2016 Copa Libertadores

2016 CopaBridgestone Libertadores de América
Tournament details
Dates	2 February – 27 July 2016
Teams	38 (from 11 associations)
Final positions
Champions	Atlético Nacional (2nd title)
Runners-up	Independiente del Valle
Tournament statistics
Matches played	138
Goals scored	378 (2.74 per match)
Top scorer	Jonathan Calleri(9 goals)
Best player	Alejandro Guerra
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The2016 Copa Libertadores de América (officially the2016 Copa Bridgestone Libertadores for sponsorship reasons)^[1] was the 57th edition of theCopa Libertadores de América,South America's premier clubfootball tournament organized byCONMEBOL.

In thefinals, Colombian clubAtlético Nacional defeated Ecuadorian clubIndependiente del Valle by an aggregate score of 2–1 to win their second tournament title in team history and qualify for the2016 FIFA Club World Cup in Japan, theirfirst appearance in theFIFA Club World Cup.^[2] They also earned the right to play against the winners of the2016 Copa Sudamericana in the2017 Recopa Sudamericana.^[3] They also automatically qualified for the2017 Copa Libertadores group stage.

River Plate were the defending champions, but were eliminated byIndependiente del Valle in the round of 16.

The following 38 teams from 11 associations (the 10 CONMEBOL members plus Mexico which were invited to compete) qualified for the tournament:^[4]

• Title holders
• Argentina and Brazil: 5 berths each
• All other associations: 3 berths each

The entry stage is determined as follows:

• Second stage: 26 teams (top four teams from Argentina and Brazil, and top two teams from all other associations)
• First stage: 12 teams (team with the lowest berth from each association, plus team with the second lowest berth from association of title holders)

Association	Team(Berth)	Entry stage	Qualification method
Argentina 5 + 1 berths	River Plate(Argentina 1; Title holders)	Second stage	2015 Copa Libertadores champion
	Boca Juniors(Argentina 2)		2015 Primera División champion[5]
	San Lorenzo(Argentina 3)		2015 Primera División runner-up[5]
	Rosario Central(Argentina 4)		2014–15 Copa Argentina runner-up[5]
	Racing(Argentina 5)	First stage	2015 Primera División Liguilla Pre-Libertadores winner[5]
	Huracán(Argentina 6)		2015 Copa Sudamericana best Argentine team not yet qualified[5]
Bolivia 3 berths	Bolívar(Bolivia 1)	Second stage	2014 Apertura champion and2015 Clausura champion[6]
	The Strongest(Bolivia 2)		2014–15 Primera División aggregate table best team not yet qualified[6]
	Oriente Petrolero(Bolivia 3)	First stage	2014–15 Primera División aggregate table 2nd best team not yet qualified[6]
Brazil 5 berths	Corinthians(Brazil 1)	Second stage	2015 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A champion[7]
	Palmeiras(Brazil 2)		2015 Copa do Brasil champion[7]
	Atlético Mineiro(Brazil 3)		2015 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A runner-up[7]
	Grêmio(Brazil 4)		2015 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 3rd place[7]
	São Paulo(Brazil 5)	First stage	2015 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 4th place[7]
Chile 3 berths	Cobresal(Chile 1)	Second stage	2015 Clausura champion[8]
	Colo-Colo(Chile 2)		2015 Apertura champion[9]
	Universidad de Chile(Chile 3)	First stage	2015 Copa Chile champion[9]
Colombia 3 berths	Deportivo Cali(Colombia 1)	Second stage	2015 Apertura champion[10]
	Atlético Nacional(Colombia 2)		2015 Finalización champion[10]
	Santa Fe(Colombia 3)	First stage	2015 Copa Sudamericana champion
Ecuador 3 berths	Emelec(Ecuador 1)	Second stage	2015 Serie A champion[11]
	LDU Quito(Ecuador 2)		2015 Serie A runner-up[11]
	Independiente del Valle(Ecuador 3)	First stage	2015 Serie A aggregate table best team not yet qualified[11]
Mexico 3 invitees	UNAM(Mexico 1)	Second stage	2015 Apertura classification table best team not qualified for2015–16 CONCACAF Champions League
	Toluca(Mexico 2)		2015 Apertura classification table 2nd best team not qualified for2015–16 CONCACAF Champions League
	Puebla(Mexico 3)	First stage	2015 Supercopa MX champion
Paraguay 3 berths	Cerro Porteño(Paraguay 1)	Second stage	2015 tournament (2015 Apertura or2015 Clausura) champion with better record in aggregate table[12]
	Olimpia(Paraguay 2)		2015 tournament (2015 Apertura or2015 Clausura) champion with worse record in aggregate table[12]
	Guaraní(Paraguay 3)	First stage	2015 Primera División aggregate table best team not yet qualified[12]
Peru 3 berths	Melgar(Peru 1)	Second stage	2015 Descentralizado champion[13]
	Sporting Cristal(Peru 2)		2015 Descentralizado runner-up[13]
	Universidad César Vallejo(Peru 3)	First stage	2015 Descentralizado 3rd place[13]
Uruguay 3 berths	Nacional(Uruguay 1)	Second stage	2014–15 Primera División champion[14]
	Peñarol(Uruguay 2)		2014–15 Primera División runner-up[14]
	River Plate(Uruguay 3)	First stage	2014–15 Primera División aggregate table best team not yet qualified[14]
Venezuela 3 berths	Deportivo Táchira(Venezuela 1)	Second stage	2014–15 Primera División champion[15]
	Trujillanos(Venezuela 2)		2014–15 Primera División runner-up[15]
	Caracas(Venezuela 3)	First stage	2014–15 Primera División aggregate table best team not yet qualified[15]

