1991 Supercopa Libertadores

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The 1991 Supercopa Libertadores was the fourth season of the Supercopa Libertadores, a club football tournament for past Copa Libertadores winners. The tournament was won by Cruzeiro, who beat River Plate 3–2 on aggregate in the final.

1991 Supercopa Sudamericana
1991 Supercopa Libertadores João Havelange
Tournament details
Teams14 (from 5 confederations)
Final positions
ChampionsBrazil Cruzeiro (1st title)
Runners-upArgentina River Plate
Tournament statistics
Matches played26
Goals scored53 (2.04 per match)
Top scorer(s)Argentina Juan José Borrelli
Brazil Charles
Brazil Gaúcho
Argentina Sergio Martínez
(3 goals)
1990
1992

As the new reigning Copa Libertadores champions, Chilean side Colo-Colo were admitted into the competition.

Former Copa Libertadores winners Atlético Nacional did not take part.

Qualified teams

Up until the middle of 1991, 15 teams had won the Copa Libertadores at least once since its inaugural season in 1960; however, only 14 teams participated as Atlético Nacional declined to play in the tournament.

TeamFirst won
Peñarol1960
Santos1962
Independiente1964
Racing1967
Estudiantes1968
Nacional1971
Cruzeiro1976
Boca Juniors1977
Olimpia1979
Flamengo1981
Grêmio1983
Argentinos Juniors1985
River Plate1986
Atlético Nacional1989
Colo-Colo1991

Bracket

First roundQuarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinals
            
Grêmio21 (3)
River Plate21 (4)
River Plate11 (4)
Flamengo02 (3)
Estudiantes10
Flamengo12
River Plate23
Peñarol01
Racing20
Peñarol30
Peñarol30
Santos20
Santos20
Argentinos Juniors10
River Plate20
Cruzeiro03
Colo-Colo00 (3)
Cruzeiro00 (4)
Cruzeiro40
Nacional03
Nacional10
Boca Juniors12
Cruzeiro10 (5)
Olimpia10 (4)
Olimpia12
Independiente10

First round

Teams from the same nation could not be drawn against one another. Olimpia, as the title holders, entered the competition at the quarterfinal stage. Independiente also advanced to that same stage after the initial draw.

Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
River Plate 3–3 (4-3 p) Grêmio2–21–1
Peñarol 3–2 Racing3–20–0
Argentinos Juniors 1–2 Santos1–20–0
Flamengo 3–1 Estudiantes1–12–0
Cruzeiro 0–0 (4-3 p) Colo-Colo0–00–0
Boca Juniors 1–3 Nacional1–10–2

Quarterfinals

Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Peñarol 3–2 Santos3–20–0
River Plate 2–2 (4-3 p) Flamengo1–01–2
Cruzeiro 4–3 Nacional4–00–3
Independiente 1–3 Olimpia1–10–2

Semi-finals

Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
River Plate 5–1 Peñarol2–03–1
Cruzeiro 1–1 (5-4 p) Olimpia1–10–0

Final

Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
River Plate 2–3 Cruzeiro2–00–3
1991 Supercopa
Sudamericana Winners

Cruzeiro
First Title

See also