Records and Statistics of The Copa Libertadores - Other Records and Statistics

Other Records and Statistics

• Best performance by a newcomer: Flamengo and Argentinos Juniors, who won the cup in 1981 and 1985, respectively, when it entered the tournament for the first time
• Defending champions eliminated in first round: Internacional and LDU Quito were eliminated in the first round of Copa Libertadores 2007 and 2009, respectively.
• Lower division teams: five teams that were not from the first division of their country played in the tournament. All teams were from the second division of Brazil; Criciúma (in 1992), Juventude (in 2000), Santo André (in 2005), Paulista (in 2006) and Palmeiras (in 2013). Also, in 2011 edition, the Bolivian club Jorge Wilstermann, is playing the tournament in Bolivian second division.
• Olimpia is the only team to have played at least one final in every decade since the tournament began in 1960.
• Nery Pumpido has also won the title with a different team from his playing times; he won the 1986 with River Plate as a player and the 2002 edition with Olimpia as manager.
• One individual has won the Copa Libertadores with the same club as a player then later as a coach. José Pastoriza of Independiente did it as a player in 1972 before winning as a coach in 1984.
• Mirko Jozić is the only non-South American coach to win the Copa Libertadores.
• Olimpia is the only winning team to not have won a title with a local manager.