2015 Copa Libertadores second stage

The 2015 Copa Libertadores second stage was played from February 17 to April 22, 2015. A total of 32 teams competed in the second stage to decide the 16 places in the final stages of the 2015 Copa Libertadores.^[1]

Draw[]

The draw of the tournament was held on December 2, 2014, 21:00 UTC−3, at the CONMEBOL Convention Centre in Luque, Paraguay.

For the second stage, the 32 teams were drawn into eight groups of four containing one team from each of the four seeding pots. The seeding of each team was determined by their association and qualifying berth (as per the rotational agreement established by CONMEBOL, the teams which qualified through berths 1 from Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela were seeded into Pot 1 for odd-numbered years, while the teams which qualified through berths 1 from Bolivia, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay were seeded into Pot 1 for even-numbered years).^[1] Teams from the same association in Pots 1 and 2 could not be drawn into the same group. However, a first stage winner, whose identity was not known at the time of the draw, could be drawn into the same group with another team from the same association.

Pots for the second stage draw

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
San Lorenzo River Plate Cruzeiro Atlético Mineiro Atlético Nacional Emelec Sporting Cristal Zamora	Racing Boca Juniors São Paulo Internacional Santa Fe Barcelona Juan Aurich Mineros	Universitario San José Colo-Colo Universidad de Chile Libertad Guaraní Danubio Montevideo Wanderers	UANL Atlas Winner G1 Winner G2 Winner G3 Winner G4 Winner G5 Winner G6

The six winners of the first stage which joined the 26 direct entrants were as follows:

• Winner G1: Huracán
• Winner G2: Estudiantes
• Winner G3: Deportivo Táchira
• Winner G4: The Strongest
• Winner G5: Palestino
• Winner G6: Corinthians

Format[]

In the second stage, each group was played on a home-and-away round-robin basis. The winners and runners-up of each group advanced to the round of 16.

Tiebreakers[]

The teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers were applied in the following order:^[1]

1. Goal difference in all games;
2. Goals scored in all games;
3. Goals scored in all away games;
4. Drawing of lots.

Groups[]

The matches were played on February 17–19, 24–26, March 3–5, 10–12, 17–19, April 1, 7–9, 14–16, and 21–22, 2015.^[2]

Group 1[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		SFE	CAM	CCL	ATL
1	Santa Fe	6	4	0	2	10	5	+5	12	Advance to final stages		—	0–1	3–1	3–1
2	Atlético Mineiro	6	3	0	3	5	4	+1	9			2–0	—	2–0	0–1
3	Colo-Colo	6	3	0	3	8	9	−1	9			0–3	2–0	—	2–0
4	Atlas	6	2	0	4	4	9	−5	6			0–1	1–0	1–3	—

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Group 2[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		COR	SPA	SLA	DAN
1	Corinthians	6	4	1	1	9	3	+6	13	Advance to final stages		—	2–0	0–0	4–0
2	São Paulo	6	4	0	2	9	4	+5	12			2–0	—	1–0	4–0
3	San Lorenzo	6	2	1	3	3	4	−1	7			0–1	1–0	—	0–1
4	Danubio	6	1	0	5	4	14	−10	3			1–2	1–2	1–2	—

Note: This was the first time the Clássico Majestoso derby matches between Corinthians and São Paulo were played in the Copa Libertadores.

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Note: San Lorenzo played their home match against Corinthians behind closed doors as they were punished for crowd disturbances in the second leg of the 2014 Copa Libertadores Finals.^[3]

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Group 3[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		CRU	UNI	HUR	MIN
1	Cruzeiro	6	3	2	1	8	3	+5	11	Advance to final stages		—	2–0	0–0	3–0
2	Universitario	6	2	3	1	4	3	+1	9			0–0	—	0–0	2–0
3	Huracán	6	1	4	1	6	7	−1	7			3–1	1–1	—	2–2
4	Mineros de Guayana	6	1	1	4	5	10	−5	4			0–2	0–1	3–0	—

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Group 4[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		INT	EME	STR	UCH
1	Internacional	6	4	1	1	13	7	+6	13	Advance to final stages		—	3–2	1–0	3–1
2	Emelec	6	3	1	2	9	5	+4	10			1–1	—	3–0	2–0
3	The Strongest	6	3	0	3	10	11	−1	9			3–1	1–0	—	5–3
4	Universidad de Chile	6	1	0	5	7	16	−9	3			0–4	0–1	3–1	—

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Group 5[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		BOC	WAN	PAL	ZAM
1	Boca Juniors	6	6	0	0	19	2	+17	18	Advance to final stages		—	2–1	2–0	5–0
2	Montevideo Wanderers	6	3	1	2	9	8	+1	10			0–3	—	1–0	3–2
3	Palestino	6	2	1	3	6	6	0	7			0–2	1–1	—	4–0
4	Zamora	6	0	0	6	3	21	−18	0			1–5	0–3	0–1	—

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Group 6[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		TIG	RIV	JUA	SJO
1	UANL	6	4	2	0	16	7	+9	14	Advance to final stages		—	2–2	3–0	4–0
2	River Plate	6	1	4	1	8	7	+1	7			1–1	—	1–1	3–0
3	Juan Aurich	6	1	3	2	9	11	−2	6			4–5	1–1	—	2–0
4	San José	6	1	1	4	3	11	−8	4			0–1	2–0	1–1	—

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Group 7[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		CAN	EST	LIB	BAR
1	Atlético Nacional	6	3	2	1	12	7	+5	11	Advance to final stages		—	1–1	4–0	2–3
2	Estudiantes	6	3	1	2	7	3	+4	10			0–1	—	1–0	3–0
3	Libertad	6	2	2	2	5	8	−3	8			2–2	1–0	—	1–1
4	Barcelona	6	1	1	4	5	11	−6	4			1–2	0–2	0–1	—

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Group 8[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		RAC	GUA	CRI	TAC
1	Racing	6	4	0	2	15	7	+8	12	Advance to final stages		—	4–1	1–2	3–2
2	Guaraní	6	2	3	1	12	10	+2	9			2–0	—	2–2	5–2
3	Sporting Cristal	6	1	4	1	6	7	−1	7			0–2	1–1	—	1–1
4	Deportivo Táchira	6	0	3	3	6	15	−9	3			0–5	1–1	0–0	—

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References[]

External links[]

• Copa Bridgestone Libertadores (in Spanish)
• Copa Libertadores 2015, CONMEBOL.com (in Spanish)