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{{Infobox football tournament
| name                 = Copa CONMEBOL
| image                = Logo da Copa Conmebol.png
| imagesize            = 200px
| alt                  = Copa Conmebol
| organiser            = [[CONMEBOL]] 
| founded              = 1992
| abolished            = {{end date and age|1999}}
| region               = South America
| number of teams      = 16
| qualifier for        =
| related comps        = [[Copa Mercosur]]<br>[[Copa Merconorte]]<br>[[Copa Sudamericana]]
| domestic cup         =
| confed cup           =
| current champions    =
| most successful club = {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Clube Atlético Mineiro|Atlético Mineiro]]<br>(2 titles)
| broadcasters         =
| motto                =
| website              =
| current              =
| American             = yes
}}
The '''Copa CONMEBOL''' ({{IPA|es|ˈkopa konmeˈbol}}, {{IPA|pt|ˈkɔ.pɐ kõ.mɛˈbɔw}}, both meaning CONMEBOL Cup) was an annual [[Association football|football]] cup competition  organized by [[CONMEBOL]] between 1992 and 1999 for South American football clubs.<ref>[https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/torre-sac-best.html RSSSF SOUTH AMERICAN COMPETITIONS] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100201210855/http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/torre-sac-best.html |date=2010-02-01 }}- RSSSF Retrieved January 9, 2014.</ref> During its time of existence, it was a very prestigious South American club football contest, similar to the [[UEFA Europa League|UEFA Cup]]. Clubs qualified for the competition based on their performance in their national leagues and cup competitions. Teams that were not able to qualify for the [[Copa Libertadores]] would play in this tournament. The tournament was played as a knockout cup. The tournament ended in 1999, following the expansion of the Copa Libertadores to 32 teams. 

The [[Copa Mercosur]] and [[Copa Merconorte]] - which both started in 1998 - replaced the Copa CONMEBOL, and the merger of those 3 cups would later transformed in the current [[Copa Sudamericana]].<ref>[http://conmebol.com/virtual/conmebol.html Copa Conmebol at the official page of Conmebol.com] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130718061719/http://conmebol.com/virtual/conmebol.html |date=2013-07-18 }} CONMEBOL Retrieved May 18, 2010.</ref><ref>[https://www.rsssf.org/sacups/conmebol.html CONMEBOL Cup / UEFA Cup] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151031102621/http://www.rsssf.com/sacups/conmebol.html |date=2015-10-31 }} RSSSF Retrieved May 18, 2010.</ref><ref>[http://www.infofutbolonline.com/torneos/copa_conmebol.htm Información sobre la Copa Conmebol] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090124144823/http://infofutbolonline.com/torneos/copa_conmebol.htm |date=2009-01-24 }} infofutbolonline.com Retrieved May 18, 2010</ref><ref>[https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/torre-sac-best.html THE BEST CLUB OF SOUTH AMERICA RSSSF] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100201210855/http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/torre-sac-best.html |date=2010-02-01 }} Retrieved January 9, 2014</ref><ref>[http://globoesporte.globo.com/ESP/Noticia/Futebol/Santos/0,,MUL210981-4404,00.html Globo Esporte] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090512175348/http://globoesporte.globo.com/ESP/Noticia/Futebol/Santos/0,,MUL210981-4404,00.html |date=2009-05-12 }} Retrieved December 10, 2007</ref><ref>[http://esportes.terra.com.br/sao-paulo/em-94-expressinho-salvou-temporada-com-precursora-da-sul-americana,bd60c563e456b310VgnCLD2000000ec6eb0aRCRD.html Terra Brazil] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130930175038/http://esportes.terra.com.br/sao-paulo/em-94-expressinho-salvou-temporada-com-precursora-da-sul-americana,bd60c563e456b310VgnCLD2000000ec6eb0aRCRD.html |date=2013-09-30 }}- Retrieved December 5, 2012</ref><ref>[http://www.futbolsantander.com/es/actualidad/noticias/?noticia=625 Santander Fútbol] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131021065404/http://www.futbolsantander.com/es/actualidad/noticias/?noticia=625 |date=2013-10-21 }}- Retrieved July 16, 2012</ref>

