The 2006 Copa Toyota Libertadores was the 47th edition of the Copa Libertadores, CONMEBOL's annual football club tournament.
38 teams from 11 football associations took part, starting with the first qualifying round played on 24 January 2006.
Internacional won this edition for their first title, beating São Paulo 4–3 on aggregate.
Qualified teams Group Stage Newell's Old Boys Estudiantes São Paulo Corinthians Vélez Sársfield Rosario Central Paulista Internacional Bolívar Unión Española Deportivo Cali LDU Quito The Strongest Universidad Católica Atlético Nacional El Nacional Cerro Porteño Cienciano Nacional Unión Atlético Maracaibo Libertad Sporting Cristal Rocha Caracas UNAM UANL First stage River Plate Goias Palmeiras Oriente Petrolero Colo-Colo Santa Fe Cuenca Nacional Universitario Defensor Sporting Deportivo Táchira Guadalajara
First stage
Teams in the Team #1 column played at home in the first leg.
Matches
First leg
Second leg
Group stage 6 winners from the qualifying round and the 26 pre-qualified clubs are drawn into 8 groups of 4 teams each. The top 2 teams in each group will advance to the Libertadores Cup play-offs.
Tiebreakers, if necessary, are applied in the following order: Cumulative goal difference. Total goals scored. Away goals scored. Sorting
Group 1
Group 2
Group 3
Group 4
Group 5
Group 6
Group 7
Group 8
Knockout stages The teams were 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.
Qualified teams SeedTeamPldPtsGDQualification1 Vélez Sársfield616+12Qualified as first place2 Internacional614+93 Corinthians613+44 São Paulo612+65 Goiás611+66 Libertad611+57 Atlético Nacional610+48 Santa Fe610+29 Guadalajara612+3Qualified as second place10 LDU Quito610+711 UANL610+212 Estudiantes610013 Palmeiras69+114 River Plate69+015 Nacional69+016 Newell's Old Boys68+0
Bracket
Round of 16 TeamsScoresTie-breakers1st leg home team2nd leg home team1st leg2nd legNewell's Old Boys 1 4 Vélez Sársfield 2–4 2–2 — — —Nacional 1 4 Internacional 1–2 0–0 — — —River Plate 6 0 Corinthians 3–2 3–1 — — —Palmeiras 1 4 São Paulo 1–1 1–2 — — —Estudiantes 3 3 Goiás 2–0 1–3 3–3 1–0 —UANL 2 2 Libertad 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 3–5LDU Quito 6 0 Atlético Nacional 4–0 1–0 — — —Guadalajara 3 3 Santa Fe 3–0 1–3 4–3 — —
Quarter-finals TeamsScoresTie-breakers1st leg home team2nd leg home team1st leg2nd legGuadalajara 2 1 Vélez Sársfield 0–0 2–1 — — —LDU Quito 2 3 Internacional 2–1 0–2 2–3 — —Estudiantes 3 3 São Paulo 1–0 0–1 1–1 0–0 3–4River Plate 1 4 Libertad 2–2 1–3 — — —
Semi-finals TeamsScoresTie-breakers1st leg home team2nd leg home team1st leg2nd legLibertad 1 4 Internacional 0–0 0–2 — — —Guadalajara 0 6 São Paulo 0–1 0–3 — — —
Finals
TeamsScoresTie-breakers1st leg home team2nd leg home team1st leg2nd legSão Paulo 1 4 Internacional 1–2 2–2 — — —
Top goalscorers PlayerTeamGoals Aloísio São Paulo5 Félix Borja El Nacional5 José Luis Calderón Estudiantes5 Agustín Delgado LDU Quito5 Sebastián Ereros Vélez Sársfield5 Ernesto Farías River Plate5 Fernandão Internacional5 Marcinho Palmeiras5 Daniel Montenegro River Plate5 Nilmar Corinthians5 Mariano Pavone Estudiantes5 Jorge Quinteros Universidad Católica5 Patricio Urrutia LDU Quito5 Washington Palmeiras5
See also 2006 FIFA Club World Cup 2007 Recopa Sudamericana
References
External links Copa Libertadores 2006 Conmebol – Official Site of the CONMEBOL, which organizes the Copa Libertadores.