The 2006 Copa Toyota Libertadores was the 47th edition of the Copa Libertadores, CONMEBOL's annual football club tournament.

2006 Copa Libertadores
2006 Copa Toyota Libertadores de América
2006 Copa Toyota Libertadores da América
Tournament details
DatesJanuary 24 - August 16
Teams38 (from 11 associations)
Final positions
ChampionsBrazil Internacional (1st title)
Runners-upBrazil São Paulo
Tournament statistics
Matches played138
Goals scored386 (2.8 per match)
Top scorer(s)Fourteen players
(5 goals each)
Best player(s)Brazil Fernandão[1]
2005
2007

38 teams from 11 football associations took part, starting with the first qualifying round played on 24 January 2006.

Internacional won this edition for their first title, beating São Paulo 4–3 on aggregate.

Qualified Teams

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Group Stage
  Newell's Old Boys   Estudiantes   São Paulo   Corinthians
  Vélez Sársfield   Rosario Central   Paulista   Internacional
  Bolívar   Unión Española   Deportivo Cali   LDU Quito
  The Strongest   Universidad Católica   Atlético Nacional   El Nacional
  Cerro Porteño   Cienciano   Nacional   Unión Atlético Maracaibo
  Libertad   Sporting Cristal   Rocha   Caracas
  UNAM   UANL
First stage
  River Plate   Goias   Palmeiras   Oriente Petrolero
  Colo-Colo   Santa Fe   Cuenca   Nacional
  Universitario   Defensor Sporting   Deportivo Táchira   Guadalajara

First stage

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Teams in the Team #1 column played at home in the first leg.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Nacional   2-2 (a)   Universitario 2-2 0-0
Defensor Sporting   2-2 (a)   Santa Fe 2-2 0-0
River Plate   8-0   Oriente Petrolero 6-0 2-0
Colo-Colo   4-8   Guadalajara 1-3 3-5
Palmeiras   6-2   Deportivo Táchira 2-0 4-2
Deportivo Cuenca   1-4   Goias 1-1 0-3

Matches

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First leg

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Nacional  2 – 2  Universitario
Centurion   62' (og)
Moisela   66' (og)
Report Moisela   64'
Sangoy   90'





Second leg

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Guadalajara  5 – 3  Colo-Colo
Medina   24'   78'
Santana   34'
Rodríguez   36'
Bautista   81'
Report Suazo   39'   67'   76'
Referee: Gustavo Brand (Venezuela)


Group stage

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6 winners from the qualifying round and the 26 pre-qualified clubs are drawn into 8 groups of 4 teams each. The top 2 teams in each group will advance to the Libertadores Cup play-offs.

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

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts SÃO GDL CAR CIE
1   São Paulo 6 4 0 2 12 6 +6 12 1–2 2–0 4–1
2   Guadalajara 6 3 3 0 6 3 +3 12 2–1 1–1 0–0
3   Caracas 6 1 2 3 7 7 0 5 1–2 0–0 4–0
4   Cienciano 6 1 1 4 3 12 −9 4 0–2 0–1 2–1
Source: [citation needed]


Group 2

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts ISF ELP SPC BOL
1   Santa Fe 6 3 1 2 9 7 +2 10 3–1 2–1 2–2
2   Estudiantes 6 3 1 2 10 10 0 10 1–0 4–3 2–1
3   Sporting Cristal 6 2 1 3 11 12 −1 7 1–2 2–2 2–1
4   Bolivar 6 2 1 3 7 8 −1 7 1–0 1–0 1–2
Source: [citation needed]


Group 3

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts GOI NOB UE STR
1   Goiás 6 3 2 1 7 1 +6 11 3–0 0–0 2–0
2   Newell's Old Boys 6 2 2 2 7 7 0 8 0–0 2–0 2–0
3   Unión Española 6 2 2 2 3 5 −2 8 0–2 1–1 1–0
4   The Strongest 6 2 0 4 4 8 −4 6 1–0 3–2 0–1
Source: [citation needed]


Group 4

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts COR UANL UC CALI
1   Corinthians 6 4 1 1 10 6 +4 13 1–0 2–2 3–0
2   UANL 6 3 1 2 12 10 +2 10 2–0 1–0 5–4
3   Universidad Católica 6 3 1 2 12 11 +1 10 2–3 3–2 2–1
4   Deportivo Cali 6 0 1 5 9 16 −7 1 0–1 2–2 2–3
Source: [citation needed]


Group 5

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts VEL LDU ROC UNI
1   Vélez Sársfield 6 5 1 0 18 6 +12 16 2–2 3–0 4–3
2   LDU Quito 6 3 1 2 16 9 +7 10 1–3 5–0 4–0
3   Rocha 6 1 2 3 4 16 −12 5 0–5 3–2 0–0
4   Universitario 6 0 2 4 5 12 −7 2 0–1 1–2 1–1
Source: [citation needed]


Group 6

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts INT NAC MBO UNAM
1   Internacional 6 4 2 0 13 4 +9 14 3–0 4–0 3–2
2   Nacional 6 2 3 1 6 6 0 9 0–0 0–0 2–0
3   Unión Atlético Maracaibo 6 2 2 2 7 8 −1 8 1–1 2–3 3–0
4   UNAM 6 0 1 5 4 12 −8 1 1–2 1–1 0–1
Source: [citation needed]