The last champion of the competition was [[Talleres de Córdoba|Talleres]], while [[Clube Atlético Mineiro|Atlético Mineiro]] is the most successful club in the cup history, having won the tournament two times. The cup was won by seven different clubs but it was never won consecutively.<ref>[http://www.bolanaarea.com/gal_copa_conmebol.htm Bola na Área Copa Conmebol] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141030013931/http://bolanaarea.com/gal_copa_conmebol.htm |date=2014-10-30 }}- Retrieved 18, May 2010.</ref><ref>[https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/torre-sac-best.html RSSSF SOUTH AMERICAN COMPETITIONS] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100201210855/http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/torre-sac-best.html |date=2010-02-01 }}- Retrieved January 9, 2014</ref>

==Format==

===Qualification===
Each national association was assigned a number of entries determined by [[CONMEBOL]] which changed slightly from one edition to another. The best teams from the previous season that did not qualify for the Copa Libertadores through their league qualified for the Copa CONMEBOL. The tournament itself was played in two-legged knockout stages. The champion of the Copa CONMEBOL disputed the [[Recopa Sudamericana]], the [[Copa de Oro]] and the [[Copa Master de CONMEBOL]], albeit irregularly.

===Tournament===
The tournament started in the first stage in which 16 clubs were paired in a series of two-legged knockout ties in the round of 16, the first of four stages that worked on a single elimination phase knockout system that culminated in the finals. During each stage of the tournament, ties were decided on points, followed by goal difference, away goals, then a penalty shootout after full-time of the second leg, if necessary.

