1991 Supercopa Libertadores

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.

1991 Supercopa Sudamericana

1991 Supercopa Libertadores João Havelange
Tournament details
Teams	14 (from 5 confederations)
Final positions
Champions	Cruzeiro (1st title)
Runners-up	River Plate
Tournament statistics
Matches played	26
Goals scored	53 (2.04 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Juan José Borrelli Charles Gaúcho Sergio Martínez (3 goals)
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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

Main article: 1991 Supercopa Libertadores Finals

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

• 1991 Copa Libertadores

External links

• RSSSF