2014 Copa Libertadores

2014 Copa Libertadores de América

2014 Copa Bridgestone Libertadores de América 2014 Copa Bridgestone Libertadores da América
Tournament details
Dates	January 28 – August 13, 2014
Teams	38 (from 11 associations)
Final positions
Champions	San Lorenzo (1st title)
Runners-up	Nacional
Tournament statistics
Matches played	138
Goals scored	325 (2.36 per match)
Attendance	3,029,439 (21,952 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Julio dos Santos Nicolás Olivera (5 goals)

The 2014 Copa Libertadores de América (officially the 2014 Copa Bridgestone Libertadores for sponsorship reasons)^[1] was the 55th edition of the Copa Libertadores de América, South America's premier international club football tournament organized by CONMEBOL. Atlético Mineiro were the defending champions, but were eliminated by Atlético Nacional in the round of 16.

In the finals, Argentine team San Lorenzo defeated Paraguayan team Nacional 2–1 on aggregate to win their first title,^[2] and earned the right to play in the 2014 FIFA Club World Cup and the 2015 Recopa Sudamericana.^[3] The streak of four successive tournaments won by a Brazilian team was broken; in fact, none of the four semifinalists were from Brazil (first time since 1991, and the first finals since 2004 to not feature a Brazilian team) or had reached the final before.^[4]

Qualified teams

Association	Team (Berth)	Entry stage	Qualification method
Argentina 5 berths	Vélez Sarsfield (Argentina 1)	Second stage	2012–13 Primera División super champion[5]
	Newell's Old Boys (Argentina 2)		2013 Torneo Final champion[5]
	San Lorenzo (Argentina 3)		2013 Torneo Inicial champion[5]
	Arsenal (Argentina 4)		2012–13 Copa Argentina champion[5]
	Lanús (Argentina 5)	First stage	2013 Copa Sudamericana champion[5]
Bolivia 3 berths	Bolívar (Bolivia 1)	Second stage	2013 Clausura champion[6]
	The Strongest (Bolivia 2)		2013 Apertura champion[7]
	Oriente Petrolero (Bolivia 3)	First stage	2013 Clausura runner-up[6]
Brazil 5 + 1 berths	Atlético Mineiro (Brazil 1; Title holders)	Second stage	2013 Copa Libertadores champion
	Cruzeiro (Brazil 2)		2013 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A champion[8]
	Flamengo (Brazil 3)		2013 Copa do Brasil champion[8]
	Grêmio (Brazil 4)		2013 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A runner-up[8]
	Atlético Paranaense (Brazil 5)	First stage	2013 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 3rd place[8]
	Botafogo (Brazil 6)		2013 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 4th place[8]
Chile 3 berths	Unión Española (Chile 1)	Second stage	2013 Transición champion[9]
	O'Higgins (Chile 2)		2013 Apertura champion[10]
	Universidad de Chile (Chile 3)	First stage	2013 Apertura Liguilla winner[10]
Colombia 3 berths	Atlético Nacional (Colombia 1)	Second stage	2013 Apertura champion and 2013 Finalización champion[11]
	Deportivo Cali (Colombia 2)		2013 Primera A aggregate table best team not yet qualified[11]
	Santa Fe (Colombia 3)	First stage	2013 Primera A aggregate table 2nd best team not yet qualified[11]
Ecuador 3 berths	Emelec (Ecuador 1)	Second stage	2013 Serie A champion[12]
	Independiente del Valle (Ecuador 2)		2013 Serie A runner-up[12]
	Deportivo Quito (Ecuador 3)	First stage	2013 Serie A aggregate table best team not yet qualified[12]
Mexico (CONCACAF) 3 invitees	Santos Laguna (Mexico 1)	Second stage	2013 Apertura classification phase best team not qualified for 2013–14 CONCACAF Champions League
	León (Mexico 2)		2013 Apertura classification phase 2nd best team not qualified for 2013–14 CONCACAF Champions League
	Morelia (Mexico 3)	First stage	2013 Apertura classification phase 3rd best team not qualified for 2013–14 CONCACAF Champions League
Paraguay 3 berths	Cerro Porteño (Paraguay 1)	Second stage	2013 Primera División tournament champion with better record in aggregate table[13]
	Nacional (Paraguay 2)		2013 Primera División tournament champion with worse record in aggregate table[13]
	Guaraní (Paraguay 3)	First stage	2013 Primera División aggregate table best team not yet qualified[13]
Peru 3 berths	Universitario (Peru 1)	Second stage	2013 Descentralizado champion[14]
	Real Garcilaso (Peru 2)		2013 Descentralizado runner-up[14]
	Sporting Cristal (Peru 3)	First stage	2013 Descentralizado aggregate table best team not yet qualified[14]
Uruguay 3 berths	Peñarol (Uruguay 1)	Second stage	2012–13 Primera División champion[15]
	Defensor Sporting (Uruguay 2)		2012–13 Primera División runner-up[15]
	Nacional (Uruguay 3)	First stage	2012–13 Primera División aggregate table best team not yet qualified[15]
Venezuela 3 berths	Zamora (Venezuela 1)	Second stage	2012–13 Primera División champion[16]
	Deportivo Anzoátegui (Venezuela 2)		2012–13 Primera División runner-up[16]
	Caracas (Venezuela 3)	First stage	2012–13 Primera División aggregate table best team not yet qualified[16]

