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2010 Copa Libertadores de América
2010 Copa Libertadores da América
Tournament details
Dates January 26–August 18[1]
Teams 40 (from 11 associations)
Final positions
Champions Brazil Internacional (2nd title)
Runners-up Mexico Guadalajara
Tournament statistics
Matches played 138
Goals scored 328 (2.38 per match)
Attendance 2,377,325 (17,227 per match)
Top scorer(s) Brazil Thiago Ribeiro (8 goals)
Best player Brazil Giuliano[2]
2009
2011

The 2010 Copa Libertadores de América (officially the 2010 Copa Santander Libertadores for sponsorship reasons) was the 51st edition of the Copa Libertadores de América, CONMEBOL's premier international club tournament. The tournament began on January 26 and ended on August 18. During the month of June, the competition was interrupted after the conclusion of the quarterfinals due to the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa.[3]

Estudiantes were the defending champion, but they were eliminated by Brazilian team Internacional in the quarterfinals.

Internacional won the competition after defeating Guadalajara in both legs of the finals for their second Copa Libertadores title.[4] Internacional qualified for both the 2010 FIFA Club World Cup and the 2011 Recopa Sudamericana.

Qualified teams

The qualified teams include the 37 teams who qualified from their league positions and the defending champion Estudiantes of Argentina, plus Mexican clubs Guadalajara and San Luis. Those two Mexican clubs were guaranteed placement in the Round of 16, independent of the other three Mexican clubs, due to the fallout of the H1N1 flu outbreak in Mexico during the 2009 Copa Libertadores.[5] Twenty-six teams qualified directly to the Second Stage, a group stage:[6]

  • Berths 1 to 4 from Argentina and Brazil;
  • Berths 1 and 2 from the remaining eight South American football associations and Mexico.

The other 12 teams enter the competition in the First Stage, an elimination play-off stage where the winners advance to the Second Stage:[6]

  • Berths 5 and 6 from Argentina;[A]
  • Berth 5 from Brazil;
  • Berth 3 from the remaining eight South American nations and Mexico.
Association Team (berth) Qualification method
Argentina Argentina
5 + 1 berths
Estudiantes (Argentina 1) 2009 Copa Libertadores champion
Vélez Sársfield (Argentina 2) 2009 Clausura champion
Banfield (Argentina 3) 2009 Apertura champion
Lanús (Argentina 4) Best 2009 aggregate among non-champions
Colón (Argentina 5) 2nd best 2009 aggregate among non-champions
Newell's Old Boys (Argentina 6) 3rd best 2009 aggregate among non-champions
Bolivia Bolivia
3 berths
Bolívar (Bolivia 1) 2009 Apertura champion
Blooming (Bolivia 2) 2009 Clausura champion
Real Potosí (Bolivia 3) 2009 Play-off winner
Brazil Brazil
5 berths
Corinthians (Brazil 1) 2009 Copa do Brasil champion
Flamengo (Brazil 2) 2009 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A champion
Internacional (Brazil 3) 2009 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A runner-up
São Paulo (Brazil 4) 2009 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 3rd place
Cruzeiro (Brazil 5) 2009 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 4th place
Chile Chile
3 berths
Universidad de Chile (Chile 1) 2009 Apertura champion
Colo-Colo (Chile 2) 2009 Clausura champion
Universidad Catolica (Chile 3) Best-placed non-champion in the 2009 Clausura classification stage
Colombia Colombia
3 berths
Once Caldas (Colombia 1) 2009 Apertura champion
Independiente Medellín (Colombia 2) 2009 Finalización champion
Junior (Colombia 3) 2009 Primera A best-placed non-champion
Ecuador Ecuador
3 berths
Deportivo Quito (Ecuador 1) 2009 Serie A champion
Deportivo Cuenca (Ecuador 2) 2009 Serie A runner-up
Emelec (Ecuador 3) 2009 Serie A 3rd Place
Paraguay Paraguay
3 berths
Cerro Porteño (Paraguay 1) 2009 Apertura champion
Nacional (Paraguay 2) 2009 Clausura champion
Libertad (Paraguay 3) 2009 Primera División best-placed non-champion
Peru Peru
3 berths
Universitario (Peru 1) 2009 Descentralizado champion
Alianza Lima (Peru 2) 2009 Descentralizado runner-up
Juan Aurich (Peru 3) 2009 Descentralizado best-placed non-finalist
Uruguay Uruguay
3 berths
Nacional (Uruguay 1) 2008–09 Primera División champion
Cerro (Uruguay 2) 2009 Liguilla Pre-Libertadores winner
Racing (Uruguay 3) 2009 Liguilla Pre-Libertadores runner-up
Venezuela Venezuela
3 berths
Caracas (Venezuela 1) 2008−09 Primera División champion
Deportivo Italia (Venezuela 2) 2008−09 Primera División runner-up
Deportivo Táchira (Venezuela 3) 2008−09 Primera División best-placed non-finalist
Mexico Mexico
(CONCACAF)
3 + 2 invitees
Morelia (Mexico 1) Best-placed eligible team in the 2009 Apertura classification phase
Monterrey (Mexico 2) 2010 InterLiga winner
Estudiantes Tecos (Mexico 3) 2010 InterLiga runner-up
Guadalajara Special invitee due to withdrawal from the 2009 Copa Libertadores
San Luis Special invitee due to withdrawal from the 2009 Copa Libertadores

