2012 Copa Libertadores

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2012 Copa Libertadores de América
2012 Copa Libertadores da América
Tournament details
Dates January 24 – July 4, 2012
Teams 38 (from 11 associations)
Final positions
Champions Brazil Corinthians (1st title)
Runners-up Argentina Boca Juniors
Tournament statistics
Matches played 138
Goals scored 364 (2.64 per match)
Top scorer(s) Argentina Matías Alustiza
Brazil Neymar
(8 goals each)
Best player Qatar Emerson[1]
← 2011
2013 →

The 2012 Copa Libertadores de América (officially the 2012 Copa Santander Libertadores for sponsorship reasons) was the 53rd edition of the Copa Libertadores de América, South America's premier international club football tournament organized by CONMEBOL. It ran from January 24 to July 4, 2012. Santos were the defending champions, but lost to Corinthians in the semifinals.

São Paulo-based club Corinthians won the competition after defeating six-time champion Boca Juniors in the finals. It is Corinthians' first Libertadores title. By winning the competition, Corinthians won the right to play in the 2012 FIFA Club World Cup and the 2013 Recopa Sudamericana.

Qualified teams

Association Team (Berth) Entry stage Qualification method
Argentina Argentina
5 berths		 Vélez Sársfield (Argentina 1) Second Stage 2011 Clausura champion
Boca Juniors (Argentina 2) 2011 Apertura champion
Lanús (Argentina 3) 2011 tournaments aggregate table best non-champion
Godoy Cruz (Argentina 4) 2011 tournaments aggregate table 2nd best non-champion
Arsenal (Argentina 5) First Stage 2011 Copa Sudamericana best performing team not yet qualified
Bolivia Bolivia
3 berths		 Bolívar (Bolivia 1) Second Stage 2011 Adecuación champion
The Strongest (Bolivia 2) 2011 Apertura champion
Real Potosí (Bolivia 3) First Stage 2011 Adecuación runner-up
Brazil Brazil
5+1 berths		 Santos (Brazil 1) Second Stage 2011 Copa Libertadores de América champion
Corinthians (Brazil 2) 2011 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A champion
Vasco da Gama (Brazil 3) 2011 Copa do Brasil champion
Fluminense (Brazil 4) 2011 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 3rd place
Flamengo (Brazil 5) First Stage 2011 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 4th place
Internacional (Brazil 6) 2011 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 5th place
Chile Chile
3 berths		 Universidad de Chile (Chile 1) Second Stage 2011 Apertura champion and 2011 Copa Sudamericana champion
Universidad Católica (Chile 2) 2011 Primera División aggregate table best non-champion
Unión Española (Chile 3) First Stage 2011 Primera División aggregate table 2nd best non-champion
Colombia Colombia
3 berths		 Atlético Nacional (Colombia 1) Second Stage 2011 Apertura champion
Junior (Colombia 2) 2011 Finalización champion
Once Caldas (Colombia 3) First Stage 2011 Primera A aggregate table best non-champion
Ecuador Ecuador
3 berths		 Deportivo Quito (Ecuador 1) Second Stage 2011 Serie A champion
Emelec (Ecuador 2) 2011 Serie A runner-up
El Nacional (Ecuador 3) First Stage 2011 Serie A 3rd place
Paraguay Paraguay
3 berths		 Olimpia (Paraguay 1) Second Stage 2011 Primera División aggregate table best champion
Nacional (Paraguay 2) 2011 Primera División aggregate table 2nd best champion
Libertad (Paraguay 3) First Stage 2011 Primera División aggregate table best non-champion
Peru Peru
3 berths		 Juan Aurich (Peru 1) Second Stage 2011 Descentralizado champion
Alianza Lima (Peru 2) 2011 Descentralizado runner-up
Sport Huancayo (Peru 3) First Stage 2011 Descentralizado 3rd place
Uruguay Uruguay
3 berths		 Nacional (Uruguay 1) Second Stage 2010–11 Primera División champion
Defensor Sporting (Uruguay 2) 2010–11 Primera División runner-up
Peñarol (Uruguay 3) First Stage 2010–11 Primera División aggregate table 3rd place
Venezuela Venezuela
3 berths		 Deportivo Táchira (Venezuela 1) Second Stage 2010–11 Primera División champion
Zamora (Venezuela 2) 2010–11 Primera División runner-up
Caracas (Venezuela 3) First Stage 2010–11 Primera División aggregate table best non-finalist
Mexico Mexico
(CONCACAF)
3 invitees		 Guadalajara (Mexico 1) Second Stage 2011 Apertura classification phase best eligible team
Cruz Azul (Mexico 2) 2011 Apertura classification phase 2nd best eligible team
UANL (Mexico 3) First Stage 2011 Apertura classification phase 3rd best eligible team

Draw

The draw of the tournament was held on November 25, 2011, at 15:00 UTC−03:00, in Luque, Paraguay.[2][3]

For the first stage, each of the six ties contains one team from each pot. For the second stage, each of the eight groups contains one team from each pot. Teams from the same association in Pots 1 and 3 cannot be placed in the same group. However, a first stage winner may be drawn with a team from the same association in the second stage.

