1989 Copa Libertadores

1989 Copa Libertadores de América

Tournament details
Dates	February 12 – May 31
Teams	21 (from 10 associations)
Final positions
Champions	Atlético Nacional (1st title)
Runners-up	Olimpia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	90
Goals scored	227 (2.52 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Raúl Vicente Amarilla (10 Goals) Carlos Aguilera (10 Goals)
← 1988 1990 →

The Copa Libertadores 1989 was the 30th edition in the tournament history. 21 teams participated in the competition, divided by groups of four (two per country). The first three teams qualify for the next round. Nacional of Montevideo entered directly into the second round as the champions of Copa Libertadores 1988. The tournament started with the first game on February 12, 1989, and ending on May 31, 1989.

Qualified teams

Country	Team	Qualification method
CONMEBOL (1 berth)	Nacional	1988 Copa Libertadores champion
Argentina (2 berths)	Racing	1987–88 Primera División champion
	Boca Juniors	1987–88 Liguilla Pre-Libertadores winner
Bolivia (2 berths)	Bolívar	1988 Primera División champion
	The Strongest	1988 Primera División runner-up
Brazil (2 berths)	Bahia	1988 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A champion
	Internacional	1988 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A runner-up
Chile (2 berths)	Cobreloa	1988 Primera División champion
	Colo-Colo	1988 Liguilla Pre-Libertadores winner
Colombia (2 berths)	Millonarios	1988 Campeonato Profesional champion
	Atlético Nacional	1988 Campeonato Profesional runner-up
Ecuador (2 berths)	Emelec	1988 Campeonato Ecuatoriano champion
	Deportivo Quito	1988 Campeonato Ecuatoriano runner-up
Paraguay (2 berths)	Olimpia	1988 Primera División champion
	Sol de América	1988 Primera División runner-up
Peru (2 berths)	Sporting Cristal	1988 Primera División champion
	Universitario	1988 Primera División runner-up
Uruguay (2 berths)	Peñarol	1988 Liguilla Pre-Libertadores winner
	Danubio	1988 Liguilla Pre-Libertadores runner-up
Venezuela (2 berths)	Marítimo	1987–88 Primera División champion
	Unión Atlético Táchira	1987–88 Primera División runner-up

Draw

The champions and runners-up of each football association were drawn into the same group along with another football association's participating teams. Three clubs from Uruguay competed as Nacional was champion of the 1988 Copa Libertadores. They entered the tournament in the Round of 16.

Group 1	Group 2	Group 3	Group 4	Group 5
Chile  Paraguay	Brazil  Venezuela	Colombia  Ecuador	Argentina  Peru	Bolivia  Uruguay

Group stage

Twenty teams were divided into five groups of four teams each for the group stage. The top three teams of each group, as well as Nacional of Uruguay (who received a bye as winners of the Copa Libertadores 1988 of the tournament) qualified to the Round of 16.

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		COB	SOL	OLI	COL
1	Cobreloa	6	3	2	1	7	4	+3	8	Round of 16		—	1–0	2–0	2–2
2	Sol de América	6	2	2	2	7	8	−1	6			0–0	—	5–4	1–0
3	Olimpia	6	2	1	3	8	9	−1	5			2–0	0–0	—	2–0
4	Colo-Colo	6	2	1	3	7	8	−1	5			0–2	3–1	2–0	—

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		BAH	TAC	INT	MAR
1	Bahia	6	4	2	0	11	5	+6	10	Round of 16		—	4–1	1–0	3–2
2	Unión Atlético Táchira	6	3	1	2	7	8	−1	7			1–1	—	1–0	2–0
3	Internacional	6	2	1	3	8	6	+2	5			1–2	3–1	—	3–0
4	Marítimo	6	0	2	4	3	10	−7	2			0–0	0–1	1–1	—