Boca Juniors
Huracán
Racing
River Plate
San Lorenzo

Rosario Central

Bolívar
The Strongest

Oriente Petrolero

Corinthians
Palmeiras
São Paulo

Atlético Mineiro

Grêmio

Cobresal

Colo-Colo
Universidad de Chile

Deportivo Cali

Atlético Nacional

Santa Fe

Emelec

LDU Quito

Independiente del Valle

Cerro Porteño
Guaraní
Olimpia

Melgar

Sporting Cristal

Universidad César Vallejo

Nacional
Peñarol
River Plate

Deportivo Táchira

Trujillanos

Caracas

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Location of teams of the2016 Copa Libertadores from South America.

UNAM

Toluca

Puebla

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Location of teams of the2016 Copa Libertadores from Mexico.

The draw of the tournament was held on 22 December 2015, 20:30 PYST (UTC−3), at the CONMEBOL Convention Centre inLuque,Paraguay.^[16][4][17]

Starting from this season, teams were seeded by the newly establishedCONMEBOL ranking of the Copa Libertadores (except for teams from Mexico which were not ranked and thus seeded last in all draws),^[18][19] taking into account of the following three factors:^[20]

1. Performance in the last 10 years, taking into account Copa Libertadores results in the period 2006–2015
2. Historical coefficient, taking into account Copa Libertadores results in the period 1960–2005
3. Local tournament champion, with bonus points awarded to domestic league champions of the last 10 years

For the first stage, the 12 teams were drawn into six ties containing a team from Pot A and a team from Pot B, with the former hosting the second leg. The teams were seeded based on their CONMEBOL ranking (shown in parentheses).^[19] Teams from the same association could not be drawn into the same tie.^[21]

For the second stage, the 32 teams were drawn into eight groups of four containing a team from each of the four pots. The defending champions (River Plate) were automatically placed first in Pot 1 and allocated to Group 1 for the draw. The remaining teams were seeded based on their CONMEBOL ranking (shown in parentheses).^[19] Teams from the same association in Pots 1, 2 and 3 could not be drawn into the same group. Teams from Mexico were allocated to Pot 4, together with the winners of the first stage, whose identity was not known at the time of the draw, and they could be drawn into the same group with another team from the same association.^[21]

The schedule of the competition is as follows (all dates listed are Wednesdays, but matches may be played on Tuesdays and Thursdays as well). There is a one-month break between the quarterfinals and semifinals due to theCopa América Centenario held in June.