As per agreement when deciding the seeding for the 2011 Copa Libertadores, Bolivia, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay all had their berth 1 teams be seeded teams for 2012 instead of the berth 1 teams from Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela for 2011.

First Stage
Pot 1 Pot 2
Second Stage
Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4

† Teams had not yet fully qualified to the specific berth when the draw took place.[3]

Schedule

All dates listed are Wednesdays, but matches may be played on the day before (Tuesdays) and after (Thursdays) as well.[3]

Stage First leg Second leg
First Stage January 25 February 1
Second Stage February 8, 15, 22
March 7, 14, 21, 28
April 4, 11, 18
Round of 16 April 25
May 2		 May 9
Quarterfinals May 16 May 23
Semifinals June 13 June 20
Finals June 27 July 4

First stage

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The First Stage, played in home-and-away two-legged format, began on January 24 and ended on February 2.[4] Team 1 played the second leg at home.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Sport Huancayo Peru 1–4 Argentina Arsenal 0–3 1–1
Flamengo Brazil 3–2 Bolivia Real Potosí 1–2 2–0
Caracas Venezuela 1–5 Uruguay Peñarol 0–4 1–1
Libertad Paraguay 4–2 Ecuador El Nacional 0–1 4–1
Once Caldas Colombia 2–3 Brazil Internacional 0–1 2–2
UANL Mexico 2–3 Chile Unión Española 0–1 2–2

Second stage

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The Second Stage, played in home-and-away round-robin format, began on February 7 and ended on April 19.[4] The top two teams from each group advanced to the Round of 16.

Group 1

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Brazil Santos 6 4 1 1 12 5 +7 13
Brazil Internacional 6 2 2 2 10 6 +4 8
Bolivia The Strongest 6 2 1 3 5 11 −6 7
Peru Juan Aurich 6 2 0 4 4 9 −5 6
  INT AUR SAN STR
Internacional — 2–0 1–1 5–0
Juan Aurich 1–0 — 1–3 1–0
Santos 3–1 2–0 — 2–0
The Strongest 1–1 2–1 2–1 —

Group 2

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Argentina Lanús 6 3 1 2 11 6 +5 10
Ecuador Emelec 6 3 0 3 7 8 −1 9
Brazil Flamengo 6 2 2 2 12 10 +2 8
Paraguay Olimpia 6 2 1 3 10 16 −6 7
  EME FLA LAN OLI
Emelec — 3–2 0–2 1–0
Flamengo 1–0 — 3–0 3–3
Lanús 1–0 1–1 — 6–0
Olimpia 2–3 3–2 2–1 —

Group 3

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Chile Unión Española 6 3 1 2 10 7 +3 10
Bolivia Bolívar 6 3 1 2 9 7 +2 10
Colombia Junior 6 2 1 3 8 8 0 7
Chile Universidad Católica 6 1 3 2 6 11 −5 6
  BOL JUN UE UC
Bolívar — 2–1 1–3 3–0
Junior 0–1 — 2–1 3–0
Unión Española 2–1 2–0 — 1–1
Universidad Católica 1–1 2–2 2–1 —

Group 4

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Brazil Fluminense 6 5 0 1 7 4 +3 15
Argentina Boca Juniors 6 4 1 1 9 3 +6 13
Argentina Arsenal 6 2 0 4 6 7 −1 6
Venezuela Zamora 6 0 1 5 0 8 −8 1
  ARS BOC FLU ZAM
Arsenal — 1–2 1–2 3–0
Boca Juniors 2–0 — 1–2 2–0
Fluminense 1–0 0–2 — 1–0
Zamora 0–1 0–0 0–1 —

Group 5

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Paraguay Libertad 6 4 1 1 11 7 +4 13
Brazil Vasco da Gama 6 4 1 1 10 6 +4 13
Uruguay Nacional 6 2 0 4 5 7 −2 6
Peru Alianza Lima 6 1 0 5 6 12 −6 3
  ALI LIB NAC VAS
Alianza Lima — 1–2 1–0 1–2
Libertad 4–1 — 2–1 1–1
Nacional 1–0 1–2 — 0–1
Vasco da Gama 3–2 2–0 1–2 —

