IFFHS CONTINENTAL NEWS AND STATS - COPA LIBERTADORES
Copa Libertadores: statistics on semi-finals 1st leg (23-24 October)
Atlético Mineiro vs River Plate 3-0
*Paulinho (PICTURE) reached 14 goals with Atlético Mineiro in Copa Libertadores and is now the club's second top scorer, only behind Hulk who scored 16.
*Franco Armani became the player with most games played for River Plate in Copa Libertadores (71), surpassing Leonardo Astrada's 70 games.
Botafogo vs Peñarol 5-0
*This is Botafogo's second biggest victory in the history of Copa Libertadores, only behind the 6-0 against Aurora on 28 February 2024.
*Peñarol lost by 5+ goals in Copa Libertadores for the first time since 17 March 2011 (0-5 vs Liga de Quito).
*Jefferson Savarino scored the first goals by a Venezuelan in the Copa Libertadores semifinals since Yeferson Soteldo (for Santos against Boca Juniors) in 2021.
*Savarino is the first Venezuelan player to score a brace from the quarterfinals onwards in the Copa Libertadores.
*He is the first player born in Venezuela to score 2+ goals for a Brazilian team in a Copa Libertadores match.
*Botafogo is the first team to score 5+ goals and to win by 5+ goal margin in a Libertadores semi-final since Flamengo (5-0) against Gremio in 2019.
*This is 7th occasion of such a large score in last stages (semi-final and final) in all CONMEBOL competitions (see the table below).
Peñarol were losing side in 3 of those 7 cases.
SOUTH | AMERICAN | CLUB | COMPETITIONS | ||
LARGEST | WINS | IN | SEMIFINALS & | FINALS | |
Date | Winner | Score | Loser | Tournament | Stage |
17/05/1989 | Atlético Nacional | 6-0 | Danubio | CL | SF |
10/12/1990 | Olimpia | 6-0 | Peñarol | SCL | F |
14/12/1994 | São Paulo | 6-1 | Peñarol | CC | F |
19/11/2009 | Liga de Quito | 7-0 | River Plate Montevideo | CSA | SF |
23/07/2014 | San Lorenzo | 5-0 | Bolívar | CL | SF |
23/10/2019 | Flamengo | 5-0 | Grêmio | CL | SF |
23/10/2024 | Botafogo | 5-0 | Peñarol | CL | SF |
CL = Copa Libertadores, CC = Copa CONMEBOL, SCL = SuperCopa Libertadores, CSA = Copa Sudamericana.