Conmebol Cup

The Conmebol Cup was an official annual international soccer tournament in South America, created in 1992 and organized by Conmebol. Although it hosted fewer teams, it imitated the format that the UEFA Cup had in Europe at that time, since it was played with 16 teams that were eliminated directly in round-trip matches. The qualified teams were usually the ones that they finished behind those classified for the Copa Libertadores. Although formally the same club could play both tournaments in the same year, this was not usual. In its early years, winning the cup gave the right to participate in the Nicolás Leoz Gold Cup and the Conmebol Master's Cup. The 1993 edition allowed the champion to play the 1994 South American Recopa.

The Conmebol Cup bears several similarities with the current Copa Sudamericana, since it imitates its competition format and has a similar classification system, but with the difference that the champion and runner-up teams did not participate in the Conmebol Cup and they did (in some countries) until the 2016 Copa Sudamericana. Due to these similarities, it is considered one of the four precursors of the current Copa Sudamericana, along with the Super Cup, the Copa Merconorte and the Copa Mercosur.

The club with the most titles is Atlético Mineiro, from Brazil, with two victories. The last champion was Talleres de Córdoba.

History

Year	Champion	Final Results	Subfield	Semifinalists
1992 Detail	Atletico Mineiro Brazil	2:0 0:1	Olympia Paraguay	The National Ecuador	Gymnastics and tears (LP) Argentina
1993 Detail	Botafogo Brazil	1:1 2:2 (3:1 p.m.)	Peñarol Uruguay	Atletico Mineiro Brazil	San Lorenzo Argentina
1994 Detail	São Paulo Brazil	6:1 0:3	Peñarol Uruguay	Corinthians Brazil	University of Chile Chile
1995 Detail	Central Rosary Argentina	0:4 4:0 (4:3 pen.)	Atletico Mineiro Brazil	Atletico Colegiales Paraguay	Americas of Cali Colombia
1996 Detail	Lanús Argentina	2:0 0:1	Santa Fe Colombia	Central Rosary Argentina	Vasco da Gama Brazil
1997 Detail	Atletico Mineiro Brazil	4:1 1:1	Lanús Argentina	University Peru	Columbus Argentina
1998 Detail	Santos Brazil	1:0 0:0	Central Rosary Argentina	Sampaio Corrêa Brazil	Atletico Mineiro Brazil
1999 Detail	Workshops (C) Argentina	2:4 3:0	Sportivo Alagoano Brazil	Sports Conception Chile	São Raimundo Brazil

Honours of Prizes

Team Titles

Equipment	Country	Titles	Subtitles	Years champion	Years underfield
Atletico Mineiro	Brazil	2	1	1992, 1997	1995
Central Rosary	Argentina	1	1	1995	1998
Lanús	Argentina	1	1	1996	1997
Botafogo	Brazil	1	0	1993
São Paulo	Brazil	1	0	1994
Santos	Brazil	1	0	1998
Workshops (C)	Argentina	1	0	1999
Peñarol	Uruguay	0	2		1993, 1994
Olympia	Paraguay	0	1		1992
Santa Fe	Colombia	0	1		1996
Sportivo Alagoano	Brazil	0	1		1999

Titles by country

Country	Championships	Subcamponatos	Clubs champions
BrazilBrazil	5	2	Atlético Mineiro (2), Botafogo (1), São Paulo (1) and Santos (1)
Argentina	3	2	Central Rosary (1), Lanús (1) and Workshops (1)
Uruguay Uruguay	0	2
Paraguay Paraguay	0	1
ColombiaColombia	0	1

Titles including the Copa Sudamericana

Scorers

Year	Player	Equipment	Goles
1992	Aliton	Atletico Mineiro	6
1993	Sinval	Botafogo	8
1994	Martín Rodríguez Juninho Paulista	Peñarol São Paulo	5
1995	Horacio Carbonari Rubén Da Silva	Central Rosary Central Rosary	4
1996	Oscar Mena	Lanús	5
1997	Valdir Bigode	Atletico Mineiro	7
1998	Viola Carlos Morales	Santos Liga de Quito	4
1999	Missinho Marcelo Araxá	Sportivo Alagoano São Raimundo	4

Statistics

Teams

The 8 editions of the cup from 1992 to 1999 are taken into account.

