1996 Copa Libertadores

1996 Copa Libertadores de América

Libertadores 1996
Tournament details
Dates	March 13 - June 26
Teams	21 (from 10 associations)
Final positions
Champions	River Plate (2nd title)
Runners-up	América de Cali
Tournament statistics
Matches played	90
Goals scored	252 (2.8 per match)
Top scorer	Anthony de Ávila (11 goals)
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The 1996 edition of Copa Libertadores was the 37th in the tournament's history. Twenty-one teams participated in the competition. River Plate, of Argentina, won the tournament for their second time. The tournament began on March 13 and ended on June 26.

Group stage

Main article: 1996 Copa Libertadores group stage

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Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		BAR	CCP	ESP	OLI
1	Barcelona	6	4	1	1	11	8	+3	13	Round of 16		—	3–2	3–2	2–1
2	Cerro Porteño	6	3	1	2	8	7	+1	10			1–0	—	2–1	0–0
3	ESPOLI	6	2	0	4	7	10	−3	6			1–2	2–1	—	1–0
4	Olimpia	6	1	2	3	5	6	−1	5			1–1	1–2	2–0	—

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Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		PEÑ	DFS	SCR	UNI
1	Peñarol	6	2	3	1	13	10	+3	9	Round of 16		—	1–1	1–1	1–2
2	Defensor Sporting	6	1	4	1	6	6	0	7			2–4	—	0–0	2–0
3	Sporting Cristal	6	1	4	1	6	7	−1	7			3–3	0–0	—	0–2
4	Universitario	6	2	1	3	7	9	−2	7			1–3	1–1	1–2	—

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Group 3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		AME	JUN	SJO	GUA
1	América de Cali	6	4	0	2	11	2	+9	12	Round of 16		—	2–0	2–0	5–0
2	Junior	6	3	1	2	8	6	+2	10			1–0	—	1–0	5–1
3	San José	6	3	0	3	6	8	−2	9			1–0	2–0	—	2–1
4	Guabirá	6	1	1	4	7	16	−9	4			0–2	1–1	4–1	—

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Group 4

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		COR	UCH	BOT	UCA
1	Corinthians	6	4	1	1	13	6	+7	13	Round of 16		—	3–1	3–0	3–1
2	Universidad de Chile	6	3	1	2	7	7	0	10			1–0	—	2–1	2–0
3	Botafogo	6	2	1	3	10	10	0	7			1–1	3–1	—	4–1
4	Universidad Católica	6	1	1	4	6	13	−7	4			2–3	0–0	2–1	—

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Group 5

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		RIV	SLO	MIN	CAR
1	River Plate	6	4	2	0	14	3	+11	14	Round of 16		—	0–0	2–0	5–0
2	San Lorenzo	6	2	4	0	13	5	+8	10			1–1	—	5–1	4–0
3	Minervén	6	1	2	3	8	16	−8	5			1–2	2–2	—	4–2
4	Caracas	6	0	2	4	6	17	−11	2			1–4	1–1	1–1	—

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Final stages

Main article: 1996 Copa Libertadores final stages

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Seeding

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Bracket

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Round of 16

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Quarter-finals

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Semi-finals

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Finals

Main article: 1996 Copa Libertadores Finals

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Champion

Copa Libertadores 1996
River Plate Second title

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Team	GS1	GS2	GS3	GS4	GS5	GS6	⅛F1	⅛F2	QF1	QF2	SF1	SF2	F1	F2	Total
1	Antony de Ávila	América de Cali		1		2	2	1		3		1			1		11
2	Hernán Crespo	River Plate		1			1	1	1	2	1	1				2	10
3	Claudio Biaggio	San Lorenzo		1			2	1	1	2							7
4	Sebastián Abreu	Defensor Sporting					2		2	2							6
	Enzo Francescoli	River Plate	1		1		2			1			1
6	Leonardo	Corinthians	1	1		1		2									5
	Roberto Monserrat	San Lorenzo					1	2		2
	Marcelo Salas	Universidad de Chile	1			1			1		1		1
	Iván Valenciano	Junior		2			1			1	1
10	Edmundo	Corinthians	1	1				1				1					4
	Jardel	Grêmio							1		2			1
	Marcelinho Carioca	Corinthians	1	1		1				1
	Luis Romero	Peñarol	2				1		1

Source: CONMEBOL

External links

• Copa Libertadores de América 1996, at RSSSF.org