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1995 Copa Libertadores final stages

The 1995 Copa Libertadores final stages were played from 26 April to 30 August 1998 and consisted of the round of 16 (or second stage), quarter-finals, semi-finals and the finals. A total of 16 teams competed in the final stages to decide the champions of the 1995 Copa Libertadores.

The final stages had a one-month break between the quarter-finals and semi-finals due to the 1995 Copa América held from 5 July to 23 July 1995.[1]

Qualified teams edit

The winners, runners-up and third placed teams of each of the five groups in the group stage advanced to the round of 16, alongside defending champions Vélez Sarsfield, who received a direct bye to this round.

Group Winners Runners-up Third-placed teams
1   River Plate   Peñarol   Independiente
2   Cerro Porteño   Olimpia   Caracas
3   Millonarios   Atlético Nacional   Universidad Católica
4   Palmeiras   Grêmio   Emelec
5   Sporting Cristal   Bolívar   Alianza Lima

Seeding edit

In the final stages, the teams were seeded according to the pre-established numbering they received according to the final position they occupied in their respective group. Numbers 1, 5, 9, 13 and 17 correspond to each group winners; numbers 2, 6, 10, 14 and 18 to runners-up; and 3, 7, 11, 15 and 19 to third placed teams.

Seed Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Round of 16
1 1   River Plate 6 3 3 0 11 6 +5 12 Match A
2 1   Peñarol 6 2 3 1 9 7 +2 9 Match F
3 1   Independiente 6 2 1 3 8 8 0 7 Match D
5 2   Cerro Porteño 6 4 2 0 16 6 +10 14 Match B
6 2   Olimpia 6 3 3 0 16 7 +9 12 Match G
7 2   Caracas 6 2 0 4 8 18 −10 6 Match E
9 3   Millonarios 6 3 1 2 3 9 −6 10 Match C
10 3   Atlético Nacional 6 2 3 1 5 3 +2 9 Match F
11 3   Universidad Católica 6 2 1 3 5 6 −1 7 Match A
13 4   Palmeiras 6 4 1 1 15 5 +10 13 Match D
14 4   Grêmio 6 3 2 1 12 7 +5 11 Match G
15 4   Emelec 6 1 2 3 8 12 −4 5 Match B
17 5   Sporting Cristal 6 3 3 0 15 4 +11 12 Match E
18 5   Bolívar 6 2 3 1 8 5 +3 9 Match H
19 5   Alianza Lima 6 1 2 3 10 11 −1 5 Match C
Source: [citation needed]

Format edit

In the final stages, the 16 teams played a single-elimination tournament with the following rules:

  • In the round of 16, quarter-finals, semi-finals and finals, each tie was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If tied on points after the two legs the goal difference would be applied. if still tied, extra time was not played, and a penalty shoot-out was used to determine the winners.
  • In the event that the two Argentine teams from the group stage qualify for the round of 16, the lower-seeded team between these two would face defending champion Vélez Sarsfield in order to prevent three Argentine teams from reaching the quarter-finals.
  • If two teams from the same national association reached the quarter-finals, they had to face each other, and those teams that had to face them formed another tie under the same conditions.
  • If one or more games are settled in the quarter-finals between clubs belonging to the same national association, the Match S1 would correspond to the pair including the lower-seeding team. The following matches would be determined according to the same criteria.
  • In all cases in which the order of legs could not be determined, the lower-seeding team had to host the first leg. Defending champions Vélez Sarsfield had to host the second leg in the round of 16.

The above criteria were established to ensure that the four semifinalists would be of different nationalities (Regulations Section III, Article 3).

Bracket edit

The original bracket for the final stages was determined as follows:[2]

Round Matchups
Round of 16
(Second stage) 		(Home team in the first leg are marked with (L))
Quarter-finals (Home team in the first leg are marked with (L))
Semi-finals (Home team in the first leg are marked with (L))
Finals (Home team in the first leg are marked with (L))
  • Winner F1 vs. Winner F2 (L)

Per regulations, the original bracket had the following modifications:

  • In the round of 16, Independiente and Bolívar swapped positions. Independiente had to faced Vélez Sarsfield in order to avoid three possible Argentine teams in the quarter-finals.
  • In quarter-finals, the two Argentine teams, the two Colombian teams and the two Brazilians teams had to face each other, and the order of the ties was rearranged according to the regulations.[3]
Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Finals
                    
