1995 Copa Libertadores final stages

The 1995 Copa Libertadores final stages were played from 26 April to 30 August 1998 and consisted of the round of 16 (or second stage), quarter-finals, semi-finals and the finals. A total of 16 teams competed in the final stages to decide the champions of the 1995 Copa Libertadores.

The final stages had a one-month break between the quarter-finals and semi-finals due to the 1995 Copa América held from 5 July to 23 July 1995.[1]

Qualified teams

The winners, runners-up and third placed teams of each of the five groups in the group stage advanced to the round of 16, alongside defending champions Vélez Sarsfield, who received a direct bye to this round.

Group Winners Runners-up Third-placed teams
1 River Plate Peñarol Independiente
2 Cerro Porteño Olimpia Caracas
3 Millonarios Atlético Nacional Universidad Católica
4 Palmeiras Grêmio Emelec
5 Sporting Cristal Bolívar Alianza Lima

Seeding

In the final stages, the teams were seeded according to the pre-established numbering they received according to the final position they occupied in their respective group. Numbers 1, 5, 9, 13 and 17 correspond to each group winners; numbers 2, 6, 10, 14 and 18 to runners-up; and 3, 7, 11, 15 and 19 to third placed teams.

Seed Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Round of 16
1 1 River Plate 6 3 3 0 11 6 +5 12 Match A
2 1 Peñarol 6 2 3 1 9 7 +2 9 Match F
3 1 Independiente 6 2 1 3 8 8 0 7 Match D
5 2 Cerro Porteño 6 4 2 0 16 6 +10 14 Match B
6 2 Olimpia 6 3 3 0 16 7 +9 12 Match G
7 2 Caracas 6 2 0 4 8 18 −10 6 Match E
9 3 Millonarios 6 3 1 2 3 9 −6 10 Match C
10 3 Atlético Nacional 6 2 3 1 5 3 +2 9 Match F
11 3 Universidad Católica 6 2 1 3 5 6 −1 7 Match A
13 4 Palmeiras 6 4 1 1 15 5 +10 13 Match D
14 4 Grêmio 6 3 2 1 12 7 +5 11 Match G
15 4 Emelec 6 1 2 3 8 12 −4 5 Match B
17 5 Sporting Cristal 6 3 3 0 15 4 +11 12 Match E
18 5 Bolívar 6 2 3 1 8 5 +3 9 Match H
19 5 Alianza Lima 6 1 2 3 10 11 −1 5 Match C
Source:

Format

In the final stages, the 16 teams played a single-elimination tournament with the following rules:

  • In the round of 16, quarter-finals, semi-finals and finals, each tie was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If tied on points after the two legs the goal difference would be applied. if still tied, extra time was not played, and a penalty shoot-out was used to determine the winners.
  • In the event that the two Argentine teams from the group stage qualify for the round of 16, the lower-seeded team between these two would face defending champion Vélez Sarsfield in order to prevent three Argentine teams from reaching the quarter-finals.
  • If two teams from the same national association reached the quarter-finals, they had to face each other, and those teams that had to face them formed another tie under the same conditions.
  • If one or more games are settled in the quarter-finals between clubs belonging to the same national association, the Match S1 would correspond to the pair including the lower-seeding team. The following matches would be determined according to the same criteria.
  • In all cases in which the order of legs could not be determined, the lower-seeding team had to host the first leg. Defending champions Vélez Sarsfield had to host the second leg in the round of 16.

The above criteria were established to ensure that the four semifinalists would be of different nationalities (Regulations Section III, Article 3).

Bracket

The original bracket for the final stages was determined as follows:[2]

Round Matchups
Round of 16
(Second stage) 		(Home team in the first leg are marked with (L))
Quarter-finals (Home team in the first leg are marked with (L))
Semi-finals (Home team in the first leg are marked with (L))
Finals (Home team in the first leg are marked with (L))
  • Winner F1 vs. Winner F2 (L)

Per regulations, the original bracket had the following modifications:

  • In the round of 16, Independiente and Bolívar swapped positions. Independiente had to faced Vélez Sarsfield in order to avoid three possible Argentine teams in the quarter-finals.
  • In quarter-finals, the two Argentine teams, the two Colombian teams and the two Brazilians teams had to face each other, and the order of the ties was rearranged according to the regulations.[3]
Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Finals
                    
