Copa CONMEBOL

Template:Infobox football tournament The Copa CONMEBOL (Template:Langx) was an annual football cup competition organized by CONMEBOL between 1992 and 1999 for South American football clubs.<ref>RSSSF SOUTH AMERICAN COMPETITIONS Template:Webarchive- RSSSF Retrieved January 9, 2014.</ref> During its time of existence, it was a very prestigious South American club football contest, similar to the UEFA Cup. Clubs qualified for the competition based on their performance in their national leagues and cup competitions. Teams that were not able to qualify for the Copa Libertadores would play in this tournament. The tournament was played as a knockout cup. The tournament ended in 1999, following the expansion of the Copa Libertadores to 32 teams.

The Copa Mercosur and Copa Merconorte -which both started in 1998- replaced the Copa CONMEBOL, and the merger of those 3 cups would later transformed in the current Copa Sudamericana.<ref>Copa Conmebol at the official page of Conmebol.com Template:Webarchive CONMEBOL Retrieved May 18, 2010.</ref><ref>CONMEBOL Cup / UEFA Cup Template:Webarchive RSSSF Retrieved May 18, 2010.</ref><ref>Información sobre la Copa Conmebol Template:Webarchive infofutbolonline.com Retrieved May 18, 2010</ref><ref>THE BEST CLUB OF SOUTH AMERICA RSSSF Template:Webarchive Retrieved January 9, 2014</ref><ref>Globo Esporte Template:Webarchive Retrieved December 10, 2007</ref><ref>Terra Brazil Template:Webarchive- Retrieved December 5, 2012</ref><ref>Santander Fútbol Template:Webarchive- Retrieved July 16, 2012</ref>

The last champion of the competition was Talleres, while Atlético Mineiro is the most successful club in the cup history, having won the tournament two times. The cup was won by seven different clubs but it was never won consecutively.<ref>Bola na Área Copa Conmebol Template:Webarchive- Retrieved 18, May 2010.</ref><ref>RSSSF SOUTH AMERICAN COMPETITIONS Template:Webarchive- Retrieved January 9, 2014</ref>

Format

Qualification

Each national association was assigned a number of entries determined by CONMEBOL which changed slightly from one edition to another. The best teams from the previous season that did not qualify for the Copa Libertadores through their league qualified for the Copa CONMEBOL. The tournament itself was played in two-legged knockout stages. The champion of the Copa CONMEBOL disputed the Recopa Sudamericana, the Copa de Oro and the Copa Master de CONMEBOL, albeit irregularly.

Tournament

The tournament started in the first stage in which 16 clubs were paired in a series of two-legged knockout ties in the round of 16, the first of four stages that worked on a single elimination phase knockout system that culminated in the finals. During each stage of the tournament, ties were decided on points, followed by goal difference, away goals, then a penalty shootout after full-time of the second leg, if necessary.

Records and statistics

Lis of finals

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Year	Winners	1st. leg	2nd. leg	Template:Tooltip	Runners-up	Venue (1st leg)	City (1st leg)	Venue (2nd leg)	City (2nd leg)	Ref.
1992	Template:Flagicon Atlético Mineiro	2–0 {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}	0–1 {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}	check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}	Template:Flagicon Olimpia	Mineirão	Belo Horizonte	Estadio Manuel Ferreira	Asunción	{{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}
1993	Template:Flagicon Botafogo	1–1 {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}	2–2 {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}	3–1 Template:Pso {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}	Template:Flagicon Peñarol	Centenario	Montevideo	Maracanã	Rio de Janeiro	{{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}
1994	Template:Flagicon São Paulo	6–1 {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}	0–3 {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}	check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}	Template:Flagicon Peñarol	Morumbi	São Paulo	Centenario	Montevideo	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>{{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}
1995	Template:Flagicon Rosario Central	0–4 {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}	4–0 {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}	4–3 Template:Pso {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}	Template:Flagicon Atlético Mineiro	Mineirão	Belo Horizonte	Gigante de Arroyito	Rosario	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>{{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}
1996	Template:Flagicon Lanús	2–0 {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}	0–1 {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}	check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}	Template:Flagicon Santa Fe	La Fortaleza	Lanús	El Campín	Bogotá	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>La Conmebol 1996, aquel primer grito internacional Template:Webarchive, Clarín, 12 Dec 2013</ref><ref>A 19 AÑOS DEL PRIMER GRITO SAGRADO Template:Webarchive on Fortaleza Granate</ref>{{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}
1997	Template:Flagicon Atlético Mineiro	4–1 {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}	1–1 {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}	check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}	Template:Flagicon Lanús	La Fortaleza	Lanús	Mineirão	Belo Horizonte	{{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}
1998	Template:Flagicon Santos	1–0 {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}	0–0 {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}	check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}	Template:Flagicon Rosario Central	Vila Belmiro	Santos	Gigante de Arroyito	Rosario	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>{{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}
1999	Template:Flagicon Talleres (C)	2–4 {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}	3–0 {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}	check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}	Template:Flagicon CSA	Rei Pelé	Maceió	Olímpico	Córdoba	<ref>1999. TALLERES CAMPEÓN DE LA COPA CONMEBOL Template:Webarchive on El Gráfico</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Hace 21 años, Talleres se consagró campeón de la Copa Conmebol Template:Webarchive on Club Talleres, 8 Dec 2020</ref>{{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}

Performances by club

Performance in the Copa CONMEBOL by club

Club	Titles	Runners-up	Seasons won	Seasons runner-up
Template:Flagicon Atlético Mineiro	2	1	1992, 1997	1995
Template:Flagicon Rosario Central	1	1	1995	1998
Template:Flagicon Lanús	1	1	1996	1997
Template:Flagicon Botafogo	1	0	1993	check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}
Template:Flagicon São Paulo	1	0	1994	check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}
Template:Flagicon Santos	1	0	1998	check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}
Template:Flagicon Talleres	1	0	1999	check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}
Template:Flagicon Peñarol	0	2	check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}	1993, 1994
Template:Flagicon Olimpia	0	1	check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}	1992
Template:Flagicon Santa Fe	0	1	check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}	1996
Template:Flagicon CSA	0	1	check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}	1999

Performances by nation

Nation	Winner	Runner-up	Total
Template:Fba	5	2	7
Template:Fba	3	2	5
Template:Fba	0	2	2
Template:Fba	0	1	1
Template:Fba	0	1	1

Top scorers

Year	Player (team)	Goals
1992	Template:Flagicon Aílton Delfino Template:Small	6
1993	Template:Flagicon Sinval Template:Small	8
1994	Template:Flagicon Juninho Template:Small Template:Flagicon Martín Rodríguez Alba Template:Small {{#invoke:flag|icon|BRA}} Tupãzinho (Corinthians)	5
1995	Template:Flagicon Horacio Carbonari Template:Small Template:Flagicon Rubén da Silva Template:Small Template:Flagicon Álex Escobar Template:Small	4
1996	Template:Flagicon Oscar Mena Template:Small	5
1997	Template:Flagicon Valdir Template:Small	7
1998	Template:Flagicon Carlos María Morales Template:Small Template:Flagicon Viola Template:Small	4
1999	Template:Flagicon Marcelo Araxá Template:Small Template:Flagicon Missinho Template:Small	4

See also

• Copa Sudamericana
• Copa Mercosur
• Copa Merconorte
• Copa Interamericana
• Copa Libertadores
• Copa Master de CONMEBOL

External links

• CONMEBOL Cup at RSSSF
• Información sobre la Copa Conmebol
• Globo Esporte