2013 Copa Libertadores

The 2013 Copa Libertadores de América (officially the 2013 Copa Bridgestone Libertadores for sponsorship reasons)^[1] was the 54th edition of the Copa Libertadores de América, South America's premier international club football tournament organized by CONMEBOL. Corinthians were the defending champions but were knocked out of the tournament by Boca Juniors in the round of 16.

2013 Copa Libertadores de América

2013 Copa Bridgestone Libertadores de América 2013 Copa Bridgestone Libertadores da América
Tournament details
Dates	22 January – 24 July 2013
Teams	38 (from 11 associations)
Final positions
Champions	Atlético Mineiro (1st title)
Runners-up	Olimpia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	138
Goals scored	345 (2.5 per match)
Attendance	3,425,911 (24,825 per match)
Top scorer	Jô (7 goals)
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For the fourth year in a row, the title was won by a Brazilian club, with Atlético Mineiro beating Paraguayan club Olimpia on penalties in the finals to win their first title.^[2] By winning the competition, Atlético Mineiro won the right to play in the 2013 FIFA Club World Cup and the 2014 Recopa Sudamericana.^[3]

Qualified teams

The following teams qualified for the tournament.

Association	Team (Berth)	Entry stage	Qualification method
Argentina 5 berths	Arsenal (Argentina 1)	Second stage	2012 Clausura champion[4]
	Vélez Sarsfield (Argentina 2)		2012 Torneo Inicial champion[4]
	Newell's Old Boys (Argentina 3)		2012 tournaments aggregate table best team not yet qualified[4]
	Boca Juniors (Argentina 4)		2012 tournaments aggregate table 2nd best team not yet qualified[4]
	Tigre (Argentina 5)	First stage	2012 Copa Sudamericana best Argentine team not yet qualified[4]
Bolivia 3 berths	The Strongest (Bolivia 1)	Second stage	2012 Clausura champion and 2012 Apertura champion[5][6][7]
	San José (Bolivia 2)		2012 Clausura runner-up and 2012 Apertura runner-up[5][6][7]
	Bolívar (Bolivia 3)	First stage	Playoff winner between 2012 Clausura 3rd place and 2012 Apertura 3rd place[5][6][7]
Brazil 5 + 1 berths	Corinthians (Brazil 1; Title holders)	Second stage	2012 Copa Libertadores champion
	Fluminense (Brazil 2)		2012 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A champion[8]
	Palmeiras (Brazil 3)		2012 Copa do Brasil champion[8]
	Atlético Mineiro (Brazil 4)		2012 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A runner-up[8]
	Grêmio (Brazil 5)	First stage	2012 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 3rd place[8]
	São Paulo (Brazil 6)		2012 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 4th place[8] and 2012 Copa Sudamericana champion
Chile 3 berths	Universidad de Chile (Chile 1)	Second stage	2012 Apertura champion[9]
	Huachipato (Chile 2)		2012 Clausura champion[9]
	Iquique (Chile 3)	First stage	2012 Primera División aggregate table best team not yet qualified[9]
Colombia 3 berths	Santa Fe (Colombia 1)	Second stage	2012 Apertura champion[10]
	Millonarios (Colombia 2)		2012 Finalización champion[10]
	Deportes Tolima (Colombia 3)	First stage	2012 Primera A aggregate table best team not yet qualified[10]
Ecuador 3 berths	Barcelona (Ecuador 1)	Second stage	2012 Serie A champion[11]
	Emelec (Ecuador 2)		2012 Serie A second-place playoffs winner[11]
	LDU Quito (Ecuador 3)	First stage	2012 Serie A second-place playoffs loser[11]
Mexico (CONCACAF) 3 invitees	Toluca (Mexico 1)	Second stage	2012 Apertura classification phase best team not qualified for 2012–13 CONCACAF Champions League
	Tijuana (Mexico 2)		2012 Apertura classification phase 2nd best team not qualified for 2012–13 CONCACAF Champions League
	León (Mexico 3)	First stage	2012 Apertura classification phase 3rd best team not qualified for 2012–13 CONCACAF Champions League
Paraguay 3 berths	Libertad (Paraguay 1)	Second stage	2012 Primera División tournament champion with better record in aggregate table[12]
	Cerro Porteño (Paraguay 2)		2012 Primera División tournament champion with worse record in aggregate table[12]
	Olimpia (Paraguay 3)	First stage	2012 Primera División aggregate table best team not yet qualified[12]
Peru 3 berths	Sporting Cristal (Peru 1)	Second stage	2012 Descentralizado champion[13]
	Real Garcilaso (Peru 2)		2012 Descentralizado runner-up[13]
	Universidad César Vallejo (Peru 3)	First stage	2012 Descentralizado aggregate table best team not yet qualified[13]
Uruguay 3 berths	Nacional (Uruguay 1)	Second stage	2011–12 Primera División champion[14]
	Peñarol (Uruguay 2)		2011–12 Primera División runner-up[14]
	Defensor Sporting (Uruguay 3)	First stage	2011–12 Primera División aggregate table best team not yet qualified[14]
Venezuela 3 berths	Deportivo Lara (Venezuela 1)	Second stage	2011–12 Primera División champion[15]
	Caracas (Venezuela 2)		2011–12 Primera División runner-up[15]
	Deportivo Anzoátegui (Venezuela 3)	First stage	2011–12 Primera División aggregate table best team not yet qualified[15]

