2008 Copa Libertadores
The Copa Libertadores 2008, starting this year due to a new sponsorship agreement, the banking group Santander and Santander Libertadores Cup was the 49th edition of the most important South American football competition for club teams. As in the previous year participated in 38 teams from 10 member associations CONMEBOL and from Mexico. Due to a sponsorship deal with Santander Bankkgruppe is, the event for the next five years officially Copa Santander Libertadores. With Liga de Quito won the first time a club from Ecuador the tournament. The tournament began on January 29 with the qualifying round and ended July 2, with the final second leg.
- 7.1 first leg
- 7.2 second leg
Mode
Case of a tie in the group stage on goal difference for the next round was decisive, then the number of goals scored, after which the away goals. If these are equal, decided in the group stage the lot, in the knockout rounds of penalty kicks. Only in the final followed, where appropriate, the score is level after return game before the penalty shoot another extension.
Qualification
The basis of the qualification criteria of the respective countries each lowest-ranked teams in each country contributed between 29 January and 12 February 2008, a qualification for the group stage. Since Argentina in addition to his five eligible teams also provided the additional qualifications, defending champion, had two teams from that country to the qualifying round. It was the away goals rule.
* The return match between Cerro Porteño and the Cruzeiro EC was stopped in the 65th minute.
Group stage
The date indicated refers in each case to the local time. Many games take place in the evening in South America, which corresponds to the early hours of the following day in Central Europe.
Group 1
Group 2
Group 3
Group 4
Group 5
Group 6
Group 7
Group 8
Second round
For the last sixteen qualified to the First and Second each group.
The games were not paired, but determined by a set list. At the eight group winners according to their ranking in the start numbers of the second-best group winners, the numbers were awarded 1 to 8, which is the best group winners received 1, 2, and so were the eight group runners- 9 to 16 in the second round then played 1-16, 2 - 15, 3 - 14 ... so the best group first against the worst runners etc.
From this came the following games. The first legs were played between 29 April and 1 May 2008, the return matches between the 6th and 8th May 2008. Respectively former team had home advantage, the other in the first leg in the second leg.
With the games in the second round and the further course of the knockout rounds was set up to the final time.
Quarterfinals
The first legs were, the return games played on May 14 and 15 on 21 and 22 May 2008. The former team had a home game first.
Semifinal
The semi-finals were held and 29 May and 4 and June 5, 2008 on the 28th. Had first-named team in the first leg at home, the other in the leg. It was the away goals rule.
Final
The final of the Copa Libertadores was played in home and away matches, in contrast to the rest of the tournament on away goals rule was overridden. The final was also the only round in which there was an extension.
The first leg took place on June 25 at the Estadio La Casa Blanca in Quito instead, the return game was held on July 2 at the Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro. Both teams were for the first time in the final of the competition. They were also common in preliminary round Group 8 and parted here in Quito 0:0; in Rio de Janeiro Fluminense won 1-0.
Finally it came to 4:2 and 1:3 to the penalty shootout, in which the Ecuadorian goalkeeper José Francisco Cevallos, who had been in 1998 with the Barcelona SC Guayaquil in the final of the Copa Libertadores, three penalties and parried as a hero in all of Ecuador been. Liga Deportiva is qualified by winning the Copa at the same time for the FIFA Club World Cup in Japan in 2008.
First leg
Return
Top scorers
See also: List of scorers of the Copa Libertadores