# 1987 Copa Libertadores

The 1987 Copa Libertadores was the 28th edition of the Copa Libertadores, CONMEBOL's annual international club tournament. Peñarol won the competition for their fifth title 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 |
| Argentina (2 berths) | Independiente | 1986–87 Liguilla Pre-Libertadores winner |
| Bolivia (2 berths) | The Strongest | 1986 Primera División champion |
| Bolivia (2 berths) | Oriente Petrolero | 1986 Primera División runner-up |
| Brazil (2 berths) | São Paulo | 1986 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A champion |
| Brazil (2 berths) | Guarani | 1986 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A runner-up |
| Chile (2 berths) | Colo-Colo | 1986 Primera División champion |
| Chile (2 berths) | Cobreloa | 1986 Liguilla Pre-Libertadores winner |
| Colombia (2 berths) | América de Cali | 1986 Campeonato Profesional champion |
| Colombia (2 berths) | Deportivo Cali | 1986 Campeonato Profesional runner-up |
| Ecuador (2 berths) | El Nacional | 1986 Campeonato Ecuatoriano champion |
| Ecuador (2 berths) | Barcelona | 1986 Campeonato Ecuatoriano runner-up |
| Paraguay (2 berths) | Sol de América | 1986 Primera División champion |
| Paraguay (2 berths) | Olimpia | 1986 Primera División runner-up |
| Peru (2 berths) | San Agustín | 1986 Primera División champion |
| Peru (2 berths) | Alianza Lima | 1986 Primera División runner-up |
| Uruguay (2 berths) | Peñarol | 1986 Liguilla Pre-Libertadores winner |
| Uruguay (2 berths) | Progreso | 1986 Liguilla Pre-Libertadores runner-up |
| Venezuela (2 berths) | Unión Atlético Táchira | 1986 Primera División champion |
| Venezuela (2 berths) | 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 1 | Group 2 | Group 3 | Group 4 | Group 5 |
| Argentina  Venezuela | Bolivia  Colombia | Brazil  Chile | Ecuador  Paraguay | Peru  Uruguay |

## 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

* 1987 Copa Libertadores Winner
* Peñarol Fifth Title