Draw

Arsenal
Boca Juniors
Tigre
Vélez Sarsfield

Newell's Old Boys

Bolívar
The Strongest

San José

Corinthians
Palmeiras
São Paulo

Fluminense

Atl. Mineiro

Grêmio

U. de Chile

Huachipato

Iquique

Millonarios
Santa Fe

Dep. Tolima

Barcelona
Emelec

LDU Quito

Cerro Porteño
Libertad
Olimpia

Sp. Cristal

Real Garcilaso

U. César Vallejo

Defensor Sporting
Nacional
Peñarol

Dep. Lara

Caracas

Dep. Anzoátegui

Location of teams of the 2013 Copa Libertadores from South America.

Toluca

Tijuana

León

Location of teams of the 2013 Copa Libertadores from Mexico.

The draw of the tournament was held on 21 December 2012 in Luque, Paraguay.^[16][17]

For the first stage, the 12 teams were drawn into six ties containing a team from Pot 1 and a team from Pot 2, with the former hosting the second leg in three ties, and the latter hosting the second leg in the other three ties. The seeding of each team was determined by which associations reached the furthest stage in the previous Copa Libertadores.^[3]

Pot 1	Pot 2
Tigre Grêmio São Paulo Iquique Deportes Tolima Olimpia	Bolívar LDU Quito León Universidad César Vallejo Defensor Sporting Deportivo Anzoátegui

For the second stage, the 32 teams were drawn into eight groups of four containing one team from each of the four seeding pots. The seeding of each team was determined by their association and qualifying berth (as per the rotational agreement established by CONMEBOL, the teams which qualified through berths 1 from Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela were seeded into Pot 1 for odd-numbered years, while the teams which qualified through berths 1 from Bolivia, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay were seeded into Pot 1 for even-numbered years).^[3] Teams from the same association in Pots 1 and 3 could not be drawn into the same group. However, a first stage winner, whose identity was not known at the time of the draw, could be drawn into the same group with another team from the same association.

