Histora.org newsletter April 21, 2000 The round of 32 group stage of the 2000 Copa Libertadores is complete. Defending champions Palmeiras are among those to qualify to the round of 16, as well as Brazilian and World Club Champions Corinthians, Atletico Paranaense, and Atletico Mineiro; Argentine clubs Boca Juniors, River Plate, and Rosario Central; Penarol and Nacional of Uruguay, Colombians America Cali and Atletico Junior; Cerro Porteno of Paraguay, Bolivar of Bolivia, Nacional Quito of Ecuador, and Mexican clubs Atlas Guadalajara and America Ciudad. 2000 Copa Libertadores: ==================================================================== Preliminary Round -------------------------------------------------------------------- # Group 1 Pts GD P W D L GF GA Atl Ame Ita Tac -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 (Mex) Atlas Guadalajara 9 +4 6 2 3 1 16 12 ___ 6-3 2-2 3-0 2 (Mex) America Ciudad 8 +4 6 2 2 2 13 9 2-0 ___ 1-1 6-0 3 (Ven) Deportivo Italia 8 +2 6 1 5 0 9 7 3-3 1-1 ___ 0-0 4 (Ven) Deportivo Tachira 5 -10 6 1 2 3 3 13 2-2 1-0 0-2 ___ ==================================================================== ==================================================================== Round of 32 -------------------------------------------------------------------- # Group 1 Pts GD P W D L GF GA Atl Nac Ali Eme -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 (Bra) Atletico Paranaense 16 +9 6 5 1 0 11 2 ___ 2-0 2-1 1-0 2 (Uru) Nacional 10 +1 6 3 1 2 8 7 1-3 ___ 2-0 1-0 3 (Per) Alianza Lima 5 -5 6 1 2 3 7 12 0-3 2-2 ___ 2-1 4 (Ecu) Emelec 2 -5 6 0 2 4 3 8 0-0 0-2 2-2 ___ -------------------------------------------------------------------- # Group 2 Pts GD P W D L GF GA Boc Pen Blo Uni -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 (Arg) Boca Juniors 13 +9 6 4 1 1 14 5 ___ 3-1 6-1 2-1 2 (Uru) Penarol 9 +3 6 2 3 1 12 9 0-0 ___ 2-1 5-1 3 (Bol) Blooming 7 -8 6 2 1 3 9 17 1-0 3-3 ___ 3-1 4 (Chi) Universidad Catolica 4 -4 6 1 1 4 10 14 1-3 1-1 5-0 ___ -------------------------------------------------------------------- # Group 3 Pts GD P W D L GF GA Cor Ame Oli LDU -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 (Bra) Corinthians 13 +8 6 4 1 1 17 9 ___ 2-1 5-4 6-0 2 (Mex) America Ciudad 10 +6 6 3 1 2 15 9 2-0 ___ 8-2 1-0 3 (Par) Olimpia 8 -4 6 2 2 2 13 17 2-2 3-1 ___ 1-1 4 (Ecu) LDU Quito 2 -10 6 0 2 4 3 13 0-2 2-2 0-1 ___ -------------------------------------------------------------------- # Group 4 Pts GD P W D L GF GA Riv Atl Uni Atl -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 (Arg) River Plate 12 +4 6 3 3 0 12 8 ___ 3-2 3-1 3-2 2 (Mex) Atlas Guadalajara 8 +3 6 2 2 2 13 10 1-1 ___ 0-0 5-1 3 (Chi) Universidad de Chile 8 0 6 2 2 2 10 10 1-1 3-2 ___ 4-0 4 (Col) Atletico Nacional 4 -7 6 1 1 4 10 17 1-1 2-3 4-1 ___ -------------------------------------------------------------------- # Group 5 Pts GD P W D L GF GA Atl Cer San Uni -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 (Col) Atletico Junior 12 +3 6 4 