1994 Copa Libertadores

1994 Copa Libertadores de América

Libertadores 1994
Tournament details
Dates	February 13 – August 31
Teams	21 (from 10 associations)
Final positions
Champions	Vélez Sársfield (1st title)
Runners-up	São Paulo
Tournament statistics
Matches played	90
Goals scored	205 (2.28 per match)
Top scorer	Stalin Rivas (7 Goals)
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The 1994 Copa Libertadores was the 35th edition of the Copa Libertadores, CONMEBOL's premier annual international competition. Vélez Sársfield won the tournament for their first title against São Paulo in a penalty shootout with a score of 5–3. Vélez's goalkeeper José Chilavert scored one of the penalty kicks and saved another one. The top scorer of the tournament was Stalin Rivas of Minervén S.C., with 7 goals.

This was the first time since 1986 that an Argentine club won the Libertadores again after a negative streak of 7 years. This bad streak would repeat from the 2019 edition until 2025 edition.

First Phase

Legend: Pts: Points; P: Played games; W: Won games; D: Drawn games; L: Lost games; F: Goals in favor; A: Goals against; D: Difference.

Group 1

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Independiente Medellín 6 3 2 1 6 1 +5 8 Olimpia 6 3 2 1 5 3 +2 8 Junior 6 2 1 3 4 5 -1 5 Cerro Porteño 6 1 1 4 4 10 -6 3

OLI CPO JUN MED Olimpia 1 - 0 1 - 0 0 - 2 Cerro Porteño 1 - 3 1 - 0 0 - 0 Junior 0 - 0 3 - 2 0 - 1 I. Medellín 0 - 0 3 - 0 0 - 1

Group 2

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Vélez Sarsfield 6 3 2 1 8 7 +1 8 Cruzeiro 6 3 1 2 7 8 -1 7 Palmeiras 6 3 0 3 14 7 +7 6 Boca Juniors 6 1 1 4 7 14 -7 3

VEL BOC PAL CRU Vélez Sarsfield 1 - 1 1 - 0 2 - 0 Boca Juniors 1 - 2 2 - 1 1 - 2 Palmeiras 4 - 1 6 - 1 2 - 0 Cruzeiro 1 - 1 2 - 1 2 - 1

Group 3

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Emelec 6 3 1 2 9 5 +4 7 Barcelona 6 2 2 2 5 3 +2 6 Universitario 6 2 2 2 4 5 -1 6 Alianza Lima 6 2 1 3 6 11 -5 5

EME BSC UNI ALI Emelec 0 - 1 2 - 0 3 - 0 Barcelona 0 - 1 0 - 0 3 - 0 Universitario 2 - 1 0 - 0 0 - 1 Alianza Lima 2 - 2 2 - 1 1 - 2

Group 4

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Colo-Colo 6 4 1 1 11 6 +5 9 Unión Española 6 3 1 2 6 6 0 7 Defensor Sporting 6 1 3 2 3 5 -2 5 Nacional 6 1 1 4 5 8 -3 3

DEF NAC UES COL Defensor Sp. 1 - 0 1 - 1 0 - 0 Nacional 1 - 1 0 - 1 2 - 0 UE 1 - 0 1 - 0 1 - 2 Colo-Colo 2 - 0 4 - 2 3 - 1

Group 5

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Bolívar 6 3 3 0 9 2 +7 9 The Strongest 6 2 3 1 13 7 +6 7 Minervén 6 2 1 3 10 17 -7 5 Marítimo 6 1 1 4 7 13 -6 3

BOL STR MIN SMA Bolívar 0 - 0 4 - 0 2 - 1 The Strongest 0 - 0 7 - 1 5 - 0 Minervén 1 - 1 5 - 0 2 - 1 Sport Marítimo 0 - 2 1 - 1 4 - 1

Final Phase

	Round of 16						Quarter-finals						Semi-finals						Final
	I. Medellín	1	2	3
	Universitario	2	0	2
							I. Medellín	0	0	0
							Junior	2	0	2
	Colo-Colo	1	2	3 (3)
	Junior (p)	1	2	3 (4)
													Junior	2	1	3 (4)
													Vélez Sarsfield (p)	1	2	3 (5)
	Emelec	0	3	3 (2)
	Minervén	2	1	3 (4)
							Minervén	0	0	0
							Vélez Sarsfield	0	2	2
	Vélez Sarsfield (p)	1	0	1 (4)
	Defensor Sporting	1	0	1 (2)
																			Vélez Sarsfield (p)	1	0	1 (5)
																			São Paulo	0	1	1 (3)
	Olimpia	1	2	3
	Barcelona	0	1	1
							Olimpia	1	2	3
							Bolívar	0	0	0
	Bolívar	2	4	6
	The Strongest	1	0	1
													Olimpia	1	1	2 (3)
													São Paulo (p)	2	0	2 (4)
	São Paulo	0	2	2
	Palmeiras	0	1	1
							São Paulo	1	4	5
							Unión Española	1	3	4
	Cruzeiro	0	0	0
	Unión Española	0	1	1

Finals

Main article: 1994 Copa Libertadores Finals

Vélez Sarsfield v São Paulo

24 August 1994	Vélez Sarsfield	1 – 0	São Paulo	Estádio José Amalfitani, Liniers
	Asad 35'			Attendance: 55,000 Referee: Torres (COL)

São Paulo v Vélez Sarsfield

31 August 1994	São Paulo	1 – 0 (3-5 p)	Vélez Sarsfield	Estádio do Morumbi, São Paulo
	Müller 33'			Attendance: 93,000 Referee: Filippi (URU)
	Penalties
	Palhinha André Luiz Müller Euller		Trotta Chilavert Zandoná Almandoz Pompei

Champion

Copa Libertadores 1994: Vélez Sarsfield First Title

External links

• Copa Libertadores de América 1994 results at RSSSF