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
Arsenal Vélez Sarsfield Corinthians Fluminense Santa Fe Barcelona Sporting Cristal Deportivo Lara	The Strongest San José Universidad de Chile Huachipato Libertad Cerro Porteño Nacional Peñarol	Newell's Old Boys Boca Juniors Palmeiras Atlético Mineiro Millonarios Emelec Real Garcilaso Caracas	Toluca Tijuana First stage winner G1 First stage winner G2 First stage winner G3 First stage winner G4 First stage winner G5 First stage winner G6

Schedule

The schedule of the competition was as follows (all dates listed were Wednesdays, but matches may be played on Tuesdays and Thursdays as well).^[17]

Stage	First leg	Second leg
First stage	23 January	30 January
Second stage	13 February, 20, 27 6, 13 March 3, 10, 17 April
Round of 16	24 April 1 May	8, 15 May
Quarterfinals	22 May	29 May
Semifinals	3 July	10 July
Finals	17 July	24 July

First stage

Main article: 2013 Copa Libertadores first stage

In the first stage, each tie was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If tied on aggregate, the away goals rule was used. If still tied, the penalty shoot-out was used to determine the winner (no extra time was played). The winners of each tie advanced to the second stage to join the 26 automatic qualifiers.^[3]

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Tigre	5–1	Deportivo Anzoátegui	2–1	3–0
LDU Quito	1–1 (4–5 p)	Grêmio	1–0	0–1
Deportes Tolima	2–1	Universidad César Vallejo	1–0	1–1
Defensor Sporting	0–2	Olimpia	0–0	0–2
São Paulo	8–4	Bolívar	5–0	3–4
León	2–2 (2–4 p)	Iquique	1–1	1–1

Second stage

Main article: 2013 Copa Libertadores second stage

In the second stage, each group was played on a home-and-away round-robin basis. Each team earned 3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, and 0 points for a loss. If tied on points, the following criteria were used to determine the ranking: 1. Goal difference; 2. Goals scored; 3. Away goals scored; 4. Drawing of lots. The winners and runners-up of each group advanced to the round of 16.^[3]

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		NAC	BOC	TOL	BAR
1	Nacional	6	3	1	2	10	6	+4	10			0–1	4–0	2–2
2	Boca Juniors	6	3	0	3	7	7	0	9		0–1		1–2	1–0
3	Toluca	6	2	2	2	8	11	−3	8		2–3	3–2		1–1
4	Barcelona	6	1	3	2	5	6	−1	6		1–0	1–2	0–0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		PAL	TIG	LIB	CRI
1	Palmeiras	6	3	0	3	5	5	0	9			2–0	1–0	2–1
2	Tigre	6	3	0	3	9	10	−1	9		1–0		0–2	3–1
3	Libertad	6	2	2	2	10	9	+1	8		2–0	3–5		2–2
4	Sporting Cristal	6	2	2	2	8	8	0	8		1–0	2–0	1–1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group 3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		CAM	SPL	ARS	STR
1	Atlético Mineiro	6	5	0	1	16	9	+7	15			2–1	5–2	2–1
2	São Paulo	6	2	1	3	8	8	0	7		2–0		1–1	2–1
3	Arsenal	6	2	1	3	10	15	−5	7		2–5	2–1		2–1
4	The Strongest	6	2	0	4	8	10	−2	6		1–2	2–1	2–1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group 4

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		VEL	EME	PEN	IQU
1	Vélez Sarsfield	6	4	1	1	10	3	+7	13			0–0	3–1	3–0
2	Emelec	6	3	1	2	5	4	+1	10		1–0		2–0	2–1
3	Peñarol	6	3	0	3	7	7	0	9		0–1	1–0		3–0
4	Iquique	6	1	0	5	5	13	−8	3		1–3	2–0	1–2

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group 5

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		COR	TIJ	SJO	MIL
1	Corinthians	6	4	1	1	10	2	+8	13			3–0	3–0	2–0
2	Tijuana	6	4	1	1	8	4	+4	13		1–0		4–0	1–0
3	San José	6	1	2	3	5	11	−6	5		1–1	1–1		2–0
4	Millonarios	6	1	0	5	2	8	−6	3		0–1	0–1	2–1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group 6

