| 1993 Copa de Oro Nicolás Leoz 1993 Copa de Ouro Nicolás Leoz | |
|---|---|
| Tournament details | |
| Dates | July 7 - July 22 |
| Teams | 4 (from 1 confederation) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  |
| Runners-up |  |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 4 |
| Goals scored | 4 (1 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |  |
The 1993 Copa de Oro was the inaugural Copa de Oro, a football competition for the reigning champions of CONMEBOL's Copa Libertadores, the Supercopa Libertadores, the Copa CONMEBOL, and the Copa Master de Supercopa. It was played from July 7 to July 22.
The Copa de Oro, or Copa de Oro Nicolás Leoz, was a football cup winners' cup competition contested on 3 occasions by the most recent winners of all Conmebol continental competitions. These included champions of the Copa Libertadores, Supercopa Sudamericana, Copa CONMEBOL, Supercopa Masters and Copa Masters CONMEBOL. The Recopa Sudamericana champions did not participate. The cup is one of the many continental club competitions that have been organised by CONMEBOL. The first competition was held in 1993 featuring the 4 major continental champions of the previous season whilst the second competition in 1995 two continental champions declined to play leaving only two participants to play. In the final edition in 1996, all the continental champions accepted the invite to play. Boca Juniors, Cruzeiro and Flamengo were the only winners of the tournament with one title each. Brazil became the most successful nation of the competition with two victories.
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played with a spherical ball between two teams of eleven players. It is played by 250 million players in over 200 countries and dependencies, making it the world's most popular sport. The game is played on a rectangular field called a pitch with a goal at each end. The object of the game is to score by moving the ball beyond the goal line into the opposing goal.
The South American Football Confederation is the continental governing body of football in South America and it is one of FIFA's six continental confederations. The oldest continental confederation in the world, its headquarters are located in Luque, Paraguay, near Asunción. CONMEBOL is responsible for the organization and governance of South American football's major international tournaments. With 10 member football associations, it has the fewest members of all the confederations in FIFA.
Contents
- Qualified teams
- Knockout bracket
- Semifinals
- First leg
- Second leg
- Finals
- First leg 2
- Second leg 2
- Top goalscorers
- References
- External links
This tournament was disputed between São Paulo, winners of the 1992 Copa Libertadores, Cruzeiro, winners of the 1992 Supercopa Libertadores, Atlético Mineiro, winners of the 1992 Copa CONMEBOL, and Boca Juniors, winners of the 1992 Copa Master de Supercopa). Boca Juniors won the final 4–1 on points over Atlético Mineiro as Carlos MacAllister scored the only goal of the two-legged final. Sergio Daniel Martínez, top scorer, scored the first goal of the tournament and also became the first person to score a golden goal in a CONMEBOL tournament.
São Paulo Futebol Clube, simply known as São Paulo, is a professional football club, based in São Paulo, Brazil. The club plays in the Paulistão, as well as the Brasileirão.
The 1992 Copa Libertadores was the 33rd edition of the Copa Libertadores, CONMEBOL's annual international club tournament. São Paulo won the competition.
Cruzeiro Esporte Clube, commonly known as Cruzeiro and nicknamed Raposa, is the biggest Brazilian multisport club; based in Barro Preto, Belo Horizonte. Although they compete in a number of different sports, Cruzeiro is mostly known for its association football team. It plays in the Campeonato Mineiro, the state of Minas Gerais's premier state league, as well as in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, the top tier of the Brazilian football league system. Cruzeiro is one of the four Brazilian clubs to have never been relegated, along with São Paulo, Flamengo and Santos.