0 2 7 4 ___ 2-0 3-1 1-0 2 (Par) Cerro Porteno 10 +3 6 3 1 2 9 6 1-0 ___ 3-1 3-0 3 (Arg) San Lorenzo de Almagro 8 +1 6 2 2 2 10 9 2-0 2-2 ___ 3-0 4 (Per) Universitario 4 -7 6 1 1 4 2 9 0-1 1-0 1-1 ___ -------------------------------------------------------------------- # Group 6 Pts GD P W D L GF GA Ame Ros Spo Atl -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 (Col) America Cali 16 +10 6 5 1 0 20 10 ___ 5-3 3-1 2-1 2 (Arg) Rosario Central 9 +2 6 2 3 1 19 17 3-3 ___ 3-1 4-2 3 (Per) Sporting Cristal 4 -4 6 1 1 4 9 13 0-2 3-3 ___ 3-0 4 (Par) Atletico Colegiales 4 -8 6 1 1 4 10 18 2-5 3-3 2-1 ___ -------------------------------------------------------------------- # Group 7 Pts GD P W D L GF GA Pal Nac Juv The -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 (Bra) Palmeiras 10 +6 6 3 1 2 16 10 ___ 4-1 3-0 4-0 2 (Ecu) Nacional Quito 10 +3 6 3 1 2 10 7 3-1 ___ 2-0 0-0 3 (Bra) Juventude 7 -4 6 2 1 3 8 12 2-2 1-0 ___ 4-0 4 (Bol) The Strongest 7 -5 6 2 1 3 10 15 4-2 1-4 5-1 ___ -------------------------------------------------------------------- # Group 8 Pts GD P W D L GF GA Bol Atl Bel Cob -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 (Bol) Bolivar 10 +3 6 3 1 2 12 9 ___ 4-0 1-0 4-1 2 (Bra) Atletico Mineiro 9 +2 6 3 0 3 9 7 1-0 ___ 2-1 6-0 3 (Uru) Bella Vista 8 +3 6 2 2 2 8 5 4-0 1-0 ___ 1-1 4 (Chi) Cobreola 6 -8 6 1 3 2 7 15 3-3 1-0 1-1 ___ ==================================================================== Past winners : =================================================================== Year Winner Scores Runner-Up =================================================================== 1960 (Uru) Penarol 1-0,1-1 (Par) Olimpia 1961 (Uru) Penarol 1-0,1-1 (Bra) Palmeiras 1962 (Bra) Santos 3-3,3-0 (Uru) Penarol 1963 (Bra) Santos 3-2,2-1 (Arg) Boca Juniors 1964 (Arg) Independiente 0-0,1-0 (Uru) Nacional 1965 (Arg) Independiente 2-3,4-1 (Uru) Penarol 1966 (Uru) Penarol 4-3,4-2 (Arg) River Plate 1967 (Arg) Racing Club 0-0,2-1 (Uru) Nacional 1968 (Arg) Estudiantes La Plata 3-4,2-0 (Bra) Palmeiras 1969 (Arg) Estudiantes La Plata 1-0,2-0 (Uru) Nacional 1970 (Arg) Estudiantes La Plata 1-0,0-0 (Uru) Penarol 1971 (Uru) Nacional 1-1,2-0 (Arg) Estudiantes La Plata 1972 (Arg) Independiente 2-1,0-0 (Per) Universitario 1973 (Arg) Independiente 2-1,0-0 (Chi) Colo Colo 1974 (Arg) Independiente 3-2,1-0 (Bra) Sao Paulo 1975 (Arg) Independiente 3-2,2-0 (Chi) Union Espanola 1976 (Bra) Cruzeiro 5-3,3-2 (Arg) River Plate 1977 (Arg) Boca Juniors 1-1,0-0 (Bra) Cruzeiro 1978 (Arg) Boca Juniors 4-0,0-0 (Col) Deportivo Cali 1979 (Par) Olimpia 2-0,0-0 (Arg) Boca Juniors 1980 (Uru) Nacional 1-0,0-0 (Bra) Inter Porto Alegre 1981 (Bra) Flamengo 2-2,2-0 (Chi) Cobreola 1982 (Uru) Penarol 0-0,1-0 (Chi) Cobreola 1983 (Bra) Gremio Porto Alegre 2-1,1-1 (Uru) Penarol 1984 (Arg) Independiente 0-0,1-0 (Bra) Gremio Porto Alegre 1985 (Arg) Argentinos Juniors 1-1,1-1 (Col) America Cali 1986 (Arg) River Plate 1-0,2-1 (Col) America Cali 1987 (Uru) Penarol 2-1,1-0 (Col) America Cali 