2015 Copa Libertadores first stage

The 2015 Copa Libertadores first stage was played from February 3 to February 12, 2015. A total of 12 teams competed in the first stage to decide six of the 32 places in the second stage of the 2015 Copa Libertadores.[1]

Draw

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The draw of the tournament was held on December 2, 2014, 21:00 UTC−3, at the CONMEBOL Convention Centre in Luque, Paraguay.

For the first stage, the 12 teams were drawn into six ties containing a team from Pot 1 and a team from Pot 2, with the former hosting the second leg. The seeding of each team was determined by which associations reached the furthest stage in the previous Copa Libertadores.[1]

Pots for the first stage draw
Pot A Pot B

Format

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In the first stage, each tie was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If tied on aggregate, the away goals rule would be used. If still tied, the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner (no extra time would be played). The six winners of the first stage advanced to the second stage to join the 26 automatic qualifiers.[1]

Matches

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The first legs were played on February 3–5, and the second legs were played on February 10–12, 2015.[2]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Alianza Lima   0–4   Huracán 0–4 0–0
Independiente del Valle   1–4   Estudiantes 1–0 0–4
Deportivo Táchira   4–3   Cerro Porteño 2–1 2–2
Morelia   1–3   The Strongest 1–1 0–2
Palestino   2–2 (a)   Nacional 1–0 1–2
Corinthians   5–1   Once Caldas 4–0 1–1

Match G1

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Alianza Lima  0–4  Huracán
Report Ábila   4'
Gamarra   38'
Toranzo   75', 79'

Huracán won 4–0 on aggregate and advanced to the second stage (Group 3).

Match G2

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Estudiantes won 4–1 on aggregate and advanced to the second stage (Group 7).

Match G3

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Cerro Porteño  2–2  Deportivo Táchira
Fabbro   39' (pen.)
Domínguez   60'
Report Rivas   55', 61'

Deportivo Táchira won 4–3 on aggregate and advanced to the second stage (Group 8).

Match G4

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The Strongest  2–0  Morelia
Escobar   85', 88' Report

The Strongest won 3–1 on aggregate and advanced to the second stage (Group 4).

Match G5

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Nacional  2–1  Palestino
Lanaro   41' (o.g.)
Pereiro   44'
Report Ramos   37'

Tied 2–2 on aggregate, Palestino won on away goals and advanced to the second stage (Group 5).

Match G6

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Corinthians  4–0  Once Caldas
Emerson   1'
Felipe   54'
Elias   69'
Fagner   78'
Report

Corinthians won 5–1 on aggregate and advanced to the second stage (Group 2).

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Copa Bridgestone Libertadores 2015 – Reglamento" (PDF) (in Spanish). CONMEBOL.com.
  2. ^ "Se estableció el calendario de la Bridgestone Libertadores 2015" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL.com. December 29, 2014.
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