1990 Copa Libertadores

1990 Copa Libertadores de América
Tournament details
Dates	February 25 – October 10
Teams	19 (from 10 associations)
Final positions
Champions	Olimpia (2nd title)
Runners-up	Barcelona
Tournament statistics
Matches played	83
Goals scored	184 (2.22 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Adriano Samaniego (7 Goals)
	← 1989 1991 →

The Copa Libertadores 1990 was the 31st edition of the Copa Libertadores, South America's premier international club football tournament organized by CONMEBOL. Olimpia won the 1990 edition after defeating Barcelona with a 3-1 aggregate in the finals. One of the players for Olimpia was legendary goalkeeper Ever Hugo Almeida, who retired from professional football the following year.

Qualified teams

Country	Team	Qualification method
CONMEBOL (1 berth)	Atlético Nacional	1989 Copa Libertadores champion
Argentina (2 berths)	Independiente	1988–89 Primera División champion
Argentina (2 berths)	River Plate	1988–89 Liguilla Pre-Libertadores winner
Bolivia (2 berths)	The Strongest	1989 Primera División champion
Bolivia (2 berths)	Oriente Petrolero	1989 Primera División runner-up
Brazil (2 berths)	Vasco da Gama	1989 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A champion
Brazil (2 berths)	Grêmio	1989 Copa do Brasil champion
Chile (2 berths)	Colo-Colo	1989 Primera División champion
Chile (2 berths)	Universidad Católica	1989 Liguilla Pre-Libertadores winner
Ecuador (2 berths)	Barcelona	1989 Campeonato Ecuatoriano champion
Ecuador (2 berths)	Emelec	1989 Campeonato Ecuatoriano runner-up
Paraguay (2 berths)	Olimpia	1989 Primera División champion
Paraguay (2 berths)	Cerro Porteño	1990 Pre-Libertadores playoff winner
Peru (2 berths)	Unión Huaral	1989 Primera División champion
Peru (2 berths)	Sporting Cristal	1989 Primera División runner-up
Uruguay (2 berths)	Defensor Sporting	1989 Liguilla Pre-Libertadores winner
Uruguay (2 berths)	Progreso	1989 Liguilla Pre-Libertadores runner-up
Venezuela (2 berths)	Mineros de Guayana	1988–89 Primera División champion
Venezuela (2 berths)	Pepeganga Margarita	1988–89 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. Only one club from Colombia competed as Atlético Nacional was champion of the 1989 Copa Libertadores. They entered the tournament in the Second round.

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

Group stage

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	EME	STR	BAR	ORI
1	Emelec	6	2	2	2	9	8	+1	6	Second Round	—	1–0	3–1	2–2
2	The Strongest	6	3	0	3	8	7	+1	6		4–3	—	2–1	2–0
3	Barcelona	6	2	2	2	6	7	−1	6		0–0	1–0	—	2–1
4	Oriente Petrolero	6	2	2	2	6	7	−1	6		1–0	1–0	1–1	—

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Tiebreaker

Teams			Scores
1st leg home team	Points	2nd leg home team	1st leg	2nd leg	Pen.
Barcelona	3–3	Oriente Petrolero	3–1	2–3	5–4

Group 2

Note: The other two Colombian teams that qualified for the tournament withdrew due to logistical issues, as CONEMBOL banned Colombia from hosting matches due to threats made by drug lords to referees in the previous tournament in 1989, with the murder of one of them interrupting the league without a champion being declared. The champion, Atletico Nacional of Medellín, had a bye to the second round as the current champion, but had to play their home games in Chile for this tournament.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		IND	RPL
1	Independiente	2	1	1	0	1	0	+1	3	Second Round		—	1–0
2	River Plate	2	0	1	1	0	1	−1	1	Second Round		0–0	—

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group 3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	COL	UCA	UHU	CRI
1	Colo-Colo	6	3	2	1	9	5	+4	8	Second Round	—	1–2	3–1	2–0
2	Universidad Católica	6	2	3	1	6	4	+2	7		0–0	—	2–2	2–0
3	Unión Huaral	6	1	3	2	5	9	−4	5		1–1	1–0	—	0–3
4	Sporting Cristal	6	1	2	3	4	6	−2	4		1–2	0–0	0–0	—