Group 6

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Brazil Corinthians 6 4 2 0 13 2 +11 14
Mexico Cruz Azul 6 3 2 1 11 4 +7 11
Paraguay Nacional 6 1 1 4 6 13 −7 4
Venezuela Deportivo Táchira 6 0 3 3 4 15 −11 3
  COR CAZ TAC NAC
Corinthians — 1–0 6–0 2–0
Cruz Azul 0–0 — 4–0 4–1
Deportivo Táchira 1–1 1–1 — 0–0
Nacional 1–3 1–2 3–2 —

Group 7

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Argentina Vélez Sársfield 6 4 0 2 10 6 +4 12
Ecuador Deportivo Quito 6 3 1 2 11 4 +7 10
Uruguay Defensor Sporting 6 3 0 3 6 7 −1 9
Mexico Guadalajara 6 1 1 4 2 12 −10 4
  DEF QUI GDL VEL
Defensor Sporting — 2–0 1–0 0–3
Deportivo Quito 2–0 — 5–0 3–0
Guadalajara 1–0 1–1 — 0–2
Vélez Sársfield 1–3 1–0 3–0 —

Group 8

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Chile Universidad de Chile 6 4 1 1 11 6 +5 13
Colombia Atlético Nacional 6 3 2 1 16 8 +8 11
Argentina Godoy Cruz 6 1 2 3 10 16 −6 5
Uruguay Peñarol 6 1 1 4 6 13 −7 4
  ATN GOD PEÑ UCH
Atlético Nacional — 2–2 3–0 2–0
Godoy Cruz 4–4 — 1–0 0–1
Peñarol 0–4 4–2 — 1–1
Universidad de Chile 2–1 5–1 2–1 —

Knockout stages

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The last four stages of the tournament (Round of 16, Quarterfinals, Semifinals, and Finals), played in home-and-away two-legged format, form a single-elimination tournament, contested by the sixteen teams which advance from the Second Stage.[5]

Seeding

The 16 qualified teams are seeded in the knockout stages according to their results in the second stage, with the group winners seeded 1–8, and the group runners-up seeded 9–16.[5] The teams were ranked by: 1. Points (Pts); 2. Goal difference (GD); 3. Goals scored (GF); 4. Away goals (AG); 5. Drawing of lots.

Teams qualified as group winners
Seed Team Pts GD GF AG
1 Brazil Fluminense 15 +3 7 5
2 Brazil Corinthians 14 +11 13 4
3 Brazil Santos 13 +7 12 5
4 Chile Universidad de Chile 13 +5 11 2
5 Paraguay Libertad 13 +4 11 4
6 Argentina Vélez Sársfield 12 +4 10 5
7 Argentina Lanús 10 +5 11 3
8 Chile Unión Española 10 +3 10 5
Teams qualified as group runners-up
Seed Team Pts GD GF AG
9 Argentina Boca Juniors 13 +5 9 4
10 Brazil Vasco da Gama 13 +4 10 4
11 Colombia Atlético Nacional 11 +8 16 9
12 Mexico Cruz Azul 11 +7 11 3
13 Ecuador Deportivo Quito 10 +7 11 1
14 Bolivia Bolívar 10 +2 9 3
15 Ecuador Emelec 9 −1 7 3
16 Brazil Internacional 8 +4 10 2

Bracket

  Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
                                             
2  Brazil Corinthians 0 3  
15  Ecuador Emelec 0 0  
  2  Brazil Corinthians 0 1  
  10  Brazil Vasco da Gama 0 0  
7  Argentina Lanús 1 2 (4)
10  Brazil Vasco da Gama (p) 2 1 (5)  
  2  Brazil Corinthians 1 1  
  3  Brazil Santos 0 1  
3  Brazil Santos 1 8  
14  Bolivia Bolívar 2 0  
  3  Brazil Santos (p) 0 1 (4)
  6  Argentina Vélez Sársfield 1 0 (2)  
6  Argentina Vélez Sársfield 1 1
11  Colombia Atlético Nacional 0 1  
  2  Brazil Corinthians 1 2
  9  Argentina Boca Juniors 1 0
4  Chile U. de Chile 1 6  
13  Ecuador Deportivo Quito 4 0  
  4  Chile U. de Chile (p) 1 1 (5)
  5  Paraguay Libertad 1 1 (3)  
5  Paraguay Libertad 1 2
12  Mexico Cruz Azul 1 0  
  4  Chile U. de Chile 0 0
  9  Argentina Boca Juniors 2 0  
1  Brazil Fluminense 0 2  
16  Brazil Internacional 0 1  
  1  Brazil Fluminense 0 1
  9  Argentina Boca Juniors 1 1  
8  Chile Unión Española 1 2
9  Argentina Boca Juniors 2 3  

