Year: | 2005 |
Other Titles: | 2005 Copa Toyota Libertadores de América 2005 Copa Toyota Libertadores da América |
Dates: | February 1 - July 14 |
Num Teams: | 38 |
Associations: | 11 |
Champion Other: | São Paulo |
Count: | 3 |
Second Other: | Atlético Paranaense |
Matches: | 138 |
Goals: | 412 |
Top Scorer: | Santiago Salcedo (9) |
Player: | Rogério Ceni[1] |
Prevseason: | 2004 |
Nextseason: | 2006 |
The 2005 Copa Libertadores was the 46th edition of the Copa Libertadores. The champion also qualified for the 2005 FIFA Club World Championship.
It was the first time ever that two teams from the same country reached the final. This year's tournament was also the first Copa Libertadores to employ the away goals rule in knockout ties. São Paulo won the tournament, becoming the first Brazilian team to win the cup on three occasions.
12 teams from 11 football associations dispute 6 places in the Group Stage.Team #1 was home in the first leg.
The six winners from the preliminary round join the other twenty-six teams in the group stage. The top 2 teams in each group advanced to the knockout stage.
Tiebreakers, if necessary, are applied in the following order:
The teams seeded 1 to 8 (first placed teams of each group) and 9 to 16 (second placed teams of each group) and the ties were 1 vs 16, 2 vs 15, etc.
Seed | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Qualification |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | River Plate | 6 | 16 | +7 | Qualified as first place |
2 | Boca Juniors | 6 | 13 | +11 | |
3 | Santos | 6 | 12 | +8 | |
4 | UANL | 6 | 12 | +8 | |
5 | São Paulo | 6 | 12 | +7 | |
6 | Cerro Porteño | 6 | 12 | +6 | |
7 | Guadalajara | 6 | 11 | +3 | |
8 | Independiente Medellín | 6 | 10 | +6 | |
9 | Banfield | 6 | 11 | +1 | Qualified as second place |
10 | Pachuca | 6 | 10 | -1 | |
11 | Atlético Paranaense | 6 | 10 | -3 | |
12 | Palmeiras | 6 | 9 | +3 | |
13 | Once Caldas | 6 | 9 | +2 | |
14 | Universidad de Chile | 6 | 9 | 0 | |
15 | Junior | 6 | 9 | -1 | |
16 | LDU Quito | 6 | 8 | -3 |
First leg matches were played between May 17, 2005, and May 19, 2005. Second leg matches were played between May 24, 2005, and May 26, 2005.
First leg matches were played on June 1, 2005, and June 2, 2005. Second leg matches were played between June 14, 2005, and June 16, 2005.
First leg matches were played on June 22, 2005, and June 23, 2005. Second leg matches were played on June 29, 2005, and June 30, 2005.
See main article: 2005 Copa Libertadores Finals. First leg match was played on July 6, 2005. Second leg match was played on July 14, 2005.
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