Notes

In the first stage, each tie was played on a home-and-awaytwo-legged basis. If tied on aggregate, theaway goals rule would be used. If still tied,extra time would not be played, and thepenalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner (Regulations Article 5.2).^[3] The six winners of the first stage advanced to thesecond stage to join the 26 direct entrants.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Oriente Petrolero	1–6	Santa Fe	1–3	0–3
Huracán	2–2 (a)	Caracas	1–0	1–2
Puebla	2–3	Racing	2–2	0–1
River Plate	2–0	Universidad de Chile	2–0	0–0
Independiente del Valle	2–2 (a)	Guaraní	1–0	1–2
Universidad César Vallejo	1–2	São Paulo	1–1	0–1

In the second stage, each group was played on a home-and-awayround-robin basis. The teams were ranked according topoints (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, and 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, the following criteria would be used to determine the ranking: 1.Goal difference; 2. Goals scored; 3. Away goals scored; 4. Drawing of lots (Regulations Article 5.1).^[3] The winners and runners-up of each group advanced to theround of 16.

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		RIV	SAO	STR	TRU
1	River Plate	6	3	2	1	17	7	+10	11	Final stages		—	1–1	6–0	4–3
2	São Paulo	6	2	3	1	11	5	+6	9			2–1	—	0–1	6–0
3	The Strongest	6	2	2	2	6	11	−5	8			1–1	1–1	—	2–1
4	Trujillanos	6	1	1	4	7	18	−11	4			0–4	1–1	2–1	—

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		RCE	NAC	PAL	RPM
1	Rosario Central	6	3	2	1	13	8	+5	11	Final stages		—	1–1	3–3	4–1
2	Nacional	6	2	3	1	6	6	0	9			0–2	—	1–0	0–0
3	Palmeiras	6	2	2	2	12	8	+4	8			2–0	1–2	—	4–0
4	River Plate	6	0	3	3	6	15	−9	3			1–3	2–2	2–2	—

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		BOC	RAC	BOL	CAL
1	Boca Juniors	6	3	3	0	11	4	+7	12	Final stages		—	0–0	3–1	6–2
2	Racing	6	2	3	1	11	7	+4	9			0–1	—	4−1	4–2
3	Bolívar	6	1	3	2	10	10	0	6			1–1	1–1	—	5–0
4	Deportivo Cali	6	0	3	3	7	18	−11	3			0−0	2–2	1–1	—

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		ATL	HUR	PEN	CRI
1	Atlético Nacional	6	5	1	0	12	0	+12	16	Final stages		—	0–0	2–0	3–0
2	Huracán	6	2	2	2	7	7	0	8			0–2	—	0–0	4–2
3	Peñarol	6	1	2	3	5	11	−6	5			0–4	0–1	—	4–3
4	Sporting Cristal	6	1	1	4	9	15	−6	4			0–1	3–2	1–1	—

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		CAM	IDV	CCL	MEL
1	Atlético Mineiro	6	4	1	1	12	4	+8	13	Final stages		—	1−0	3−0	4–0
2	Independiente del Valle	6	3	2	1	7	4	+3	11			3–2	—	1–1	2−0
3	Colo-Colo	6	2	3	1	4	5	−1	9			0–0	0–0	—	1−0
4	Melgar	6	0	0	6	2	12	−10	0			1–2	0–1	1–2	—

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		TOL	GRE	SLA	LDU
1	Toluca	6	4	1	1	9	5	+4	13	Final stages		—	2–0	2–1	2–1
2	Grêmio	6	3	2	1	10	6	+4	11			1–0	—	1–1	4–0
3	San Lorenzo	6	0	4	2	5	8	−3	4			1–1	1–1	—	1–1
4	LDU Quito	6	1	1	4	7	12	−5	4			1–2	2–3	2–0	—

