1991 Supercopa Libertadores

The 1991 Supercopa Libertadores was the fourth season of the Supercopa Libertadores, a club football tournament for past Copa Libertadores winners. The tournament was won by Cruzeiro, who beat River Plate 32 on aggregate in the final.

1991 Supercopa Sudamericana
1991 Supercopa Libertadores João Havelange
Tournament details
Teams14 (from 5 confederations)
Final positions
Champions Cruzeiro (1st title)
Runners-up River Plate
Tournament statistics
Matches played26
Goals scored53 (2.04 per match)
Top scorer(s) Juan José Borrelli
Charles
Gaúcho
Sergio Martínez
(3 goals)

As the new reigning Copa Libertadores champions, Chilean side Colo-Colo were admitted into the competition.

Former Copa Libertadores winners Atlético Nacional did not take part.

Qualified teams

Up until the middle of 1991, 15 teams had won the Copa Libertadores at least once since its inaugural season in 1960; however, only 14 teams participated as Atlético Nacional declined to play in the tournament.

Team First won
Peñarol 1960
Santos 1962
Independiente 1964
Racing 1967
Estudiantes 1968
Nacional 1971
Cruzeiro 1976
Boca Juniors 1977
Olimpia 1979
Flamengo 1981
Grêmio 1983
Argentinos Juniors 1985
River Plate 1986
Atlético Nacional 1989
Colo-Colo 1991

Bracket

  First round Quarter-finals Semi-finals Finals
                                     
Grêmio 2 1 (3)  
River Plate 2 1 (4)  
  River Plate 1 1 (4)  
    Flamengo 0 2 (3)  
Estudiantes 1 0
Flamengo 1 2  
  River Plate 2 3  
    Peñarol 0 1  
Racing 2 0  
Peñarol 3 0  
  Peñarol 3 0
    Santos 2 0  
Santos 2 0
Argentinos Juniors 1 0  
  River Plate 2 0
  Cruzeiro 0 3
Colo-Colo 0 0 (3)  
Cruzeiro 0 0 (4)  
  Cruzeiro 4 0  
    Nacional 0 3  
Nacional 1 0
Boca Juniors 1 2  
  Cruzeiro 1 0 (5)
    Olimpia 1 0 (4)  
       
       
  Olimpia 1 2
    Independiente 1 0  
     

First round

Teams from the same nation could not be drawn against one another. Olimpia, as the title holders, entered the competition at the quarterfinal stage. Independiente also advanced to that same stage after the initial draw.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
River Plate 33 (4-3 p) Grêmio 22 11
Peñarol 32 Racing 32 00
Argentinos Juniors 12 Santos 12 00
Flamengo 31 Estudiantes 11 20
Cruzeiro 00 (4-3 p) Colo-Colo 00 00
Boca Juniors 13 Nacional 11 02

Quarterfinals

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Peñarol 32 Santos 32 00
River Plate 22 (4-3 p) Flamengo 10 12
Cruzeiro 43 Nacional 40 03
Independiente 13 Olimpia 11 02

Semi-finals

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
River Plate 51 Peñarol 20 31
Cruzeiro 11 (5-4 p) Olimpia 11 00

Final

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
River Plate 23 Cruzeiro 20 03
1991 Supercopa
Sudamericana Winners

Cruzeiro
First Title

See also

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