2011 Copa Libertadores

The 2011 Copa Libertadores de América (officially the 2011 Copa Santander Libertadores de América for sponsorship reasons) was the 52nd edition of the Copa Libertadores de América, South America's premier international club football tournament organized by CONMEBOL. It was held from January 25 to June 22 of the same year. Brazilian club Internacional were the defending champion, but they were eliminated by Uruguayan team Peñarol in the round of 16. Internacional was succeeded by Brazilian club Santos, who won their third title after defeating Peñarol in the two-legged finals.^[2] Santos qualified to the 2011 FIFA Club World Cup and the 2012 Recopa Sudamericana.

2011 Copa Libertadores de América

2011 Copa Libertadores da América
Tournament details
Dates	January 25–June 22, 2011
Teams	38 (from 11 associations)
Final positions
Champions	Santos (3rd title)
Runners-up	Peñarol
Tournament statistics
Matches played	138
Goals scored	358 (2.59 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Roberto Nanni Wallyson (7 goals each)
Best player	Neymar[1]
← 2010 2012 →

Qualified teams

Starting from 2011, the most recent Copa Sudamericana champion would earn a berth in the tournament.^[3] However, the country of the Copa Sudamericana champion would not gain an extra berth. The Copa Sudamericana champion would take the lowest-placed berth already assigned to the country if they did not qualify for the Copa Libertadores through domestic performance.^[4]

Association	Team (Berth)	Entry stage	Qualification method
Argentina 5 berths	Argentinos Juniors (Argentina 1)	Second Stage	2010 Clausura champion
	Estudiantes (Argentina 2)		2010 Apertura champion
	Vélez Sársfield (Argentina 3)		2010 tournaments aggregate table best non-champion
	Godoy Cruz (Argentina 4)		2010 tournaments aggregate table 2nd best non-champion
	Independiente (Argentina 5)	First Stage	2010 Copa Sudamericana champion
Bolivia 3 berths	Jorge Wilstermann (Bolivia 1)	Second Stage	2010 Apertura champion
	Oriente Petrolero (Bolivia 2)		2010 Clausura champion
	Bolívar (Bolivia 3)	First Stage	2010 Clausura runner-up
Brazil 5+1 berths	Internacional (Brazil 1)	Second Stage	2010 Copa Libertadores de América champion
	Santos (Brazil 2)		2010 Copa do Brasil champion
	Fluminense (Brazil 3)		2010 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A champion
	Cruzeiro (Brazil 4)		2010 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A runner-up
	Corinthians (Brazil 5)	First Stage	2010 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 3rd place
	Grêmio (Brazil 6)		2010 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 4th place
Chile 3 berths	Universidad Católica (Chile 1)	Second Stage	2010 Primera División champion
	Colo-Colo (Chile 2)		2010 Primera División round 1 leader
	Unión Española (Chile 3)	First Stage	2010 Primera División Liguilla winner
Colombia 3 berths	Junior (Colombia 1)	Second Stage	2010 Apertura champion
	Once Caldas (Colombia 2)		2010 Finalización champion
	Deportes Tolima (Colombia 3)	First Stage	2010 Primera A aggregate table best non-champion
Ecuador 3 berths	LDU Quito (Ecuador 1)	Second Stage	2010 Serie A champion
	Emelec (Ecuador 2)		2010 Serie A runner-up
	Deportivo Quito (Ecuador 3)	First Stage	2010 Serie A 3rd place
Paraguay 3 berths	Libertad (Paraguay 1)	Second Stage	2010 Primera División aggregate table best champion
	Guaraní (Paraguay 2)		2010 Primera División aggregate table 2nd best champion
	Cerro Porteño (Paraguay 3)	First Stage	2010 Primera División aggregate table best non-champion
Peru 3 berths	Universidad San Martín (Peru 1)	Second Stage	2010 Descentralizado champion
	León de Huánuco (Peru 2)		2010 Descentralizado runner-up
	Alianza Lima (Peru 3)	First Stage	2010 Descentralizado aggregate table best non-finalist
Uruguay 3 berths	Peñarol (Uruguay 1)	Second Stage	2009–10 Primera División champion
	Nacional (Uruguay 2)		2009–10 Primera División runner-up
	Liverpool (Uruguay 3)	First Stage	2009–10 Primera División aggregate table best non-finalist
Venezuela 3 berths	Caracas (Venezuela 1)	Second Stage	2009–10 Primera División champion
	Deportivo Táchira (Venezuela 2)		2009–10 Primera División runner-up
	Deportivo Petare (Venezuela 3)	First Stage	2009–10 Primera División aggregate table best non-finalist
Mexico (CONCACAF) 3 invitees	América (Mexico 1)	Second Stage	2010 Apertura classification phase best eligible team
	San Luis (Mexico 2)		2010 Apertura classification phase 2nd best eligible team
	Chiapas (Mexico 3)	First Stage	2010 Apertura classification phase 3rd best eligible team

