2007 Copa Libertadores

48th season of Copa Libertadores Copa Libertadores de América 2007 2007 Copa Toyota Libertadores de América2007 Copa Toyota Libertadores da América January 24 - June 20 38 11 ARG Boca Juniors 6 BRA Grêmio 138 364 PAR Salvador Cabañas (10 goals) 2006 2008 The 2007 Copa Libertadores de América (officially the 2007 Copa Toyota Libertadores de América for sponsorship reasons) was the 48th edition of the Copa Libertadores. It started on January 24, 2007, and finished on June 20, 2007. It was won by Boca Juniors, who earned their 6th Copa Libertadores title. They won the Libertadores with Miguel Angel Russo. Qualified teams AssociationTeam (berth)Qualification methodARG Argentina5 berths Boca Juniors 2005 Apertura and 2006 Clausura champion Gimnasia y Esgrima 2005–06 best placed team on aggregate table River Plate 2005–06 2nd best placed team on aggregate table Banfield 2005–06 3rd best placed team on aggregate table Vélez Sársfield 2005–06 4th best placed team on aggregate tableBOL Bolivia3 berths Blooming 2005–06 Apertura champion Bolívar 2005–06 Clausura champion Real Potosí 2005–06 Clausura runner-upBRA Brazil5 + 1 berths Internacional 2006 Copa Libertadores champion Flamengo 2006 Copa do Brasil champion São Paulo 2006 Série A champion Grêmio 2006 Série A 3rd place Santos 2006 Série A 4th place Paraná 2006 Série A 5th placeCHI Chile3 berths Colo-Colo 2006 Apertura and 2006 Clausura champion Audax Italiano 2006 Clausura finalist Cobreloa Best-placed team in the 2006 Clausura classification stageCOL Colombia3 berths Deportivo Pasto 2006 Apertura champion Cúcuta Deportivo 2006 Clausura champion Deportes Tolima 2006 best placed team on aggregate tableECU Ecuador3 berths El Nacional 2006 Seria A champion Emelec 2006 Seria A runner-up LDU Quito 2006 Seria A 3rd placePAR Paraguay3 berths Libertad 2006 Primera División champion Cerro Porteño 2006 Primera División runner-up Tacuary 2006 best placed team on aggregate tablePER Peru3 berths Alianza Lima 2006 Apertura winner Cienciano 2006 Clausura winner Sporting Cristal 2006 best placed team on aggregate tableURU Uruguay3 berths Nacional 2005–06 Primera División champion Defensor Sporting 2006 Liguilla Pre-Libertadores winner Danubio 2006 Liguilla Pre-Libertadores runner-upVEN Venezuela3 berths Caracas 2005–06 Primera División champion Unión Atlético Maracaibo 2005–06 Primera División runner-up Deportivo Táchira 2005–06 best placed team on aggregate tableMEX Mexico(CONCACAF)3 invitees Toluca 2005 Apertura champion Necaxa 2007 InterLiga winner América 2007 InterLiga runner-up First stage 2007 Copa Libertadores First Stage Blooming Bolivia 0–6 Santos Brazil 0–1 0–5 Vélez Sársfield Argentina 5–1 Danubio Uruguay 3–0 2–1 Deportivo Táchira Venezuela 1–4 Deportes Tolima Colombia 1–2 0–2 Tacuary Paraguay 1–4 LDU Quito Ecuador 1–1 0–3 Cobreloa Chile 1–3 Paraná Brazil 0–2 1–1 América Mexico 6–2 Sporting Cristal Peru 5–0 1–2 |} Second stage 2007 Copa Libertadores Second Stage Group 1 Group 1 Group 2 Group 2 Group 3 Group 3 Group 4 Group 4 Group 5 Group 5 Group 6 Group 6 Group 7 Group 7 Group 8 Group 8 Knockout stages 2007 Copa Libertadores knockout