1991 Supercopa Libertadores

1991 Supercopa Sudamericana
1991 Supercopa Libertadores João Havelange
Tournament details
Teams14 (from 5 confederations)
Final positions
Champions Cruzeiro (1st title)
Runners-up River Plate
Tournament statistics
Matches played26
Goals scored53 (2.04 per match)
Top scorer(s) Juan José Borrelli
Charles
Gaúcho
Sergio Martínez
(3 goals)
1990
1992

The 1991 Supercopa Libertadores was the fourth season of the Supercopa Libertadores, a club football tournament for past Copa Libertadores winners. The tournament was won by Cruzeiro, who beat River Plate 3–2 on aggregate in the final.

As the new reigning Copa Libertadores champions, Chilean side Colo-Colo were admitted into the competition.

Former Copa Libertadores winners Atlético Nacional did not take part.

Qualified teams

Up until the middle of 1991, 15 teams had won the Copa Libertadores at least once since its inaugural season in 1960; however, only 14 teams participated as Atlético Nacional declined to play in the tournament.

Team First won
Peñarol 1960
Santos 1962
Independiente 1964
Racing 1967
Estudiantes 1968
Nacional 1971
Cruzeiro 1976
Boca Juniors 1977
Olimpia 1979
Flamengo 1981
Grêmio 1983
Argentinos Juniors 1985
River Plate 1986
Atlético Nacional 1989
Colo-Colo 1991

Bracket

First round Quarter-finals Semi-finals Finals
            
Grêmio 2 1 (3)
River Plate 2 1 (4)
River Plate 1 1 (4)
Flamengo 0 2 (3)
Estudiantes 1 0
Flamengo 1 2
River Plate 2 3
Peñarol 0 1
Racing 2 0
Peñarol 3 0
Peñarol 3 0
Santos 2 0
Santos 2 0
Argentinos Juniors 1 0
River Plate 2 0
Cruzeiro 0 3
Colo-Colo 0 0 (3)
Cruzeiro 0 0 (4)
Cruzeiro 4 0
Nacional 0 3
Nacional 1 0
Boca Juniors 1 2
Cruzeiro 1 0 (5)
Olimpia 1 0 (4)
Olimpia 1 2
Independiente 1 0

First round

Teams from the same nation could not be drawn against one another. Olimpia, as the title holders, entered the competition at the quarterfinal stage. Independiente also advanced to that same stage after the initial draw.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
River Plate 3–3 (4-3 p) Grêmio 2–2 1–1
Peñarol 3–2 Racing 3–2 0–0
Argentinos Juniors 1–2 Santos 1–2 0–0
Flamengo 3–1 Estudiantes 1–1 2–0
Cruzeiro 0–0 (4-3 p) Colo-Colo 0–0 0–0
Boca Juniors 1–3 Nacional 1–1 0–2

Quarterfinals

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Peñarol 3–2 Santos 3–2 0–0
River Plate 2–2 (4-3 p) Flamengo 1–0 1–2
Cruzeiro 4–3 Nacional 4–0 0–3
Independiente 1–3 Olimpia 1–1 0–2

Semi-finals

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
River Plate 5–1 Peñarol 2–0 3–1
Cruzeiro 1–1 (5-4 p) Olimpia 1–1 0–0

Final

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
River Plate 2–3 Cruzeiro 2–0 0–3
1991 Supercopa
Sudamericana Winners

Cruzeiro
First Title

See also