5 13 6
6 Chile Universidad Católica 11 +2 11 8
7 Ecuador LDU Quito 10 +8 12 2
8 Mexico América 10 +1 8 3
Teams qualified as a group runner-up
Seed Team Pts GD GF AG
9 Brazil Santos 11 +3 11 4
10 Argentina Vélez Sársfield 10 +5 12 4
11 Brazil Grêmio 10 +3 9 2
12 Argentina Estudiantes 10 2 9 3
13 Mexico Chiapas 9 2 6 1
14 Uruguay Peñarol 9 5 6 3
15 Brazil Fluminense 8 0 9 4
16 Colombia Once Caldas 7 1 7 5

Bracket

  Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
                                             
5  Paraguay Cerro Porteño (p) 0 0 (5)  
12  Argentina Estudiantes 0 0 (3)  
  5  Paraguay Cerro Porteño 1 1  
  13  Mexico Chiapas 1 0  
4  Colombia Junior 1 3
13  Mexico Chiapas (a) 1 3  
  5  Paraguay Cerro Porteño 0 3  
  9  Brazil Santos 1 3  
8  Mexico América 0 0  
9  Brazil Santos 1 0  
  9  Brazil Santos 1 1
  16  Colombia Once Caldas 0 1  
1  Brazil Cruzeiro 2 0
16  Colombia Once Caldas 1 2  
  9  Brazil Santos 0 2
  14  Uruguay Peñarol 0 1
2  Paraguay Libertad 1 3  
15  Brazil Fluminense 3 0  
  2  Paraguay Libertad 0 2
  10  Argentina Vélez Sársfield 3 4  
7  Ecuador LDU Quito 0 0
10  Argentina Vélez Sársfield 3 2  
  10  Argentina Vélez Sársfield 0 2
  14  Uruguay Peñarol (a) 1 1  
6  Chile U. Católica 2 1  
11  Brazil Grêmio 1 0  
  6  Chile U. Católica 0 2
  14  Uruguay Peñarol 2 1  
3  Brazil Internacional 1 1
14  Uruguay Peñarol 1 2  

Round of 16

The Round of 16 began on April 26 and ended on May 5. Team 1 played the second leg at home.

Teams Scores Tie-breakers
Team 1 Points Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg GD AG Pen.
Cruzeiro Brazil 3:3 Colombia Once Caldas 2–1 0–2 1:+1
Libertad Paraguay 3:3 Brazil Fluminense 1–3 3–0 +1:1
Internacional Brazil 1:4 Uruguay Peñarol 1–1 1–2
Junior Colombia 2:2 Mexico Chiapas 1–1 3–3 0:0 1:3
Cerro Porteño Paraguay 2:2 Argentina Estudiantes 0–0 0–0 0:0 0:0 5–3
Universidad Católica Chile 6:0 Brazil Grêmio 2–1 1–0
LDU Quito Ecuador 0:6 Argentina Vélez Sársfield 0–3 0–2
América Mexico 1:4 Brazil Santos 0–1 0–0

Quarterfinals

The Quarterfinals began on May 11 and ended on May 19. Team 1 played the second leg at home.

Teams Scores Tie-breakers
Team 1 Points Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg GD AG Pen.
Libertad Paraguay 0:6 Argentina Vélez Sársfield 0–3 2–4
Cerro Porteño Paraguay 4:1 Mexico Chiapas 1–1 1–0
Universidad Católica Chile 3:3 Uruguay Peñarol 0–2 2–1 1:+1
Santos Brazil 4:1 Colombia Once Caldas 1–0 1–1

Semifinals

The Semifinals began on May 25 and ended on June 2. Team 1 played the second leg at home.

Teams Scores Tie-breakers
Team 1 Points Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg GD AG Pen.
Cerro Porteño Paraguay 1:4 Brazil Santos 0–1 3–3
Vélez Sársfield Argentina 3:3 Uruguay Peñarol 0–1 2–1 0:0 0:1

Finals

The Finals were played over two legs, with the higher-seeded team playing the second leg at home. If the teams were tied on points and goal difference at the end of regulation in the second leg, the away goals rule would not be applied and 30 minutes of extra time would be played. If still tied after extra time, the title would be decided by penalty shootout.[9]

June 15, 2011
21:50 UTC−3
Peñarol Uruguay 0–0 Brazil Santos
Report

June 22, 2011
21:50 UTC−3
Santos Brazil 2–1 Uruguay Peñarol
Neymar  46'
Danilo  68'
Report Durval  79' (o.g.)

Santos won on points 4–1.

Copa Libertadores de América
2011 Champion
Brazil
Santos
Third Title

Top goalscorers

Pos[11] Player Club Goals
1 Argentina Roberto Nanni Paraguay Cerro Porteño 7
Brazil Wallyson Brazil Cruzeiro 7
3 Brazil Neymar Brazil Santos 6
Argentina Lucas Pratto Chile Universidad Católica 6
5 Argentina Maximiliano Moralez Argentina Vélez Sársfield 5
Uruguay Juan Manuel Olivera Uruguay Peñarol 5
Colombia Wason Rentería Colombia Once Caldas 5
8 Colombia Carlos Bacca Colombia Junior 4
Brazil Douglas Brazil Grêmio 4
Paraguay Jonathan Fabbro Paraguay Cerro Porteño 4
Argentina Augusto Fernández Argentina Vélez Sársfield 4
Brazil Leandro Damião Brazil Internacional 4
Argentina Franco Niell Argentina Argentinos Juniors 4
Chile Esteban Paredes Chile Colo-Colo 4
Argentina Nicolás Pavlovich Paraguay Libertad 4
Brazil Rafael Moura Brazil Fluminense 4
Uruguay Santiago Silva Argentina Vélez Sársfield 4
Brazil Thiago Ribeiro Brazil Cruzeiro 4

Awards

Player of the week

Week Player Team Notes
4 Argentina Walter Montillo Brazil Cruzeiro [12]
5 Argentina Patricio Rodríguez Argentina Independiente [13]
6 Uruguay Juan Manuel Olivera Uruguay Peñarol [14]
7 Colombia Luis Carlos Cabezas Venezuela Caracas [15]
8 Colombia Carlos Bacca Colombia Junior [16]
9 Chile José Luis Villanueva Chile Universidad Católica [17]
10 Brazil Thiago Ribeiro Brazil Cruzeiro [18]
11 Argentina Roberto Nanni Paraguay Cerro Porteño [19]
12 Argentina Hernán Barcos Ecuador LDU Quito [20]
13 Paraguay Jonathan Fabbro Paraguay Cerro Porteño [21]
14 Argentina Lucas Pratto Chile Universidad Católica [22]
15 Colombia Dayro Moreno Colombia Once Caldas [23]
16 Argentina Juan Manuel Martínez Argentina Vélez Sársfield [24]
17 Argentina Maximiliano Moralez Argentina Vélez Sársfield [25]
18 Uruguay Darío Rodríguez Uruguay Peñarol [26]

See also

References

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