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		SFE	RGA	TOL	CEP
1	Santa Fe	6	4	2	0	9	4	+5	14			2–0	1–1	1–0
2	Real Garcilaso	6	3	1	2	8	7	+1	10		1–1		0–3	5–1
3	Deportes Tolima	6	2	2	2	7	5	+2	8		1–2	0–1		2–1
4	Cerro Porteño	6	0	1	5	3	11	−8	1		1–2	0–1	0–0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group 7

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		OLI	NEW	UCH	LAR
1	Olimpia	6	4	1	1	16	7	+9	13			4–1	3–0	2–2
2	Newell's Old Boys	6	3	0	3	11	10	+1	9		3–1		1–2	3–1
3	Universidad de Chile	6	3	0	3	7	9	−2	9		0–1	0–2		2–0
4	Deportivo Lara	6	1	1	4	8	16	−8	4		1–5	2–1	2–3

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group 8

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		FLU	GRE	HUA	CAR
1	Fluminense	6	3	2	1	5	5	0	11			0–3	1–1	1–0
2	Grêmio	6	2	2	2	10	6	+4	8		0–0		1–2	4–1
3	Huachipato	6	2	2	2	10	8	+2	8		1–2	1–1		1–3
4	Caracas	6	2	0	4	6	12	−6	6		0–1	2–1	0–4

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Knockout stages

Main article: 2013 Copa Libertadores knockout stages

In the knockout stages, the 16 teams played a single-elimination tournament, with the following rules:^[3]

• Each tie was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis, with the higher-seeded team hosting the second leg. However, CONMEBOL required that the second leg of the finals must be played in South America, i.e., a finalist from Mexico must host the first leg regardless of seeding.
• In the round of 16, quarterfinals, and semifinals, if tied on aggregate, the away goals rule was used. If still tied, the penalty shoot-out was used to determine the winner (no extra time was played).
• In the finals, if tied on aggregate, the away goals rule was not used, and 30 minutes of extra time was played. If still tied after extra time, the penalty shoot-out was used to determine the winner.
• If there were two semifinalists from the same association, they must play each other.

Seeding

The qualified teams were 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.

Seed	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Status
1	Atlético Mineiro	6	5	0	1	16	9	+7	15	Group winners (Seeds 1–8)
2	Santa Fe	6	4	2	0	9	4	+5	14
3	Olimpia	6	4	1	1	16	7	+9	13
4	Corinthians	6	4	1	1	10	2	+8	13
5	Vélez Sarsfield	6	4	1	1	10	3	+7	13
6	Fluminense	6	3	2	1	5	5	0	11
7	Nacional	6	3	1	2	10	6	+4	10
8	Palmeiras	6	3	0	3	5	5	0	9
9	Tijuana	6	4	1	1	8	4	+4	13	Group runners-up (Seeds 9–16)
10	Real Garcilaso	6	3	1	2	8	7	+1	10
11	Emelec	6	3	1	2	5	4	+1	10
12	Newell's Old Boys	6	3	0	3	11	10	+1	9
13	Boca Juniors	6	3	0	3	7	7	0	9
14	Tigre	6	3	0	3	9	10	−1	9
15	Grêmio	6	2	2	2	10	6	+4	8
16	São Paulo	6	2	1	3	8	8	0	7

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1. Points; 2. Goal difference; 3. Goals scored; 4. Away goals scored; 5. Drawing of lots.^[3]

