1990 Copa Libertadores

1990 Copa Libertadores de América

Tournament details
Dates	February 25 – October 10
Teams	19 (from 9 associations)
Final positions
Champions	Olimpia (2nd title)
Runners-up	Barcelona
Tournament statistics
Matches played	83
Goals scored	184 (2.22 per match)

The Copa Libertadores 1990 was won by Club Olimpia after defeating Barcelona Sporting Club with a 3-1 aggregate in the finals. One of the players for Olimpia was legendary goalkeeper Ever Hugo Almeida, who retired from professional football the following year.

Group stage

Group 1

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Emelec	6	6	2	2	2	9	8	1
The Strongest	6	6	3	0	3	8	7	1
Barcelona	6	6	2	2	2	6	7	-1
Oriente Petrolero	6	6	2	2	2	6	7	-1

Group 2

• Note: Group 2 did not include the other two Colombian teams that qualified for the tournament because of threats by drug lords to referees in the previous tournament in 1989. The only exception was the champion, Atletico Nacional of Medellín, which had a "bye" as the current champion. However, because of the threat situations, Atletico Nacional was penalized and had to play their home games in Chile for this edition of the tournament.

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Independiente	3	2	1	1	0	1	0	1
River Plate	1	2	0	1	1	0	1	-1

Group 3

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Colo-Colo	8	6	4	0	2	11	7	4
Universidad Católica	7	6	2	3	1	6	4	2
Unión Huaral	5	6	1	3	2	5	9	-4
Sporting Cristal	4	6	1	2	3	4	6	-2

Group 4

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Progreso	7	6	2	3	1	7	4	3
Defensor Sporting	7	6	2	3	1	5	3	2
Pepeganga Margarita	6	6	3	0	3	4	5	-1
Mineros	4	6	1	2	3	5	9	-4

First Place Playoff Match CA Progreso beat Defensor Sporting 4-0 to decide the first team in the group.

Group 5

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Olimpia	7	6	3	1	2	9	8	1
Cerro Porteño	6	6	2	2	2	8	8	0
Vasco da Gama	6	6	2	2	2	5	5	0
Grêmio	5	6	1	3	2	5	6	-1

Second round

• Note: Since Olimpia won Group 5 they had to face the third-placed team from Group 2, but because that group only had two teams because of the suspension of Colombian teams Olimpia automatically qualified for the quarter-finals.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Universidad Católica	4–2	The Strongest	3–1	1–1
Colo-Colo	3–3 (4–5 p)	Vasco da Gama	0–0	3–3
Cerro Porteño	0–1	Atlético Nacional	0–0	0–1
Defensor Sporting	2–4	River Plate	1–2	1–2
Pepeganga Margarita	0–9	Independiente	0–6	0–3
Unión Huaral	1–2	Emelec	1–0	0–2
Barcelona	4–2	Progreso	2–0	2–2

Quarter finals

• Note: Second leg between Vasco da Gama and Atlético Nacional was a replay in Santiago (Chile). The original match ended with a victory by 2-0 for Atlético Nacional, but it was annulled following a protest by Vasco da Gama complaining of pressure on the referee by local drug lords.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Vasco da Gama	0–1	Atlético Nacional	0–0	0–1
Emelec	0–1	Barcelona	0–0	0–1
River Plate	3–1	Independiente	2–0	1–1
Olimpia	6–4	Universidad Católica	2–0	4–4

Semi finals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
River Plate	1–1 (3–4 p)	Barcelona	1–0	0–1
Olimpia	4–4 (2–1 p)	Atlético Nacional	2–1	2–3

Final

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Olimpia	3–1	Barcelona	2–0	1–1

External links

• 1990 Libertadores Cup in CONMEBOL's Website
• Copa Libertadores 1990 in RSSSF