2005 Copa Libertadores

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2005 Copa Libertadores
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Tournament details
DatesFebruary 1 - July 14
Teams38 (from 11 associations)
Final positions
Champions Flag of Brazil.svg São Paulo (3rd title)
Runners-up Flag of Brazil.svg Atlético Paranaense
Tournament statistics
Matches played138
Goals scored412 (2.99 per match)
Top scorer(s) Flag of Paraguay.svg Santiago Salcedo (9)
Best player(s) Flag of Brazil.svg Rogério Ceni [1]
2004
2006

The 2005 Copa Libertadores was the 46th edition of the Copa Libertadores. The champion also qualified for the 2005 FIFA Club World Championship.

Contents

It was the first time ever that two teams from the same country reached the final. This year's tournament was also the first Copa Libertadores to employ the away goals rule in knockout ties. São Paulo won the tournament, becoming the first Brazilian team to win the cup on three occasions.

Preliminary round

12 teams from 11 football associations dispute 6 places in the Group Stage.

Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Mineros de Guayana Flag of Venezuela.svg 1–5 Flag of Colombia.svg América de Cali 0–21–3
Guadalajara Flag of Mexico.svg 8–2 Flag of Peru.svg Cienciano 3–15–1
Quilmes Flag of Argentina.svg 2–2 (a) Flag of Chile.svg Colo-Colo 0–02–2
Tacuary Flag of Paraguay.svg 2–4 Flag of Brazil.svg Palmeiras 2–20–2
Junior Flag of Colombia.svg 5–2 Flag of Bolivia.svg Oriente Petrolero 2–13–1
LDU Quito Flag of Ecuador.svg 4–4 (a) Flag of Uruguay.svg Peñarol 3–01–4

Team #1 was home in the first leg.

Group stage

The six winners from the preliminary round join the other twenty-six teams in the group stage. The top 2 teams in each group advanced to the knockout stage.

Tiebreakers, if necessary, are applied in the following order:

  1. Cumulative goal difference.
  2. Total goals scored.
  3. Away goals scored.
  4. Sorting

Group 1

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts DIM CAP AMC LIB
1 Flag of Colombia.svg Independiente Medellín 6312148+6102–22–04–2
2 Flag of Brazil.svg Atlético Paranaense 63128113100–42–11–0
3 Flag of Colombia.svg América de Cali 630377091–03–10–1
4 Flag of Paraguay.svg Libertad 6204811363–21–21–2
Source: [ citation needed ]

Group 2

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts SAN LDU DAN BOL
1 Flag of Brazil.svg Santos 64021810+8123–13–26–0
2 Flag of Ecuador.svg LDU Quito 6222710382–11–11–0
3 Flag of Uruguay.svg Danubio 621398+171–23–02–0
4 Flag of Bolivia.svg Bolívar 6213814674–32–22–0
Source: [ citation needed ]

Group 3

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts SAO CHI QUI STR
1 Flag of Brazil.svg São Paulo 6330169+7124–23–13–0
2 Flag of Chile.svg Universidad de Chile 623199091–13–22–1
3 Flag of Argentina.svg Quilmes 6123811352–21–11–0
4 Flag of Bolivia.svg The Strongest 6123610453–30–02–1
Source: [ citation needed ]

Group 4

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts CER PAL SAN TAC
1 Flag of Paraguay.svg Cerro Porteño 6330104+6121–11–03–1
2 Flag of Brazil.svg Palmeiras 623185+390–01–13–0
3 Flag of Brazil.svg Santo André 6222116+582–22–16–0
4 Flag of Venezuela.svg Deportivo Táchira 61053171430–31–21–0
Source: [ citation needed ]

Group 5

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts RIV JUN OLM NAC
1 Flag of Argentina.svg River Plate 6510125+7162–11–11–0
2 Flag of Colombia.svg Junior 630389190–22–03–2
3 Flag of Ecuador.svg Olmedo 62131011172–33–12–3
4 Flag of Uruguay.svg Nacional 6105712531–30–11–2
Source: [ citation needed ]

Group 6

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts UANL BAN ALI CAR
1 Flag of Mexico.svg UANL 6330135+8122–20–03–1
2 Flag of Argentina.svg Banfield 6321109+1110–33–23–1
3 Flag of Peru.svg Alianza Lima 612347350–00–12–1
4 Flag of Venezuela.svg Caracas 6114814642–51–12–0
Source: [ citation needed ]

Group 7

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts GUA ONC COB SLA
1 Flag of Mexico.svg Guadalajara 6321107+3110–03–12–1
2 Flag of Colombia.svg Once Caldas 623164+294–20–00–0
3 Flag of Chile.svg Cobreloa 622267181–32–12–0
4 Flag of Argentina.svg San Lorenzo 603315430–00–10–0
Source: [ citation needed ]

Group 8

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts BOC PAC CRI CUE
1 Flag of Argentina.svg Boca Juniors 6411143+11134–03–03–0
2 Flag of Mexico.svg Pachuca 6312891103–12–02–1
3 Flag of Peru.svg Sporting Cristal 6213510570–32–01–0
4 Flag of Ecuador.svg Deportivo Cuenca 603349530–01–12–2
Source: [ citation needed ]

Knockout round

Qualified teams

The teams seeded 1 to 8 (first placed teams of each group) and 9 to 16 (second placed teams of each group) and the ties were 1 vs 16, 2 vs 15, etc.