Group 3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		MIL	NAC	QUI	EME
1	Millonarios	6	4	2	0	12	3	+9	10	Round of 16		—	1–1	3–1	4–1
2	Atlético Nacional	6	2	3	1	8	7	+1	7			0–2	—	2–1	3–1
3	Deportivo Quito	6	1	2	3	4	7	−3	4			0–0	1–1	—	1–0
4	Emelec	6	1	1	4	4	11	−7	3			0–2	1–1	1–0	—

Group 4

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		BOC	RAC	UNI	CRI
1	Boca Juniors	6	3	1	2	9	7	+2	7	Round of 16		—	0–0	2–0	4–3
2	Racing	6	2	3	1	9	6	+3	7			2–3	—	2–0	2–0
3	Universitario	6	3	0	3	7	6	+1	6			1–0	2–1	—	4–0
4	Sporting Cristal	6	2	0	4	6	12	−6	4			1–0	1–2	1–0	—

Group 5

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		PEÑ	DAN	BOL	STR
1	Penarol	6	3	1	2	11	9	+2	7	Round of 16		—	2–0	5–0	1–1
2	Danubio	6	3	0	3	7	7	0	6			4–1	—	1–0	1–0
3	Bolivar	6	2	2	2	6	7	−1	6			3–0	3–1	—	0–0
4	The Strongest	6	1	3	2	3	4	−1	5			1–2	1–0	0–0	—

Bracket

	Round of 16						Quarterfinals						Semifinals						Finals
	Atlético Nacional	2	1	3
	Racing	0	2	2
							Atlético Nacional	1	1	2
							Millonarios	0	1	1
	Millonarios (p)	0	3	3 (4)
	Bolívar	1	2	3 (3)
													Atlético Nacional	0	6	6
													Danubio	0	0	0
	Cobreloa	0	1	1
	Deportivo Quito	0	0	0
							Cobreloa	0	1	1
							Danubio	2	2	4
	Danubio	0	3	3
	Nacional	0	1	1
																			Atlético Nacional (p)	0	2	2 (5)
																			Olimpia	2	0	2 (4)
	Peñarol	2	1	3
	Internacional	6	2	8
							Internacional	1	0	1
							Bahia	0	0	0
	Bahia	1	2	3
	Universitario	1	1	2
													Internacional	1	2	3 (3)
													Olimpia (p)	0	3	3 (5)
	Deportivo Táchira	0	3	3 (2)
	Sol de América (p)	3	0	3 (3)
							Sol de América	0	4	4
							Olimpia	2	4	6
	Boca Juniors	0	5	5 (6)
	Olimpia (p)	2	3	5 (7)

Round of 16

First leg matches were played between April 5 and April 6. Second leg matches were played on April 12 and April 13.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Atlético Nacional	3–2	Racing	2–0	1–2
Millonarios	3–3 (4–3 pk)	Bolivar	0–1	3–2
Cobreloa	1–0	Deportivo Quito	0–0	1–0
Danubio	3–1	Nacional	3–1	0–0
Peñarol	3–8	Internacional	2–6	1–2
Bahia	3–2	Universitario	1–1	2–1
Deportivo Táchira	3–3 (2–3 pk)	Sol de América	0–3	3–0
Boca Juniors	5–5 (6–7 pk)	Olimpia	0–2	5–3

Quarter-finals

First leg matches were played on April 19. Second leg matches were played on April 26.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Atlético Nacional	2–1	Millonarios	1–0	1–1
Cobreloa	1–4	Danubio	0–2	1–2
Internacional	1–0	Bahia	1–0	0–0
Sol de America	4–6	Olimpia	0–2	4–4

Semi-finals

First leg marches were played on May 10. Second leg matches were played on May 17

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Atlético Nacional	6–0	Danubio	0–0	6–0
Internacional	3–3 (3–5 pk)	Olimpia	1–0	2–3

Finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Atlético Nacional	2–2 (5–4 pk)	Olimpia	0–2	2–0

Champion

Copa Libertadores 1989: Atlético Nacional First Title

References

• Copa Libertadores 1989 at RSSSF
• Copa Libertadores Tournament

External links

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