• Increased number of participations: Atletico Mineiro with 5.
• Increased number of participations without winning the cup: Danube with 4.

Goals

• Major goals. The games where the tournament's biggest goals have been achieved are:
  • Junior 6-0 Maritime (1992).
  • Corinthians 6-0 Minervén (1994).
  • Atletico Mineiro 6-0 Miners of Guayana (1995).
  • River Plate 6-0 Porongos (1996).
• Increased number of goals on a tie: Defender Sporting 3-3 Danubio, 1997.
• Increased number of goals in a game: Copperloa 7-2 Cycling Lima (9 goals) in 1995.
• Greatest shot in an elimination: Atletico Mineiro 10-0 Miners of Guayana (6-0 and 4-0) in 1995.
• Eliminatory with more goals: Copperloa - Cycling Lima (1-4 and 7-2). Global result: 8-6, (14 goals) in 1995.

Ending

• Increased number of wins: Atletic Mineiro with 2 (1992 and 1997).
• Increased number of contested endings: Atletic Mineiro with 3 (1992, 1995 and 1997).
• Increased number of lost endings: Peñarol with 2 (1993 and 1994).
• Greatest score in a finale: São Paulo 6-1 Peñarol in 1994.
• Final with greater global marking goals: Atletico Mineiro - Lanús 4-1/1-1. Global result: 5-2 in 1997.
• Increased number of goals in one end: São Paulo 6-1 Peñarol, in 1994.
• Definition by criminal: On two occasions, the finalists have come to dispute the criminal sludge, to define the champion.
  • Botafogo - Peñarol in 1993.
  • Rosario Central - Atletico Mineiro in 1995.

Coaches

• Coach with more trophies: Emerson Leão with 2, one with Atlético Mineiro (1997) and one with the Santos (1998).
• Coach with more contested finals:
  - Gregorio Pérez with 2, both with Peñarol (1993 and 1994).
  - Cardoso with 2, both with Atlético Mineiro (1992 and 1995).
  - Emerson Leão with 2, one with Atlético Mineiro (1997) and one with the Santos (1998).

Other statistics

• Best debut team. Atletic Mineiro and Rosario Central, who won the Cup the first time they played it, in 1992 and 1995, respectively; and the following year they reached semifinals. Other clubs that won a title in their tournament debut were Botafogo, São Paulo, Santos and Workshops.
• Club with more Conmebol Cups than Leagues. Workshops is the only club that has more Conmebol Cups (1, in 1999) than First Division Leagues (None).
• Champion eliminated in first round. Only one title defender was eliminated in the first round: Botafogo in 1994.
• Undefeated champion. A single club has won the tournament as undefeated:
  - Atletico Mineiro in 1997.
• Adverse result 0-4 reversed in one end. Rosario Central turned a final after a 0-4 reverse that occurred in the end of 1995, against Atletico Mineiro. This fact is unique in the world as never a team reversed a 4 goal adverse result in an official international final.
• Clubs and countries. If only the Champions Clubs of the Conmebol Cup are counted, there are 7 teams that have won the trophy, and by countries, only 2 of the federations participating in the competition are honored to have champion clubs (Brazil and Argentina).
• Delivery ceremony. The delivery of the trophy has been carried out in half of the countries belonging to the continent. The countries where the ceremony has been held have been:
  Argentina (3)
  BrazilBrazil (2)
  ColombiaColombia (1)
  Paraguay Paraguay (1)
  Uruguay Uruguay (1)

City	Delivery ceremony	Year
Rosario	2	1995, 1998
Assumption	1	1992
Rio de Janeiro	1	1993
Montevideo	1	1994
Bogotá	1	1996
Belo Horizonte	1	1997
Córdoba	1	1999