SeedTeamPldPtsGDQualification
1 Flag of Argentina.svg River Plate 616+7Qualified as first place
2 Flag of Argentina.svg Boca Juniors 613+11
3 Flag of Brazil.svg Santos 612+8
4 Flag of Mexico.svg UANL 612+8
5 Flag of Brazil.svg São Paulo 612+7
6 Flag of Paraguay.svg Cerro Porteño 612+6
7 Flag of Mexico.svg Guadalajara 611+3
8 Flag of Colombia.svg Independiente Medellín 610+6
9 Flag of Argentina.svg Banfield 611+1Qualified as second place
10 Flag of Mexico.svg Pachuca 610-1
11 Flag of Brazil.svg Atlético Paranaense 610-3
12 Flag of Brazil.svg Palmeiras 69+3
13 Flag of Colombia.svg Once Caldas 69+2
14 Flag of Chile.svg Universidad de Chile 690
15 Flag of Colombia.svg Junior 69-1
16 Flag of Ecuador.svg LDU Quito 68-3

Bracket

First round Quarter-finals Semi-finals Finals
                    
1 Flag of Argentina.svg River Plate 1 4 5
16 Flag of Ecuador.svg LDU Quito 2 2 4
1 Flag of Argentina.svg River Plate 1 3 4
9 Flag of Argentina.svg Banfield 1 2 3
8 Flag of Colombia.svg I. Medellín 0 0 0
9 Flag of Argentina.svg Banfield 3 2 5
1 Flag of Argentina.svg River Plate 0 2 2
5 Flag of Brazil.svg São Paulo 2 3 5
5 Flag of Brazil.svg São Paulo 1 2 3
12 Flag of Brazil.svg Palmeiras 0 0 0
5 Flag of Brazil.svg São Paulo 4 1 5
4 Flag of Mexico.svg UANL 0 2 2
4 Flag of Mexico.svg UANL 1 2 3
13 Flag of Colombia.svg Once Caldas 1 1 2
5 Flag of Brazil.svg São Paulo 1 4 5
11 Flag of Brazil.svg A. Paranaense 1 0 1
6 Flag of Paraguay.svg Cerro Porteño 1 2 3
11 Flag of Brazil.svg A. Paranaense 2 1 3
11 Flag of Brazil.svg A. Paranaense 3 2 5
3 Flag of Brazil.svg Santos 2 0 2
3 Flag of Brazil.svg Santos 1 3 4
14 Flag of Chile.svg U. de Chile 2 0 2
11 Flag of Brazil.svg A. Paranaense 3 2 5
7 Flag of Mexico.svg Guadalajara 0 2 2
7 Flag of Mexico.svg Guadalajara 1 3 4
10 Flag of Mexico.svg Pachuca 1 1 2
7 Flag of Mexico.svg Guadalajara 4 0 4
2 Flag of Argentina.svg Boca Juniors 0 0 0
2 Flag of Argentina.svg Boca Juniors 3 4 7
15 Flag of Colombia.svg Junior 3 0 3

Round of 16

First leg matches were played between May 17, 2005, and May 19, 2005. Second leg matches were played between May 24, 2005, and May 26, 2005.

Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
LDU Quito Flag of Ecuador.svg 4-5 Flag of Argentina.svg River Plate 2-12-4
Junior Flag of Colombia.svg 3-7 Flag of Argentina.svg Boca Juniors 3-30-4
Universidad de Chile Flag of Chile.svg 2-4 Flag of Brazil.svg Santos 2-10-3
Once Caldas Flag of Colombia.svg 2-3 Flag of Mexico.svg UANL 1-11-2
Palmeiras Flag of Brazil.svg 0-3 Flag of Brazil.svg São Paulo 0-10-2
Atlético Paranaense Flag of Brazil.svg 3-3 (5-4 pen) Flag of Paraguay.svg Cerro Porteño 2-11-2
Pachuca Flag of Mexico.svg 2-4 Flag of Mexico.svg Guadalajara 1-11-3
Banfield Flag of Argentina.svg 5-0 Flag of Colombia.svg Independiente Medellín 3-02-0

Quarterfinals

First leg matches were played on June 1, 2005, and June 2, 2005. Second leg matches were played between June 14, 2005, and June 16, 2005.

Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Banfield Flag of Argentina.svg 3-4 Flag of Argentina.svg River Plate 1-12-3
Guadalajara Flag of Mexico.svg 4-0 Flag of Argentina.svg Boca Juniors 4-00-0
Atlético Paranaense Flag of Brazil.svg 5-2 Flag of Brazil.svg Santos 3-22-0
São Paulo Flag of Brazil.svg 5-2 Flag of Mexico.svg UANL 4-01-2

Semifinals

First leg matches were played on June 22, 2005, and June 23, 2005. Second leg matches were played on June 29, 2005, and June 30,2024

Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
São Paulo Flag of Brazil.svg 5–2 Flag of Argentina.svg River Plate 2–03–2
Atlético Paranaense Flag of Brazil.svg 5–2 Flag of Mexico.svg Guadalajara 3–02–2

Finals

First leg match was played on July 6, 2005. Second leg match was played on July 14, 2005.

Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Atlético Paranaense Flag of Brazil.svg 1–5 Flag of Brazil.svg São Paulo 1–10–4
 Copa Libertadores de América
2005 champion 
Flag of Brazil.svg
São Paulo
Third title

Top goalscorers

9 goals

6 goals

5 goals

References

  1. "Conoce a los jugadores más valiosos de la Libertadores". 10 October 2012. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 22 February 2015.