Draw

The draw for the 2011 Copa Libertadores was held on November 25, 2010, in Asunción.^[5][6] The drawing procedure for the 12 teams in the first stage was to alternatively draw a team from each pot. The drawing procedure for the 26 teams in the second stage was to draw out the pots beginning with Pot 1. One team from each pot would be placed, in the order of being drawn, into one of eight groups from 1 to 8. When drawing from Pot 3, if a team had been placed in a group where a team from the same football association was already placed, they were moved to the subsequent group until they were no longer in a group with a team from the same association. However, a first stage winner may be drawn with a team from the same association in the second stage.

For the first time, the seeded teams for the second stage were changed. Up until 2010, the 8 seeded teams included the reigning champion, and clubs from the football associations of Argentina and Brazil. For 2011, the seeded teams consisted of berths 1 from Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela, and berths 2 from Argentina and Brazil. The reigning champion–Internacional–was berth 1 for Brazil. For 2012, Bolivia, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay would all have their berth 1 teams be seeded teams instead of the berth 1 teams from Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela.^[7]

Prior to the draw, it was announced that Caracas would be one of the eight seeded teams. During the draw, however, Deportivo Táchira was accidentally drawn as the seeded team for Group 4 and Caracas was drawn into Group 5 as a non-seeded team. After the ceremony, CONMEBOL recognized their error and transferred Caracas over to Group 4 and Deportivo Táchira over to Group 5.^[8]

First stage
Pot 1	Pot 2
Independiente1 Corinthians1 Grêmio1 Unión Española1 Cerro Porteño1 Chiapas1	Bolívar1 Deportes Tolima1 Deportivo Quito1 Alianza Lima1 Liverpool Deportivo Petare

Second stage
Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
Internacional Argentinos Juniors Estudiantes1 Santos Junior LDU Quito1 Universidad San Martín1 Caracas	Jorge Wilstermann Oriente Petrolero1 Universidad Católica1 Colo-Colo1 Libertad1 Guaraní1 Peñarol Nacional	Vélez Sársfield1 Godoy Cruz1 Fluminense1 Cruzeiro1 Once Caldas1 Emelec1 León de Huánuco1 Deportivo Táchira	Winner 1 Winner 2 Winner 3 Winner 4 Winner 5 Winner 6 América San Luis

¹Teams had not yet fully qualified to the specific berth when the draw took place.^[6]

Schedule

All dates listed are Wednesdays, but matches may be played on the day before (Tuesdays) and after (Thursdays) as well.^[6]

Stage	First leg	Second leg
First stage	January 26	February 2
Second stage	February 9, 16, 23 March 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 April 6, 13, 20
Round of 16	April 27	May 4
Quarter-finals	May 11	May 18
Semi-finals	May 25	June 1
Finals	June 15	June 22

First stage

Main article: 2011 Copa Libertadores First Stage

The First Stage began on January 25 and ended on February 3. Team 1 played the second leg at home.

