2008 Copa Libertadores Second Stage

The Second Stage of the 2008 Copa Santander Libertadores was a group stage. It was played from February 12 to April 23.

Format edit

Twenty-six teams qualified directly into this round, plus six that advanced from the First Stage. This brings the total number of teams in the Second Stage to 32. The teams were drawn into eight groups of four. The teams in each group will play each other in a double round-robin format, playing the other teams in the group once at home and once away. Teams will be awarded 3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, and 0 points for a loss. The following criteria will be used for breaking ties on points:

  1. Goal difference
  2. Goals scored
  3. Away goals
  4. Draw

The top two teams from each group advance to the Round of 16.

Groups edit

Group 1 edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts CRU SLO CAR RPO
1   Cruzeiro 6 3 2 1 11 7 +4 11 3–1 3–0 3–0
2   San Lorenzo 6 3 1 2 8 7 +1 10 0–0 3–0 1–0
3   Caracas 6 2 1 3 6 11 −5 7 1–1 2–0 2–1
4   Real Potosí 6 2 0 4 11 11 0 6 5–1 2–3 3–1
Source: [citation needed]
Caracas  2–0  San Lorenzo
Vargas   39'
Castellín   70'
Report[permanent dead link]
Attendance: 12,077



Caracas  2–1  Real Potosí
Renteria   3'
Vargas   38'
Report[permanent dead link] Galindo   74'
Attendance: 12,426


Real Potosí  2–3  San Lorenzo
Loayza   17'
Pintos   32'
Report[permanent dead link] Romeo   71'
Chávez   78'
Torres   88' (pen.)

Caracas  1–1  Cruzeiro
Valencia   29' Report[permanent dead link] Moreno Martins   55' (pen.)
Attendance: 15,837





Group 2 edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts ELP LAN CUE DAN
1   Estudiantes 6 3 2 1 9 5 +4 11 0–0 2–0 2–0
2   Lanús 6 2 4 0 9 6 +3 10 3–3 0–0 3–1
3   Deportivo Cuenca 6 1 3 2 2 5 −3 6 1–0 1–1 0–0
4   Danubio 6 1 1 4 5 9 −4 4 1–2 1–2 2–0
Source: [citation needed]
Deportivo Cuenca  1–0  Estudiantes
Ferradas   45' (Report)

Lanús  3–1  Danubio
Pelletieri   8'
Acosta   58'
Sand   87'
(Report) Abelenda   37'

Deportivo Cuenca  0–0  Danubio
(Report)

Estudiantes  0–0  Lanús
(Report)

Danubio  1–2  Estudiantes
Irala   8' (Report) Verón   61'
Pérez   87'
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Osses (Chile)

Lanús  0–0  Deportivo Cuenca
(Report)
Attendance: 20,500
Referee: Osses (Chile)

Estudiantes  2–0  Danubio
Verón   43'
Desábato   75'
(Report)

Deportivo Cuenca  1–1  Lanús
García   70' (Report) Salomón   7'


Lanús  3–3  Estudiantes
Sand   10'
Valeri   16'
Acosta   78'
(Report) Desabato   21'
Benítez   24'
Moreno y Fabianesi   61'

Danubio  1–2  Lanús
Bardaro   87' (Report) Blanco   53'
Sand   64'

Group 3 edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts ATS BOC CC MBO
1   Atlas 6 3 2 1 11 6 +5 11 3–1 3–0 3–0
2   Boca Juniors 6 3 1 2 12 9 +3 10 3–0 4–3 3–0
3   Colo-Colo 6 3 1 2 11 9 +2 10 1–1 2–0 2–0
4   Unión Atlético Maracaibo 6 0 2 4 3 13 −10 2 1–1 1–1 1–3
Source: [citation needed]

Atlas  3– 0  Colo-Colo
Marioni   7'
Colotto   40'
Medina   68'
(Report)


Boca Juniors  3– 0  Atlas
Palacio   32'   81'
Palermo   82'
(Report)

Atlas  3–0  Unión Atlético Maracaibo
Flores   41'
Achucarro   61'
Marioni   67'
(Report)


Unión Atlético Maracaibo  1–1  Atlas
Figueroa   80' (pen.) (Report) Marioni   56' (pen.)

Boca Juniors  4–3  Colo-Colo
Palermo   28'
Gracián   48'
Palacio   66'
Cardozo   88'
(Report) Biscayzacú   26',   43'
Moya   90'
Attendance: 50,000

Atlas  3–1  Boca Juniors
Flores   21'
Marioni   58'   76'
(Report) Battaglia   30'
Attendance: 62,300


Colo-Colo  1–1  Atlas
Rojas   6' (Report) Colotto   66'

Boca Juniors  3–0  Maracaibo
Paletta   10'
Dátolo   21'
Riquelme   74'
(Report)
Attendance: 40,000

Group 4 edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts FLA NAC CIE BSI
1   Flamengo 6 4 1 1 9 4 +5 13 2–0 2–1 2–0
2   Nacional 6 4 0 2 9 5 +4 12 3–0 3–1 1–0
3   Cienciano 6 2 1 3 5 9 −4 7 0–3 2–1 1–0
4   Coronel Bolognesi 6 0 2 4 0 5 −5 2 0–0 0–1 0–0
Source: [citation needed]

Cienciano  2–1  Nacional
Vasallo   54'   67' (Report) Victorino   88'

Coronel Bolognesi  0–1  Nacional
(Report) Fornaroli   8'

Flamengo  2–1  Cienciano
Souza   38'
Marcinho   89'
(Report) Vasallo   45'
Attendance: 37,802