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		PUM	TAC	OLI	EME
1	UNAM	6	5	0	1	17	8	+9	15	Final stages		—	4–1	4–1	4–2
2	Deportivo Táchira	6	3	0	3	6	11	−5	9			2–0	—	2–1	1–0
3	Olimpia	6	2	1	3	12	12	0	7			0–2	4–0	—	4–2
4	Emelec	6	1	1	4	10	14	−4	4			2–3	2–0	2–2	—

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		COR	CER	ISF	COB
1	Corinthians	6	4	1	1	13	4	+9	13	Final stages		—	2–0	1–0	6–0
2	Cerro Porteño	6	3	1	2	6	7	−1	10			3–2	—	1–0	2–1
3	Santa Fe	6	2	2	2	6	4	+2	8			1–1	0–0	—	3–0
4	Cobresal	6	1	0	5	4	14	−10	3			0–1	2–0	1–2	—

In the final stages, the 16 teams played asingle-elimination tournament, with the following rules:^[3]

• Each tie was played on a home-and-awaytwo-legged basis, with the higher-seeded team hosting the second leg (Regulations Article 3.4). However, CONMEBOL required that the second leg of the finals had to be played in South America, i.e., if there was a finalist from Mexico, they would have to host the first leg regardless of seeding (Regulations Article 3.7b).
• In the round of 16, quarterfinals, and semifinals, if tied on aggregate, theaway goals rule would be used. If still tied,extra time would not be played, and thepenalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner (Regulations Article 5.2).
• In the finals, if tied on aggregate, theaway goals rule would not be used, and 30 minutes ofextra time would be played. If still tied after extra time, thepenalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner (Regulations Article 5.3).
• If there were two semifinalists from the same association, they would have to play each other (Regulations Article 3.6).

The qualified teams were seeded in the final stages according to their results in the second stage, with the group winners seeded 1–8, and the group runners-up seeded 9–16.

Seed	Grp	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	4	Atlético Nacional	6	5	1	0	12	0	+12	16
2	7	UNAM	6	5	0	1	17	8	+9	15
3	8	Corinthians	6	4	1	1	13	4	+9	13
4	5	Atlético Mineiro	6	4	1	1	12	4	+8	13
5	6	Toluca	6	4	1	1	9	5	+4	13
6	3	Boca Juniors	6	3	3	0	11	4	+7	12
7	1	River Plate	6	3	2	1	17	7	+10	11
8	2	Rosario Central	6	3	2	1	13	8	+5	11
9	6	Grêmio	6	3	2	1	10	6	+4	11
10	5	Independiente del Valle	6	3	2	1	7	4	+3	11
11	8	Cerro Porteño	6	3	1	2	6	7	−1	10
12	1	São Paulo	6	2	3	1	11	5	+6	9
13	3	Racing	6	2	3	1	11	7	+4	9
14	2	Nacional	6	2	3	1	6	6	0	9
15	7	Deportivo Táchira	6	3	0	3	6	11	−5	9
16	4	Huracán	6	2	2	2	7	7	0	8

	Round of 16							Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Finals
	10	Independiente del Valle	2	0	2
	7	River Plate	0	1	1
								10	Independiente del Valle (p)	2	1	3(5)
								2	UNAM	1	2	3(3)
	15	Deportivo Táchira	1	0	1
	2	UNAM	0	2	2
															10	Independiente del Valle	2	3	5
															6	Boca Juniors	1	2	3
	14	Nacional (a)	0	2	2
	3	Corinthians	0	2	2
								14	Nacional	1	1	2(3)
								6	Boca Juniors (p)	1	1	2(4)
	11	Cerro Porteño	1	1	2
	6	Boca Juniors	2	3	5
																						10	Independiente del Valle	1	0	1
																						1	Atlético Nacional	1	1	2
	12	São Paulo	4	1	5
	5	Toluca	0	3	3
								12	São Paulo (a)	1	1	2
								4	Atlético Mineiro	0	2	2
	13	Racing	0	1	1
	4	Atlético Mineiro	0	2	2
															12	São Paulo	0	1	1
															1	Atlético Nacional	2	2	4
	9	Grêmio	0	0	0
	8	Rosario Central	1	3	4
								8	Rosario Central	1	1	2
								1	Atlético Nacional	0	3	3
	16	Huracán	0	2	2
	1	Atlético Nacional	0	4	4

