2006 Copa Libertadores

2006 Copa Libertadores
2006 Copa Toyota Libertadores de América
2006 Copa Toyota Libertadores da América
Tournament details
DatesJanuary 24 - August 16
Teams38 (from 11 associations)
Final positions
Champions Internacional (1st title)
Runners-up São Paulo
Tournament statistics
Matches played138
Goals scored386 (2.8 per match)
Top scorer(s)Fourteen players
(5 goals each)
Best player(s) Fernandão[1]
2005
2007

The 2006 Copa Toyota Libertadores was the 47th edition of the Copa Libertadores, CONMEBOL's annual football club tournament.

38 teams from 11 football associations took part, starting with the first qualifying round played on 24 January 2006.

Internacional won this edition for their first title, beating São Paulo 4–3 on aggregate.

Qualified Teams

Group Stage
Newell's Old Boys Estudiantes São Paulo Corinthians
Vélez Sársfield Rosario Central Paulista Internacional
Bolívar Unión Española Deportivo Cali LDU Quito
The Strongest Universidad Católica Atlético Nacional El Nacional
Cerro Porteño Cienciano Nacional Unión Atlético Maracaibo
Libertad Sporting Cristal Rocha Caracas
UNAM UANL
First stage
River Plate Goias Palmeiras Oriente Petrolero
Colo-Colo Santa Fe Cuenca Nacional
Universitario Defensor Sporting Deportivo Táchira Guadalajara

First stage

Teams in the Team #1 column played at home in the first leg.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Nacional 2-2 (a) Universitario 2-2 0-0
Defensor Sporting 2-2 (a) Santa Fe 2-2 0-0
River Plate 8-0 Oriente Petrolero 6-0 2-0
Colo-Colo 4-8 Guadalajara 1-3 3-5
Palmeiras 6-2 Deportivo Táchira 2-0 4-2
Deportivo Cuenca 1-4 Goias 1-1 0-3

Matches

First leg

Nacional 2 – 2 Universitario
Centurion 62' (o.g.)
Moisela 66' (o.g.)
Report Moisela 64'
Sangoy 90'
Estadio Monumental, Asunción





Second leg

Universitario 0 – 0 Nacional
Report
Referee: Carlos Lopez (Colombia)

Santa Fe 0 – 0 Defensor Sporting
Report
Referee: Mauricio Reinoso (Ecuador)


Guadalajara 5 – 3 Colo-Colo
Medina 24' 78'
Santana 34'
Rodríguez 36'
Bautista 81'
Report Suazo 39' 67' 76'
Referee: Gustavo Brand (Venezuela)


Group stage

6 winners from the qualifying round and the 26 pre-qualified clubs are drawn into 8 groups of 4 teams each. The top 2 teams in each group will advance to the Libertadores Cup play-offs.

Tiebreakers, if necessary, are applied in the following order:

  1. Cumulative goal difference.
  2. Total goals scored.
  3. Away goals scored.
  4. Sorting

Group 1

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts SÃO GDL CAR CIE
1 São Paulo 6 4 0 2 12 6 +6 12 1–2 2–0 4–1
2 Guadalajara 6 3 3 0 6 3 +3 12 2–1 1–1 0–0
3 Caracas 6 1 2 3 7 7 0 5 1–2 0–0 4–0
4 Cienciano 6 1 1 4 3 12 −9 4 0–2 0–1 2–1
Source:


Group 2

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts ISF ELP SPC BOL
1 Santa Fe 6 3 1 2 9 7 +2 10 3–1 2–1 2–2
2 Estudiantes 6 3 1 2 10 10 0 10 1–0 4–3 2–1
3 Sporting Cristal 6 2 1 3 11 12 −1 7 1–2 2–2 2–1
4 Bolivar 6 2 1 3 7 8 −1 7 1–0 1–0 1–2
Source:


Group 3

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts GOI NOB UE STR
1 Goiás 6 3 2 1 7 1 +6 11 3–0 0–0 2–0
2 Newell's Old Boys 6 2 2 2 7 7 0 8 0–0 2–0 2–0
3 Unión Española 6 2 2 2 3 5 −2 8 0–2 1–1 1–0
4 The Strongest 6 2 0 4 4 8 −4 6 1–0 3–2 0–1
Source:


Group 4

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts COR UANL UC CALI
1 Corinthians 6 4 1 1 10 6 +4 13 1–0 2–2 3–0
2 UANL 6 3 1 2 12 10 +2 10 2–0 1–0 5–4
3 Universidad Católica 6 3 1 2 12 11 +1 10 2–3 3–2 2–1
4 Deportivo Cali 6 0 1 5 9 16 −7 1 0–1 2–2 2–3
Source:


Group 5

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts VEL LDU ROC UNI
1 Vélez Sársfield 6 5 1 0 18 6 +12 16 2–2 3–0 4–3
2 LDU Quito 6 3 1 2 16 9 +7 10 1–3 5–0 4–0
3 Rocha 6 1 2 3 4 16 −12 5 0–5 3–2 0–0
4 Universitario 6 0 2 4 5 12 −7 2 0–1 1–2 1–1
Source:


Group 6

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts INT NAC MBO UNAM
1 Internacional 6 4 2 0 13 4 +9 14 3–0 4–0 3–2
2 Nacional 6 2 3 1 6 6 0 9 0–0 0–0 2–0
3 Unión Atlético Maracaibo 6 2 2 2 7 8 −1 8 1–1 2–3 3–0
4 UNAM 6 0 1 5 4 12 −8 1 1–2 1–1 0–1
Source:


