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{{Short description|35th season of Copa Libertadores}}
{{Infobox international football competition
|tourney_name=Copa Libertadores de América
|year=1994
|image=
|size=100px
|other_titles=Libertadores 1994
|dates=February 13 - August 31
|num_teams=21
|associations=10
|champion_other= {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Club Atlético Vélez Sársfield|Vélez Sársfield]]
|count=1
|second_other= {{flagicon|BRA}} [[São Paulo Futebol Clube|São Paulo]]
|matches=90
|goals=205
|attendance=
|top_scorer= {{flagicon|VEN}} [[Stalin Rivas]] (7 Goals)
|player=
|prevseason=[[1993 Copa Libertadores|1993]]
|nextseason=[[1995 Copa Libertadores|1995]]
}}

The '''1994 Copa Libertadores''' was the 35th edition of the [[Copa Libertadores]], [[CONMEBOL|CONMEBOL's]] premier annual international competition. [[Club Atlético Vélez Sársfield|Vélez Sársfield]] won the tournament for their first title against [[São Paulo FC|São Paulo]] in a [[Penalty shootout (association football)|penalty shootout]] with a score of 5–3. Vélez's [[Goalkeeper (association football)|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.

== First Phase ==

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

=== Group 1 ===

{|
|
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!width="180"|Team
!width="20"|Pld
!width="20"|W
!width="20"|D
!width="20"|L
!width="20"|GF
!width="20"|GA
!width="20"|GD
!width="20"|Pts
|-
|- align=center bgcolor=#D0FFE7
|align=left|{{flagicon|COL}} [[Corporación Deportiva Independiente Medellín|Independiente Medellín]]
|6||3||2||1||6||1||+5||'''8'''
|-
|- align=center bgcolor=#D0FFE7
|align=left|{{flagicon|PAR}} [[Club Olimpia|Olimpia]]
|6||3||2||1||5||3||+2||'''8'''
|-
|- align=center bgcolor=#D0FFE7
|align=left|{{flagicon|COL}} [[Atlético Junior|Junior]]
|6||2||1||3||4||5||-1||'''5'''
|-
|- align=center
|align=left|{{flagicon|PAR}} [[Cerro Porteño]]
|6||1||1||4||4||10||-6||'''3'''
|-
|}
|
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!width="100"|&nbsp;!!width="50"|[[Club Olimpia|OLI]]!!width="50"|[[Cerro Porteño|CPO]]!!width="50"|[[Atlético Junior|JUN]]!!width="50"|[[Corporación Deportiva Independiente Medellín|MED]]
|-
![[Club Olimpia|Olimpia]]
|bgcolor="#CCCCCC"| 
|bgcolor="#CFFFFF"|1 - 0
|bgcolor="#CFFFFF"|1 - 0
|bgcolor="#FFCFCF"|0 - 2
|-
![[Cerro Porteño]]
|bgcolor="#FFCFCF"|1 - 3
|bgcolor="#CCCCCC"| 
|bgcolor="#CFFFFF"|1 - 0
|bgcolor="#CFFFCF"|0 - 0
|-
![[Atlético Junior|Junior]]
|bgcolor="#CFFFCF"|0 - 0
|bgcolor="#CFFFFF"|3 - 2
|bgcolor="#CCCCCC"| 
|bgcolor="#FFCFCF"|0 - 1
|-
![[Corporación Deportiva Independiente Medellín|I. Medellín]]
|bgcolor="#CFFFCF"|0 - 0
|bgcolor="#CFFFFF"|3 - 0
|bgcolor="#FFCFCF"|0 - 1
|bgcolor="#CCCCCC"| 
|}
|}

