1987 Copa Libertadores de América

Tournament details
Dates	March 6 – October 31
Teams	21 (from 10 associations)
Final positions
Champions	Peñarol (5th title)
Runners-up	América de Cali
Tournament statistics
Matches played	76
Goals scored	207 (2.72 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Ricardo Gareca (7 Goals)
← 1986 1988 →

The 1987 Copa Libertadores was the 28th edition of the Copa Libertadores, CONMEBOL's annual international club tournament. Peñarol won the competition after beating América de Cali in the finals.

Qualified teams

Country	Team	Qualification method
CONMEBOL (1 berth)	River Plate	1986 Copa Libertadores champion
Argentina (2 berths)	Rosario Central	1986–87 Primera División champion
	Independiente	1986–87 Liguilla Pre-Libertadores winner
Bolivia (2 berths)	The Strongest	1986 Primera División champion
	Oriente Petrolero	1986 Primera División runner-up
Brazil (2 berths)	São Paulo	1986 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A champion
	Guarani	1986 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A runner-up
Chile (2 berths)	Colo-Colo	1986 Primera División champion
	Cobreloa	1986 Liguilla Pre-Libertadores winner
Colombia (2 berths)	América de Cali	1986 Campeonato Profesional champion
	Deportivo Cali	1986 Campeonato Profesional runner-up
Ecuador (2 berths)	El Nacional	1986 Campeonato Ecuatoriano champion
	Barcelona	1986 Campeonato Ecuatoriano runner-up
Paraguay (2 berths)	Sol de América	1986 Primera División champion
	Olimpia	1986 Primera División runner-up
Peru (2 berths)	San Agustín	1986 Primera División champion
	Alianza Lima	1986 Primera División runner-up
Uruguay (2 berths)	Peñarol	1986 Liguilla Pre-Libertadores winner
	Progreso	1986 Liguilla Pre-Libertadores runner-up
Venezuela (2 berths)	Unión Atlético Táchira	1986 Primera División champion
	Estudiantes de Mérida	1986 Primera División runner-up

Draw

The champions and runners-up of each football association were drawn into the same group along with another football association's participating teams. Three clubs from Argentina competed as River Plate was champion of the 1986 Copa Libertadores. They entered the tournament in the Semifinals.

Group stage

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		IND	ROS	TAC	EST
1	Independiente	6	4	1	1	13	4	+9	9	Semifinals		—	3–1	5–0	2–0
2	Rosario Central	6	3	2	1	12	7	+5	8			0–0	—	3–2	5–2
3	Unión Atlético Táchira	6	3	1	2	11	12	−1	7			3–2	0–0	—	3–2
4	Estudiantes de Mérida	6	0	0	6	4	17	−13	0			0–1	0–3	0–3	—

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		AME	CAL	STR	OPE
1	América de Cali	6	3	2	1	13	5	+8	8	Semifinals		—	1–0	6–0	3–1
2	Deportivo Cali	6	4	0	2	13	5	+8	8			2–1	—	4–0	5–1
3	The Strongest	6	2	1	3	7	16	−9	5			1–1	2–1	—	3–2
4	Oriente Petrolero	6	1	1	4	7	14	−7	3			1–1	0–1	2–1	—

Tiebreaker

Team 1	Score	Team 2
América de Cali	0–0 (4–2 p)	Deportivo Cali

Group 3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		COB	COL	GUA	SAO
1	Cobreloa	6	3	2	1	8	4	+4	8	Semifinals		—	1–0	3–1	3–1
2	Colo-Colo	6	2	3	1	6	4	+2	7			0–0	—	2–0	2–2
3	Guarani	6	1	3	2	6	8	−2	5			0–0	0–0	—	3–1
4	São Paulo	6	1	2	3	9	13	−4	4			2–1	1–2	2–2	—

Group 4

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		BAR	OLI	NAC	SOL
1	Barcelona	6	4	0	2	8	7	+1	8	Semifinals		—	3–2	2–1	1–0
2	Olimpia	6	3	1	2	9	10	−1	7			1–0	—	2–0	2–1
3	El Nacional	6	3	0	3	12	7	+5	6			2–0	4–0	—	4–1
4	Sol de América	6	1	1	4	7	12	−5	3			1–2	2–2	2–1	—

Group 5

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		PEÑ	ALI	PRO	AGU
1	Peñarol	6	4	2	0	10	4	+6	10	Semifinals		—	2–0	3–2	2–0
2	Alianza Lima	6	2	2	2	4	4	0	6			0–1	—	0–0	2–1
3	Progreso	6	1	3	2	7	7	0	5			1–1	0–0	—	3–0
4	San Agustín	6	1	1	4	5	11	−6	3			1–1	0–2	3–1	—

Semifinals

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		AME	COB	BAR
1	América de Cali	4	2	2	0	9	3	+6	6	Finals		—	1–1	4–0
2	Cobreloa	4	2	2	0	8	3	+5	6			2–2	—	3–0
3	Barcelona	4	0	0	4	0	11	−11	0			0–2	0–2	—

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		PEÑ	RIV	IND
1	Peñarol	4	2	1	1	7	3	+4	5	Finals		—	0–0	3–0
2	River Plate	4	1	2	1	2	2	0	4			1–0	—	0–0
3	Independiente	4	1	1	2	4	8	−4	3			2–4	2–1	—

Finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
América de Cali	N/A	Peñarol	2–0	1–2

Playoff

Peñarol v América de Cali

31 October 1987	Peñarol	1–0 (a.e.t.)	América de Cali	Estadio Nacional, Santiago, Chile
	Aguirre 120'	Report		Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Hernán Silva (Chile)

1987 Copa Libertadores Winner
Peñarol Fifth Title