Round of 16

The Round of 16 began on April 25 and ended on May 10.[6] Team 1 played the second leg at home.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Fluminense Brazil 2–1 Brazil Internacional 0–0 2–1
Corinthians Brazil 3–0 Ecuador Emelec 0–0 3–0
Santos Brazil 9–2 Bolivia Bolívar 1–2 8–0
Universidad de Chile Chile 7–4 Ecuador Deportivo Quito 1–4 6–0
Libertad Paraguay 3–1 Mexico Cruz Azul 1–1 2–0
Vélez Sársfield Argentina 2–1 Colombia Atlético Nacional 1–0 1–1
Lanús Argentina 3–3 (4–5 p) Brazil Vasco da Gama 1–2 2–1
Unión Española Chile 3–5 Argentina Boca Juniors 1–2 2–3

Quarterfinals

The Quarterfinals began on May 16 and ended on May 24.[7] Team 1 played the second leg at home.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Fluminense Brazil 1–2 Argentina Boca Juniors 0–1 1–1
Corinthians Brazil 1–0 Brazil Vasco da Gama 0–0 1–0
Santos Brazil 1–1 (4–2 p) Argentina Vélez Sársfield 0–1 1–0
Universidad de Chile Chile 2–2 (5–3 p) Paraguay Libertad 1–1 1–1

Semifinals

The Semifinals began on June 13 and ended on June 21.[8] Team 1 played the second leg at home.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Corinthians Brazil 2–1 Brazil Santos 1–0 1–1
Universidad de Chile Chile 0–2 Argentina Boca Juniors 0–2 0–0

Finals

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The Finals were played over two legs, with the higher-seeded team playing the second leg at home. If the teams were tied on points and goal difference at the end of regulation in the second leg, the away goals rule would not be applied and 30 minutes of extra time would be played. If still tied after extra time, the title would be decided by penalty shootout.[5]

June 27, 2012
21:50 UTC−3
Boca Juniors Argentina 1–1 Brazil Corinthians
Roncaglia Goal 72' Report Romarinho Goal 84'

July 4, 2012
21:50 UTC−3
Corinthians Brazil 2−0 Argentina Boca Juniors
Emerson Goal 53', 72' Report

Corinthians won on points 3–1.

Copa Libertadores de América
2012 Champion
Brazil
Corinthians
First Title

Top goalscorers

Pos Player Club Goals
1 Argentina Matías Alustiza Ecuador Deportivo Quito 8
Brazil Neymar Brazil Santos 8
3 Colombia Dorlan Pabón Colombia Atlético Nacional 7
4 Chile Junior Fernándes Chile Universidad de Chile 6
Brazil Leandro Damião Brazil Internacional 6
6 Qatar Emerson Brazil Corinthians 5
Argentina Emanuel Herrera Chile Unión Española 5
Mexico Javier Orozco Mexico Cruz Azul 5
9 Brazil Danilo Brazil Corinthians 4
Chile Ángelo Henríquez Chile Universidad de Chile 4
Brazil Alan Kardec Brazil Santos 4
Colombia Luis Fernando Mosquera Colombia Atlético Nacional 4
Paraguay José Ariel Núñez Paraguay Libertad 4
Argentina Mariano Pavone Argentina Lanús 4
Uruguay Mario Regueiro Argentina Lanús 4
Argentina Matías Rodríguez Chile Universidad de Chile 4

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Awards

Player of the week

Week Player Team Notes
Jan 31 – Feb 2 Argentina Andrés D'Alessandro Brazil Internacional [10]
Feb 7–9 Mexico Javier Orozco Mexico Cruz Azul [11]
Feb 14–16 Bolivia Pablo Escobar Bolivia The Strongest [12]
Feb 21–23 Colombia Dorlan Pabón Colombia Atlético Nacional [13]
Mar 6–8 Portugal Deco Brazil Fluminense [14]
Mar 13–15 Brazil Leandro Damião Brazil Internacional [15]
Mar 20–22 Uruguay Mario Regueiro Argentina Lanús [16]
Mar 27–29 Uruguay Sergio Órteman Paraguay Olimpia [17]
Apr 3–5 Argentina Luciano Figueroa Ecuador Emelec [18]
Apr 10–12 Argentina Darío Cvitanich Argentina Boca Juniors [19]
Apr 17–19 Argentina Matías Alustiza Ecuador Deportivo Quito [20]
May 1–3 Ecuador Fidel Martínez Ecuador Deportivo Quito [21]
May 8–10 Argentina Juan Román Riquelme Argentina Boca Juniors [22]
May 16–17 Argentina Iván Obolo Argentina Vélez Sársfield [23]
May 23–24 Chile Johnny Herrera Chile Universidad de Chile [24]

Fair play award

The Samsung Fair Play Trophy was awarded to Brazilian club Corinthians.[25]

Notes

Brazilian coach Ricardo Ferretti sent a team of substitutes of Tigres UANL, and was heavily criticized by the Latin press that claimed that he had "ignored" the competition.

See also

References

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