1988 (Uru) Nacional 3-0,0-1 (Arg) Newell's Old Boys 1989 (Col) Atletico Nacional 2-0,0-2 (Par) Olimpia 1990 (Par) Olimpia 2-0,1-1 (Ecu) Barcelona Guayaquil 1991 (Chi) Colo Colo 0-0,3-0 (Par) Olimpia 1992 (Bra) Sao Paulo 1-0,0-1 (Arg) Newell's Old Boys 1993 (Bra) Sao Paulo 5-1,0-2 (Chi) Universidad Catolica 1994 (Arg) Velez Sarsfield 1-0,0-1 (Bra) Sao Paulo 1995 (Bra) Gremio Porto Alegre 3-1,1-1 (Col) Atletico Nacional 1996 (Arg) River Plate 2-0,0-1 (Col) America Cali 1997 (Bra) Cruzeiro 1-0,0-0 (Per) Sporting Cristal 1998 (Bra) Vasco da Gama 2-0,2-1 (Ecu) Barcelona Guayaquil 1999 (Bra) Palmeiras 0-1,2-1 (Col) Deportivo Cali =================================================================== Ranking of clubs in Copa Libertadores: ======================================================================= # Club Nat TPs Ap 1 2 3 4 TP/Ap W D L GF GA Dif ======================================================================= 1 Penarol Uru 308 32 5 4 4 9 9.62 127 64 76 430 300 130 2 Independiente Arg 276 17 7 _ 4 4 16.24 61 30 29 182 117 65 3 Nacional Uru 217 27 3 3 5 3 8.04 103 58 66 358 253 105 4 Olimpia Par 193 31 2 3 5 3 6.23 86 68 70 315 276 39 5 River Plate Arg 174 21 2 2 7 2 8.29 94 53 49 326 205 121 6 Boca Juniors Arg 131 14 2 2 2 2 9.36 56 28 29 161 109 52 7 Estudiantes La Plata Arg 123 7 3 1 1 _ 17.57 28 11 12 73 43 30 8 America Cali Col 111 14 _ 4 4 2 7.93 67 46 33 218 151 67 9 Sao Paulo Bra 109 8 2 2 1 _ 13.62 31 21 18 105 67 38 10 Gremio Porto Alegre Bra 99 8 2 1 1 2 12.38 35 17 17 111 64 47 11 Colo Colo Chi 98 20 1 1 2 2 4.90 68 39 55 236 213 23 12 Cruzeiro Bra 96 7 2 1 1 1 13.71 37 10 17 119 70 49 13 Barcelona Guayaquil Ecu 86 19 _ 2 2 6 4.53 56 40 65 184 207 -23 14 Palmeiras Bra 86 10 1 2 1 1 8.60 51 9 26 169 100 69 15 Cerro Porteno Par 84 25 _ _ 5 5 3.36 73 59 64 264 258 6 16 Santos Bra 81 5 2 _ 2 _ 16.20 14 4 9 64 45 19 17 Atletico Nacional Col 79 12 1 1 2 1 6.58 39 28 33 125 116 9 18 Universitario Per 73 22 _ 1 2 3 3.32 60 48 61 216 224 -8 19 Deportivo Cali Col 68 14 _ 2 2 1 4.86 47 25 38 161 138 23 20 Universidad Catolica Chi 68 17 _ 1 3 3 4.00 57 41 53 242 205 37 21 Flamengo Bra 58 6 1 _ 2 2 9.67 30 13 9 118 62 56 22 Racing Club Arg 54 5 1 _ 2 1 10.80 23 10 12 81 53 28 23 Sporting Cristal Per 52 20 _ 1 _ 3 2.60 45 42 57 190 206 -16 24 Cobreola Chi 49 7 _ 2 1 1 7.00 27 24 13 91 64 27 25 Millonarios Col 46 14 _ _ 2 4 3.29 34 22 33 129 118 11 26 Velez Sarsfield Arg 46 5 1 _ _ 3 9.20 19 18 9 54 33 21 27 Bolivar Bol 45 19 _ _ _ 4 2.37 61 35 50 236 203 33 28 Vasco da Gama Bra 42 6 1 _ _ 1 7.00 13 19 12 48 42 6 29 Argentinos Juniors Arg 40 2 1 _ 1 _ 20.00 9 6 1 23 13 10 30 Universidad de Chile Chi 37 12 _ _ 2 2 3.08 28 16 35 110 120 -10 31 Newell's Old Boys Arg 36 4 _ 2 _ _ 9.00 18 16 8 46 38 8 32 Inter Porto Alegre Bra 35 5 _ 1 2 _ 7.00 21 12 13 60 42 18 ======================================================================= Ranking of nations: ===================================================================== # Nation TPs Ap 1 2 3 4 TP/Ap