Draw

Arsenal
Lanús
San Lorenzo
Vélez Sarsfield

Newell's Old Boys

Bolívar
The Strongest

Oriente Petrolero

Atl. Mineiro
Cruzeiro

Botafogo
Flamengo

Grêmio

Atl. Paranaense

U. Española
U. de Chile

O'Higgins

Atl. Nacional

Dep. Cali

Santa Fe

Emelec

Independiente del Valle

Dep. Quito

Cerro Porteño
Guaraní
Nacional

Sp. Cristal
Universitario

Real Garcilaso

Defensor Sporting
Nacional
Peñarol

Zamora

Dep. Anzoátegui

Caracas

Location of teams of the 2014 Copa Libertadores from South America.

Santos Laguna

León

Morelia

Location of teams of the 2014 Copa Libertadores from Mexico.

The draw of the tournament was held on December 12, 2013 in Luque, Paraguay.^[17][18]

For the first stage, the 12 teams were drawn into six ties containing a team from Pot 1 and a team from Pot 2, with the former hosting the second leg. The seeding of each team was determined by which associations reached the furthest stage in the previous Copa Libertadores.^[3]

For the second stage, the 32 teams were drawn into eight groups of four containing one team from each of the four seeding pots. The seeding of each team was determined by their association and qualifying berth (as per the rotational agreement established by CONMEBOL, the teams which qualified through berths 1 from Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela were seeded into Pot 1 for odd-numbered years, while the teams which qualified through berths 1 from Bolivia, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay were seeded into Pot 1 for even-numbered years).^[3] Teams from the same association in Pots 1 and 2 could not be drawn into the same group. However, a first stage winner, whose identity was not known at the time of the draw, could be drawn into the same group with another team from the same association.

Schedule

The schedule of the competition was as follows (all dates listed are Wednesdays, but matches may be played on Tuesdays and Thursdays as well).^[19][20] There was a two-month break between the quarterfinals and semifinals due to the 2014 FIFA World Cup.

First stage

In the first stage, each tie was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If tied on aggregate, the away goals rule was used. If still tied, the penalty shoot-out was used to determine the winner (no extra time was played). The winners of each tie advanced to the second stage to join the 26 automatic qualifiers.^[3]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Sporting Cristal	3–3 (4–5 p)	Atlético Paranaense	2–1	1–2
Deportivo Quito	1–4	Botafogo	1–0	0–4
Universidad de Chile	4–2	Guaraní	1–0	3–2
Caracas	0–3	Lanús	0–2	0–1
Morelia	2–2 (a)	Santa Fe	2–1	0–1
Oriente Petrolero	1–2	Nacional	1–0	0–2

Second stage

In the second stage, each group was played on a home-and-away round-robin basis. Each team earned 3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, and 0 points for a loss. If tied on points, the following criteria were used to determine the ranking: 1. Goal difference; 2. Goals scored; 3. Away goals scored; 4. Drawing of lots. The winners and runners-up of each group advanced to the round of 16.^[3]

Group 1

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Vélez Sarsfield 6 5 0 1 9 3 +6 15 The Strongest 6 3 1 2 8 7 +1 10 Atlético Paranaense 6 3 0 3 7 7 0 9 Universitario 6 0 1 5 3 10 −7 1

CAP STR UNI VEL Atlético Paranaense — 1–0 3–0 1–3 The Strongest 2–1 — 1–0 2–0 Universitario 0–1 3–3 — 0–1 Vélez Sarsfield 2–0 2–0 1–0 —

Group 2

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Unión Española 6 2 3 1 10 9 +1 9 San Lorenzo 6 2 2 2 6 5 +1 8 Independiente del Valle 6 2 2 2 10 10 0 8 Botafogo 6 2 1 3 5 7 −2 7

BOT IDV SLO UES Botafogo — 1–0 2–0 0–1 Independiente del Valle 2–1 — 1–1 2–2 San Lorenzo 3–0 1–0 — 1–1 Unión Española 1–1 4–5 1–0 —