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Huracán	2–4	Atlético Nacional	0–0	2–4
Deportivo Táchira	1–2	UNAM	1–0	0–2
Nacional	2–2 (a)	Corinthians	0–0	2–2
Racing	1–2	Atlético Mineiro	0–0	1–2
São Paulo	5–3	Toluca	4–0	1–3
Cerro Porteño	2–5	Boca Juniors	1–2	1–3
Independiente del Valle	2–1	River Plate	2–0	0–1
Grêmio	0–4	Rosario Central	0–1	0–3

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Rosario Central	2–3	Atlético Nacional	1–0	1–3
Independiente del Valle	3–3 (5–3p)	UNAM	2–1	1–2
Nacional	2–2 (3–4p)	Boca Juniors	1–1	1–1
São Paulo	2–2 (a)	Atlético Mineiro	1–0	1–2

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
São Paulo	1–4	Atlético Nacional	0–2	1–2
Independiente del Valle	5–3	Boca Juniors	2–1	3–2

The finals were played on a home-and-awaytwo-legged basis, with the higher-seeded team hosting the second leg. If tied on aggregate, theaway goals rule would not be used, and 30 minutes ofextra time would be played. If still tied after extra time, thepenalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner.^[3]

20 July 2016 (2016-07-20)

19:45 UTC−5

Independiente del Valle	1–1	Atlético Nacional
Mina 86'	Report	Berrío 35'

Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa,Quito

Attendance: 38,500

Referee:Enrique Cáceres (Paraguay)

27 July 2016 (2016-07-27)

19:45 UTC−5

Atlético Nacional	1–0	Independiente del Valle
Borja 8'	Report

Estadio Atanasio Girardot,Medellín

Attendance: 46,000

Referee:Néstor Pitana (Argentina)

Atlético Nacional won 2–1 on aggregate.

Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	Jonathan Calleri	São Paulo	9
2	Marco Ruben	Rosario Central	8
	Ismael Sosa	UNAM	8
4	José Enrique Angulo	Independiente del Valle	6
	Junior Sornoza	Independiente del Valle	6
6	Ramón Ábila	Huracán	5
	Miguel Borja	Atlético Nacional	5
	Michael Santos	River Plate	5
	Carlos Tévez	Boca Juniors	5
	Fernando Uribe	Toluca	5

Source: CONMEBOL.com^[22]

Rank	Player	Team	Assists
1	Ganso	São Paulo	4
	Marlos Moreno	Atlético Nacional	4
	Jorge Alberto Rojas	Deportivo Táchira	4
	Luis Manuel Seijas	Santa Fe	4
	Alejandro Silva	Olimpia	4
6	Orlando Berrío	Atlético Nacional	3
	Matías Britos	UNAM	3
	Javier Cortés	UNAM	3
	Cristian Espinoza	Huracán	3
	Luís Leal	Cerro Porteño	3
	Luan	Grêmio	3
	Ángel Mena	Emelec	3
	Gabriel Mercado	River Plate	3
	Michel Bastos	São Paulo	3
	Luis Quiñones	UNAM	3
	Mario Rizotto	Independiente del Valle	3
	Óscar Romero	Racing	3
	Macnelly Torres	Atlético Nacional	3

Source: CONMEBOL.com^[23]

In January 2016, several clubs threatened to withdraw from the competition due a disagreement regarding prize money. CONMEBOL had offered a 40% increase on what was given in the 2015 edition but clubs wanted a 150% increase.^[24] On 2 February, CONMEBOL announced that the prize money paid to each club was doubled from the previous amount.^[25]

• 2016 FIFA Club World Cup
• 2016 Copa Sudamericana
• 2017 Recopa Sudamericana

• Copa Bridgestone Libertadores(in Spanish)
• Copa Libertadores 2016, CONMEBOL.com(in Spanish)

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