# 1989 Copa Libertadores

The Copa Libertadores 1989 was the 30th edition of the Copa Libertadores, South America's premier international club football tournament organized by CONMEBOL. 21 teams participated in the competition, divided by groups of four (two per country). The first three teams in each group qualified for the next round. Nacional of Montevideo entered directly into the second round as the champions of Copa Libertadores 1988. The tournament started with the first game on February 12, 1989, and ended on May 31, 1989.

## Qualified teams

| Country | Team | Qualification method |
| CONMEBOL (1 berth) | Nacional | 1988 Copa Libertadores champion |
| Argentina (2 berths) | Racing | 1987–88 Primera División champion |
| Argentina (2 berths) | Boca Juniors | 1987–88 Liguilla Pre-Libertadores winner |
| Bolivia (2 berths) | Bolívar | 1988 Primera División champion |
| Bolivia (2 berths) | The Strongest | 1988 Primera División runner-up |
| Brazil (2 berths) | Bahia | 1988 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A champion |
| Brazil (2 berths) | Internacional | 1988 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A runner-up |
| Chile (2 berths) | Cobreloa | 1988 Primera División champion |
| Chile (2 berths) | Colo-Colo | 1988 Liguilla Pre-Libertadores winner |
| Colombia (2 berths) | Millonarios | 1988 Campeonato Profesional champion |
| Colombia (2 berths) | Atlético Nacional | 1988 Campeonato Profesional runner-up |
| Ecuador (2 berths) | Emelec | 1988 Campeonato Ecuatoriano champion |
| Ecuador (2 berths) | Deportivo Quito | 1988 Campeonato Ecuatoriano runner-up |
| Paraguay (2 berths) | Olimpia | 1988 Primera División champion |
| Paraguay (2 berths) | Sol de América | 1988 Primera División runner-up |
| Peru (2 berths) | Sporting Cristal | 1988 Primera División champion |
| Peru (2 berths) | Universitario | 1988 Primera División runner-up |
| Uruguay (2 berths) | Peñarol | 1988 Liguilla Pre-Libertadores winner |
| Uruguay (2 berths) | Danubio | 1988 Liguilla Pre-Libertadores runner-up |
| Venezuela (2 berths) | Marítimo | 1987–88 Primera División champion |
| Venezuela (2 berths) | Unión Atlético Táchira | 1987–88 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 Uruguay competed as Nacional was champion of the 1988 Copa Libertadores. They entered the tournament in the Round of 16.
| Group 1 | Group 2 | Group 3 | Group 4 | Group 5 |
| Chile  Paraguay | Brazil  Venezuela | Colombia  Ecuador | Argentina  Peru | Bolivia  Uruguay |

## Group stage

Twenty teams were divided into five groups of four teams each for the group stage. The top three teams of each group, as well as Nacional of Uruguay (who received a bye as winners of the Copa Libertadores 1988 of the tournament) qualified for the Round of 16.

### Group 1

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | COB | SOL | OLI | COL |
| 1 | Cobreloa | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 8 | Round of 16 | — | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 |
| 2 | Sol de América | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 6 | Round of 16 | 0–0 | — | 5–4 | 1–0 |
| 3 | Olimpia | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | −1 | 5 | Round of 16 | 2–0 | 0–0 | — | 2–0 |
| 4 | Colo-Colo | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 5 | | 0–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | — |

### Group 2

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | BAH | TAC | INT | MAR |
| 1 | Bahia | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 10 | Round of 16 | — | 4–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 |
| 2 | Unión Atlético Táchira | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 7 | Round of 16 | 1–1 | — | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| 3 | Internacional | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 5 | Round of 16 | 1–2 | 3–1 | — | 3–0 |
| 4 | Marítimo | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | −7 | 2 | | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | — |

### Group 3

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | MIL | NAC | QUI | EME |
| 1 | Millonarios | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 3 | +9 | 10 | Round of 16 | — | 1–1 | 3–1 | 4–1 |
| 2 | Atlético Nacional | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 7 | Round of 16 | 0–2 | — | 2–1 | 3–1 |
| 3 | Deportivo Quito | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 4 | Round of 16 | 0–0 | 1–1 | — | 1–0 |
| 4 | Emelec | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 11 | −7 | 3 | | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | — |

