1992 Copa Libertadores

The 1992 Copa Libertadores was the 33rd edition of the Copa Libertadores, CONMEBOL's annual international club tournament. São Paulo won the competition.

1992 Copa Libertadores de América

Tournament details
Dates	February 18 – June 17
Teams	21 (from 10 associations)
Final positions
Champions	São Paulo (1st title)
Runners-up	Newell's Old Boys
Tournament statistics
Matches played	98
Goals scored	236 (2.41 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Palhinha (7 goals)

The participating teams were divided into five groups, in which teams of the same country were placed in the same group. Each country was represented by two teams. The countries were paired as follows:

• Group 1: Argentina and Chile
• Group 2: Bolivia and Brazil
• Group 3: Ecuador and Venezuela
• Group 4: Colombia and Peru
• Group 5: Paraguay and Uruguay.

Group stage

Group 1

Colo-Colo, as the previous year champions, should join the competition only in the Round of 16, but they requested to start the competition in the group stage, due to financial reasons, thus five clubs participated in this group.[1]

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Newell's Old Boys	11	8	4	3	1	11	10	1
Universidad Católica	9	8	2	5	1	15	8	7
San Lorenzo	9	8	4	1	3	13	8	5
Colo-Colo	8	8	2	4	2	6	7	-1
Coquimbo Unido	3	8	1	1	6	6	18	-12

Date	Venue	Home team	Score	Away team
February 18	Santiago	Colo-Colo	1-0	Coquimbo Unido
February 21	Santiago	Colo-Colo	1-1	Universidad Católica
February 26	Rosario	Newell's Old Boys	0-6	San Lorenzo de Almagro
February 26	Coquimbo	Coquimbo Unido	3-2	Universidad Católica
March 3	Buenos Aires	San Lorenzo de Almagro	1-0	Colo-Colo
March 3	Rosario	Newell's Old Boys	3-0	Coquimbo Unido
March 6	Buenos Aires	San Lorenzo de Almagro	3-0	Coquimbo Unido
March 6	Rosario	Newell's Old Boys	3-1	Colo-Colo
March 9	Santiago	Universidad Católica	1-1	Newell's Old Boys
March 13	Santiago	Universidad Católica	4-0	San Lorenzo de Almagro
March 17	Coquimbo	Coquimbo Unido	1-1	Colo-Colo
March 20	Santiago	Universidad Católica	0-0	Colo-Colo
March 25	Santiago	Universidad Católica	5-1	Coquimbo Unido
March 25	Buenos Aires	San Lorenzo de Almagro	0-1	Newell's Old Boys
March 31	Coquimbo	Coquimbo Unido	1-2	Newell's Old Boys
March 31	Santiago	Colo-Colo	1-0	San Lorenzo de Almagro
April 3	Coquimbo	Coquimbo Unido	0-1	San Lorenzo de Almagro
April 3	Santiago	Colo-Colo	1-1	Newell's Old Boys
April 7	Buenos Aires	San Lorenzo de Almagro	2-2	Universidad Católica
April 10	Rosario	Newell's Old Boys	0-0	Universidad Católica

Group 2

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Criciúma	9	6	4	1	1	13	7	6
São Paulo	8	6	3	2	1	11	5	6
Bolívar	6	6	2	2	2	9	9	0
San José	1	6	0	1	5	5	17	-12

Date	Venue	Home team	Score	Away team
March 6	Criciúma	Criciúma	3-0	São Paulo
March 8	La Paz	Bolívar	2-1	San José
March 17	Oruro	San José	0-3	São Paulo
March 20	La Paz	Bolívar	1-1	São Paulo
March 24	Oruro	San José	1-2	Criciúma
March 27	La Paz	Bolívar	1-1	Criciúma
April 1	São Paulo	São Paulo	4-0	Criciúma
April 2	Oruro	San José	2-4	Bolívar
April 7	São Paulo	São Paulo	1-1	San José
April 10	Criciúma	Criciúma	5-0	San José
April 14	São Paulo	São Paulo	2-0	Bolívar
April 18	Criciúma	Criciúma	2-1	Bolívar

Group 3

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Barcelona	10	6	4	2	0	11	3	8
Valdez	6	6	2	2	2	5	4	1
Marítimo	4	6	1	2	3	5	8	-3
Universidad de Los Andes	4	6	1	2	3	4	10	-6

• As Marítimo and Universidad de Los Andes finished with the same number of points, a playoff to define the third-placed team was played. Marítimo beat Universidad de Los Andes and qualified to the Round of 16.[1][2]

Date	Venue	Home team	Score	Away team
February 23	Caracas	Marítimo	1-2	Universidad de Los Andes
February 23	Guayaquil	Barcelona	0-0	Valdez
March 11	Mérida	Universidad de Los Andes	0-2	Valdez
March 15	Caracas	Marítimo	1-0	Valdez
March 18	Caracas	Marítimo	1-1	Barcelona
March 22	Mérida	Universidad de Los Andes	0-1	Barcelona
March 29	Quito	Valdez	0-1	Barcelona
March 29	Mérida	Universidad de Los Andes	0-0	Marítimo
April 1	Quito	Valdez	2-1	Marítimo
April 3	Guayaquil	Barcelona	3-1	Marítimo
April 7	Quito	Valdez	1-1	Universidad de Los Andes
April 10	Guayaquil	Barcelona	5-1	Universidad de Los Andes
April 22*	Caracas	Marítimo	1-0[2]	Universidad de Los Andes