Bracket

	Round of 16							Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Finals
	11	Emelec	2	0	2
	6	Fluminense	1	2	3
								6	Fluminense	0	1	1
								3	Olimpia	0	2	2
	14	Tigre	2	0	2
	3	Olimpia	1	2	3
															3	Olimpia	2	0	2
															2	Santa Fe	0	1	1
	10	Real Garcilaso (p)	1	0	1 (4)
	7	Nacional	0	1	1 (1)
								10	Real Garcilaso	1	0	1
								2	Santa Fe	3	2	5
	15	Grêmio	2	0	2
	2	Santa Fe (a)	1	1	2
																						3	Olimpia	2	0	2 (3)
																						1	Atlético Mineiro (p)	0	2	2 (4)
	13	Boca Juniors	1	1	2
	4	Corinthians	0	1	1
								13	Boca Juniors	0	0	0 (9)0
								12	Newell's Old Boys (p)	0	0	0 (10)
	12	Newell's Old Boys (a)	0	2	2
	5	Vélez Sarsfield	1	1	2
															12	Newell's Old Boys	2	0	2 (2)
															1	Atlético Mineiro (p)	0	2	2 (3)
	9	Tijuana	0	2	2
	8	Palmeiras	0	1	1
								9	Tijuana	2	1	3
								1	Atlético Mineiro (a)	2	1	3
	16	São Paulo	1	1	2
	1	Atlético Mineiro	2	4	6

Round of 16

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
São Paulo	2–6	Atlético Mineiro	1–2	1–4
Grêmio	2–2 (a)	Santa Fe	2–1	0–1
Tigre	2–3	Olimpia	2–1	0–2
Boca Juniors	2–1	Corinthians	1–0	1–1
Newell's Old Boys	2–2 (a)	Vélez Sarsfield	0–1	2–1
Emelec	2–3	Fluminense	2–1	0–2
Real Garcilaso	1–1 (4–1 p)	Nacional	1–0	0–1
Tijuana	2–1	Palmeiras	0–0	2–1

Quarterfinals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Tijuana	3–3 (a)	Atlético Mineiro	2–2	1–1
Real Garcilaso	1–5	Santa Fe	1–3	0–2
Fluminense	1–2	Olimpia	0–0	1–2
Boca Juniors	0–0 (9–10 p)	Newell's Old Boys	0–0	0–0

Semifinals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Newell's Old Boys	2–2 (2–3 p)	Atlético Mineiro	2–0	0–2
Olimpia	2–1	Santa Fe	2–0	0–1

Finals

Main article: 2013 Copa Libertadores Finals

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 was not used, and 30 minutes of extra time was played. If still tied after extra time, the penalty shoot-out was used to determine the winner.^[3]

17 July 2013

20:50 UTC−4

Olimpia	2–0	Atlético Mineiro
A. Silva 23' Pittoni 90+4'	Report

Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción

Attendance: 35,000^[18]

Referee: Néstor Pitana (Argentina)

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24 July 2013

21:50 UTC−3

Atlético Mineiro	2–0 (a.e.t.)	Olimpia
Jô 47' Leonardo Silva 87'	Report
Penalties
Alecsandro Guilherme Jô Leonardo Silva	4–3	Miranda Ferreyra Candia Aranda Giménez

Estádio Governador Magalhães Pinto (Mineirão), Belo Horizonte

Attendance: 56,557^[19]

Referee: Wilmar Roldán (Colombia)

Tied 2–2 on aggregate, Atlético Mineiro won on penalties.

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	Jô	Atlético Mineiro	7
2	Diego Tardelli	Atlético Mineiro	6
	Ignacio Scocco	Newell's Old Boys	6
4	Fredy Bareiro	Olimpia	5
	Luís Fabiano	São Paulo	5
	Braian Rodríguez	Huachipato	5
	Juan Manuel Salgueiro	Olimpia	5
8	Irven Ávila	Sporting Cristal	4
	Bernard	Atlético Mineiro	4
	Cristian Martínez Borja	Santa Fe	4
	Rubén Botta	Tigre	4
	Juan Carlos Ferreyra	Olimpia	4
	Paolo Guerrero	Corinthians	4
	Jádson	São Paulo	4
	Rogerio Leichtweis	Deportes Tolima	4
	Fidel Martínez	Tijuana	4
	Wilder Medina	Santa Fe	4
	Matías Pérez García	Tigre	4
	Ronaldinho	Atlético Mineiro	4
	Manuel Villalobos	Iquique	4

Source:^[20]

See also

• 2013 FIFA Club World Cup
• 2013 Copa Sudamericana
• 2014 Recopa Sudamericana