Group 3

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Cerro Porteño 6 3 1 2 10 9 +1 10 Lanús 6 2 2 2 6 5 +1 8 O'Higgins 6 1 4 1 5 5 0 7 Deportivo Cali 6 2 1 3 6 8 −2 7

CER CAL LAN OHI Cerro Porteño — 3–2 3–1 2–1 Deportivo Cali 1–0 — 2–1 1–1 Lanús 2–0 2–0 — 0–0 O'Higgins 2–2 1–0 0–0 —

Group 4

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Atlético Mineiro 6 3 3 0 8 5 +3 12 Nacional 6 2 2 2 8 10 −2 8 Zamora 6 2 1 3 6 6 0 7 Santa Fe 6 1 2 3 10 11 −1 5

CAM NAC SAN ZAM Atlético Mineiro — 1–1 2–1 1–0 Nacional 2–2 — 3–2 1–0 Santa Fe 1–1 3–1 — 2–2 Zamora 0–1 2–0 2–1 —

Group 5

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Defensor Sporting 6 3 2 1 11 5 +6 11 Cruzeiro 6 3 1 2 13 7 +6 10 Universidad de Chile 6 3 1 2 6 9 −3 10 Real Garcilaso 6 1 0 5 4 13 −9 3

CRU DEF GAR UCH Cruzeiro — 2–2 3–0 5–1 Defensor Sporting 2–0 — 4–1 1–1 Real Garcilaso 2–1 0–2 — 1–2 Universidad de Chile 0–2 1–0 1–0 —

Group 6

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Grêmio 6 4 2 0 8 1 +7 14 Atlético Nacional 6 3 1 2 7 8 −1 10 Newell's Old Boys 6 2 2 2 10 7 +3 8 Nacional 6 0 1 5 4 13 −9 1

ATL GRE NAC NOB Atlético Nacional — 0–2 2–2 1–0 Grêmio 3–0 — 1–0 0–0 Nacional 0–1 0–1 — 2–4 Newell's Old Boys 1–3 1–1 4–0 —

Group 7

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Bolívar 6 3 2 1 8 6 +2 11 León 6 3 1 2 10 7 +3 10 Flamengo 6 2 1 3 10 10 0 7 Emelec 6 2 0 4 7 12 −5 6

BOL EME FLA LEO Bolívar — 2–1 1–0 1–1 Emelec 2–1 — 1–2 2–1 Flamengo 2–2 3–1 — 2–3 León 0–1 3–0 2–1 —

Group 8

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Santos Laguna 6 4 1 1 11 5 +6 13 Arsenal 6 4 0 2 11 4 +7 12 Peñarol 6 1 2 3 5 10 −5 5 Deportivo Anzoátegui 6 0 3 3 4 12 −8 3

ARS ANZ PEN SLA Arsenal — 3–0 1–0 3–0 Deportivo Anzoátegui 1–3 — 1–1 1–1 Peñarol 2–1 1–1 — 0–2 Santos Laguna 1–0 3–0 4–1 —

Knockout stages

In the knockout stages, the 16 teams played a single-elimination tournament, with the following rules:^[3]

• Each tie was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis, with the higher-seeded team hosting the second leg. However, CONMEBOL required that the second leg of the finals must be played in South America, i.e., a finalist from Mexico must host the first leg regardless of seeding.
• In the round of 16, quarterfinals, and semifinals, if tied on aggregate, the away goals rule was used. If still tied, the penalty shoot-out was used to determine the winner (no extra time was played).
• In the finals, if tied on aggregate, the away goals rule was not used, and 30 minutes of extra time was played. If still tied after extra time, the penalty shoot-out was used to determine the winner.
• If there were two semifinalists from the same association, they must play each other.

Seeding

The qualified teams were 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.

Seed	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Group winners (Seeds 1–8)
1	Vélez Sarsfield	6	5	0	1	9	3	+6	15
2	Grêmio	6	4	2	0	8	1	+7	14
3	Santos Laguna	6	4	1	1	11	5	+6	13
4	Atlético Mineiro	6	3	3	0	8	5	+3	12
5	Defensor Sporting	6	3	2	1	11	5	+6	11
6	Bolívar	6	3	2	1	8	6	+2	11
7	Cerro Porteño	6	3	1	2	10	9	+1	10
8	Unión Española	6	2	3	1	10	9	+1	9
Group runners-up (Seeds 9–16)
9	Arsenal	6	4	0	2	11	4	+7	12
10	Cruzeiro	6	3	1	2	13	7	+6	10
11	León	6	3	1	2	10	7	+3	10
12	The Strongest	6	3	1	2	8	7	+1	10
13	Atlético Nacional	6	3	1	2	7	8	−1	10
14	Lanús	6	2	2	2	6	5	+1	8
15	San Lorenzo	6	2	2	2	6	5	+1	8
16	Nacional	6	2	2	2	8	10	−2	8