15 Emelec (p) 2 0 2 (5)
5 Cerro Porteño 0 2 2 (4)
Emelec 3 1 4
Sporting Cristal 1 1 2
7 Caracas 2 3 5
17 Sporting Cristal 2 6 8
Emelec 0 0 0
Grêmio 0 2 2
6 Olimpia 0 0 0
14 Grêmio 3 2 5
Grêmio 5 1 6
Palmeiras 0 5 5
18 Bolívar 1 0 1
13 Palmeiras 0 3 3
Grêmio 3 1 4
Atlético Nacional 1 1 2
10 Atlético Nacional 3 3 6
2 Peñarol 1 1 2
Atlético Nacional 2 1 3
Millonarios 1 1 2
19 Alianza Lima 1 0 1
9 Millonarios 1 2 3
Atlético Nacional (p) 1 0 1 (8)
River Plate 0 1 1 (7)
11 Universidad Católica 2 1 3
1 River Plate 1 3 4
River Plate (p) 1 0 1 (5)
Vélez Sarsfield 1 0 1 (3)
3 Independiente 0 2 2
– Vélez Sarsfield 3 2 5

Round of 16

The first legs were played on 25–27 April, and the second legs were played on 3 and 4 May 1995.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Universidad Católica 3–4 River Plate 2–1 1–3
Emelec 2–2 (5–4 p) Cerro Porteño 2–0 0–2
Alianza Lima 1–3 Millonarios 1–1 0–2
Bolívar 1–3 Palmeiras 1–0 0–3
Caracas 5–8 Sporting Cristal 2–2 3–6
Atlético Nacional 6–2 Peñarol 3–1 3–1
Olimpia 0–5 Grêmio 0–3 0–2
Independiente 2–5 Vélez Sarsfield 0–3 2–2

Match A

Universidad Católica 2–1 River Plate
Acosta 42'
Lunari 88'		 Report Gallardo 51'
Attendance: 16,000
Referee: Julio Matto (Uruguay)
River Plate 3–1 Universidad Católica
Berti 12'
Gallardo 26'
Francescoli 38'		 Report Ardiman 24'
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Jorge Nieves (Uruguay)

River Plate won 4–3 on aggregate and advanced to the quarter-finals (Match S1).

Match B

Emelec 2–0 Cerro Porteño
Verduga 57'
E. Hurtado 63'		 Report
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Carlos Robles (Chile)
Cerro Porteño 2–0 Emelec
Villamayor 28'
Ferreira 55'		 Report
Penalties
Villamayor
Torales
Delvalle
Gamarra
Ferreira 		4–5 Vidal González
Ron
Poroso
Fajardo
I. Hurtado
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: João Paulo Araújo (Brazil)

Tied 2–2 on aggregate, Emelec won on penalties and advanced to the quarter-finals (Match S1).

Match C

Alianza Lima 1–1 Millonarios
Rodríguez 19' Report Mosquera 42'
Attendance: 26,500
Referee: Pablo Peña (Bolivia)
Millonarios 2–0 Alianza Lima
Rendón 39'
López 41'		 Report
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Ángel Guevara (Ecuador)

Millonarios won 3–1 on aggregate and advanced to the quarter-finals (Match S2).

Match D

Bolívar 1–0 Palmeiras
Mercado 48' Report
Attendance: 33,624
Palmeiras 3–0 Bolívar
Válber 1', 90'
Rivaldo 55'		 Report
Attendance: 21,431

Palmeiras won 3–1 on aggregate and advanced to the quarter-finals (Match S2).

Match E

Caracas 2–2 Sporting Cristal
González 12' (pen.)
Díaz 90'		 Report Solano 10' (pen.)
Julinho 59'
Attendance: 12,000
Sporting Cristal 6–3 Caracas
Maestri 10'
Julinho 48', 60'
Solano 56'
Jor. Soto 71'
Palacios 76'		 Report Salisú 12', 79'
Díaz 29'

Sporting Cristal won 8–5 on aggregate and advanced to the quarter-finals (Match S3).

Match F

Atlético Nacional 3–1 Peñarol
García 6'
Aristizábal 18', 32'		 Report Otero 8'
Attendance: 38,000
Peñarol 1–3 Atlético Nacional
Silva 27' Report Aristizábal 12'
Gaviria 61'
Osorio 85'
Attendance: 31,000
Referee: Cláudio Vinícius Cerdeira (Brazil)

Atlético Nacional won 6–2 on aggregate and advanced to the quarter-finals (Match S3).

Match G

Olimpia 0–3 Grêmio
Report Dinho 28'
Jardel 56'
Paulo Nunes 63'
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Alberto Tejada (Peru)
Grêmio 2–0 Olimpia
Jardel 17'
Adilson Batista 55'		 Report
Attendance: 28,730

Grêmio won 5–0 on aggregate and advanced to the quarter-finals (Match S4).