Round and draw dates

The calendar shows the dates of the rounds and draw. All events occurred in 2010 unless otherwise stated. Dates in italics are only reference dates for the week the matches are to be played.

Stage Draw date First leg Second leg
First stage November 27, 2009 January 26–28 February 2–10
Second stage February 9–April 22
Third stage N/A April 27–29 May 4–6
Quarterfinals May 12 May 20
Semifinals July 28 August 4
Finals August 11 August 18

Tie-breaking criteria

At each stage of the tournament teams receive 3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, and no points for a loss. Based on Article 15 in the CONMEBOL regulations, if two or more teams are equal on points, the following criteria will be applied to determine the ranking in the group stage:

  1. superior goal difference;
  2. higher number of goals scored;
  3. higher number of away goals scored;
  4. draw.

In the first stage, third stage, quarterfinals, and semifinals, a penalty shootout is carried out instead of a draw.[7]

First stage

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In the First Stage, twelve teams played two-legged ties (one game at home and one game away) against another opponent. The winner of each tie advanced to the Second Stage. Team #1 played the second leg at home.[6]

Teams Scores Tie-breakers
Team #1 Points Team #2 1st leg 2nd leg GD AG Pen.
Libertad Paraguay 3:3 Venezuela Deportivo Táchira 0–1 3–1 +1:−1
Estudiantes Tecos Mexico 0:6 Peru Juan Aurich 0–2 1–2
Universidad Católica Chile 3:3 Argentina Colón 2–3 3–2 0:0 2:2 5–3
Cruzeiro Brazil 4:1 Bolivia Real Potosí 1–1 7–0
Emelec Ecuador 4:1 Argentina Newell's Old Boys 0–0 2–1
Racing Uruguay 4:1 Colombia Junior 2–2 2–0

Second stage

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The draw for the second stage was held at the CONMEBOL Conventions Center in Luque, Paraguay on November 27, 2009.[1] Twenty-eight teams were drawn into eight groups with the remaining six spots to be taken by the winners from the first stage. Teams were divided into four pots; the top four Argentine and Brazilian berths were top seeds in the group stage.

In each group, teams played against each other home-and-away. The top team in each group and the top six second-placed team advanced to the Round of 16.[6]

Key to colors in group tables
Group winners and six best runners-up advanced to the Round of 16

Group 1

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Brazil Corinthians 6 5 1 0 9 3 +6 16
Uruguay Racing 6 2 2 2 4 5 −1 8
Colombia Independiente Medellín 6 1 3 2 3 4 −1 6
Paraguay Cerro Porteño 6 0 2 4 3 7 −4 2
  CER COR DIM RCM
Cerro Porteño 0–1 1–1 0–0
Corinthians 2–1 1–0 2–1
Independiente Medellín 1–0 1–1 0–0
Racing 2–1 0–2 1–0