=== Group 2 ===

{|
|
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!width="165"|Team
!width="20"|Pld
!width="20"|W
!width="20"|D
!width="20"|L
!width="20"|GF
!width="20"|GA
!width="20"|GD
!width="20"|Pts
|-
|- align=center bgcolor=#D0FFE7
|align=left|{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Club Atlético Vélez Sarsfield|Vélez Sarsfield]]
|6||3||2||1||8||7||+1||'''8'''
|-
|- align=center bgcolor=#D0FFE7
|align=left|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Cruzeiro Esporte Clube|Cruzeiro]]
|6||3||1||2||7||8||-1||'''7'''
|-
|- align=center bgcolor=#D0FFE7
|align=left|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Palmeiras]]
|6||3||0||3||14||7||+7||'''6'''
|-
|- align=center
|align=left|{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Boca Juniors]]
|6||1||1||4||7||14||-7||'''3'''
|-
|}
|
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!width="100"|&nbsp;!!width="50"|[[Club Atlético Vélez Sarsfield|VEL]]!!width="50"|[[Boca Juniors|BOC]]!!width="50"|[[Palmeiras|PAL]]!!width="50"|[[Cruzeiro Esporte Clube|CRU]]
|-
![[Club Atlético Vélez Sarsfield|Vélez Sarsfield]]
|bgcolor="#CCCCCC"| 
|bgcolor="#CFFFCF"|1 - 1
|bgcolor="#CFFFFF"|1 - 0
|bgcolor="#CFFFFF"|2 - 0
|-
![[Boca Juniors]]
|bgcolor="#FFCFCF"|1 - 2
|bgcolor="#CCCCCC"| 
|bgcolor="#CFFFFF"|2 - 1
|bgcolor="#FFCFCF"|1 - 2
|-
![[Palmeiras]]
|bgcolor="#CFFFFF"|4 - 1
|bgcolor="#CFFFFF"|6 - 1
|bgcolor="#CCCCCC"| 
|bgcolor="#CFFFFF"|2 - 0
|-
![[Cruzeiro Esporte Clube|Cruzeiro]]
|bgcolor="#CFFFCF"|1 - 1
|bgcolor="#CFFFFF"|2 - 1
|bgcolor="#CFFFFF"|2 - 1
|bgcolor="#CCCCCC"| 
|}
|}

=== Group 3 ===

{|
|
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!width="165"|Team
!width="20"|Pld
!width="20"|W
!width="20"|D
!width="20"|L
!width="20"|GF
!width="20"|GA
!width="20"|GD
!width="20"|Pts
|-
|- align=center bgcolor=#D0FFE7
|align=left|{{flagicon|ECU}} [[Club Sport Emelec|Emelec]]
|6||3||1||2||9||5||+4||'''7'''
|-
|- align=center bgcolor=#D0FFE7
|align=left|{{flagicon|ECU}} [[Barcelona Sporting Club|Barcelona]]
|6||2||2||2||5||3||+2||'''6'''
|-
|- align=center bgcolor=#D0FFE7
|align=left|{{flagicon|PER}} [[Universitario de Deportes|Universitario]]
|6||2||2||2||4||5||-1||'''6'''
|-
|- align=center
|align=left|{{flagicon|PER}} [[Alianza Lima]]
|6||2||1||3||6||11||-5||'''5'''
|-
|}
|
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!width="100"|&nbsp;!!width="50"|[[Club Sport Emelec|EME]]!!width="50"|[[Barcelona Sporting Club|BSC]]!!width="50"|[[Universitario de Deportes|UNI]]!!width="50"|[[Alianza Lima|ALI]]
|-
![[Club Sport Emelec|Emelec]]
|bgcolor="#CCCCCC"| 
|bgcolor="#FFCFCF"|0 - 1
|bgcolor="#CFFFFF"|2 - 0
|bgcolor="#CFFFFF"|3 - 0
|-
![[Barcelona Sporting Club|Barcelona]]
|bgcolor="#FFCFCF"|0 - 1
|bgcolor="#CCCCCC"| 
|bgcolor="#CFFFCF"|0 - 0
|bgcolor="#CFFFFF"|3 - 0
|-
![[Universitario de Deportes|Universitario]]
|bgcolor="#CFFFFF"|2 - 1
|bgcolor="#CFFFCF"|0 - 0
|bgcolor="#CCCCCC"| 
|bgcolor="#FFCFCF"|0 - 1
|-
![[Alianza Lima]]
|bgcolor="#CFFFCF"|2 - 2
|bgcolor="#CFFFFF"|2 - 1
|bgcolor="#FFCFCF"|1 - 2
|bgcolor="#CCCCCC"| 
|}
|}