Group 7

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts AN PAL CER CEN
1   Atlético Nacional 6 3 1 2 13 9 +4 10 1–2 2–2 1–0
2   Palmeiras 6 2 3 1 9 8 +1 9 3–2 2–3 0–0
3   Cerro Porteño 6 2 2 2 9 12 −3 8 1–5 0–0 1–3
4   Rosario Central 6 1 2 3 6 8 −2 5 1–2 2–2 0–2
Source: [citation needed]


Group 8

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts LIB RIV ELN PAU
1   Libertad 6 3 2 1 8 3 +5 11 2–0 4–1 1–0
2   River Plate 6 3 0 3 10 10 0 9 1–0 4–3 4–1
3   El Nacional 6 1 3 2 8 10 −2 6 1–1 2–0 1–1
4   Paulista 6 1 3 2 4 7 −3 6 0–0 2–1 0–0
Source: [citation needed]


Knockout stages

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The teams were 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.

Qualified teams

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Seed Team Pld Pts GD Qualification
1   Vélez Sársfield 6 16 +12 Qualified as first place
2   Internacional 6 14 +9
3   Corinthians 6 13 +4
4   São Paulo 6 12 +6
5   Goiás 6 11 +6
6   Libertad 6 11 +5
7   Atlético Nacional 6 10 +4
8   Santa Fe 6 10 +2
9   Guadalajara 6 12 +3 Qualified as second place
10   LDU Quito 6 10 +7
11   UANL 6 10 +2
12   Estudiantes 6 10 0
13   Palmeiras 6 9 +1
14   River Plate 6 9 +0
15   Nacional 6 9 +0
16   Newell's Old Boys 6 8 +0

Bracket

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Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
                    
2   Internacional 2 0 2
15   Nacional 1 0 1
2   Internacional 1 2 3
10   LDU Quito 2 0 2
7   Atlético Nacional 0 0 0
10   LDU Quito 4 1 5
2   Internacional 0 2 2
6   Libertad 0 0 0
6   Libertad 0 0 0 (5)
11   UANL 0 0 0 (3)
6   Libertad 2 3 5
14   River Plate 2 1 3
3   Corinthians 2 1 3
14   River Plate 3 3 6
2   Internacional 2 2 4
4   São Paulo 1 2 3
4   São Paulo 1 2 3
13   Palmeiras 1 1 2
4   São Paulo 0 1 1 (4)
12   Estudiantes 1 0 1 (3)
5   Goiás 0 3 3
12   Estudiantes (a) 2 1 3
4   São Paulo 1 3 4
9   Guadalajara 0 0 0
1   Vélez Sársfield 4 2 6
16   Newell's Old Boys 2 2 4
1   Vélez Sársfield 0 1 1
9   Guadalajara 0 2 2
8   Santa Fe 0 3 3
9   Guadalajara 3 1 4

Round of 16

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Teams Scores Tie-breakers
1st leg home team Points 2nd leg home team 1st leg 2nd leg GF AG Pen.
Newell's Old Boys   1 4   Vélez Sársfield 2–4 2–2
Nacional   1 4   Internacional 1–2 0–0
River Plate   6 0   Corinthians 3–2 3–1
Palmeiras   1 4   São Paulo 1–1 1–2
Estudiantes   3 3   Goiás 2–0 1–3 3–3 1–0
UANL   2 2   Libertad 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 3–5
LDU Quito   6 0   Atlético Nacional 4–0 1–0
Guadalajara   3 3   Santa Fe 3–0 1–3 4–3

Quarter-finals

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Teams Scores Tie-breakers
1st leg home team Points 2nd leg home team 1st leg 2nd leg GF AG Pen.
Guadalajara   2 1   Vélez Sársfield 0–0 2–1
LDU Quito   3 3   Internacional 2–1 0–2 2–3
Estudiantes   3 3   São Paulo 1–0 0–1 1–1 0–0 3–4
River Plate   1 4   Libertad 2–2 1–3

Semi-finals

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Teams Scores Tie-breakers
1st leg home team Points 2nd leg home team 1st leg 2nd leg GF AG Pen.
Libertad   1 4   Internacional 0–0 0–2
Guadalajara   0 6   São Paulo 0–1 0–3

Finals

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Teams Scores Tie-breakers
1st leg home team Points 2nd leg home team 1st leg 2nd leg GF AG Pen.
São Paulo   1 4   Internacional 1–2 2–2


 Copa Libertadores de América
2006 champion 
 
Internacional
First title

Top goalscorers

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Player Team Goals
  Aloísio   São Paulo 5
  Félix Borja   El Nacional 5
  José Luis Calderón   Estudiantes 5
  Agustín Delgado   LDU Quito 5
  Sebastián Ereros   Vélez Sársfield 5
  Ernesto Farías   River Plate 5
  Fernandão   Internacional 5
  Marcinho   Palmeiras 5
  Daniel Montenegro   River Plate 5
  Nilmar   Corinthians 5
  Mariano Pavone   Estudiantes 5
  Jorge Quinteros   Universidad Católica 5
  Patricio Urrutia   LDU Quito 5
  Washington   Palmeiras 5

See also

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References

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  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.
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