• third-place playoff

Group 4

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Atlético Nacional	9	6	4	1	1	15	4	11
América	8	6	4	0	2	8	7	1
Sporting Cristal	5	6	2	1	3	6	7	-1
Sport Boys	2	6	0	2	4	4	15	-11

Date	Venue	Home team	Score	Away team
February 26	Cali	América	1-1	Atlético Nacional
February 26	Lima	Sport Boys	0-2	Sporting Cristal
March 10	Cali	América	2-0	Sport Boys
March 13	Medellín	Atlético Nacional	2-2	Sport Boys
March 17	Cali	América	1-0	Sporting Cristal
March 20	Medellín	Atlético Nacional	1-0	Sporting Cristal
March 25	Medellín	Atlético Nacional	3-0	América
March 25	Lima	Sporting Cristal	2-0	Sport Boys
March 31	Lima	Sport Boys	1-2	América
April 3	Lima	Sporting Cristal	3-1	América
April 7	Lima	Sport Boys	0-6	Atlético Nacional
April 10	Lima	Sporting Cristal	0-3	Atlético Nacional

Group 5

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Cerro Porteño	9	6	3	3	0	9	4	5
Nacional	7	6	2	3	1	9	7	2
Defensor Sporting	4	6	1	2	3	7	9	-2
Sol de América	4	6	1	2	3	5	10	-5

Date	Venue	Home team	Score	Away team
March 4	Asunción	Sol de América	0-2	Cerro Porteño
March 4	Montevideo	Defensor Sporting	0-1	Nacional
March 10	Montevideo	Defensor Sporting	2-3	Cerro Porteño
March 13	Montevideo	Nacional	0-0	Cerro Porteño
March 17	Montevideo	Nacional	2-2	Sol de América
March 20	Montevideo	Defensor Sporting	1-2	Sol de América
March 25	Asunción	Cerro Porteño	2-0	Sol de América
March 25	Montevideo	Nacional	2-3	Defensor Sporting
March 31	Asunción	Sol de América	1-3	Nacional
April 1	Asunción	Cerro Porteño	1-1	Defensor Sporting
April 8	Asunción	Cerro Porteño	1-1	Nacional
April 9	Asunción	Sol de América	0-0	Defensor Sporting

Knockout stage

	Round of 16 28–30 April—4–6 May						Quarterfinals 13–20 May						Semifinals 27 May–3 June						Final 10–17 June
	Bolívar	2	0	2
	Cerro Porteño	0	3	3
							Cerro Porteño	1	1	2 (3)
							Barcelona	1	1	2 (4)
	Colo-Colo	1	0	1
	Barcelona	0	2	2
													Barcelona	0	2	2
												São Paulo	3	0	3
	Criciúma	2	3	5
	Sporting Cristal	1	2	3
							Criciúma	0	1	1
							São Paulo	1	1	2
	Nacional	0	0	0
	São Paulo	1	2	3
																		São Paulo	0	1	1 (3)
																			Newell's Old Boys	1	0	1 (2)
	Marítimo	0	0	0
	Atlético Nacional	0	3	3
							Atlético Nacional	0	2	2
							América	1	4	5
	Universidad Católica	0	0	0
	América	0	1	1
													América	1	1	2 (10)
												Newell's Old Boys	1	1	2 (11)
	San Lorenzo	2	0	2 (6)
	Valdez	0	2	2 (5)
							San Lorenzo	0	1	1
							Newell's Old Boys	4	1	5
	Defensor Sporting	1	0	1
	Newell's Old Boys	1	1	2

Finals

First leg

10 June 1992	Newell's Old Boys	1–0	São Paulo	Coloso Marcelo Bielsa, Rosario
	Berizzo  39' (pen.)			Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Hernán Silva (Chile)

Second leg

17 June 1992	São Paulo	1 – 0 (3 – 2 p)	Newell's Old Boys	Estádio Cícero Pompeu de Toledo (Morumbi), São Paulo
	Raí  65' (pen.)			Attendance: 105,185 Referee: José Torres Cadena (Colombia)
	Penalties
	Raí Iván Ronaldão Cafú		Berizzo Zamora Llop Mendoza Gamboa

Copa Libertadores 1992 Winner
São Paulo First Title

References

1. "Copa Libertadores de América 1992". RSSSF. December 15, 2006. Archived from the original on April 10, 2009. Retrieved April 9, 2009.
2. There's an inconsistency in this data: while the CSF informs the match finished tied 2:2 (http://www.conmebol.com/competiciones_evento_partidos_previo.jsp?evento=1081&ano=1992&slangab=S), RSSSF affirms Marítimo won 1:0 over ULA (http://www.rsssf.com/sacups/copa92.html).