15   Emelec (p) 2 0 2 (5)
5   Cerro Porteño 0 2 2 (4)
  Emelec 3 1 4
  Sporting Cristal 1 1 2
7   Caracas 2 3 5
17   Sporting Cristal 2 6 8
  Emelec 0 0 0
  Grêmio 0 2 2
6   Olimpia 0 0 0
14   Grêmio 3 2 5
  Grêmio 5 1 6
  Palmeiras 0 5 5
18   Bolívar 1 0 1
13   Palmeiras 0 3 3
  Grêmio 3 1 4
  Atlético Nacional 1 1 2
10   Atlético Nacional 3 3 6
2   Peñarol 1 1 2
  Atlético Nacional 2 1 3
  Millonarios 1 1 2
19   Alianza Lima 1 0 1
9   Millonarios 1 2 3
  Atlético Nacional (p) 1 0 1 (8)
  River Plate 0 1 1 (7)
11   Universidad Católica 2 1 3
1   River Plate 1 3 4
  River Plate (p) 1 0 1 (5)
  Vélez Sarsfield 1 0 1 (3)
3   Independiente 0 2 2
–   Vélez Sarsfield 3 2 5

Round of 16 edit

The first legs were played on 25–27 April, and the second legs were played on 3 and 4 May 1995.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Universidad Católica   3–4   River Plate 2–1 1–3
Emelec   2–2 (5–4 p)   Cerro Porteño 2–0 0–2
Alianza Lima   1–3   Millonarios 1–1 0–2
Bolívar   1–3   Palmeiras 1–0 0–3
Caracas   5–8   Sporting Cristal 2–2 3–6
Atlético Nacional   6–2   Peñarol 3–1 3–1
Olimpia   5–0   Grêmio 0–3 0–2
Independiente   2–5   Vélez Sarsfield 0–3 2–2

Match A edit

Universidad Católica  2–1  River Plate
Acosta   42'
Lunari   88'		 Report Gallardo   51'
Attendance: 16,000
Referee: Julio Matto (Uruguay)
River Plate  3–1  Universidad Católica
Berti   12'
Gallardo   26'
Francescoli   38'		 Report Ardiman   24'
Attendance: 50,000

River Plate won 4–3 on aggregate and advanced to the quarter-finals (Match S1).

Match B edit

Emelec  2–0  Cerro Porteño
Verduga   57'
E. Hurtado   63'		 Report
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Carlos Robles (Chile)

Tied 2–2 on aggregate, Emelec won on penalties and advanced to the quarter-finals (Match S1).

Match C edit

Alianza Lima  1–1  Millonarios
Rodríguez   19' Report Mosquera   42'
Attendance: 26,500
Referee: Pablo Peña (Bolivia)
Millonarios  2–0  Alianza Lima
Rendón   39'
López   41'		 Report
Attendance: 50,000

Millonarios won 3–1 on aggregate and advanced to the quarter-finals (Match S2).

Match D edit

Bolívar  1–0  Palmeiras
Mercado   48' Report
Attendance: 33,624
Palmeiras  3–0  Bolívar
Válber   1', 90'
Rivaldo   55'		 Report
Attendance: 21,431

Palmeiras won 3–1 on aggregate and advanced to the quarter-finals (Match S2).

Match E edit

Caracas  2–2  Sporting Cristal
González   12' (pen.)
Díaz   90'		 Report Solano   10' (pen.)
Julinho   59'
Attendance: 12,000
Sporting Cristal  6–3  Caracas
Maestri   10'
Julinho   48', 60'
Solano   56'
Jor. Soto   71'
Palacios   76'		 Report Salisú   12', 79'
Díaz   29'

Sporting Cristal won 8–5 on aggregate and advanced to the quarter-finals (Match S3).

Match F edit

Atlético Nacional  3–1  Peñarol
García   6'
Aristizábal   18', 32'		 Report Otero   8'
Attendance: 38,000
Peñarol  1–3  Atlético Nacional
Silva   27' Report Aristizábal   12'
Gaviria   61'
Osorio   85'
Attendance: 31,000

Atlético Nacional won 6–2 on aggregate and advanced to the quarter-finals (Match S3).

Match G edit

Olimpia  0–3  Grêmio
Report Dinho   28'
Jardel   56'
Paulo Nunes   63'
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Alberto Tejada (Peru)
Grêmio  2–0  Olimpia
Jardel   17'
Adilson Batista   55'		 Report
Attendance: 28,730

Grêmio won 5–0 on aggregate and advanced to the quarter-finals (Match S4).