Teams			Scores		Tie-breakers
Team 1	Points	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg	GD	AG	Pen.
Deportes Tolima	4:1	Corinthians	0–0	2–0	—	—	—
Chiapas	4:0	Alianza Lima	2–0	2–0	—	—	—
Deportivo Petare	1:4	Cerro Porteño	0–1	1–1	—	—	—
Unión Española	4:1	Bolívar	1–0	0–0	—	—	—
Deportivo Quito	3:3	Independiente	0–2	1–0	−1:+1	—	—
Grêmio	4:1	Liverpool	2–2	3–1	—	—	—

Second stage

Main article: 2011 Copa Libertadores Second Stage

The Second Stage, played in home-and-away round-robin format, began on February 9 and ended on April 20. The top two teams from each group qualified for the knockout stages.

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		LIB	OCA	USM	SLU
1	Libertad	6	4	2	0	13	5	+8	14			2–2	5–1	2–0
2	Once Caldas	6	1	4	1	7	8	−1	7		1–1		0–3	1–1
3	Universidad San Martín	6	2	0	4	7	11	−4	6		0–1	0–2		2–0
4	San Luis	6	1	2	3	6	9	−3	5		1–2	1–1	3–1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		JUN	GRE	OPE	LHU
1	Junior	6	4	1	1	9	7	+2	13			2–1	2–1	1–1
2	Grêmio	6	3	1	2	9	6	+3	10		2–0		3–0	2–0
3	Oriente Petrolero	6	2	0	4	7	8	−1	6		1–2	3–0		2–0
4	León de Huánuco	6	1	2	3	4	8	−4	5		1–2	1–1	1–0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group 3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		AME	FLU	NAC	ARG
1	América	6	3	1	2	8	7	+1	10			1–0	2–0	2–1
2	Fluminense	6	2	2	2	9	9	0	8		3–2		0–0	2–2
3	Nacional	6	2	2	2	3	3	0	8		0–0	2–0		0–1
4	Argentinos Juniors	6	2	1	3	9	10	−1	7		3–1	2–4	0–1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group 4

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		UC	VEL	CAR	UE
1	Universidad Católica	6	3	2	1	11	9	+2	11			0–0	1–3	2–1
2	Vélez Sársfield	6	3	1	2	12	7	+5	10		3–4		3–0	2–1
3	Caracas	6	3	0	3	7	10	−3	9		0–2	0–3		2–0
4	Unión Española	6	1	1	4	7	11	−4	4		2–2	2–1	1–2

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group 5

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		CPO	SAN	CC	TAC
1	Cerro Porteño	6	3	2	1	13	8	+5	11			1–2	5–2	1–1
2	Santos	6	3	2	1	11	8	+3	11		1–1		3–2	3–1
3	Colo-Colo	6	3	0	3	15	16	−1	9		2–3	3–2		2–1
4	Deportivo Táchira	6	0	2	4	5	12	−7	2		0–2	0–0	2–4

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group 6

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		INT	CHI	EME	WIL
1	Internacional	6	4	1	1	14	3	+11	13			4–0	2–0	3–0
2	Chiapas	6	3	0	3	6	8	−2	9		1–0		2–1	2–0
3	Emelec	6	2	2	2	4	5	−1	8		1–1	1–0		1–0
4	Jorge Wilstermann	6	1	1	4	3	11	−8	4		1–4	2–1	0–0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group 7

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		CRU	EST	TOL	GUA
1	Cruzeiro	6	5	1	0	20	1	+19	16			5–0	6–1	4–0
2	Estudiantes	6	3	1	2	9	11	−2	10		0–3		1–0	5–1
3	Deportes Tolima	6	2	2	2	5	8	−3	8		0–0	1–1		1–0
4	Guaraní	6	0	0	6	2	16	−14	0		0–2	1–2	0–2