=== Group 4 ===

{|
|
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!width="165"|Team
!width="20"|Pld
!width="20"|W
!width="20"|D
!width="20"|L
!width="20"|GF
!width="20"|GA
!width="20"|GD
!width="20"|Pts
|-
|- align=center bgcolor=#D0FFE7
|align=left|{{flagicon|CHI}} [[Colo-Colo]]
|6||4||1||1||11||6||+5||'''9'''
|-
|- align=center bgcolor=#D0FFE7
|align=left|{{flagicon|CHI}} [[Unión Española]]
|6||3||1||2||6||6||0||'''7'''
|-
|- align=center bgcolor=#D0FFE7
|align=left|{{flagicon|URU}} [[Defensor Sporting Club|Defensor Sporting]]
|6||1||3||2||3||5||-2||'''5'''
|-
|- align=center
|align=left|{{flagicon|URU}} [[Club Nacional de Football|Nacional]]
|6||1||1||4||5||8||-3||'''3'''
|-
|}
|
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!width="100"|&nbsp;!!width="50"|[[Defensor Sporting Club|DEF]]!!width="50"|[[Club Nacional de Football|NAC]]!!width="50"|[[Unión Española|UES]]!!width="50"|[[Colo-Colo|COL]]
|-
![[Defensor Sporting Club|Defensor Sp.]]
|bgcolor="#CCCCCC"| 
|bgcolor="#CFFFFF"|1 - 0
|bgcolor="#CFFFCF"|1 - 1
|bgcolor="#CFFFCF"|0 - 0
|-
![[Club Nacional de Football|Nacional]]
|bgcolor="#CFFFCF"|1 - 1
|bgcolor="#CCCCCC"| 
|bgcolor="#FFCFCF"|0 - 1
|bgcolor="#CFFFFF"|2 - 0
|-
![[Unión Española|UE]]
|bgcolor="#CFFFFF"|1 - 0
|bgcolor="#CFFFFF"|1 - 0
|bgcolor="#CCCCCC"| 
|bgcolor="#FFCFCF"|1 - 2
|-
![[Colo-Colo]]
|bgcolor="#CFFFFF"|2 - 0
|bgcolor="#CFFFFF"|4 - 2
|bgcolor="#CFFFFF"|3 - 1
|bgcolor="#CCCCCC"| 
|}
|}

=== Group 5 ===

{|
|
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!width="165"|Team
!width="20"|Pld
!width="20"|W
!width="20"|D
!width="20"|L
!width="20"|GF
!width="20"|GA
!width="20"|GD
!width="20"|Pts
|-
|- align=center bgcolor=#D0FFE7
|align=left|{{flagicon|BOL}} [[Club Bolívar|Bolívar]]
|6||3||3||0||9||2||+7||'''9'''
|-
|- align=center bgcolor=#D0FFE7
|align=left|{{flagicon|BOL}} [[The Strongest]]
|6||2||3||1||13||7||+6||'''7'''
|-
|- align=center bgcolor=#D0FFE7
|align=left|{{flagicon|VEN}} [[Minervén Fútbol Club|Minervén]]
|6||2||1||3||10||17||-7||'''5'''
|-
|- align=center
|align=left|{{flagicon|VEN}} [[Club Sport Marítimo de Venezuela|Marítimo]]
|6||1||1||4||7||13||-6||'''3'''
|-
|}
|
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!width="100"|&nbsp;!!width="50"|[[Club Bolívar|BOL]]!!width="50"|[[The Strongest|STR]]!!width="50"|[[Minervén Fútbol Club|MIN]]!!width="50"|[[Club Sport Marítimo de Venezuela|SMA]]
|-
![[Club Bolívar|Bolívar]]
|bgcolor="#CCCCCC"| 
|bgcolor="#CFFFCF"|0 - 0
|bgcolor="#CFFFFF"|4 - 0
|bgcolor="#CFFFFF"|2 - 1
|-
![[The Strongest]]
|bgcolor="#CFFFCF"|0 - 0
|bgcolor="#CCCCCC"| 
|bgcolor="#CFFFFF"|7 - 1
|bgcolor="#CFFFFF"|5 - 0
|-
![[Minervén Fútbol Club|Minervén]]
|bgcolor="#CFFFCF"|1 - 1
|bgcolor="#CFFFFF"|5 - 0
|bgcolor="#CCCCCC"| 
|bgcolor="#CFFFFF"|2 - 1
|-
![[Club Sport Marítimo de Venezuela|Sport Marítimo]]
|bgcolor="#FFCFCF"|0 - 2
|bgcolor="#CFFFCF"|1 - 1
|bgcolor="#CFFFFF"|4 - 1
|bgcolor="#CCCCCC"| 
|}
|}