Ranking rules: 1. Points; 2. Goal difference; 3. Goals scored; 4. Away goals scored; 5. Drawing of lots.^[3]

Bracket

	Round of 16							Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Finals
	16	Nacional	1	2	3
	1	Vélez Sarsfield	0	2	2
								16	Nacional	1	0	1
								9	Arsenal	0	0	0
	9	Arsenal	0	1	1
	8	Unión Española	0	0	0
															16	Nacional	2	0	2
														5	Defensor Sporting	0	1	1
	13	Atlético Nacional	1	1	2
	4	Atlético Mineiro	0	1	1
								13	Atlético Nacional	0	0	0
								5	Defensor Sporting	2	1	3
	12	The Strongest	2	0	2 (2)
	5	Defensor Sporting (p)	0	2	2 (4)
																						16	Nacional	1	0	1
																						15	San Lorenzo	1	1	2
	15	San Lorenzo (p)	1	0	1 (4)
	2	Grêmio	0	1	1 (2)
								15	San Lorenzo	1	1	2
								10	Cruzeiro	0	1	1
	10	Cruzeiro	1	2	3
	7	Cerro Porteño	1	0	1
															15	San Lorenzo	5	0	5
														6	Bolívar	0	1	1
	14	Lanús	2	2	4
	3	Santos Laguna	1	0	1
								14	Lanús	1	0	1
								6	Bolívar	1	1	2
	11	León	2	1	3
	6	Bolívar (a)	2	1	3

Round of 16

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Nacional	3–2	Vélez Sarsfield	1–0	2–2
San Lorenzo	1–1 (4–2 p)	Grêmio	1–0	0–1
Lanús	4–1	Santos Laguna	2–1	2–0
Atlético Nacional	2–1	Atlético Mineiro	1–0	1–1
The Strongest	2–2 (2–4 p)	Defensor Sporting	2–0	0–2
León	3–3 (a)	Bolívar	2–2	1–1
Cruzeiro	3–1	Cerro Porteño	1–1	2–0
Arsenal	1–0	Unión Española	0–0	1–0

Quarterfinals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Nacional	1–0	Arsenal	1–0	0–0
San Lorenzo	2–1	Cruzeiro	1–0	1–1
Lanús	1–2	Bolívar	1–1	0–1
Atlético Nacional	0–3	Defensor Sporting	0–2	0–1

Semifinals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Nacional	2–1	Defensor Sporting	2–0	0–1
San Lorenzo	5–1	Bolívar	5–0	0–1

Finals

The finals were played on a home-and-away two-legged basis, with the higher-seeded team hosting the second leg. If tied on aggregate, the away goals rule was not used, and 30 minutes of extra time was played. If still tied after extra time, the penalty shoot-out was used to determine the winner.^[3]

Nacional v San Lorenzo

August 6, 2014 20:15 UTC−4

Nacional	1–1	San Lorenzo
Santa Cruz  90+2'	Report	Matos  64'

Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción Referee: Wilmar Roldán (Colombia)

San Lorenzo v Nacional

August 13, 2014 21:15 UTC−3

San Lorenzo	1–0	Nacional
Ortigoza  35' (pen.)	Report

Estadio Pedro Bidegain, Buenos Aires Referee: Sandro Ricci (Brazil)

San Lorenzo won 2–1 on aggregate.

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	Julio dos Santos	Cerro Porteño	5
	Nicolás Olivera	Defensor Sporting	5
3	Daniel Angulo	Independiente del Valle	4
	Mauro Boselli	León	4
	Bruno Rodrigo	Cruzeiro	4
	Juanmi Callejón	Bolívar	4
	Gustavo Canales	Unión Española	4
	Luis Miguel Escalada	Emelec	4
	Juan Manuel Falcón	Zamora	4
	Felipe Gedoz	Defensor Sporting	4
	Jô	Atlético Mineiro	4
	Omar Pérez	Santa Fe	4
	Ricardo Goulart	Cruzeiro	4
	Junior Sornoza	Independiente del Valle	4
	Wallyson	Botafogo	4

Source:^[21]

See also

• 2014 FIFA Club World Cup
• 2014 Copa Sudamericana
• 2015 Recopa Sudamericana

References

External links

• Copa Bridgestone Libertadores (Spanish)
• Copa Libertadores 2014, CONMEBOL.com (Spanish)