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group 8

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		LDU	PEN	IND	GCR
1	LDU Quito	6	3	1	2	12	4	+8	10			5–0	3–0	2–0
2	Peñarol	6	3	0	3	6	11	−5	9		1–0		0–1	2–1
3	Independiente	6	2	2	2	7	8	−1	8		1–1	3–0		1–3
4	Godoy Cruz	6	2	1	3	8	10	−2	7		2–1	1–3	1–1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Knockout stages

Main article: 2011 Copa Libertadores knockout stages

The last four stages of the tournament (round of 16, quarter-finals, semi-finals, and finals), played in home-and-away two-legged format, form a single-elimination tournament, contested by the sixteen teams which advance from the Second Stage.^[9] In each tie, the team with the higher seed will play at home in the second leg.

Seeding

The 16 qualified teams are seeded in the knockout stages according to their results in the second stage, with the group winners seeded 1–8, and the group runners-up seeded 9–16.^[10] The teams were ranked by: 1. Points (Pts); 2. Goal difference (GD); 3. Goals scored (GF); 4. Away goals (AG); 5. Drawing of lots.

Teams qualified as a group winner Seed Team Pts GD GF AG 1 Cruzeiro 16 +19 20 5 2 Libertad 14 +8 13 4 3 Internacional 13 +11 14 5 4 Junior 13 +2 9 4 5 Cerro Porteño 11 +5 13 6 6 Universidad Católica 11 +2 11 8 7 LDU Quito 10 +8 12 2 8 América 10 +1 8 3

Teams qualified as a group runner-up Seed Team Pts GD GF AG 9 Santos 11 +3 11 4 10 Vélez Sársfield 10 +5 12 4 11 Grêmio 10 +3 9 2 12 Estudiantes 10 −2 9 3 13 Chiapas 9 −2 6 1 14 Peñarol 9 −5 6 3 15 Fluminense 8 0 9 4 16 Once Caldas 7 −1 7 5

Bracket

	Round of 16						Quarter-finals						Semi-finals						Finals
	5	Cerro Porteño (p)	0	0 (5)
	12	Estudiantes	0	0 (3)
							5	Cerro Porteño	1	1
							13	Chiapas	1	0
	4	Junior	1	3
	13	Chiapas (a)	1	3
													5	Cerro Porteño	0	3
													9	Santos	1	3
	8	América	0	0
	9	Santos	1	0
							9	Santos	1	1
							16	Once Caldas	0	1
	1	Cruzeiro	2	0
	16	Once Caldas	1	2
																			9	Santos	0	2
																			14	Peñarol	0	1
	2	Libertad	1	3
	15	Fluminense	3	0
							2	Libertad	0	2
							10	Vélez Sársfield	3	4
	7	LDU Quito	0	0
	10	Vélez Sársfield	3	2
													10	Vélez Sársfield	0	2
													14	Peñarol (a)	1	1
	6	U. Católica	2	1
	11	Grêmio	1	0
							6	U. Católica	0	2
							14	Peñarol	2	1
	3	Internacional	1	1
	14	Peñarol	1	2

Round of 16

The Round of 16 began on April 26 and ended on May 5. Team 1 played the second leg at home.

Teams			Scores		Tie-breakers
Team 1	Points	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg	GD	AG	Pen.
Cruzeiro	3:3	Once Caldas	2–1	0–2	−1:+1	—	—
Libertad	3:3	Fluminense	1–3	3–0	+1:−1	—	—
Internacional	1:4	Peñarol	1–1	1–2	—	—	—
Junior	2:2	Chiapas	1–1	3–3	0:0	1:3	—
Cerro Porteño	2:2	Estudiantes	0–0	0–0	0:0	0:0	5–3
Universidad Católica	6:0	Grêmio	2–1	1–0	—	—	—
LDU Quito	0:6	Vélez Sársfield	0–3	0–2	—	—	—
América	1:4	Santos	0–1	0–0	—	—	—

Quarter-finals

The Quarterfinals began on May 11 and ended on May 19. Team 1 played the second leg at home.

