2016 Copa Libertadores finals

The 2016 Copa Libertadores finals was the two-legged final that decided the winner of the 2016 Copa Libertadores de América, the 57th edition of the Copa Libertadores de América, South America's premier international club football tournament organized by CONMEBOL.

2016 Copa Libertadores finals

Event	2016 Copa Libertadores de América
Independiente del Valle Atlético Nacional 1 2
on aggregate
First leg
Independiente del Valle Atlético Nacional 1 1
Date	20 July 2016
Venue	Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito
Referee	Enrique Cáceres (Paraguay)
Attendance	38,500
Second leg
Atlético Nacional Independiente del Valle 1 0
Date	27 July 2016
Venue	Estadio Atanasio Girardot, Medellín
Referee	Néstor Pitana (Argentina)
Attendance	46,000
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The finals were contested in two-legged home-and-away format between Ecuadorian team Independiente del Valle and Colombian team Atlético Nacional. As of 2025, this was the last Copa Libertadores finals not to feature a team from either Argentina or Brazil. The first leg was hosted by Independiente del Valle at Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa in Quito on 20 July 2016, while the second leg was hosted by Atlético Nacional at Estadio Atanasio Girardot in Medellín on 27 July 2016.^[1] The winner earned the right to represent CONMEBOL at the 2016 FIFA Club World Cup, entering at the semifinal stage, and also to play against the 2016 Copa Sudamericana winners in the 2017 Recopa Sudamericana.^[2] They also automatically qualified for the 2017 Copa Libertadores group stage.

Atlético Nacional defeated Independiente del Valle 2–1 on aggregate to win their second Copa Libertadores title.^[3][4]

Teams

Team	Previous finals appearances (bold indicates winners)
Independiente del Valle	None
Atlético Nacional	2 (1989, 1995)

These finals were the first ones without either an Argentine or a Brazilian team since the 1991 edition between Paraguayan team Olimpia and Chilean team Colo-Colo.^[5]

Road to the finals

Further information: 2016 Copa Libertadores

Note: In all scores below, the score of the home team is given first.

Independiente del Valle			Round	Atlético Nacional
Opponent	Venue	Score		Opponent	Venue	Score
Guaraní (tied 2–2 on aggregate, won on away goals)	Home	1–0	First stage	Bye
	Away	2–1
Group 5			Second stage	Group 4
Colo-Colo	Home	1–1		Huracán	Away	0–2
Atlético Mineiro	Away	1–0		Sporting Cristal	Home	3–0
Melgar	Away	0–1		Peñarol	Home	2–0
Melgar	Home	2–0		Peñarol	Away	0–4
Atlético Mineiro	Home	3–2		Sporting Cristal	Away	0–1
Colo-Colo	Away	0–0		Huracán	Home	0–0
Pos Team v t e Pld Pts 1 Atlético Mineiro 6 13 2 Independiente del Valle 6 11 3 Colo-Colo 6 9 4 Melgar 6 0 Source: CONMEBOL				Pos Team v t e Pld Pts 1 Atlético Nacional 6 16 2 Huracán 6 8 3 Peñarol 6 5 4 Sporting Cristal 6 4 Source: CONMEBOL
Seed 10			final stages	Seed 1
River Plate (won 2–1 on aggregate)	Home	2–0	Round of 16	Huracán (won 4–2 on aggregate)	Away	0–0
	Away	1–0			Home	4–2
UNAM (tied 3–3 on aggregate, won 5–3 on penalties)	Home	2–1	Quarterfinals	Rosario Central (won 3–2 on aggregate)	Away	1–0
	Away	2–1			Home	3–1
Boca Juniors (won 5–3 on aggregate)	Home	2–1	Semifinals	São Paulo (won 4–1 on aggregate)	Away	0–2
	Away	2–3			Home	2–1

Format

The finals were played on a home-and-away two-legged basis, with the higher-seeded team hosting the second leg. If tied on aggregate, the away goals rule would not be used, and 30 minutes of extra time would be played. If still tied after extra time, the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner.^[2]

Matches

First leg

In the 35th minute, Orlando Berrío opened the scoring for Atlético Nacional with a low right foot shot from outside the penalty box to the right corner of the net.^[6] Arturo Mina got the equalizer for Independiente del Valle in the 86th minute when his header from a free-kick into the penalty box was saved but not cleared he hit the rebound low to the net.^[7]

