Copa Libertadores - Records and Statistics

Records and Statistics

Daniel Onega scored a record 17 goals in a season during the 1966 tournament. Carlos Bianchi is the most successful manager of the competition, winning a record four Copa Libertadores. Francisco Sá has won a record six Copa Libertadores medals. Ever Hugo Almeida has appeared in 113 matches, a tournament record. Main article: Records and statistics of the Copa Libertadores See also: Copa Libertadores de América Topscorers and Historical Table of the Copa Libertadores

Francisco Sá is the only player to have won six Copa Libertadores winners' medals. The overall top goalscorer in Copa Libertadores history is the Ecuadorian Alberto Spencer, scorer of 54 goals. Fernando Morena is second with 39 goals. Daniel Onega holds the record for the most goals scored in a single Copa Libertadores. All of his 17 goals were scored in the 1966 tournament. Paraguayan (Uruguayan-born) goalkeeper Ever Hugo Almeida is the player with most appearances in the competition, 113 matches (winning two finals), all of them in Club Olimpia. Luis Cubilla, Nery Pumpido and José Omar Pastoriza are the only people to date to win the Copa Libertadores as both player and head coach. Cubilla won in 1960, 1961 and 1971 as a player and in 1979 and 1990 as head coach. Pumpido won in 1986 as a player and in 2002 as head coach. Pastoriza won in 1972 as a player and in 1984 as head coach.

Cafu stands as the only player to win the three most important national team competitions, pertaining to him, the top three South American club competitions, the top three European club competitions and the two de facto world club titles, a record that stands today. He has won the FIFA World Cup with Brazil in 1994 and 2002, the Copa América in 1997 and 1999, the FIFA Confederations Cup in 1997, the Copa Libertadores in 1992 and 1993, the Supercopa Libertadores in 1993, the Recopa Sudamericana in 1993 and 1994, the UEFA Champions League in 2006-07, the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup in 1994-95, the UEFA Super Cup in 2007, the Intercontinental Cup in 1992 and 1993, and the FIFA Club World Cup in 2007.

Carlos Bianchi is the only head coach to ever win four Copa Libertadores. All Copa Libertadores winning head coaches were natives of the country they coached to victory except for Luis Cubilla, Mirko Jozić, Nery Pumpido and Edgardo Bauza. Jozić has the distinction and honor of being the only non-South American coach to win the tournament.

As of the end of the 2010 tournament, Nacional have played the most games and scored the most goals, playing 319 games and scoring 481 goals.