Match H edit

Independiente  0–3  Vélez Sarsfield
Report Flores   45', 50'
Bassedas   56'
Attendance: 18,000
Vélez Sarsfield  2–2  Independiente
Sánchez   6'
Flores   36'		 Report Mazzoni   21'
Rotchen   60'
Attendance: 18,000

Vélez Sarsfield won 5–2 on aggregate and advanced to the quarter-finals (Match S4).

Quarter-finals edit

The first legs were played on 26 July, and the second legs were played on 2 August 1995.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
River Plate   1–1 (5–3 p)   Vélez Sarsfield 1–1 0–0
Atlético Nacional   6–2   Millonarios 3–1 3–1
Grêmio   6–5   Palmeiras 5–0 1–5
Emelec   4–2   Sporting Cristal 3–1 1–1

Match S1 edit

River Plate  1–1  Vélez Sarsfield
Amato   85' Report Zandoná   12'
Attendance: 16,000

Tied 1–1 on aggregate, River Plate won on penalties and advanced to the semi-finals (Match F1).

Match S2 edit

Atlético Nacional  2–1  Millonarios
Arango   7'
Aristizábal   77'		 Report Iguarán   88'
Attendance: 35,000
Millonarios  1–1  Atlético Nacional
León   38' Report Serna   36' (pen.)
Attendance: 55,000

Atlético Nacional won 3–2 on aggregate and advanced to the semi-finals (Match F1).

Match S3 edit

Grêmio  5–0  Palmeiras
Arce   41'
Arílson   52'
Jardel   64', 81', 90'		 Report
Attendance: 16,136
Palmeiras  5–1  Grêmio
Cafu   29', 84'
Amaral   38'
Paulo Isidoro   58'
Mancuso   69' (pen.)		 Report Jardel   16'
Attendance: 7,615

Grêmio won 6–5 on aggregate and advanced to the semi-finals (Match F2).

Match S4 edit

Emelec  3–1  Sporting Cristal
E. Hurtado   21', 53'
Vidal González   36'		 Report Astegiano   10'
Attendance: 30,000
Sporting Cristal  1–1  Emelec
Pinillos   78' Report Tenorio   9'
Attendance: 25,000

Emelec won 4–2 on aggregate and advanced to the semi-finals (Match F2).

Semi-finals edit

The first legs were played on 9 August, and the second legs were played on 16 August 1995.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Atlético Nacional   1–1 (8–7 p)   River Plate 1–0 0–1
Emelec   0–2   Grêmio 0–0 0–2

Match F1 edit

Atlético Nacional  1–0  River Plate
Higuita   55' Report
Attendance: 52,000
River Plate  1–0  Atlético Nacional
Amato   48' Report
Penalties
Gallardo  
Díaz  
Ortega  
Amato  
Cedrés  
Ayala  
Astrada  
Almeyda  		 7–8   Higuita
  Pabón
  Gutiérrez
  Mosquera
  Serna
  García
  Santa
  Foronda
Attendance: 60,000

Tied 1–1 on aggregate, Atlético Nacional won on penalties and advanced to the finals.

Match F2 edit

Emelec  0–0  Grêmio
Report
Attendance: 35,000
Grêmio  2–0  Emelec
Paulo Nunes   30'
Jardel   41'		 Report
Attendance: 30,743

Grêmio won 2–0 on aggregate and advanced to the finals.

Finals edit

Main article: 1995 Copa Libertadores Finals

The first leg was played on 23 August, and the second leg was played on 30 August 1995.

First leg
Grêmio  3–1  Atlético Nacional
Marulanda   35' (o.g.)
Jardel   43'
Paulo Nunes   55'		 Ángel   72'
Attendance: 54,200
Referee: Alfredo Rodas (Ecuador)
Second leg
Atlético Nacional  1–1  Grêmio
Aristizábal   12' Dinho   85'
Attendance: 49,000

Grêmio won 4–2 on aggregate.

References edit

  1. ^ "Revista CONMEBOL N° 38" (PDF) (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. Retrieved 21 March 2023.
  2. ^ "Revista CONMEBOL N° 37" (PDF) (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. Retrieved 21 March 2023.
  3. ^ "Revista CONMEBOL N° 40" (PDF) (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. Retrieved 21 March 2023.

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