Nacional  3–0  Flamengo
Morales   40'   66'
Fornaroli   68'
(Report)


Flamengo  2–0  Nacional
Marcinho   25'   66' (Report)
Attendance: 49,096

Coronel Bolognesi  0–0  Cienciano
(Report)
Attendance: 6,000




Group 5 edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts RIV AME UC USM
1   River Plate 6 4 0 2 14 8 +6 12 2–1 2–0 5–0
2   América 6 3 0 3 10 10 0 9 4–3 2–1 3–1
3   Universidad Católica 6 3 0 3 6 6 0 9 1–2 2–0 1–0
4   Universidad San Martín 6 2 0 4 4 10 −6 6 2–0 1–0 0–1
Source: [citation needed]
U. San Martín  2–0  River Plate
Ovelar   14'
José Luis Díaz   91'
(Report)
Attendance: 14,641

América  2–1  Universidad Católica
Cabañas   38'
Higuain   90'
(Report) Bottinelli   70'


River Plate  2–1  América
Falcao   38'
Ortega   93'
(Report) Cabañas   15'


América  3–1  U. San Martín
Márquez   39'
Íñigo   47'
Cabañas   71'
(Report) Silva   6'
Attendance: 28,397

River Plate  2–0  Universidad Católica
Falcao   1'
Abreu   73'
(Report)
Attendance: 22,105

U. San Martín  1–0  América
Leguizamón   36' (Report)
Attendance: 13,800


América  4–3  River Plate
Íñigo   52'
Esqueda   54'
Cervantes   61'
Cabañas   69'
(Report) Archubi   6'
Cervantes   56' (o.g.)
Abreu   63'
Attendance: 94,997


River Plate  5–0  U. San Martín
Abreu   14'   51'   91'
Falcao   27'
Ríos   82'
(Report)
Attendance: 14,110
Referee: Óscar Ruiz

Group 6 edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts CUC SFC GDL SJO
1   Cúcuta Deportivo 6 3 2 1 7 4 +3 11 0–0 1–0 0–0
2   Santos 6 3 1 2 13 6 +7 10 2–1 1–0 7–0
3   Guadalajara 6 3 0 3 8 5 +3 9 0–1 3–2 2–0
4   San José 6 1 1 4 4 17 −13 4 2–4 2–1 0–3
Source: [citation needed]
Cúcuta Deportivo  0–0  Santos
Report

Guadalajara  2–0  San José
Solís   27'
Santana   53' (pen.)
Report

Cúcuta Deportivo  0–0  San José
Report

Santos  1–0  Guadalajara
Molina   22' Report

Guadalajara  0–1  Cúcuta Deportivo
Report Urbano   44'



Santos  7–0  San José
Domingos   17'
Molina   22', 32', 63', 87'
Kléber Pereira   79'
Quiñónez   81'
Report

San José  2–4  Cúcuta Deportivo
Cerruti   46'
Parada   77'
Report Urbano   35', 38', 79'
Torres   53'


San José  0–3  Guadalajara
Report Ávila   30', 43'
Pineda   56'

Group 7 edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts SAO AN LUQ AUD
1   São Paulo 6 3 2 1 6 4 +2 11 1–0 1–0 2–1
2   Atlético Nacional 6 2 2 2 8 5 +3 8 1–1 3–0 1–1
3   Sportivo Luqueño 6 2 1 3 8 10 −2 7 1–1 1–3 4–1
4   Audax Italiano 6 2 1 3 6 9 −3 7 1–0 1–0 1–2
Source: [citation needed]
Audax Italiano  1–2  Sportivo Luqueño
Romero   10' Report Servín   8'
Núñez   71'
Attendance: 3,428
Referee: Heber Lopes (Brazil)

Atlético Nacional  1–1  São Paulo
Córdoba   8' Report Miranda   32'




Sportivo Luqueño  1–1  São Paulo
Duarte   90+2' Report Aloísio   60'



Sportivo Luqueño  1–3  Atlético Nacional
Lazaga   71' Report Villagra   39'
Galvan Rey   51' (pen.)
Córdoba   90'

Audax Italiano  1–0  São Paulo
Ramos   78' Report


Group 8 edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts FLU LDU ARS LIB
1   Fluminense 6 4 1 1 11 3 +8 13 1–0 6–0 2–0
2   LDU Quito 6 3 1 2 10 5 +5 10 0–0 6–1 2–0
3   Arsenal 6 3 0 3 6 14 −8 9 2–0 0–1 1–0
4   Libertad 6 1 0 5 5 10 −5 3 1–2 3–1 1–2
Source: [citation needed]
Arsenal  1–0  Libertad
Leguizamón   79' Report

LDU Quito  0–0  Fluminense
Report
Attendance: 12,144

LDU Quito  2–0  Libertad
Urrutia   71'
Guerrón   82'
Report
Attendance: 7,523

Fluminense  6–0  Arsenal
Thiago Neves   14'
Dodô   25', 50'
Gabriel   45'
Washington   72'
Cícero   86'
Report

Arsenal  0–1  LDU Quito
Report Urrutia   79' (pen.)


LDU Quito  6–1  Arsenal
Urrutia   15'
Manso   20'
Bolaños   29', 43'
Bieler   65'
Obregón   90'
Report Leguizamón   4'
Attendance: 11,767

Fluminense  2–0  Libertad
Cícero   30'
Silva   51'
Report


Arsenal  2–0  Fluminense
Biagini   59'
Bottaro   65'
Report

Libertad  1–2  Arsenal
Cuevas   23' Report Bottaro   10'
Yacuzzi   68'

Fluminense  1–0  LDU Quito
Cícero   30' Report