1995 Copa Libertadores de América

Libertadores 1995
Tournament details
Dates	February 8 - August 30
Teams	21 (from 10 associations)
Final positions
Champions	Grêmio (2nd title)
Runners-up	Atlético Nacional
Tournament statistics
Matches played	91
Goals scored	279 (3.07 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Jardel (12 goals)
← 1994 1996 →

The 1995 edition of the Copa Libertadores saw Grêmio of Brazil as the champions after they defeated Atlético Nacional of Colombia in the finals.

Group stage

In the group stage, each group was played on a home-and-away round-robin basis. The teams were ranked according to the following criteria: 1. Points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, and 0 points for a loss); 2. Goal difference; 3. Goals scored; 4. Away goals scored; 5. Drawing of lots.

If two teams from the same national association tie on points, the above criteria would not apply and their final positions would be determined in an extra match to be played at a neutral venue within their own country. Winners of this match qualified for the round of 16; in the event of a draw, the team with the best goal difference in the group would have qualified.

The winners, runners-up and third placed teams of each group advanced to the round of 16 of the final stages.

Group 1

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		RIV	PEÑ	IND	CRR
1	River Plate	6	3	3	0	11	6	+5	12	Round of 16		—	1–1	2–0	5–0
2	Peñarol	6	2	3	1	9	7	+2	9			1–1	—	1–2	3–3
3	Independiente	6	2	1	3	8	8	0	7			1–1	0–1	—	2–1
4	Cerro	6	1	1	4	5	12	−7	4			0–1	0–2	1–0	—

Group 2

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		CCP	OLI	CAR	TRU
1	Cerro Porteño	6	4	2	0	16	6	+10	14	Round of 16		—	2–2	2–1	3–1
2	Olimpia	6	3	3	0	16	7	+9	12			1–1	—	5–0	4–1
3	Caracas	6	2	0	4	8	18	−10	6			0–6	1–2	—	3–2
4	Trujillanos	6	0	1	5	8	17	−9	1			1–2	2–2	1–3	—

Group 3

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		MIL	ATN	UCA	UCH
1	Millonarios	6	3	1	2	3	9	−6	10	Round of 16		—	2–0	5–1	1–0
2	Atlético Nacional	6	2	3	1	5	3	+2	9			0–0	—	3–1	1–0
3	Universidad Católica	6	2	1	3	5	6	−1	7[a]			4–1	1–1	—	2–0
4	Universidad de Chile	6	2	1	3	10	5	+5	7[a]			3–2	0–0	4–1	—

Group 4

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		PAL	GRE	EME	ELN
1	Palmeiras	6	4	1	1	15	5	+10	13	Round of 16		—	3–2	2–1	7–0
2	Grêmio	6	3	2	1	12	7	+5	11			0–0	—	4–1	2–0
3	Emelec	6	1	2	3	8	12	−4	5			1–3	2–2	—	1–1
4	El Nacional	6	1	1	4	3	14	−11	4			1–0	1–2	0–2	—

Group 5

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		SCR	BOL	ALI	WIL
1	Sporting Cristal	6	3	3	0	15	4	+11	12	Round of 16		—	1–0	3–0	7–0
2	Bolívar	6	2	3	1	8	5	+3	9			1–1	—	3–1	2–0
3	Alianza Lima	6	1	2	3	10	11	−1	5			1–1	1–1	—	6–1
4	Jorge Wilstermann	6	1	2	3	6	19	−13	5			2–2	1–1	2–1	—