Group 2

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Brazil São Paulo 6 4 1 1 9 2 +7 13
Colombia Once Caldas 6 3 2 1 8 5 +3 11
Mexico Monterrey 6 1 3 2 5 8 −3 6
Paraguay Nacional 6 1 0 5 3 10 −7 3
  MTY NPR ONC SÃO
Monterrey 2–1 2–2 0–0
Nacional 2–0 0–2 0–2
Once Caldas 1–1 1–0 2–1
São Paulo 2–0 3–0 1–0

Group 3

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Argentina Estudiantes 6 4 1 1 11 5 +6 13
Peru Alianza Lima 6 4 0 2 12 7 +5 12
Peru Juan Aurich 6 2 0 4 7 13 −6 6
Bolivia Bolívar 6 1 1 4 3 8 −5 4
  ALI BOL ELP JA
Alianza Lima 1–0 4–1 2–0
Bolívar 1–3 0–0 2–0
Estudiantes 1–0 2–0 5–1
Juan Aurich 4–2 2–0 0–2

Group 4

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Paraguay Libertad 6 3 3 0 10 3 +7 12
Peru Universitario 6 2 4 0 5 2 +3 10
Argentina Lanús 6 2 2 2 6 6 0 8
Bolivia Blooming 6 0 1 5 3 13 −10 1
  BLO LAN LIB UNI
Blooming 1–4 1–2 1–2
Lanús 1–0 0–2 0–0
Libertad 4–0 1–1 1–1
Universitario 0–0 2–0 0–0

Group 5

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Brazil Internacional 6 3 3 0 8 2 +6 12
Ecuador Deportivo Quito 6 3 1 2 5 7 −2 10
Uruguay Cerro 6 2 2 2 5 5 0 8
Ecuador Emelec 6 0 2 4 2 6 −4 2
  CRR QUI EME INT
Cerro 2–0 0–0 0–0
Deportivo Quito 2–1 1–0 1–1
Emelec 1–2 0–1 0–0
Internacional 2–0 3–0 2–1

Group 6

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Uruguay Nacional 6 3 3 0 9 4 +5 12
Argentina Banfield 6 3 2 1 13 8 +5 11
Mexico Morelia 6 1 2 3 4 8 −4 5
Ecuador Deportivo Cuenca 6 1 1 4 7 13 −6 4
  BAN CUE MOR NAC
Banfield 4–1 2–1 0–2
Deportivo Cuenca 1–4 2–0 0–0
Morelia 1–1 2–1 0–0
Nacional 2–2 3–2 2–0

Group 7

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Argentina Vélez Sársfield 6 4 1 1 10 5 +5 13
Brazil Cruzeiro 6 3 2 1 12 6 +6 11
Chile Colo-Colo 6 2 2 2 8 10 −2 8
Venezuela Deportivo Italia 6 0 1 5 4 13 −9 1
  CC CRU ITA VÉL
Colo-Colo 1–1 1–0 1–1
Cruzeiro 4–1 2–0 3–0
Deportivo Italia 2–3 2–2 0–1
Vélez Sársfield 2–1 2–0 4–0

Group 8

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Chile Universidad de Chile 6 3 3 0 10 6 +4 12
Brazil Flamengo 6 3 1 2 11 9 +2 10
Chile Universidad Católica 6 1 4 1 5 5 0 7
Venezuela Caracas 6 0 2 4 5 11 −6 2
  CAR FLA UC UCH
Caracas 1–3 0–0 1–3
Flamengo 3–2 2–0 2–2
Universidad Católica 1–1 2–0 2–2
Universidad de Chile 1–0 2–1 0–0

Ranking of second-placed teams

Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
3 Peru Alianza Lima 6 4 0 2 12 7 +5 12
7 Brazil Cruzeiro 6 3 2 1 12 6 +6 11
6 Argentina Banfield 6 3 2 1 13 8 +5 11
2 Colombia Once Caldas 6 3 2 1 8 5 +3 11
4 Peru Universitario 6 2 4 0 5 2 +3 10
8 Brazil Flamengo 6 3 1 2 11 9 +2 10
5 Ecuador Deportivo Quito 6 3 1 2 5 7 −2 10
1 Uruguay Racing 6 2 2 2 4 5 −1 8

