1994 Copa Libertadores

The 1994 Copa Libertadores was the 35th edition of the Copa Libertadores, CONMEBOL's premier annual international competition. Vélez Sársfield won the tournament for their first title against São Paulo in a penalty shootout with a score of 5–3. Vélez's goalkeeper José Chilavert scored one of the penalty kicks and saved another one. The top scorer of the tournament was Stalin Rivas of Minervén S.C., with 7 goals.

1994 Copa Libertadores de América

Libertadores 1994
Tournament details
Dates	February 13 - August 31
Teams	21 (from 10 associations)
Final positions
Champions	Vélez Sársfield (1st title)
Runners-up	São Paulo
Tournament statistics
Matches played	90
Goals scored	205 (2.28 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Stalin Rivas (7 Goals)

First Phase

Legend: Pts: Points; P: Played games; W: Won games; D: Drawn games; L: Lost games; F: Goals in favor; A: Goals against; D: Difference.

Group 1

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Independiente Medellín 6 3 2 1 6 1 +5 8 Olimpia 6 3 2 1 5 3 +2 8 Junior 6 2 1 3 4 5 -1 5 Cerro Porteño 6 1 1 4 4 10 -6 3

OLI CPO JUN MED Olimpia 1 - 0 1 - 0 0 - 2 Cerro Porteño 1 - 3 1 - 0 0 - 0 Junior 0 - 0 3 - 2 0 - 1 I. Medellín 0 - 0 3 - 0 0 - 1

Group 2

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Vélez Sarsfield 6 3 2 1 8 7 +1 8 Cruzeiro 6 3 1 2 7 8 -1 7 Palmeiras 6 3 0 3 14 7 +7 6 Boca Juniors 6 1 1 4 7 14 -7 3

VEL BOC PAL CRU Vélez Sarsfield 1 - 1 1 - 0 2 - 0 Boca Juniors 1 - 2 2 - 1 1 - 2 Palmeiras 4 - 1 6 - 1 2 - 0 Cruzeiro 1 - 1 2 - 1 2 - 1

Group 3

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Emelec 6 3 1 2 9 5 +4 7 Barcelona 6 2 2 2 5 3 +2 6 Universitario 6 2 2 2 4 5 -1 6 Alianza Lima 6 2 1 3 6 11 -5 5

EME BSC UNI ALI Emelec 0 - 1 2 - 0 3 - 0 Barcelona 0 - 1 0 - 0 3 - 0 Universitario 2 - 1 0 - 0 0 - 1 Alianza Lima 2 - 2 2 - 1 1 - 2

Group 4

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Colo-Colo 6 4 1 1 11 6 +5 9 Unión Española 6 3 1 2 6 6 0 7 Defensor Sporting 6 1 3 2 3 5 -2 5 Nacional 6 1 1 4 5 8 -3 3

DEF NAC UES COL Defensor Sp. 1 - 0 1 - 1 0 - 0 Nacional 1 - 1 0 - 1 2 - 0 UE 1 - 0 1 - 0 1 - 2 Colo-Colo 2 - 0 4 - 2 3 - 1

Group 5

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Bolívar 6 3 3 0 9 2 +7 9 The Strongest 6 2 3 1 13 7 +6 7 Minervén 6 2 1 3 10 17 -7 5 Marítimo 6 1 1 4 7 13 -6 3

BOL STR MIN SMA Bolívar 0 - 0 4 - 0 2 - 1 The Strongest 0 - 0 7 - 1 5 - 0 Minervén 1 - 1 5 - 0 2 - 1 Sport Marítimo 0 - 2 1 - 1 4 - 1

Final Phase

	Round of 16						Quarter-finals						Semi-finals						Final
	I. Medellín	1	2	3
	Universitario	2	0	2
							I. Medellín	0	0	0
							Junior	2	0	2
	Colo-Colo	1	2	3 (3)
	Junior (p)	1	2	3 (4)
													Junior	2	1	3 (4)
													Vélez Sarsfield (p)	1	2	3 (5)
	Emelec	0	3	3 (2)
	Minervén	2	1	3 (4)
							Minervén	0	0	0
							Vélez Sarsfield	0	2	2
	Vélez Sarsfield (p)	1	0	1 (4)
	Defensor Sporting	1	0	1 (2)
																			Vélez Sarsfield (p)	1	0	1 (5)
																			São Paulo	0	1	1 (3)
	Olimpia	1	2	3
	Barcelona	0	1	1
							Olimpia	1	2	3
							Bolívar	0	0	0
	Bolívar	2	4	6
	The Strongest	1	0	1
													Olimpia	1	1	2 (3)
													São Paulo (p)	2	0	2 (4)
	São Paulo	0	2	2
	Palmeiras	0	1	1
							São Paulo	1	4	5
							Unión Española	1	3	4
	Cruzeiro	0	0	0
	Unión Española	0	1	1

Finals

Main article: 1994 Copa Libertadores Finals

Vélez Sársfield v São Paulo

24 August 1994	Vélez Sársfield	1 – 0	São Paulo	Estádio José Amalfitani, Liniers
	Asad 35'			Attendance: 55,000 Referee: Torres (COL)

São Paulo v Vélez Sársfield

31 August 1994	São Paulo	1 – 0 (3-5 p)	Vélez Sársfield	Estádio do Morumbi, Sao Paulo
	Müller 33'			Attendance: 93,000 Referee: Filippi (URU)
	Penalties
	Palhinha André Luiz Müller Euller		Trotta Chilavert Zandoná Almandoz Pompei

Champion

Copa Libertadores 1994: Vélez Sarsfield First Title

External links

• Copa Libertadores de América 1994 results at RSSSF