Group 7

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts AN PAL CER CEN
1 Atlético Nacional 6 3 1 2 13 9 +4 10 1–2 2–2 1–0
2 Palmeiras 6 2 3 1 9 8 +1 9 3–2 2–3 0–0
3 Cerro Porteño 6 2 2 2 9 12 −3 8 1–5 0–0 1–3
4 Rosario Central 6 1 2 3 6 8 −2 5 1–2 2–2 0–2
Source:


Group 8

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts LIB RIV ELN PAU
1 Libertad 6 3 2 1 8 3 +5 11 2–0 4–1 1–0
2 River Plate 6 3 0 3 10 10 0 9 1–0 4–3 4–1
3 El Nacional 6 1 3 2 8 10 −2 6 1–1 2–0 1–1
4 Paulista 6 1 3 2 4 7 −3 6 0–0 2–1 0–0
Source:


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) and the ties were 1 vs 16, 2 vs 15, etc.

Qualified teams

Seed Team Pld Pts GD Qualification
1 Vélez Sársfield 6 16 +12 Qualified as first place
2 Internacional 6 14 +9
3 Corinthians 6 13 +4
4 São Paulo 6 12 +6
5 Goiás 6 11 +6
6 Libertad 6 11 +5
7 Atlético Nacional 6 10 +4
8 Santa Fe 6 10 +2
9 Guadalajara 6 12 +3 Qualified as second place
10 LDU Quito 6 10 +7
11 UANL 6 10 +2
12 Estudiantes 6 10 0
13 Palmeiras 6 9 +1
14 River Plate 6 9 +0
15 Nacional 6 9 +0
16 Newell's Old Boys 6 8 +0

Bracket

Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
                    
2 Internacional 2 0 2
15 Nacional 1 0 1
2 Internacional 1 2 3
10 LDU Quito 2 0 2
7 Atlético Nacional 0 0 0
10 LDU Quito 4 1 5
2 Internacional 0 2 2
6 Libertad 0 0 0
6 Libertad 0 0 0 (5)
11 UANL 0 0 0 (3)
6 Libertad 2 3 5
14 River Plate 2 1 3
3 Corinthians 2 1 3
14 River Plate 3 3 6
2 Internacional 2 2 4
4 São Paulo 1 2 3
4 São Paulo 1 2 3
13 Palmeiras 1 1 2
4 São Paulo 0 1 1 (4)
12 Estudiantes 1 0 1 (3)
5 Goiás 0 3 3
12 Estudiantes (a) 2 1 3
4 São Paulo 1 3 4
9 Guadalajara 0 0 0
1 Vélez Sársfield 4 2 6
16 Newell's Old Boys 2 2 4
1 Vélez Sársfield 0 1 1
9 Guadalajara 0 2 2
8 Santa Fe 0 3 3
9 Guadalajara 3 1 4

Round of 16

Teams Scores Tie-breakers
1st leg home team Points 2nd leg home team 1st leg 2nd leg GF AG Pen.
Newell's Old Boys 1 4 Vélez Sársfield 2–4 2–2
Nacional 1 4 Internacional 1–2 0–0
River Plate 6 0 Corinthians 3–2 3–1
Palmeiras 1 4 São Paulo 1–1 1–2
Estudiantes 3 3 Goiás 2–0 1–3 3–3 1–0
UANL 2 2 Libertad 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 3–5
LDU Quito 6 0 Atlético Nacional 4–0 1–0
Guadalajara 3 3 Santa Fe 3–0 1–3 4–3

Quarter-finals

Teams Scores Tie-breakers
1st leg home team Points 2nd leg home team 1st leg 2nd leg GF AG Pen.
Guadalajara 2 1 Vélez Sársfield 0–0 2–1
LDU Quito 2 3 Internacional 2–1 0–2 2–3
Estudiantes 3 3 São Paulo 1–0 0–1 1–1 0–0 3–4
River Plate 1 4 Libertad 2–2 1–3

Semi-finals

Teams Scores Tie-breakers
1st leg home team Points 2nd leg home team 1st leg 2nd leg GF AG Pen.
Libertad 1 4 Internacional 0–0 0–2
Guadalajara 0 6 São Paulo 0–1 0–3

Finals

Teams Scores Tie-breakers
1st leg home team Points 2nd leg home team 1st leg 2nd leg GF AG Pen.
São Paulo 1 4 Internacional 1–2 2–2


 Copa Libertadores de América
2006 champion 

Internacional
First title

Top goalscorers

Player Team Goals
Aloísio São Paulo 5
Félix Borja El Nacional 5
José Luis Calderón Estudiantes 5
Agustín Delgado LDU Quito 5
Sebastián Ereros Vélez Sársfield 5
Ernesto Farías River Plate 5
Fernandão Internacional 5
Marcinho Palmeiras 5
Daniel Montenegro River Plate 5
Nilmar Corinthians 5
Mariano Pavone Estudiantes 5
Jorge Quinteros Universidad Católica 5
Patricio Urrutia LDU Quito 5
Washington Palmeiras 5

See also

References

  1. ^ "Conoce a los jugadores más valiosos de la Libertadores". 10 October 2012. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 22 February 2015.