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group 4

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	PRO	DEF	PMA	MGU
1	Progreso	6	2	3	1	7	4	+3	7	Second Round	—	1–1	2–0	1–1
2	Defensor Sporting	6	2	3	1	5	3	+2	7		0–0	—	1–0	3–1
3	Pepeganga Margarita	6	3	0	3	4	5	−1	6		1–0	1–0	—	2–1
4	Mineros de Guayana	6	1	2	3	5	9	−4	4		1–3	0–0	1–0	—

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Tiebreaker

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Progreso	4–0	Defensor Sporting

Group 5

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	OLI	CPO	VGA	GRÊ
1	Olimpia	6	3	1	2	9	8	+1	7	Second Round	—	2–1	2–1	1–0
2	Cerro Porteño	6	2	2	2	8	8	0	6		3–2	—	1–1	3–1
3	Vasco da Gama	6	2	2	2	5	5	0	6		1–0	2–0	—	0–0
4	Grêmio	6	1	3	2	5	6	−1	5		2–2	0–0	2–0	—

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Bracket

Round of 16				Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Finals

				Olimpia	2	4	6
Universidad Católica	3	1	4	Universidad Católica	0	4	4
The Strongest	1	1	2					Olimpia (p)	2	2	4 (2)
Colo-Colo	0	3	3 (4)					Atlético Nacional	1	3	4 (1)
Vasco da Gama (p)	0	3	3 (5)	Vasco da Gama	0	0	0
Cerro Porteño	0	0	0	Atlético Nacional	0	1	1
Atlético Nacional	0	1	1									Olimpia	2	1	3
Defensor Sporting	1	1	2									Barcelona	0	1	1
River Plate	2	2	4	River Plate	2	1	3
Pepeganga Margarita	0	0	0	Independiente	0	1	1
Independiente	3	6	9					River Plate	1	0	1 (3)
Unión Huaral	1	0	1					Barcelona (p)	0	1	1 (4)
Emelec	0	2	2	Emelec	0	0	0
Barcelona	2	2	4	Barcelona	0	1	1
Progreso	0	2	2

Second round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Universidad Católica	4–2	The Strongest	3–1	1–1
Colo-Colo	3–3 (4–5 p)	Vasco da Gama	0–0	3–3
Cerro Porteño	0–1	Atlético Nacional	0–0	0–1
Defensor Sporting	2–4	River Plate	1–2	1–2
Pepeganga Margarita	0–9	Independiente	0–6	0–3
Unión Huaral	1–2	Emelec	1–0	0–2
Barcelona	4–2	Progreso	2–0	2–2
Olimpia	bye¹

¹ Olimpia had been drawn to face the third-placed team from Group 2, but that group was reduced to two teams after the withdrawal of Colombian teams.

Quarter-finals

Note: Second leg between Vasco da Gama and Atlético Nacional was a replay in Santiago (Chile). The original match ended with a victory by 2-0 for Atlético Nacional, but it was annulled following a protest by Vasco da Gama complaining of pressure on the referee by local drug lords.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Vasco da Gama	0–1	Atlético Nacional	0–0	0–1
Emelec	0–1	Barcelona	0–0	0–1
River Plate	3–1	Independiente	2–0	1–1
Olimpia	6–4	Universidad Católica	2–0	4–4

Semifinals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
River Plate	1–1 (3–4 p)	Barcelona	1–0	0–1
Olimpia	4–4 (2–1 p)	Atlético Nacional	2–1	2–3

Finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Olimpia	3–1	Barcelona	2–0	1–1

First leg

October 3, 1990

21:10 (UTC-3)

First leg

Olimpia	2–0	Barcelona
Amarilla 46' Samaniego 70'	Report

Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción

Attendance: 35,000

Referee: Juan Cardellino (Uruguay)

Second leg

October 10, 1990

Second leg

Barcelona	1–1	Olimpia
Trobbiani 61'	Report	Amarilla 80'

Estadio Monumental, Guayaquil

Attendance: 70,000

Referee: Juan Carlos Loustau (Argentina)

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