On 22 June 2011 Brazilian side Santos won their first Copa Libertadores title since they won the tournament back-to-back in 1962 and 1963 with a 2-1 win against Peñarol of Uruguay in the second leg of the 2011 final. The Santos team should have been celebrating wildly at the final whistle but instead their players, coaching staff and a number of pitch invading fans got involved in a mass brawl

Overview The Copa Libertadores final in 2011 featured two of the famous names from the early years of the competition. Brazilian side Santos won the Libertadores in 1962 and 1963 and Peñarol from Uruguay won the competition five times between 1960 and 1987 making them the third most successful side in the history of the competition despite the fact that 2011 is the first time they have even

On 2 June 2011 Vélez Sársfield hosted Peñarol in the semi-finals of the 2011 Copa Libertadores. The visitors were 1-0 up from the first leg and scored early in the game meaning that Vélez needed three goals to win the tie. Fernando Tobio and Santiago Silva scored a couple of goals to get them back into the game and in the 75th minute Silva had the opportunity to get the vital 3rd goal from the

Overview The semi-final line-ups for the 2011 Copa Libertadores are intriguing. The Brazilian side Santos inspired by teenage sensation Neymar are the only ones of the four to have played in a Libertadores semi-final since the turn of the millenium. Their opponents Cerro Porteño are the only ones never to have won the tournament before having been eliminated in each of their five previous

Overview After enduring a lot of crowing from Brazilians and Brazilian football supporters about the fact that five of their teams had progressed to the last 16 while no more than 2 from any other country had made it, it was a delight to see 4 of their teams eliminated on Brazilian Black Wednesday. After Argentina, Colombia and Mexico also lost one representative each the quarter final set up

On 18 May 2011 Argentine league leaders Vélez Sársfield travelled to Paragauy to play Libertad in the quarter-finals of Copa Libertadores 2011. The Argentine side were defending a comfortable 3-0 lead from the first leg but Libertad were determined to make a good game of, taking the lead twice only to see Maxi Moralez equalise both goals.

Overview The best represented nation at the beginning of the knockout stages of Copa Libertadores 2011 are the Brazilians after all five of their teams successfully navigated the group stages. Cruzeiro were the standout Brazilians, romping home in group seven and twice humiliating Argentine group runners up Estudiantes.

Game of the week - 22 April 2011 On 21 April 2011 Chilean side Colo-Colo hosted Cerro Porteño of Paraguay in the last game in group five of Copa Libertadores 2011. Both sides had been struggling in their own domestic leagues but this game would give the winners a chance to progress to the knockout stages of Copa Libertadores.

Overview page for the 2011 edition of the Copa Libertadores. Latest articles Tournament preview Preliminary round Group stages

Cruzeiro got off to a brilliant start to their 2011 Copa Libertadores campaign in Group 7. After hammering Argentine champions Estudiantes de La Plata 5-0 in their first game they beat Paraguayan side Guaraní 4-0 with two goals from Wallyson, one for Ernesto Farías and this lovely long range shot from Thiago Ribeiro.

In the first round of games in Group 5 of the 2011 Copa Libertadores Paraguayan side Cerro Porteño put on a magnificent display to crush Colo-Colo of Chile 5-2. One of the highlights of the game was 17 year old Argentine born forward Juan Manuel Iturbe's Copa Libertadores debut as a second half substitute, he lived up to expectation hitting two goals.

Reports & highlights of Group 8 in the 2011 Copa Libertadores. Argentine side Godoy Cruz recoreded an impressive 2-1 win against the 2008 champions and Recopa Sudamericana holders LDU Quito on their Copa Libertadores debut. Their goals came from Carlos & Nicolás Sánchez either side of a Neicer Reasco strike for the visitors.

Reports & highlights of Group 2 in the 2011 Copa Libertadores. Peruvian side and Copa Libertadores new boys León went down to a 1-2 home defeat against Junior of Colombia on their Copa Libertadores debut. In the other game Grêmio secured an unsurprising 3-0 win against the Bolivian side Oriente Petrolero.

Before Cruzeiro and Estudiantes met in the opening round of Group 7 in the 2011 Copa Libertadores many people had selected the encounter out as the pick of the first round of games. It was widely expected that the Argentine champions Estudiantes would give Cruzeiro a tough game however the home side barely gave their visitors a chance to get started before Wallyson bundled the ball home affter

Reports & highlights of Group 6 in the 2011 Copa Libertadores. Copa Libertadores holders Internacional looked set to get off to the perfect start to their title defence but a 94th minute equaliser for Emelec ruined their party. Jaguares jumped to the top of the group with a 2-0 win against Bolivian side Jorge Wilstermann.

The biggest shock result in the first round of games was Cruzeiro's 5-0 annihilation of Argentine champions Estudiantes which was orchestrated by Argentine midfielder Walter Montillo who bagged himself two goals. In the other game Deportes Tolima got off to a winning start with a 1-0 win against Guaraní.

On 15 February 2010 Vélez Sársfield's new signing Davíd Ramírez made his Copa Libertadores debut at the age of 29 with this excellent long range strike to help his side to record an emphatic 3-0 win in a group 4 game against Caracas FC. Part of the Golazo series.

Reports & highlights of Group 5 in the 2011 Copa Libertadores. After Corintians failure to progress through the qualifying round Santos were the next Brazilian side to slip up dropping points in a 0-0 away draw against Venezuelan side Deportivo Táchira. After the boring stalemate of the first game the second game provided plenty of entertainment with Cerro Porteño beating Colo-Colo 5-2.

Reports & highlights of Group 1 in the 2011 Copa Libertadores. Paraguayan side Libertad got off to a brilliant start with a 1-2 away win against Mexican side San Luis. Away wins are particularly rare in South American international tournaments so when they do occur it can be a huge boost to the winning team.

Reports & highlights of Group 4 in the 2011 Copa Libertadores. Vélez Sársfield got their Copa Libertadores 2011 campaign off to a great start with a 3-0 win against Caracas FC. Maxi Moralez scored from long range to make in 1-0 at half time. New recruit from Godoy Cruz Davíd Ramírez hit another special long range strike for 2-0 and then Juan Manuel Martínez scored a late penalty for the third.

There are 8 groups in the second round of the 2011 Copa Libertadores, To see the latest posts from the 2011 Copa Libertadores click here. To see highlights from specific groups follow the links below. Group 1 (Libertad, Once Caldas, San Luis, Universidad San Martín) Group 2 (Grêmio, Junior, León, Oriente Petrolero) Group 3 (Argentinos Juniors, Club América, Fluminense, Nacional) Group 4 (

Reports & highlights of Group 3 in the 2011 Copa Libertadores. Argentinos Juniors secured an impressive 2-2 draw against Brazilian champions Fluminense in the first game of the group stages. It was a game of four headers, 5' 4" Franco Niell scored two headers for Argentinos Juniors and Rafael Moura equalised twice also with headers.