2004 Copa Libertadores

The 2004 Copa Libertadores de América (officially the 2004 Copa Toyota Libertadores de América for sponsorship reasons) was the 45th edition of the Copa Libertadores, CONMEBOL's premier annual international club tournament.

2004 Copa Libertadores de América

2004 Copa Toyota Libertadores de América 2004 Copa Toyota Libertadores da América
Tournament details
Dates	February 3 - July 1
Teams	36 (from 11 associations)
Final positions
Champions	Once Caldas (1st title)
Runners-up	Boca Juniors
Tournament statistics
Matches played	140
Goals scored	383 (2.74 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Luís Fabiano (8 goals)
Best player(s)	Jhon Viáfara[1]
← 2003 2005 →

The tournament was won by Colombian club Once Caldas defeating defending champions Boca Juniors 2–0 on a penalty shoot-out. This was the second time, in the history of the tournament, that a team from Colombia won the Copa Libertadores. The first time was during Atlético Nacional's successful campaign.

This was the last Copa Libertadores in which the away goals rule would not be used in every two-legged knockout round. However, starting in the 2008 Copa Libertadores, the away goals rule was removed from the finals.

Group stage

• Teams in green qualified directly to the Round of 16
• Teams in yellow qualified to the playoff round

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		AME	SÃO	PEÑ	TS
1	América	6	4	1	1	11	5	+6	13			2–1	3–1	4–0
2	São Caetano	6	2	2	2	10	8	+2	8		1–2		1–1	4–2
3	Peñarol	6	2	2	2	9	7	+2	8		2–0	1–1		4–0
4	The Strongest	6	1	1	4	4	14	−10	4		0–0	0–2	2–0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		ONC	UAM	VEL	FEN
1	Once Caldas	6	4	1	1	11	6	+5	13			2–1	2–0	3–0
2	Unión Atlético Maracaibo	6	2	2	2	10	9	+1	8		1–2		4–2	1–1
3	Vélez Sársfield	6	2	1	3	7	9	−2	7		2–0	1–1		1–0
4	Fénix	6	1	2	3	6	10	−4	5		2–2	1–2	2–1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group 3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		CRU	SAN	CAR	UC
1	Cruzeiro	6	4	1	1	15	6	+9	13			1–1	3–1	5–0
2	Santos Laguna	6	3	3	0	10	6	+4	12		1–0		3–1	2–2
3	Caracas	6	2	0	4	8	12	−4	6		2–3	0–1		1–0
4	Universidad de Concepción	6	0	2	4	7	16	−9	2		1–3	2–2	2–3

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group 4

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		SÃO	LDU	ALI	COB
1	São Paulo	6	5	0	1	11	7	+4	15			1–0	3–1	3–1
2	LDU Quito	6	4	0	2	13	3	+10	12		3–0		3–0	5–1
3	Alianza Lima	6	3	0	3	6	8	−2	9		1–2	1–0		2–0
4	Cobreloa	6	0	0	6	3	15	−12	0		1–2	0–1	0–2

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group 5

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		NAC	IND	CIE	ELN
1	Nacional	6	3	3	0	7	4	+3	12			0–0	1–0	3–2
2	Independiente	6	2	2	2	9	7	+2	8		1–1		4–2	2–0
3	Cienciano	6	2	1	3	10	12	−2	7		1–2	3–2		1–0
4	El Nacional	6	1	2	3	6	9	−3	5		0–0	1–0	3–3

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group 6

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		RIV	TAC	TOL	LIB
1	River Plate	6	3	2	1	10	6	+4	11			2–2	1–0	4–1
2	Deportivo Táchira	6	2	4	0	8	4	+4	10		0–0		2–0	2–0
3	Deportes Tolima	6	1	2	3	6	9	−3	5		2–3	1–1		3–2
4	Libertad	6	1	2	3	5	10	−5	5		1–0	1–1	0–0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group 7

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		SAN	BAR	GUA	JW
1	Santos	6	5	1	0	16	6	+10	16			1–0	2–2	5–0
2	Barcelona	6	2	2	2	9	6	+3	8		1–3		2–0	4–0
3	Guaraní	6	1	3	2	6	7	−1	6		1–2	0–0		3–1
4	Jorge Wilstermann	6	0	2	4	5	17	−12	2		2–3	2–2	0–0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group 8