Knockout stages

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The last four stages of the tournament (third stage, quarterfinals, semifinals, and finals) form a single-elimination tournament, commonly known as a knockout stage. Fourteen teams will qualify for the knockout competition: the eight group winners, the six group runners-up teams with the best records plus Mexican clubs Guadalajara and San Luis. In each tie, the team with the higher seed will play at home in the second leg. In addition, each club will be able to submit a new squad with up to three player changes 24 hours before the start of their first third stage match.[6]

Seeding

The 16 qualified teams were seeded according to their results in the Second Stage. The top teams from each group were seeded 1-8, with the team with the most points as seed 1 and the team with the least as seed 8. The second-best teams from each group were seeded 9-16, with the team with the most points as seed 9 and the team with the least as seed 16. Guadalajara and San Luis were given the 13 and 14 seed, respectively, which they had earned in the 2009 Copa Libertadores.

Teams qualified as a group winner
Seed Team Pts GD GF AG
1 Brazil Corinthians 16 +6 9 4
2 Brazil São Paulo 13 +7 9 3
3 Argentina Estudiantes 13 +6 11 3
4 Argentina Vélez Sársfield 13 +5 10 2
5 Paraguay Libertad 12 +7 10 4
6 Brazil Internacional 12 +6 8 1
7 Uruguay Nacional 12 +5 9 2
8 Chile Universidad de Chile 12 +4 10 7
Teams qualified as a group runner-up
Seed Team Pts GD GF AG
9 Peru Alianza Lima 12 +5 12 5
10 Brazil Cruzeiro 11 +6 12 3
11 Argentina Banfield 11 +5 13 7
12 Colombia Once Caldas 11 +3 8 4
13 Mexico Guadalajara
14 Mexico San Luis
15 Peru Universitario 10 +3 5 3
16 Brazil Flamengo 10 +2 11 4

Bracket

  Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
                                             
2  Brazil São Paulo (p) 0 0 (3)  
15  Peru Universitario 0 0 (1)  
  2  Brazil São Paulo 2 2  
  10  Brazil Cruzeiro 0 0  
7  Uruguay Nacional 1 0
10  Brazil Cruzeiro 3 3  
  2  Brazil São Paulo 0 2  
  6  Brazil Internacional (a) 1 1  
3  Argentina Estudiantes 1 3  
14  Mexico San Luis 0 1  
  3  Argentina Estudiantes 0 2
  6  Brazil Internacional (a) 1 1  
6  Brazil Internacional (a) 1 2
11  Argentina Banfield 3 0  
  6  Brazil Internacional 2 3
  13  Mexico Guadalajara 1 2
8  Chile U. de Chile 1 2  
9  Peru Alianza Lima 0 2  
  8  Chile U. de Chile (a) 3 1
  16  Brazil Flamengo 2 2  
1  Brazil Corinthians 0 2
16  Brazil Flamengo (a) 1 1  
  8  Chile U. de Chile 1 0
  13  Mexico Guadalajara 1 2  
5  Paraguay Libertad 0 2  
12  Colombia Once Caldas 0 1  
  5  Paraguay Libertad 0 2
  13  Mexico Guadalajara 3 0  
4  Argentina Vélez Sársfield 0 2
13  Mexico Guadalajara 3 0  

Round of 16

The first match of the Round of 16 began on April 27, with the last match played on May 6. Team #1, as the higher seeded team, played the second leg at home.

Teams Scores Tie-breakers
Team #1 Points Team #2 1st leg 2nd leg GD AG Pen.
Corinthians Brazil 3:3 Brazil Flamengo 0–1 2–1 0:0 0:1
São Paulo Brazil 2:2 Peru Universitario 0–0 0–0 0:0 0:0 3–1
Estudiantes Argentina 6:0 Mexico San Luis 1–0 3–1
Vélez Sársfield Argentina 2:3 Mexico Guadalajara 0–3 2–0 −1:+1
Libertad Paraguay 4:1 Colombia Once Caldas 0–0 2–1
Internacional Brazil 3:3 Argentina Banfield 1–3 2–0 0:0 1:0
Nacional Uruguay 0:6 Brazil Cruzeiro 1–3 0–3
Universidad de Chile Chile 4:1 Peru Alianza Lima 1–0 2–2

Quarterfinals

The first leg of the quarterfinals took place the week of May 12, while the second leg took place the week of May 19. Team #1, as the higher seeded team, played the second leg at home.

