2017 Copa Libertadores group stage

The 2017 Copa Libertadores group stage was played from 7 March to 25 May 2017.^[1] A total of 32 teams competed in the group stage to decide the 16 places in the final stages of the 2017 Copa Libertadores.^[2]

Draw[]

The draw for the group stage was held on 21 December 2016, 20:00 PYST (UTC−3), at the CONMEBOL Convention Centre in Luque, Paraguay.^[3][4]

Teams were seeded by their CONMEBOL ranking of the Copa Libertadores (shown in parentheses),^[5] taking into account of the following three factors:^[6]

1. Performance in the last 10 years, taking into account Copa Libertadores results in the period 2007–2016
2. Historical coefficient, taking into account Copa Libertadores results in the period 1960–2006
3. Local tournament champion, with bonus points awarded to domestic league champions of the last 10 years

For the group stage, the 32 teams were drawn into eight groups (Groups 1–8) of four containing a team from each of the four pots. Teams from the same association could not be drawn into the same group, excluding the winners of the third stage, which were allocated to Pot 4 and whose identity was not known at the time of the draw, and could be drawn into the same group with another team from the same association.

Group stage draw

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
Atlético Nacional[†] (3) River Plate (2) Nacional (4) Peñarol (5) Atlético Mineiro (9) Grêmio (12) San Lorenzo (14) Santos (15)	Chapecoense[‡] (no rank) Estudiantes (17) Emelec (18) Libertad (21) Santa Fe (22) Palmeiras (25) Universidad Católica (30) Guaraní (34)	Sporting Cristal (35) Flamengo (37) Barcelona (39) Lanús (42) Zamora (66) Jorge Wilstermann (75) Independiente Medellín (77) Godoy Cruz (88)	Melgar (104) Deportes Iquique (115) Sport Boys (162) Zulia (no rank) Third stage winner G1 Third stage winner G2 Third stage winner G3 Third stage winner G4

Notes

The following were the four winners of the third stage of qualifying which joined the 28 direct entrants in the group stage.

Match	Third stage winners
G1	Atlético Paranaense (71)
G2	Botafogo (79)
G3	The Strongest (28)
G4	Atlético Tucumán (no rank)

Format[]

In the group stage, each group was played on a home-and-away round-robin basis. The teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, and 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, the following criteria would be used to determine the ranking: 1. Goal difference; 2. Goals scored; 3. Away goals scored; 4. CONMEBOL ranking (Regulations Article 5.1).^[2]

The winners and runners-up of each group advanced to the round of 16 of the knockout stages. The third-placed teams of each group entered the Copa Sudamericana second stage.

Groups[]

The fixture list was determined by the draw as follows:

• Round 1: Team 3 vs. Team 1, Team 4 vs. Team 2
• Round 2: Team 1 vs. Team 4, Team 2 vs. Team 3
• Round 3: Team 2 vs. Team 1, Team 3 vs. Team 4
• Round 4: Team 1 vs. Team 2, Team 4 vs. Team 3
• Round 5: Team 4 vs. Team 1, Team 3 vs. Team 2
• Round 6: Team 1 vs. Team 3, Team 2 vs. Team 4

The matches were played on 7–9, 14–16 March, 11–13, 18–20 April, 25–27 April, 2–4, 10, 16–18 and 23–25 May 2017.^[7][8]

Group 1[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		BOT	BAR	EST	ATN
1	Botafogo	6	3	1	2	6	5	+1	10	Round of 16		—	0–2	2–1	1–0
2	Barcelona	6	3	1	2	8	8	0	10			1–1	—	0–3	2–1
3	Estudiantes	6	3	0	3	7	8	−1	9	Copa Sudamericana		1–0	0–2	—	1–0
4	Atlético Nacional	6	2	0	4	8	8	0	6			0–2	3–1	4–1	—

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Group 2[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		SAN	STR	SFE	CRI
1	Santos	6	3	3	0	11	4	+7	12	Round of 16		—	2–0	3–2	4–0
2	The Strongest	6	2	3	1	9	5	+4	9			1–1	—	2–0	5–1
3	Santa Fe	6	2	2	2	8	6	+2	8	Copa Sudamericana		0–0	1–1	—	3–0
4	Sporting Cristal	6	0	2	4	2	15	−13	2			1–1	0–0	0–2	—

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Group 3[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		RIV	EME	DIM	MEL
1	River Plate	6	4	1	1	14	9	+5	13	Round of 16		—	1–1	1–2	4–2
2	Emelec	6	3	1	2	8	5	+3	10			1–2	—	1–0	3–0
3	Independiente Medellín	6	3	0	3	8	8	0	9	Copa Sudamericana		1–3	1–2	—	2–0
4	Melgar	6	1	0	5	6	14	−8	3			2–3	1–0	1–2	—

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Group 4[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		SLA	CAP	FLA	UCA
1	San Lorenzo	6	3	1	2	8	8	0	10	Round of 16		—	0–1	2–1	2–1
2	Atlético Paranaense	6	3	1	2	9	10	−1	10			0–3	—	2–1	2–2
3	Flamengo	6	3	0	3	11	7	+4	9	Copa Sudamericana		4–0	2–1	—	3–1
4	Universidad Católica	6	1	2	3	8	11	−3	5			1–1	2–3	1–0	—

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Group 5[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		PAL	WIL	ATU	PEN
1	Palmeiras	6	4	1	1	13	9	+4	13	Round of 16		—	1–0	3–1	3–2
2	Jorge Wilstermann	6	3	0	3	12	10	+2	9			3–2	—	2–1	6–2
3	Atlético Tucumán	6	2	1	3	8	10	−2	7	Copa Sudamericana		1–1	2–1	—	2–1
4	Peñarol	6	2	0	4	11	15	−4	6			2–3	2–0	2–1	—

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Group 6[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		CAM	GOD	LIB	SBO
1	Atlético Mineiro	6	4	1	1	17	6	+11	13	Round of 16		—	4–1	2–0	5–2
2	Godoy Cruz	6	3	2	1	10	8	+2	11			1–1	—	1–1	2–0
3	Libertad	6	1	3	2	7	9	−2	6	Copa Sudamericana		1–0	1–2	—	1–1
4	Sport Boys	6	0	2	4	8	19	−11	2			1–5	1–3	3–3	—

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Group 7[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		LAN	NAC	CHA	ZUL
1	Lanús	6	4	1	1	13	3	+10	13	Round of 16		—	0–1	3–0[a]	5–0
2	Nacional	6	2	2	2	5	3	+2	8			0–1	—	3–0	0–1
3	Chapecoense	6	2	1	3	6	12	−6	7	Copa Sudamericana		1–3	1–1	—	2–1
4	Zulia	6	1	2	3	4	10	−6	5			1–1	0–0	1–2	—

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Group 8[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		GRE	GUA	DIQ	ZAM
1	Grêmio	6	4	1	1	15	6	+9	13	Round of 16		—	4–1	3–2	4–0
2	Guaraní	6	3	2	1	9	7	+2	11			1–1	—	0–0	3–1
3	Deportes Iquique	6	3	1	2	12	9	+3	10	Copa Sudamericana		2–1	0–1	—	4–3
4	Zamora	6	0	0	6	6	20	−14	0			0–2	1–3	1–4	—

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Notes[]

References[]

External links[]

• Bridgestone Libertadores (in Spanish)
• CONMEBOL Libertadores Bridgestone 2017, CONMEBOL.com (in Spanish)