W D L GF GA GDif ===================================================================== 1 Argentina 944 93 17 7 21 16 10.15 367 205 193 1162 771 391 2 Brazil 678 81 11 7 12 14 8.37 310 158 174 1094 716 378 3 Uruguay 571 82 8 7 10 13 6.96 272 171 208 964 759 205 4 Colombia 355 73 1 7 12 11 4.86 231 159 197 781 706 75 5 Paraguay 326 79 2 3 10 14 4.13 206 176 206 780 788 -8 6 Chile 312 78 1 5 8 12 4.00 225 168 229 878 856 22 7 Ecuador 209 76 _ 2 5 11 2.75 182 116 258 641 837 -196 8 Peru 183 76 _ 2 2 10 2.41 153 141 242 622 820 -198 9 Bolivia 145 76 _ _ _ 10 1.91 159 105 242 658 923 -265 10 Venezuela 112 68 _ _ _ 5 1.65 91 116 252 404 839 -435 11 Mexico 6 6 _ _ _ _ 1.00 26 17 21 113 82 31 ===================================================================== ======================================== Statistics Legend ---------------------------------------- Abrev Statistic ---------------------------------------- TPs Tournament Points Ap Appearances 1 Titles / 1st in league 2 Final / 2nd in league 3 Semi-final / 3rd in league 4 Quarter-final / 4th in league TP/Ap Points per appearance W Victories D Draws L Losses GF Goals for GA Goals against GDif Goal difference ======================================== Copa Libertadores Tournament Point values: ------------------------------------------ Winner : 32 Runner-up : 16 Semi-finalists : 8 Quarter-finalists : 4 Round-of-16 : 2 Round-of-32 : 1 ====================== Tracking of Palmeiras ================================================== Year RA TPts Finishing round W D L GF GA ================================================== 1961 2 16 Final 3 2 1 10 5 1968 5 16 Final 11 1 2 26 13 1971 2 8 Semi-Finals 8 0 2 22 9 1973 0 2 First Round 4 1 1 11 8 1974 0 2 First Round 3 0 3 7 5 1979 0 2 First Round 3 0 3 15 11 1994 1 2 Second Round 3 1 4 15 9 1995 3 4 Quarter-Finals 6 1 3 23 12 1999 5 32 Winner 7 2 5 24 18 2000 1 2 Third Round 3 1 2 16 10 ================================================== RA = number of rounds advanced TPts = Tournament Points earned South American club matchup records in series: (number of times a club has advanced at the expense of the other) ====================================================================== Nation Arg Bol Bra Chi Col Ecu Par Per Uru Ven ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Argentina 58-58 16- 2 42-33 17- 5 27-10 14- 1 10- 7 17- 4 30-16 12- 0 Bolivia 2-16 12-12 1-11 2- 8 1-11 2-10 6- 9 2- 9 1-15 5- 0 Brazil 33-42 11- 1 40-40 18- 6 16- 6 13- 2 22- 6 14- 1 19-12 13- 1 Chile 5-17 8- 2 6-18 20-20 6-10 15- 3 12-13 11- 2 8-14 10- 0 Colombia 10-27 11- 1 6-16 10- 6 21-21 10- 2 12- 6 11- 2 9- 7 9- 1 Ecuador 1-14 10- 2 2-13 3-15 2-10 15-15 7- 2 8- 4 3-17 4- 4 Paraguay 7-10 9- 6 6-22 13-12 6-12 2- 7 18-18 6- 0 6-16 6- 0 Peru 4-17 9- 2 1-14 2-11 2-11 4- 8 0- 6 18-18 4- 9 5- 4 Uruguay 16-30 15- 1 12-19 14- 8 7- 9 17- 3 16- 6 9- 4 25-25 13- 0 Venezuela 0-12 0- 5 1-13 0-10 1- 9 4- 4 0- 6 4- 5 0-13 15-15 ======================================================================