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		BOC	CAL	BOL	COL
1	Boca Juniors	6	4	0	2	10	4	+6	12			3–0	3–0	2–0
2	Deportivo Cali	6	3	0	3	9	9	0	9		0–1		3–1	3–1
3	Bolívar	6	3	0	3	7	9	−2	9		3–1	1–0		2–0
4	Colo-Colo	6	2	0	4	6	10	−4	6		1–0	2–3	2–0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group 9

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		SC	CEN	COR	OLI
1	Sporting Cristal	6	3	1	2	13	9	+4	10			4–1	4–1	3–2
2	Rosario Central	6	3	1	2	8	8	0	10		1–1		2–0	2–1
3	Coritiba	6	2	2	2	7	8	−1	8		2–0	2–0		1–1
4	Olimpia	6	1	2	3	7	10	−3	5		2–1	0–2	1–1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Playoff round

April 28, 2004

21:50 (UTC-3)

São Caetano	2 – 2 (4–2 PSO)	Independiente

Estádio Anacleto Campanella, São Caetano do Sul

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April 29, 2004

Barcelona	6 – 1	Unión Atlético Maracaibo

Estadio Isidro Romero Carbo, Guayaquil

Knockout stage

Bracket

	Round of 16						Quarterfinals						Semifinals						Finals
	Once Caldas	0	1	1 (4)
	Barcelona	0	1	1 (2)
							Once Caldas	1	1	2
							Santos	1	0	1
	Santos	2	2	4 (5)
	LDU Quito	4	0	4 (3)
													Once Caldas	0	2	2
													São Paulo	0	1	1
	Nacional	0	2	2
	Deportivo Táchira	3	2	5
							Deportivo Táchira	0	1	1
							São Paulo	3	4	7
	São Paulo	0	2	2 (5)
	Rosario Central	1	1	2 (4)
																			Once Caldas	0	1	1 (2)
																			Boca Juniors	0	1	1 (0)
	Cruzeiro	0	2	2 (0)
	Deportivo Cali	1	1	2 (3)
							Deportivo Cali	0	1	1
							River Plate	1	3	4
	River Plate	1	1	2 (4)
	Santos Laguna	0	2	2 (3)
													River Plate	0	2	2 (4)
													Boca Juniors	1	1	2 (5)
	Boca Juniors	3	2	5
	Sporting Cristal	2	1	3
							Boca Juniors	0	1	1 (4)
							São Caetano	0	1	1 (3)
	América	1	1	2
	São Caetano	1	2	3

Round of 16

First leg matches were played between May 4, 2004, and May 6, 2004. Second leg matches were played between May 11, 2004, and May 13, 2004.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
São Caetano	3-2	América	2-1	1-1
Barcelona	1-1 (2-4p)	Once Caldas	0-0	1-1
Deportivo Cali	2-2 (3-0p)	Cruzeiro	1-0	1-2
Rosario Central	2-2 (4-5p)	São Paulo	1-0	1-2
Deportivo Táchira	5-2	Nacional	3-0	2-2
Santos Laguna	2-2 (3-4p)	River Plate	0-1	2-1
LDU Quito	4-4 (3-5p)	Santos	4-2	0-2
Sporting Cristal	3-5	Boca Juniors	2-3	1-2

Quarterfinals

First leg matches were played on May 20, 2004, and May 21, 2004. Second leg matches were played between May 25, 2004, and May 27, 2004.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
São Caetano	1-1 (3-4p)	Boca Juniors	0-0	1-1
Santos	1-2	Once Caldas	1-1	0-1
River Plate	4-1	Deportivo Cali	1-0	3-1
São Paulo	7-1	Deportivo Táchira	3-0	4-1

Semifinals

First leg matches were played on June 9, 2004, and June 10, 2004. Second leg matches were played on June 16, 2004, and June 17, 2004.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Boca Juniors	2-2 (5-4p)	River Plate	1-0	1-2
São Paulo	1-2	Once Caldas	0-0	1-2

Finals

Main article: 2004 Copa Libertadores Finals

First leg match was played on June 23, 2004. Second leg match was played on July 2, 2004.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Boca Juniors	1-1 (0-2p)	Once Caldas	0-0	1-1

Copa Libertadores de América 2004 champion
Once Caldas First title