Match H

Independiente 0–3 Vélez Sarsfield
Report Flores 45', 50'
Bassedas 56'
Attendance: 18,000
Vélez Sarsfield 2–2 Independiente
Sánchez 6'
Flores 36'		 Report Mazzoni 21'
Rotchen 60'
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Luis Oliveto (Argentina)

Vélez Sarsfield won 5–2 on aggregate and advanced to the quarter-finals (Match S4).

Quarter-finals

The first legs were played on 26 July, and the second legs were played on 2 August 1995.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
River Plate 1–1 (5–3 p) Vélez Sarsfield 1–1 0–0
Atlético Nacional 6–2 Millonarios 3–1 3–1
Grêmio 6–5 Palmeiras 5–0 1–5
Emelec 4–2 Sporting Cristal 3–1 1–1

Match S1

River Plate 1–1 Vélez Sarsfield
Amato 85' Report Zandoná 12'
Attendance: 16,000

Tied 1–1 on aggregate, River Plate won on penalties and advanced to the semi-finals (Match F1).

Match S2

Atlético Nacional 2–1 Millonarios
Arango 7'
Aristizábal 77'		 Report Iguarán 88'
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Ángel Guevara (Ecuador)
Millonarios 1–1 Atlético Nacional
León 38' Report Serna 36' (pen.)
Attendance: 55,000
Referee: Fernando Chapell (Peru)

Atlético Nacional won 3–2 on aggregate and advanced to the semi-finals (Match F1).

Match S3

Grêmio 5–0 Palmeiras
Arce 41'
Arílson 52'
Jardel 64', 81', 90'		 Report
Attendance: 16,136
Referee: Cláudio Vinícius Cerdeira (Brazil)
Palmeiras 5–1 Grêmio
Cafu 29', 84'
Amaral 38'
Paulo Isidoro 58'
Mancuso 69' (pen.)		 Report Jardel 16'
Attendance: 7,615

Grêmio won 6–5 on aggregate and advanced to the semi-finals (Match F2).

Match S4

Emelec 3–1 Sporting Cristal
E. Hurtado 21', 53'
Vidal González 36'		 Report Astegiano 10'
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Wilson Souza Mendonça (Brazil)
Sporting Cristal 1–1 Emelec
Pinillos 78' Report Tenorio 9'
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Jorge Nieves (Uruguay)

Emelec won 4–2 on aggregate and advanced to the semi-finals (Match F2).

Semi-finals

The first legs were played on 9 August, and the second legs were played on 16 August 1995.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Atlético Nacional 1–1 (8–7 p) River Plate 1–0 0–1
Emelec 0–2 Grêmio 0–0 0–2

Match F1

Atlético Nacional 1–0 River Plate
Higuita 55' Report
Attendance: 52,000
River Plate 1–0 Atlético Nacional
Amato 48' Report
Penalties
Gallardo
Díaz
Ortega
Amato
Cedrés
Ayala
Astrada
Almeyda 		7–8 Higuita
Pabón
Gutiérrez
Mosquera
Serna
García
Santa
Foronda
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Jorge Nieves (Uruguay)

Tied 1–1 on aggregate, Atlético Nacional won on penalties and advanced to the finals.

Match F2

Emelec 0–0 Grêmio
Report
Attendance: 35,000
Grêmio 2–0 Emelec
Paulo Nunes 30'
Jardel 41'		 Report
Attendance: 30,743
Referee: Félix Benegas (Paraguay)

Grêmio won 2–0 on aggregate and advanced to the finals.

Finals

Main article: 1995 Copa Libertadores Finals

The first leg was played on 23 August, and the second leg was played on 30 August 1995.

First leg
Grêmio 3–1 Atlético Nacional
Marulanda 35' (o.g.)
Jardel 43'
Paulo Nunes 55'		 Ángel 72'
Attendance: 54,200
Referee: Alfredo Rodas (Ecuador)
Second leg
Atlético Nacional 1–1 Grêmio
Aristizábal 12' Dinho 85'
Attendance: 49,000

Grêmio won 4–2 on aggregate.

References

  1. ^ "Revista CONMEBOL N° 38" (PDF) (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. Retrieved 21 March 2023.
  2. ^ "Revista CONMEBOL N° 37" (PDF) (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. Retrieved 21 March 2023.
  3. ^ "Revista CONMEBOL N° 40" (PDF) (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. Retrieved 21 March 2023.
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