== Final Phase ==
{{16TeamBracket|legs=2|aggregate=y|seeds=no|nowrap=y
| RD1=Round of 16
| RD2=Quarter-finals
| RD3=Semi-finals
| RD4=Final
| RD1-team01='''{{flagicon|COL}} [[Independiente Medellín|I. Medellín]]'''
| RD1-score01-1=1
| RD1-score01-2=2
| RD1-score01-agg=3
| RD1-seed02=
| RD1-team02={{flagicon|PER}} [[Universitario de Deportes|Universitario]]
| RD1-score02-1=2
| RD1-score02-2=0
| RD1-score02-agg=2
| RD1-team03={{flagicon|CHI}} [[Colo-Colo]]
| RD1-score03-1=1
| RD1-score03-2=2
| RD1-score03-agg=3 (3)
| RD1-team04='''{{flagicon|COL}} [[Atlético Junior|Junior]]''' {{pso}}
| RD1-score04-1=1
| RD1-score04-2=2
| RD1-score04-agg=3 (4)
| RD1-team05={{flagicon|ECU}} [[Club Sport Emelec|Emelec]]
| RD1-score05-1=0
| RD1-score05-2=3
| RD1-score05-agg=3 (2)
| RD1-seed06=
| RD1-team06='''{{flagicon|VEN}} [[Minervén Fútbol Club|Minervén]]'''
| RD1-score06-1=2
| RD1-score06-2=1
| RD1-score06-agg=3 (4)
| RD1-team07='''{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Club Atlético Vélez Sarsfield|Vélez Sarsfield]]''' {{pso}}
| RD1-score07-1=1
| RD1-score07-2=0
| RD1-score07-agg=1 (4)
| RD1-team08={{flagicon|URU}} [[Defensor Sporting Club|Defensor Sporting]]
| RD1-score08-1=1
| RD1-score08-2=0
| RD1-score08-agg=1 (2)
| RD1-team09='''{{flagicon|PAR}} [[Club Olimpia|Olimpia]]'''
| RD1-score09-1=1
| RD1-score09-2=2
| RD1-score09-agg=3
| RD1-team10={{flagicon|ECU}} [[Barcelona Sporting Club|Barcelona]]
| RD1-score10-1=0
| RD1-score10-2=1
| RD1-score10-agg=1
| RD1-team11='''{{flagicon|BOL}} [[Club Bolívar|Bolívar]]'''
| RD1-score11-1=2
| RD1-score11-2=4
| RD1-score11-agg=6
| RD1-team12={{flagicon|BOL}} [[The Strongest]]
| RD1-score12-1=1
| RD1-score12-2=0
| RD1-score12-agg=1
| RD1-team13='''{{flagicon|BRA}} [[São Paulo Futebol Clube|São Paulo]]'''
| RD1-score13-1=0
| RD1-score13-2=2
| RD1-score13-agg=2
| RD1-team14={{flagicon|BRA}} [[Palmeiras]]
| RD1-score14-1=0
| RD1-score14-2=1
| RD1-score14-agg=1
| RD1-team15={{flagicon|BRA}} [[Cruzeiro Esporte Clube|Cruzeiro]]
| RD1-score15-1=0
| RD1-score15-2=0
| RD1-score15-agg=0
| RD1-seed16=
| RD1-team16='''{{flagicon|CHI}} [[Unión Española]]'''
| RD1-score16-1=0
| RD1-score16-2=1
| RD1-score16-agg=1
| RD2-team01={{flagicon|COL}} [[Independiente Medellín|I. Medellín]]
| RD2-score01-1=0
| RD2-score01-2=0
| RD2-score01-agg=0
| RD2-team02='''{{flagicon|COL}} [[Atlético Junior|Junior]]'''
| RD2-score02-1=2
| RD2-score02-2=0
| RD2-score02-agg=2
| RD2-team03={{flagicon|VEN}} [[Minervén Fútbol Club|Minervén]]
| RD2-score03-1=0
| RD2-score03-2=0
| RD2-score03-agg=0
| RD2-team04='''{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Club Atlético Vélez Sarsfield|Vélez Sarsfield]]'''
| RD2-score04-1=0
| RD2-score04-2=2
| RD2-score04-agg=2
| RD2-team05='''{{flagicon|PAR}} [[Club Olimpia|Olimpia]]'''
| RD2-score05-1=1
| RD2-score05-2=2
| RD2-score05-agg=3
| RD2-team06={{flagicon|BOL}} [[Club Bolívar|Bolívar]]
| RD2-score06-1=0
| RD2-score06-2=0
| RD2-score06-agg=0
| RD2-team07='''{{flagicon|BRA}} [[São Paulo Futebol Clube|São Paulo]]'''
| RD2-score07-1=1
| RD2-score07-2=4
| RD2-score07-agg=5
| RD2-team08={{flagicon|CHI}} [[Unión Española]]
| RD2-score08-1=1
| RD2-score08-2=3
| RD2-score08-agg=4
| RD3-team01={{flagicon|COL}} [[Atlético Junior|Junior]]
| RD3-score01-1=2
| RD3-score01-2=1
| RD3-score01-agg=3 (4)
| RD3-team02='''{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Club Atlético Vélez Sarsfield|Vélez Sarsfield]]''' {{pso}}
| RD3-score02-1=1
| RD3-score02-2=2
| RD3-score02-agg=3 (5)
| RD3-team03={{flagicon|PAR}} [[Club Olimpia|Olimpia]]
| RD3-score03-1=1
| RD3-score03-2=1
| RD3-score03-agg=2 (3)
| RD3-team04='''{{flagicon|BRA}} [[São Paulo Futebol Clube|São Paulo]]''' {{pso}}
| RD3-score04-1=2
| RD3-score04-2=0
| RD3-score04-agg=2 (4)

