1993 Copa Libertadores

The Copa Libertadores 1993 was the 34th edition of the Copa Libertadores, CONMEBOL's annual international club tournament. São Paulo won the competition.

1993 Copa Libertadores de América

Tournament details
Dates	February 5 – May 26
Teams	21 (from 10 associations)
Final positions
Champions	São Paulo (2nd title)
Runners-up	Universidad Católica
Tournament statistics
Matches played	90
Goals scored	248 (2.76 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Juan Carlos Almada (9 Goals)
← 1992 1994 →

Qualified teams

Association	Team (berth)	Qualification method
Argentina 2 berths	River Plate	1992 Copa Libertadores qualification winner
	Newell's Old Boys	1992 Copa Libertadores qualification runner-up
Bolivia 2 berths	Bolívar	1992 Primera División champion
	San José	1992 Primera División runner-up
Brazil 3 berths	São Paulo	1992 Copa Libertadores champion
	Flamengo	1992 Série A champion
	Internacional	1992 Copa do Brasil champion
Chile 2 berths	Cobreloa	1992 Primera División champion
	Universidad Católica	1992 Liguilla Pre-Copa Libertadores winner
Colombia 2 berths	América de Cali	1992 Categoría Primera A champion
	Atlético Nacional	1992 Categoría Primera A runner-up
Ecuador 2 berths	El Nacional	1992 Serie A champion
	Barcelona	1992 Serie A runner-up
Paraguay 2 berths	Cerro Porteño	1992 Primera División champion
	Olimpia	1992 Copa Libertadores Play-offs winner
Peru 2 berths	Universitario	1992 Descentralizado champion
	Sporting Cristal	1992 Liguilla Pre-Libertadores winner
Uruguay 2 berths	Nacional	1992 Liguilla Pre-Libertadores winner
	Bella Vista	1992 Liguilla Pre-Libertadores runner-up
Venezuela 2 berths	Caracas	1991–92 Primera División champion
	Minervén	1991–92 Primera División runner-up

Draw

The champions and runners-up of each football association were drawn into the same group along with another football association's participating teams. Three clubs from Brazil competed as São Paulo was champion of the 1992 Copa Libertadores. They entered the tournament in the Round of 16.

Group 1	Group 2	Group 3	Group 4	Group 5
Peru Venezuela	Bolivia Chile	Ecuador Uruguay	Brazil Colombia	Argentina Paraguay

Group stage

Main article: 1993 Copa Libertadores group stage

Group 1

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Universitario	6	3	3	0	14	7	+7	9	Round of 16
2	Sporting Cristal	6	3	1	2	13	9	+4	7
3	Minervén	6	1	2	3	6	12	−6	4[a]
4	Caracas	6	1	2	3	5	10	−5	4[a]

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

1. Play-off match: Minervén 1–0 Caracas.

Group 2

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Universidad Católica	6	3	2	1	15	8	+7	8	Round of 16
2	Bolívar	6	3	1	2	10	7	+3	7
3	Cobreloa	6	2	3	1	8	9	−1	7
4	San José	6	1	0	5	8	17	−9	2

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group 3

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Nacional	6	3	2	1	12	6	+6	8	Round of 16
2	El Nacional	6	3	0	3	9	11	−2	6
3	Barcelona	6	2	1	3	8	7	+1	5
4	Bella Vista	6	2	1	3	6	11	−5	5

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group 4

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Flamengo	6	3	1	2	9	7	+2	7	Round of 16
2	América de Cali	6	3	1	2	12	11	+1	7[a]
3	Atlético Nacional	6	3	1	2	8	6	+2	7[a]
4	Internacional	6	0	3	3	4	9	−5	3

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

1. Play-off match: Atlético Nacional 2–4 América de Cali.

Group 5

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Cerro Porteño	6	2	3	1	5	4	+1	7	Round of 16
2	Newell's Old Boys	6	1	4	1	4	4	0	6[a]
3	Olimpia	6	1	4	1	4	4	0	6[a]
4	River Plate	6	1	3	2	4	5	−1	5

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

1. Away goals scored: Newell's Old Boys 2, Olimpia 1.

Knockout stages

Bracket

	Round of 16						Quarterfinals						Semifinals						Finals
	Atlético Nacional	0	2	2
	Universidad Católica	2	1	3
							Universidad Católica	3	1	4
							Barcelona	1	0	1
	Barcelona	1	3	4
	Universitario	2	0	2
													Universidad Católica	1	2	3
													América de Cali	0	2	2
	Sporting Cristal	0	4	4
	El Nacional	3	0	3
							Sporting Cristal	2	2	4
							América de Cali	2	3	5
	Bolívar	1	1	2
	América de Cali	2	1	3
																			Universidad Católica	1	2	3
																			São Paulo	5	0	5
	Cobreloa	1	0	1
	Cerro Porteño	1	2	3
							Cerro Porteño (p)	1	0	1 (4)
							Olimpia	1	0	1 (2)
	Olimpia	2	3	5
	Nacional	1	0	1
													Cerro Porteño	0	0	0
													São Paulo	1	0	1
	Minervén	2	0	2
	Flamengo	8	1	9
							Flamengo	1	0	1
							São Paulo	1	2	3
	São Paulo	0	4	4
	Newell's Old Boys	2	0	2

Finals

Main article: 1993 Copa Libertadores Finals

São Paulo v Universidad Católica

19 May 1993	São Paulo	5–1	Universidad Católica	Estádio do Morumbi, São Paulo
	López 30' (o.g.) Vítor 40' Gilmar 54' Raí 60' Müller 65'		Almada 85' (pen.)	Attendance: 100,000 Referee: Torres (COL)

Universidad Católica v São Paulo

26 May 1993	Universidad Católica	2–0	São Paulo	Estadio Nacional, Santiago
	Lunari 9' Almada 15' (pen.)			Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Escobar (PAR)

Copa Libertadores 1993 Winner
São Paulo Second Title

External links

• Match results at CONMEBOL's website (In Spanish)
  • In English
• Match result at RSSSF's website