Final stages

Bracket

	Round of 16						Quarterfinals						Semifinals						Final
	Emelec	2	0	2 (5)
	Cerro Porteño	0	2	2 (4)
							Emelec	3	1	4
							Sporting Cristal	1	1	2
	Caracas	2	3	5
	Sporting Cristal	2	6	8
													Emelec	0	0	0
													Grêmio	0	2	2
	Olimpia	0	0	0
	Grêmio	3	2	5
							Grêmio	5	1	6
							Palmeiras	0	5	5
	Bolívar	1	0	1
	Palmeiras	0	3	3
																			Grêmio	3	1	4
																			Atlético Nacional	1	1	2
	Atlético Nacional	3	3	6
	Peñarol	1	1	2
							Atlético Nacional	2	1	3
							Millonarios	1	1	2
	Alianza Lima	1	0	1
	Millonarios	1	2	3
													Atlético Nacional	1	0	1 (8)
													River Plate	0	1	1 (7)
	U. Católica	2	1	3
	River Plate	1	3	4
							River Plate	1	0	1 (5)
							Vélez Sarsfield	1	0	1 (3)
	Independiente	0	2	2
	Vélez Sarsfield	3	2	5

Round of 16

First leg matches were played between April 25, 1995, and April 27, 1995. Second leg matches were played on May 3, 1995, and May 4, 1995.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Olimpia	0–5	Grêmio	0–3	0–2
Emelec	2–2 (5–4 pk)	Cerro Porteño	2–0	0–2
Alianza Lima	1–3	Millonarios	1–1	0–2
Caracas	5–8	Sporting Cristal	2–2	3–6
Bolívar	1–3	Palmeiras	1–0	0–3
Atlético Nacional	6–2	Peñarol	3–1	3–1
Independiente	2–5	Vélez Sársfield	0–3	2–2
Universidad Católica	3–4	River Plate	2–1	1–3

Quarter-finals

First leg matches were played on July 21, 1995, and July 26, 1995. Second leg matches were played on August 2, 1995.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
River Plate	1–1 (5–3 pk)	Vélez Sarsfield	1–1	0–0
Grêmio	6–5	Palmeiras	5–0	1–5
Emelec	4–2	Sporting Cristal	3–1	1–1
Atlético Nacional	3–2	Millonarios	2–1	1–1

Semi-finals

First leg matches were played on August 9, 1995. Second leg matches were played on August 16, 1995.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Atlético Nacional	1–1 (8–7 pk)	River Plate	1–0	0–1
Emelec	0–2	Grêmio	0–0	0–2

Finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Grêmio	4–2	Atlético Nacional	3–1	1–1

First leg

Grêmio v Atlético Nacional

23 August 1995	Grêmio	3 – 1	Atlético Nacional	Estádio Olímpico Monumental, Porto Alegre
	Marulanda 26' (OG) Jardel 43' Paulo Nunes 55'		Ángel 71'	Attendance: 48,500 Referee: Alfredo Rodas (Ecuador)

Second leg

Atlético Nacional v Grêmio

30 August 1995	Atlético Nacional	1 – 1	Grêmio	Estadio Atanasio Girardot, Medellín
	Aristizábal 12'		Dinho 85' (pen)	Attendance: 52,000 Referee: Salvador Imperatore (Chile)

Champion

Copa Libertadores 1995
Grêmio Second title

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Team	GS1	GS2	GS3	GS4	GS5	GS6	GPO	⅛F1	⅛F2	QF1	QF2	SF1	SF2	F1	F2	Total
1	Jardel	Grêmio	1	1			1	1		1	1	3	1		1	1		12
2	Alberto Acosta	Universidad Católica	1	1		1	1		2	1								7
	Víctor Aristizábal	Atlético Nacional		1			1			2	1	1					1
	Richart Báez	Olimpia		2	1	1		3
	Roberto Palacios	Sporting Cristal	1	1		1	3				1
6	Gerson Díaz	Caracas	2			1	1			1	1							6
	Ibrahim Salisú	Caracas	1		1		2				2
8	Edmundo	Palmeiras	1				2	2										5
	Eduardo Hurtado	Emelec			1		1			1		2
	Freddy León	Millonarios		1		1	1	1					1
	Paulo Nunes	Grêmio		1			1			1					1	1
	Rivaldo	Palmeiras	1		1			2			1
	Marcelo Salas	Universidad de Chile	3				2

Source: CONMEBOL^[1]