COPA LIBERTADORES WINNERS 1960-2019
The Copa Libertadores is South America's most prestigious football club competition and has been organized by CONMEBOL since 1960. Being able to add the Copa Libertadores to a club's honours list is the equivalent of a European Club being added to the table of Champions League winners. Indeed, the only thing considered more prestigious in South America is winning the Intercontinental Cup or World Club Championship, which they hold in much higher esteem than their European counterparts do.
The Copa Libertadores is named in honour of the Libertadores (translating as "the liberators", the leaders of the Latin American wars of independence from Portugal and Spain).
Argentinian clubs have dominated the Copa Libertadores competition for large periods of its history, with four of its clubs (Independiente, Boca Juniors, River Plate, Estudiantes) being amongst the five most successful. Whilst Independiente may not have won the most Argentina football league titles they've actually won the most Copa Libertadores titles, with seven. Incredibly, they have never lost a final, having appeared in seven, and won seven!
| Year | Winner | Runner-up |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Flamengo Brazil | River Plate Argentina |
| 2018 | River Plate Argentina | Boca Juniors Argentina |
| 2017 | Grêmio Brazil | Lanús Argentina |
| 2016 | Atlético Nacional Colombia | Independiente del Valle Ecuador |
| 2015 | River Plate Argentina | UANL Mexico |
| 2014 | San Lorenzo Argentina | Nacional Paraguay |
| 2013 | Atlético Mineiro Brazil | Olimpia Paraguay |
| 2012 | Corinthians Brazil | Boca Juniors Argentina |
| 2011 | Santos Brazil | Peñarol Uruguay |
| 2010 | Internacional Brazil | Guadalajara Mexico |
| 2009 | Estudiantes Argentina | Cruzeiro Brazil |
| 2008 | LDU Quito Ecuador | Fluminese Brazil |
| 2007 | Boca Juniors Argentina | Grêmio Brazil |
| 2006 | Internacional Brazil | São Paulo FC Brazil |
| 2005 | São Paulo FC Brazil | Atlético Paranaense Brazil |
| 2004 | Once Caldas Colombia | Boca Juniors Argentina |
| 2003 | Boca Juniors Argentina | Santos FC Brazil |
| 2002 | Olimpia Paraguay | São Caetano Brazil |
| 2001 | Boca Juniors Argentina | Cruz Azul Mexico |
| 2000 | Boca Juniors Argentina | Palmeiras Brazil |
| 1999 | Palmeiras Brazil | Deportivo Cali Colombia |
| 1998 | Vasco da Gama Brazil | Barcelona Sporting Ecuador |
| 1997 | Cruzeiro Brazil | Sporting Cristal Peru |
| 1996 | River Plate Argentina | América de Cali Colombia |
| 1995 | Grêmio Brazil | Atlético Nacional Colombia |
| 1994 | Vélez Sársfield Argentina | São Paulo FC Brazil |
| 1993 | São Paulo FC Brazil | Universidad Católica Chile |
| 1992 | São Paulo FC Brazil | Newell's Old Boys Argentina |
| 1991 | Colo-Colo Chile | Olimpia Paraguay |
| 1990 | Olimpia Paraguay | Barcelona Sporting Ecuador |
| 1989 | Atlético Nacional Colombia | Olimpia Paraguay |
| 1988 | Nacional Uruguay | Newell's Old Boys Argentina |
| 1987 | Peñarol Uruguay | América de Cali Colombia |
| 1986 | River Plate Argentina | América de Cali Colombia |
| 1985 | Argentinos Juniors Argentina | América de Cali Colombia |
| 1984 | Independiente Argentina | Grêmio Brazil |
| 1983 | Grêmio Brazil | Peñarol Uruguay |
| 1982 | Peñarol Uruguay | Cobreloa Chile |
| 1981 | Flamengo Brazil | Cobreloa Chile |
| 1980 | Nacional Uruguay | Internacional Brazil |
| 1979 | Olimpia Paraguay | Boca Juniors Argentina |
| 1978 | Boca Juniors Argentina | Deportivo Cali Colombia |
| 1977 | Boca Juniors Argentina | Cruzeiro Brazil |
| 1976 | Cruzeiro Brazil | River Plate Argentina |
| 1975 | Independiente Argentina | Unión Española Chile |
| 1974 | Independiente Argentina | São Paulo FC Brazil |
| 1973 | Independiente Argentina | Colo-Colo Chile |
| 1972 | Independiente Argentina | Universitario Peru |
| 1971 | Nacional Uruguay | Estudiantes Argentina |
| 1970 | Estudiantes Argentina | Peñarol Uruguay |
| 1969 | Estudiantes Argentina | Nacional Uruguay |
| 1968 | Estudiantes Argentina | Palmeiras Brazil |
| 1967 | Racing Club Argentina | Nacional Uruguay |
| 1966 | Peñarol Uruguay | River Plate Argentina |
| 1965 | Independiente Argentina | Peñarol Uruguay |
| 1964 | Independiente Argentina | Nacional Uruguay |
| 1963 | Santos Brazil | Boca Juniors Argentina |
| 1962 | Santos Brazil | Peñarol Uruguay |
| 1961 | Peñarol Uruguay | Palmeiras Brazil |
| 1960 | Peñarol Uruguay | Olimpia Paraguay |