== Records and statistics ==
=== List of finals ===
{{Main|List of Copa CONMEBOL finals}}
{{small div|
;Keys
* aet: [[overtime (sports)|after extra time]]
* p: defined on [[penalty shoot-out (association football)|penalty shoot-out]]
* {{colorbox|#d0e7ff|border=silver}} Match decided by a [[Penalty shootout (association football)|penalty shootout]] after extra time
* {{colorbox|#ccffcc|border=silver}} Match playoff after the series ended tied on aggregate
* {{colorbox|#BAF5FA|border=silver}} Defined on [[penalty shoot-out (association football)|penalty shoot-out]] in the second leg
}}
{| class="wikitable sortable" 
|-
! rowspan=2 style= "width:;" | {{abbr|Ed.|Edition}}
! Year
! Winners
! width= |1st.<br>leg
! width= |2nd.<br>leg
! width= |{{tooltip|Playoff/<br>Agg.|playoff match (if necessary) – since 1968, it was defined by average goal}}
! Runners-up
! width=| Venue <br>(1st leg)
! width=| City <br>(1st leg)
! width=| Venue <br>(2nd leg)
! width=| City <br>(2nd leg)
! Ref.
|-
| {{center|1}}
| [[1992 Copa CONMEBOL|1992]]
| {{flagicon|BRA}} '''[[Clube Atlético Mineiro|Atlético Mineiro]]'''  || {{center|[[1992 Copa CONMEBOL Finals|2–0]]}}|| {{center|[[1992 Copa CONMEBOL Finals|0–1]]}}||{{center|–}} || {{flagicon|PAR}} [[Club Olimpia|Olimpia]] || [[Mineirão]] || [[Belo Horizonte]]|| [[Estadio Osvaldo Domínguez Dibb|Estadio Manuel Ferreira]] || [[Asunción]] ||{{center|<ref name=minei>{{cite web |url=https://www.fifa.com/classicfootball/clubs/club=1940490/ |title=Classic club: Atletico Mineiro |publisher=[[FIFA|Fédération Internationale de Football Association]] |access-date=11 November 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150505105944/http://www.fifa.com/classicfootball/clubs/club%3D1940490/ |archive-date=5 May 2015 }}</ref>}}
|-
| {{center|2}}
|[[1993 Copa CONMEBOL|1993]]
| {{flagicon|BRA}} '''[[Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas|Botafogo]]''' || {{center|[[1993 Copa CONMEBOL Finals|1–1]]}} || {{center|[[1993 Copa CONMEBOL Finals|2–2]]}} || bgcolor=#BAF5FA| {{center|3–1 {{pso}} }}  ||  {{flagicon|URU}} [[Peñarol]]|| [[Estadio Centenario|Centenario]] || [[Montevideo]]|| [[Maracanã Stadium|Maracanã]] || [[Rio de Janeiro]] || {{center|<ref name="Botafogo">{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/classicfootball/clubs/club=44131/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140821164144/http://www.fifa.com/classicfootball/clubs/club=44131/|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 21, 2014|title=Classic club: Botafogo |publisher=[[FIFA|Fédération Internationale de Football Association]] |access-date=11 November 2008 }}</ref>}}
|-
| {{center|3}}
|[[1994 Copa CONMEBOL|1994]] 
|{{flagicon|BRA}} '''[[São Paulo FC|São Paulo]]''' || {{center|[[1994 Copa CONMEBOL Finals|6–1]]}}|| {{center|[[1994 Copa CONMEBOL Finals|0–3]]}} || {{center|–}}  || {{flagicon|URU}} [[Peñarol]] || [[Estádio do Morumbi|Morumbi]] || [[São Paulo]] || [[Estadio Centenario|Centenario]] || [[Montevideo]] 
||{{center|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/classicfootball/clubs/club=28153/index.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080220062111/http://www.fifa.com/classicfootball/clubs/club=28153/index.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 20, 2008 |title=Classic club: São Paulo |publisher=[[FIFA|Fédération Internationale de Football Association]] |access-date=16 November 2008 }}</ref>}}
|-
| {{center|4}}
| [[1995 Copa CONMEBOL|1995]] 
| {{flagicon|ARG}} '''[[Rosario Central]]''' || {{center|[[1995 Copa CONMEBOL Finals|0–4]]}} || {{center|[[1995 Copa CONMEBOL Finals|4–0]]}} || bgcolor=#BAF5FA| {{center|4–3 {{pso}} }} || {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Clube Atlético Mineiro|Atlético Mineiro]]|| [[Mineirão]] || [[Belo Horizonte]]|| [[Estadio Gigante de Arroyito|Gigante de Arroyito]] || [[Rosario, Santa Fe|Rosario]] ||{{center|<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rosariocentral.com/ |title=Títulos del Club Atlético Rosario Central |publisher=[[Rosario Central]] |access-date=11 November 2008 |language=es |archive-date=27 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200927034130/http://www.rosariocentral.com/ |url-status=live }}</ref>}}
|-
| {{center|5}}
| [[1996 Copa CONMEBOL|1996]]
| {{flagicon|ARG}} '''[[Club Atlético Lanús|Lanús]]''' || {{center|[[1996 Copa CONMEBOL Finals|2–0]]}}|| {{center|[[1996 Copa CONMEBOL Finals|0–1]]}} || {{center|–}}   || {{flagicon|COL}} [[Independiente Santa Fe|Santa Fe]] || [[Estadio Ciudad de Lanús – Néstor Díaz Pérez|La Fortaleza]] || [[Lanús]]|| [[Estadio El Campín|El Campín]] || [[Bogotá]] || {{center|<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.clublanus.com/futbol/profesional/historia |title=Lanús Campeón Copa Conmebol 1996 |publisher=[[Club Atlético Lanús]] |access-date=11 November 2008 |language=es |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110530133940/http://www.clublanus.com/futbol/profesional/historia |archive-date=30 May 2011 }}</ref><ref>[https://www.clarin.com/lanus/conmebol-primer-grito-internacional_0_rJCgRrZovml.html La Conmebol 1996, aquel primer grito internacional] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210131172633/https://www.clarin.com/lanus/conmebol-primer-grito-internacional_0_rJCgRrZovml.html |date=2021-01-31 }}, ''Clarín'', 12 Dec 2013</ref><ref>[https://fortalezagranate.com.ar/a-18-anos-de-la-primera-vez/ A 19 AÑOS DEL PRIMER GRITO SAGRADO] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220908091548/https://fortalezagranate.com.ar/a-18-anos-de-la-primera-vez/ |date=2022-09-08 }} on Fortaleza Granate</ref>}} 
|-
| {{center|6}}
| [[1997 Copa CONMEBOL|1997]] 
| {{flagicon|BRA}} '''[[Clube Atlético Mineiro|Atlético Mineiro]]''' || {{center|[[1997 Copa CONMEBOL Finals|4–1]]}} || {{center|[[1997 Copa CONMEBOL Finals|1–1]]}} || {{center|–}}  ||  {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Club Atlético Lanús|Lanús]] || [[Estadio Ciudad de Lanús – Néstor Díaz Pérez|La Fortaleza]] || [[Lanús]] || [[Mineirão]] || [[Belo Horizonte]] || {{center|<ref name=minei/>}}
|-
| {{center|7}}
|  [[1998 Copa CONMEBOL|1998]] 
| {{flagicon|BRA}} '''[[Santos FC|Santos]]''' ||{{center|[[1998 Copa CONMEBOL Finals|1–0]]}}|| {{center|[[1998 Copa CONMEBOL Finals|0–0]]}} || {{center|–}}  ||{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Rosario Central]]  || [[Estádio Vila Belmiro|Vila Belmiro]]|| [[Santos, São Paulo|Santos]]  || [[Estadio Gigante de Arroyito|Gigante de Arroyito]] || [[Rosario, Santa Fe|Rosario]] ||{{center|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/classicfootball/clubs/club=1914615/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131205195502/http://www.fifa.com/classicfootball/clubs/club=1914615/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 5, 2013|title=Classic club: Santos |publisher=[[FIFA|Fédération Internationale de Football Association]] |access-date=11 November 2008 }}</ref>}}
|-
| {{center|8}}
| [[1999 Copa CONMEBOL|1999]] 
|{{flagicon|ARG}} '''[[Talleres de Córdoba|Talleres (C)]]''' || {{center|[[1999 Copa CONMEBOL Finals|2–4]]}}|| {{center|[[1999 Copa CONMEBOL Finals|3–0]]}} || {{center|–}}  || {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Centro Sportivo Alagoano|CSA]]  || [[Estádio Rei Pelé|Rei Pelé]] || [[Maceió]] || [[Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes|Olímpico]] || [[Córdoba, Argentina|Córdoba]] ||{{center|<ref>[https://www.elgrafico.com.ar/articulo/1088/2109/1999-talleres-campeon-de-la-copa-conmebol 1999. TALLERES CAMPEÓN DE LA COPA CONMEBOL] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220812183605/https://www.elgrafico.com.ar/articulo/1088/2109/1999-talleres-campeon-de-la-copa-conmebol |date=2022-08-12 }} on ''El Gráfico''</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.talleresdecordoba.com.ar/ |title=Emblemas Oficiales |publisher=[[Talleres de Córdoba]] |access-date=11 November 2008 |language=es |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090112135657/http://www.talleresdecordoba.com.ar/ |archive-date=12 January 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>[https://www.clubtalleres.com.ar/60559-2/ Hace 21 años, Talleres se consagró campeón de la Copa Conmebol] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220908100403/https://www.clubtalleres.com.ar/60559-2/ |date=2022-09-08 }} on Club Talleres, 8 Dec 2020</ref>}}
|}