Teams Scores Tie-breakers
Team #1 Points Team #2 1st leg 2nd leg GD AG Pen.
São Paulo Brazil 6:0 Brazil Cruzeiro 2–0 2–0
Estudiantes Argentina 3:3 Brazil Internacional 0–1 2–1 0:0 0:1
Libertad Paraguay 2:3 Mexico Guadalajara 0–3 2–0 −1:+1
Universidad de Chile Chile 3:3 Brazil Flamengo 3–2 1–2 0:0 3:2

Semifinals

After a six-week break because of the 2010 FIFA World Cup, the first leg of the Copa Libertadores semifinals took place the week of July 28, while the second leg took place the week of August 5.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Internacional Brazil 2–2 (a) Brazil São Paulo 1–0 1–2
Guadalajara Mexico 3–1 Chile Universidad de Chile 1–1 2–0

Finals

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In the finals, if the finalists are tied on points after the culmination of the second leg, the winner will be the team with the best goal difference. If they are tied on goal difference, the game will move onto extra time and a penalty shootout if necessary. The away goals rule does not apply in this stage.[7] As the last CONMEBOL team in the competition, Internacional has qualified to the 2010 FIFA Club World Cup, regardless of the results.

August 11, 2010
19:50 (UTC-5)
Guadalajara Mexico 1–2 Brazil Internacional
Bautista Goal 45+2' Report Giuliano Goal 72'
Bolívar Goal 76'
Estadio Omnilife, Zapopan
Attendance: 30,870[8]
Referee: Héctor Baldassi (Argentina)

Internacional won the Copa Libertadores on points 6–0.

Copa Libertadores de América
2010 Champion
Brazil
Internacional
Second Title

Statistics

Top goalscorers

Pos Player Team Goals
1 Brazil Thiago Ribeiro Brazil Cruzeiro 8
2 Peru José Carlos Fernández Peru Alianza Lima 7
Brazil Kléber Brazil Cruzeiro 7
4 Brazil Giuliano Brazil Internacional 6
Panama Luis Tejada Peru Juan Aurich 6
6 Mexico Omar Bravo Mexico Guadalajara 5
Paraguay Rodolfo Gamarra Paraguay Libertad 5
Uruguay Mario Regueiro Uruguay Nacional 5
Colombia James Rodríguez Argentina Banfield 5
Brazil Washington Brazil São Paulo 5

Player of the week

Week Player Team Notes
1 Panama Luis Tejada Peru Juan Aurich [9]
2 Paraguay Pablo Velázquez Paraguay Libertad [10]
3 Argentina Mauro Boselli Argentina Estudiantes [11]
4 Peru Wilmer Aguirre Peru Alianza Lima [12]
5 Argentina Sebastián Blanco Argentina Lanús [13]
6 Brazil Washington Brazil São Paulo [14]
7 Peru Pedro Ascoy Peru Juan Aurich [15]
8 Uruguay Santiago Ostolaza Uruguay Racing [16]
9 Brazil Kléber Brazil Cruzeiro [17]
10 Peru José Carlos Fernández Peru Alianza Lima [18]
11 Uruguay Hernán Rodrigo López Argentina Vélez Sársfield [19]
12 Brazil Andrezinho Brazil Internacional [20]
13 Brazil Thiago Ribeiro Brazil Cruzeiro [21]
14 Paraguay Roberto Gamarra Paraguay Libertad [22]
15 Mexico Omar Bravo Mexico Guadalajara [23]
16 Brazil Hernanes Brazil São Paulo [24]
17 Brazil Giuliano Brazil Internacional [25]
18 Mexico Xavier Báez Mexico Guadalajara [26]
19 Argentina Pablo Guiñazú Brazil Internacional [27]
20 Brazil Tinga Brazil Internacional [28]

See also

Footnotes

A. ^ Estudiantes, as the defending champion, take the Argentina 1 berth. Therefore the teams with the lowest two berths enter the First Stage

References

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