20 July 2016 (2016-07-20)

19:45 UTC−5

Independiente del Valle	1–1	Atlético Nacional
Mina 86'	Report	Berrío 35'

Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito

Attendance: 38,500

Referee: Enrique Cáceres (Paraguay)

Independiente del Valle

Atlético Nacional

GK 1 Daniel Azcona (c) RB 20 Christian Núñez  43' CB 3 Arturo Mina CB 4 Luís Caicedo  78' LB 23 Emiliano Tellechea CM 15 Mario Rizotto  57' CM 18 Jefferson Orejuela RW 17 Julio Angulo  69' AM 10 Junior Sornoza LW 11 Bryan Cabezas  69' CF 19 José Enrique Angulo  86' Substitutes: GK 22 Javier Nazareno DF 2 Luis Fernando León DF 6 Luis Ayala MF 16 Jonathan Gonzáles  69' MF 27 Dixon Arroyo FW 7 Jonny Uchuari  69' FW 25 Miller Castillo  86' Manager: Pablo Repetto

GK 25 Franco Armani RB 2 Daniel Bocanegra CB 26 Davinson Sánchez  79' CB 12 Alexis Henríquez (c) LB 19 Farid Díaz CM 8 Diego Arias CM 24 Sebastián Pérez  19'  75' RW 28 Orlando Berrío AM 10 Macnelly Torres  79' LW 29 Marlos Moreno  88' CF 23 Miguel Borja Substitutes: GK 26 Cristian Bonilla DF 3 Felipe Aguilar DF 6 Edwin Velasco MF 11 Andrés Ibargüen  88' MF 14 Elkin Blanco  79' MF 18 Alejandro Guerra  90+3'  75' FW 4 Ezequiel Rescaldani Manager: Reinaldo Rueda

Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa in Quito, Ecuador, hosted the first leg.

Assistant referees:[8] Eduardo Cardozo (Paraguay) Milcíades Saldívar (Paraguay) Additional assistant referee:[9] Ulises Mereles (Paraguay) José Méndez (Paraguay) Fourth official: Roberto Cañete (Paraguay)

Second leg

Miguel Borja got the only goal of the game in the 8th minute with a low right foot shot from twelve yards out after Macnelly Torres's chip into the box came back to him off the post.^[10][11]

27 July 2016 (2016-07-27)

19:45 UTC−5

Atlético Nacional	1–0	Independiente del Valle
Borja 8'	Report

Estadio Atanasio Girardot, Medellín

Attendance: 46,000

Referee: Néstor Pitana (Argentina)

Atlético Nacional

Independiente del Valle

GK 25 Franco Armani RB 2 Daniel Bocanegra CB 26 Davinson Sánchez CB 12 Alexis Henríquez (c) LB 19 Farid Díaz CM 13 Alexander Mejía CM 18 Alejandro Guerra  39'  88' RW 28 Orlando Berrío AM 10 Macnelly Torres LW 29 Marlos Moreno  76' CF 23 Miguel Borja  73'  80' Substitutes: GK 30 Luis Enrique Martínez DF 5 Francisco Nájera DF 6 Edwin Velasco MF 8 Diego Arias  88' MF 11 Andrés Ibargüen  76' MF 22 Gilberto García FW 4 Ezequiel Rescaldani  90+2'  80' Manager: Reinaldo Rueda

GK 1 Daniel Azcona (c) RB 20 Christian Núñez CB 3 Arturo Mina CB 4 Luís Caicedo LB 23 Emiliano Tellechea  87' CM 18 Jefferson Orejuela CM 15 Mario Rizotto  28' RW 17 Julio Angulo  71' AM 10 Junior Sornoza  43'  46' LW 11 Bryan Cabezas CF 19 José Enrique Angulo Substitutes: GK 22 Javier Nazareno DF 2 Luis Fernando León DF 6 Luis Ayala MF 16 Jonathan Gonzáles  71' MF 27 Dixon Arroyo FW 7 Jonny Uchuari  46' FW 25 Miller Castillo  87' Manager: Pablo Repetto

Estadio Atanasio Girardot in Medellín, Colombia, hosted the second leg.

Assistant referees:[8] Ezequiel Brailovsky (Argentina) Ariel Scime (Argentina) Additional assistant referee:[12] Darío Herrera (Argentina) Germán Delfino (Argentina) Fourth official: Iván Núñez (Argentina)