===Performances by club ===
[[File:Copa conmebol trofeo.png|right|thumb|The trophy which was awarded to the champions of the competition.]]
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|+Performance in the Copa CONMEBOL by club
|-
!scope=col|Club
!scope=col|Titles
!scope=col|Runners-up
!scope=col|Seasons won
!scope=col|Seasons runner-up
|-
!scope=row|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Clube Atlético Mineiro|Atlético Mineiro]]
|align=center|2||align=center|1||[[1992 Copa CONMEBOL|1992]], [[1997 Copa CONMEBOL|1997]]||[[1995 Copa CONMEBOL|1995]]
|-
!scope=row|{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Rosario Central]]
|align=center|1||align=center|1||[[1995 Copa CONMEBOL|1995]]||[[1998 Copa CONMEBOL|1998]]
|-
!scope=row|{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Club Atlético Lanús|Lanús]]
|align=center|1||align=center|1||[[1996 Copa CONMEBOL|1996]]||[[1997 Copa CONMEBOL|1997]]
|-
!scope=row|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas|Botafogo]]
|align=center|1||align=center|0||[[1993 Copa CONMEBOL|1993]]|| {{center|—}}
|-
!scope=row|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[São Paulo FC|São Paulo]]
|align=center|1||align=center|0||[[1994 Copa CONMEBOL|1994]]||{{center|—}}
|-
!scope=row|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Santos FC|Santos]]
|align=center|1||align=center|0||[[1998 Copa CONMEBOL|1998]]||{{center|—}}
|-
!scope=row|{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Talleres de Córdoba|Talleres]]
|align=center|1||align=center|0||[[1999 Copa CONMEBOL|1999]]||{{center|—}}
|-
!scope=row|{{flagicon|URU}} [[Peñarol]]
|align=center|0 ||align=center|2||{{center|—}}||[[1993 Copa CONMEBOL|1993]], [[1993 Copa CONMEBOL|1994]]
|-
!scope=row|{{flagicon|PAR}} [[Club Olimpia|Olimpia]]
|align=center|0 ||align=center|1||{{center|—}}||[[1992 Copa CONMEBOL|1992]]
|-
!scope=row|{{flagicon|COL}} [[Independiente Santa Fe|Santa Fe]]
|align=center|0 ||align=center|1||{{center|—}}||[[1996 Copa CONMEBOL|1996]]
|-
!scope=row|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Centro Sportivo Alagoano|CSA]]
|align=center|0 ||align=center|1||{{center|—}}||[[1999 Copa CONMEBOL|1999]]
|}