| RD4-team01='''{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Club Atlético Vélez Sarsfield|Vélez Sarsfield]]''' {{pso}}
| RD4-score01-1=1
| RD4-score01-2=0
| RD4-score01-agg=1 (5)
| RD4-team02={{flagicon|BRA}} [[São Paulo Futebol Clube|São Paulo]]
| RD4-score02-1=0
| RD4-score02-2=1
| RD4-score02-agg=1 (3)
}}

==Finals==
{{main|1994 Copa Libertadores Finals}}

{{footballbox_collapsible
|date= 24 August 1994
|team1 = [[Club Atlético Vélez Sársfield|Vélez Sársfield]] {{flagicon|ARG}}
|score = 1 &ndash; 0
|team2 = {{flagicon|BRA}} [[São Paulo FC|São Paulo]] 
|goals1= [[Omar Asad|Asad]] {{goal|35}} 
|goals2= 
|stadium = [[José Amalfitani Stadium|Estádio José Amalfitani]], [[Liniers]]
|attendance = 55,000
|referee = [[José Joaquín Torres|Torres]] (COL)
}}
<br>
{{footballbox_collapsible
|date= 31 August 1994
|team1 = [[São Paulo FC|São Paulo]]  {{flagicon|BRA}}
|score = 1 &ndash; 0
|team2 = {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Club Atlético Vélez Sársfield|Vélez Sársfield]] 
|goals1= [[Müller (footballer, born 1966)|Müller]] {{goal|33}} 
|goals2= 
|stadium = [[Estádio do Morumbi]], [[São Paulo]]
|attendance = 93,000
|referee = [[Ernesto Filippi|Filippi]] (URU)
|penalties1 = [[Jorge Ferreira da Silva|Palhinha]]{{penmiss}}<br />[[André Luiz Moreira|André Luiz]] {{pengoal}}<br />[[Müller (footballer, born 1966)|Müller]] {{pengoal}}<br />[[Euller (footballer, born 1971)|Euller]] {{pengoal}}
|penaltyscore = 3-5
|penalties2 = {{pengoal}} [[Roberto Trotta|Trotta]]<br />{{pengoal}} [[José Luis Chilavert|Chilavert]]<br />{{pengoal}} [[Flavio Zandoná|Zandoná]]<br />{{pengoal}}[[Héctor Almandoz|Almandoz]] <br />{{pengoal}} [[Roberto Pompei|Pompei]]}}

==Champion==

{| width=95%
|- align=center
|'''Copa Libertadores 1994''':<br>{{flagicon|Argentina|size=100px}} <br />'''[[Club Atlético Vélez Sarsfield|Vélez Sarsfield]]'''<br/>'''First Title'''
|}

== External links ==
{{commons cat}}
* [https://www.rsssf.org/sacups/copa94.html Copa Libertadores de América 1994 results] at [[rec.sport.soccer Statistics Foundation|RSSSF]]

{{Copa Libertadores Seasons}}

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[[Category:Copa Libertadores seasons]]