### Group 4

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | BOC | RAC | UNI | CRI |
| 1 | Boca Juniors | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 7 | Round of 16 | — | 0–0 | 2–0 | 4–3 |
| 2 | Racing | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 7 | Round of 16 | 2–3 | — | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| 3 | Universitario | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 6 | Round of 16 | 1–0 | 2–1 | — | 4–0 |
| 4 | Sporting Cristal | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 12 | −6 | 4 | | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | — |

### Group 5

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | PEÑ | DAN | BOL | STR |
| 1 | Penarol | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 9 | +2 | 7 | Round of 16 | — | 2–0 | 5–0 | 1–1 |
| 2 | Danubio | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 6 | Round of 16 | 4–1 | — | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| 3 | Bolivar | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 6 | Round of 16 | 3–0 | 3–1 | — | 0–0 |
| 4 | The Strongest | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 5 | | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | — |

## Bracket

| Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| Atlético Nacional | 2 | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Racing | 0 | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Racing | 0 | 2 | 2 | Atlético Nacional | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | Millonarios | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| Millonarios (p) | 0 | 3 | 3 (4) | Millonarios | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| Bolívar | 1 | 2 | 3 (3) | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Bolívar | 1 | 2 | 3 (3) | | | | | Atlético Nacional | 0 | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | Danubio | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | |
| Cobreloa | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | Danubio | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | |
| Deportivo Quito | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Deportivo Quito | 0 | 0 | 0 | Cobreloa | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | Danubio | 2 | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| Danubio | 0 | 3 | 3 | Danubio | 2 | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| Nacional | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Nacional | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | Atlético Nacional (p) | 0 | 2 | 2 (5) |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | Olimpia | 2 | 0 | 2 (4) |
| Peñarol | 2 | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Olimpia | 2 | 0 | 2 (4) |
| Internacional | 6 | 2 | 8 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Internacional | 6 | 2 | 8 | Internacional | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | Bahia | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | |
| Bahia | 1 | 2 | 3 | Bahia | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | |
| Universitario | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Universitario | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | | Internacional | 1 | 2 | 3 (3) | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | Olimpia (p) | 0 | 3 | 3 (5) | | | | | |
| Deportivo Táchira | 0 | 3 | 3 (2) | | | | | | | | | Olimpia (p) | 0 | 3 | 3 (5) | | | | | |
| Sol de América (p) | 3 | 0 | 3 (3) | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Sol de América (p) | 3 | 0 | 3 (3) | Sol de América | 0 | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | Olimpia | 2 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| Boca Juniors | 0 | 5 | 5 (6) | Olimpia | 2 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| Olimpia (p) | 2 | 3 | 5 (7) | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

## Round of 16

First leg matches were played between April 5 and April 6. Second leg matches were played on April 12 and April 13.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Atlético Nacional | 3–2 | Racing | 2–0 | 1–2 |
| Millonarios | 3–3 (4–3 pk) | Bolivar | 0–1 | 3–2 |
| Cobreloa | 1–0 | Deportivo Quito | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| Danubio | 3–1 | Nacional | 3–1 | 0–0 |
| Peñarol | 3–8 | Internacional | 2–6 | 1–2 |
| Bahia | 3–2 | Universitario | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| Deportivo Táchira | 3–3 (2–3 pk) | Sol de América | 0–3 | 3–0 |
| Boca Juniors | 5–5 (6–7 pk) | Olimpia | 0–2 | 5–3 |

## Quarter-finals

First leg matches were played on April 19. Second leg matches were played on April 26.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Atlético Nacional | 2–1 | Millonarios | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Cobreloa | 1–4 | Danubio | 0–2 | 1–2 |
| Internacional | 1–0 | Bahia | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| Sol de America | 4–6 | Olimpia | 0–2 | 4–4 |

## Semi-finals

First leg marches were played on May 10. Second leg matches were played on May 17
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Atlético Nacional | 6–0 | Danubio | 0–0 | 6–0 |
| Internacional | 3–3 (3–5 pk) | Olimpia | 1–0 | 2–3 |

## Finals

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Atlético Nacional | 2–2 (5–4 pk) | Olimpia | 0–2 | 2–0 |

## Champion

* Copa Libertadores 1989: Atlético Nacional First Title