stages The teams were seeded 1 to 8 (first placed teams of each group) and 9 to 16 (second placed teams of each group); the best seeds played the worst seeds. To prevent a final with two teams from the same country, CONMEBOL paired Santos with Grêmio and Boca Juniors with Cúcuta Deportivo in the semifinals.http://img.conmebol.com/csf/pub/articulo/2007/reglamento_Libertadores_07-nuevo.pdf COPA TOYOTA LIBERTADORES DE AMÉRICA 2007 es 5 website CONMEBOL 22 April 2010 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20090319185857/http://img.conmebol.com/csf/pub/articulo/2007/reglamento_Libertadores_07-nuevo.pdf 19 March 2009 Seeding +Teams qualified as a group winnerSeedTeam Pts Points GD Goal difference GF Goals for AG Away goals for 1 BRA Santos 18 +11 12 5 2 BRA Flamengo 16 +6 10 5 3 PAR Libertad 13 +5 12 6 4 MEX Toluca 12 +4 10 4 5 MEX Necaxa 12 +2 9 3 6 ARG Vélez Sársfield 11 +3 6 1 7 BRA Grêmio 10 0 4 2 8 CHI Colo-Colo 9 +5 12 5+Teams qualified as a runner-upSeedTeam Pts Points GD Goal difference GF Goals for AG Away goals for 9 MEX América 12 +2 12 5 10 BRA São Paulo 11 +7 11 2 11 ARG Boca Juniors 10 +6 11 0 12 URU Nacional 10 +4 9 1 13 COL Cúcuta Deportivo 9 +2 9 5 14 BRA Paraná 9 +1 9 5 15 URU Defensor Sporting 9 +1 8 2 16 VEN Caracas 9 −3 7 3 Bracket 2 yes Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals 1 BRA Santos 2 3 16 VEN Caracas 2 2 8 CHI Colo-Colo 0 2 9 MEX América 3 1 7 BRA Grêmio 0 2 10 BRA São Paulo 1 0 2 BRA Flamengo 0 2 15 URU Defensor Sporting 3 0 3 PAR Libertad 2 1 14 BRA Paraná 1 1 6 ARG Vélez Sarsfield 0 3 11 ARG Boca Juniors 3 1 5 MEX Necaxa 2 0 12 URU Nacional 3 1 4 MEX Toluca 1 2 13 COL Cúcuta Deportivo 5 0 1 BRA Santos 0 2 9 MEX América 0 1 7 BRA Grêmio 0 2 (4) 15 URU Defensor Sporting 2 0 (2) 3 PAR Libertad 1 0 11 ARG Boca Juniors 1 2 12 URU Nacional 0 2 13 COL Cúcuta Deportivo 2 2 1 BRA Santos 0 3 7 BRA Grêmio (a) 2 1 11 ARG Boca Juniors 1 3 13 COL Cúcuta Deportivo 3 0 7 BRA Grêmio 0 0 11 ARG Boca Juniors 3 2 Finals 2007 Copa Libertadores Finals June 13, 2007 21:45 (UTC-3) Boca Juniors ARG 3–0 (Report) BRA Grêmio Palacio 18Riquelme 73Patrício 89 o.g. Estadio Alberto J. Armando (La Bombonera), Buenos Aires 50,993 Jorge Larrionda (Uruguay) June 20, 2007 21:45 (UTC-3) Grêmio BRA 0–2 (Report) ARG Boca Juniors Riquelme 69 81 Estádio Olímpico Monumental, Porto Alegre 51,851 Óscar Ruiz (Colombia) Top goalscorers PosNameTeamGoals1 PAR Salvador Cabañas MEX América 102 PAN Blas Pérez COL Cúcuta Deportivo 8 ARG Juan Román Riquelme ARG Boca Juniors 84 BRA Zé Roberto BRA Santos 75 BRA Renato BRA Flamengo 5 CHI Humberto Suazo CHI Colo-Colo 57 ARG Damián Escudero ARG Vélez Sársfield 4 ARG Juan Manuel Martínez COL Cúcuta Deportivo 4 BRA Carlos Eduardo Monteiro BOL Real Potosí 4 CHI Rodolfo Moya CHI Audax Italiano 4 ARG Rodrigo Palacio ARG Boca Juniors 4 ARG Martín Palermo ARG Boca Juniors 4 BRA Kléber Pereira MEX Necaxa 4 URU Juan Manuel Salgueiro MEX Necaxa 4 URU Vicente Sánchez MEX Toluca 4 URU Diego Vera URU Nacional 4 See also 2007 FIFA Club World Cup 2008 Recopa Sudamericana References External links Copa Toyota Libertadores at CONMEBOL.com Interliga Official Site 2007 1