Palmeiras set new Copa Libertadores record on goals in a group stage
Having finished on 24 May their Copa Libertadores group with a win vs Deportivo Táchira (4-1), Palmeiras reached 25 goals for 6 games. It is highest amount for any club in any single group stage in the history of the tournament since 1971 when the current 4-team group format was established.
The previous record set by River Plate in 2020 (21 goals) lived just 2 years and was surpassed with a solid advance.
There were 7 cases overall with 20+ goals scored by a team in a group stage. Palmeiras and Cruzeiro achieved this twice.
On the same day and in the same group, the opposite record was beaten: on the number of goal conceded by a team in a single group stage. Independiente Petrolero (Bolivia) were defeated by Emelec (Ecuador) 0-7 and finished the group with 26 conceded goals in 6 games, one more than previous “record” holders, Binancial (Peru), have conceded in 2020.
| | COPA LIBERTADORES | | | |
| | CLUBS WITH MOST | GOALS IN A GROUP | STAGE | |
| | | | | |
| | Club | Country | Goals | Year |
| | | | | |
| 1 | Palmeiras | Brazil | 25 | 2022 |
| 2 | River | Argentina | 21 | 2020 |
| 3 | Cruzeiro | Brazil | 20 | 1976 |
| | Blooming | Bolivia | 20 | 1985 |
| | América de Cali | Colombia | 20 | 2000 |
| | Cruzeiro | Brazil | 20 | 2011 |
| | Palmeiras | Brazil | 20 | 2021 |
| | COPA LIBERTADORES | | | |
| | CLUBS WITH MOST | GOALS AGAINST IN | A GROUP | STAGE |
| | | | | |
| | Club | Country | Goals Against | Year |
| | | | | |
| 1 | Independiente Petrolero | Bolivia | 26 | 2022 |
| 2 | Binacional | Peru | 25 | 2020 |
| 3 | The Strongest | Bolivia | 21 | 1971 |
| | Jorge Wilstermann | Bolivia | 21 | 1979 |
| | 9 de Octubre | Ecuador | 21 | 1984 |
| | Zamora | Ecuador | 21 | 2015 |