=== Performances by nation ===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
|+
|-
!scope="col"|Nation
!scope="col"|Winner
!scope="col"|Runner-up
!scope="col"|Total
|-
!scope=row| {{fba|BRA}}
|align=center| 5
|align=center| 2
|align=center| 7
|-
!scope=row| {{fba|ARG}}
|align=center| 3
|align=center| 2
|align=center| 5
|-
!scope=row| {{fba|URU}}
|align=center| 0
|align=center| 2
|align=center| 2
|-
!scope=row| {{fba|COL}}
|align=center| 0
|align=center| 1
|align=center| 1
|-
!scope=row| {{fba|PAR}}
|align=center| 0
|align=center| 1
|align=center| 1
|-
|}
==Top scorers==

{| class="wikitable"
!Year
!Player (team)
!Goals
|-
|1992
|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Aílton (footballer, born 1968)|Aílton Delfino]] {{small|([[Atlético Mineiro]])}} 
|align="center"|6
|-
|1993
|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Sinval]] {{small|([[Botafogo FR|Botafogo]])}} 
|align="center"|8
|-
|1994
|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Juninho Paulista|Juninho]] {{small|([[São Paulo FC|São Paulo]])}} <br> {{flagicon|URU}} [[Martín Rodríguez Alba]] {{small|([[Peñarol]])}} <br> {{#invoke:flag|icon|BRA}} [[Tupãzinho (footballer, born 1968)|Tupãzinho]] ([[Sport Club Corinthians Paulista|Corinthians]])

|align="center"|5
|-
|1995
|{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Horacio Carbonari]] {{small|([[Rosario Central]])}} <br> {{flagicon|URU}} [[Rubén da Silva]] {{small|([[Rosario Central]])}} <br> {{flagicon|COL}} [[Álex Escobar]] {{small|([[América de Cali]])}}
|align="center"|4
|-
|1996
|{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Oscar Mena]] {{small|([[CA Lanús|Lanús]])}}
|align="center"|5
|-
|1997
|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Valdir Bigode|Valdir]] {{small|([[Atlético Mineiro]])}}
|align="center"|7
|-
|1998
|{{flagicon|URU}} [[Carlos María Morales]] {{small|([[LDU Quito]])}} <br> {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Viola (footballer)|Viola]] {{small|([[Santos FC|Santos]])}}
|align="center"|4
|-
|1999
|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Marcelo Araxá]] {{small|([[São Raimundo Esporte Clube (AM)|São Raimundo-AM]])}} <br> {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Missinho]] {{small|([[Centro Sportivo Alagoano|CSA]])}}
|align="center"|4
|}

==See also==
*[[Copa Sudamericana]]
*[[Copa Mercosur]]
*[[Copa Merconorte]]
*[[Copa Interamericana]]
*[[Copa Libertadores]]
*[[Copa Master de CONMEBOL]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{commons cat}}
* [https://www.rsssf.org/sacups/conmebol.html CONMEBOL Cup] at RSSSF
* [http://www.infofutbolonline.com/torneos/copa_conmebol.htm Información sobre la Copa Conmebol]
* [http://globoesporte.globo.com/ESP/Noticia/Futebol/Santos/0,,MUL210981-4404,00.html Globo Esporte]

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