Teams			Scores		Tie-breakers
Team 1	Points	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg	GD	AG	Pen.
Libertad	0:6	Vélez Sársfield	0–3	2–4	—	—	—
Cerro Porteño	2:1	Chiapas	1–1	1–0	—	—	—
Universidad Católica	3:3	Peñarol	0–2	2–1	−1:+1	—	—
Santos	2:1	Once Caldas	1–0	1–1	—	—	—

Semi-finals

The Semi-finals began on May 25 and ended on June 2. Team 1 played the second leg at home.

Teams			Scores		Tie-breakers
Team 1	Points	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg	GD	AG	Pen.
Cerro Porteño	3:4	Santos	0–1	3–3	—	—	—
Vélez Sársfield	3:3	Peñarol	0–1	2–1	0:0	0:1	—

Finals

Main article: 2011 Copa Libertadores Finals

The Finals were played over two legs, with the higher-seeded team playing the second leg at home. If the teams were tied on points and goal difference at the end of regulation in the second leg, the away goals rule would not be applied and 30 minutes of extra time would be played. If still tied after extra time, the title would be decided by penalty shootout.^[9]

June 15, 2011

21:50 UTC−3

Peñarol	0–0	Santos
	Report

Estadio Centenario, Montevideo

Attendance: 65,000

Referee: Carlos Amarilla (Paraguay)

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June 22, 2011

21:50 UTC−3

Santos	2–1	Peñarol
Neymar 46' Danilo 68'	Report	Durval 79' (o.g.)

Estádio Municipal Paulo Machado de Carvalho (Pacaembu), São Paulo

Attendance: 40,200

Referee: Sergio Pezzota (Argentina)

Santos won on points 2-1.

Copa Libertadores de América 2011 Champion
Santos Third Title

Top goalscorers

Pos[11]	Player	Club	Goals
1	Roberto Nanni	Cerro Porteño	7
	Wallyson	Cruzeiro	7
3	Neymar	Santos	6
	Lucas Pratto	Universidad Católica	6
5	Maximiliano Moralez	Vélez Sársfield	5
	Juan Manuel Olivera	Peñarol	5
	Wason Rentería	Once Caldas	5
8	Carlos Bacca	Junior	4
	Douglas	Grêmio	4
	Jonathan Fabbro	Cerro Porteño	4
	Augusto Fernández	Vélez Sársfield	4
	Leandro Damião	Internacional	4
	Franco Niell	Argentinos Juniors	4
	Esteban Paredes	Colo-Colo	4
	Nicolás Pavlovich	Libertad	4
	Rafael Moura	Fluminense	4
	Santiago Silva	Vélez Sársfield	4
	Thiago Ribeiro	Cruzeiro	4

Awards

Best Player

Player	Team	Notes
Neymar	Santos	[12]

Player of the week

Week	Player	Team	Notes
4	Walter Montillo	Cruzeiro	[13]
5	Patricio Rodríguez	Independiente	[14]
6	Juan Manuel Olivera	Peñarol	[15]
7	Luis Carlos Cabezas	Caracas	[16]
8	Carlos Bacca	Junior	[17]
9	José Luis Villanueva	Universidad Católica	[18]
10	Thiago Ribeiro	Cruzeiro	[19]
11	Roberto Nanni	Cerro Porteño	[20]
12	Hernán Barcos	LDU Quito	[21]
13	Jonathan Fabbro	Cerro Porteño	[22]
14	Lucas Pratto	Universidad Católica	[23]
15	Dayro Moreno	Once Caldas	[24]
16	Juan Manuel Martínez	Vélez Sársfield	[25]
17	Maximiliano Moralez	Vélez Sársfield	[26]
18	Darío Rodríguez	Peñarol	[27]

See also

• 2011 FIFA Club World Cup
• 2011 Copa Sudamericana
• 2012 Recopa Sudamericana
• 2011 U-20 Copa Libertadores